THE GARDENING WORLD. December 7, 1907, 
looses for Pillars and Arches. 
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Second crowns are early enough for this, 
otherwise it requires the same treatment 
as “W. Wells.” 
Sidney Penford is a tall, ungainly 
grower; but for this it would be a very 
desirable variety, as the crimson-red 
flowers are naturally produced on xst 
crown buds. 
Reginald Vallis makes robust 
growth, is fairly tall, requires little 
manuring, and produces immense flowers 
of a light purple shade on natural 1st 
crowns. 
Algernon Davis produces flowers of 
much the same colour and form as 
“ British Empire,” but from a growers’ 
point of view, has many good points not 
possessed by the last-named". Natural 
1 st crown buds will be right for this 
variety if propagated early. 
Edith Jameson, creamy-pink, has 
much the same style of growth as “Mrs. 
Weeks.” This is a variety well known to 
most exhibitors as being somewhat diffi¬ 
cult to manage, but producing, under 
favourable circumstances, exhibition 
blooms of the highest quality. The 
newer variety under notice no doubt par¬ 
takes of the same breed, having the same 
straggly, brittle growths and the same 
weakness for late bud-production. There 
are two ways of growing these tardy 
kinds, either by early propagation and 
taking out the points of the shoots early 
in March, or by striking cuttings in Feb¬ 
ruary, growing the plants two in a pot 
and “ taking” the first bud that appears. 
In a future article particulars will be 
given of a few other good new exhibition 
varieties; also of some of the best single¬ 
flowering and other decorative kinds for 
indoor flowering; but exhibitors should 
note that such kinds as Mrs. Barkley, 
Mrs. G. Mileham, Mrs. W. Knox, Mrs. 
J. Dunn, President Viger, F. S. Vallis, 
Mdme. Oberthur, and Mrs. A. T. Miller 
are still well to the front as show varie¬ 
ties. 
R. Barnes. 
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A GOOD PERENNIAL . . 
Toad-Flax. 
A plant not often seen in gardens or 
described in nurserymen’s catalogues is 
Linaria macroura, the long-tailed Toad¬ 
flax. This is not as it should be, as the 
plant is both attractive and curious. I 
did not know it myself until I saw a lot 
of it growing in a garden in Stirling in 
July, when it struck me as a most suit¬ 
able subject for amateurs, being a peren¬ 
nial that requires no staking, besides not 
taking up a great deal of room with basal 
growths. The flowers are two shades of 
yellow and as large as an Antirrhinum, 
disposed in a long, straight terminal 
spike: but what arrests the attention more 
than anything else is the elongated spur 
which is longer than the other parts of 
the flower. The sterna, are erect, with 
flat, obtuse, glaucous leaves. Nicholson’s 
Dictionary gives its height as 18 inches, 
but these plants were nearer 2 feet. Pro¬ 
pagated by division, and any good garden 
soil will no doubt suit its requirements. 
H. Arnold. 
Amateurs who possess suburban gar¬ 
dens may quickly make them very charm¬ 
ing by erecting rustic arches, pillars and 
pergolas, and training climbing Roses on 
the latter. There are now in commerce 
Method of -planting a climbing Rose; 
A, base of large stake let into the 
ground; B, fresh mixture of soil for 
the Rose. 
some very beautiful varieties of climbing 
Roses, and as artistic gardening is now 
much more favoured than formerly, every 
opportunity should be taken to carry out 
improvements, and to introduce new fea¬ 
tures which will make even the smallest 
garden a beauty spot. 
The present is a good time to prepare 
the ground, put up the posts and arches, 
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Roses trained_ on arch. A, Rose tied in to 
arch; B, showing where to'reduce the 
branches by cutting at the dark lines. 
and plant the Roses. But the work 
should be done in a thorough manner, 
so that the results will be satisfactory, 
and lasting. The arches should span the 
garden paths in various places, but pillar 
Roses may be grown in different positions, 
some in the open and others in situations 
where the sun does not shine strongly 
all day. 
These plants thrive best in a deep, rich 
loam, and when such does not obtain, the 
original soil should be removed and a 
prepared mixture be put in to a depth of 
about 20 inches as shown at B in fig. 1. 
A good time to do this work would be 
when excavating for the fixing of the , 
post A. 
The branches of the plants should al¬ 
ways be regulated on such structures and 
never allowed to become overcrowded, 
though a too formal disposition of the 
shoots should be avoided. 
Fig. 2 shows Roses trained on an arch. 
The branches on the side A are tied in 
position; those on the side B are loose 
and should be pruned where the dark 
lines show before being tied to the sup¬ 
ports. 
After the planting is done, put on a 
mulch of half-decayed, littery manure 
over the roots. 
Suitable Varieties :—Dorothy Per¬ 
kins, light pink; Crimson Rambler; Car¬ 
mine Pillar; Ards Pillar, velvety crim¬ 
son; Lady Gay, delicate pink; Lc*g- 
worth Rambler, light crimson; Queen 
Alexandra, rich rose; The Lion, rich 
crimson; Thalia, or White Rambler, and 
Mrs. Flight, pink with white centre. 
G. 
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Red Rays for Plants. 
Flammarion grew plants in blue, red 
and ordinary glass-houses, and found in 
three months that while the blue had not 
grown at all, and those under the ordi¬ 
nary light had progressed considerably, 
the red had increased fifteen times. 
Single Chrysanthemum E. Nottell. 
The rays are of a clear, soft yellow, 
slightly recurved at the tips and making 
a bloom 4 in. across when disbudded. 
First-class Certificate by the N.C.S. when 
shown by Mr. H. Redden at the Crystal 
Palace on the 6th inst. Messrs. J. Peed 
and Son have the stock. 
Cattleya Aliciae. 
The parents of this were labiata Iris. 
The sepals are salmon-pink and the 
petals somewhat darker, while the lip is 
crimson-purple with a light rose fringed 
edge. Award of Merit by the R.H.S. 
when shown by H. S. Goodson, Esq. (gar¬ 
dener, Mr. G. E. Day), Fairlawn, Putney'. 
Begonia Miss Clibran. 
The above is a winter-flowering Begonia 
raised from a tuberous variety crossed 
with socotrana. The blooms measure 2 in. 
to -2.\ in. across and are produced in long 
sprays. The petals are neatly arranged 
and are of a soft peach-pjnk. The con¬ 
nection with socotrana is well seen in the 
leaves. Award of Merit by r the R.H.S. 
on November 12th, when shown by 
Messrs. W. Clibran and Son, Altrincham. 
