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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
Peas was splendid, and they were of won¬ 
derfully long endurance. One would like 
to give the inoculation material the same 
trial in a dry season as in a wet before 
speaking more definitely, but so far I 
feel very grateful to Professor Bottomley 
for the opportunity of making such an in¬ 
teresting experiment. 
F. Norfolk. 
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Roses 
For Wet Weather. 
Sorts to Grow. 
The present season has been a capital 
one for testing the merits of Roses as sub¬ 
jects for cultivation in the open garden. 
Nurserymen’s catalogues are not alto¬ 
gether safe guides when one is seeking to 
discover which Roses will successfully 
defy constant rain; therefore some notes 
thereon may be of service to readers who 
are lovers of the Queen of Flowers. 
Certain varieties have come out of the 
ordeal with flying colours; others again 
have withstood the inclement weather so 
successfully as to deserve particular 
praise. 
The following sorts can be confidently 
recommended as Roses which open their 
blooms freely, and do well even during 
such a wet and cold period as has been 
experienced this summer. The hybrid 
teas especially are valuable, and ought 
to be more extensively grown in beds and 
borders, exposed to all conditions of 
weather. 
Hybrid Perpetuals. — Frau Karl 
Druschki, a pure snow-white Rose of fine 
form and large size. Boule de Neige, 
pure white, produced in clusters. Mrs. 
R. G. Sharman Crawford, colour rose 
pink and of imbricated shape. Fisher 
Holmes, shaded crimson, a very reliable 
dark Rose. Captain Hayward, colour 
scarlet crimson, a capital wet weather 
variety. Prince Camille de Rohan, dark 
velvety maroon, the colour coming very 
true in a dull and sunless season. 
General Jacqueminot, a good old bright 
crimson Rose, and very fragrant. 
Hybrid Teas. —Antoine Rivoire, col¬ 
our ivory flesh, beautiful shape, and lasts 
well. Augustine Guinnoisseau (or White 
La France), flesh white, free bloomer. 
Viscountess Folkestone, creamy salmon, 
petals are of satiny texture, an ideal de¬ 
corative Rose of large size. Caroline 
Testout, the best all-round pink, flowering 
early and late. Killarney, colour pale 
pink, large shell-like petals, a lovely 
flower. Mrs. W. J. Grant, bright pink, 
of pointed form, a perfect button-hole 
bloom. Gustav Regis, has long tapering 
buds, colour light yellow. Madame 
Pernet-Ducher, straw yellbw, very free, 
opens quickly. Liberty, dazzling crim¬ 
son, beautiful form, the colour is most 
vivid and of even shade throughout. 
Gruss an Teplitz, dark crimson, very 
fragrant, and particularly good in 
autumn, blooms in clusters. Madame 
Ravary, bright golden yellow, exquisite 
in the bud stage, an excellent variety. 
September 14, 1907. 
Madame Abel Chatenay, silvery salmon 
pink, admired everywhere, a charming 
Rose. Marquise de Salisbury, a medium¬ 
sized velvety crimson, very reliable. 
Tea Roses and Noisettes. —William 
Allen Richardson, a general favourite, 
small orange yellow blooms, and a vigor¬ 
ous climber. Safrano, colour bright 
apricot, always in bloom, useful as a 
button-hole flower. Gloire de Dijon, the 
well-known buff Rose, earliest and latest 
in bloom. Bouquet D’Or, colour clear 
yellow, can be well recommended as a 
climbing variety. 
Of other classes of garden Roses, men¬ 
tion must be made of the climbing Poly¬ 
anthus, Crimson Rambler, and Blush 
Rambler; the Penzance Hybrid Briers; 
the dwarf Polyanthas, Cecile Brunner, 
and Marie Pavie; also the common China 
Rose, ever in bloom. 
If the above are grown, there will be a 
plentiful supply of flowers, and a bright 
show of blossom even under such remark¬ 
ably wet and depressing weather condi¬ 
tions as we have suffered from this sea¬ 
son. 
Walter Cowley. 
- G. W. - 
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RESULTS OF 
LAST WEEK’S 
COMPETITIONS. 
Some of the best papers in this competition 
are too long, and we desire readers to keep 
within a column. 
The prize in the Readers’ Competition was 
awarded to “ A.V.M.” for the article on 
“ Cold Frames,” page 584. 
In the Prize Letter Competition a prize 
was awarded to “ W. Sherringham ” for the 
article on “ Anemone hortensis ” ; and another 
to “ O.C. ” for the article on “ Olearia 
gunuiara,” page 586. 
Straw Seven Feet High. 
The effects of the wet season on vegeta¬ 
tion are seen in the unusually heavv 
straw crop. Some of the Oat Straw in 
West Sussex is reported to be seven feet 
high. 
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Clematis 
Classified for 
Amateurs. 
The Clematis is so adaptable a plant 
for all sorts of places and conditions in a 
garden that it may help amateurs to have 
the following classification to guide them 
in making a selection. Few people, I 
may add, know of more than two or three 
of the host of varieties which are available 
in the groups mentioned below. 
COCCINF.A. —This is a very distinct class 
of medium size, Campanula form, and of 
light graceful habit, blooming freely. It 
includes Admiration (salmon with violet 
edge), Countess of Onslow (violet purple 
with a scarlet band), Duchess of Albany 
(pink), and Grace Darling (carmine). 
Lanuginosa has large, well formed, 
handsome flowers, produced in succession 
on short lateral shoots during summer 
and autumn. It should be pruned 
moderately. Good examples are: Mrs. 
Cholmondely (blush mauve), La France 
(violet blue), Blue Gem (clear blue), and 
Henryi (creamy white). 
Florida has large, handsome double 
flowers in summer on old or ripened 
wood. Very little pruning is required 
in spring. The best are : Belle of Wo¬ 
king (silver grey) and Lucy Lemoine 
(double white). 
Jacka-ianni produces masses of single 
flowers on the summer shoots from July to 
October. This is the best known *nd 
most popular section. The most suitable 
varieties are: Jackmanni (intense violet 
purple), Alba (white), Rubra (crimson),! 
and Superba (very dark violet purple). 
Patens has handsome, broad petalled 
stellate flowers in spring and summer on 
the old wood. Marcel Moser (violet 
mauve) and Mr.s. Geo. Jackman (satin 
white with a creamy band) are good 
types. 
VlTlCELLA flowers in summer anc 
autumn. It includes clear red, rich crim 
son, and white varieties. 
Montana is a rapid climber producing 
great masses of Wood Anemone-like 
flowers in May. 
Vitalba (travellers’ joy) is a rapic 
climber suitable for the wild garden. 
By planting a spring flowering kinc 
with a summer and autumn bloomer we 
can secure a changing variety over severa 
months. 
For beds, basket beds, walls, trellises, 
arches, festoons, porches, stumps of ole 
trees, rockwork, arbours, summerhouses 
or poles, nothing can surpass Clematis 
It is necessary to plant Clematis when re 
ceived two eyes deeper than it was jire 1 
viously planted. 
Being hardy, it will grow in almost any 
situation, and in gardens of all sizes! 
Clematis is indispensable. 
Baynton-Taylor. 
