August 17, 1907 THE GARDENING WORLD. 
urther, and the two forms are among 
he most remarkable in cultivation. Al- 
hough the first-named fine one came from 
America, the last-named originated in 
his country, and both of them are likely 
o see a great deal of service as decora- 
ive subjects in plants of moderate size. 
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Water Gardening. 
“The Book of Water Gardening,” by 
Peter Bisset, Twin Oaks, Washington, 
D.C. A. T. De La Mare Printing and 
Publishing Company, Ltd., New York, 
publishers. Price, post paid, 10s. 5d. 
In recent years the subject of growing 
Water Lilies and other aquatics has at¬ 
tracted considerable attention among 
plant lovers generally, ponds and basins 
for their cultivation being introduced into 
all of our best executed garden designs, 
and forming a prominent part in the 
ornamentation of parks and private gar¬ 
dens. In view of this general awakening 
to the beauty of water gardens there has 
arisen a desire for practical and instruc¬ 
tive information on the plants they con¬ 
tain : Mr. Bisset’s book, therefore, comes 
at an opportune time, and will be wel¬ 
comed by all interested in this fascinating 
and healthful phase of garden work. It 
is a handsomely got up volume, and de¬ 
lightful in every other way, giving, as it 
does, in full detail, all the practical in¬ 
struction necessary to the selection, 
grouping and successful cultivation of 
aquatic and other plants required in the 
making of a water garden and its sur¬ 
roundings, and covering all conditions 
from those of the amateur with a few 
plants in tubs and half barrels, to those 
of the large estate or park. 
There are in all some twenty-two chap¬ 
ters, dealing with the different phases of 
the work. Particularly instructive is the 
chapter devoted to ponds and basins, the 
securing of which forms the basis for- 
successful aquaticulture and regarding 
the construction of which the available 
information heretofore has been some¬ 
what meagre. No less fully have the 
chapters dealing with the planting of the 
banks and borders of ponds been treated, 
the various subjects suitable for this pur¬ 
pose being fully enumerated and de¬ 
scribed. The history of the discovery of 
the always interesting Victoria regia, the 
giant Water Lily of the Amazon River, 
has been very fully gone into, and in¬ 
structions are provided for the successful 
cultivation of the plant, where the proper 
facilities are available. 
Another interesting part of the volume 
is the chapter devoted to “ Gold and 
Other Fish for Ponds these attractive 
adjuncts to the Water Lily garden— 
something that has received but scant at¬ 
tention in previous volumes of this 
character, nevertheless deserving of all 
the space which Mr. Bisset has devoted 
to it in his book. The different types of 
fish are described and illustrated. 
The author is well qualified for the 
work he has undertaken and so success¬ 
fully carried out. He is superintendent 
of the beautiful estate “Twin Oaks,” be¬ 
longing to Mrs. Gardiner Hubbard, at 
Washington, D.C., and has been a life¬ 
long student of this class of plants, hav¬ 
ing first become acquainted with them in 
his apprenticeship days in the Earl of 
Rosebery's gardens at Dalmeny Park, 
Scotland. Mr. Bisset has originated some 
of the handsomest seedling Nymphaeas 
now in cultivation, and has under his 
charge at the present time one of the 
largest and most complete water gardens 
to He found in the United States. In his 
book he gives the results of his many 
years’ experience, and it can be safely 
asserted that never before has the sub¬ 
ject of water gardening been so concisely 
yet so fully and interestingly treated. 
The teachings he imparts, if faithfully 
followed, can but lead to success. 
The book is profusely illustrated with 
120 half-tones, 17 diagrams, and two 
double page plates, all of which were 
specially designed for this work through 
several years of preparation. The typo¬ 
graphical work is excellent, the binding 
handsome, and the numerous beautiful 
half-tone engravings and other illustra¬ 
tions enhance the pages to a marked 
degree, the whole entitling the volume to 
a prominent position on the library table 
of the most fastidious booklover. 
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Cork Trees. 
In Spain, Portugal, and Italy cork 
grows in abundance. Some of the trees 
are from one hundred to one hundred and 
fifty years old. When about fifteen years 
old they commence to yield cork bark, 
and are then stripped for five years. In¬ 
cisions are made round the trees; the 
bark is stripped, boiled, and pressed ; then 
it is dried, cut, trimmed, and tied in bales 
for export. 
Dossinia marmorata. 
This fine foliage Orchid is sometimes_ 
known in gardens under the name of 
Anoechtochilus Lowii. The leaves are 
large, velvety-maroon, and olive-green, 
marbled with branching lines of pale 
brownish gold. The plants were in splen¬ 
did condition, and had been raised from 
cuttings. Award of Merit to R. I. Mea¬ 
sures, Esq. (gardener, Mr. J. Smith), 
Camberwell. 
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