JctT 19, 1913. 
THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
547 
■ CARNATIONS AT HOLLAND 
HOUSE SHOW. 
Perpetual carnations form a fine feature 
at the late spring and early summer shows, 
' and exhibitors show considerable taste and 
enterprise in the manneT of displaying 
I their blooms. A particularly pleasing ex- 
t hibit at the great exhibition at Holland 
1 House, a fortnight ago, was the one ar- 
t ranged by Hr. Bertie Bell, Guernsey. A 
suitable background was provided, and the 
fine blooms pixxluced in the sunny Channel 
Isles were skilfully disposed in artistic 
baskets, and in vases of varying height and 
size. In this manner, not only were the 
flowers and the varieties seen to full ad¬ 
vantage, but visitors saw what beautiful 
- and varied arrangements could be made by 
PROPAGATING ZONAL 
PELARGONIUMS. 
Fsually the bulk of the zonal pelargonium 
cuttings are inserted during the month of 
August, or in September, the tendency 
being to delay the work as long as possible 
so as not to mar the beauty of the flower¬ 
beds. This is of course, a great considera¬ 
tion, especially in some e.stablishments. 
There are, however, many surplus plants 
grown in most gardens from which cuttings 
may be taken, then the flower-beds are 
no't much intenfered with. 
But I wish to advocate the insertion of 
small cuttings in open borders in July. 
Many inexperienced cultivators coddle 
their cuttings too much, and then lose 
them in winter-time through the damping 
off of the more sappy specimens. 
gardeners insert cuttings so, and had done 
so for many years previous to my efforts 
in this direction. But in these days cut¬ 
tings are not treated in similar fashion to 
any great extent, yet it is an excellent 
Lan. They make beautiful sturdy plants 
efore the severe weather of winter comes, 
and amateurs and others would do w’ell to 
stock their greenhouse shelves or frames 
with them in due course. Geo. Garner. 
GRAPE LADY HUTT. 
Jliis very distinct white grape will provt> 
to be, 1 feel sure, a good one for amateurs 
to grow where they fail with Muscat cf 
Alexandria, and wish to have a good late 
white variety to follow Foster’s Seedling 
I have Lady llutt growing in a house which 
has not been quite closed since la.st 
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AN ARTISTIC ALL Y-AERANGED GROUP OF PERPETUAL CARNATIONS. 
Exhibited by Mr. B. E. Bell, Guernsey, at Holland House, on July 1 to 3, and described in the report which appeared in our issue 
of July 5. The award of a Silver-gilt Flora Medal was made. 
t!!f carnation flowers and cama- 
Bell secured a Silver- 
6 Ilora Medal for his 
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When, as a youth, I worked on my 
father’s farm, I also had a flow^er garden, 
one devoted to bush fruits and vegetables, 
and an unheated greenhouse. Zonal pelar¬ 
goniums were my favourite bedding-out 
plants in those days, and I was always very 
eager to put in cuttings. It was this 
eagerness, and not experience, which in¬ 
duced me to take off quite young slips 
from the central or the lower parts of the 
plants, and just dibble them into the soil 
between their parents. I conimenc^ to in¬ 
sert the cuttings in this way early in July, 
at noon, or in the evening, and found slips 
suitable’ to my purpose. 
I rarely lost a single cutting. I was, cf 
course, eager to find out wflietber roots had 
formed, and directly they bad the young 
plants were lifted and transferred to 
boxes and pots. Of course, since that time 
I have found that many good, experienced 
Marcdi, neither has any heat been turned 
on, although pipes are laid from the boiler, 
and I could not wish for a variety to do 
The vine w^as pruned in the same way 
that Black Hamburglis usually are, and 
nearly every shoot carries bunches of 
grapes, some having tw’o. The berries set 
very freely, and give good promise cf 
finishing satisfactoi ily if a little artificial 
heat be given during the ripening stages. 
I/ast ajutumn, when the pipes were kept 
cool for a time, the berries discoloured a 
little, but they will not do so if they re- 
cen^e a little artificial heat. B. 
Grape Culture.— An illustrated guide 
to the culture and management of vines is 
published at Gardeners’ Magazine Office, 
14S, Aldersgate Street, London, price Is. net 
(by post Is. 2d.), or hound in cloth Is. 6d. (by 
post Is. 8d.). 
