November 16, 1907. 
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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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■Home.” 
The above is a new edition of the book 
by Mrs. Richmond, best known to the 
public as I. L. Richmond, F.R.H.S., and 
who is garden editor of Tlie Queen. The 
book is very much the same as the pre¬ 
vious edition published in 1904. The 
author deals with flowers such as may be 
useful for decorating the garden or for 
cut flowers in the home; also with hardy 
fruits out of doors, as well as Vines under 
glass or in pots. She has been an ardent 
gardener for many years, and talks about 
spring flowers in the garden, such as 
Daffodils, Tulips, Hyacinths, Scillas, 
Irises, and Anemones. Summer and 
autumn flowers are also taken in hand, 
while a chapter is devoted to water gar¬ 
dens, another to basket plants, one to 
hardy bulbs, one each to climbers under 
glass and climbers in the garden. She 
does not hesitate to take in hand the 
cultivation of shrubs for winter flowering, 
subjecting them to forcing conditions. 
In the chapter on Roses a considerable 
number of the more recent varieties are 
passed under review, together with some 
of the older ones. Rambling Roses are 
favourites, and evidently in her country 
home she has plenty of space at com¬ 
mand. Carnations and Picotees fill their 
allotted space in the garden, and Mal- 
maisons are grown under glass. Readers 
of this book will find a host of garden 
subjects for cultivation under a variety of 
conditions and circumstances. The fruits 
dealt with include Strawberries, perpetual 
Strawberries, Raspberries, Japanese 
Wineberry, Loganberry, Strawberry- 
Raspberry, Pears, Morello Cherries, 
Apricots, Peaches, and other thfngs on 
walls. 
The author is, or course, an amateur 
gardener of many years’ experience, and 
in dealing with these various subjects, she 
has her own practice to fall back upon, 
and which may be followed by readers 
who desire to follow in her footsteps. 
The county in which she does her garden¬ 
ing has a mild, equable temperature, as 
a rule, so that she is able to grow certain 
things which would not succeed in the 
Midlands or north. It seems, however 
that the most she can do with Campanula 
Vidallii is to grow it in a glass porch 01 
any other space from which frost is jus 
kept out. The book may be obtainec 
from Mr. T. N. Foulis, 13 and 15 
Frederick Street, Edinburgh, or 23, Bed 
ford Street, Covent Garden, London 
The price is 2s. 6d. 
Scabiosa “ The Bride.” 
This is a new annual Scabious raised 
by Messrs. Titt and Son, Windsor. New 
plants are always welcome, not only for 
the sensation novelties create, but also as 
a triumph of the plant breeder. 
Scabiosa “ The Bride” is a selected 
variety from the old Scabiosa candidis- 
sima of gardens. The flower heads are 
much larger than in the ordinary type, 
and form a complete globe, whilst the 
individual florets are also much enlarged. 
The flower heads of the purest snow white 
are borne on long, wire-like stems nearly 
a foot in length, and thus lend themselves 
to all kinds of floral work such as bou¬ 
quets and wreaths, as well as for ordin¬ 
ary table decorations. 
The plant is of easy culture. Sect 
should be sown under glass fairly early ii 
spring, and the seedlings transplanted t< 
the open ground in late April or May 
The seed will germinate successfully ii 
the open, but better results are obtainei 
by the use of a cool frame. These spring 
sown seedlings will flower abundant!; 
through the latter end of the summe 
until late in autumn. It forms a highl; 
decorative plant both for beds and bor 
ders. 
Although raised by Messrs. Titt anc 
Son, Windsor, the seed will be sent otr 
in the coming year by Messrs. Hurst an< 
Son to whom the stock has been disposed 
Herbert Cowley. 
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Scabiosa atropurpurea The Bride. 
