July 8, 1905. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
(Exochorda grandiflora.) 
This graceful tree or shrub is not so often 
met with in our gardens as it ought to be. 
Even for its foliage it merits a place in every 
well-kept garden. It is a native of China, 
where Mr. Fortune found it, and first flowered 
in London, May, 1854. lb C. 
A LOVELY 
ROSE GARDEN. 
As to which fruit most belies its flavour 
by its appearance, the reply would un¬ 
doubtedly be the Medlar, a fruit which is 
not fit to eat until it begins to decay. The 
fruit is globular, but depressed above, with 
leafy persistent sepals, and contains stones 
of a hemispherical shape. Even when unripe 
and looking its best there is no suggestion of 
the luscious flavour that it is some day to 
yield ; nor could anything appear more un¬ 
appetising than a Medlar in the mouldy and 
rotten condition which pleases the epicure, 
and, indeed, imparts a most delicious taste 
to the fruit. 
many of the hybrid Teas. It is, nevertheless, 
a charming Rose, and always valuable for 
garden decoration or cut-flower purposes. The 
blooms are conical and relatively long in the 
bud state, and when the broad outer petals 
are expanded this firm conical centre is re¬ 
tained. The petals are creamy-yellow or 
The /Aedlar. 
Rose Garden at Downside, Leatherhead. 
The Pear Midge. —The Pear Midge, which 
worked much havoc last year, has again made 
its unwelcome appearance in the orchards and 
Cardens of the Wigton district of Cumberland. 
The young fruit, where attacked, is dis¬ 
coloured and deformed, and on being opened is 
found to contain from fifteen to twenty grubs. 
The Chinese Holly. 
(Ilex cornula.) 
When a nice specimen of this Holly meets 
the eye on a well-kept lawn it looks remark¬ 
ably pleasing. It is a native of China, from 
which place Mr. Fortune introduced it into 
England about fifty-five years ago. Though 
perhaps not so robust, it. apparently is^ as 
hardy as our own native Holly. D. C. 
A Showy Shrub. 
TEA ROSE 
/Ame. DE WATTEVILLE. 
The accompanying illustration represents 
the characteristic bloom of this beautiful 'lea 
Rose, which us .1 to be highly popular on the 
Our illustration of this shows. a view in 
the Rose gardens of A. Tate, Esq., Downside, 
Leatherhead, where Mr. W. Mease takes 
charge, and is celebrated not merely as a 
grower of Roses but of Chrysanthemums as 
well. Indeed, it is hardly necessary to re¬ 
mind our readers of this successful cultivator. 
The picture merely shows some small Rose 
bushes grown for exhibition purposes, with 
pergola in the rear and a background of trees 
and shrubs. The Roses seem out of propor¬ 
tion to the size of the bushes, but it must 
be remembered that many of the fine exhibi¬ 
tion blooms are obtained from maiden plants. 
As a rule, heavy soils inclined to be clay- 
are the most suitable for the successful cul¬ 
tivation of the Rose, but Downside is situated 
on the chalk formation, where Roses of 
various kinds succeed admirably, but have 
the assistance of a skilled cultivator always 
imparting fresh material for the benefit of 
his favourites. 
Tea Rose Mme. de Watteville. 
exhibition table, but is scarcely large enough 
now to meet the requirements in all cases in 
face of such big blooms as are furnished by 
salmon-white, with bright rose-pink edges, 
shading downwards upon the petals. In 
these respects it may be compared to a 
Picotee-edged Carnation, and is sometimes 
compared with a Tulip. In any case the 
brightly-coloured edge gives the flower a 
charming appearance. It is of vigorous 
growth, and the flowers are Tea scented. Its 
cultivation may therefore be undertaken even 
by a beginner. It was sent us by Messrs. 
B. R. Cant and Sons, Colchester, together 
with the fine bloom of Liberty on the centre 
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