The Gardening World, April 27, 1907. 
MOTTO FOR THE WEEK: 
One impulse from a vernal wood May teach us more ol man, 
Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can.”— Wordsworth. 
CONTENTS. 
Amateur’s Letter to Amateurs, An ... 281 
Beans, Runner (Letter) . 284 
Bill'bergia, The Nodding (illus.). 287 
Competition (Name) No. 2 Awards ... 289 
Competition, Prize Letter . 284 
Competition (Weekly) Awards . 282 
Cottage Gardening . 287 
Dendrobium Nobile . 295 
Enquire Within .. v . 292 
Flower Garden, The . 290 
Fruit Garden, The . 290 
Globe Flower, The Chinese (illus.) 283 
Greenhouse, The Amateur’s . 291 
Iris, The Bokhara (illus.) . 285 
Kitchen Garden, The ... 290 
Maple, Italian . 285 
Orchids for Amateurs . 291 
Ozone Wanted (Letter) .. 283 
Pansies and Violas, The Culture of 282 
Pansies, Tufted . 295 
Peas, Main Crop (Letter). 284 
Quince, The Japan (illus.) . 286 
Site-for-Vegetable and Fruit Garden, 
Choosing a .. 296 
Sweet Peas : Work for April .:. 288 
Tropaeolum speciosum . 282 
Tulips, A Bed of White (illus.) . 283 
Violet Culture . 296 
Work of the Week .. 290 
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Ik of \\\<i Sott'uvj Stttt. 
Some Yankee nurseryman, ’tis said. 
Claims to have scored a floral coup. 
For he successfully has “bred ” 
A Rose indubitably blue! 
V hich like the short-lived “green Carna¬ 
tion,” 
Will cause, he hopes, a wide sensation! 
But we, for our part, cannot be 
Approvers of the skill he’s shown; 
Confound that nurseryman! say we. 
Why can’t he leave the Rose alone ? 
Blue Rose, forsooth! Why not Black Lily 
Or something even still more silly P 
For in the end this meddling crank. 
Resolved his cleverness to show. 
May outrage Nature by a prank, 
Past which e’en he can’t hope to go— 
Yes, he may stagger us, the varlet! 
With Violets of a vivid scarlet! 
Truth. 
LXXXVIII. 
Border Chrysanthemums* 
I look upon the early out-of-door Chry¬ 
santhemum as an indispensable plant for 
all amateurs, so indispensable, and so 
truly decorative, and beautiful, that I 
never think it is made use of sufficiently 
if merely given a place here and there in 
the mixed border. Rather, I would_ say, 
make of it a beautiful and prominent 
feature in a good position. These large 
flowered varieties are well worth it, for not 
only are they exceedingly showy, but they 
produce their flowers for two months at the 
least. 
Colour Schemes. 
If not already established, no time 
should be lost now in getting them into 
their places. I am afraid one of the main 
difficulties with novices is to make a selec¬ 
tion, as the number of really first class 
varieties is very great. Four or five years 
ago I made up my mind to limit my plants 
to an exceedingly small range of colour, 
and I have never regretted it. Bronze 
to crimson, yellow to orange—that is the 
beginning and end of it. If I have a few 
white or pink, or what the growers describe 
as apiaranth, they are far removed from 
the mass of restrained colour I have 
described. And what a mass it is, bril¬ 
liant, clean, and dominant, besides em¬ 
phasising the typical autumnal colours. 
Yon could never get that dominant, well 
defined, massive effect if other colouring 
were used in addition; to use even white 
with the scheme I have mentioned is to 
weaken the effect. Of course, if we have 
space we can work out another colour 
scheme in another portion of the garden. 
Thus a planting that ranges from white 
through the pinks to deep ruby tints is 
very charming, though it has not the bril¬ 
liance of the yellow and crimson scheme. 
For Cold and Exposed Districts. 
And now to turn to the varieties, and 
here a word of advice to those living in 
cold and exposed districts may not be out 
of place. Make a point of securing those 
that are described as the earliest to flower ; 
and, where the month is mentioned, this 
will mean August and September. If 
your neighbourhood is really cold and 
bleak, and especially if it be in a valley, 
where frosts are always felt earliest and 
sharpest, your season will not outlast 
these, for, probably, they will also be 
later to commence flowering than they 
would be in more favourable districts; 
anyway, they will continue until the frosts 
mar them. If later varieties be chosen 
for these cold situations their full period 
of blossom is not enjoyed. 
Varieties to Grow:—First Colour Scheme. 
To carry out the first colour scheme I 
suggest Goacher’s Crimson, Crimson 
Marie Masse, and Horace Martin can 
never be surpassed, I think, but many 
people would not be content to grow so 
few varieties as these, so I mention a few 
others that may be used in addition, and 
are really good and reliable kinds. 
Bronze Dwarf, Good and Early, Fleur 
Rouge, Piercy’s Seedling, Tuckswood 
Bronze, Vivid, and one variety later 
flowering to carry on the season as long as 
possible, Emperor of Russia. This last 
is by no means hew, but it is thoroughly 
satisfactory. In my own planting I always 
include that brilliant and early little pom¬ 
pon, Flora. It is almost the exact colour 
of Horace Martin, is in flower some time 
before it, and, being of dwarfish habit, 
makes a capital row in front of these 
larger flowered varieties. 
Second Colour Scheme. 
For the second colour scheme, white to 
deep ruby, I think provides an excellent 
effect. This is achieved by Doris Peto, 
Glacier, Roi des Blanc, and White Quin¬ 
tus, so far as the white varieties are con¬ 
cerned. The coloured ones might in¬ 
clude Madame Marie Masse, Bobbie 
Burns, Beacon, Mrs. Cookson, Kitty, 
Notaire Groz, Perle Rose, Pride of Kes- 
ton, Rubis, and R. Pemberton. 
Single Flowering Varieties. 
And now-a-days the beautiful single 
varieties decidedly have to be reckoned 
with. Every year they are becoming more 
extensively grown. And here, too, I feel 
sure I am right in saying that a finer 
decorative effect is to be gained by grow¬ 
ing a few varieties of good and distinct 
colouring, rather than it is possible to 
attain by growing all and sundry. Miss 
Sydenham is an excellent crimson. Mary 
Anderson, red, is a great favourite, Edith 
Pagram and Ladysmith are pink and 
pretty, May Jeal is purplish, and Kitty 
Bourne is bright yellow, Miss Charlton is 
a good white, while Miss A. Holden is a 
reliable yellow sport from Mary Anderson. 
F. Norfolk. 
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An elderly gentleman, who was a 
zealous supporter of total abstinence, 
was sincerely shocked at his head gar¬ 
dener indulging rather frequently in 
whisky.- “Ah, Duncan, Duncan!” he 
exclaimed on one occasion, lf I am grieved 
to notice the smell of whisky in your 
breath again. Now, Pm sure you never 
detect that smell in mine.” “ That’s true, 
sir,” replied Duncan, admiringly. “ What 
dae you tak’ to hide it ? ” 
