The Gardening Wori.d, November 21, 1908. 
MOTTO FOR THE WEEK,:! 
‘ When juicy Pears and berries of black dye, 
Do dance in air and call the eyne around” 
— Chatterton — 
CONTENTS. 
Amateur’s Letter to Amateurs, An 721 
Apple Orchard, The . 7 22 
Black Currant Resister (illus.) . 726 
Carnation Harlowarden (illus.) . 723 
Carnations: Work for November ... 7 26 
Chrvsanthemum Lady Crisp (illus.) 723 
Chrvsanthemums at the Crystal 
Palace . 7 2 4 
Chrysanthemums for Cut Flowers ... 726 
Competition Awards . 7 22 
Competition, Prize Letter . 734 
Enquire Within . 7 2 9 
Flower Garden, The (illus.J. 7 2 7 
Fruit Garden, The-(illus.) . 727 
Greenhouse, The Amateur’s . 7 2 § 
HansonT Lily (illus.) . 733 
Hyacinths in Glasses (illus.) . 725 
Hydrangea, A New Hard)' . 733 
Kitchen Garden, The (illus.) . 728 
Mignonette in Pots . •••• 7 2 5 
Orchids for Amateurs . 72S 
Petunias as Pot Plants . 7 22 
Roses, Planting . 733 
Scillas and Chionodaxe.s .. 733 
Work of the Week . 7 2 7 
jUtam }His\5 and, fm\s. 
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, 
Close bosom-friend of the maturing 
sun; 
Conspiring with him how to load and 
biess 
With fruit the vines that round the 
thatch-eaves run ; 
To bend with apples the mossed cottage- 
trees, 
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the 
core, 
To swell the gourd, and plump the 
hazel shells 
With a sweet kernel ; to set budding 
more. 
And still more, later flowers for the 
bees, 
Until they think warm days will never 
cease, 
For summer has o'erbrimmed their 
clammv cells. 
The Shasta Daisy. 
Sometimes we are glad of a plant that 
is not to be numbered among the choice 
subjects of our hardy borders. It may pos¬ 
sess some quality that gives it a particu¬ 
lar and especial value. Among these 
plants we must not forget the Shasta 
Daisy, the large white Daisy with long 
petals that flowers over a very consider¬ 
able portion of the summer, and will grow 
with little or no attention, and is not par¬ 
ticular as to soil. It is a capital plant 
to use where the conditions are none too 
favourable, and I remember well how 
splendidly it stood out in all its glory 
one hot dry summer when almost all the 
plants in its close proximity were lan¬ 
guishing. Such a plant is one to cherish, 
for it is also really decorative, and ex¬ 
cellent for cutting, and where one is anxi¬ 
ous to exhibit a collection of hardy' peren¬ 
nials at some local, or other show, it is 
decidedly useful and showy. I have 
spoken of its possibilities under hard con¬ 
ditions, but, of course it well repays good 
and careful cultivation. 
Coreopsis grandiflora. 
Here is another hardy perennial that 
every garden should have as one of the 
free flowering and beautiful subjects, good 
alike for garden decoration and for cut¬ 
ting. There are many varieties that are 
annual in habit, and these are extremely 
good, but many of us desire the more en¬ 
during varieties, such as the one I have 
mentioned. It is just a little uncertain in 
its hardiness, and if young plants have 
still to be transplanted it is well to put 
them into a well drained dry border. In 
cold stagnant soils it is sometimes con¬ 
venient to sow the seed under glass early' 
in the vear, as it is one of those hardy 
perennials that will flower during the first 
season, though naturallv if they con¬ 
tinue they improve during subsequent 
seasons. These Coreopsis are especially 
valuable in the autumn garden as their 
rich golden- hues are true and beautiful 
autumn colouring. 
Platycodon grandiflorum Mafiesii. 
It always seems to me that we do well 
to recognise the extreme decorative value 
of growing a proportion of plants of 
medium height which yet bear flowers of 
considerable size. Take, for instance, 
such a.plant as Platycodon grandiflorum 
Mariesii, and its white variety. It is well 
worth while securing this particular form, 
as other varieties are decidedly less fine 
and striking. A well grown plant of this 
Platycodon makes a beautiful display 
during July and August. I recall it as a 
subject in the rock garden at Kew, and 
there were few things more distinct and 
telling then in blossom. It is, of course, 
a Campanula, and responds to the same 
treatment we give to these. It should not 
be allowed to suffer from lack of mois¬ 
ture at any time, and it should be placed 
so that we get the full value of the large 
blossoms. It reaches only about a foot 
or so in height, and therefore, happily, 
may be put well to the front if used for 
the border. 
Work of the Moment. 
Many of us will find that in the press 
of autumn work there are small matters 
that remain until the more pressing work 
is completed. Let us turn our attention 
to wall creepers. It makes a wonderful 
difference to their trim decorativeness if 
they be carefully nailed in. It is for 
their good, too, as air and sunshine reach 
them more thoroughly, and this should 
mean a greater profusion of blossom. 
The present is a good time also, to plant 
these useful subjects. Thus, a single 
specimen of the Winter Jasmine will pro¬ 
vide us with delightful sprays of yellow 
flowers through cold dull days, and if the 
variety' with golden foliage be chosen, 
then we have a wall climber which is 
gay with flowers in winter, and almost as 
cheery' in summer with bright golden 
foliage, and a sturdy young plant can be 
bought for a few pence. Often there are 
walls that we entirely' overlook which we 
well might utilise for wall climbers; a 
potting shed may' have its Jasmine, or 
Clematis, or Forsythia, to mention but a 
few desirable subjects. I may add that 
this Forsythia also yields delightful sprigs 
of y'ellow blossom most useful for the 
house during the earlv spring. I know 
that it is a matter of real importance to 
many keen gardeners this of providing 
the house with cut flowers while flowers 
are scarcest — that is to say, if there be no 
glass to help us.- But even without it, 
only the briefest space need elapse when 
the garden yields us nothing. Especial 
care should be taken to plant w'all 
climbers in a manner that shall give them 
a fair chance. The- foundations of the 
buildings generally mean that the roots 
are sternly restricted on one side. It be¬ 
hoves us, then, to work the ground well 
and dig deeply that they secure a free 
root run on the other. It is well, too, to 
bring fresh soil, as that at the base of a 
wall is often arid poor stuff, and we may' 
incorporate wfith it some well-rotted 
manure. I was amazed the other day' at 
the ignorance displayed by- a garden lover, 
who had gardened in a desultory manner 
for y-ears, as to the right method of plant¬ 
ing. Instead of digging an ample hole, 
not by' any means deep, and spreading 
out the roots, as should be done, this 
particular amateur was putting climbers 
into small deep holes with the roots 
cramped on all sides — the worst way pos¬ 
sible. 
F. Norfolk. 
-- 
U.H.B. and P.S. 
At the last monthly meeting of the 
United Horticultural Benefit and Provi¬ 
dent Society, eight new' members were 
elected, making a total of 71 this year 
to date. Sick pay' for the month was 
^36 45. The trustees were asked to invest 
,£300 in Corporation Stock. 
