128 
Hoses in Pots 
The great beauty and utility of the Rose 
at all seasons should be a sufficiently good 
reason for all who possess a greenhouse, 
either large or small, to'grow softie in 
pots. There are, however, a few essen¬ 
tial details to be remembered and acted 
upon before the novice can expect to suc¬ 
ceed. 
The firstof these is that the plants must 
be thoroughly established, and the pots 
full of roots before they will bloom. It 
may be stated as a general principle that 
a plant must be well grown in a pot for 12 
months before any attempt is made to 
force it, which is another point in the 
management that must not be overlooked, 
that is, they will not stand hard forcing 
but must be brought on very gently, and 
at no time should the temperature exceed 
50 degs. 
The present is a very suitable time to 
prepare a batch of plants for next year’s 
forcing. Strong healthy plants should be 
purchased, and put into six or seven inch 
pots, plunging them to the rims in the 
open ground, or in a bed of ashes until 
the spring of 1910, when they should be 
pruned back to within two or three buds or 
eyes of the base of the previous year's 
growth, leaving not more than four or five 
strong and well ripened shoots, this num¬ 
ber being much better than a larger num¬ 
ber of weakly growths. 
During the summer all flower buds 
should be removed as soon as they ap¬ 
pear. The plants will by the month of 
August want shifting into larger pots, 
which should be eight or nine inches in 
diameter, and in repotting care must be 
taken that the roots are damaged as little 
as possible. 
A good compost for pot Roses is one 
consisting of turfy loam four parts, to one 
each of sharp sand or road grit, wood- 
ashes, and thoroughly rotten manure, pre¬ 
ferably from an old hotbed. 
After potting they may be placed in an 
unheated pit or frame (taking care not to 
over-water them), where they may remain 
until it is convenient to remove them to 
the greenhouse, which may be any time 
during November or December. 
Ventilation requires care, for while 
plenty of air must be given to ensure 
-hort-jointed growth and stout leaves the 
young tender shoots are rather susceptible 
of mildew so that cold currents must be 
avoided. When in full growth alternate 
waterings with weak liquid manure will be 
of great assistance and soot water once a 
week will also prove beneficial. 
A good selection for pot culture, to 
mention but a few, would be as follows 
Hybrid Perpetual Roses.— Frau Karl 
Druschki, white; Merveille de Lyon, 
white; Charles Lefebvre, crimson; Fisher 
Holmes, scarlet; Duke of Edinburgh, 
rimson ; and Mrs. J. Laing, pink. 
H.T.’s. —Mme. A. Chatenay, rosy car¬ 
mine; Caroline Testout, rosy salmon ; La 
France/ rose; Mme. Rayary, orange 
yellow; and Mildred Grant, white. 
T.’s.— Souv. de S. A. Prince, white; 
Bridesmaid, pink, Niphetos, white; 
Maman Cochet, flesh pink; Marie Van 
Houtte, lemon ; and Lady Roberts, apri¬ 
cot. 
F. A. 
THB GARDENING WORLD. 
British Flowering Plants. 
Lecturing at the Royal Institution on 
January 22nd, Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace 
said Great Britain possessed fewer than 
two thousand species of flowering plants, 
while many equal areas on the Continent 
had twice the number. Europe contained 
9,000 species, and the whole world 136,000 
species. 
The Poisons and Pharmacy Act, 1908. 
The Poisons and Pharmacy Act, which 
received the Royal Assent on Monday, 
December 21st, reverts in the case of ar¬ 
senic and nicotine to the principle of the 
Arsenic Act, 1851, and provides that the 
sale of substances “to be used exclusively 
in agriculture or horticulture for the de¬ 
struction of insects, fungi, or bacteria, 
or as sheep dips or weed killers, which 
are poisonous by reason of their contain¬ 
ing arsenic, tobacco, or the alkaloids of 
tobacco” shall not be confined to persons 
registered under the Pharmacy Act, but 
shall also be sold, provided certain 
mechanical conditions are observed, by 
other traders who obtain from the local 
authority licences for the purpose. 
— Q. W. -- 
Prize Competitions. 
GENERAL CONDITIONS: —Competitors must 
write on one side of the paper only. Regular 
paid contributors to THB GARDENING 
WORLD or other gardening journals are de¬ 
barred from entering, but occasional con¬ 
tributors may compete. The name and ad¬ 
dress of the competitor must appear on each 
article sent for competition. The Editor’s 
decision is Anal, and he reserves the right 
to reproduce, in any way,t any article or photo¬ 
graph sent for competition. The conditions 
applying to each competition should be oare- 
fully read. 
WEEKLY 
PRIZES. 
A PRIZE OF TEN SHILLINGS will be given 
for the best paragraph or short article on any 
gardening subject, such as hints of practical 
interest to gardeners, notes on the propaga¬ 
tion or cultivation of flowers, fruits or vege¬ 
tables, eradication of pests, etc. The para¬ 
graph or article must not exceed a column, but 
value rather than length will be considered in 
making the award. Mark envelopes “ Com¬ 
petition,” and post not later than the Monday 
following date of ies le. Entries received later 
than Tuesday (first post) will be left over until 
the following week. 
Two prizes of 2s. 6d. will be awarded each 
week for the two best letters, not exceeding 
150 words, on any interesting gardening sub¬ 
ject. 
RESULTS OF 
LAST WEEK’S 
COMPETITIONS. 
Some of the best papers in this competition 
are too long, and we desire readers to keep 
within a column. 
A prize" in the Readers’ Competition was 
awarded to “ Ohas.,” for the article on 
“Myositis in Pots for Winter,” page 119. 
The Prize Letter Competition was crowded 
out owing t > pressure on space. 
February 27, 1909. 
Garden Lillies. 
For gorgeous display and perfume it 1 
doubtful if any -garden flower can equa 
the Lily, and considering that by growinj 
different varieties they may be had ii 
bloom eight months out of the twelve, the 
are worthy of an important place in ever 
garden. It is only within recent year 
since the introduction of the gorgeou 
Lilium auratum from Japan that the cul 
ivation of Lilies has received the atten 
tion it deserves. 
To have the finest effect in the garden 
Lilies are best arranged in groups; the 1 
may also be grown six or eight in a largi 
pot for conservatory decoration or cut 
ting. As they are for the most par 
natives of the temperate regions, thei 
cultivation is comparatively simple 
They prefer a fibrous loam or peat wit’ 
a small proportion of sand, leaf mould 
and well-rotted manure, and delight in 
moist shady situation, but wffien newb 
planted they should be watered carefully 
as the water may lodge between thi 
scales of the bulbs and cause them to roi 
before they attain sufficient growth. A 
Lilies root from below the bulbs anc 
also the stems, it is well in planting tc 
place the bulbs just under the surface o: 
the soil covering them over with a layei 
of leaf mould or damp moss into which 
the stem roots will push, the soil after¬ 
wards being drawn up round the stems.' 
If possible they should be left undisturbed 
for years, as they then thrive best, but if 
they are transplanted this should be done 
after the leaves and stems wither. The} 
should not be kept long out of the soil, 
as the roots suffer greatly by being dried. 
As the Lily family is a large one, it is 
only possible to allude to a few of ihe 
principal kinds. 
_ L. auratum, the golden-rayed i.ily of 
Japan, may be called the queen of the 
family and the finest bulbous flower in 
cultivation. It is perhaps a little trouble¬ 
some to grow in the open, but makes a 
good pot plant, and may be forced le 
flower early in summer; outside it flowers 
ill August. 
L. speciosum, while perhaps not cquaii 
tc L. auratum in flowering effect, flowers 
more readily, and is much more adapt¬ 
able to various situations, and also does 
well in pots. 
L. candidum, the common white or 
Madonna Lily, should be grown by every¬ 
one. There are several varieties of this 
beautiful Lily, but they are all hardy and 
easily cultivated. 
L. longiflorum Harrisii is the Bermuda 
Easter Lily. The longiflorum varieties 
are by far the best for forcing, and they 
may be had in flower from November to 
May. 
L. canadensis, the Canadian Martagon 
Lily, has long been cultivated in British 
gardens. 
L. tigrinum, the well-knotvn Tiger Lily, 
has flowers a bright deep orange red, and 
is easily cultivated. 
W. B. 0 . 
Edinburgh. 
The total number of acres in the county 
of Kent ■which have been infected with 
American Gooseberry mildew is 2,010. 
