August 17, 1907. 
THE GARDENING WORLD, 
553 
had it. There might have been some fault 
in propagation, or it might have failed to 
take owing to some peculiar individuality 
of its own. All plants are liable to mishap, 
and failures will occur amongst them even 
if it takes some years to show itself. All 
these suggestions should be well studied, 
and possibly you will arrive at the proper 
conclusion. 
2111. Selections to Colour. 
I want to select some reliable Roses that 
will bloom on stiff stems continuously (early 
and late), large, well-formed flowers of de¬ 
cided colour (no washed out pinks), of good 
substance and medium to large size. May 
I ask you to kindly advise which are best 
in H.Ps., H.Ts., and Ts. Six white, cream 
and blush; six pink, flesh and rose-pink; 
six bright to dark rose; six gold, lemon, 
apricot, yellow; six crimson, cerise and red ; 
six dark velvet-red and crimson; six very 
dark with fire gleams of red and ruby, 
maroon, etc. The list may help many other 
readers. I hope you can find room for it, 
and put an * against those best suited for 
standards and oblige. I would like all 
suitable for either standards or bushes, and 
some Roses from such new but tried kinds 
as C. J. Grahame, price being less important 
;han to get the best all-round for garden 
decoration. (Baynton-Taylor, Somerset.) 
We have made a selection as near your 
requirements as possible, but we feel certain 
that many others equally useful for garden 
decoration may be added to each list. We 
have given preference to those which are 
continuous flowering, or which flower again 
in autumn. All are either suited for 
standards or bushes, except in one case, 
where we suggest a pillar Rose on account 
of its suitability. It occurs amongst the 
velvety-red or crimson varieties, and we 
could have named some that are even finer 
than those listed when they do come good, 
but as they are chiefly exhibitors’ Roses we 
omitted them. Where suitable for standards 
they are preceded by "an *. White, cream 
and blush : *Frau 'Karl Druschki (H.P.), 
*Boule de Neige (H.N.), ^Souvenir de Presi¬ 
dent Carnot (H.T.), ^Souvenir de S. A. 
Prince (T.), *Kaiserin A. Victoria (H.T.), 
nVhite Maman Cochet (H.T.). Pink : 
^Souvenir d’un Ami (T.), *La France 
(H.T.), *Mrs. J. Laing (H.P.), *Caroline‘ 
Testout (H.T.), *Maman Cochet (H.T.), 
*Lady Ashtown (H.T.). Bright to dark 
rose : *Ulrich Brunner (H.P.), *Suzanne M. 
Rodocanachi (H.P.), *Mrs. R. G.'S. Craw¬ 
ford (H.P.), Mrs. W. J. Grant (H.T.), *Mrs. 
B. R. Cant (T.), *Paul Neyron (H.T.). 
Gold, lemon and apricot : *Marechal Niel 
(N.), *Marie Van Houtte (T.), Billiard et 
Barre (T.), *Mme. Hoste (X.), ^Souvenir de 
Pierre Notting (T\), *Mme. J. Gravereaux 
\'T.). Crimson, cerise and red : *Capt. Hay¬ 
ward (H.P.), Charles J. Grahame (H.T.), 
*Gruss an Teplitz (H.T.), Richmond (H.T.), 
*Marie Baumann (H.P.), *Dupuy Jamain 
(H.P.). Dark velvet-red and crimson ; 
*Charles Lefebvre (H.P.), ^General Jacque¬ 
minot (H.P.), J. B. Clark (H.T.), Rev. 
David R. Williamson (H.T.), *Rev. Alan 
Oheales (H.P.), Ards Pillar (H.T.), one of 
the best pillar Roses. Dark, with fire 
gleams : Lady Roberts (T.), Hugo Roller 
T.), *L’Ideal (N.), General Shablikine' 
(T.), Betty Berkeley (T.), and Dr. Grill 
2112. Rose Shoots Failing 1 . 
On July 18th I sent a question asking you 
about a Rose and an Apple tree. It was a 
sort of blight about the Rose and scales 
about the Apple sprig. As I have not seen 
anything of the answers in the last two 
papers, and being a regular subscriber of 
your paper, I thought I would write to ask 
you why they have been overlooked. (Warra- 
tah, Devon.) 
Tour first question was answered on page 
539 and the question about the Apple tree 
on page 540. One week your questions were 
accidentally omitted by having got out of 
their proper place. We had only one oppor¬ 
tunity of answering them, but readers 
should observe that only those questions 
which come in as late as Wednesday are 
likely to be answered in next issue. We 
should advise readers to make sure of this 
by sending in as early in the week as pos¬ 
sible, and not later than Wednesday 
morning. 
2113. Rose Buds Decaying. 
I enclose a bud of a standard Reine Marie 
Henriette, which I purchased and planted 
last autumn. The buds have matured to the 
extent of the enclosed, and have then started 
decaying. Can you give me any reason why 
this occurs, as I am unable to trace any in¬ 
sects in the former buds I have picked off, 
and the tree looks pretty healthy. (W. E. 
Batter, Middlesex.) 
The Rose you mention is suitable for pil¬ 
lars, arches and pergolas, but succeeds best 
upon walls. The bud sent us was made up 
of a great many petals, and the wet weather 
has damaged them. Some Roses are pecu¬ 
liarly liable to this danger, and you may as 
well remember that no season suits every 
Rose. We examined the seed vessel of the 
bud and found that the decay had com¬ 
menced as low down as that, as if the fruit 
had been damaged by a thorn when lashed 
about by the wind. It may be, however, 
that if recently planted it had not strength 
enough to open a flower with so many 
petals and the rain caused damping. Seve¬ 
ral Roses have suffered in this way this year 
owing to the lack of sunshine. Next year 
may prove highly suitable to this variety, 
but it is well to remember that it succeeds 
best on walls. 
VEGETABLES. 
2114. Onions. 
I have a bed of Onions, part Ailsa Craig 
and part Dobbie’s Golden Globe, with bulbs 
averaging nearly 6 in. in circumference. 
Will } r ou kindly inform me if they are or 
are not a good average size for the time of 
3 r ear ? They were planted out the second 
week in May. (C. Stephens, Q.M.Sergt., 
Ayrshire.) 
We presume the Onions were raised under 
glass, seeing that you planted them out in 
the second week of May. They might only 
have been transplanted, however, from an 
autumn sowing, but we presume they were 
sown under glass. For your part of the 
country this should be a good size, and pro¬ 
vided the bulbs are still full of growth they 
should be considerably larger before the end 
of the month. Six inches in circumference 
would mean about 2 in. in diameter. On 
the whole we consider it a good size, al¬ 
though we think there are larger ones, even 
in your county. 
2115. Potatos of Equal Size. 
You state in The Gardening World that 
Potatos staged for exhibition should be all 
of the same size, but mine are very unequal, 
many being quite small. To get all of them 
of the right size I should have to dig many 
more than I really want. Must all these be 
wasted for the sake of the show? Some are 
not yet full grown, or at least they are not 
so large as they were this time last year, 
when I did not exhibit. Can you give me 
any reason for this, and how I should get 
the best tubers without digging them all 
up? (F. Medland, Devon.) 
Exhibitors are usually so enthusiastic that 
they dig up all or the greater portion of the 
Potatos they have been growing for exhibi¬ 
tion. The small ones they, of course, cover 
up with soil, that they may keep fresh until 
wanted for cooking. Unless you are grow¬ 
ing some very late sort we are afraid your 
Potatos will not get larger this year. It 
would have been a good plan to get a fresh 
supply of seed, even of the same sorts, if 
they were good varieties, as you would have 
got a better crop by having seed which had 
been grown either in Scotland, Ireland, or 
north of England, where the tubers do not 
ripen up so much in the autumn. The only 
other way we can suggest of getting the 
tubers without digging them up would be 
to uncover them and look for the big tubers, 
but that would not be much of an improve¬ 
ment upon digging them up. You do not 
state what varieties you have, but certain 
varieties are usually grown for the purpose 
of exhibition specimens, and in your county 
they should have been pretty well de¬ 
veloped by this time. 
SOILS AND MANURES. 
2116. Green Manures. 
I understand that certain plants can be 
grown as green manure to be dug into the 
soil. I have some difficulty in getting 
farmyard manure, and would be much 
obliged if you would tell me the best way 
to proceed with green manure and the names 
of the plants used. (James Herdman, Nor¬ 
folk.) 
A great variety of plants can be used for 
the purpose of forming green manure, which 
simply means getting some vegetable matter 
in the soil that will keep it in good heart 
for the next season at least. It is not only 
beneficial by supplying plant food for the 
growing crop, but by retaining the soil 
moisture during the summer months. If 
you can get seaweed from the sea shore, a 
good quantity of that could be spread on the 
soil in the autumn and dug into it. Green 
manuring proper would consist in sowing 
the seeds of such things as Turnips, Mus¬ 
tard, Rape, Tares, Peas or any other quick¬ 
growing annual that would get up a green 
carpet of growth between this and winter. 
If the ground is bare now sow at once, and 
by November it will be ready to dig into 
the ground. According to the experience of 
people who have grown it on a large scale, 
white mustard makes one of the best green 
manures as it will make considerable growth 
in the course of six or eight weeks’ time, 
when it may be dug into the soil. Tares 
and Peas would make a useful green manure 
as they store up a considerable quantity of 
nitrogen both in the stem and roots. If you 
intend any portion of the land for such 
crops as Carrots, Parsnips, Beet, Onions, 
etc., it might be well to use some member of 
the Pea family, such as Tares, Peas, Lu¬ 
cerne, Medick or Beans of any sort of little 
value. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
2117. Old Book. 
I have come across an old book, particu¬ 
lars of which I give, and thought per¬ 
haps you could kindly inform me whether 
there is any value attached to the same. 
(Bookworm, Wimbledon.) 
. T .he was n <> doubt a good production 
in its day, and serviceable to cultivators in 
those times. London and Wise were also 
notable men in this country. We have not 
recently seen a quotation for this book, but 
do not think that very much value would 
be attached to it. We have never learned 
that there is any particular call for it. 
Your best plan would be to show it to some 
good London bookseller, and ask what he 
would give for it, as some of them would 
no doubt find a buver for it, but we do not 
think there is really any call for it. 
NAMES OF PLANTS. 
(Miner’s Hobby) Tradescantia virginiana 
(a hardy border plant).—(A. S. L.) We do 
not recognise the Tea Rose you sent us. The 
