THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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they are produced during summer and 
autumn. The outer petals are lemon- 
yellow and the centre considerably 
darker. The flowers are also deliciously 
scented. 
The plant is of robust growth and the 
stems well furnished with large leaves of 
a rich glossy green more or less tinted 
with red or bronze in the young state. 
The stems and large spines are also red, 
and the effect is pleasing and handsome, 
even before the plant comes into bloom. 
The plant may be used for garden decora¬ 
tion in a variety of ways, and will com¬ 
mend itself to cultivators on account of 
its being a distinct addition to the Hybrid 
Teas. The sweet scent of the flowers 
will also appeal to those who believe that 
Roses and Carnations should be sweet 
scented as well as beautiful. 
The National Rose Society awarded it 
a Gold Medal when shown at-their metro¬ 
politan exhibition in July last 'by Messrs. 
Alexander Dickson and Sons, Newtown- 
ards, Co. Down, Ireland, who have a 
coloured plate of it in their Rose cata¬ 
logue for 1906 and 1907. 
The flowers of the above variety are 
3m. across and of a full rich pink or 
salmon-pink. The petals are fairly 
numerous, broad, and shallowly notched 
at the edges. The foliage of the plant 
is good, and the stems may be cut of 
great length. The blooms are also de¬ 
cidedly fragrant. Whether this is re¬ 
garded simply as a winter flowering Car¬ 
nation or an American Carnation the fact 
remains that is was raised by Mr. H. 
Burnett, St. Margaret’s Vineries, Guern¬ 
sey, who has on several occasions brought 
W [Maclaren -and Sons', 
Carnation Mrs, H. Burnstt 
H. P. Rosa David R. Williamson. [Wt> 1 . Paul and Son 
fins bunches of it before the British pub¬ 
lic. He supplied us with flowers from 
which our photograph was taken. 
A bunch of thirty-six blooms of this 
variety took the first prize in the class 
for the best vase of any pink winter flower¬ 
ing Carnation at the exhibition of the 
Winter-flowering Carnation Society in 
December last. Most of the flowers ex¬ 
hibited against it consisted of Enchant¬ 
ress, but there were several exhibitors, 
and their flowers were really fine. En¬ 
chantress is always a favourite, but the 
additional tint of salmon observable in 
Mrs. H. Burnett captivated everybody by 
the beauty of the flowers when set up in 
a vase on long stems. It will un¬ 
doubtedly find many admirers when it 
comes to be put into commerce by the 
raiser. 
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An Aloe Causes Blood Poisoning.— 
On the last day of the old year an inquiry 
was held at Pontypridd relative to the 
death of a coachman’s wife. The evi¬ 
dence produced was that deceased was 
dusting an Aloe plant on the 21st Decem¬ 
ber, and while bending down, the Aloe 
pricked her face, just under the eye. A 
sore appeared on the following day, and 
continued to get worse, and although 
medical aid was summoned, the woman 
died. Dr. J. Morgan Rees came to the 
conclusion that she died of blood poison¬ 
ing. and that there must have been a germ 
of some kind meting on the point of the 
Alt*. 
HYBRID PERPETUAL 
ROSE 
DAVID R. 
WILLIAMSON. 
During recent years many complaints 
have been made that the Roses being put 
into commerce, though beautiful, have 
been lacking in scent. The Rose we have 
selected on this occasion possesses both 
beauty and fragrance, the latter being 
present to an unusual degree. The 
flowers are of large size, very double and 1 
well expanded somewhat after the style of 
Etienne Levet. The petals are broad, 
smooth, well spread out, of good texture 
and of a charming rich carmine rose. 
The plant is more truly a perpetual 
bloomer than many others put into com¬ 
merce under this title. Fresh shoots con¬ 
tinue to arise all through the summer and 
autumn months, and as these get fully de¬ 
veloped they are terminated by a cluster 
of flower buds. The variety is, therefore, 
well adapted for bedding and garden de¬ 
coration generally. The flowers are 
equally well adapted for cutting, being 
produced on strong upright stems. Those 
who desire to exhibit can also employ this 
Rose, for, by disbudding, it is not only 
at once of fine size, but becomes very effec¬ 
tive on account of its massiveness. 
A very large proportion of the Roses 
that are most popular for exhibition pur¬ 
poses are unsuited for garden decoration 
because they produce only a few flowers 
