1e Gardening World, September, 26, 1908 
MOTTO FOR THE WEEK: 
The full juiced Apple, waxing over mellow 
1 ps in a silent autumn night.” 
—T ennyson. 
CONTENTS . 
' ateur's Letter to Amateurs, An... 609 
: Lbs Grown in Moss Fibre (illus.- 617 
libs, Potting . 616 
. repetition Awards . 6to 
Acuses, Dobbie’s Mammoth (illus.) 612 
Awn Imperial, The . 624 
! ffodil, A New Type of (illus.)..... tf 612 
ffodil Mrs. H. D. Betteridge 
(illus.) .. 616 
ttodils, Classification of . 610 
quire Within . 619 
>wer Garden, The (illus.) . 614 
ait Garden, The (illus.). 614 
eenhouse. The Amateur’s . 614 
is, A Beautiful English . 623 
:chen Garden, The (illus.) . 614 
rcissus Emperor (illus.) . 611 
chids for Amateurs . 615 
awberry, Yiscomtesse Harcourt 
le Thury . 615 
1 eet Peas in September . 618 
dip Canary Bird (illus.) _. 613 
ark of the Week (illus.) . 614 
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Ellen Clara Langdon-Harford. 
There is no more seasonable time than 
the present to strike cuttings of the differ¬ 
ent Rambler Roses. 1 do not know why, 
but they seem to do best put m thus 
early in the autumn. And how easy they 
are to raise in this manner! Not more 
than one or two per cent, should fail to 
root satisfactorily. If 1 were asked to 
name a Rambler that would have the best 
chance of succeeding where others even of 
the same section fail, through unfavour¬ 
able conditions, 1 should undoubtedly say 
for the most inhospitable quarters choose 
Dorothy Perkins, give it time to come to 
maturity, and then look for a wealth of 
bloom. I find that in dry positions and 
in borders that are impoverished by the 
roots of surrounding trees this variety 
makes far more new growths than does, 
say, the Crimson Rambler. I need 
scarcely say—"never choose young, juicy 
growth of which to form your cuttings, 
but harder, more mature growth; 
growdh, for instance, that has borne clus¬ 
ters of Roses will often be found to make 
excellent stuff for cuttings. 
Wallflowers and Daisies. 
Now that we must begin to think of 
bringing any plants that have been reared 
through the summer in spare spots—pro¬ 
bably in the kitchen garden—into their 
flowering quarters, let us remember that 
Wallflowers will be better able to cope 
with the winter, if it should prove a severe 
one, if' they are established early. The 
crimson and the white Daisy are by no 
means to be despised where spring 
bedding is the order of the day. 1 re¬ 
member once seeing a whole garden 
front-piece, and it was of considerable ex¬ 
tent, wholly planted with these Daisies. 
It certainly was a brilliant colour-scheme 
and one not easily forgotten. 
Funkias, 
The Funkias have their bold handsome 
foliage low to the ground, and out of the 
great clusters of leaves uprear the 
flowering stem to a height not often ex¬ 
ceeding a foot or 15 ins. Yet theFunkia 
is a great addition to a border, and is 
known sometimes as the Plantain Lily. 
F. Fortunei is especially to be remarked, 
because of the rich and peculiar blue tint 
of the foliage, which makes it wonder¬ 
fully decorative amid other plants. F. 
sieboldiana is of altogether larger and 
taller growth than the generality of 
Funk as, and has been known to attain 
to three feet. It is remarkably handsome. 
Besides these, there are several varie¬ 
gated kinds, showing white or yellow as a 
margin to the green. I have seen a grand 
show of these plants—a collection one 
might say—in a shut-in uninteresting 
corner of a suburban garden. Here, on a 
raised bank, grew grand specimen plants, 
affording an excellent object-lesson in 
making interesting and beautiful an ugly 
and uninviting corner. You frequently 
see a plant or two in a border in our 
English gardens, but it is not often that 
anyone has taken the trouble to grow a 
really good collection of them, showing 
the different varieties side by side. Such 
a bit of planting could never be passed 
by unheeded, and I often think that i f 
rnoie frequently, we took the awkwa 1 
corners and bare spots of our gardens . 
hand, and set ourselves the task of utik 
ing them for plants of rather unusua. 
interest or beauty, we should soon find 
them transformed to the positions in our 
gardens we were most proud of. The 
Funkia can be grown from seed, or, if 
preferred, established roots may be 
divided at this season. Their usefulness 
as a permanent edging plant may be 
mentioned, and a border of, say, F. For- 
tunci has a wonderfully decorative effect, 
as have also the variegated varieties. 
Ma-guerite Carnations. 
The Marguerite Carnations should be 
at the height of their beauty by this time, 
and they will go on flowering quite late 
into the autumn. Where they are grow¬ 
ing on wet, heavy soil, they should have 
the surface soil frequently stirred, so 
that no weeds get a footing. They should 
be carefully tied up, and dead flowers 
frequently removed. The heavy rains 
and equally heavy dews give them a 
sodden drenching moisture that mars 
their beauty; so that the effort should be 
made to keep them, and their surround¬ 
ings, as dry and as airy as possible. It 
is worth taking note of, too, that it is 
highly beneficial to place them where 
they get the early morning sunshine, so 
that the dews are dried up as quickly as 
may be. It makes an immense differ¬ 
ence to the endurance and beauty of 
these flowers in gardens where the soil is 
heavy. 
Bulbs in Pots. 
It is time to think of starting our bulbs 
in pots, whether we grow them in soil or 
in fibre. This last is an extremely inter¬ 
esting method —cocoa fibre three parts, 
shell one part, and charcoal is all that 
is necessary. And it mav interest many to 
know that the fibre and the shell mixed 
in the right proportion can be bought for 
something like one shilling for seven 
pounds ; while charcoal can be purchased 
at threepence the pound. When estab¬ 
lished in the fibre, the bulbs are placed in 
a dark place for a month in the same 
manner as if they had been planted in 
soil, in order to give the root growth en¬ 
couragement, so that roots may be de¬ 
veloped before top growth commences. 
Freezias, however, are better not sub¬ 
jected to this period of darkness. 
F. Norfolk. 
-- 
Phlox General von I.assberg. 
This fine late summer flowering variety 
produces great bunches of large, pure 
white flowers with creamy anthers. An 
Award of Merit was accorded by the 
R.H.S. on September 1st, when it was 
shown by Messrs. Gunn and Sons, Olton. 
