THE GARDENING WORLD. 
FebrwM-y 2, 1507 
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decided between them aid the pure white 
petals. 
The foliage is also well developed and 
handsome, forming a fine background to 
the flotvers. Most of the Paeonies in 
the early stages have the young stems an^ 
foliage of a bright red colour, so that they 
are effective in the garden from the time 
they appear above the ground till the 
flowers have fallen and the foliage has be¬ 
come fully developed and green. A con¬ 
siderable number of these Imperial Paeo¬ 
nies has been raised, but we have singled 
out this one on account of its chaste 
purity and beauty. We are indebted to 
Messrs. Kelway and Son for this oppor¬ 
tunity of placing the illustration before 
our readers. 
All of these Paeonies are of easy culti¬ 
vation in good garden soil. Needless 
to say, the drainage should be faultless 
and the soil should be trenched and 
manured before the plantation is made, 
if the grower desires to get the best re¬ 
sults. ' One good reason why the soil 
should be properly prepared before plant¬ 
ing is that Paeonies do not like to be dis¬ 
turbed at the roots, and take a year or 
two before they get fully established. Not 
a root, therefore, should be committed to 
the soil before it has been thoroughly pre¬ 
pared. 
Some growers take the trouble to mulch 
the ground with manure afterwards, but 
as often as not this manure is altogether 
too fresh, and when placed around the 
base of the stems encourages the growth 
of a fungus, which in a short time utterly 
destroys the Paeonies. Manure can be 
placed on the surface, however, and dug 
in during autumn or winter, provided the 
cultivator takes every care of the roots be¬ 
neath. A cultivator who loves his plants 
can manage both to dig and manure his 
plants without endangering the roots. 
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The Bournemouth Pines. --Those who 
have been to that interesting watering 
place on the south coast have admired 
the Pine woods or plantations of Scotch 
Fir, which come right down to- the sea 
coast and into the town itself. Many of 
the residents are now regretting that these 
Pine woods are fast disappearing owing to 
the ravages of the builder. A suggestion 
has been made to the Town Council to ac¬ 
quire a portion of the Talbot Woods, but 
it is feared that the negotiations may fall 
through, and the woods will go the way of 
other trees in the neighbourhood of towns 
that are extending their area. 
The Wiles of the Purple Arum.— 
In the second of his lectures delivered 
recently at the London University on 
“Flowers: Their Structure and Colour,” 
Professor Bottomley dealt with the insect 
visitors of flowers. The methods used by 
the purple Arum for ensuring the proper 
dispersal of its pollen by the midges 
which visit it must surely be the most de¬ 
moralising. The flower, by a train of 
honey, entices the insect into its pollen- 
bo’x, where is more honey possessing in¬ 
toxicating properties. Soon the midges 
become inebriated, and in their helpless 
antics knock against the pollen pillar, and 
so become covered with its' powder. By 
an ingenious device all exit is prevented 
until- the stately Arum is satisfied that the 
midges have performed their duty pro¬ 
perly, 
Antirrhinum 
Carter’s New 
Fiery Belt. 
[o tpyrightti by Carter and Co. 
Antirrhinum Fiery Belt. 
At one time the flowers of Antirrhinum 
were very popular for exhibition purposes, 
but the seifs, striped and mottled flowers 
were those that took the fancy of the 
florist in those days. More recently a 
considerable amount of attention has been 
given to the raising and selection of va¬ 
rieties of some definite colour that will 
prove effective for garden decoration. To 
preserve any of these colours exactly true 
to name they have hitherto been propa¬ 
gated from cuttings, but in recent years _ 
we have had evidence that strains can be 
fairly fixed to reproduce their parents with 
tolerable exactness. 
The Antirrhinum or Snapdragon has 
also bteen selected for variations in height. 
The old type may' be regarded as the start¬ 
ing point representing plants of medium 
height. From these a giant race has been 
selected varving greatly in height accord¬ 
ing to the space, soil and treatment given 
them. On the other hand, a dwarf or 
Tom Thumb section has also been de¬ 
veloped suitable for small beds or as edg¬ 
ings to larger ones. All of these types 
have their uses according to the purpose 
for which they are intended in the garden. 
Messrs. J. Carter and Co., High Hol- 
born, London, have obliged us with an 
illustration of a new variety' selected 
chiefly' on account of its brilliant and fiery- 
colour and effectiveness in the garden. 
This is a plant of medium height to which 
they' have given the name of Antirrhinum 
majus nanum, Carter’s Fiery Belt, and 
which grows to the average height of 
18 in. The flowers are of a fiery and 
bright orange-scarlet, and the name Fiery 
Belt was given in reference to the effect 
which a border of the variety produced 
and which at a distance looked" like a belt 
of fire when seen under bright sunshine. 
By a process of selection and the removal 
of rogues from the seed beds these various 
colours can be fixed until at last they can 
be reproduced true from seed 
Cultivators find no difficulty in raising 
