September 21, 1907. THE GARDENING WORLD . 
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;TRACHEY’S 
Aster. 
(Aster Stracheyi). 
It would be somewhat of a misnomer 
0 describe this as Strachey's Michaelmas 
Daisy, seeing that it blooms in the early 
iart of summer, some months prior to 
.Iichaelmas. Nevertheless, it belongs to 
he same great group of perennial Asters 
, r Starworts which flower chiefly in 
mtumn, especially those that are native 
if Europe and North America, from 
chence the largest number of them come, 
["here are, however, several species of 
Iwarf growth which flower when summer 
5 young, that is, in May and June. The 
Blue Mountain Daisy (Aster alpinus) is 
i native of Europe and Northern Asia, 
) U t it has several companions which come 
: rom the Himalayas, and being very 
Iwarf in habit, are more like Daisies pro- 
rer. 
Reference to the accompanying illus- 
:ration will show a plant that is singu- 
arly like a Daisy in habit, height, struc- 
:ure, and leaves. The latter are spathu- 
late, with a long stalk, and fall not very 
much short of the flower heads them¬ 
selves, which are produced singly on 
stems only 2 in. to 3 in. high. The 
rays of the starry flower heads are lilac- 
purple, and about 1 in. across. It will 
at once be seen that this species would 
be lost on an ordinary border mixed with 
Michaelmas Daisies or herbaceous plants 
generally. A better plan would be to 
grow it on the rockery, and a surer plan 
to be successful with it would be - to pot 
it in fairly good loam with a third part 
of leaf mould and sand and to grow it in 
a cold frame. 
In its native habitat it would grow 
high up on the mountains, but there it 
would be kept resting by the low tem¬ 
perature in winter, whereas our mild and 
wet winters often induce these Himalayan 
plants to start into growth before the 
severe weather is gone, and they often get 
hurt by that means. It is a handsome 
and cheerful plant, however, and well 
worthv of a cold frame from which it 
could’ be transferred to the greenhouse 
or conservator)' when in bloom. The 
photograph was taken in the alpine house 
at Kew at the end of May. 
-- 
“Plant trees, Tammas, for they’ll be 
growin’ while ye’ll be sleepin’,” was the 
excellent advice of an old Scotch laird to 
his son. 
Migrating in Search of Gardens. 
A daily contemporary says city workers 
are hankering more and more after gar¬ 
dens, and in order to possess one taking 
up their residence in the outer suburbs in 
larger numbers every year. Business 
men are tired of flat life and are keen 
on securing a piece of ground to cultivate 
as a garden. “You would be surprised,” 
said a seed seller, “ at the increase in 
trade which we have experienced in the 
last two years. People come into my 
shop and ask all sorts of questions about 
the best way to lay out a garden, and buy 
seeds which would overstock an acre field. 
The craze for Sweet Peas, Marigolds. 
Roses, and the like is a^' "hing. ” 
Aster Stracheyi. [ Maclaren and Sons. 
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AMONG THE . 
- ROSES - 
IN SEPTEMBER. 
In autumn ere the waters freeze, 
The swallows fly across the seas. 
Christina Rossetti. 
Unless the duties of preceding months 
have been neglected this, is not a particu¬ 
larly busy month in the Rose garden. 
There is, however, much that the ardent 
rosarian may find to do, for one can 
generally make work if one is really en¬ 
thusiastic. At present I am most con¬ 
cerned in noting the behaviour of my 
new varieties. It often happens that a 
varietv that is good in July may prove 
worthless as an autumnal, and this is 
w hy it is of the utmost importance to 
watch closely the behaviour of those sorts 
that impressed us favourably earlier in 
the season. Sometimes a really good 
Rose gets entirely overlooked for several 
years until someone suddenly discovers 
its merits and makes them known. 
A few years ago I chanced upon a copy 
of the “ Rosen-Zeitung” in which a writer 
eulogised a Hybrid Tea Rose named La 
Favorite. My curiosity was awakened, 
and I sent abroad for 'three plants, all 
of which have done well. The variety 
is a free grower, with purplish-green 
wood covered with a plum-like bloom, 
while the foliage is a light purplish- 
■ green. The flowers are freely produced, 
generally in trusses of three, and in re¬ 
spect of colouring rather resemble those 
of the well-known Tea Gilbert Nabon- 
nand. The buds are pointed, creamy 
white, changing to silvery white, centre 
palest lake-pink. The expanded flowers 
are very full ; their beauty is enhanced 
by the fact that every petal reflexes, and 
is edged with rose-pink tinged with 
palest carmine. The flowers are held 
well up on good upright stalks and are 
moderately scented. This variety was 
distributed by Vve. Schwartz, of Lyons, 
in iSqg, and is a seedling between Caro¬ 
line Testout and the Tea-scented Rose 
Reine Emma des Pays-Bas. It must 
not be confounded with an old H.P. 
sent out by Guillot in 1872. 
Among Tea Roses the new Nellie 
Johnstone has been very beautiful 
despite the fact that it has been a very 
bad season for Teas. This is a seedling 
from the lovely Mine. Berkeley (always 
reliable with " me, and excellent this 
season) and Catherine Mermet. From 
the former it gains its sturdy, robust 
growth, grand foliage, fine bold-petalled 
flowers, delicious fragrance and autumnal 
floriferousness. 
A German Rose named Lina Schmidt- 
Michel has also been very beautiful. 
The flowers are almost single, very large, 
rich pink with a bunch of golden sta¬ 
mens. and produced in clusters. It is a 
Hybrid Tea and very vigorous. Among 
ramblers, Tausendschon has proved a 
splendid introduction. It was raised by 
Mr. J. C. Schmidt, of Erfurt, who gave 
