July 1, 1905. 
THE GARDEN TO BE. 
“ Progress, what crimes are committed in thy name !” 
When man was driven from Eden’s bowers 
He still was left the trees and flowers, 
That in a garden’s shade he might 
Himself with purest joys delight. 
There, from the weary world secluded, 
l-'eldom the serpent, Care, intruded. 
There he might learn from Nature’s lore 
The more he learned to wonder more, 
And join with cheerful birds that raise 
To the All-Father hymns of praise. 
Tulips, useful as well as ornamental. 
But man now brings his strange devices 
Into earth’s latest paradises ; 
By vegetable vivisections 
He Nature twists to new directions. 
The old, slow gardener must go, 
That chemists may their monsters grow 
With coloured glass, electric thrills, 
And chemicals- such work their wills 
On plants, and raise by artifice 
New oddities to fetch a price. 
Electric Thrills. 
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THE 
Tomatos 
(old style). 
New style : 
Tomatos above, 
Potatos below. 
We’ve had fine apples—they want more, 
Must make them grow without a core ; 
The plums and cherries on the tree 
In future must from stones be free. 
The strawberries, it’s very clear, 
Must ripen all throughout the year ! 
Roses are red—they must be blue ; 
Carnations green as grass in hue ; 
And all things subject to such change, 
As whim or fashion may arrange, 
Turns paradise to parodox 
When even a garden Nature mocks. 
W. F. de B. Maclaren 
The Coreless Apple, 
First Boy: “Do please let me have the core.’ 
Second Boy: “There ain’t going to lie no core.’ 
Cabbages for the Million.- —An average 
of 2,000,000 cabbage plants per day have 
been despatched for some time past by Mr. 
John Gillies, Northfield, the plants having 
been conveyed by a special train every morn¬ 
ing to Edinburgh, where the bags are re¬ 
sorted and sent on to their different destina¬ 
tions. 
* * * 
Delicious “ Mammees.” —The Manimee, a 
West Indian fruit, is attracting much atten¬ 
tion just now at Covent Garden. There are 
two kinds of Manimee, the larger one having 
a delicious yellow pulp, with a rich Apricot 
flavour, and the smaller one growing on what 
is known as the marmalade tree, from the 
Orange flavour of the fruit. 
F adeless plower. 
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As is intimated on page 467, much has been 
said concerning the above, almost as much, 1 
might say, as wo were told of the seedless 
Apple. 
It may be taken for granted that when the 
lay Dress gets wind of anything new in the 
horticultural line, they make the most of it. 
The flower in question was first spoken of last 
autumn as the wondrous Australian Star, or 
Fadeless Flower. The former appellation has 
since been dropped. 
Respecting the remarks of the writer in Tie 
Florists’ Exchange, I have just a little doubt as 
to whether he has run the novelty to earth. 
The Acroclinium. is now, I believe, known 
as Helipterum. 
The Acroclinium is restricted to one species, 
or was, viz., A. roseum, introduced from Aus¬ 
tralia in 1845. By placing it in the genus 
Helipterum, it has two [at least three. —Ed.] 
eomqianions—H. liumboldtianum and H. 
Manglesii, whilst the one-time Acroclinium is 
called TI. roseum. 
The trouble that the botanists cause is fur¬ 
ther instanced by the fact that H. Manglesii 
was formerly Rodanthe Manglesii. Both H. 
liumboldtianum (Syn Sandfordii) and H. Man¬ 
glesii are yellow, there being also a double 
form of the latter. 
If I remember rightly (it is such a long time 
since I grew it), H. roseum is a daisy-like 
flower, and from an illustration I have at 
hand, the Star Flower is of the composite 
order, being made up of seven rays, with 
prominent anthers. When the Fadeless 
Flower first became prominent, I wrote to a 
friend, himself being one of the greatest seeds¬ 
men in America-, asking for information. His 
reply was : “ The Star Flower is not a fake, but 
the most beautiful little pink flower, and 
superior to any everlasting 1 have ever seen. 
I travelled down to California and saw it grow¬ 
ing, and can speak fully upon it.” 
My friend gave it as Cephaiipterum Drum- 
mondii,. and stated it to be a new hardy 
annual, introduced from Australia by Bur¬ 
bank. The flowers are very fragrant, and 
range from light pink to rosy crimson, and are 
borne in graceful clusters. 
I have searched all the botanical dictionaries 
at my disposal, but cannot find Cephaiip¬ 
terum, but the latter part of the name seems 
closely akin to Helipterum. H. roseum grows 
2 ft., but the Star Flower only 1ft., and as 
thick through. [Cephaiipterum Drummondii, 
of Asa Gray, is a native of Australia,— Ed.] 
I secured some seed of Hie reputed novelty, 
and from it I have raised three plants. The 
seed germinated very slowly and poorly, 
although sown in a pot on a slight hotbed. 
The growth is as slow as the germination, for 
at the time of writing the plants are but 2 in. 
high. They indicated precocity of bloom by 
showing buds, which I have removed to induce 
vigour. 
The steadiness of the plants, though in a 
frame, seems to suggest that they are not 
hardy. The foliage is narrow, rather fleshy, 
and of a pale glaucous green, with a suggestion 
of lustiness on the under side. I am hoping 
that the plants will ere long get under, way, 
when all doubt- can be removed. Cal. 
The Weather in West Lothian.— Week 
ending June 9th :—Not a drop of rain all the 
week ; very trying cold east winds. Ther¬ 
mometer, maximum 66 deg., minimum, 
4(1 deg-.—C. Blair. 
