October 24 , 1908. THE GARDENING WORLD. 673 
ecome interlaced and form a dense 
edge, covered with a profusion of pink 
owers during their season. As the stems 
re not all of the same age, so the flowers 
jme into bloom in succession. 
Naturally, it is a summer blooming 
lose, but by treating different plants in 
ifferent ways, this Rose may be had in 
loom at various times. The wealth of 
loom it produces, however, under 
atural conditions during July is enough 
o make this one of the most popular 
arden Roses in cultivation. It will grow 
nd flower well even in gardens facing 
lie north, so long as the plant is suffi- 
iently lighted to ripen the wood pro- 
uced. 
The accompanying illustration shows 
wo small sprays of this variety cut from 
plant in a cottage garden. The size of 
he bunches or sprays depend very much 
pon the vigour of the plant. Their 
latural habit is to droop, so that if wanted 
or cut flower purposes they should be 
ut with a good length of stem, which 
nil go into the vessel holding the water 
md allow the flow'ers to droop in their 
latural fashion. 
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Hyacinths in Pots. 
In the cultivation of Hyacinths in pots 
he quality of the soil is very important, 
it ought when practicable to be prepared 
several months before it is required for 
use. The mixture must be light, rich, 
and yet open. To make it light and rich 
we require leaf-mould and old manure, 
row manure for preference. The propor- 
ion of the ingredients should be one- 
:hird turfy loam, one-third of old manure, 
about one-sixth part of leaf-mould, and 
ane-sixth of fine charcoal and coarse sand, 
and this should be thoroughly mixed to¬ 
gether. When potting 5 in. pots should 
be used.’ If new pots, they should be 
soaked in water for some hours previously. 
Put a few pieces of crock in the bottom 
of each pot for drainage. When potting 
the apex of the bulb should be level with 
the top of the soil. Stand the pots out 
of doors in some open position where they 
will be exposed to ill sorts of weather on, 
by preference, a bed of ashes; put a little 
jsand over the top of the bulb, and then 
.cover 6 in. deep with a plunging material 
such as ashes, sand, etc. The bulbs 
should be left thus for eight weeks, when 
it will be found that the pots are full of 
roots, and the bulbs have started into 
growth ; they should then be removed into 
an airy greenhouse or cold frame, and 
the blanched growth gradually exposed to 
the light. When placed in the forcing 
house a moist atmosphere should be main¬ 
tained. The pots should be placed near 
the glass, and weak liquid manure given 
until the flowers begin to open. After 
the flowers show colour, the liquid manure 
may be discontinued, and slightly tepid 
water given instead. 
Frank Robinson. 
Hoyland Common. 
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Cactus Dahlia Echo. 
The blooms of this variety are a very 
dark lilac with the florets regularly in¬ 
curved. First-class certificate by the 
London Dahlia Union on September 
10th. The exhibitors were Messrs. J. 
Burrell and Co., Cambridge. 
The Cultivation of . . . 
Hyacinths in Glasses. 
The flowering of Hyacinths in glasses 
of water is a very old practice, and is a 
favourite method of culture with those who 
desire to decorate their windows, but es¬ 
pecially those who have no other conveni¬ 
ence for growing bulbs for spring flower¬ 
ing. As Hyacinths ''may be flowered in 
glasses of water without any manure or 
any feeding whatever other than water, it 
goes to show that all the material for the 
production of leaves, stem and flowers 
Fig. 1. Good shapely bulbs should be 
selected. 
are already stored up in the bulbj. to be 
grown in this fashion. 
Indeed, it is only necessary to put them 
under favourable conditions and supply 
them with clean water to get them to 
flower beautifully in any well-lighted 
window. The window' may face the south, 
or west preferably, or if a fair length of 
time of available sunshine may be had 
from an east window the results there 
may also be good. A north window is the 
least favourable, as it encourages an ab¬ 
normal development of the leaves at the 
expense of the flowers, although it is pos¬ 
sible even there to get flowers by this 
method. 
Of course, it must be understood, in all 
cases, that the bulbs are not of much 
value after being flowered in this way, be¬ 
cause they have no means of storing up 
fresh material to bloom in the following 
year. The bulbs could be planted out in 
Fig. 2. The bulb just touching the water. 
the garden under favourable conditions 
and growm there for two or three years to 
restore their vigour, but as bulbs can be 
obtained cheaply it is scarcely worth 
while going to this trouble with them. 
They can scarcely be so good, even when 
recuperated in the garden, as those grown 
under proper conditions, such as they can 
give them in Holland. 
In the accompanying series of illustra¬ 
tions Fig. 1 shows a well developed and 
plump Hyacinth bulb suitable for culti¬ 
vation in glasses. The bulb need not be 
unusually large, especially if it is soft. 
Fig. 4. The result after some weeks. 
