jouhlVal  of  horticulture  and  cottage  gardener. 
October  21,  1897. 
At  the  opening  meeting  of  the  Torquay  Gardeners’  Association,  the 
President,  Dr.  K.  11.  Ramsay,  in  his  annual  address,  gave  an  interesting 
instance  of  an  old  Rose  being  reintroduced  willi  great  success  as  a  new 
variety — namely.  Turner  s  Crimson  Rambler.  He  knew  it,  he  said,  forty 
years  ago  in  the  garden  of  Mr.  Jenner  of  Edinburgh,  1  am  inclined  to 
think  he  was  not  correct.  Can  any  reader  kindly  give  me  information 
about  it  / — C.  D,  Elliott. 
Rose  Notes. 
It  has  occurred  to  me  that  a  few  notes  upon  such  Roses  as  invariably 
give  a  good  autumnal  display  may  be  welcome.  This  year  those  I  will 
name  are  even  better  than  usual.  For  that  matter,  all  our  Roses  have 
been  good  later  in  the  season  than  is  generally  the  case,  and  at  present 
(first  week  in  October)  our  Rose  gardens  are  almost  as  lovely  as  is  often 
the  case  during  July.  The  weather  has  been  favourable;  there  have 
been  welcome  showers,  a  warm  soil,  fewer  insects  and  diseases  than  usual, 
and,  if  we  except  a  few  rather  boisterous  winds,  the  late  autumn  of  1897 
has  been  one  of  the  best  for  Roses  during  the  last  decade. 
Several  of  our  best  autumnal  Roses  are  not  only  good  at  that  date,  but 
give  us  a  pleasing  show  all  through  the  Rose  season.  It  is  these  we  should 
plant  much  more  freely  than  is  the  case  in  many  gardens,  there  being  far 
too  great  a  tendency  to  plant  such  varieties  as  are  seen  in  grand  form  at 
exhibitions.  One  scarcely  ever  sees  Dr,  Grill,  G.  Nabonnand,  Rainbow, 
Camoens,  and  others  of  like  form,  at  an  exhibition,  unless  it  be  in  some  of 
the  few  garden  classes  and  displays  at  the  National  Hose  Society’s 
exhibitions.  I  would  warn  any  intending  purchaser  of  the  absolute 
necessity  of  looking  up  the  habit  of  a  Rose  before  planting  it  merely  from 
the  fact  of  seeing  it  so  grand  in  the  exhibitor’s  stand. 
One  of  the  best  Roses  now  in  bloom  is  G.  Nabonnand.  It  is  good  all 
through  the  season,  is  matchless  in  colour  and  perfume,  the  foliage  is 
particularly  handsome,  and  it  is  a  really  grand  grower.  Camoens  is  also 
good  ;  Dr.  Grill,  Bardou  .lob,  Beaute  Inconstante,  Comtesse  de  Casserta, 
Crimson  Bedder,  G.  Regis,  Madame  Fernet  Ducher,  Papa  Gontier, 
Madame  Isaac  Pereire,  William  Allen  Richardson,  Maman  Cochet, 
Souvenir  de  la  Malmaison,  Marquis  of  Salisbury,  Queen  of  Bedders, 
Anna  Ollivier,  Boule  de  Neige,  Mrs.  R.  G.  Sharman-Crawford,  ]\Irs. 
Rumsey,  Mrs.  W.  C.  Whitney,  Mrs.  W.  ,1.  Grant,  Caroline  Testout, 
Dupuy  Jamain,  Marchioness  of  Lome,  Francisca  Kruger,  Madame  Hoste, 
G4n6ral  .Tacciueminot,  Ilomere,  La  France,  Rubens,  Safrano,  IMadame 
Falcot,  Madame  Charles,  Madame  Lambard,  Marie  Van  Houtte,  IMrs. 
.lohn  Laing,  Perle  des  .lardins,  Souvenir  d’un  Ami,  Marjorie,  Edith 
Gifford,  Kaiserin  A.  Victoria,  Red  Safrano,  Viscountess  Folkestone,  and 
Lady  Mary  Fitzwilliam  are  others  which  never  fail  to  give  a  good 
autumnal  crop  in  my  garden,  and  are  also  in  good  form  during  the  earlier 
part  of  the  season.— Rosaeian. 
Roses  for  Market. 
Durino  the  time  Roses  are  not  plentiful  out  of  doors,  and  also  M'hen 
those  in  the  average  amateurs’  houses  are  not  in  full  cut,  which  ranges 
from  about  the  end  of  March  until  the  end  of  May,  Roses  generally  com¬ 
mand  a  paying  price  in  the  market.  It  is  when  plentiful,  and  w'hen  almost 
every  little  greenhouse  can  produce  a  few  blooms  for  the  jiroprietor  and 
friends,  that  Roses  are  at  the  ridiculous  prices  amateurs  receive  for  their 
small  consignments.  Unfortunately  for  them,  they  imagine  they  will 
receive  much  the  same  prices  as  they  were  asked  for  a  few  blooms  some 
month  or  six  weeks  earlier,  not  allowing  for  waste,  and  a  small  margin  as 
profit  to  the  retail  florist  ;  and  more  important  still,  forgetting,  or  not 
realising  that  only  a  couple  of  weeks  bring  a  vast  quantity  of  Roses  in  at 
one  time. 
During  the  months  of  April  and  IMay  almost  every  Rose  that  is  grown 
under  glass  is  in  full  blossom,  and  the  only  really  paying  seasons  are 
between  ( Ictober  and  the  end  of  March  ;  the  nearer  to  Christmas  and  the 
early  part  of  the  year  the  better.  They  also  rise  in  value  very  rapidly 
after  the  first  smart  frost,  as  up  to  that  time  we  can  cut  from  the  open. 
Popular  as  the  Chrysanthemum  may  be  as  an  early  winter  flower,  the 
public  never  really  deserts  the  national  flower,  and  Roses  are  always  in 
demand.  Of  course,  to  get  them  at  these  desirable  seasons  we  must  take 
a  rather  different  course  to  that  made  use  of  by  the  average  amateur, 
hence  these  notes.  ’ 
First  of  all  I  think  it  would  be  well  to  give  a  short  selection  of 
varieties,  as  no  object  is  attained  in  having  a  large  number.  The  best 
are  the  best,  and  it  is  only  a  matter  of  planting  more  of  these.  I  have 
found  Niphetos  the  best  pure  white  ;  Princesse  de  Sagan  and  W.  F. 
Bennett  the  best  short-growing  crimsons,  and  G(inO-al  Jacqueminot  the 
best  red  Hybrid  Perpetual ;  Prince  Camille  de  Rohan  and  Fisher  Holmes 
the  best  very  dark  varieties  ;  Mrs.  W.  ,1.  Grant,  Mrs.  W.  C.  Whitney, 
Papa  Gontier,  and  IMadame  Lambard  the  best  deep  pinks  or  rosy 
crimsons ;  Souvenir  d’un  Ami,  Catherine  Mermet,  and  Mrs.  R.  G. 
Sharman-Crawford,  pinks;  Isabella  Sprunt  and  Perle  des  Jardins, 
yellows  ;  Madame  Falcot  and  Francisca  Kruger,  apricot  and  saffron; 
with  Marechal  Kiel,  W.  Allen  Richardson,  and  Reine  Marie  Henriette  as 
climbers  ;  G.  Nabonnand  being  a  grand  salmon  pink. 
If  asked  to  select  six  from  the  above,  always  bearing  in  mind  that  they 
are  wanted  to  force  early  and  open  their  flowers  well,  I  would  keep  to  the 
three  climbers,  and  add  G.  Nabonnand,  Niphetos,  and  Madame  Falcot. 
Perle  des  Jardins,  Mrs.  W.  J.  Grant,  Catherine  Mermet,  and  G^n^ral 
.lacqueminot  come  next  in  my  estimation. 
There  are  two  methods  of  obtaining  Roses  between  October  and  the  end 
of  March,  some  establishing  the  plants  in  borders,  and  others  keeping  the 
whole  of  them  in  pots.  We  find  a  combination  of  these  methods  the  most 
serviceable,  and  it  may  be  well  to  describe  the  house  the  Roses  are  grown 
in,  as  being  the  shortest  way  of  dealing  with  the  subject.  The  house 
runs  north  and  south,  thus  receiving  the  morning  and  afternoon  sun, 
while  at  midday  the  rafters  afford  a  partial  and  welcome  shade.  It  is 
22  feet  wide,  120  feet  long,  and  10  feet  high.  There  are  uprights 
through  the  centre,  and  supports  to  a  purline  on  each  side,  these 
supports  resting  iqion  the  outside  walls  of  the  centre  border.  The  side 
walls  are  3^  feet  high,  the  side  borders  the  same  width,  as  is  also  the  path 
going  round  the  centre  border,  which  is  8  feet  wide.  When  empty,  the 
space  allowed  for  pathway  seems  excessive,  but  if  you  will  follow  me  you 
will  see  how  it  is  made  use  of. 
The  paths  are  sunk  to  a  depth  of  1  foot.  This  gives  more  head  room 
without  extra  height  in  the  structure,  and  also  makes  the  borders  more 
convenient.  All  around  the  centre  border  a  9-inch  wall  is  built,  about 
15  inches  in  height,  and  the  top  of  this  is  concreted  over  to  make  a  level 
surface.  The  walls  keeping  up  the  side  borders  are  one  brick  thick 
only;  and  outside  of  these,  but  in  the  pathway,  runs  a  double  row  of 
-1 -inch  pipes;  a  single  4-inch  pipe  runs  along  close  to  the  outside  walls, 
and  about  6  inches  above  the  surface  of  the  border.  Shelves  are  fitted  to 
the  purline  uprights,  and  come  in  very  useful  at  many  times  of  the  year. 
There  is  no  bottom  or  side  ventilation,  but  some  fair-sized  lights  at 
the  top.  _ 
Now,  a  word  about  the  soil  in  the  bordei’s.  This  consists  of  good 
turfy  loam,  some  very  stiff  earth,  and  a  large  proportion  of  decayed 
weeds,  vegetable  refuse,  and  leaves,  upon  which  a  quantity  of  night  soil 
was  placed  some  few  months  previous  to  use.  By  burying  this  a  little  all 
unpleasant  odours  are  lost;  but  for  that  matter,  if  one  is  to  grow  for 
market,  the  fastidious  nose  must  be  left  behind,  the  foliage  and  liow'ers 
feeding  upon  ammonia  from  manures  to  a  much  greater  extent  than  many 
persons  would  credit.  _ 
Against  the  side  walls  are  jdants  of  the  medium  growing  varieties 
already  named,  these  being  trained  to  three  wires,  and  planted  about 
a  foot  from  the  wall.  Upon  each  purline  support  a  climber  is  growing, 
these  running  over  the  cross  ties  and  along  the  ])urlines.  Pruning  must 
be  dealt  with  in  its  own  place.  Each  side,  and  also  the  centre  border,  is 
used  for  Roses  in  pots,  and  when  a  row  of  healthy  plants  stands  around 
the  centre  border,  upon  the  9-inch  wall,  their  growth  spreads  out  so 
much  that  34  feet  is  barely  enough  for  the  pathways,  especially  as  there 
is  overhanging  growth  from  the  side  borders  as  well.  The  house  is 
divided  into  two  sections,  stop  valves  being  fitted  so  that  one  section  can 
be  heated  without  in^uencing  the  other.  So  much,  then,  for  the 
house  and  its  arrangement ;  we  will  now  go  a  little  closer  into  cultural 
details.— Practice. 
(To  be  continued.) 
THE  UOYAL  HORTICULTURAL  iSOCTETY. 
Exhibitor, s  Cards  at  the  Drill  Hall. 
I  DO  not  know  who  is  responsible  for  jmur  report  of  the  doings  of  the 
Fruit  Committee  at  the  Drill  Hall  on  the  I2th  inst.  I  sent  up  a  small 
collection  of  Apjdes  with  the  intention  of  showing  what  could  be  done 
here  amongst  the  eoaldust  and  smoke,  and  I  was  very  pleased  to  hear 
from  the  Secretary  that  I  had  been  awarded  a  silver  Banksian  medal. 
The  way  in  which  jmu  have  alluded  to  them  in  the  Journal  is  inaccurate, 
in  fact,  reads  ridiculous  to  me.  The  report  says,  “  J.  Ester,  Esq.,  Wake¬ 
field,  showed  a  few  Apides.”  I  should  be  extremely  obliged  if,  in^our 
next  issue,  you  would  correct  it  to  something  like  the  following  ; — 
“  .1.  Easter,  gardener  to  Lord  St.  Oswald,  Nostell  Priory,  IVakefield,  was 
awarded  a  silver  Banksian  medal  for  a  collection  of  Apples.” — John 
Easter. 
[Well  may  the  award  of  “  .J.  Ester,  Esq.,”  api)ear  “ridiculous”  in 
the  eyes  of  our  correspondent.  Lord  St,  Oswald’s  able  gardener.  The 
Royal  Horticultural  Society  is  responsible  for  the  error,  which  does  not 
appear  in  our  columns  alone.  Our  reporter  copied  from  the  card  which 
the  officials  of  the  Society  attached  to  the  fruit.  We  do  not  know 
whether  all  exhibitors  write  their  names  and  addresses  fully  and  clearly 
or  not  when  making  their  entries  ;  but  w'e  do  know  that  the  inscriptions 
on  the  R.II.S.  cards  have  many  times  been  incomplete.  Errors  of  a 
similar  description  to  the  one  cited  have  been  passed  into  the  Press  before, 
while  others  have  been  detected  and  corrected.  It  used  to  be  the  custom 
to  have  the  names  and  addresses  of  owners  of  exhibited  produce  boldly 
and  clearly  written  on  the  cards,  also  the  name  of  the  gardener  in  all 
such  cases  as  Mr.  Easter’s,  The  entry  of  this  exhibit  ought  to  have 
been  as  from  “  Lord  St.  Oswald,  Nostell  Priory,  AVakefield  ;  gardener, 
Mr.  J.  Easter.”  This  is  in  exact  accordance  with  the  instructions  of  the 
Royal  Horticultural  Society  in  par.  27,  page  9,  of  the  Society’s  “  Rules 
for  Judging,”  and  if  the  injunction  had  been  followed  the  error  in  question 
could  not  have  occurred.] 
