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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
July 13, 1907. 
AMONG THE . . 
- ROSES. - 
WORK FOR JULY. 
Horticultural Societies’ 
Diary 
of Forthcoming Events. 
Abbreviations used. 
A.—Association 
Am.—Amateurs 
Chy.—Chrysanthemum 
c.m.—Committee meeting 
Oott.—Cottage or Cottagers 
D.—District 
G.—Gardening or gardener 
Thus :—The Templeton G. Am. and Octt. M.LH.S 
Gardeners, Amateurs’ and Cottagers’ Mutual Improve 
ment Horticultural Society. 
H.—Horticultural 
M.I.—Mutual Improve¬ 
ment 
m.m.—Monthly meeting 
S.—Society 
w.m.—Weekly meeting 
How fair and sweet the planted Rose, 
Beyond the wild in hedges grows! 
For without art the noblest seeds 
Of flowers degenerate to weeds. 
— Butler's “Hudibras.” 
However much one may grumble at the 
sunless character of this season, there 
is no denying that for Roses a dripping 
June is eminently suitable. Never in all 
my experience have the plants been so 
clean, healthy, and well-foliaged as they 
are this year, and so far the quality of 
the bloom leaves nothing to be desired. 
By the time these notes appear the great 
show of the National Rose Society will be 
a thing of the past, but one can say, even 
before the event, that the show is bound 
to be a magnificent one, as from all sides 
I hear most excellent reports. Garien 
Roses are especially good, and I would 
single out Mme. Alfred Carriere, Tea 
Rambler, Aglaia, Reine Olga de Wurtem- 
burg, and Gna as being extraordinarily 
fine. The two first should be tried as 
standards; in this way they are really 
unsurpassable. Mme. A. Carriere has 
the great good quality of being a fine 
1 aster when cut for house decoration. Una 
is a grand hedge or fence plant, and 
grows readily from cuttings put in in the 
open ground during the autumn. 
Several new varieties that were sent to 
me for trial by Monsieur J. Pernet- 
Ducher, of Lyons, France, have proved 
excellent. The most magnificent of all is 
a H. T. called Mrs. Aaron Ward, a plant 
of superb growth, habit, and appearance. 
The flowers are large and held up on 
stiff, erect stalks; colour, flesh or flesh 
white, suffused with a glorious shade of 
rich and intense orange. The buds are 
pointed, and the flowers are lasting and 
of splendid shape. Another grand variety 
which I had on trial here last year and 
which proved incomparable to anything 
I had ever previously seen, is Marquise de 
Sinety. This is proving equally good this 
year, and so I am constrained to mention 
it here in order that “G.W.” readers may 
remember to procure it next autumn. The 
plant is a good grower, with fine dark, 
bronzy green, polished leafage. The 
buds are held oh stiff, erect stalks ; their 
outer petals are orange-yellow, stained 
with orange-carmine, while the inside of 
the petals is vivid copper red, with an 
orange base. The expanded flowers, 
which are not very full, are apricot and 
buff tinted, with pale copper red; they 
are sweetly scented. A great addition to 
bedding Roses is Martha, which is mid¬ 
way between the Chinas and the dwarf 
Polyanthas. This came to me from Peter 
Lambert, of Trier, Germany. It was ex¬ 
tremely good last season, but this year 
it has even proved better. The plant is 
an excellent grower, with pretty foliage 
and delightful coppery-rose coloured 
flowers that are produced in the greatest 
profusion. 
Summer pruning calls for attention 
during this and next month. Multifloras, 
like Crimson Rambler, Dawson Rambler, 
Leuchtstern, Helene, Tea Rambler, etc., 
should have all the oldest wood removed 
immediately it has ceased flowering. As 
soon as this is completed, a good soaking 
of liquid manure should be given the 
plants in order to encourage them to 
make new growth as quickly as possible. 
This new growth, if thoroughly ripened, 
will provide the finest trusses of blossom 
next season. Reine Marie Henriette is an 
old Rose that is still popular with some 
people. Here it does grandly, and I have 
had heaps of blooms fit for any exhibi¬ 
tion. My treatment is to cut the oldest 
wood away as soon as it has flowered, en¬ 
courage new growths to break, and then 
in the autumn lay these in and give them 
some protection from frost. In the spring 
I never prune these growths at all; they 
break from every eye, and always produce 
good blooms. Wm. Allen Richardson re¬ 
quires much the same treatment to suc¬ 
ceed well. With dwarf Tea Roses in a 
season like the present it is wise to re¬ 
move all useless “spray.” By this, I 
mean the small thin growths that often 
break from the lower part of the main 
branches. These growths may have pro¬ 
duced a bloom or two or, as is often the 
case, they may be “blind.” Anyway, 
they are of no use, and as by taking the 
sap they serve to prevent new growths 
from breaking at the base, or else hinder 
the same from ripening, they are best re¬ 
moved. 
It will soon be time to think about bud¬ 
ding standards; dwarfs can be left until 
next month. Saynor’s No. 324 is a splen¬ 
did knife for budding, and can be con¬ 
fidently recommended. The blade is 
spear-shaped, and the handle has a 
pointed end. Liquid manure should not 
be given after the end of this month, or 
else it will cause the plants to grow too 
late. 
Worcestershire. A. R. G. 
-- 
“ London’s Rural Retreats.” 
The Great Central Railway have pub¬ 
lished, through Mr. Walter Hill, a nicely 
illustrated guide to the many pretty spots 
on their line easily accessible from Lon¬ 
don more particularly, and to places 
further afield. The letterpress is brightly 
written, and the little book, which is 
issued gratuitously, will prove a most ser¬ 
viceable and entertaining vade mecum for 
the tourist who may contemplate taking 
a holiday in one or more of the pic¬ 
turesque places which have been opened 
up by this enterprising railway company. 
JULY. 
15th.—Horsforth G.M.I.S. (w.m.); Shir¬ 
ley and D.G. and Am. A. (excur¬ 
sion). 
16th.—National Sweet Pea Society (show 
at Royal Horticultural Hall, West¬ 
minster); Saltaire H.S. (National 
Rose Society’s Provincial Show); 
Holywood (Dumfries) H.S. (show); 
Ord and D.G. Am. and Cott. 
M.I.S. (m.m.). 
17th.—Royal Ulster Agricultural S. 
(flower show at Balmoral, Belfast, 
2 days, in conjunction with the 
horse show); Ancient Society of 
York Florists (excursion to Sand 
ringham); Sandringham H.S. 
(show); Horsell Cott. G.A. (show); 
Woodbridge H.S. (show); Notting¬ 
hamshire H. and Botanical S. 
(show at Nottingham, 2 days); 
Acton H.S. (show); Wimbledon and 
D. Royal H. and Cott. G.S. (show); 
Ide Hill G.S. (m.m.). 
18th.—Halifax H.S. (show); Chipping 
Norton and North Oxfordshire Rose 
S. (show); Dunfermline H.S. (show, 
2 days); Paignton and D.G.A. 
(m.m.); Lamberhurst H.S. (m.m.). 
19th.—Ulverston H.S. (show); Royal 
Botanic Society of London (Musi¬ 
cal promenade at the Gardens, Re 
gent’s Park). 
20th. — Leeds Pa'xton S. (w.m.). 
-- 
Presentation. 
The Cardiff Gardeners’ Association have 
presented Mr. John Julian, F.R.H.S., on 
the occasion of his regretted resignation 
as hon. secretary, with a purse of gold and 
a silver cigarette case, suitably inscribed. 
Horticultural College, Swanley. 
The Rt. Hon. Sir William Hart Dyke, 
Bart., will present the prizes to the stu¬ 
dents of the Horticultural College, Swan- 
ley, Kent, at the College, on Friday, the 
12th inst., when the Hon. Sir John Cock- 
burn, K.C.M.G., will occupy the chair. 
Tickets may be obtained of the secretary 
at the College. 
Garden Nursery for Children. 
A “garden in which children grow” 
has been modelled by a lady gardener, 
Miss Sewell, at the Country and Town 
Exhibition, which opened at the White¬ 
chapel Art Gallery, London, on the 4th 
inst. “ The principle of the scheme,’ 
said Miss Sewell, “is that of a summer 
camp, and my model is supposed to be 
a portion of a recreation ground such as 
may be found in many crowded parks of 
our City and its environs. Children 
whose homes are within easy distance of 
the garden could come and stay for a 
fortnight at a time, and then give place 
to others.” 
