632 THE GARDENING WORLD , October 3, igo8. ! > 
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iUlumu Themes. 
With great care and assiduity we rear 
from seed, flower and fruit various 
exotics, many of which are not half so 
beautiful as some of our native plants of 
fields, woods, heaths and hedges. Some 
of the plants mentioned below are culti¬ 
vated, though very few are grown for 
ornamental purposes, but might very 
well be so. Just now the wild Clematis, 
or Traveller's Joy, is the telling feature 
of bare slopes on the chalk hills, as well 
as in hedges and on trees. The Clema¬ 
tis might fairly be compared to the lianes 
of tropical forests, and consist of 
climbers which scramble to the top of 
trees, and then display their beauty on 
the top or amongst the branches where 
they happen to be fully exposed to light. 
The feathery grey masses of fruits are' 
now very handsome. 
The common Barberry is also at its 
best where cultivated or in hedges where 
the birds have carried the seeds. The 
orange-red berries hang down in long 
racemes and in great quantity. The red 
and black Bryony, as well as the Bitter¬ 
sweet, are familiar ornaments in many 
country hedges where the orange-scarlet 
berries are now ripe and hang in long 
trails. Both of the Bryonies might very 
well be cultivated by those who have 
pergolas to cover, as their long trails of 
berries, remain conspicuous sometimes 
long after the leaves have fallen. 
The wild Blackberries are now highly 
ornamental where they happen to be on 
high banks or climbing on trees, and 
sending down large and luxuriant sprays 
of red and black fruit. It is only where 
they are out of the reach of the Black- 
berrv nickers that they attain this hand¬ 
some appearance. Add to these the 
orange-scarlet heps of Sweet Brier and 
other wild Roses, the black berries of the 
blooms in May, continuing till the end 
of the month or even extending into 
the first week of June in ordinary sea¬ 
sons. 
Princess Marianne is a single early 
variety well adapted for cultivation in 
beds or borders for the embellishment 
of the garden in spring. The flowers 
are not so formal as those of the florist's 
Tulip, because the segments are more 
pointed and the 'blooms a little 
narrowed or contracted in the middle 
just before expansion. They are white 
Privet, and orange-red seeds of ie 
Spindle tree, and we have quite a lisof 
native berries of great beauty. 
bulbs so treated will come into bom 
somewhat in advance of those in the 
open-air, even in an unheated gi'ii- 
house or cold frame. In the early art 
of the season these Tulips have nit' 
short stems, and it is difficult to imr.im 
anything more beautiful than to ’see 
the ground covered with the distinc rul 
characteristic foliage surmounted by 
blooms which may remain for a : ng 
time more or less fully developed .!' ! 
perfectly coloured whether they op' <»' 
not. Tulips require sunshine to r»ke 
EARLY SllNGLE 
Tulip Princess Marianno. 
The old Tulipa gesneriana has given 
rise to an immense number of varieties 
during the centuries of cultivation 
which it has enjoyed in this country 
and on the Continent. From them have 
been selected varieties that are useful 
for spring bedding on account of their 
earliness, also a large number which 
bloom in May, and are therefore 
amongst the latest of Tulips to bloom. 
The florist's tulip was also evolved 
from this same species, and that 
with a pink stripe and of large size 1; 
js, therefore, a cheerful light-colotjd 
flower that will associate with varus 
spring blooming flowers, such as \\ 11- 
flowers, Primroses, Polyanthuses, iir- 
get-me-Nots, etc. The variety is 
particularly well adapted for spag 
bedding, and is therefore recommeied 
for that purpose. 
It may, however, be potted up dung 
the present or next month, for bleat¬ 
ing in pots in the greenhouse, nd 
[Dickson, Brossin and Tact. 
Single Tulip Princess Marianne. 
