une 24, 1905. 
THE QARDENINO WORLD 
5 17 
A Picture-Poem - 
“ A lady author states that to be caught 
.thering flowers in a white linen gown is 
rtain to produce a proposal. No man can 
sist the poetry of the picture .”—Helensburgh 
lines. 
When ladies find that men are shy, 
And to escape life’s duties try, 
Their selfish ease preferring. 
What is a fond, fair maid to do, 
To bring a laggard love to woo, 
Instead of still deferring? 
No ! but when summer sun shines bright, 
Go, gather flowers, all dressed in white. 
Then, though a lover’s listless, 
Such picture-poems you will form, 
With kindling love his heart will warm— 
The recipe’s resistless! 
When ancient Eve in Eden’s bowers 
Stood blushingly amidst the flowers, 
Poor Adam’s heart was harried. 
So, ladies, when you play the game, 
See that the scenery’s the same, 
And then you’ll all get married! 
W. F. de B. M. 
Lady in White. 
“ Like Proserpine gathering flowers, 
Herself a fairer flower.'’— Milton. 
Ah ! never let a lady fair 
With heart to let an hour despair, 
Because her lovers wander. 
For here a secret we’ll unfold, 
That well is worth its weight in gold, 
Which makes cold lovers fonder. 
A lady writer who has spied 
Man’s weaknesses, this method tried ; 
Nor does she merely hint it. 
But, taking pity on her sex, 
Who find life’s problem so complex, 
She gives full leave to* print it. 
’Tis not enough to have fair face, 
And figure formed on lines of grace, 
Or dress in latest fashion ; 
’Tis not enough to have bright eyes, 
Or to be witty or be wise, 
To rouse a lover’s passion. 
The Prevailing Ignorance in Horticul¬ 
ture. —Sir Oliver Lodge, addressing the 
students the other day at the Lady "W arwick 
Agricultural College for Ladies, lamented the 
prevalent ignorance with regard to horticul¬ 
ture and gardening, but said he was bound 
to confess that the majority of people in this 
country were extremely ignorant and un¬ 
educated. 
* * * 
All the Year Round. —The climate of tliei 
Alpes Maritimes is, says Mr. McMillan, 
British Consul at Nice, admirably adaiited to 
the production of fruits, flowers, and vege¬ 
tables throughout the year. There is no 
“ off ” season. The range in varieties is very 
wide, covering all the “ semi-tropical and 
most of the “ temperate ” in fruits, flowers, 
and vegetables. 
PRUNING 
— THE — 
SNOWBALL TREE. 
(Viburnum Opulus stcrihs.) 
At the present time the garden is rendered 
bright with a great variety of species of Vibur¬ 
num, popularly termed Guelder Roses and 
Snowball Trees. The last name was hist 
applied to a form of the British plant, as 
named above. In the ordinary form of the 
Guelder Rose only the outer flowers of each 
cluster are enlarged and pure white. In the 
Snowball Tree, on the contrary, all the flowers 
are enlarged, forming a massive ami snowy 
cluster of blossom. 
’Those Who cultivate this variety are satis¬ 
fied until it gets too large and feel compelled 
to reduce its bulk. This may be done im¬ 
mediately after the flowering season is over, 
so that fresh growth can be made and the 
bush restored to much the same form before 
the fall of the leaf in autumn. To prune this 
bush in winter would mean cutting away most 
or all of the trusses of flowers. Each branch 
naturally carries one bunch at the top and 
possibly several others in pairs along the 
sides, and these buds having been formed the 
previous year, it follows that if the bush is 
pruned in winter all the flowers will be cut 
away. 
So long as the bush is not too large for the 
situation accorded it in the shrubbery or on 
the grass it may be allowed to grow at its 
own free will, merely shortening back any 
stray shoot that would interfere with the re¬ 
gularity and symmetry of the bush. On the 
other hand, if it lias grown too large for the 
position allotted it the cultivator or owner 
should wait until the blossoms drop, and then 
the bush may be cut back to any extent so as 
to reduce its bulk. L’nless it has to be le- 
duced to reasonable bounds in this way all 
the pruning it should receive should consist 
merely in thinning out the weak and useless 
shoots and branches so as to allow the 
remainder to get thoroughly ripened by a free 
play of light and air about them. 
THE “ G. W. 
. . Enquire Within. 
— Supplementary Replies 
By our Readers. — 
Rust on Grapes. 
The following notes from my pen, which ap¬ 
peared in the “Journal of Horticulture ’ on 
July 10th, 1879, may assist “ C. M. ” to solve 
the difficulty as to the rust on his grapes : — 
“Four or five bunches of Muscats which 
flowered and set earlier than the rest are 
rusted, the others, probably three hundred 
bunches, in the same house, of the same 
variety, aajd indeed on tho same plants, foi 
there are only four vines in all, haie no iust. 
The rusted bunches, as well as a good por¬ 
tion of the others, were thinned by my own 
hands. It was not sulphur which caused 
the rust, for none was used. It was not 
syringing, for my vines hav e not been 
syringed for several years. Neithei uas .t 
steam from the pipes, for the pipes are amply 
sufficient without making them very hot. and 
the evaporating pans have never been used. 
It was not a cold draught, for the house is 
so constructed that sufficient air can be given 
without a cold draught reaching the vines, 
but, nevertheless, I have no doubt it was 
caused by faulty ventilation . . . One 
mistake is quite sufficient to disfigure, if not 
