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exercise of a little judgment, because if 
the plants are kept too close they will 
grow weakly; while to suddenly admit a 
rush of cold air would do harm in other 
ways. 
Perhaps the most difficult time of all is 
when there is strong sunshine and a cold 
wind. In this case the frames should be 
tilted on the opposite side to that from 
which the wind is blowing, and if the 
frame gets too hot a few pea-sticks or 
other branches may be laid over the glass 
through the hottest hours of the day. 
Care should be taken to keep down 
green fly from the first. This can easily 
be done by dusting the shoots with 
tobacco-powder in the afternoon, when 
the growths are slightly damp, and 
syringing it off.again the next morning. 
Young plants of the early-flowering 
varieties should be gradually hardened, as 
the end of this month is in most localities 
a good time for planting them out in beds 
or borders that have been prepared be¬ 
forehand by having a good dressing of 
well-rotted dung dug in. And if a light 
dusting of quicklime is given on the sur¬ 
face of the bed about a week before the 
plants are set out, it will have a good 
effect on the fertility of the soil, and ren¬ 
der a service in ridding the ground of 
slugs. 
The new early-flowering singles are ex¬ 
ceedingly effective, but as many of them 
have a rather delicate habit of growth, 
especially in the early stages, they require 
a little extra attention, which, however, is 
well repaid later on. Beginners will be 
much more likely to manage them suc¬ 
cessfully in the open border than in pots. 
A selection of the best varieties was 
given in THE GARDENING WORLD of 
November 2nd. 
R. Barnes. 
AMERICAN 
CARNATIONS 
AT TANGLEY 
NURSERIES. 
The boom in the culture of American 
Carnations that has taken place in this 
country within the last few years is re¬ 
markable. The art of growing them is 
now so well understood that the blooms 
can scarcely be inferior, either in point 
of size or colour, to those grown in the 
United States, where most of the varieties 
originated. 
Mr. W. H. Page, Tangley Nurseries, 
Hampton, Middlesex, grows them exten¬ 
sively for Covent Garden, as may be seen 
by reference to the accompanying illus¬ 
tration of a house of the splendid variety 
Enchantress. This house is 190 ft. long 
by 30 ft. wide and contains 6,500 plants. 
The colour developed in the flowers of 
Enchantress and Rose Pink Enchantress 
is usually darker than in the average of 
flowers seen at exhibitions. We can also 
testify to the remarkable colour of Mrs. 
T. W. Lawson as grown by Mr. Page. 
The rose pink hue is, indeed, so intense 
as to make the variety difficult to dis¬ 
tinguish from Nelson Fisher. 
Groups of cut flowers have several times 
been shown by Mr. Page at meetings of 
the Royal Horticultural Society, West¬ 
minster, securing Silver Flora and other 
medals. He also secured the first prize 
for a group of cut Carnations at the Dc 
cember exhibition of the Winter Flower¬ 
ing Carnation Society, and at both of 
these places the high grade character of 
his flowers was not to be gainsaid. The 
flowers are arranged in vases stood in a 
April 11, 190S. 
setting of Maidenhair Ferns, and bei: 
cut with long stems and artistically d 
posed in the vases they make highly effe 
tive and attractive groups. The plants a 
grown in pots according to the usu 
method adopted with this fascinating cl; 
of plants in this country. The illustrati 
was kindly lent us by Mr. Page. Son 
information concerning the other variet : 
grown will appear in our next issue. 
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“Journal of the Kew Guild.” 
The fifteenth number of the annc. 
publication of the above name was issul 
a short time ago, being the number - 
1907. The frontispiece on this occasn 
is a portrait of Richard Irwin Lym. 
'M.A., curator of the Cambridge Botai; 
Garden. He graduated at Kew, inde. 
went there when quite a boy, beginni; 
at the base of the ladder. He was a vc 
industrious young man, and took adv.- 
tage of every opportunity to acquirt 1 
knowledge of botany as well as horde - 
ture. When he went to Cambridge vvi 
full opportunity to carry out his bent, e 
made the gardens notable amongst thr 
kind in the cultivation of rare and use 1 
or interesting plants’ of a widely vail 
character. He also undertook e 
hybridising of the Transvaal Daisy ,1 
other Gerberas and the resulting se - 
lings brought Mr. Lynch’s name io 
great prominence at the Temple Shv 
about two years ago. Cambridge C:- 
tage is also illustrated, the house in wh'h 
the late Duke of Cambridge, and previ ; 
to him the Duchess of Cambridge, lid 
when they went to Kew. Scarcely Is 
interesting to old Kewites, though sadc. 
will be changes indicated by the dece e 
of ten members of the Guild. The let s 
from various members in different p, 5 
of the world will also be read with 1- 
tercst by members in all parts of e 
world. 
House of Carnation Enchantress at Tangley Nurseries. 
