_ March 1, 190% 
gier, and the buff-colored one is Madame 
Ravalry. Other selections are equally 
good as a matter of choice. 
The chain of Roses dividing No. 6 bed 
from the little shrubbery is White 
Alister Stella Gray, Climbing Kaiserin 
Augusta Victoria, Cloth of Gold, Reine 
Olga, climbing Mrs. W. J. Grant, and 
Climbing Meteor. This selection gives a 
variety of color, and could hardly be im- 
proved upon. 
THE SHRUBBERY 
is planted with a variety of Ericas, and 
amongst the prominent things is seen Rom- 
neya Coulteri, which some gardeners will 
not cultivate because of its spreading 
habit, but which is nevertheless a most 
handsome and showy bloomer. Weigela, 
Spirea grand., Kerria Japonica fi. 
pl., Mock Orange (Philadelphus coronaria), 
blue Lilac (syringa), and the lovely autumn 
tinted though poisonous hus succedanea. 
Bep No. 7 
is found on the other side of the ground 
plan, and contains a fine collection of 
Roses, which. will all bear description, but 
a few can only be named for the benefit of 
those who would have the best of the 
queen’s beauties in their gardens. Kaiserin 
Augusta Victoria, Duke of Wellington, 
Ellen Willmott, Catherine Mermet, Sultan 
of Zanzibar, Crown Prince, Souv. de Pierre 
Notting, Madame Hoste, Lady Roberts, 
Hon. Edith Gifford, and a prize-winner at 
home named Innocente Pirola, which is a 
good doer, and the doctor would like to 
know why he does not get any good blooms 
from it. 
Brep or Burs anp Srocks-ror Buppine. 
This bed looks happy and bright when the 
Daffodils are at their best, but the nur- 
sery appearance of the bed is hidden from 
general view by a trellis of Roses. 
Amongst them is a Crimson Rambler, five 
years old. Some idea of the beauty of 
this Rose may be gathered from the fact 
that during December the doctor sent a 
number of trusses to friends, and on one 
day cut off 765 withered trusses. Some 
of the trusses contained more than a hun- 
dred single blooms on each. There 
are also here Celine Forestier, Reine 
Marie Henriette, Rey. T. C. Cole, For- 
tune’s Yellow or Beauty of Glazenwood, 
and Reine Olga. Leading from Bed No. 8, 
which is devoted to Carnations, the visitor 
asses under an arch of Cloth of Gold, 
which is the first of a pergola in the course 
of erection. Passing under the archway 
we enter the 
ExPERIMENTAL PLors 
of Gladioli, Roses, and Carnations. The 
Gladiolus bed on the left was a sight worth 
going a long way to see. At the time of my 
first visib the doctor pointed to a number 
of baby seedlings, a cross between some 
of Groff’s and Triomphe de Paris, which 
were intended to blossom this year. Later 
on TI saw them in bloom,-and would sug- 
zest that they should be classed as Triom- 
phe d’Aldgate, with varieties named 
after their colors or markings. Some of 
the blooms were the finest we had ever 
seen. After throwing out all the indiffe- 
rent ones he retained about 135 plants 
e 
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REE AUSMRATLANICARDENUR. 
there and about the same number in an- 
other part of the gardén. This selection 
is made from all sources, with the utnost 
care to retain only those deemed worthy. 
Next to the Gladioli is a series of thir- 
teen plots 4 ft. wide with 2 ft. pathways 
between. These beds each contain one 
row of Roses and a row of Carnations on 
each side. 
CARNATIONS 
are another specialty with the doctor. His 
collections come from all the best sources of 
are all picked crossings to the total of 172 
The two top beds are devoted to named 
varieties, all looking well. 
Ross. 
The experimental plots contain 150 dii- 
ferent kinds, bringing the total in the gar 
den up to 353. There are about 500 Roses: 
altcgether. _ The doctor is a believer im 
dwarf plants budded down as close to the 
ground as possible, and he intends to gets 
all the standards out eventually. We make 
a selection of these 150 for naming, ack- 
civst Arch of the Pergola. 
nowledging that, perhaps those not in our 
list are equal to those taat are named. The 
purpo:e of naming the varieties is for a 
guide to cur readers who may be making 2 
standard growers, and his own cross ferti- 
lization is deserving’of the happiest results. 
In the collection are five beds of Chabaud 
giant perpetuals, being one bed each of 
Jeanne Dionis, Marie Chabaud, Enfants 
de Nice & fleurs géantes, and Madame B. 
Chabaud and Etincelant. Next are three 
beds of the doctor's own seedlings, which 
selection. Suzanne Marie Rodocanachi, 
Pink Maman Cochet, Gloire de Margottin, 
Augustin Guinnoisseau, La France, Shan- 
don, Queen of Queens. G. Nabonnand, 
