Te Gardening World, November 2 , 1907 
MOTTO FOR THE WEEK: 
Day follows the murkiest night, and when the time comes, the latest 
fruits also ripen .”—Schiller 
An Amateur s Letter to Amateurs. 
contents . 
mateurs Letter to Amateurs . 699 
atirrhinums, Bedding .. 7 °° 
rlceolarias: How 7 I Grow Them ... 7 02 
hrysanthemums: Work for No¬ 
vember . 7°3 
ompetition Awards . 7 °° 
ompetition, Prize Letter . 7 ° 2 
ool Frames, Construction of . 700 
ahlia Mauve Queen (illus.) . 7°4 
iahlia William Marshall (illus.)... 705 
nquire Within ... 7°9 
lower Garden, The . 7°5 
ruit Garden, The ... 7°b 
'ruit Growing for Amateurs (illus.) 707 
Ireenhouse, The Amateur’s . 7 °^ 
asmine, The . 7°5 
Citchen Garden, The .- 7 °° 
delons, The Culture of (illus.) . 707 
Irchids for Amateurs . 7°7 
lose (Tea) Billiard et Barre (illus.) 701 
lose, The History of a Famous . 701 
Verbena, An Uncommon (illus.) ... 703 
Fork of the Week . 7°5 
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.ike the bright cottage children, so 
quaint and so lowly, 
Clothed in pretty chintz patchwork 
array, 
Fhe gay Polyanthuses play roly-poly 
In their jolly, fresh, countrified way ! 
rhey look such surprise 
'rom their round wondering.eyes, 
As they bob one their curtseys to-day! 
rhey are healthy young rustics, with 
cheeks full of bloom, 
Pretty Pollies, clean, lively and round ! 
They are fresh and robust, for much air 
they consume. 
And they dance to the birds’ lively 
sound. 
Free and social are they as together they 
meet, 
In their genial Bohemian-like way, 
When kind deeds must be done, ah, how 
swift flv their feet, 
All for love without thought of the pay. 
Mary Y. Watson. 
“A Wreath of Remembrance.” 
-4-M-- 
Potato Long-keeper. 
The above was tried at the gardens of 
the R.H.S., Wisley, and accorded an 
Award of Merit on October 15th. It was 
sent for trial by Messrs. J. Carter and Co., 
High Holborn, London. 
CXV. 
Wintering Camelias. 
Once again we find this good old sub¬ 
ject being more generally grown than it 
was a few seasons ago. It is a fine 
evergreen shrub for the amateur to try his 
hand upon, but the too frequent mistake 
of wintering at too high a temperature 
must be avoided. We must not forget 
that unless they have become weakened 
and tender from a coddling cultivation 
Camelias are as hardy as Laurels. I 
do not say this on my own authority, but 
quote it from a well-known writer. To 
keep frost out if they are grown under 
cover is advisable, but what a splendid 
experiment to try growing them out of 
doors. They are so grown in many parts 
of England, and, generally, it is advis¬ 
able to plant with a northern aspect and 
a sheltered position—the cold aspect to 
retard growth as much as possible in the 
early year, and the sheltered position to 
prevent cold winds and frosts from injur¬ 
ing and bruising the flowers or the flower 
buds. Outside where there is ample root 
run Camelias may have rich, generous 
cultivation; and cow manure should be 
given as an annual top dressing where it 
can be obtained. Sometimes it is pos¬ 
sible to pick up grand bargains in these 
plants, and last summer I bought two 
at a sale for sixpence each in huge pots, 
and they look as if they will be full of 
flower next spring. What is the effect of 
a high temperature on these plants ? 
Simply that the well-formed plump buds 
drop off. The great difficulty in estab¬ 
lishing plants out of doors is to secure 
specimens that have not been weakened 
bv indoor cultivation. 
June Flowering Bulbous Plants. 
We have not a great number of these to 
flower in this particular month, but in 
Ornithogalum umbellatum we have a 
charming subject, as it makes great 
masses of glistening white blossom above 
the long foliage in .a sunny spot. And it 
must have this open position in the sun- 
shihe, as the flowers only open in the sun. 
I like to have it in clumps in the rock gar¬ 
den, because the foliage is somewhat of 
the smothering order, though it dis¬ 
appears quickly after the flowering is 
over. 
Once established, it increases rapidly, 
and needs dividing from time to time. I 
look upon it as having especial value on 
a dry, powdery border, in which it is 
diflicult to keep up a long display. 1 
ought to add that this particular Ornitho¬ 
galum is familiarly known as “ Star of 
Bethlehem.” Another bulbous plant, and, 
in its way, perhaps, more beautiful than 
the last, is the Spanish Iris. Here is a 
plant that should find a place m every 
garden; being sparsely foliaged it takes 
very little space, and when in flower, in 
whatever position is apportioned to it, it 
is among the striking things—and in this 
case it means strikingly beautiful things. 
It is among the most inexpensive of all 
bulbous plants. 
Work of the Moment. 
Now that the autumn rains have come 
and flowers for the most part are dashed 
and a number of plants overgrown and 
rampant, the sooner the autumn clearing 
away is completed the better. To get 
whole barrow loads of superfluous 
greenery carted away will the better dis¬ 
play the plants that are now in sea¬ 
son—the Chrysanthemums, Michaelmas 
Daisies, and not by any means least, the 
Gazanias. I regard Gazania splendens 
as grand plants for any garden, for, after 
flowering from June continuously, they 
continue some years even until Decem¬ 
ber. I have known them to be the last 
flowers of the year out of doors. And 
what is a consideration of real import¬ 
ance, the plants never lose their tidy 
aspect, never become over-grown and 
lank, while the great orange, mangold- 
like flowers are of velvety softness and 
richness, and without anything of the 
weediness of a Marigold. In these days 
there are hybrid forms of various colours, 
but I cannot think they equal the vivid 
intense orange colour. Cuttings should 
be taken, in fact they should have been 
taken before this, and cold house protec¬ 
tion must be given during winter and 
plenty of air when possible; given these 
conditions, there will be no fear of damp¬ 
ing off. 
The most should now be made of such 
subjects as Yuccas, Phormiums, and, m- 
■ deed, anything that presents itself as 
striking and in the perfection of its foli¬ 
age. Overgrown herbaceous subjects sur¬ 
rounding these should be cut down and 
the tops cleared away to leave them as 
prominently in sight as possible. Now 
that they are still in blossom it is worth 
while taking notes of those Chrysanthe¬ 
mums that can best withstand heavy 7 
rains. Beautiful as Goacher s Crimson is 
during dry weather, it cannot hold its 
own in heavy rain like the shorter petalled 
Crimson Marie Masse, Horace Martin 
(yellow), or that good old Emperor of 
Those who later on will be growing 
single Chrysanthemums from cuttings 
(and how popular these plants are becom¬ 
ing) will do well to secure cuttings of 
such varieties as Emile, Earlswood 
