"September 1, 1904 THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. | : ae 
Prince as the best Tea or Noisette in the 
nurserymen’s classes, and also for the Rev. 
F. R. Burnside in the qmateur’s section. . 
Frau Kari Druschki, in splendid form, — 
gained Mr. E. B. Lindsell a medal among 
the amateurs; and Ulster, a grand H.P., 
did likewise for Messrs. A. Dickson and 
Sons among the nurserymen. Of new 
Roses, Dean Hole, from Messrs. Dickson 
and Sons, received a gold medal; and an 
attractive new climbing Rose called Mrs. 
O. G. Orpen, from Mr. O. G. Orpen, and 
Lady Betty and Irish Harmony from 
Messrs, Dickson received cards of commen- 
dation, 
ROSE MRS. ANTHONY WATERER. 
Among Rhododendron growers it is a 
well known fact that any variety named 
after a Waterer can be depended un to bea 
first rater, and the same can also be said of 
this Rose. Sent out about ten years ago, it 
was one of the forerunners of the race of 
Rosa rugosa hybrids now in general culti- 
vation, and which are hardier than the 
ordinary run of garden Roses. Mrs. An- 
thony Waterer was raised by crossing R. 
rugosa with General Jacqueminot, and a 
short time ago the original plant was to be 
seen in Mr. A. Waterer’s nursery. In ap- 
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Mildred Grant.---Champion at Temple Show, Londou. 
NEW ROSES. 
The jmost promising Roses for the ap- 
proching season of bloom, because the most 
vigorous in their growth and development, 
are Florence Pemberton, Corinna, and 
Field Marshal. 
Corinra is regarded by its veteran origi- 
nator, Mr. Wm. Paul, as xn advance on 
White Lady, which was itself an improve- 
ment on Lady Mary Fitzwilliam; while 
Field Marshal is a perfected version, some- 
what larger, fuller, and darker in color, of 
the old French Cramoisie Superieure. 
_ Mildred Grant and Alice Lindsell, which 
have been much eulogised in the cata- 
logues and have been very successful at 
Rose exhibitions, are varieties of moderate 
growth; but as they flower with. facility 
will’ doubtless be very effective in the 
garden in situations where their- blooms 
can be artistically displayed. 
Souvenir de Pierre Notting, one of whose 
parents was Maréchal Niel is a strikingly 
beautiful and impressive variety, especially 
when half-blown. Like the white Maman 
Cochet it is a grand acquisition. 
pearance it is midway between the Japanese 
species, and the H.P., the branches being 
very spiny, and the leaves and flowers 
large. When well established, branches 5 
to 6 feet long are formed, and these pro- 
duce the lovely, double, deep red blooms 
from almost every bud. For growing in a 
semi-wild state it is excellent, for once 
placed in deep, rich, loamy soil it causes no 
more trouble than that experienced by 
giving an occasional thinning.—D. L. Morz 
ROSE SIR JOSEPH PAXTON. 
I think I must have got my plant forty 
years ago, and for a long time I did not 
do it justice, but seven or eight years since 
I took it in hand, split up the clump into 
which it had grown, and made four or five 
plants of it. It has repaid me liberally for 
cultivation. For six months it is never 
without, blooms; sometimes a long, strong 
shoot of the previous year is laced with 
them. Old. as it is, it is well worth notice 
for cutting for the house. Teag and their 
hybrids do not answer so well with me as 
Hybrid Perpetuals.  Variéties of the for- 
‘lower parts of the curved surface. 
mer seem to have been raised and sent out 
of late years for “button-hole”’ purposes, 
regardless of perfume, so that Shakespeare 
could not now use the Rose as the embodi- 
ment of sweetness. Mrs, W. J. Grant is 
very useful with its umbel-like inflores- 
escence, each bud with a sufficiently loug 
stalk. But for fragrance as well as for late 
blooming, commend me to the H.P.’s. 
SILVER-LEAF DISEASE. 
For many years the so-called silver leaf 
disease has been a source of vexation, 
trouble, and disappointment to gardeners 
in England, its presence being all the more 
annoying because no cause could be assign- 
ed.for it, and, of course, no remedy could 
be applied. Plums and peaches are perhaps 
the trees most frequently affected, but’ 
other stone fruits are also attacked. Pro- 
fessor Percival, of Wye College, has been 
investigating the disease lately, and has dis- 
covered the cause in a fungus which attacks 
the root and underground portion of tlre 
trunk. Since no mycelium cr fungus 
threads are: found in the leaves the pre- 
fessor is of the opinion that some deleter- 
ious substance is formed in the roots either 
directly by the fungus or indirectly as a 
result of its attack, and that this substance 
is carried upwards through the stem and 
branches to the leaves. The professor will. 
now have to determine what this stibstance 
is and, what is more important, discover « 
remedy. 
BURBANK’S METHODS OF FERTILI- 
ZATION. 
The supply of pollen is generally secur- 
ed by gathering a quantity of the anthers 
of the desired pollen parent, usually the 
day before the pollen is to be used, and 
drying them carefully. When in proper 
degree of dryness, the pollen is secured by 
gently shaking or sifting the mass of dry 
anthers over a watch. ‘crystal until the sui- 
face is dusted over with the pollen, the 
dust film appearing most clearly on the 
Each 
genus, each species, and sometimes ecacle 
variety, requires modifications which are 
suggested by experience. The largest 
quantity of blossoms of a single variety 
which Mr. Burbank- has handed at one 
time is about a pint. He has found that 
properly dried pollen ordinarily retains its 
efficacy about one week ; it might, perhaps, 
in many ‘cases retain its power much 
longer. 
The preparation of the blooms of the 
sced parent consists in removing about 
nine-tenths of the bloom buds when they 
begin, to show the petal color, leaving, in 
trees which bloom freely, about one in, ten 
of the natural blooms to be operated upon- 
This is for convenience of operating and 
to avoid the setting of too many seeds for 
the tree to properly perfect. Before the 
petals open, each of these buds is care- 
fully eut into with a small sharp knife 
blade, in such a way that the petals and 
a part of the sepals and all the attached 
anthers are removed as the knife makes its 
circuit, leaving the pistils exposed but un- 
injured by the operation. 
