The Gardening-Wopi r, FeUrcarv 1007. 
MOTTO FOR THE WEEK: 
“Oh! I can ne’er forget those Peas, 
And that Sweet close of day.”— H. C. Philbrich. 
AN AMATEUR’S LETTER 
TO AMATEURS. 
CONTENTS 
Amateur's Letter to Amateurs, An ... 65 
Anemone, The . 69 
Antirrhinum, Carter’s New Fiery Belt 
(illus). 80 
Begonia (Tuberous) Lady Irene Bur¬ 
gess (illus.) .. 84 
Carnation, Marmion (illus.) . 78 
Centaureas, A New Strain of (illus.) 79 
China Aster, Sutton’s Giant White 
Ray (illus.) . 74 
Clarkia, Webb's New Double Salmon 
(illus.) . 75 
Competition Awards . 66 
Competition, Our Grand ... iii 
Enquire Within . 87 
Flower Garden, The . 66 
Fruit Garden, The . 66 
Greenhouse, The Amateur's . 67 
Horticultural Societies Diary. 90 
Kitchen Garden, The . 67 
Novelties for the Garden (Editorial) 70 
Orchids for Amateurs . 67 
Othonnopris Cheirifolia . 70 
Paeony Queen Alexandra (iLus.) . 79 
Pea, Eckford’s Commander (illus.)... 82 
Rhubarb, Forcing . 68 
Rose (H.P.) David R. Williamson 
(illus.) . 76 
Rose (H.T.) Queen of Spain (illus.) 91 
1 Rose (H.T.) William Shean (illus.)... 69 
Roses: Work for February. 68 
Sweet Pea, Novelties for 1907 (illus.) 71 
Sweet Pea, Hetty Green (illus.) . 82 
Sweet Pea, Horace Wright (illus.) ... 73 
Sweet Pea, Mrs. Collier (illus.) . 72 
Sweet Pea, Nora L T nwin (illus.) . 71 
Tomato, Dickson, Brown and Tait’s 
Victor (illus.) . 78 
I cmato, Yeitc.h's New Dwarf Red 
(illus.) . 84. 
\ ■"•lets, The Culture of . 70 
Y ork of the Week . 66 
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PRIZE LETTER COMPETITION. 
In consequence of pressure on our 
space, letters submitted for this competi¬ 
tion have been unavoidably held over. 
LX XVI. 
Desirable Wall Climbers. 
House, shed, or other walls, if they be 
within the precincts of the garden, may 
become beautiful and picturesque settings 
for the vegetation below them if suitable 
subjects are grown to cover them. 
Already in the pages of the Gardening 
WORLD has been described the manner cf 
utilising them by establishing alpine and 
other rock-lovjng plants between the 
stones. But there are many who may pre¬ 
fer to drape their walls with climbing 
shrubs. That was a wise gardener who 
wrote:—“I think one of the most impor¬ 
tant things in decorating our gardens is 
to have ail walls and sheds covered with 
something. ” 
Jasmine. 
The first flowers of the year may be cut 
from the wall if a jasmine of the winter 
flowering variety known as J. nudiflorum 
be established. It does quite well with an 
eastern aspect, grows quickly and grace¬ 
fully, and of even greater decorative 
value than the type, is a variety having 
brightly tinted leaves and known as J. 
nudiflorum aureum, for when the blossom 
has disappeared, and the foliage only is 
in evidence, it has a bright and striking 
effect amid other green-leaved shrubs that 
may be in close proximity. The sum of 
ninepence may stand between a piece of 
bare empty wall and this charming 
climber. There is one cultural hint I 
must not omit, and that i.s that any prun¬ 
ing that may be necessary should be done 
in the early spring after flowering. • 
Exochorda grandiflora. 
Anyone seeing the beautiful Exochorda 
grandiflora used as a wall subject is sure 
to be struck with its beauty. On a wall 
it makes growth of twelve feet or more, 
and the white flowers borne in long 
racemes, come with the Laburnums and 
Guelder Roses. It is sometimes known as 
Pea.rl Bush. For choice I would give a 
warm aspect, but if that is not to be had 
it is so beautiful a subject that it is worth 
experimenting with in cooler positions. 
There is, moreover, no absolute need to 
use it as a wall plant, as it is equallv suit¬ 
able for the open. 
A Blue-flowered Climber. 
We have not many hardy wall plants 
that produce blue flowers; the more wel¬ 
come place, then, must be given to Ceano- 
thus Gloire cle Versailles. The flowers 
have beauty of form as well as colour, and 
are borne in spikes, and the large expanse 
of blossoms vielded by a single plant 
makes an excellent and showy bit of plant¬ 
ing. 
Forsythia suspensa. 
A charming and early flowering wall 
subject is to be found in Forsythia sus¬ 
pensa. Like the Jasmine, it flower- 
before its foliage is developed, and has a 
profusion of blossom. It is quite hardy, 
and though it flourishes almost anvwhcre, 
it is never so beautiful as when in a warm 
sunny aspect. It is such a robust vigorous 
grower that beyond its floral beautv it has 
the beauty of strenuous vigour. It is 
easily propagated by cuttings put in dur¬ 
ing the spring or autumn. 
Coronilla glauca. 
Most of us, I think, know that good old 
fashioned plant, Coronilla glauca. But 
how' do we know it ? As a rule as a pot 
plant in the conservatory. It can be 
made to yield us greater beauty and be in 
all ways a more graceful subject if treated 
as an out-of-door wall plant. It is a mis¬ 
take to regard it as a tender plant needing 
heat. Even here in East Anglia I have it 
out-of-doors in the open, and it does not 
succumb. Trained to a wail, however, it 
makes long slender branches that are well 
covered with bright yellow blossom. It 
has. of course, the advantage of being 
an evergreen. It is one of the best of sub¬ 
jects to use under windows that are a few 
feet from the ground. 
Diervillas. 
There are many shrubs that are for the 
most part grown in the open that, when 
trained to a wall, succeed admirably. 
Among these may be mentioned the 
Weigelas, or as we ought to call them in 
these days the Diervillas. Of these D. 
Eva Rathke must take first place, where a 
bright red blossom is desirable. Among 
the paler coloured varieties D. florida Can¬ 
dida is one of the best and being double- 
flow r ered it is of longer endurance than the 
single varieties. 
Magnolias. 
The Magnolia is the grandest of the 
wall subjects, house wall subjects, shall 
we say, for its dignity, its nobility of 
growth, seem to demand the most impor¬ 
tant position we can devote to it? It is 
a great point in its favour that the hand¬ 
some laurel-like leaves are evergreen. I 
may say here that Magnolias are in this 
country better if established in the spring 
than in autumn. M. grandiflora is the 
most familiar form, but there are others, 
some evergreen, some deciduous, that are 
also excellent. Thus the shrubby M. 
stellata, that flowers in March and April, 
is delightful for a low wall, and thus pro¬ 
tected its beautiful narrow petalled flowers 
are not injured by cutting winds if given 
a warm sunnv aspect. 
The Mulberry. 
In this country we scarcely make the 
use we might of the handsomer fruit trees 
for the less important house walls. But. 
take the Mulberrv for instance. This 
