JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  ASD  COTTAGE  GARDENER, 
Ocloljcr  1,  1903. 
30  i 
Roses  at  Waltham  Cross,  Herts. 
The  visitor  to  the  Royal  Nurseries  of  William  Paul  and  Sou 
can  see  Roses  in  flower  at  all  seasons  of  the  year,  and  the  out-of- 
doors  display  in  late  September  is  quite  rich  and  plentiful.  Not¬ 
withstanding  raiii  and  wind.s,  the  flowers  are  exceedingl3'.  fair, 
firm,  and  full.  The  record  of  our  visit  thei-e  pertains  more 
particularly  to  the  novelties,  to  which  attention  was  drawn,  and 
the  fact  that  good  flowers  were  carried  by  many  of  them  points  to 
the  fact  that  the  autumnal  character  is  well  developed.  Naming 
a  few  that  linger  in  the  mind,  a  prominent  place  must  be 
accorded  to  Earl  of  Wainvick,  a  lovely  flesh-tinted-and-i’osj’ 
flower,  with  salmon  glow,  of  beautiful  pointeel  shape,  smooth 
petals,  and  large,  firm  flower.  The  title'  was  suggested  by  the 
Earl  himself,  who  was  greatly  charmed  with  this  fine  seedling. 
It  seems  likely  to  be  vigorous,  and  in  all  waj^s  good. 
In  the  same  line  with  this  was’  Countess  Cairns,  a  distinctive 
variety  of  a  pale  rose,  shaded  delicate  pink  colour,  the  flowers 
well  held  up,  long  in  form,  and  strong,  gootl  shape.  Mr.  Arthur 
W.  Paul  speaks  highly  of  it. 
Dainty  is  a  gem,  the  colour  being  of  a  delicate,  soft  primrose, 
unequalled  for  softness  of  tone,  and  the  other  parts  of  the  petals 
are  prettily  suffu.sed  with  carmine.  The  flowers  are  round  and 
plentiful,  making  a  good  show  when  massed  in  beds,  (T.)  And 
another  bedder,  which  we  are  certain  will  come  to  the  front,  is 
Morning  Glow,  a  Tea  Rose,  of  dwarf  branching,  robust  habit, 
producing  reddish  growths,  and  a  heavy  crcp  of  exceedingly  rich- 
coloured  little  flowers.  These  are  of  a  rosj’-orange  combination, 
the  deeper  tones,  as  crimson,  being  blended,  so  that  the  flowens 
are  niuch  in  keeping  with  autumnal  resplendency,  and  will  har¬ 
monise  with  a  background  of  reddish-coppery  shrubs  and  trees. 
This  is  not  carrying  a  colour  scheme  too  far ;  by  no  means,  for  our 
shortcomings  as  planters  are  that  our  plans  and  arrangements 
are  too  trivial.  They  lack  amplitude  and  detaileel  connection. 
Along  with  it,  one  cannot  forget  another  newcomer,  but 
which  has  already  “  taken  hold,”  and  that  is  Soleil  d’Or,  whose 
habit  of  growth  in  the  nursery  rows  may  be  mistaken  for  the 
Manetti  Rose.  This  fact  will  confirm  the  reader  of  its  vigour 
and  handsome  wood-and-foliage  growth;  while  all  who  saw  the 
grand  golden  masses  (I  should  .say,  golden-orange  crimson)  of  cut 
flowers  presented  by  some  of  the  competitors  in  decorative  classes 
at  the  Temple  Ro.se  Show  this  year,  will  be  at  one  as  to  its 
gcrgeousness.  The  latter 'is  just 'tire  right  word  to  use,  for  the 
blo.sso'in.s  glow  in  their  intensit.v  and  fulne.ss  of  colour.  It  is,  as 
most  are  aware,  a  hj'brid  of  the  Austrian  Briar. 
Passing  on  one  hand  a  great  rampant  mass  of  the  new  Wal¬ 
tham  Rambler,  it  was  at  once  apparent  that  this,  at  least,  was  no 
con.sumptive,  and  what  a  splendid  plant  it  is,  with  its  huge 
panicles  of  rich  pink  single  flowers  having  a  pure  white  centre! 
These,  of  course,  were  not  to  be  seen  in  the  third  week  of  Sep¬ 
tember,  but  all  through  the  summer  its  jdeld  is  cei’tainly  heavy. 
Near  by,  on  the  left,  we  have  a  hedge,  a  round-backed  hedge  of 
the  new  Golden  Queen,  a.  lovely  flower,  after  the  Reve  d’Qr  type, 
but;  like  that  beautiful  Rose,  seemingly  rather  shy  in  flowering. 
The  growth  will  cause  no  anxiety,  at  least  not  on  tho  point  of 
delicacj',  and  the  plentitude  of  dark  crimson  shoots  and  foliage 
is  alone  very  handsome  at  this  season.  It  may  be  remembered 
that  we  figured  this  Rose  in  JulJ^  1901.  Marechal  Niel  out  of 
doors  is  very  strong  and  healthy  at  Waltham.  And  a  third  good 
yellow  climber  is  found  in  Billiard  et  Barre,  a  robu.st  Tea,  with 
effective  golden-yellow  flowers,  decidedly  one  of  the  best. 
It  is  well  known  that  Mr.  Arthur  W.  Paul  takes  every  oppor¬ 
tunity  to  vaunt  the  decorative  merits  of  the  species  of  Rosa^ — 
rubrifolia,  lucida,  rugosa,  virginianaa,  Harrisoni,  and  others, 
and  the  most  ornamental  of  them  could  be  noted  side  by  .side  in 
the  nur.sery  brakes.  It  is  incomprehensible  why  such  a  com¬ 
paratively  limited  suppl,y  of  these  fine  subjects  find  their  waj'  to 
the  gardens  of  English  estates.  The  double  pink  flowered  Mer¬ 
cedes,  a  rugosa  hj’brid,  and  Conrad  Meyer,  can  each  be  used  to 
grand  effect. 
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Sir  Williain  Jackson  Hooker. 
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“  In  1808  m.y  father  undertook  a  much  longer  journey  in  Scot¬ 
land,  accompanied  by  his  friend  Mr.  Borrer.  On  this  occasion 
he  rea.scended  Den  Lawers,  Ben  Lomond,  Ben  Cruachan,  and  Ben 
Nevis,  and  for  the  first  time  Schichallion,  Beir  Hope,  and  Ben 
Loyal.  After  visiting  Mr.  Brodie  of  Brodie,  they  went  to  Caith¬ 
ness  and  the  Orkney.s,  returning  to  Sutherland.  In  a  letter  to 
Mr.  Turner  he  thus  describes  their  reception  in  Sutherland ; 
‘We  did  not  leave  North  Sutherland  with  the  good  wishes  of  tho 
inhabitants,  at  least  the  lower,  clas.ses- of  .them,  most  of  whom 
took  us  for  French  spies;  or,  what  is  wors^du  their  e.stimation, 
sheep  fanners.  Daniel  Forbes,  who  so  often-acted  as  our  guide, 
was  advised  by  some  to  conduct  us  bj^  the  worst  wa,y  possible-} 
by  others  he  was  told  that  he  might  be  better  emplo.yed.  Our 
lad  heard  some  sa^’ing  that  we  ought  to  be  flogged  and  sent  out 
of  the  countr.v.  Thej’  have  not  the  lea.st  idea  of  persoiii^i  travelling 
for  mere  curiosity,  and  could  not  be  persuaded  that  we  were 
not  come  to  do  them  some  ill.  .  .  .’ 
“  The  journey  through  the  north  of  Scotland  was  performed 
mainly  on  horses  or  ponies,  and  the  difficulties  met  with  were 
such  as  can  now  be  experienced  only  in  the  out-of-the-way  parts 
of  the  globe.  ...  In  1809  Sir  Joseph  Banks,  hearing  of  au 
opportunity  for  a  naturali.st  visiting  Iceland,  where  he  himself 
had  been  in  1772,  .suggested  my  father’s  taking  advantage  of  it. 
This  he  did,  and  all  the  more  cagerl.v  from  having  as  a  bo.v  read 
A"an  Troil’s  ‘  Letters  on  Iceland,’  with  a  longing  to  visit  the'  hot 
springs  and  volcanoes  therein  described.  The  opportunitj^  was 
the  despatch  of  a  vessel,  the  ‘Margaret  and  Anne,’  with  a  letter 
of  marque,  chartered  bj'  a  London  firm,  Messrs.  Phelps  &  Co.,  for 
the  purpose  of  obtaining  a  cargo  of  tallow.  The  venture  was  a 
risky  one,  for  Denmark,  to  which  country  Iceland  belonged,  was 
at  war  with  England ;  and  the  firm  were  enticed  to  undertake  it 
by  a  Danish  prisoner  of  war,  Jorgen  Joi’gonsen  by  name,  who 
was  now  for  the  second  time  about  to  break  his  parole  and  accom¬ 
pany  the  ship  in  the  interest  of  the  firm. 
“  The  ‘  Margaret  and  Anne’  sailed  oir  June  2,  and  on  arriving 
June  21  at  Reikevik,  Jorgensen,  finding  that  commerca  with 
England  was  prohibited,  effected  a  revolution  in  the  island,  pro¬ 
claimed  its  independence  of  the  Danish  crown,  and  himself  its 
‘Protector,’  imprisoned  the  Governor,  Count  Tramp,  erected  a 
fort  armed  with  six  guns,  equipped  troops,  remodelled  the  laws, 
established  repre.sentative  government  and  trial  by  jury,  reduced 
the  taxes,  aird  raised  the  salaries  of  the  clerg,y;  all  without 
shedding  a  drop  of  blood  or  an  attempt  at  resistance  on  the  part 
of  the  people!”  tVe  here  omit  an  ,  account  of  Sir  Yvilliam’s 
reception,  and  with  regret,  the  relation  of  exciting  events  con¬ 
nected  with  his  return.  His  .ship,  the  “  Margai*et  and  Airne,” 
was  set  on  fire  b.v  Danish  prisoners  of  war  who-  were  on  board. 
“  Cnfortunatel.v,  the  fire  broke  out  on  a  part  of  the  ship  where 
his  collections  were  stored,  and  he  lost  everything  but  a  few  weeks 
of  his  journal,  the  clothes  he  stood  in,  and  an  Icelandic  lady’s 
wedding  dre.ss  which  the  ship’s  stewaitl  flung  into  the  boat  as 
she  shoved  off  from  the  burning  wreck. 
“  Soon  after  his  return,  and  yielding  to  the  wishes  of  hi,s 
friends,  he  commenced  writing  his  ‘  Journal  of  a  Tour  in  Iceland.’ 
On  hearing  of  this  Sir  Joseph  Banks  most  liberallj'  offered  him 
the  use  of  his  OAvn  manuscript  journal  and  various  other  papers 
relating  to  the  island,  together  with  the  magnificent  drawings  of 
the  scenerj’,  dresses  of  the  inhabitants,  &c.,  which  were  made  by 
the  artist  who  accompanied  him  in  his  voj^age  in  1772.  With 
these  materials,  his  own  journal  of  four  weeks  out  of  twelve  which 
he  passed  in  the  island,  aird  a  retentive  memory  refreshed  by  a 
reference  to  all  available  works  and  all  documents  relating  to  the 
revolution,  he  compiled  and  printed,  for  pricafe  (Ji.sfrihufinnnnJy, 
in  1811,  an  octavo  volume  of  upwards  of  400  pages  and  four  plates. 
Sir  Joseph  Blanks  was  so  pleased  with  it  that  ho  induced  m.v 
father  to  reproduce  it  for  publication.  The  second  edition  with 
additions  in  two  volumes,  with  two  maps  and  four  plates, 
dedicated  to  Sir  Joseph,  appeared  in  1813,  and  is  to  this  day  a 
standard  work. 
“  The  3^ears  immediately  following  m^^  father’s  return  from 
Iceland  (1809-12)  were  the  most  embarrassing  of  his  life.  Hi.s 
unquenchable  longing  to  travel  in  the  tropics  was  kept  alive  b^’ 
Bank.s’s  earnest  endeavours  to  find  him  a  fitting  qpportunitj’.  On 
the  ether  hand,  his  botanical  friends  were  unaniinous  in  urging 
him  to  remain  at  home,  publish  his  Icelandic  and  Scotti,sh 
journals,  continue  his  aicl  to  Mr.  Turner  on  the  ‘  Historia 
Fucorum,’  and  above  all  proceed  with  his  ‘  Brittsh  Junger- 
mannia,’  his  drawings  and  analyses  of  which  were  of  unrivalle-rl 
beauty,  and  his  contemplated  ‘  Muscologia  Britannica.’  ” 
We  next  read  that  Sir  William  became  partner  with  Mr.  Paget 
(father  of  the  late  Sir  James  Paget)  and  Mr.  Turner  in  a  brewery 
at  Halesworth,  but,  omitting  some  detail,  may  pass  on  to  say 
that  this  did  not  check  either  his  botanical  ardour  or  desire  tn 
visit  the  tropics.  “  In  1810  he  sold  his  landed  joroperty  and 
determined  to  accept  an  invitation  which  Sir  Joseph  had  procured 
for  him,  of  accompanA’ing  Sir  Robert  BroAAiirigg,  G.C.B.,  tho 
newlj'  appointed  Governor  of  Ceylon,  to  that  island.  .  . 
his  bitter  disappointment  this  opportunity  had  to  be  put  aside, 
for  disturbances,  followed  by  a  rebellion,  liad  broken  out  in 
Ceylon  that  would  have  rendered  travelling  in  the  island  impos¬ 
sible  ”  Disappointment  still  followed,  a  contemplated  visit  to 
Jar-a  having  had  to  be  put  aside.  “  My  father  was  hence  com¬ 
pelled  to  confine  his  ivanderings  to  nearer  home,  adding  gardening 
to  his  pursuits,  and  this  with  some  success,  for  he  was  the  first 
to  flower  Cattleya  labiata  in  his  little  stove  in.  1818,  and  he  a. so 
flowered  Musa  ccccinea,  and  other  tropica!  plants. 
(To  be  continued.) 
