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THE GARDENING WORLD 
May 23, 1908.' 
Messrs. Barrie & Brown’s Bulbs 
. . . Daffodils and Tulips. . . . 
The soil or gravel forming the path should 
be- taken out to a depth, of 3 in. so as to admit 
of laying the pebbles sufficiently low down 
to be held firm and also to be at the proper 
level you intend the walk to be. Then get 
some sand, either from a pit or from a river 
or stream. The pebbles should then be 
sorted into sizes that will fit fairly com¬ 
pactly together in rows of about equal 
width. These pebbles we presume are more 
or less flattened. If so, they can be more 
readily fixed by means of the sand we men¬ 
tioned. Lay some sand in the space to 
be paved, then commence laying the 
pebbles on -their edges so that only the 
edge or narrow surface is exposed. They 
can then be put in in rows one after the 
other, each row being made up of pebbles 
as near as possible of one size. By means 
of a hammer beat them down while laying 
them until they are all on the same level. 
When you have completed the paving in this 
f ashion spread some sand over -the top so as 
to fill up all the spaces between the pebbles. 
You can then give the walk a good watering 
with the rosed watering pot, and that will 
wash the sand into all the spaces between 
the stones, thus keeping them quite firm. 
The only other point to be attended to is to 
see that the stones cannot slide away at the 
sides of the walk. If you have taken out 
any depth of gravel there should be suffi¬ 
cient material at the sides to hold the stones 
there. The same idea should govern you 
when putting in the first row of stones and 
also the last row. Your object' there should 
be to see that they are firmly embedded 
against the old gravel or soil as the case 
may be. If this cannot conveniently be done 
a narrow board placed on edge could form a 
first line, and also the last line of the pav¬ 
ing. There will then be no fear of the 
stones at the outsides slipping and allowing 
the others to give way. 
NAMES OF PLANTS . 
(A. L. 0 .) Fuchsia procumbens, a native 
of New Zealand. 
(T. B. W.) 1, Symphytum orientale; 2, 
Mertensia pulmonaroides; 3, Pulmonaria 
saccharata; 4, Saxifraga umbrosa; 5, Aqui- 
legia vulgaris; 6, Omphalodes verna. 
(H. West) 1, Cytisus praecox; 2, Pyrus 
japonica; 3, Pyrus floribunda; 4, Choisya 
ternata. 
(S. R.) 1, Alyssum saxatile; 2, Caltha pa- 
lustris; 3, Cardamine palustris flore pleno; 
4, Doronicum plantagineum; 5, Vinca minor 
alba ; 6, Asperula odorata ; 7, Lamium macu- 
latum. 
(T. Robins) 1, Chloropbytum elatum varie- 
gatum ; 2, Pelargonium Radula ; 3, Mentha 
Requieni; 4, Honesty (Lunaria annua). 
TRADE CATALOGUE RECEIVED. 
George Cooling and Sons, Bath. — Roses 
in Pots, New Varieties, Climbers and Ram¬ 
blers, etc. 
-- 
The Herb Robert. 
The pretty little flower of the herb 
Robert, one of our wild Geraniums, pro¬ 
tects itself from rain by hanging face 
downwards. The most interesting fea¬ 
ture about this herb, however, is its 
spring-gun apparatus for dispersing its 
seed. 
Vegetation in Chili. 
The vegetation is rich in some of the 
southern parts of Chili, but is nowhere 
brilliant, and an impression is formed, 
savs the British Consul there, fhat some¬ 
thing is missing from the natural aspect 
of such a land where there is so much 
warmth and sunshine. 
Such bedding plants as Hyacinths, 
Tulips, and Narcissi are all very late this 
year, and this enabled Messrs. Barrie and 
Brown, 39, King William Street, London, 
to present their customers with an oppor¬ 
tunity of visiting their showrooms, where 
a splendid selection of the above bulbs 
were got together on the 7th and 8th inst. 
Two or three rooms were set apart for the 
display of these bulbs, which were cut and 
set up in glasses round the four sides of 
the showrooms. Daffodils and Tulips 
were shown in great beauty and variety. 
Daffodils. 
Amongst the double varieties of Daffo¬ 
dil were Sulphur Phoenix, Orange Phoe¬ 
nix and Golden Phoenix, all much of the 
hue indicated by the names. These 
flowers were large, well developed, and 
reflected little of the trying weather they 
have had to go through lately. The above 
are old forms of Narcissus incompara- 
bilis, belonging to the medium crown 
section. Single varieties that may be 
placed here are J. C. Backhouse, with 
rich orange chalice; Gloria Mundi, with 
a wide orange cup, and one of the best 
for bedding. Amongst the Leedsii type 
we noted the very chaste and popular 
Mrs. Langtry, whose white flowers have 
only a slender yellow rim to the cup. 
Beautiful, also, in its way was Madelaine 
de Graaff, with white segments. Bulmer 
Beauty is white with an orange cup. The 
prettiest of all the Leedsii type was White 
Lady, not merely pretty, but brought to 
such a state of improvement in having 
broad, overlapping pure white segments, 
almost recalling the finer forms of 
N. poeticus. The cup is relatively short 
for Leedsii, but just a faint lemon hue 
when quite young. Much shorter crowns 
has N. Barrii conspicuus, which is sel¬ 
dom absent from any collection. Less 
known, perhaps, is Barrii Beauty, which 
has longer segments, thus making a larger 
flower. The small crown type was repre¬ 
sented by N. poetaz Louise, which is a 
hybrid between the Poet’s Narcissus and 
the Polyanthus Narcissus. Each scape 
bears three to six flowers, which are white 
and have a small, flat, golden crown. 
Quite a prince amongst Daffodils was N. 
poeticus King Edward, notable for the 
size of its flowers, the breadth of the seg¬ 
ments and the flat cup. Amongst the 
giant forms of the Trumpet Daffodils we 
noted fine bunches of the beautiful white 
Mme. de Graaff, which was quoted at five 
guineas when we made its first acquaint¬ 
ance, but is now obtainable at quite a 
reasonable price. A handsome bicolor 
Daffodil is Mme. Plemp, with white seg¬ 
ments and a very long trumpet. Glory 
of Leyden is also notable for the giant 
dimensions of its bright yellow trumpet. 
The above are just a few of the bulbs 
noted, as space did not permit of making 
a full report of the display. All of the 
popular bulbs are grown in quantity, 
while the newer ones are rather more ex¬ 
pensive, but very tempting to lovers of 
Daffodils. 
Tulips. 
These bulbs were represented by the 
class known in catalogues as early flower¬ 
ing, but that these should be shown in 
such form in the second week of May 
remarkable, as they are usually well a< 
vanced, if not over, during the month < 
April. The Darwin and other Ma 
flowering Tulips were not then in bloon 
so that they will form the nucleus of ai 
other display later on. The early Tuli] 
to which we refer are suitable either hi 
spring bedding or for forcing in pots. 
Very interesting for those who lot 
double Tulips were three forms known r 
spectively as Murillo, White Murillo, an 
Tea Rose, which is really a yellow Mv 
rillo, being a sport from it. Murillo i 
self has flowers of a beautiful silvery pin 
and usually keeps longer in good cond 
tion than single ones, that being one < 
the chief claims for double varieties du 
ing ordinary seasons, when the single on< 
pass out of bloom in April. Anothf 
Tulip of beautiful appearance, and n 
sembling the Rose La France in colou 
was Rose d Amour. This, also, is doubb 
and very useful for bedding purposes. 
Keizerskroon is sometimes described ; 
the best bedding Tulip, if it were po 
sible to be so precise. In any case, sprin 
gardening can never be anything lit 
complete if it lacks this beautiful con 
bination Of orange-red with a yellow ma 
gin to each segment. Every bloom w; 
of large size, and the stems 16 in. t 
18 in. long. For cut flowers it is, ( 
course, equally suitable in mis conditio) 
Some growers also like Prince of Austri. 
with orange-red flowers. The deep red ( 
Couleur Cardinal also appeals to tho; 
having good taste in bedding, as tl 
flowers are borne on stout stems an 
stand well. The rosy red of Stanley, aii 
the bronzy yellow of General De We 
furnish a variety in bedding design, 
very pretty sport from Cottage Maid an 
named Cottage Boy had an orange ect 
to the petals instead of the usual pin 
of the well-known variety. It is essei 
tially a bedding Tulip, though it mz 
be used for pot work. In the same lir 
is Pink Beauty, having flowers of a si 
very white on the back and broad ro; 
edges. The huge golden-yellow flowe: 
of Golden Queen mark this out as one < 
the choicest of that particular colour. Tl 
same may be said of King of the Yellow 
which has globular flowers of beautifi 
outline and very suitable for pot wori 
Two indispensable white varieties for bei 
ding purposes are Joost van Vondel Whi 
and White Swan. 
The ordinary form of Pottebakki 
White and the handsome yellow Me 
Tresor also recall flowers that are indi 
pensable for pot work and exhibition pu 
poses early in the season. The same mt 
be said of the rich, deep rose Proserpin 
Queen of the Violets, violet-purple. Ye 
million Brilliant and Prince of Austri; 
both flowers of very rich red colour, tl 
last-named being sometimes described . 
buff-yellow. In order to eke out anothi 
colour we cannot overlook the rich clare 
purple flowers of Wouverman, which ai 
of large size and handsome in appearanc 
The above were only a few of the Tub) 
on view, but they represent the fine 
colours and forms for bedding and a: 
flower purposes. 
