May  21,  1903. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
439 
NEW  ROSES 
Wm.  Paul  &  Son’s  New  Roses  for  1903. 
CLIMBING  VARIETIES. 
FIEIIiD  MARSHAL. — A  climbing  China  Rose 
with  large  and  full  blood-red  blossoms  ;  a  splendid 
companion  for  Marechal  Niel  under  slass,  and  a  fine 
outdoor  climbing  Rose.  Awaed  of  Merit,  R.H..S. 
GOIiDRN  QURRN. — A  climbing  Tea  with 
golden-yellow  flowers,  shaded  with  copper ;  distinct 
and  excellent. 
Plants  of  the  above  Ready  from  the  End  of  May 
onwards,  7/6  each. 
NEW  BEDDING  k  DECORATIVE  ROSES. 
ARETHUSA. — A  China  Rose  of  the  habit  of 
Queen  Mab,  but  with  clear  yellow  flowers,  sometimes 
tinted  with  apricot. 
ELIZABETH  KITTO.  —  A  Hybrid  Tea, 
flowers  salmon-rose,  of  the  colour-  of  Madame  Abel 
Chatenay,  but  with  the  even  habit  of  growth  of 
Madame  Jules  Grolez. 
Plants  of  these  Ready  the  End  of  May  onwards, 
5/-  each,  54  -  per  dozen. 
A  Large  Stock  of  other  NEW  ROSES,  British 
and  Foreign,  both  Dwarf  and  Climbing 
Plants,  Now  Ready  for  distribution. 
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lUDV  CLEMItTIS 
For  growing  on  Walls,  Overhanging  Porches,  and 
Verandahs,  climbing  ever  trellis  and  Summer¬ 
houses,  or  for  similar  purposes,  the  Clematis  makes 
a  charming  and  beautiful  plant.  They  now  embrace 
a  variety  of  beautiful  colours. 
We  have  a  fine  stock  of  strong  plants  est.ablished 
in  pots,  and  effer  selections  from  the  following 
varieties,  at  10/6  per  dozen. 
Alexandra,  violet-blue,  with  paler  band. 
Blue  Gem.  strong  violet-blue  ;  very  tine. 
Edith  Jackman,  white,  flushed  mauve. 
Fair  Rosamond,  blush-white  ;  very  fine. 
Gipsy  Queen,  rich  violet-purple. 
Henryi,  creamy-white  ;  very  tine.  \ 
Ea  Nancienne,  double,  violet-black  ;  very  free. 
Lady  Caroline  Neville,  heliotrope-lavender, 
purplish  band. 
Lady  Londesborough,  silver-grey,  reddish  bar. 
Lanuginosa,  clear  lavender. 
Lanuginosa  Candida,  pearly-white,  flushed  lilac. 
Lord  Neville,  heliotrope-blue. 
Mdlle.  Torriana,  bright  rose,  flushed  purple. 
Madame  Grange,  crimson-violet,  red  bar. 
Madame  Baron-Veillard,  lilac-rose. 
Magniflca,  i eddish  •  purple,  suffused  crimson- 
carmine. 
Mrs.  S.  C.  Baker,  pinkish-white,  claret  band. 
Montana,  pure  white  ;  very  hardy. 
Otto  Proebel,  greyish-white. 
Purpurea  Elegans.  violet-purple. 
Sir  Garnet  Wolseley,  slate-blue,  plum-red  bar. 
Venus  Victrix,  delicate  lavender. 
Viticella  rubra,  reddish-purple. 
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For  full  description  of  the  above  and  all 
other  Clematis,  see 
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Jom[iral  of 
THURSDAY,  MAY  2’,  1903. 
Experience  and  Experiments. 
S  a  rule,  gardeners  are  men  of  a 
very  inquisitive  turn  of  mind. 
By  this  I  do  not  wish  to  imply 
that  they  are -necessarily  pryers 
into  other  people’s  business, 
though  the  freemasonry  of  the 
craft  gives  them  certain  licence  in 
discussing  each  other’s  prospects  and 
affairs  (as  anyone  may  learn  who  cares 
to  take  up  his  stand  within  earshot  of  a  group 
of  gardeners  congregated  at  a  show  or  else¬ 
where)  ;  but  what  I  mean  is  that  they  like  to 
get  at  the  bottom  of  things,  and  prove  to  their 
own  satisfaction  why  a  certain  state  of  affairs 
should,  or  should  not  be.  The  very  occupation 
of  gardening  lends  itself  to  the  above  tendency 
on  the  part  of  those  who  follow  it,  for  are  the 
dealings  of  gardeners  not  with  Dame  Nature, 
that  subtle  mistress  who  has  set  laws  and 
ways  of  her  own  of  effecting  certain  purposes  ? 
We  cannot  play  fast  and  loose  with  Nature, 
nor  is  it  given  to  man  to  upset  her  laws,  though 
within  the  range  of  the  latter  the  intelligence 
of  the  gardener  can  lead  him  to  great  lengths. 
Exactly  how  far  he  can  proceed  he  doesn't 
know ;  and  what  are  the  means  by  which  he 
learns  ?  You  have  them  at  the  headline  of 
this  article,  for  they  are  described  in  the 
words  “  Experience  and  Experiments.” 
The  march  of  horticulture  is  in  many  ways 
not  unlike  that  of  other  sciences,  which  owe 
their  development  to  the  patience  of  early 
experimentalists,  who  in  many  cases  found  out 
something  when  they  were  looking  for  some¬ 
thing  else.  If  no  one  had  invented  the  common 
kettle,  perhaps  we  should  now  be  without  the 
steam-engine,  as  the  steam  emitted  from  the 
former  gave  the  idea  of  utilising  its  force  as  a 
driving  power.  The  weird  old  chemists  of  the 
middle  ages' who  worked  out  their  rude  experi¬ 
ments  under  great  difficulties,  and  were  ofteu 
given  the  credit  of  being  in  league  with  the 
No.  1126.— VoL.  XLVI.,  Third  Series 
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