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WORLD. 
January 9, 1909. 
this place 3 in. of finer material, consisting 
of gravel even if it is not very clean. Beat 
this down firmly or roll it, and then add the 
ashes on the top to make it up to the de-' 
sired level. The centre should be higher 
than the sides so as to make the water run 
off instead of sinking into the body of the 
walk. The ashes should then be firmly 
rolled to make it easy to walk upon. By hav¬ 
ing the base of the walk drained with the 
materials just named no water can lodge be¬ 
neath the surface. Either that is the reason 
of the present walk being faulty and muddy, 
or there may be a dip in the ground. If 
this dip is too deep to get it all to a dead 
level, or else to slope from the house to the 
front gate, then you must put in a sort of 
trap in the deepest part so that any water 
which may run down the path will run into 
the trap and thereby leave the path dry. 
NAMES OF PLANTS . 
(Tomas) Sempervivum tortuosum variega- 
tum, a shrubby Ilouseleek from the Canary 
Islands. 
(T. B. J.) 1, Chimonanthus fragrans; 2, 
Viburnum Tinus; 3, Daphne odora; 4, 
Cydonia japonica. 
(R. M. D.) 1, Carex 1 brunnea variegata ; 2, 
Acacia lophantha ; 3, Ficus stipularis (better 
known as F. repens); 4, Solanum Capsicas- 
trum. 
(Ne Plus ultra) 1, Cupressus pisifera plu- 
mosa ; 2, Thuya gigantea ; 3, Juniperus com¬ 
munis fastigiata ; 4, Griselinia lucida. 
TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Henry Eckford, Sweet Pea Specialist, 
Wem, Shropshire.—Eckford’s Novelties, 
1909. 
Hugh Low and Co., Royal Nurseries, 
Bush Hill Park, Middlesex.—Carnations. 
Fisher, Son and Sibray, Ltd., Nursery¬ 
men to His Majesty the King, Handsworth, 
Sheffield.—Fisher’s Hardy Trees and 
Shrubs; also Fisher’s Seeds. 
William Fell and Co. (Hexham), Ltd., 
Royal Seed and Nursery Establishment, 
Hexham.—Seed List. 
Dickson, Brown and Tait, 43 and 45, 
Corporation Street, Manchester.—Garden 
Seeds. 
Dicksons, Royal Seed Warehouse, Chester. 
-— Garden Seeds, etc. 
W. Atlee Burpee and Co., Philadelphia, 
U.S.A.—Burpee’s Farm Annual. 
Pape and Bergmann, Quedlinburg, Ger¬ 
many. — New Cactus or Edel Dahlias. 
Stewart and Co., 6, Melbourne Place 
(George IV. Bridge), Edinburgh. — Stewart’s 
Stronghold Seeds. 
Fidler and Sons, Royal Berkshire Seed 
Stores, Reading.—Fidler’s Seeds. 
Frederick Roemer, Seed Grower, Quedlin¬ 
burg, Germany.—Catalogue of Choice Ger¬ 
man Flower and Garden Seeds. 
Little and Ballantyne, Carlisle.—Garden 
Seeds. 
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Malmaison Carnation Lady Miller. 
The older varieties of Malmaison Car¬ 
nations naturally bloom towards the end 
of May. A few of the varieties may be 
had a little earlier by special treatment, 
but the perpetual flowering habit has 
now been imparted to them, at least in 
this new variety, being put into commerce 
by Messrs. William Cutbush and Son, 
Highgate. The flowers are large, soft 
salmon-pink, and were nearly in full 
bloom when shown at a meeting of the 
R.H.S. on the 22nd December. The 
leaves are verv broad and sea-green, like 
he old type of Malmaison. 
Mrs. Smith, a widow, upwards of 
eighty years of age, who resides in a 
cottage at North Weald, Essex, maintains 
herself by cultivating her garden near 
the cottage and an allotment. 
Cypripedium Troilus Lord Nelson. 
This hybrid was produced from two 
very richly spotted forms, namely, C. 
insigne Harefield Hall and nitens San¬ 
der's var. Needless to say, the result is 
a beautiful combination of spotting, and 
the dorsal sepal is, of course, the centre 
of attraction. This is of large size, deep 
yellow and richly blotched with dark 
brown except on the broad white border 
The petals and lip are of a shining 
brown. Award of Merit by the R.H.S., 
when shown by Messrs. F. Sander and 
Sons, St. Albans. 
“ Memoirs of The Royal Caledonian Horti¬ 
cultural Society.” 
In a book of 171 pp. the Royal Cale¬ 
donian Horticultural Society issues a 
considerable amount of information con¬ 
cerning their recent doings, particularly 
concerning the International Exhibition 
of 1905. Two of their most important 
members, now deceased, have special 
notes referring to their work and import¬ 
ance to the society. These were Mr. 
Patrick Neill Fra.ser and Mr. David 
Pringle Laird. 1 here are also chapters 
on the vegetable classes at the Inter¬ 
national Show, the flower department, 
Grapes, general impressions of exhibits 
of hardy fruits, cool Orchids and British 
Ferns and their varieties. Most of these 
chapters are illustrated from photographs 
of exhibits and individual plants or flow¬ 
ers or F’ern fronds taken at the show. 
Altogether much useful information on 
the subject is furnished by these memoirs. 
Sweet Pea Trials, 1909. 
Mr. Charles H. Curtis, Secretary of 
the National Sweet Pea Society, informs 
us that the Committee of the National 
Sweet Pea Society will continue its series 
of trials at the gardens of the LTniversity 
College, Reading, during the present 
year, and will test novelties and grant 
awards and certificates according to merit. 
No awards or certificates will-be granted 
to Sweet Peas unless they are sent for 
trial at Reading. For these trials the 
varieties will be accepted only from the 
raiser or introducer; a charge of 2s. 6d. 
for each variety will be made. At the 
request of numerous seedsmen the Com¬ 
mittee will conduct a further and distinct 
trial solely for the purpose of testing 
correctness and purity of stocks of Sweet 
Peas. A charge of 5s. per variety or 
stock sent for trial will be made... A 
special and detailed report of any variety 
will be supplied to the sender of such 
variety at a charge of 2s. 6d. Sweet 
Peas for these trials should be sent to Mr. 
C. Foster. University College Gardens, 
Reading, not later than January 25th, 
1909,. For the Novelty Trials not less 
than fifteen seeds should be sent, and for 
the Purity Trials, not less than two dozen 
seeds of each variety or stock. At the 
same time a list of the varieties, together 
with the amount due for trial charges, 
should be sent to the Hon. Sec., Mr. C. 
H. Curtis, Adelaide Road, Brentford, 
Middlesex. The proceedings of the 
Floral Committee will be printed in_ the 
autumn of 1909, and a copy will be sen 
to every person or firm sending seeds tt 
either or both of the sets of trials. P 
special and detailed report of any variety 
will be supplied to the sender of sucl 
variety at a charge of 2s. 6d. 
Cypripedium Antinous. 
The parentage of this hybrid was J 
Howes crossed with Acteus. The uppe 
sepal is the most handsome being of largi 
size and white with a large greenish yel 
low patch at the base with' violet spot 
upon this, and extending down the res 
which is pure white. The petals and li] 
are of a light yellow shade with iigh 
brown. First Class Certificate by th 
R.H.S. on December 22nd when show] 
by Lieut.-Col. G. L. Holford, C.I.E. 
C.V.O. (grower, Mr. H. G. Alexander! 
Westonbirt, Tetbury, Gloucester. 
“ The Garden Annual Almanack and Addres 
Book.” 
The new edition of this annual is no 1 
on our table and appears much in it 
usual form with alphabetical lists 0 
seeds, nurserymen and florists, as well a 
the principal gardens and country seat 
and the principal gardeners in the Unite; 
Kingdom. These alphabetical lists an 
valuable inasmuch as they enable one t< 
find the names one -wants, whereas i 
simply arranged under the counties alom 
it would often be difficult to find th' 
exact address. Gardeners, as a class 
are very much given to moving about ant 
it entails no small amount of observatioi 
and care to see that these lists an 
brought up to date. We find, however 
that " numerous recent corrections haw 
been made up to a certain date we pre 
sume, for there are still a numbei 0 
gardeners recorded at the old place, wh< 
have recently made a change. That, w- 
presume, was inevitable from the circum 
stances of the case. In general, how 
ever, the list throughout is an excellen 
one. 
“ The Gardener’s Companion.” 
Under this title Messrs. James Carte 
and Co., 237, 238 and 97, High Holborn 
London, issue a pocket book for th 
coming year. The first part of it i 
devoted to the registering of the tempera 
ture, the movements of the barometei 1 
the rainfall, wind and weather. In th 
middle part of the book much useful in 
formation is given referring to a grea 
variety of .subjects in connection wit. 
gardening. Planting tables, land meat 
ures, wages table and a calendar of gai 
den operations are also features of th 
book. A glossary of gardening term 
with the words explained, so that amt 
teurs may get into touch with the mor 
technical professional and understan 
what he means by the use of certai 
words, is also given. The book is bourn 
in leather covers. 
At the recent flower show at Regent 
Park, 2,000 varieties of Roses were e> 
hibited, and it was stated that 450 ne’ 
varieties have been added to the grea 
Rose family in three years. 
It has been suggested that the seeds¬ 
men of Dublin should engage competer 
gardeners to visit householders and advis 
them as to the most suitable cropj 
flowers, shrubs, etc., for their gardens. 
