January 5, 1905 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER, 
ies 
eo ee eames chet cena, 
TWO CHARMING POLYANTHA 
ROSES. 
The very interesting group of dwarf 
Polyantha roses is of comparatively modern 
mtroduction, one of the first varieties, 
Paquerette, having been introduced by 
Guillot some twenty-seven years ago. Their 
prigin is supposed to be the result of cros- 
sing Rosa multiflora simplex with a Tea _ 
Rose. Now we have quite a charming 
group, two of the best: recent novelties be- 
ing Eugenie Lamesch and Leonie Lamesch. 
The former has tiny Ranunculus-shaped 
bicssoms, orange-yellow in bud, prettily 
tipped with crimson, changing to pale 
yellow as they expand. It rarely exceeds 
18 inches in height, and is, therefore, use- 
‘ful as an edging or for small pots. It 
was raised by crossing Aglaia with William 
Allen Richardson, and is a very remark- 
able hybrid, seeing that the two parents 
are very vigorous growing kinds. The 
‘great merit of this rose 1s its diminutive 
Blossoms. One does not care to sce the 
group developed into a large-flowering one 
after the style of the Tea Rose. Already 
wee have some varieties that nearly ap- 
proach the Tea; for instance, Mosella, 
which has flowers almost as large as Hon. 
#£dith Gifford. This is a departure in the 
wrong direction. What is wanted is very 
tiny flowers in huge clusters of all the lovely 
colors seen in the Teas. Leonie Lamesch is 
vivid coppery-red., if the word coppery con- 
veys any meaning. It 1s really an intenso 
orange shading, which merges into a red, 
with terracotta edges to petals. There is 
no more remarkable rose in color than this 
one. The one fault of the varicty appears 
to be its inability to expand well, the 
petals seeming to be marred at the edges. 
Zeonie Lamesch resulted from a cross be- 
tween two seedlings. Both kinds named 
above were raised by Herr Lambert, of 
Trier, Germany. Especially lovely aré the 
snowy-white Anne Marie de Montravel and 
Schneewitchen, also another charming 
white, Katherina Zeimet. 
ROSE WHITE MAMAN COCHET. 
The popularity of this splendid rose in- 
creases every year. This season I think it 
as been the loveliest variety in our large 
collection. In White Maman Cochet we 
have a variety of vigorous growth and an 
abundant blossoming habit--good points 
an a garden Rose. As a white rose the 
variety under notice is superior for out- 
door culture to The Bride, although that 
Jovely variety is good in a sheltered gar- 
den. To obtain the greatest perfection of 
blossom in Whito Maman Cochet, and; ia- 
. deed, all large Tea Roses, they should be 
apon. half-standard Briers . There is some- 
thing about the hedge Brier that gives 
character to these lovely Teas. The only 
«lisadvantage of haying many of them is 
that they are not readily protected against 
severe frosts. Should the winter be severe 
at is an easy mater to cover with thatched. 
hhurdies or lean boards against the wall, 
previously covering the branches with dry 
fern or straw. I would advise all who can 
spare the time and have the means of ac- 
cess bo country meadows to obtain some of 
the hedge Briers for themselves this coming 
October. They would find the work inte- 
resting, and one is sure of the Briers taking 
well if they are carefully planted the same 
day. <A. friend of mine obtained as many 
as seventy of these half-standard Briers in 
one day last autumn, and when I saw them 
recently they had made splendid growths, 
upon which he had budded: the above rosa 
_and many others. The only fault in White 
Maman Cochet is a tendency to become 
divided in the centre, but this is not wearly 
so frequent in the white as in the pink 
form. I beheve that both Roses should be 
grown, in rather a light soil. They seem: to 
grow too rank im that of a clayey nature. 
It has been suggested that the Rose does 
not require manure, but I differ. I am of 
opinion, that some phosphatic manure is of 
much assistance to the large blossoms, al- 
though this should not be overdone. 
Rosa. 
ROSE CRIMSON RAMBLER. 
According to my experience, no real sue. 
cess can be had in the culture of this rose 
without high feeding. It is of a very 
vigorous habit, making when established, 
growths some 20 feet long, but it will not 
bloom freely unless the roots get abun- 
dance of food from the time the plants 
start into growth. In planting, the goil 
should be well stirred to a depth of 3 feet, 
adding a good, dressing of rotten manure, 
which will carry the ‘young plants along 
very well for the first year without further 
aid. In, following years a top-dressing of 
manure should be applied in the beginning 
of the winter, so that the plants get the 
benefit’ of it by the time they start into 
growth. In the case of good-sized spect- 
mens a heavy coat of manure will be neces- 
sary or any good concentrated stimulant 
will serve the purpose, not waiting, low- 
ever, until spring, but applying it in win- 
ter, so that it may be dissolved and carried 
down a couple of feet into the soil. As 
regards pruning, very little will be needed 
for the first two or three years; in fact, 
if is better to let the growths remain. in- 
tact for a couple of seasons. When they 
become very crowded, some of the oldest: 
growths should be cut out, which will pro- 
mote the formation of strong shoots from 
the base—C., Byfleet. 
VIRGINIAN STOCKS IN POTS. 
This pretty little plant is generally 
grown in borders, the seeds being sown 
where the plants are wanted to bloom. But 
for pot culture they are a decided success ; 
for, as a rule, the seeds germinate freely 
and the resultant seedlings blossom 
quickly. For windows of all descriptions 
the plants grown in various sized pots are 
most serviceable. But J particularly wish 
to draw attention to their use as pot plants 
for placing in small vases, Fill very 
small flower pots with ordinary fine loam 
after placing a crock over the hole in the 
bottom, and then sow a pinch of seeds on 
the surface, covering them slightly. The 
result will be a charming display of pretty 
violet-tinted flowers ——G. G. 
‘CROSS-FERTILISATION OF THE 
EVERLASTING PEA. 
The Everlasting Pea (Lathyrus sylvestris) 
‘is one of the firest and most ornamental of 
British plante. 
t+ ic’a climbing perennial 
growing in open spaces in wcods, sometimes 
overpowering bounding hedgerow planis, 
‘and seen in all its glory is simply unique. 
Its peduncles of three to eight flowers, red 
variegated with pale crimson, violet, and 
tints of green, wings violet, bear the closest 
scrutiny; the leaves with one pair of 
lanceolate, attenuated, coriaceous leaflets, 
and all-clasping tendrils, the leaves set off 
with narrow stipules, and the stems winged, 
are extremely interesting to the lovers of 
Nature. 
In the garden the Everiasting Pea is the 
form named L, sylvestris platypbyllus syn. 
1, latifolius, its many flowered peduncles of 
rose colored, relatively large flowers rendér- 
ing it a general favorite as a very desirable 
hardy climbing perennial, and one of the 
most easily cultivated. It thrives almost 
everywhere, even in courtyards amongst 
fiags and boulders. Thus any naked walls 
may be ornamented by inserting a few bits 
of it among the stones under the wall, these 
taking care of themselves, as the long, 
leathery roots penetrate to a great depth. 
There is a variety with brilliant rose 
carmine flowers, namely, L. s, p. splendens, 
but the finest is the pure white variety. 
LL. s. p. albus is unsurpassed for cutting. 
For dwarfing the Everlasting Pea and 
cross-pollination purposes mention may be 
made cf the round-leaved L. rotundifolius, 
neater in habit, producing rose-colored 
flowers, peduncles many flowered. Sib- 
thorpe’s (L. Sibthorpii) rarely exceeds three 
feet in height, has rosy purple or deep 
mauve flowers, and dlooms early. 
For increasing the size of the flower 
crossing with UL. grandiflorus is likely to 
preduce something quite out of the ordi- 
nary, and when a break is thus made cross- 
ing the progeny with the Sweet Pea (L. 
odoratus) would render the Wood Pea far 
ahead of all the family for cut flower pur- 
poses, the flowers being very enduring. 
For getting length into the Everlasting Pea 
crossing with the most rampant of the 
family, L. Pyrenaicus, which grows 20 feet 
ina single season, and bears a prodigious 
quantity of blossoms of a yellow tint veined 
with purple, may give a form of Everlasting 
Pea for running over the trunk of dead 
trees and similar places, vying with the 
Traveller’s Joy (Clematis Vitalba) in its 
festooning of trees. But the great deside- 
ratum is to get the scent of the Sweet Pea 
(1. odoratus) in the Everlasting Pea, and 
thus enhance the value for cut flower pur- 
poses.— ‘* The Gardener.” 
LIQUID MANURE APPLIED IN 
WINTER. 
Tt is not generally known that Roses be- 
nefits considerably by copious applications 
of sewage or other liquid manure poured 
on the ground during the resting period. 
Tt is lamentable to witness the waste i 
same establishments of good liquid manure 
that could be used now as a fertiliser to 
beds of Roses. ‘Lightly fork up the surface 
