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Summer  Bedding. 
( Continued  from  page  202.) 
The  various  wares  of  my  business-pack  were 
laid  before  the  patrons  of  the  Journal  a  week 
ago,  and  how  to  fit  them  together  or  describe 
a  use  for  them  will  occupy  a  few  moments 
erstwhile.  Not  to  bandy  words,  and  to  adhere 
still  to  the  concise  form  of  treatment,  the  notes 
relating  to  the  plants  combined  iri  the  beds  I 
have  seen  will  be  severely  brief.  These  notes 
or  descriptions  are  strictly  a  record  of  har¬ 
monious  bedding  effects,  for  use  as  a  guide  to 
those  many  readers  of  this  newspaper  who  may 
never  have  had  a  personal  opportunity  to  see 
the  arrangements  for  themselves,  and  it  may  be 
well  to  remark  again  that  ordinary  bedding  in 
private  gardens  is  inferior  to  that  in  the  larger 
metropolitan  parks,  and  there  are  a  number  of 
reasons,  good  reasons  too,  why  this  may  be. 
There  are  always  some  gardeners,  however,  to 
their  credit  it  is  said,  who  are  anxious  to  im¬ 
prove  their  bedding  effects,  and  to  them  such 
notes  as  these  are  doubtless  useful.  The  park 
superintendents  have  not  fruit  crops  to  think 
of,  nor  have  they  to  supply  the  cook  with  a  con¬ 
tinuous  selection  of  vegetables,  and  a  score  of 
other  things  demanded  of  the  professional 
private  gardener,  are  not  within  their  practice 
or  province.  One  of  their  greatest  qualifica¬ 
tions  and  chiefest  objects  is  to  “bed-out”  in 
the  very  best  fashion,  to  create  beautiful  colour 
harmonies  or  effective  contrasts,  and  to  show 
the  general  public  the  possibilities  of  plants  to 
present  a  pleasurable  combination  when  chosen 
and  grouped  by  one  skilled  in  his  art  and  taste¬ 
ful  in  judgment. 
To  enumerate  a  few  of  the  simple  arrange¬ 
ments  is  our  endeavour  now.  The  old- 
fashioned  and  somewhat  neglected  Calceolaria 
amplexicaulis  makes  a  fine  bed  by  itself,  edged 
with  Ajuga  reptans  purpurea.  The  Calceolaria 
requires  to  be  staked. 
Mr.ranta  insignis.  (See  page  213.) 
Fuchsia  Scarcity  (dark  crimson  flowers)  goes  handsomely  with 
large,  well  grown  plants  of  Artemisia  arborescens,  with  Musk 
below,  on  the  ground,  and  edged  with  blue  Lobelia. 
.  Lantana  delicatissima  I  find  is  but  little  known.  Grown  to  a 
single  stem  with  the  laterals  developed,  it  and  its  mauve-purple 
flower  heads  are  very  effective.  In  Hyde  Park,  where  these  notes 
were  taken,  Mr.  Browne  has  employed  this  with  a  Ferula-like 
plant,  but  which  grows  only  2£ft  high,  named  Oreocome  Can- 
dollet;  the  edge  was  of  Alternanthera  amcena. 
Abelia  rupestris — nice  graceful  plants — with  small  samples 
of  Amaranthus  tricolor  on  the  ground  between  the  shrubs,  and 
edged  Alternanthera  amcena,  was  handsomer  and  more  graceful 
than  I  am  sure  these  notes  would  lead  one  to  suppose. 
Crimson  tuberous  Begonias  over  Koeniga  maritima,  with 
Grevillea  robusta  enlightening  the  effect,  and  edged  with  Lobelia 
pumila  magnifica  (blue),  was  exceedingly  pretty.  At  Hampton 
Court  almost  the  same  combination  was  seen,  only  that 
Mesembryanthemum  cordifolium  variegatum  was  used  in  place 
°f  the  Koeniga  (a  dwarf,  white  flowering  plant)  and  Eulalia 
grac-illima  instead  of  Grevilleas. 
Foliage  effect  was  secured  in  a  round  bed  by  the  intermixture 
of  dark-leaved  Cannas,  variegated  Maize,  and  Centaurea  candi- 
dissima.  Alonsoa  incisifolia,  having  blue  Violas  carpeting  the 
ground,  and  an  edge  of  Alternanthera  versicolor,  makes  a  very 
pretty  bed.  The  Alonsoa  may  be  grown  3ft  high  and  bushy, 
being  supported  by  a  stake. — D. 
“Business  Illustrated.’’ 
We  quote  from  the  introductory  note  given  in  the  first  number 
of  this  new  journal:  “The  especial  function  which  ‘Business 
Illustrated  ’  has  set  itself  to  fulfil  is  the  useful  but  unconventional 
one  of  supplying  business  people  with  a  publication  which  stands 
midway  between  the  trade  and  technical  journals  on  the  one 
hand,  and  the  popular  magazine  on  the  other.”  This  the  new 
journal  does  admirably.  It  is  a  production  which,  given  sufficient 
variety  of  contents,  serious-minded  persons  will  appreciate,  from 
the  fact  that  useful,  even  technical,  information  is  imparted 
in  interesting,  readable  form,  along  with  abundance  of  illustra¬ 
tions.  We  observe  that  Messrs.  Messenger  and  Co.,  the  horti¬ 
cultural  builders  of  Loughborough,  are  well  noticed  in  the  pioneer 
number  of  the  paper,  and  the  information'  in  this  article  alone 
should  commend  “  Business  ”  (Is.)  to  workers  in  the  greenhouse 
and  garden.  It  will  appear  monthly. 
Mr.  Henry  Cannell,  V.M.H. 
Mr.  H.  Cannell  hails  from  Swardestone,  a  small  village  near 
Norwich,  and  first  saw  the  light  in  1833.  His  parents  were 
market  gardeners,  and  there  with  his  grandfather  in  his  retiring 
life,  the  young  grandson  spent  most  of  his  time  in  the  early  ’40  s 
tf  the  last  century,  in  raising  and  growing  Anemones,  Tulips, 
Hepaticas,  Primroses,  &c.,  to  send  to  market  with  fruit  and  vege¬ 
tables.  Thus  he  inherited  the  love  of  working  amongst  flowers. 
In  1846,  hearing  that  the  streets  of  London  were  paved  with 
gold,  and  having  a  strong  desire  to  verify  the  truth  of  this,  he 
migrated  to  the  Big  City,  and  to  his  astonishment  found  in 
Oxford  Street  that  the  said  gold  was  only  wood. 
After  a  good  many  ups  and  downs  to  shake  off  his  youth,  wo 
find  him  in  1855  in  a  gardener's  situation  at  Berry  House, 
Tulse  Hill,  and  beating  all  other  growers  in  London  with 
Fuchsias,  which  were  then  highly  popular.  At  the  first  show 
held  in  the  arcade  at  South  Kensington,  he  wTas  again  as 
victorious' as  before.  Dr.  Lindley,  then  Editor  of  the  “  Gardeners’ 
Chronicle,”  spoke  of  one  of  his  exhibits  there  as  follows: 
“‘Gardeners’  Chronicle,’  1862:  Of  Fuchsias  an  admirably 
grown  collection  was  shown  by  Mr.  Cannell.  It  consisted  of 
medium-sized  conical  plants,  every  one  of  which  nearly  covered 
their  pots  with  gracefully  drooping  branches  laden  with  flowers. 
Than  this  group  nothing  in  its  way  could  possibly  be  more  perfect, 
and  it  received,  as  it  well  deserved,  universal  admiration.  Very 
much  larger  plants  were  contributed  by  Messrs.  Webb,  Gardiner, 
Harper,  and  Higgs;  but  as  regards  fine  growth  they  were  con¬ 
siderably  inferior  to  those  just  mentioned.  —  Royal  Horticul¬ 
tural  Society’s  Show.” 
We  find  him  exhibiting  at  the  Great  International  Show 
held  on  what  is  now  the  site  of  the  Natural  History  Museum. 
In  1866  he  carried  away  the  first  prize  there  for  six  specimens, 
and  on  another  occasion,  after  Mr.  Bray,  then  gardener  at  Baron 
Goldsmidt’s,  Regent’s  Park,  had  for  ten  years  straight  off  carried 
off  the  first  prize  of  £10  at  the  Botanic  Gardens,  young  Cannell 
stepped  in  with  six  of  his  fine  plants,  8ft  to  10ft  high,  and  changed 
the  whole  future  of  Fuchsia  growing  and  exhibiting. 
Further  particulars  of  his  eventful  life  will  appear  later,  but 
would  conclude  meanwhile  by  referring  to  the  fact  that  Mr. 
Cannell  has  just  been  awarded  the  “blue  ribbon”  of  English 
horticulture,  viz.,  the  Victoria  Medal  cf  Honour,  by  the  Council 
of  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society. 
