November 21, 1908. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
723 
— American — 
Carnation 
HARLOWARDEN. 
From now until well into summer the 
flowers of the American varieties of Car¬ 
nation will be highly appreciated for 
decorative purposes, seeing that they sup- 
plv flowers of such bright warm colours 
at this dull season of the year. Brightly- 
coloured flowers or berries are highly ap¬ 
preciated in America at the festive season 
of Christmas, and these Carnations sup¬ 
ply a large proportion of the require¬ 
ments. There is no reason why they 
should not be as extensively employed 
in this country, seeing that so many 
growers are now able to grow them to 
such perfection. They are somewhat simi¬ 
lar in habit to the tree Carnations which 
belong, more properly, to this country, 
but the flowers are larger and much more 
effective for decorative purposes in a great 
variety of ways. The long stalks with 
which’ they are furnished when property 
grown also lend themselves to bold ar¬ 
rangement in tall vases and in large 
bouquets, baskets or other way in which 
the decorator may choose to employ them. 
These American varieties are more or 
less deeply fringed at the margin, and 
for that reason do not accord with the 
florists’ long settled opinion as to the 
proper form of florists’ flow'er. The 
general public who have no such scruples 
about outline see only the beautiful form 
of the flowers, their rich colour, and ap¬ 
preciate the clove scent which most of 
this race possess in a greater or less de¬ 
gree. Harlowarden is one of the darkest, 
being dark crimson deepening towards 
the edges. The calyx is very firm and 
of good length as the’accompanying illus¬ 
tration will show. The face of the bloom 
on the left-hand side of the figure is, of 
course, greatly reduced, but it serves to 
show the build of the flower. 
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Chrysanthemum 
LADY CRISP. 
Except for decorative purposes, Chry¬ 
santhemums to gain any recognition from 
the various societies must possess size^ 
Lady Crisp possesses both colour and 
size. The flower measures about 8 in. m 
diameter and nearly of the same depth as 
it hangs in its natural position without 
spreading out the florets. The enor¬ 
mous number of petals necessart 
to fill a bloom of this sort is difficult 
to conceive, seeing that the cubic mea¬ 
surement of such a bloom would be 512 
inches. Seeing that the flower is 
round, however, it may be safe to take 
7 in. as the width and depth. The cubic 
measurement of this would run to 343 
inches. 
To get blooms of this size it is neces¬ 
sary to cultivate the plant about twelve 
months, and then the successful grower 
has some satisfaction for his year s 
labour. From an exhibitor’s point of viev 
Carnation Harlowarden. 
Maclaren and Sons. 
this Japanese variety is very handsome, 
as it is beautifully built with slightly in¬ 
terlacing florets of a bright yellow. These 
are fairly broad, some of them measuring 
i in. across at the widest part. Never¬ 
theless, they are so beautifully and regu¬ 
larly arranged that the bloom is not in 
any way coarse, every part being pro¬ 
portionate to another. The National 
Chrysanthemum Society gave a First- 
class Certificate to the variety when ex¬ 
hibited by Mr. H. J. Jones, Ryecroft 
Nursery, Hither Green, Lewisham, at the 
Crystal Palace on the occasion of the An¬ 
nual November Exhibition. The accom¬ 
panying illustration will give an idea of 
the outline of the bloom, which is, of 
course, very much reduced. 
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In Arran, where the Maidenhair Fern 
grows plentifully, some of the natives 
use it as a substitute for tea. 
Mrs. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, 
who was recently elected as Lady Mayor 
for Aldeburgh, Suffolk, takes a great in¬ 
terest in her beautiful garden, and has 
lately constructed a rock garden with the 
aid of a lady gardener. 
Chrysanthemum Lady Crisp. Maclaren and Sons. 
