August 17, 1907. 
546 
THE OARDENIMQ WORLD. 
Slugs, Snails, and Insects. 
Device for Protecting Plants. 
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“ iti SoYitt aud Suburb.” 
The above is the title of a book of 
some 176 pp. with index by Mr. Harry 
H. Thomas, assistant-editor of “The 
Garden.” It consists of twenty chapters 
in which he deals with the limitations and 
possibilities of a town garden, and then 
proceeds with the laying out of it, fol¬ 
lowed by the preparation of borders. 
Various subjects are then discussed as to 
the method of planting, the treatment they 
require, and the most suitable varieties 
to employ. Roses may be grown in town 
and suburban gardens where there is 
sufficient space for light and air to reach 
the plants without being unduly shaded, 
either by buildings or trees. The author 
takes the reader through the secret of 
pruning Hybrid Perpetuals, Hybrid Teas, 
and Tea Roses, and tries to make them 
understand why pruning should be 
necessary, the time to do it, and also the 
necessity for hard pruning when the Roses 
are newly planted. Selections of these 
various kinds of Roses are given, together 
with a list of climbing Roses, also those 
suited for walls, etc. 
Carnations, Pinks, Lilies, bulbous 
plants, annuals, climbing plants, shrubs, 
plants in tubs, fruit trees, and plants in 
rooms come in for discussion. Naturally 
the subject of roof gardening can scarcely 
be overlooked in a book that should grasp 
the whole subject of the town garden. 
Glass culture is dealt with under the 
headings of “The Warm Greenhouse,” 
“ The Cool Greenhouse,” and ( The Cold 
Greenhouse.” Window gardening also 
comes in for consideration, and the sub¬ 
jects named to fill them, either for spring 
or summer culture. The book is prac¬ 
tical, as the author himself graduated a,s 
a gardener. It is published by Messrs. 
Longmans, Green and Co., Paternoster 
Row, London, at the price of 2s. 6d. 
Some houses are particularly trouble¬ 
some with various insects, etc., which 
cause great annoyance by the spoiling of 
newly raised seedlings or some other 
plants which have, perhaps, been singled 
out for a particular purpose. The entire 
eradication of some of these pests which 
attack plants is a work of considerable 
undertaking, as it usually requires some 
patience and lapse of time. In the in¬ 
terval, prevention is as necessary as cure. 
A simple method of preserving choice 
plants, seeds, etc., from attacks is as fol¬ 
lows: — Fill a pan or saucer three parts 
full of water, then place a pot upside down 
in the centre. The pot containing plant 
Protection against insects, etc.; W, water 
in a -pan; P, inverted pot on which to stand 
plants, pots, and pans op seedlings. 
or seeds may then be placed on the top of 
the inverted one. In this way they are 
quite secure, the insects, etc., being un¬ 
able to reach them on account of the 
water. The illustration shows the ar¬ 
rangement. W. means water, P. the pot 
upside down. 
M. L. D. 
-- 
Campanula persicifolia William Lawrence. 
This variety is distinguished by its very 
widely expanded, blue flowers. Award of 
Merit by the R.H.S. on July 23rd, wdien 
shown by Mr. W. Lawrence, Egglescliffe. 
Cattleya Waldemar. 
The parentage was C. Whitei x aur'ea. 
The sepals and petals are buff-yellow, 
shaded purple, while the lip is mottled 
with dark purple on a pale ground. The 
throat and interior of the tube is lined 
with gold. Award of Merit by the R.H.S. 
on July 23rd, when shown by Major Hol- 
ford, C.I.'E. 
1 rees 
B 
& Shrubs 
. . At Inglewood. 
Specimen Conifers have a charm all 
their own at all seasons. In the summer 
the delicate tints of the young growths 
are not outclassed by any other family of 
plants, but it is in the winter that they 
are best appreciated, when frost grips 
the earth, and deciduous trees are bare, 
they give a colour and character to the 
landscape, no matter what other ever¬ 
greens are planted. They are great 
favourites with professional gardeners, m 
fact indispensable, if he has any “ laying 
out” to do, but there are many amateur.- 
who know comparatively little of their 
worth either as isolated specimens, in 
groups on the lawn, or as avenue trees. 
Cedrus Deodara, Cupressus lawsoniana. 
Juniperus ,virginiana, and Araucaria im- 
bricata (the male plant generally) are 
mostly the only representatives of these 
plants in the smaller gardens. Granted 
they are fine plants and soon make hand¬ 
some specimens, but where these will 
grow many others will accommodate 
themselves and do well too. 
It was with pleasure, therefore, that we 
journeyed to Inglewood, Alloa, the resi¬ 
dence of A. P. Forrester-Paton, Esq., in 
company with about 70 other members of 
the Stirling and District Horticultural 
Association, where we saw these trees in 
such perfection as to make every tree 
lover long to possess them for himself. 
Among the Piceas were splendid speci¬ 
mens of P. ajanensis, P. Engelmanni 
glauca, P. pungens glauca, P. polita, P. 
Menziesii and P. orientalis. Abies was 
represented by A. amabilis, A. cepha- 
lonica, a fine plant of A. magmfica, A. 
grandis, A. Fraseri, A. nordmanniana, a 
very fine plant of A. Pinsapo, and A. 
sachalinensis. 
Tsuga albertiana, T. hookeriana, T. 
pattoniana glauca, true and quite dis¬ 
tinct from hookeriana, many plants of 
T. canadensis, and T. caroliniana, with 
Pseudotsuga Douglassi, were ically large 
trees, and showed how quick growing 
they are compared with some of the 
others. 
Intermixed with these up the main 
drive on each side were Cupressus law¬ 
soniana Silver Queen, C. 1 . Drummondii, 
C. lawsoniana aurea, C. lawsoniana 
lutea, and C. 1 . argentea variegata; also 
Golden Yews, Retinisporas, including R. 
albo-variegata, R. gracilis, R. .plumosa, 
and R. squarrosa, and Thuya dolobrata. 
A good specimen of Cryptomeria 
japonica near the entrance gate, also 
Wellingtonia gigantea farther up the 
drive, were noticed, also a neat little 
plant of Sciadopitys verticillata. 
On a slope above the lake were plants 
which we considered the gems of the col¬ 
lection. They were Abies concolor, A. 
Veitchii, and the true A. lasiocarpa, 
Cedrus atlantica glauca, and C. Deodara 
argentea, two fine plants; a splendid 
specimen of Picea smithiana and Pinus 
Cembra. Other true Pines were P. 
Bolanderii, P. Jeffreyi, and P. Strobus. 
Other conifers about the grounds were 
Thuya dolobrata variegata, Juniperus 
chinensis, J. occidentalis, Ginkgo biloba, 
Picea schenkiana, P. nobilis, Pinus 
balfouriana, and Juniperus tamari- 
