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February 20, 1909. 
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pruning and propagating deals pretty 
closely with that, and a large Rose bush 
requiring light pruning is shown as it 
would appear before the knife is put on 
it, and again after it has been lightly 
pruned to suit this particular type, which 
represents a strong growing H.P., H.T., 
or a bush T. Rose. 
The Roses that require thinning instead 
of pruning are all briefly described. In¬ 
deed, many of the Roses only require dead 
wood to be cut out, and occasionally only 
would thinning be reouired dependent 
upon the type. Rose growers had dis¬ 
covered that the Wichuraianas, such as 
Dorothy Perkins, when full}’ established, 
may have all the previous year's stems 
cut away immediately after the plants 
have done blooming, thus giving the 
young stems every opportunity to de¬ 
velop fully and ripen their wood before 
autumn. That is an admirable plan 
where there is little room to spread out 
large bushes. The system is practically veri¬ 
similar to the method of dealing with a 
Raspberry. Lists of the various types of 
Roses are also briefly described. The 
growing of Roses for exhibition makes 
the last chapter in the book, and has been 
written by the Rev. F. Page-Roberts. 
The book may be obtained fiom Messrs. 
Whittaker and Co., 2, White Hart Street, 
Paternoster Square, London, price 6s., 
with postage extra. 
Sdifoffial. 
“Roses atui Rose 
The last few years have witnessed the 
production of books by amateurs of vari¬ 
ous status with regard to gardening, but 
some of them have evidently been en¬ 
thusiastic Rose growers before the Rose 
had attained its present popularity. 
About ten years ago a wild Rose in the 
gap of a hedge decided the fate of Rose 
G. Kingsley when looking out for a place 
to build a house, and the incident was re¬ 
corded in her book entitled “ Eversley 
Gardens.” 
Since then she has written the present 
book entitled ‘’ Roses and Rose Growing, 
iin which she confines herself entirely to 
that subject. Owing to her experience 
with Roses, she had been urged by some 
of her friends to put on record her prac¬ 
tical experience as an amateur, and the 
result is a book of 163 pp. including an 
1 index. It is illustrated by drawings, 
photographs and water-colour paintings 
of Roses admirably done by a three- 
colour process. We have seen many at¬ 
tempts to portray Roses in their natural 
colours, and this we consider a more 
( successful attempt than where oil colours 
were used. Such Roses as the Common 
Moss, the Stanwell Perpetual Scotch 
Rose, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Blush 
Rambler, Dorothy Perkins, Jersey Beauty, 
William Allen Richardson, Caroline Tes- 
tout, M> e. Ravary, Bardon Job, Mme. 
Pernet Ducher, Gustave Piganeau, and 
others are admirably represented in 
colours. 
The first chapter deals with planting a 
Rose garden, and is illustrated with a 
drawing of a standard Rose being planted 
in the hole prepared. The chapter on 
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Saxifragra umbrosa. 
Liorpdoi? Pride. 
At no time of the year does London 
Pride (Saxifraga umbrosa) show itself to 
better advantage in the garden than dur¬ 
ing winter, when borders are usually bare. 
The close rosettes of this cottage garden 
plant form a nice green carpet, and are, 
therefore, suitable for making edgings to 
beds or to pathways. For this purpose the 
plants are liable to overgrow the space 
allotted to them ever}- year, but as the 
edgings can be lifted and relaid after 
flowering is over, one can keep as narrow 
an edging as one likes. The rosettes 
can be pulled apart singly, and planted 
in a single straight row, sufficiently close 
to make a good edging, and then allowed 
to make what growth they may during 
the remainder of the season. If a broad 
edging is wanted, two or more rows could 
be planted, and where this is permissible 
the plants need not be lifted every year 
unless the grower desires. 
It is also an admirable plant for shady 
situations, growing and flowering where 
many other plants would fail to give 
satisfaction. It may also be grown in 
pots of small size, which could be utilised 
in a greenhouse, or in the window during 
the period of flowering. The accompany¬ 
ing illustration shows a plant in a thumb 
pot, which had a stem 18 in. high. Most 
of the flowers had passed out of bloom 
before the plant was photographed, but 
they are still sufficient to show the grace¬ 
ful character of this branching and easily 
grown plant. 
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A Charming Seaweed. 
L T nder the name of Japanese Air Plant 
a very beautiful Seaweed is being boomed 
in America. It is our old friend, Des- 
marestia aculeata, not confined to Japan, 
as it may be found on some of our own 
shores. It has been more or less used in 
floral decoration in this country for the 
last decade or two and gets forgotten for 
a time but turns up afresh when being 
used for floral decoration The growth of 
the plant is very slender, much branched, 
short jointed and looks almost like moss, 
especially when dried and preserved by 
the Japanese, who make a business of 
collecting it. During the past summer 
it made a brave display at one of the 
exhibitions held in the Royal Horticul¬ 
tural Hall. 
Seeds and Plants sent to Kew. 
In the current Bulletin of useful in¬ 
formation published by the director of 
Kew. there is information about numerous 
collections of seeds and plants which have 
been given to the gardens or sent in ex¬ 
change. From the Arnold Arboretum, 
New York, five hundred packets of seeds 
collected by Mr. E. H. Wilson in China 
have been sent to Kew. The United 
States Department of Agriculture also 
sent a selection of trees and shrubs: the 
Hon. Walter Rothschild, a collection of 
valuable Orchids; Mr. J. Chamberlain, 
hybrid Orchids; Mr. Vicar}- Gibbs. Ald- 
enham House, a set of Chinese plants; 
and MM. Philippe and Maurice Vilmorin, 
various trees and shrubs. 
