December 23, 1905. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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nmy be grown in baskets, and in the case of 
the East Indian species it is doubtful whether 
this is not the best way to grow them, for the 
roots seem to require air as well as their 
leaves. Equally good specimens have been 
grown in pots as in baskets, so that it becomes 
more a matter of choice than necessity. Small 
plants which enjoy a position near the roof 
glass are best in baskets or pans. A good 
time to repot an Orchid is when it has. 
flowered and is seen sending up new growths 
and to be making new roots. Those species 
which flower with the young growths should 
be repotted after the flowers are over. 
L. S. Small. 
AN EFFECTIVE 
Autumn=flowering Shrub 
(Clerodendron trichotomum). 
This very effective autumn-flowering shrub 
should be found more frequently in gardens 
than is at present the case, for, in addition to 
being very lovely when in bloom, and blossom¬ 
ing as it does during late autumn when few 
other shrubs are in flower, it has the advan¬ 
tage of having very ornamental leaves which 
look well all summer. When nicely grown it 
forms a large shrub 10ft. or 12ft. high with a 
flat head. The leaves, especially on young 
specimens, are large, in shape ovate and 
acuminate, thin in texture, and turning red 
and yellow previous to falling in the autumn. 
The flowers are borne during August and Sep¬ 
tember in large flattened inflorescences. In 
colour they are white with red calyx lobes, 
and they have the advantage of being very 
fragrant. After the flowers have fallen the 
calyxes remain and grow considerably, the 
deep red looking very pretty with the dark 
violet fruits and yellow and red of the dying 
leaves. When anyone possesses a plant there 
is little difficulty in obtaining a stock, for root 
cuttings form a good means of increase, and 
often suckers are sent up in quantity, which 
can easily be detached from the parent plant. 
C. trichotomum is found in both China and 
Japan. W. Dallimore. 
Valeriana Phu aurea. 
This plant, which is so easily grown, and 
which thrives under most untoward circum¬ 
stances—as, for instance, a dry and wind¬ 
swept bank or a bed of sandy gravel—seems 
nevertheless to be somewhat despised, and 
certainly is not made as much use of as its 
merits would seem to warrant. 
We do not imply that it is a plant to be 
introduced wholesale into the most favoured 
spots in the garden, but rather that it should 
be used in bare, exposed situations where 
many things would fail, where the light 
amber-tinted foliage in spring and the white 
flowers in autumn would serve to liven up 
otherwise uninteresting bits of the garden- 
scape. To some the peculiar odour emitted 
by the plant is objectionable, but many a 
bank or idle spot exists in gardens of fair 
dimensions where the colour of the foliage 
and flowers would be acceptable, and where 
one need not come into so close contact with 
the plants as to notice the odour thereof. 
We call to mind a Scottish garden where a 
mass of Valeriana Phu aurea several yards in 
circumference is a most striking object in the 
cold days of spring, when the amber-yellow 
leaves are the brightest bit of colour to be seen, 
and it would be equally effective in most 
gardens if planted in fair-sized groups. Even 
on the rockery room might be found for a few 
plants. Heather Bell. 
The Happy Horticulturist! 
Mr. Joseph Chamberlain some years ago, when presiding 
at a meeting of the Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institution, 
sounded the praises of the cultivation cf flowers a 3 an 
unselfish pursuit, and suited alike to rich and poor, the 
meanest and the greatest. Never before, he said, were 
flowers so largely used in decoration-; they might be said to 
accompany us from the cradle to the grave. They added 
another charm to female loveliness, and did something even 
to relieve the repulsive ugliness of male attire. Statesmen, 
philosophers, doctors, lawyers, poets had all found happiness 
and res t in h orticulture.—G ardening World, August 19. 
"V 
VK. 
We recognise; with proper pride, 
That, setting politics aside, 
Our public men are men of parts, f , 
| in philosophy and arts, A 
qualified on any theme 'I ^ 
To let the light of learning gleam. 
'd\ Jog-phamberlain, one of our best— 
an orchid isn’t dressed— 
>niwlll Has let us know his happiest hours 
Are those he spends among the flowers. 
.Once^waxing warmly eloquent, 
He seemed the soul of sentiment, j 
And sighed &er what the statesman miss! 
gai ned by the horticu lturist,. 
See how" such lovely Hewers/’ he 
“ For all cur pleasures are supplie 
“ And even follow us to the tomb 
“ To lighten somewhat sorrow’s gloom ! 
<l To woman’s loveliness they add 
“ An extra charm, to make more glad ; 
“ While even mere men might well as 
" WifF Sowers to furbish their attir ( e.- 
’hilosoppebs x had often found 
Wis&afiwhiletligging- intpe ■ 
1 D qgujr\a nd stateS^&R7^|5neMistressed 
TTofticuLture could fincLyest; ■ 
lawyers taiig 
delight 
even reT 
lurple 
— . - _ 
If other statesmen could be got 
follow up this line of thought, 
politics to seek release 
p a garden-plot find peace, 
xosebery, whose word is “ thorough,” 
leave at last his “ lonely furrow^ o 
5 his “ spade-work ” would attend f r 
Campbell-Bannerman for friend* 
fiscal friends, in future, scorn 
read on a free trader’s corn ; 
Tchance Home Rulers might at 1 
=* ind that in onion there was strength ; ,. - , 
And loud Lloyd-George, who loves*the leek, \ 
By working with sweet peas bi medk. y _ 
Then Balfour, suddenlwrqsjgfie ’ “ 
Might heartsease in tfwsgaplei' 
And all the House of L 
Might join to swell this' 
To Chamberlain let credit come 
For this foreseen millennium ; 
We’ll no doubt see, when Britain’s Zion,’ 
The lamb lie with the dandelion. 
W. F. de B. Mr 
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