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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
September 19, 1908. 
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Gdifopiol, 
Owe Rumbas. 
Next week we shall call attention to 
the near advent of the time for planting 
bulbs. The season for planting has, in¬ 
deed, arrived in those cases where the 
ground is unoccupied, and planting can 
be proceeded with. In most gardens, how¬ 
ever, the ground is occupied with the 
summer-flowering plants, which cannot 
be cleared away so long as they present 
a bright appearance. 
While calling attention to some new 
varieties, or showing the direction in 
which certain bulhs are being improved, 
we cannot overlook the importance of the 
old ones. Most of the old bulbs are 
those that have given proof of their per¬ 
manent value for garden decoration. 
They are selections, it may have been, 
from hundreds of seedlings and these car¬ 
ried on over a long period of time. They 
are now plentiful, because they were 
worthy of perpetuation; and they now 
enable the owners of gardens to plant 
them freely. Time-honoured associations 
cling round them, and though they may 
be described as old, they appear with 
remarkable freshness after winter. 
The marvel of spring is ever fresh each 
time it returns, and nowhere is this more 
decided than in our northern country, 
where the contrast of the seasons is great. 
Bulb planting may not be a cheerful oc¬ 
cupation in the cold, wet and waning days 
of autumn, except to the enthusiast and 
to the promise which such bulbs hold out 
for a floral display when mild weather 
returns in spring. While Daffodils have 
been cultivated in this country for hun¬ 
dreds of years, it has recently risen to 
the rank of the newest of hobbies, and 
while specialists cultivate and increase 
the • new and scarce ones, the lovers of 
gardens can equally enjoy the old varie- 
A CHAR cuZ N a Rose Liady Gay. 
There may be doubts as to whether light in full exposure to diffuse daylight 
Ladv Gay or Dorothy Perkins is the bet- with some amount of direct sunshine, 
ter of the two Wichuraiana Roses. \\ hile Lady Gay produces large bunches of 
the last-named is undoubtedly a splendid bright cherry-pink flowers that retain 
Rose for making hedges, covering arches, their colour for weeks. The colour lasts 
pergolas and pillars, Lady Gay may also longer, however, in situations that are 
be employed for the same purpose and shaded from the afternoon sun when the 
always has darker flowers. They quickly atmosphere is heated during bright days, 
respond to cultural treatment, and even This shade may be produced b) trees, 
the first year after being planted make a but the latter should be at some distance 
fine lot of young shoots, especially if from the Roses to prevent the roots from 
they are planted in a situation where getting into the bed and also to allow 
they get a fair amount of sun each day. of plenty of diffuse light. A free play 
Dorothy Perkins has paler flowers, even of air is also essential to most Roses to 
in its best condition, and during the first get that texture in the foliage and flowers 
year, at least, they soon lose colour and which is desirable and to properly ripen 
become of a very faint or washed-out the wood. 
pink It is the experience of some, how- This variety of W ichuraiana originatec. 
ever, that when fully established the in America, having been raised by Mr. 
colour is better retained. No doubt both M. H. \\ alsh, of M oods Hole, Massa- 
of these varieties would keep their colour chusetts, and although only put into 
better in a situation not fully exposed to commerce in 1Q05 there is already a large 
the sunshine during the middle of the stock of it in every Rose nuisery of an\ 
dav. At the same time these Roses de- importance in this country. Indeed, it 
Maclaren and Sons. 
ties. 
Rose Lady Gay. 
