September 7, 1907 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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.etals suffused maroon and crimson on a 
carlet-buff ground. The colours are 
lmost beyond description in words. 
,elf8. 
As a rule these are highly appreciated 
or beds and borders, because being a 
miform colour they may be used for pro- 
lucing any given effect. A huge bright 
ellow flower is Achille Fould, which is 
tetter than Cecilia, both in size and petal, 
nd has a good calyx. Astraea is a 
ound flower with bright rose, flat petals, 
phigenia, on the other hand, has bril- 
iant carmine-rose, smooth petals, and 
las a good constitution. A deep terra- 
otta flower with smooth and full flowers 
r 5 Jezebel. The plant is of good habit, 
nth a strong calyx. A very dark 
naroon flower is Mace. Bismarck is 
naroon-crimson, with broad, smooth 
letals, while Charon is a dark crimson of 
plendid quality. Bride of Abydos is a 
arge, full, pure white flower of high 
juality. Mrs. Remington Robert is an¬ 
ther with broad, pure white petals of 
rand quality. The purest white we 
lOted was Ben More, with smooth, flat 
etals. 
lakes and Bizarres. 
About four years ago Mr. Smith com- 
nenced the improvement of this class of 
lorists’ flower, and has been successful 
n getting fine flowers and plants of grand 
:onstitution. Bizarres have two colours, 
resides the white ground. The flowers 
>f Miss Clara Stuart are flaked crimson 
tnd rose on white. Another crimson 
Bizarre is Pelota, with a fine division of 
naroon-crimson and scarlet bars. There 
s no finer flower of its class, and Mr. 
Smith is more pleased with this than 
housands he has raised. The blooms 
ire larger and the constitution of the 
flant better than the older varieties. The 
Connoisseur is a purple and pink Bizarre. 
Sprite has more white in it than the Con¬ 
noisseur, and is considered superior. F a- 
bian is a purple and pink Bizarre, with 
large flowers and of good constitution. 
Sir Gareth is a purple and pale pink 
Bizarre. The same might be said of 
\Ime. du Barry, but the white ground is 
purer. A striking and lovely flower is 
Gay Lad, being a crimson and scarlet 
Bizarre. Archer has the same colours, 
but very fine petals. Beggar Maid is a 
crimson and rose Bizarre, with splendid 
petals and large flowers. Mastro is a 
crimson and rose Bizarre with a moderate 
amount of the white ground showing. A 
more perfect flower is Moifaa, a crimson 
and rose Bizarre, with every petal perfect, 
and requiring no dressing. 
Flakes are much less numerous than 
the Bizarres, and we only noted two of 
them, namely, Azor, a rose Flake with 
bold flowers, and Consuelo, a brilliant 
scarlet Flake. 
Older Selfs. 
We refer to these as they have stood 
the test of time on account of their high 
quality. The flowers of Dick Graham 
are as large as those of a Malmaison, and 
the leaves also take after that type. The 
blooms are reddish-buff. Bonnie Dun¬ 
dee is a very handsome, brilliant, scarlet 
self, which was the premier self at West¬ 
minster, and has had a First-class Certi¬ 
ficate. Those who like dark flowers 
would find a lovely thing in Ashantee, 
with velvety blackish-maroon flowers. It 
has had a First-class Certificate. 
Carnations on the Lawn. 
On one part of the lawn surrounding 
the house a large number of small beds 
have been made with the view of testing 
these border Carnations in the open air. 
The flowers do not come so perfect as 
they do under glass, but, nevertheless, 
they present a fine appearance when 
grown as they are here. Each bed makes 
a square yard, and three dozen varieties 
are planted in it. Three layers are 
placed together in twelve clumps, so that 
the beds look quite full. They have 
made splendid growth this year, with an 
abundance of flowers, though later than 
those under glass. They required an¬ 
other ten days to be in full bloom at the 
beginning of August. Altogether, there 
are two hundred beds of the size men¬ 
tioned for the purpose of trying the varie¬ 
ties raised at The Warren, and they cer¬ 
tainly have a charming effect upon the 
grass. Every plant grown is very vigor¬ 
ous. Coiled wire stakes, painted light 
green, are employed for supporting the 
flower stems, so that in looking over the 
beds they are scarcely noticeable, owing 
to their colour resembling that of the 
grass. 
We had no time to inspect the seedlings 
of this year, but owing to the lateness of 
the season, many of them had scarcely 
reached the flowering stage. About 
twenty thousand of these seedlings have, 
been reared this year. 
The Fruit Houses. 
Although Carnations in their various 
classes are such a dominant feature at 
The Warren, they do not monopolise the 
garden, nor the whole time of the gar¬ 
deners. We first entered an orchard 
house, in which Nectarines are grown in 
great variety in large pots. Paragon 
and Peregrine Peaches in the form of 
small trees were loaded with fruits. Apri¬ 
cots made a splendid sight, being fairly 
large trees about sixteen years old, in 
number one and two size pots They 
cannot be grown in the open air at The 
Warren owing to the poor character of 
the gravelly soil, but under glass they 
have never missed a crop, and the trees 
do not canker. They are repotted 
annually. 
We passed a house containing two hun¬ 
dred Begonia Gloire de Lorraine in 
bloom, but which will increase in size and 
keep on flowering for a long time yet. 
A collection of Zonal Pelargoniums also 
showed that Mr. Blick grows these things 
well. The trusses of bloom were mar¬ 
vels of size. 
Another house was devoted to Melons 
and Cucumbers, and over two hundred of 
the first-named had been cut. Carter’s 
Sunrise Tomato had given 5 cwts. of 
fruit in one small house since March last. 
The vineries are in three divisions, and 
in one of them we noted Figs ripening 
their second crop on the lower half of the 
wires, while Grapes were ripening above 
them. In another division Applev Towers 
and Lady Hutt Grapes were late, but 
good. All other of the popular varieties 
are also grown. We noted a fine crop 
of Diamond Jubilee, inarched upon Mus¬ 
cat of Alexandria. By this method of 
growing it Mr. Blick considers that the 
flavour is greatly improved. 
