March 6, 1909. 
THE GAR DEM HO WORLD. 
Toogood’s Vulcan Wallflower. 
r. J. W. Cross’s Invincible Seeds. 
The well-filled catalogue of Mr. J. W. 
ross, The Old Grammar School, Wis- 
gch, Cambs, is now on our table, and 
rntains a great variety of useful subjects 
>r the garden, together with novelties of 
arious kinds. A new culinary Pea named 
'he Bell looks a promising subject, judg- 
rg both from the photograph and also 
:om the account given by those who have 
:ied it. The special points about it are 
ue large size of the pods, large seeds, fine 
olour, robust haulm and excellent quality 
f the produce. Besides the usual array 
f vegetable and flower seeds, Mr. Cross 
oes in largely for hardy perennial plants, 
nd the amount of glass protection he has 
ar rearing or sheltering hardy subjects is- 
emarkable. 
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How to Grow 
= Rose = 
MARECHAL NIEL. 
The special feature of this Wallflower 
is the large size of the individual blooms 
and their rich dark colour, which has 
been described as of the richest ruby- 
crimson. It is, therefore, one of the 
colours which most cultivators at the pre¬ 
sent day fancy tor their spring flower gar¬ 
dening. These rich colours contrast well 
with the various shades of yellow and the 
one sets off the other. 
Wallflowers are amongst the oldest of 
cultivated flowers, though improvements 
.continue to be made from year to year 
by seed sowing and selection. The wild 
form on our chalk sea cliffs and old 
castles has small - yellow flowers, and the 
garden varieties are so altered nowadays 
that they might even pass for different 
species if we did not know their origin and 
history. They are also amongst the 
easiest of plants to cultivate. 
The)’ may be sown at various times, but 
May is a good month in which to sow 
them. This may be done in a piece of 
well-prepared ground out of doors, and as 
soon as the seedlings are large enough 
they should be lifted with their roots in¬ 
tact and planted out in lines 6 in. to 9 in. 
from plant to plant and 1 ft. between the 
lines if large plants are required. Under 
these conditions they will become quite 
bushy long before the time to plant them 
out in their flowering positions in October. 
All they require is that the ground should 
be kept clean, and fairly - loose on the 
surface. No watering nor feeding will be 
required to get plants as large as any-- 
bodv should require. 
In order to keep them dwarf, the ground 
should be trodden before planting out 
the seedlings. A dwarf habit is really of 
importance, especially in exposed gar¬ 
dens, -as they always keep much better 
during the winter than those that get tall. 
In districts where much snow falls dwarf 
plants get covered up with snow, and are 
thereby rendered safe. We are obliged 
to Messrs. Toogood and Sons, The King's 
Seed Growers, Southampton, for the use 
of the accompanying illustration. 
Few, if any, of our climbing yellow 
loses can rival a well-grown plant of 
darechal Niel. 
To grow this Rose well it requires to 
>e under glass, and the best specimen 1 
:ver saw- was growing in a cold Peach 
louse, but it will thrive equally well 
there a little artificial heat is used, such 
ts an ordinary greenhouse. 
A suitable soil is a good sound loam, 
nd some well-rotted cow- manure, with a 
prod sprinkling of rough bones, well 
nixed, and allow-ecl to lie some time pre¬ 
vious to planting. 
In planting, keep the union of the 
■tock and scion 6 inches below- the surface 
>f the soil—this grand Rose has the one 
Iraw-back of cankering at the union. This 
mcourages the plant to emit roots above 
he union, and in consequence being then 
rractically on its own roots, it has a better 
hance of withstanding the disease. 
The pruning consists in cutting back to 
1 couple of buds, which will induce the 
lose to make strong grow-ths, and the 
riant should get every encouragement in 
he way- of syringing, and be kept 
horoughdy clean; care should also be 
aken that none of the shoots get their 
roints damaged, as that causes the buds 
dong their length to break prematurely, 
end the result is a crop of per- 
ectly- useless buds, w-hich would have 
rroduced a Rosp each if the shoot had 
reen properly ripened and left intact. 
After the Rose has finished flowering it 
,.hould be cut back to within tAvo bud? of 
he first pruning, and again encouraged to 
nake fine long shoots. 
One frequently comes across a Marechal 
Niel Rose that is one mass of short stubby- 
hoots- which produce only- second-rate 
lowers, but the aim should be to get 
prod strong shoots of a fair length, giving 
hem plenty- of room on the trellis, so 
hat they may be properlv ripened, and in 
heir turn produce a crop of first-class 
rlooms. 
Watering must receive due attention, 
md as the bed gets exhausted, mulching 
tnd watering with liquid manure must 
re attended to. 
D. Chapman. 
Toogood’s Vulcan Wallflower. f Ton good and Sons. 
