CONTENTS . 
Vmateur’s Letter to Amateurs, An... 671 
'himney Campanula, Without Heat ... 674 
’hrysanthemums, A Showy Annual 
(illus.) . 675 
hrysanthemums at the Crystal Palace 674 
ompetition Awards . 672 
ilm, The Weeping Mountain (illus.) 673 
inquire Within . 681 
’lower Garden, The . 678 
ruit Garden, The . 678 
ueenhouse, The Amateur’s . 679 
lydrangea paniculata grand iflora . 672 
.mmortelles, One of the (illus.) . 676 
vitchen Garden, The . 678 
hchids for Amateurs . 679 
iockfoil. The Greenland (illus.) . 677 
.oses, Planting (illus.) . 680 
.oses : Work for October . 684 
Catering, On . 672 
fork of the Week . 678 
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Some seeds you sow, 
You say they're sown; 
The bed you hoe. 
But it’s not hoen ; 
Yet stuff you grow 
Is always grown. 
WVhen plants you feed, 
Those plants are fed; 
But ground you weed 
Is never wed; 
And flowers that seed 
Are never sed. 
When bulbs you buy, 
You’re sure they’re bought; 
But if they die 
They are not dought. 
You ask me why P 
I answer wought. 
The weather’s wet. 
It might be wetter; 
Yet if you fret 
’Twon’t make things fretter. 
The fruit that’s set, / 
It can’t get setter. 
Things we forget 
Are then forgotten; 
But borders set 
Are never sotten. 
A garden let 
Is never lotten 
Therefore you bet 
Our language’s rotten. 
Peter Penn. 
Brightening- the Conservatory. 
At this time of the year we are bound 
to expend thought and attention on the 
conservatory. I have just been potting 
up some Cineraria stellata and double and 
single Chinese Primulas that until to-day 
(September 30th) have been in an outside 
border. I like to treat them thus, they 
are so strong and sturdy, and in the very 
pink of perfection, so that even if it is 
not the orthodox method of treating them, 
why I jorefer to be unorthodox in this 
matter. Now, I find the autumn conser¬ 
vatories of many people wofully unin¬ 
teresting, and for this reason too many 
of them are entirely filled with Chrysan¬ 
themums. They are beautiful, that goes 
without saying; but a little variety is 
charming. What a grand subject for the 
autumn conservatory is the scarlet- 
flowered Salvia splendens, a plant that 
for all intents and purposes may be 
treated as an annual. It flowers for 
months even until Christmas, and its 
colouring is gorgeous. I also find the 
dainty South African Saintpaulia is a gem 
of the first water ; it is like the Streptocar- 
pus, a thing to depend upon for months of 
blossom. As a rule it is treated as a 
stove plant, but it does quite well in a 
lower temperature. As one authority says 
of its easy culture, “It may be grown in 
almost any position, even in the gravel 
or the stages.” It can be propagated by 
means of its fleshy leaves. 
Moraeas for the Greenhouse 
And now I want to’ say a word concern¬ 
ing Moraeas for a cool greenhouse. So 
similar to our handsome Irises these 
plants are of easy cultivation, and very 
effective. The present time is quite the 
most suitable in which to secure and pot 
up the bulbs, and when I say cool green¬ 
house I mean one in which frost is ex¬ 
cluded in winter. Of all the varieties 
M. fobinsoniana is, I think, the most 
charming. It belongs to the flora of 
Australia, and, by the way, I was read¬ 
ing some time ago that this flora is the 
oldest in the world, it is conjectured. But 
the Moraeas are not exclusively confined 
to Australia, they grow profusely in South 
Africa, M. bicolor. 
A Begonia Note. 
As soon as the tops have been blackened 
with frost they must have attention. The 
tubers should be lifted, dried, and stored 
for the winter in sand. It is desirable to 
examine them from time to time to see 
that they are in good condition; dry rot 
attacks them sometimes, or, if not pro¬ 
perly dried off before storing they may 
decay from the opposite cause. It must 
be remembered that with the help of a 
frame to start them in spring artificial 
heat is not essential to Begonia culture. 
In fact many prefer to start them in 
spring in a cold frame. I hear that in 
Scotland, just when the flowers were at 
the height of their beauty, there came a 
frost in the first week of September, and 
the next morning every plant in one large 
garden was frost-bitten, while here in 
England, if the weather allows, we shall 
probably enjoy them well on into Octo¬ 
ber. 
Some early flowering: Clematis. 
It is one of the charms of the Clematis 
that there are varieties that flower at 
many different periods. Beside the small 
white-flowered C. montana, there are 
many beautifully coloured early flowers, 
some, too, having large blossoms. Among 
the varieties that are effective during May 
and June, special attention may be drawn 
to Sir Garnet Wolseley, blue with plum- 
coloured bars, Duke of Edinburgh, violet, 
and Albert Victor, a beautiful lavender. 
Any of these varieties may be planted at 
the present time, and I can recommend 
few plants that lend greater beauty to 
the garden. Here on one set of roots 
spring sufficient blossoms to fill a bed, or, 
to put it another way, here raised on high 
are as many flowers as would fill a small 
bed on the level. It is one of the plants 
for which I continually plead its greater 
use. Arches, pergolas, palings, poles, 
house, and other walls, all lend them¬ 
selves to the support of these beautiful 
plants. A grand summer flowering 
variety is Belle of Woking. But 
the flowering period still continues, and 
the autumn blooming varieties are the most 
numerous of all, and among others in¬ 
clude the splendid Jackmanii section. 
The position should be carefully pre¬ 
pared, and the soil dug down for a con¬ 
siderable depth. It should be remem¬ 
bered that the Clematis loves to have 
plenty of lime or chalk in the soil, and 
also that it is a greedy feeder, but rank 
manure should never come in contact 
with the roots. 
Plants as Standards and Pyramids. 
In several gardens this summer I have 
been struck with the free and exceedinglv 
striking use of standard plants, and in a 
lesser degree of pyramid-formed speci¬ 
mens ; such plants as these take away 
completely that monotonous dead level 
that is the ban of so much of our bed¬ 
ding. Standard Lantanas are excellent, 
while among tall naturally grown plants 
I have been especially pleased with 
Swainsonias, while some well-trained Ivv- 
leaved Geraniums planted in the grass in 
one of our suburban parks was an in- 
