Lie Gardening World, October 12, 1907. 
MOTTO FOR THE WEEK: 
As is the garden, such is the gardener.”— Hebrew Proverb. 
CONTENTS . 
mateur’s Letter to Amateurs (illus.) 657 
arnations: W T ork for October . 663 
ierodendron trichotomum (illus.)... 659 
ampetition Awards . 658 
ampetition, Prize Letter . 660 
nquire Within . 667 
lower Garden, The . 664 
ruit Garden, The . 664 
reenhouse, The Amateur’s . 665 
itchen Garden, The . 664 
larguerite Carnations . 659 
lutual Improvement Societies and 
the R.H.S . 660 
nee Grown Always Grown . 658 
rchids for Amateurs . 665 
ases at Westminster . 666 
agetables at Edinburgh (illus.). 661 
iolas in a Suburban Garden (illus.) 662 
ork of the Week . 664 
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\JdlovtuMj Moods. 
law with the stealthy touch of Autumn's 
[tread. 
I hen all the harvest gold is gathered in, 
lie quiet woods begin 
la burn as with a magic flame of red. 
file full ripe berry glistens in the brake, 
the acorn drops among the mosses low, 
1 he drooping brackens glow,— 
'id I am sad for old rememlarance’ sake. 
he frailer leaves begin to rustle down 
ike restless wraiths, the pi ay things of 
the wind, 
here laughing children find 
wealth of berries black and wood-nuts 
brown. 
he traveller’s-joy is as a bower of snow, 
•'hite as the thistledown that dallies by; 
nd in my heart a cry 
■ ails for the glories that illusive go. 
ere in the twilight of the dying day 
oft voices whisper through the misty 
gloom, 
s in a lonely room 
houghts of the past spring up and die 
away. 
erhaps the spirits of old years arise 
0 speak of hope among the falling 
leaves; 
erhaps mv soul deceives 
nd to its questioning no voice replies. 
CXII. 
Artistic Bulb Planting. 
It is more than a truism that the ar¬ 
tistic sense should be apparent in our 
gardens. Here is a fine field for artistic 
perceptions that cannot fail to make a 
good return. 
We are in the midst of the bulb plant¬ 
ing season ; it remains for us to weigh 
and consider what the effect shall be when 
the spring comes again—ordinary and 
commonplace with arrangements such as 
shall be found in nine-tenths of the gar¬ 
dens in the neighbourhood, or, something 
more individual and original so that we 
secure that subtle charm and beauty that 
is to be achieved in gardens where every¬ 
thing makes for harmony, for fitness and 
suitability. 
A frieze of Daffodils — can we attain 
such ? To my mind it is wonderfully help¬ 
ful to have a title in one's mind, some¬ 
thing definite and clearly defined to work 
upon. I often think people do not suffi¬ 
ciently realise the possibilities of a long, 
narrow border cut in the small lawns that 
are the feature of most small gardens. 
A long, narrow border, as opposed to 
little, round beds, crescents or diamonds, 
is far more artistic, and such a border the 
whole length of the lawn, and on a very- 
small lawn not more than a foot and a 
half from the edge, and repeated, if de¬ 
sired, on the opposite side, becomes far 
more beautiful at the flowering time 
than geometrical beds ever can be, and 
in it, or them, we may very beautifully 
carrv out this frieze of Daffodils. 
Then, again, have we a shrubbery bor¬ 
der ? If so, why not fringe it with bold 
and handsome clumps of Crown Im¬ 
perials, which, by the way-, in seeking for 
in the catalogue, we shall find under the 
heading of Fritillaria Imperialis. There 
is distinct and charming character in 
these plants, and that, only second to 
beautv, is what we must study to achieve 
in our gardens. It is what so few are 
capable of doing, for it means originality 
and individuality. Too many 7 by- far are 
content to grow anvthing and everything 
that thev see growing in everyone else’s 
garden, and in what may almost be called 
orthodox combination. But to return to 
the Crown Imperials, they 7 are not only- 
decorative at their flowering stage, but 
also later, when the bold and handsome 
seed vessels are formed. Only a short 
while ago a clever designer^ seeing these 
seed vessels, exclaimed, ‘ What splendid 
material for a design! And so they 
are, though my illustration but faintly 
indicates how boldly 7 handsome they are. 
And an exquisite groundwork to some 
space beneath a tree or trees can be 
achieved by planting, and that not at all 
deeply, a number of the soft pastel-blue 
coloured Anemone apennina. They 
flower well under deciduous trees, and 
the mass of pale colour is especially wel¬ 
come in the springtime when blue flowers 
are not numerous. 
One of the secrets of beautiful planting 
is broad massing, and it is far better to 
expend the sum we may wish to spend on 
but one or two different varieties of plants 
rather than on a small quantity of a great 
many. There are certain bulbous plants 
that need massing in the wilder portions 
of the garden, such as Snowdrops, Ane¬ 
mones, either the variety I have already 
mentioned, or A. nemerosa, our indi¬ 
genous variety 7 , . Winter Aconites, and 
some varieties of Daffodils. Others, 
again, like Tulips, garden Hyacinths, 
some of the Daffodils, Anemone St. Brid¬ 
get, A. fulgens, A. coronaria, and Mus- 
cari, which are more suitable for the more 
formal positions. Some, again, like the 
Crocus, the Pheasant-Eye Narcissus, are 
suitable alike in the wilder or more for¬ 
mal positions. 
One of the most artistic and beautiful 
of all bulbous plants is the Spanish Iris, 
and this year I am astounded to find it 
listed at sixpence the hundred. It is 
well worth while to buy a quantity 7 for the 
plants are so sparsely foliaged that they 
take a minimum of space. Only last 
June I saw a wonderful arrangement that 
was gorgeous in effect. A long border 
was planted thickly 7 with Iceland Poppies 
in shades of orange, white and yellow, 
and closely 7 intermixed down all the 
• length and breadth of the border were 
hundreds of Spanish Irises in all their 
beautiful combinations of colouring. Of 
course they do not last in blossom a great 
wffiile, and it is only in really large gar¬ 
dens, perhaps, w'here whole borders could 
be given up to an arrangement such as I 
have described. But still, if they but 
make patches in a mixed border, they 7 are 
yet very 7 beautiful, far too beautiful to 
be omitted from even the smallest gar¬ 
den. And, by 7 the way, they succeed ad¬ 
mirably 7 in tovm and suburban gardens. 
Among the small-flowered bulbous 
plants the Chionodoxa is rather more 
expensive than most, but even then it is 
considerably cheaper than it was a few 
seasons ago. C. Luciliae is a favourite 
variety with blossom a delightful com¬ 
bination of blue and white. If it be 
bought in rather small quantities it looks 
its best in patches in the rock garden, as 
a few’ plants seem to go further in this 
position than in the ordinary border, and 
this, I may say 7 , is true of many subjects 
