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THE GARDENING WORLD 
July ii, 1908. 
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Bdifopial, 
of We, Open jVw. 
As towns increase in size, people get 
more and more removed from the green 
fields and woodlands. There are few 
people, however, who do not retain a 
hankering after green fields or a more 
or less close connection with the face of 
nature. A book is being published under 
the title of “The Nature Book,” which is 
intended to meet the tastes of a large 
number of people, as it deals with na¬ 
ture in a great variety of phases. 
Part I. includes chapters about birds, 
animals of the field and wood, insect life, 
wild flowers, trees, clouds, the sea shore, 
mountain scenery, rocks, river, lake and 
stream. The illustrations dealing with 
all these subjects are remarkably well 
executed, bringing out features which only 
those who are intimate with these things 
can show to such remarkable perfection. 
The different subjects are, of course, dealt 
with by different writers, and herein lies 
the chief charm of the book. 
The chapter on “ How to Know the 
Wild Flowers” is written by the Rev. H. 
Purefoy Fitzgerald, F.L.S. The object 
is to assist those who understand little of 
the technicalities of the subjects with 
which it deals, and, of course, it is written 
in non-technical language. The photo¬ 
graphic illustrations are taken from real 
life, showing the various plants growing 
amidst natural surroundings. These pic¬ 
tures are not taken at a distance, but so 
close at hand as to show the structural de¬ 
tails of the plants and flowers. Indeed, 
those who look at these pictures closely 
could scarcely fail to identify the plants 
even if only taking up the subject for the 
first time. 
The photographs of birds and, indeed, 
of other animals, must have been taken 
at very close range, so that the photo¬ 
grapher and his eagle-eyed camera must 
have been very close to these timorous 
wild creatures to show them in their na¬ 
tural habitats and even sitting on their 
nests or feeding their young. The pic¬ 
tures of trees should awaken a desire in 
the breasts of some people to visit the 
scenes where trees grow naturally. Even 
the carpet of Beech leaves has been 
brought out with remarkable fidelity by 
the camera. Few people have studied the 
clouds, but here are some remarkably 
fine illustrations with the names given to 
the various forms of clouds. The book is 
to be completed in 24 fortnightly parts, at 
7d. each, and is published by Messrs. Cas¬ 
sell and Co., Ludgate Hill, London. 
-- 
An Early Flowering . . 
- Rockfoil ' 
(Saxifraga Vandellii.) 
Except in point of earliness, the above 
dwarf and early flowering Rockfoil might 
well be looked upon as a rival to S. bur- 
seriana. The habit of the plant is en¬ 
tirely similar, but each flower stem bears 
a larger number of blooms, which are not 
so flat but more cup-shaped and pure 
white. From what we have seen of it, it 
is of more vigorous constitution, and 
likely to be of easier culture than S. bur- 
seriana, although there are much more 
difficult species to grow even than that. 
The subject of this note is, however, a 
scarcer plant, and seldom seen in gar¬ 
dens. 
It is a native of several mountains in 
the Tyrol, and has very small, dark green 
leaves in tiny rosettes, and arranged in 
dense cushions. The whole plant is only 
2 in. to 3 in. high, and each stem bears 
from three to twenty flowers in a cyme. 
The latter number is, of course, very ex¬ 
ceptional, but the accompanying illustra¬ 
tion will show how freely it flowers and 
how effective it is in the early days of 
April. The petals are three to four times 
as long as the sepals, and therefore high 
conspicuous. The plant was bloomed 
the alpine house at Kew, and some mig 
consider that the shelter would have tl 
effect of producing the flowers earlier th; 
they would be under natural conditio: 
outside. The house is unheated, howeve 
and kept so cool that the plants are n 
urged on much in advance of their n 
tural period of flowering. 
We are indebted to Mr. W. Irving f 
the photograph of this lovely plant, tl 
photo having been taken on April 4th la: 
For those who have no alpine house nt 
other means of shelter, this species woul 
no doubt, give greater satisfaction in ; 
average of seasons than the other pla 
to which we have compared it. Our c: 
mate in March is very uncertain, ai 
heavy rains, even if they do not destrt 
the blooms, would be more liable to m 
the beauty of S. burseriana than in tl 
case of the later flowering S. Vandell 
The whole plant is so neat in habit ai 
so charming when in bloom, that it is we 
worthy of cultivation in pots by those wl 
can give it the shelter even of a co 
frame. 
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Spraying Engines for Fruit Trees. 
A list of spraying engines and the 
accessories is being sent out by Messi 
Hayward-Tyler and Co., Ltd., 99, Que< 
Victoria Street, London, E.C. The 
engines are of various patterns and si 
to meet the requirements of different ga 
dens. Many of them are of a suitab 
size to be taken about by hand, an 
as a matter of course, the pumping a 
paratus is always on the principle of tl 
force pump. Most of them are fitted wi 
hose intended to be dipped into a well < 
other source of supply in order to fi 
them with water. They are also fittc 
with hoses and nozzles for conducing tl 
spray on to fruit trees, hops or othi, 
plants requiring to be cleansed from ii 
sects. Some of them are merely stand 
which may be set up anywhere with a ho: 
pipe attached for a supply of water an 
another for the delivery of the insecticid< 
Various fittings are also illustrated an 
different kinds of hoses shown. 
