THE GARDENING WORLD 
February g, 1907. 
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6ditoFial. 
of the lUw SuUd. 
The above annual for 1906 is now being 
distributed over the wide world. Many 
changes have taken place at Kew since 
last year, the most important being the re¬ 
signation of the director and the appoint¬ 
ment of Lieutenant-Colonel David Prain 
to fill his place. Appropriately enough 
the portrait of the new director forms the 
frontispiece to the “Journal.” He was 
born at Fettercairn, a beautiful village 
near the western boundary of Kincardine¬ 
shire on July 11, i 857 - After leaving 
school there he went to the Grammar 
School, Aberdeen, where he ultimately 
acquired the title of M.A. Since then he 
Iras studied much, and received various 
valuable appointments in India. 
To old Kewites and those still at the 
establishment the numerous letters from 
all parts of the world will prove exceed¬ 
ingly interesting, as they have done in the 
past' The “Journal,” indeed, continues 
to be a connecting link between the mem¬ 
bers of the Guild, as it was originally in¬ 
tended. These scattered gardeners who 
graduated at Kew recount their difficul¬ 
ties, trials, successes and other experi¬ 
ences, and such cannot but prove helpful 
to those isolated amongst foreigners and 
dependent upon their own resources very 
often for the performance of arduous 
duties in which their previous experience 
can scarcely help them. 
A mine of information is also given in 
the lecture delivered by the new director 
at a meeting of the Mutual Improvement 
Society, the subject being “India.” In 
this he deals with the gardens, climate, 
native races, language, seasons and other 
matters relating to the great peninsula. 
The list of past men now forms a formid¬ 
able portion of the Journal, and most of 
the members have now been located, 
though a few have no record since leaving 
Kew. 
A Pretty Garder? Path. 
Those who have a path bordered by a 
fairly wide piece of ground on either side 
have an excellent opportunity of making 
what is termed a mixed border, which is 
one of the most recent of garden develop¬ 
ments, and is productive of very fine effects 
when well carried out. The accompany¬ 
ing illustration shows such a path bordered 
on either side by a wide bank of flowers 
with a background of trees and shrubs. 
may be said, however, that plants which 
fail early in the season in borders of this 
character are usually lifted, and their 
places taken by something else which is 
held in reserve. 
A beautiful edging to borders of this 
character consists of Pinks, and none are 
better than white Pinks, such as, Her 
Majesty and Mrs. Sinkins. Truly they 
are in perfection in June, but the silvery 
. 9 . R. Martin, Vron, Llangollen. 
A Pretty Garden Path bordered with Roses and other Plants. 
At the far end of the path a beautiful tree 
also comes into view, and the designers 
of gardens have a splendid opportunity 
when laying out the garden to plant trees, 
which, when they grow up, will prove con¬ 
spicuous in the landscape and be produc¬ 
tive of very fine effects. 
In some cases trees are planted with little 
intention of what they may ultimately be 
capable of producing, but if they succeed 
well gardeners, who get the necessary 
authority, make either grassy avenues or 
a pathway leading straight towards such a 
tree or other object in the landscape. 
A mixed border may be of a great 
variety of material, including shrubs, 
hardy perennials and annuals. Some¬ 
times tender subjects are also planted, but 
with the exception of Dahlias, they are 
scarcely appropriate, and even the latter 
are liable be get cut off with early frosts 
before the season of flowers is over. 
In the particular border under notice 
use has been made of Roses, Asters, Stocks 
and Tobacco plants to bring out the fine 
effects here showm. In ordinary herba¬ 
ceous borders the plants are in lines, and 
very often they are gappy oiving to the un¬ 
equal growth of plants and in other res¬ 
pects may be rather formal. In this form 
of grouping, however, a skilful cultivator 
contrives to have every space well filled so 
that the general effect is good, whether the 
plants are actually in flower or not. It 
or sea-green foliage on well grown plants 
is effective all the year round. The photo¬ 
graph was taken by Mr. S. R. Martin, 
Vron, Llangollen. 
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Chrysanthemums. 
Work for 
February. 
Having, as advised last month, pre¬ 
pared the soil for the first potting of the 
rooted cuttings, and having the pot- 
ing soil in the right condition, that 
is, just moist enough to hold together 
slightly when squeezed in the hand, but 
not wet enough to remain in a hard ball 
after the pressure, give the young plants 
in the thumb-pots a good -watering at the 
roots some hours before commencing to 
re-pot. Then, having all in readiness, 
take a 60-size pot — which is 3 inches in 
diameter — and having placed an inverted 
crock over the hole in the bottom, cover 
this with some finely-broken crocks, then 
a little roughish soil, w’hich should be 
pressed down with the finger-ends, not 
beaten down flat. Then having turned 
out the -small plant, and released the 
crocks, place in position and fill in .with 
soil, working this dovm and making it 
