THE GARDENING WORLD 
477 
June iO, 1905. 
extremely effective during the day, but it is 
n.wo so during twilight, appearing like a 
snowy inass, even m the growing darkness, 
|although the beholder may be in some distant 
part of the garden. 
Returning to our supplementary illustra¬ 
tion, we may say that the variety here is I. 
sempervirens garrexiana, - which differs 
slightly in botanical details from the ordinary 
one, and both flower profusely when they are 
I grown under suitable conditions. Five 
masses of the plant, are here represented, and 
they are those which appear whitest in the 
photograph. It will thus be seen that they 
arc planted at various elevations on the wall 
cf rocks. 
It may also be stated that they were small 
specimens when the roots were inserted in the 
cie\ ices, and the stems have been increasing 
in length ever since, so that each, succeeding 
year sees a larger mass of snowy flowers in 
these situations during May, but particularly 
during the first half. The stems are cf a wiry 
ami e\ en woody character, while the leaves are 
etcrgreen, thus leaving presentable masses 
of vegetation at all periods of the year. 
\ arious other plants were also flowering at the 
Sc.nie time, particularly some Rock Cresses or 
Aubnetia and Rock-roses. A fine mass of the 
letter may be seen nearly in the centre of the 
picture, and just to the left of the needles of 
a dwarf mountain Pine. 
Behind this wall of rocks is a terrace abov 
which another wall arises, planted with a. coi 
siderable variety of subjects adapted to ou 
tnation in such situations. Above that agai 
is the soil planted with shrubs of variou 
kinds ana interspersed with Cedars, not show 
m the picture. 
The stones employed are of a varied charm 
jter, although the most of them are of a porou 
kind of limestone. Near the top on the lei 
is a bold projecting rock of magnesian linn 
storm from the Cheddar Cliffs, and the reach 
11 note the peculiar cavities in it eaten awa 
nn «rl b f\u he e ( i n , lents or by water at som 
penod of the earth s Listoay. 
L J n a «cky bank of this charactei 
file skilled plantsman would do well to hav 
gr6atel ' 1 or ]&ss quantity between th 
tones or m the angles between them, am 
rooL Sa T, C ° nnected with ' the soil behind th 
in' thrir * glV 7 Pl f nt f a chance of “Seri 
of W 7 10 ° tS n (i ??P ly between! the crevice 
larger a ? d of , m m contact with 
steady ^ ° f f S01 l wluoh thus ensures 
" Mnct P ? y , ot moisture for the plants. 
endure th? P ants cf any size whic ^ have t 
ditinn e Sllmmer 111 a green or growing con 
d ob are prov i ded with long, "wiry roots 
why turf, 11 'H late deeply j and that Wl] l exp lad: 
parent? are a ’ ble to ]ive > though an 
£ “■ contact with bare stones. This i 
should J reaSOn Why the builders of rook 
biiiId°S ) e L“2 hod sometimes advocated is t, 
•revires^bn • t0ne ti m ^ a fashion that th, 
l p In that case rain fall 
L-evices arKl ( thnt OCkS r°? d nm down thl 
dso Setrl n d PPh6d artlficially wouI< 
icailually tke same wa T if supplier 
I rerices j? ? Uiltar !- plants growing ii 
interior fto? 8 &1 'f often supplied from th, 
l re vices' fn ™ 0lsture <*>™g out at th, 
I 'hove and runs? CaS9 ® the ' w at€r comes from 
riiatever coi f- , d th ® face of the rocks 
ivation of^ \ i 108 ls . ado P ted f°r the cul 
Lf moisture f Ck P auts 111 gardens, a suppl; 
rre for the roots should be kept ii 
view by some or other of the methods we have 
indicated. 
Vue do not think it a good plan that the 
upper focus should be made to overhang those 
below' them unless a supply of moisture can 
be kept up from behind the same. Artificial 
locks on which no rain can fall are seldom 
a success, because all the rainfall is carried 
away, leaving the rocks in the recess quite dry 
and incapable of supporting plant life. 
—- ■* - 
- - ROSES - - 
AND THOUGHTS ABOUT THEM. 
June, ’tis said, is the month of Roses, which 
is to say that the flowers are then at their 
best. But I venture to differ from the old 
axiom. In the days of old, when H. P.’s 
reigned supreme, perhaps it was true, but 
w ith our Teas and H. T.’s it seems to me that 
throughout July and again in September we 
have even more flowers than in June. 
At least, this applies) to our garden, which, 
though right down south, seems to catch all 
the north and easterly breezes that sweep: be¬ 
tween the North Sea and the Channel. But 
though the above months may be the periods 
for flowers, there are other times when Roses 
are still thought of. Indeed, the enthusiast 
never forgets them, and early spring is with¬ 
out doubt the most important time. It is 
then that Roses are made or marred. 
The pruning is really a scientific process, 
but there are some who think lightly of it, so 
much so that they do not prune at all. 
Planting is, of course, a very important 
matter, and the rosarian makes it a real study. 
But even they differ on many points. Some 
swear by November planting. Personally, I 
prefer to plant in February. I have no ob¬ 
jection to securing the trees in the autumn, 
but nevertheless they are merely laid in by 
the heels till February comes along. 
Then the pruning. How many plant either 
in the autumn or early spring and wait till 
April before pruning? Vast numbers! But 
I swear by pruning at planting time. I 
speak not by hearsay, but- by ocular demon¬ 
stration. 
Cut back hard is a policy I swear by when 
planting, and then I can be sure of getting 
good wood. But ’tis not, everyone who- 
thinks so. They fear early growth and 
damage by frost. But it is but a bogey, for 
the plants that come from France are always 
hard cut back and never fail to do well, and 
home-grown trees do not differ. The lifting 
process checks any active buds, sc that tire 
pruning does not act as an incentive to 
growth. 
Treat all Roses alike, be they climbers, 
Wichuraianas, or Sweet Briers. Even though 
they have canes 6 ft. in length when they are 
planted, bring them down to 1 ft. Time and 
again have I seen such Roses left with almost 
their entire length, the result being very late 
starting and weak growth, with a few poor 
flowers. 
Were this for one season only it would not 
be so bad, but it continues, for those canes 
never break well. The same applies to 
bushes. If planted and left till April before 
pruning, the plants with their weakly-estab¬ 
lished roots start the top buds ; then comes 
the knife, and the whole lot is cleared. The 
lower buds come weakly, a few flowers ap¬ 
pear, and the next season, instead of being 
strong, healthy trees, they are poor and puny, 
some perhaps dead 
Bub this chatter is perliaps out of date, for 
it is May ; and is not -May a time for work? 
A ever was there more. There is the disbud¬ 
ding, a jM’ocess that many do not follow, with 
the result that there are too many shoots, 
i’erhaps the glorious reel bronze and gr> en 
sharies deter their hand, but if good Roses 
are desire l the hand must be ruthless. 
Many buds produce two shoots. One must 
go. J hen, as the flower-buds appear, new 
growths show in the leaf axils. Away with 
them, for they sap the strength of the bloom, 
and also prevent cutting with long stems. 
How these long stems frighten some people. 
It seems that half the tree is going, but never 
can you treat a tree better than by cutting 
down to a coujiie of buds each time a flower 
is taken. The perpetual pruning system, it 
might well be called, but it is good. 
There are other things in -May that call for 
attention. Who does not know the maggot, a 
foe that if left alone will, during its two 
months of feeding, do irreparable damage. 
The trees must be scanned twice or three 
times weekly, and every leaf that appears 
drawn together should be pinched. it is 
waste of time to open the leaf to see if the 
maggot is there, and when one has 500 trees 
to tend, besides thousands of other items, a 
moment wasted cannot be regained. Pinch all 
suspicious foliage. Ii the maggot is present 
cne can feel the squelch as its bones break. 
Perhaps bones are at a discount with cater- 
pillars, but nevertheless the squelch is quite 
apparent. Make no discrimination, for seme 
of the wretches are brown, others green, some 
quite big, others tiny. Pinch alf alike, and 
quickly, too, for often a slight disturbance 
will make them drop to the ground on the 
end of a thread, and, if he thus escapes, he 
finally enters the ground for good, where he 
hibernates, and in due time becomes a fly, 
which, of course, carries out its own pro¬ 
gramme. Therefore, slaughter every maggot, 
and the result will be that your garden^will 
become practically free from"' this pest. 
Green fly is also a trouble, especially after 
such terrible winds as have been recently ex¬ 
perienced. But a great deal depends upon 
the Health of the trees. A man with strong, 
healthy trees can laugh at green fly ; but. 
unfortunately, we cannot all get such Roses’. 
The fly must be eradicated, and if the attack 
is only slight, the fingers will account for vast 
numbers. When many trees are affected, 
however, Abo-1 or Dyseline axe good spray 
fluids. 
It is latliei early for mildew, but the orange 
rust is already on hand, as is the leaf spot. 
If slierht. the leaves may be picked off and 
burnt, but last season brought rust and spot 
in abundance, and the sulphate of copper solu¬ 
tion, iii conjunction with sulphide of potas¬ 
sium, had to be kept going at frequent in¬ 
tervals. I am hoping for greater froe:loin 
from such troubles ; but the pleasures of hope 
fall short if matters go at all wrong. Still 
present indications are good. Growth and 
leaf are superb, save where the bitter winds 
singed them. A few weeks hence the results 
of attention will be evident, and we look for¬ 
ward with pleasure. Cal. 
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Market Gardexers Trick. —A correspon¬ 
dent in a daily contemporary says that a 
trick often practised by market gardeners at 
this time of the year is that of putting one or 
two oats in each jiot of cuttings of bedding- 
out plants. The »ats soon fill the pot with 
roots, thus giving the bedding plant when 
turned out the appearance of being “ autumn 
struck,” and therefore more eagerly purchased 
by the unsuspecting public than " spring 
struck ” plants. 
