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With the object of still further extending 
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Gardening World has inaugurated some 
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MOTTO FOR THE WEEK: 
“Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears.”— Shakespeare. 
including those which might be able to dis- 
tribute themselves over the lowlands in 
certain soils and situations, at least. In some 
cases plants that are usually found at certain 
elevations or on certain soils might he found 
overlapping an area occupied by another set 
of plants that naturally associate together. 
In this country the work was initiated by 
Mr. Robert Smith, of St. Andrews, and the 
work since his death has been carried on by 
his brother. Dr. William Smith. The work 
having been begun in the north, we 
naturally find that Scotland is now well 
advanced in mapping out plant associations. 
Northumbria is also well advanced. A 
second paper on this subject was read by 
Professor A. G. Tansley, F.L.S., at the meet¬ 
ing of the Linnean Society on May 4th. 
Do Potatos Deteriorate ? 
At a meeting of the Scientific Committee 
of the Royal Horticultural Society some 
weeks ago, the subject of the deterioration 
of Potatos was discussed, and a considerable 
amount of information has been sent in by 
letter since. Several articles have appeared 
in the horticultural press, and since then the 
secretary of the committee was a.sked to draw 
up a summary of the discussion from which 
we may glean a few particulars. One of the 
results of the discussion was that Potatos 
might deteriorate from a market point of 
view or from the view of the plant itself. In 
a broad sense it was affirmed that they did 
deteriorate. Some varieties, such as Buffs, 
Dons, Victoria, and Dunbar Regent, can 
have disappeared for no other reason than 
that they deteriorated either in productive¬ 
ness or resistance to disease, or both. In 
some cases it was affirmed that certain 
varieties deteriorated in six years from the 
time of raising. Evidences of deterioration 
were that the leaves grew curly and stunted, 
the plant failed to develop properly or even 
to appeal - above ground at all. The variety 
when first sent out may be reputed as 
disease proof, but even in this case it proved 
less resistant to disease after eight years. 
From the growers’ point of view the dete¬ 
rioration takes place in the form of a crop 
that mav be reduced by 50 per cent, or the 
tubers may be so reduced in size as to be 
useless. It was considered that deterioration 
occurred owing to bad treatment, such as the 
wintering of tubers under unsuitable condi¬ 
tions, by premature' sprouting, by growing 
continuously on the same soil, by unsuitable 
manuring, and by using small tubers for 
planting. Another view was that deteriora¬ 
tion came by reason of old age. Being an 
exotic, it was thought that after 300 years 
cultivation it had not become completely 
offer prizes for additional information regard¬ 
ing questions that have been answered, show¬ 
ing how the successful operator lias succeeded 
in overcoming difficulties with regard to 
plant enemies, etc. 
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The Coming Rose. 
Hybrid Tea Roses continue to figure 
largely amongst the new Roses that are 
annually being sent out, so that in the near 
future we can imagine their occupying a 
large share of space in the Rose garden and 
in other gardens in which space for Roses is 
allotted. Along with the list of new Roses 
sent out by Mr. Hugh Dickson, Royal Nur¬ 
series, Belfast, is a picture of the Hybrid 
Tea Rose Dorothy reproduced from a photo¬ 
graph, and a coloured picture of the H.T. 
Rose J. B. Clark, both of these having been 
raised by Mr. Dickson. Dorothy is a seed¬ 
ling from Caroline Testout, and possesses all 
the excellent, qualities of that beautiful and 
popular Rose. It also has the same habit 
and differs chiefly in the more delicate 
colouring, which might be described as bright 
flesh, shading to delicate blush at the edges 
of the petals. The bloom itself has a high, 
pointed centre, and the broad petals are 
.beautifully formed, the outer ones reflexing 
at the edges. J. B. Clark is one of the Roses 
which we described as seen growing upon 
the bushes last autumn. It can no longer lie 
said that Hybrid Tea Roses are deficient in 
depth or intensity of colour, as this one is 
of intense scarlet heavily overlaid with 
maroon-crimson, with a bloom upon the 
petals like that of a. Plum. The brilliant 
colouring appears to' be shining through this 
bloom with a lustrous sheen. It will no 
doubt take its place on the show-boards as 
one of the best exhibition Roses, as well as 
being used for ornamental gardening. The 
size of the blooms of many of the Hybrid 
Teas threatens to put a number of Tea Roses 
in the shade, and when we add to' this in¬ 
tensity of colour, nothing is lacking by way 
of contrast to’ raise this class of Roses to' the 
highest stage in public estimation. 
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Plant Associations. 
As we have previously indicated in our 
pages, botanists are now giving attention to 
plant associations. For instance, in taking 
. a mountain, they would first, select all those 
plants which grow at a considerable elevation 
and which are associated together and may 
be described as characteristic of this zone. 
Lower down another plant association might 
be found whose welfare depends upon the 
soil, the elevation, and the amount of rain¬ 
fall. At the base of the mountain would be 
found probably plants of a third character, 
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