Gardening World, March 7, 1908. 
MOTTO FOR THE WEEK: 
Je flaunting flowers our garden yield, 
t|h sheltering woods and wa’s maun 
shield.”— Burns. 
CO NTEN TS. 
e teur's Letter to Amateurs . 151 
ei 'Dwarf) Golden W axpod 
flus.) . i6 7 
emia (Tuberous) Mary Pope 
lus.) . I_ 59 
. aas and their Cultivation . 174 
l.-santhemum coronarium (illus.) 174 
c petition Awards . 150 
c petition, Prize Letter . 154 
ysus's and their Cultivation . 155 
ruire Within . I 7 ° 
liver Garden, The (illus.) .164 
1 er Garden, Work in the . 152 
ft Garden, The (illus.) .164 
rimhouse, The Amateur’s (illus.) 166 
I hen Garden, The (illus.) . 164 
i 1m longiflorum (illus.) . 153 
1 hrooms, their Culture . 174 
inns, The Cultivation of . 152 
•nids for Amateurs . 166 
e (Garden) Alderman . 154 
e (Garden) Eckford's Record . 162 
e (Garden) Fidler’s New Early 
arrow (illus.) . 167 
d (Garden) Sutton’s Incomparable 162 
c.to Southern Queen (illus.) ... 162 
c.to Toogood’s Thousandfold 
lus.) ... 
.(i Garden at Barr’s Nurseries 
lus.) . 168 
Lc:s, In the Garden of . 158 
v ;t Pea Mrs. William King . 153 
V2t> Peas at Althorne Lodge 
lus.) . 155 
v;t Sultan, Giant White (illus.)... 161 
T tie. The Scotch . 153 
’>rip Golden Ball, Dobbie’s Se¬ 
ated . 159 
i' k of the Week (illus.) . 164 
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arch, many' weathers. 
158 
wet March makes a sad harvest. 
arch rain spoils more than clothes. 
5 it rains in March so it rains in June. 
peck of March dust is worth a King’s 
om. 
March dust and May sun 
Makes corn white and maids dun. 
So many mists in March you see, 
So many frosts in May will be. 
Style in the Garden. 
It is just as well to know exactly what 
we want to achieve when we take up the 
gardening hobby. The amateur does not 
realise quite so readily as he might that 
it is not a difficult thing to secure a de¬ 
lightful style and character in his gar¬ 
den if he will but work on the precon¬ 
ceived idea he has formed as to what he 
wants. Thus old-fashioned gardens de¬ 
light him, and he decides he will have an 
old-fashioned garden for himself; but to 
secure it he must keep the idea in view in 
every operation he performs. He must 
know the characteristics of an old- 
fashioned garden, the manner of planting, 
the setting most suitable. Again, it may 
be simply a modern villa garden he wishes 
to have, and he should set himself to 
study what constitutes the best sort of 
modern villa garden. He may choose to 
turn his garden into a beautiful alpine 
garden, and here, again, he must study 
to produce such a garden as will consti¬ 
tute the best possible setting for alpine 
and other rock-loving plants. 
The Old-fashioned Garden. 
I should like to add a few further re¬ 
marks on the style of gardening I first 
mentioned —the old-fashioned garden — 
because it is such a general favourite. Of 
'course this garden is easier to make when 
it surrounds a house that is likewise “old- 
fashioned,” as the harmony, congruity and 
sense of absolute suitability will then be 
complete. In a beautiful old-fashioned 
garden I have in my mind there is not a 
bit of formal spring or summer bedding. 
Every border and every bed (and the beds 
are many, as part of the garden is laid 
out after the “Italian” style) are planted 
with a fine selection of hardy perennials, 
so that there is a grand blaze of colour 
and no formality as to height. These beds 
of mixed perennials have a charm that is 
distinct and different from the charm of 
the border. As a seasonable hint, I may 
say, a bed of mixed annuals, if well se¬ 
lected and suitably distributed, can be 
extremely beautiful, and to many of us 
far more interesting than a bed filled with 
one subject only, by reason of the variety 
of height, different plants and forms of 
blossoms. 
Do I recommend sowing where the 
flowers are to bloom in beds such as 
these ? For the most part, no, because 
such sowing means generally closely 
crowded plants. If the seedlings be so 
vigorously weeded out that they stand as 
far apart as they would if transplanted, 
that is another matter; but they rarely 
are. Many people cannot bring them¬ 
selves to root up and throw away eighty 
out of a hundred seedlings, so that un¬ 
less they are prepared to do this, or sow 
exceedingly thin, then I say again, 
better by far transplant the seedlings to 
these beds unless they be varieties that 
will not bear transplantation. 
Making- Out the Seed Lists. 
It adds—well, 1 cannot say how much 
it adds—to the enjoyment of our gardens 
to grow every year a selection of plants 
with which we are unfamiliar. Never 
mind if we are disappointed with a certain 
proportion of them, or if we find we have 
put the wrong one in this or that position; 
these things will happen. I remember 
once when I was unfamiliar with Asperula 
azurea setosa, rearing a batch of seedlings 
and giving it an important place. When 
I saw the first plant in flower I pulled 
up and threw away every plant; but with 
plenty of other varieties here and there in 
pans or odd corners for such contingen¬ 
cies, the bed was soon filled with other 
things, and it is in experiment and ex¬ 
perience that the delight of gardening 
lies. 
It is always well to have a stand-by in 
some hardy, sturdy subject that can be 
transplanted at any stage, thus a supply 
of Iberis hybrida nana can generally be 
found useful to make up failures, and 
may be sown in the open the first week in 
March. These French hybrid forms are 
excellent, and may be bought in separate 
colours, white, or crimson. 
Some Little-known Annuals 
I can thoroughly recommend for border 
work (I am not considering bedding an¬ 
nuals at this moment):-—Layia elegans, 
Datura ceratocaula, Convolvulus tricolor 
kermesinus, Campanula macrostyla, 
Brachycome, Salvia Horminum, and for 
a very hot parched position, Mesembryan- 
themum tricolor. All of these are worthy 
of good cultivation, and by that I mean 
careful rearing, well worked soil in good 
heart, and favourable positions. To plant 
annuals under trees or in places where 
little or no sunshine ever reaches them 
is to court failure. 
A Grand Novelty. 
We have learned to appreciate thor¬ 
oughly Salvia splendens as a subject to 
be sown now, and grown forward for the 
decoration of the greenhouse, whether 
cold or heated, during the autumn. It 
takes a unique place, and wp cannot 
afford to be without the cheery scarlet 
flowers if we aim at having some foil to 
the ubiquitous Chrysanthemums. And 
this year I note there is a novelty offered 
under the name of Salvia splendens Star 
of Zurich. It is said to be a capital bed¬ 
ding plant for the garden, is dwarf and 
of good compact growth, and equally good 
as a pot plant. If used out of doors, the 
seed should be sown under glass without 
delay. 
F. Norfolk. 
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Orchids Popular in Japan. 
In Japan Orchids are very popular. In 
the city of Tokio there are about 500 
greenhouses belonging to private people, 
in which mainly Orchids are grown. 
