The Gardening Wo.ri.d, January 4, 1908. 
MOTTO FOR THE WEEK: 
“ In the royal ordering of gardens, there ought to be gardens for all the months of the 
year.”— Bacon. 
An Amateur’s Letter to Amateurs. 
CONTENTS . 
Amateur’s Letter to Amateurs, An ... 1 
Apple Reinette Etoilee . 9 
Carnation Beacon (illus.) . 10 
Carnation Rose Pink Enchantress 
(illus.) . 3 
Carnation White Perfection (illus.)... 7 
Chrysanthemums in January. 5 
Competition Awards . 2 
Competition, Prize-Letter . 4 
Enquire Within . 11 
Flower Garden, The . 8 
Foliage Plant, A Handsome (illus.) 6 
Fruit Garden, The . -8 
Fruit Growing for Amateurs (illus.) 13 
Greenhouse, The Amateur s . 9 
Hotbeds and How to Make Them ... 4 
Kitchen Garden, The . 8 
Mallow, The Scarlet False... 7 
Mulberry, The Culture of the (illus.) 13 
Orchids for Amateurs . 8 
Pentstemons, Border . 2 
Propagating, Outdoor . 2 
Town Garden, Making Much of a 
(illus.) . 5 -. 
Trees and Shrubs, Ornamental . 3 
Work of the Week . 8 
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Oamsv 
My garden was gold, 
Flaming with Daffodil graces, 
Rifled by East winds brave and bold 
In its secret, shadowy places; 
Fairies laboured, as fairies know, 
Softly weaving Summer; and lo, 
My garden was red, 
Red with a splendour of roses, 
Red as the ravished lips of a maid 
When the flower of a kiss uncloses; 
O echo of song, and laughing vow 
Broken so soon and lost! For now 
My garden is white— 
White with snow-phantoms, and frozen ; 
Cold is the passionless Winter’s light, 
And the way that my heart hath chosen 
Lies with the rose-red vanities— 
Not with these stainless mysteries! 
— Pall Mall Gazette. 
- 4-M- - 
The Largest Orchards. 
The largest orchards in the world are 
not, as is generally supposed, in the 
United States, but at Werder, near Ber¬ 
lin. They extend without a break for 
between twelve and thirteen thousand 
acres. 48,000,000 lb. of Apples and Pears 
are sent away by canal and river alone. 
CXXIV. 
Laying Out Small Gardens. 
I have already had a few words to say 
concerning the laying out of small gar¬ 
dens, but to-day I have it in my mind to 
return to the subject for a moment. In 
'laying out a garden where the great aim 
is to give space for as many flowers as 
possible, we shall have to dispense with 
the miniature lawn. I do not know that 
the tiny space of reposeful green is in* 
dispensable, and I do know that one of the 
most charming small gardens I have come 
across—that is to say, enclosed town gar¬ 
dens—had no lawn. It was divided—the 
space that is usually devoted to grass — 
into five simple oblong beds. The centre 
one was wholly planted with Roses, except 
for a border of Violas. , The beds at either 
side of it were chiefly given up to bulbs, 
Hyacinths, Tulips, and many choice Lilies 
for summer flowering, but there were also 
Carnations, Petunias, Begonias, and other 
of the choicer' flowering plants. The two 
end beds were planted with some of the 
best of the usual hardy border perennials, 
with a few of the best type of annuals. The 
narrow border under the palings was 
raised slightly, and was thus made to yield 
an effective rockery edging, while the bor¬ 
der itself was planted for the most part 
with tall perennials. Hollyhocks were a 
conspicuous feature, and there were also 
Delphiniums, •Doronicums, Wallflowers, 
Veronicas, Verbascums, Sunflowers, Gale- 
gas, Campanulas in many varieties, Ane¬ 
mone japonica, border Chrysanthemums, 
and many other showy subjects. I would 
call especial attention, however, to the de¬ 
corative beauty of the rockwork edging 
that ran the whole length of the border, 
and was especially beautiful and bright 
during the months of March, April, May 
and June—the very months, in fact, that 
the border above it was less effective, as 
it had been planted rather with a view to 
summer display. But the masses of colour 
made by the Aubrietias, Alyssums, Saxi¬ 
frages, and other rock plants quite made 
up for this, for these attracted the 03 e, 
and held it, so that the border beyond 
was, as it were, left unobserved; though. 
to be sure, the eye could go backward to 
bright clumps of Wallflowers, or Doroni¬ 
cums, to stately Crown Imperials, which 
shared the space with the more numerous 
summer subjects. 
I have given a somewhat full description 
of this little town garden because it was 
so eminently successful, and the owner 
of it loved to find room for a large variety 
of plants', and this, of course, cannot be 
done where the greater portion, and the 
best and most open position, is given up 
to the lawn. In this case the grass lawn 
was dispensed with, but all the pathways 
— both down the side and end borders 
and those between the beds—were of turf. 
It was a very happy inspiration, I think, 
and might be initiated in many a subur¬ 
ban and town garden where the owner is 
greedy of space for his flowers. 
The variegated Vinca major. 
This, of course, in more familiar lan¬ 
guage is the large flowered Periwinkle. It 
is at the present season when those who 
possess this delightful variegated variety 
know its true value and decorativeness. It 
is wonderfully graceful and effective for 
cutting. At a time when flowers are scarce 
and still we have some large, bold vases 
we need to fill, trails of this foliage, with 
its striking edge and splashings of white, 
together with the Satiny Honesty, a few 
stems of Chinese Lanterns (Physalis Bran¬ 
ched), with Holly branches, make charm¬ 
ing arrangements, and all these subjects 
may be grown with little difficulty. 
Standard Forms of Plants. 
I was very glad to hear from a corre¬ 
spondent that he had noted my remarks 
concerning these and meant to experiment 
with them. I wish I could believe others 
■were doing the same, as it is extremely in¬ 
teresting work, this of training plants. 
Where a slightly formal effect is desired, 
these standard plants are invaluable to 
emphasise this, and they may be put to 
many uses. Standard bay trees, the stems 
straight and rather tall, and growing in 
square boxes, appeal to me immensely, 
especially w'here they are utilised in close 
proximity to the house.- To my way o T 
thinking (and I should much like to hea ' 
what others think of the matter) they give 
us the feeling that a beautiful orderlines.. 
a careful and attentive trimness abounds. 
They have a quaintness that is very tak¬ 
ing/an old-world effect that charms us. 
They are decorative to a high degree. Ar¬ 
tificial, unnatural, not to he tolerates, 
some will say! Well, well, we do not all 
think alike, and a good thing, too.' We 
must remember that Nature does not 
- wholly set her face against all formality. 
Take the Irish Yew as an instance; tl 
lines are straight enough and slim enough 
here to give the feeling of formality* 
F. Norfolk. 
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Angraecum Du Buyssonii. 
The above plant has rather tall stems 
throwing out long roots. The flowers are 
produced in a long spreading raceme 
from the top of the plant. They are white 
with a spur 6in. to yin. long and tinted 
with brotvn. Award of Merit by the 
R.H.S. on November 26th, when shown 
by Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Brad¬ 
ford. 
