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THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
January 1, 1909 
STOTT & HOARE 
Sole Agents 
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place for the remainder of the summer, 
and can be replanted in their old situa- 
tions in the winter or early spring. 
Blue Roses. 
Experts in plant-breeding hold that it 
is impossible to obtain a blue rose. There 
Had 
there been there would have been little 
is no wild rose with any blue in it. 
difficulty in breeding a garden rose of 
that colour, Meanwhile, there occurs, 
from time to time, a rumor that the blue 
rose has at last come. It is now stated 
that Germany has produced a blue Tose 
and plants of it may be purchased at 10/- 
each. This is what is said of it :—‘After 
years of striving the rose- breeder has at 
last succeeded in obtaining a blue rose of 
a character calculated to cause excitement 
amongst rose fanciers. It is a sport from 
Crimson Rambler, with flowers of a blue 
color, produced in large clusters, which at 
first are colored lilac, changing with age 
to amethyst-blue, and finally to steel 
blue, the color of the March violet. The 
stamens are yellow, and show up con- 
spicuously against.the blue of the petals, 
The leaves are glossy green, and sparsely 
clothed with thorns. So far, it has not 
been attacked by mildew. ‘There is a 
prospect of obtaining a rose of clear 
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cornflower-blue color by using this as 
a breeder, along with the larger-flowered 
roses.’ 
Flowers Cure Insanity. 
There seems to be no end to what may 
be expected in the line of new treatments 
The latest is the 
‘flower cure’ for insane patients, which 
is being tried at one of New York’s great 
asylums. 
for various diseases. 
Common or garden flowers are 
the medium used and experiments are 
being carried on to determine the psycho- 
logival value of various blossoms in the 
Tt has been 
found that flowers are of great benefit to 
treatment of patients. 
the insane, and the product of the large 
greenhouses which are maintained is 
scattered through the asylum in pro- 
fusion. In some cases a single rose has 
been found to be more efficacious in its 
soothing effect than opiates and strait- 
jackets, The Beneficial influence of 
flowers, while never absent, it is asserted, 
varies in different individuals, women as 
a rule being more susceptible than men. 
Color in various blossoms seeins to be a 
prime factor in the new treatment, 
although experiments have not reached 
the point where a certain flower can be 
prescribed for a certain kind of mental 
affliction. 
Probably this may account for the 
paucity of ‘luny’ individuals found among 
those engaged in the florist business,— 
‘Florists’ Exchange.’ 
» sen ee AUSTRALIA 
General Income 
Tax Returns 
Are Now Due. 
Except those of farmers only, which 
are due on or before the 1st May. 
FORMS OF RETURNS are to be 
had at «ll Post Offices. 
Postages MUST BE PREPAID in every 
instance. 
FINES and [NTEREST will be 
imposed upon Assessments of late returns 
and no remission will be made of s me, 
J. G. RUSSELL 
Commissioner of Taxes. 
January Ist, 1909. 
OMMERCIAL AND ORNAMEN- 
TAL PRINTING of every descrip- 
tion in first-class style, on the shortest 
notice, and at cheapest rates, at the 
“Australian Gardener” Office, corner of 
Pirie and Wyatt streets. 
