THE GARDENING WORLD. 647 
- R Pretty Lianpbeth Gardei?. - 
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October 5, 1907. 
I ad ten seeds of Tweedy Smith, giving 
dee varieties—a black, a pink self, and 
a ight bicolor. Beatrice Whaley, with 
tf> seeds, came all true and the same as 
Hen Lewis, but it will not stand the 
w ither. 
til the older standard varieties are 
r-uparatively free from sports. I would 
nntion the following varieties as being 
tl most distinct and choice up-to-date : 
Ira Unwin (white), Dora Breadmore 
lush), Countess Spencer, Phyllis Un- 
w , Janet Scott, and Miss Wilmott 
jik), Mrs. Walter Wright (mauve), 
hn. Mrs. E. Kenyon (cream or prim- 
re), Horace Wright, Lady G. Hamil- 
tc, and Helen Pierce (blue), King Ed- 
ivd VII. (crimson), Black Knight 
(lack), and Queen of Spain (salmon). 
Gild seedsmen not bracket all varieties 
tit are much alike in colour, and save 
a uultiplicity of names ? This year I 
h e five different names, said to be new, 
a:, all the same as Countess Spencer. 
L our seedsmen present to us only the 
rr;t distinct colours, such as one could 
slw in a collection for competition, 
The photograph of the pleasant little 
garden in old Lambeth gives a fair idea 
what can be done with a few square yards 
of ground in a congested London district. 
I am close to the Lambeth Potteries, yet 
with a space of 45 ft. by 18, with a small 
glasshouse and pit, I am able to get a 
blaze of bloom during the summer 
months. I store my standard Fuchsias, 
used for the centre bed, with other large 
plants such as the better sorts of zonal 
Geraniums, Aralia, Marguerites, etc., in 
the glasshouse. Cuttings of bedding 
plants I winter in the pit, which is kept 
frost-proof by holes between it and the 
glasshouse, through which sufficient heat 
enters the pit. In February I sow my 
Ten-week Stocks, Violas, Verbenas, Pe¬ 
tunias, and white Lobelia for edging, and 
follow these by the ordinary run of an¬ 
nuals, so useful for making a show in 
London gardens. These annuals include 
Asters, Scalpiglossis, annual Chrysanthe¬ 
mums, etc. For wall decorations, vases, 
and for pegging dawn between the larger 
plants the Ivy Geraniums do well. In 
shady corners Ferns and the green 
Tradescantia, whfch was introduced into 
England by a resident in Lambeth named 
Tradescant, and from which plant the Ze- 
brina Tradescantia was produced, gives 
the necessary cool and well-filled effect. 
When the glasshouse and pit have served 
their purpose for filling the garden I have 
the house full of Begonias and the choicer 
sorts of named zonal Geranium. Tomatos 
do fairly well outdoors, as also Chrysan¬ 
themums in large pots for autumn decora¬ 
tion. I seldom need buy a plant, and the 
whole of the work is done after finishing 
my daily employment. 
M. H. Dear. 
A Pretty Lambeth Garden. 
1 rg away with all microscopical dis- 
- tioas such as one can find on the same 
? nt at any time. 
A. Grigor. . 
berdeen. 
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i Wonderful Apple Tree. 
lr. Luther Burbank, the Californian 
1 ticulturist, recently presented to Stan- 
'< 1 University seventy-three varieties of 
V ales grown on a single tree, the col- 
( ion including large, small, sweet and 
1 c specimens of various colours. 
Why Not Regimental Gardens? 
“The Scout,” in the “Military Mail,” 
commenting on a suggestion that men of 
the Regular Army, more especially the 
married men, should be given greater op¬ 
portunities of cultivating a little plot of 
ground, says: “We all know .in civil life 
how lovingly the cottager cherishes his 
little bit of garden, and we have seen his 
pride on Sunday morning, when he has 
been showing neighbours and visitors the 
wonders the ground has produced. 
Maybe he has sons who also share their 
father’s enthusiasm, and they perchance 
go forth to the King's service, leaving all 
that love of nature behind them for ever. 
I believe a system of small allotments 
would go towards an army of better men. 
To begin with, it would lessen the tempta¬ 
tion to drink. I know there are diffi¬ 
culties in the way, but I remember that 
our Secretary of State for War has al¬ 
ready done things that seemed well-nigh 
impossible a year ago. I believe that at 
'Caterham my idea is carried out to some 
extent, for I have read a report of a flower 
show held in connection with the Guards’ 
Depot.” 
