14 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER? 
March, 1910 
Novelties in Ireland. 
At Killarney, Ireland, is a holly-tree 
‘said to be the largest in the world. Its 
stem measures 15 ft. in circumference. It 
is still in its prime. Close by this famed 
holly is a most remarkable combination 
of four trees, viz., hawthorn, ash, holly, 
and ivy, so interwoven as to appear as if 
produced from one stem. 
The Perfume Industry. 
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A few generations ago the suggestion 
that the making of perfumes could ever 
become a vast industry, giving’ employ- 
ment. to many thousands of persons, 
would have béen’scouted as. absurd; but 
the present position is this. In France 
tthe value‘of the perfumes produced’ is 
over a million pourids a year; in Italy, it 
is half a‘million ; in Bulgaria it is not far 
short of a quarter of a million, derived 
chiefly from the sale of attar of roses; and 
in Japan, India, the United States, and 
elsewhere throughout the world, it 
amounts to a considerable sum. : 
Design in Garden Pathways. 
A peculiar virtue attaches to a stone- 
paved garden in that it is accessible at 
all seasons and in all weathers. Stone 
differs from turf in that it sheds, rather 
than absorbs, moisture, so that while the 
-dew is yet heavy upon grass one may pass 
‘over paved walks dry-shod. In most 
gardens there are generally positions 
which lend themselves to the introduction 
-of stone-paved ways. Pergolas and 
terraces are instances, as both’are largely 
frequented, and the former often fails in 
yielding the’ essential conditions which 
go to produce good turf; so that the 
stone pathway offers the happiest and 
most lasting means of egress to this part 
-of the garden. Terraces, where adjacent 
‘to or leading from the mansion, always 
-gain in effectiveness and comfort when so 
laid. Then in gardens of a formal or 
geometrical character the inclusion of a 
stone paved area gives much of the 
quaintness and character of an -old- world. 
garden. 
The happiest ideas in the use of stone 
pathways are often obtained in these old 
gardens. One such that comes to memory 
has a central area occupied by an oblong 
tank containing water, in which a selec- 
tion of- the rarer varieties of hardy 
Nympieas are cultivated. The margin of 
the tank is-‘formed of hewn stone, and: is 
continued so as to form a broad pathway 
round the water area. Beyond this a 
a space of 18-feet or more is laid out and 
planted as a mixed border, to’ which a 
background is provided in the form of a 
rough wooden screen lavishly clothed 
with: Rambler Roses. The border 
constitutes the south side has a luxuriant 
growth of hardy Ferns, among which are 
planted considerable quantities of. early- 
flowering hardy bulbs.- Hach season has, 
therefore, something' to awaken interest 
spring, bulbous flowers’ for the 
opening year, succeeded‘by Nymphz is to 
bejewel’ 
which 
—in 
the water’s, surface duriug 
summer and autumn, while the same 
seasons witness the stately occupants of 
the borders adding their wealth’ of 
gorgeous coloring to what one may 
fittingly regard as an enchanted scene. 
Between the borders and the water lies 
the old stone pathway with its quiet, 
restful tone of neutral grey, on the one 
hand emphasising the refined character of 
the Water Lilies, on the other disarming 
what is harsh or discordant in the 
border. 
Even in quite small areas there are, at 
times, opportunities where the judicious 
use of paving-stone will largely augment 
the interest and beauty of the garden. 
The primary use of stone paths is to 
provide comfort when walking; but the 
true gardener, seeking new spheres of 
conquest, decks them with floral treasures 
and thereby invests them with an added 
mission, so that they become virtually 
and newer interests. 
—Thos. Smith, in ‘ The Garden.’ 
Note our New Address— 
20 Waymouth Street 
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flowery pathways leading to other scones ; °° MY BOLe AD Ors Maal 
Roseberry 
Gardener. 
on the 
When opening a flower show in Great 
Britain, recently, Lord Roseberry made 
a brilliant address which, it is to be 
regretted, we cannot find space to give in 
full. His apostrophe to the gardener is 
deserving of being perpetuated; here it is: 
* * * ButI do think the gardener, 
by the nature of his occupation is, oF 
should be, physically and intellectually 
and morally the best of our rural popula- ~ 
tion. He leads, from a physical point of 
veiw, a.life which keeps him always in the 
open air. . He is daily and hourly face to 
face with the elevating mystery of. Nature. 
He has the closest intercourse with our 
mother earth, me 
Without the incessant labor of. the 
plough his task is to explore and to watch 
all her secrets. It is his duty to deal in 
turn with all the miracles of Nature— 
the bud, the flower, and the fruit. He 
is the first to see the opening leaf and the 
first green spike that pierces the mould 
and then when tthe weather fails, and 
when ail is too inclement for other pur- 
suits, he is able ta devote himself to the 
preparation for another year, in the sure — 
and certain faith that the miracles of 
Nature which he has witnessed in current 
year, will recur in orderly but miraculous 
rotation in the coming Spring. Ladies 
and gentlemen, no one can fail to see, who 
appreciates the daily task and toil of the 
gardener, that there is none that can or 
should raise the nature and the mind of 
man so comptetely as his, and, therefore, 
believing, as [ do, that under the circum- 
stances they are and they must be the 
best of our rural population. If I werea 
ruler, which thank Heaven, I am _ not, 
I would do all I could to multiply and_ 
increase such men, for I should feel tha t 
by so doing T was best serving the interest 
. of the rural parts of our country. 
' would take off my hat if [had not already 
taken 16 off to the character of the gar- 
It is for that reason Iam glad 
and proud to be here today as well as to 
Tam not sure 
that L appreciate as scientifically, or even 
as much as some of you the abnormal 
flower and the swollen fruits; but at any 
rate I have gone with an ignorant curi- 
ousity throughout the whole exhibition, 
and. in opening it I can commend it earn- 
estly to your attention as well worthy of 
your study and worthy of our delightful 
neighborhood. 
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