October 28, 1905. 
THE gardening world 
837 
: cream in the centre. The crimped flowers ot 
"William Marshall are bright scarlet, and very 
attractive. 
A double-flowered seedling without name 
i was notable for the rich orange colour of its 
flowers, being one of the recent selections. 
The best yellow is Mrs. W. L. Ainslie, being 
rich in colour, with wavy petals. Another 
handsomely-crimped flower is Captain Lamb- 
ton, with yellow flowers tinted salmon oil the 
outer petals. A pleasing light colour of blush 
silvery pink is Rhoda Pope. The finest of the 
rich orange flowers is Duchess of Portland. 
Imbrioata is blotched and edged or splashed 
with white on a rose ground like a double 
Balsam. Another of this type is Lady 
Coventry, splashed with white on carmine- 
rose. A third flower of this type is splashed 
with white on a salmon ground. It is named 
W. H. Edwards, and is a bloom of good sub¬ 
stance, flattened on the top like the Rose 
A. K. Williams. A beautifully-fringed and 
crimped flower of primrose colour is Mme. 
Gi'anby. That named Florence Luxton is 
salmon with crimped petals, silvery on the 
edge, and very pretty. Lord Clarendon is 
vivid orange, and very distinct. The above 
is merely a small number of the best, but at 
an earlier period the number could probably 
be doubled, and all possessing points of great 
excellence. 
The field of this year’s seedlings in the 
open is laid out in beds 4ft. wide, the singles 
on one side of the central path and the 
doubles on the other. Each bed contains 
950 plants, and the whole field runs to a 
quarter of a million seedlings. A very large 
percentage of each colour has come true to 
name, and some of the rogues apparent have 
evidently got in by mistake. Taking a rapid 
survey of the field, we-noted the various 
colours grouped together in beds, and the 
more popular colours were always planted 
in the greatest number. While they are in 
bloom the very best and the second best are 
selected, each plant being carefully labelled 
and numbered. All the others pass into one 
lot, and even then they would make excellent 
material for bedding purposes, for the strain 
has certainly reached a high stage of perfec¬ 
tion, indicating great care in the making of 
the crosses and in selecting the very finest 
as the future seed-bearers. 
The first lot was known as fancies, includ¬ 
ing picotees, mottled, and shaded colours. 
The self colours are the most popular, and 
include salmon-pink, bronze, salmon, salmon- 
rose, crimson, rose, yellow, pink, rich orange, 
white, and scarlet. Several of the latter 
colours being in large request are grown in 
the greatest numbers. The flowers are cir¬ 
cular, with very broad overlapping petals, and 
many of the blooms, notwithstanding the late 
period of the year, still measured 4in. to 6in. 
in diameter. 
Even greater care is exercised in the selec¬ 
tion of the double varieties, of which 
there are a dozen, distinct colours. Each 
colour is selected so that there are a 
dozen qualities of the flower. The labour 
entailed in this operation is enormous, and 
means work every day for a long time during 
the period of blooming. A remarkably large 
number of these seedlings are not only double, 
but produce flowers of the first quality. In¬ 
deed, so carefully are the crosses made and 
the parents selected that a single flower is a 
rarity in any bed. 
The colours are precisely the same as 
amongst singles, but we may state that 
popular colours grown in great quantity are 
crimson, white, scarlet, salmon, yellow, 
salmon-rose, orange, blush and bronze-yellow. 
Other colours are also good according to their 
kind. There were also several beds of mixed 
colours to show the effect and the variety to 
be obtained from a mixed packet of seeds. 
Considering that our inspection was made at 
the end of September, the field was remark¬ 
ably floriferous, notwithstanding one or two 
nights of frost just previously. This only 
affects the larger flowers, and large buds were 
pushing up in thousands and coming into 
bloom every day. 
. . USEFUL . . 
Garden Devices. 
Carnations and Wireworms. 
A. M. D. ’ should follow the advice given 
on page 755 of The Gardening World, and 
in addition to that lie might try the following 
method: Get a.strip of slaters’ zinc, about 
6 m. wide, cut it up into wedge-shaped pieces, 
2 in. wide at the nose and 6 in. wide at the 
bush end. Punch a number of holes about 
5 in. in diameter, then twist the wedge into 
tile shape of a candle extinguisher, and put a 
loop of wire in the top, to serve the double 
WIREWORM TRAP. 
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purpose of a handle for withdrawing it from 
the soil and for keeping the trap together. 
Fill these up with pieces of Carrot and small 
pieces of fibrous turf. Thrust them into the 
soil and cover them up, leaving only the wire 
visible, and look over them every day. I 
have made many of these traps, and caught 
hundreds of grubs with them whenever I have 
had to use fresh cut turf for Vine borders, etc: 
Unfortunately one cannot always get stacked 
loam. Another method I have heard advo¬ 
cated is to sow wheat, and when the seedlings 
are four or five inches high pull them out. and 
a grub will be found sticking to the base. 
Of this, however, I cannot speak from ex¬ 
perience. H. Arnold. 
A Handy Stand. 
The accompanying illustration shows a 
handy stand for gathering fruit, flowers, 
Runner Beans, etc., also for nailing up wall 
plants, attending to Rose trees, etc ., avoiding 
foot marks on the borders, and treading soil, 
if wet, on to the gravel paths. You, of course, 
stand on the board marked A. Hang your 
basket on cleat C. If nailing up trees, your 
shreds, hammer and nails, of course, go into 
the basket. I find it also very useful for hold¬ 
ing the garden hose in position to play on any 
particular subject, such as a standard Ros 
affected by aphis. The cleat C being at an 
angle grips the hose in the same way that a 
clothes-peg grips the line. It is when not in 
use for the above objects very handy on the 
tennis lawn for hanging coats and hats on. 
Specification.—A. Stout piece of heavy 
wood, size 16 in. by 12 in., and If in. thick. 
B. Stake of pine or other light wood, 2 in. 
and lg in., and 4 ft. 6 in. long,'set firmly into 
the base A. C. Cleat made of hard wood, 
screwed firmly on to the stake. 
TREES AND FLOWERS 
IN AMERICA. 
Lecture at the Horticultural Club. 
The monthly house dinners of this club were 
resumed at the Hotel Windsor on Tuesday, 
the 10th inst., under the chairmanship of Mr. 
Charles E. Do arson, the president of the 
club, Sir J. D. T. Llewellyn being unable.to 
attend until later. Despite the handicap of a 
concurrent dinner of the United Horticul¬ 
tural Benefit and Provident Society, the 
attendance was quite up to the average, and a 
very interesting lecture entitled “ Notes on 
Trees and Flowers in America,” and .illus¬ 
trated by lantern slides, was subsequently 
given by Mr. R. J. G. Read, one of the club 
members. Although the bulk of the slides 
exhibited related rather to the engineering 
side of Mr. Read’s experience than to the 
botanical or horticultural, which constitutes 
his hobby, his remarks anent the various 
plants and trees which appeared in the 
numerous views gave abundant evidence of 
keen observation. 
Starting with a plan of New York City, with 
its twin rivers, the Hudson and East River, 
a series of following slides gave a vivid idea 
of the immense traffic thereon and of those 
extraordinary structures known as “ sky¬ 
scrapers,” which have been evolved by an 
environment of limited space, high ground 
rents, and need for great and concentrated 
business accommodation. A view of Broad¬ 
way, with the sewer pipes temporarily sus¬ 
pended in the air to facilitate the construction 
of new subterranean roadways, afforded a 
characteristic glimpse of American cute¬ 
ness ” in overcoming difficulties, while a fine 
view of the celebrated “ flat iron ” building 
inspired the hope in all aesthetic minds that 
London may long be spared from the outcome 
of such soaring architectural tours de force. 
Some views of the Central Park led us back 
to nature by examples of natural rock out¬ 
croppings clothed with beautiful vegetation 
and artificialised as little as possible com¬ 
patible with well-kept paths and approaches. 
Leaving New York, and ascending the Hudson 
River, some grand views were shown, afford¬ 
ing an agreeable contrast in the shape of 
ragged cliffs and wooded heights to the 
crowded city streets and bare architectural 
cliffs previously shown. A series of views of 
Niagara appropriately followed, including 
views of some of the immense engineering 
works devoted to the utilisation of the water 
power for mankind’s benefit. Similar work 
was also displayed in connection with other 
great falls in Canada, in which connection it 
