SEPTEMBER 14, 1899. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



391 



Clematis of Hybrid Coccinea Type. 



Messrs. Jackman & Son, Surrey, Eng- 

 land, of the hybrid clematis, "Jack- 

 manii." This variety was the result 

 of a cross between the European vine 

 bower (C. viticella) and the Chinese 

 C. lanuginosa. On account of its free 

 blooming qualities and rugged consti- 

 tution it has become a staple article 

 in the florist trade, and marked a new 

 era in vine decoration. Since then 

 they and others have crossed and re- 

 crossed species and varieties until 

 what is termed the large flowered sec- 

 tion now contains many beautiful va- 

 rieties. 



Within a few years Messrs. Jackman 

 & Son have again distinguished them- 

 selves and produced an entirely new 

 race by crossing our Texas species C. 

 coccinea and some of the large flow- 

 ered varieties. 



Botanists consider C. coccinea a va- 

 riety of our North American "leather 

 flower" (C. viorna). As is well known, 

 the scarlet flowers of C. coccinea may 

 be said not to open. The four sepaiS 

 are very fleshy and thick, about an 

 inch and a half long, campanulate at 

 the base and reflexed at the tips. As 

 will be seen this shape of flower is en- 

 tirely different from that of any of the 

 large flowered type. 



No member of the family seems 

 more hardy, more free and lasting in 

 bloom or more easily handled than C. 

 coccinea, and it was a wise move in 

 selecting it as one of the parents of a 

 new race. As a cross to it one of the 

 Jackmanii type (C. Star of India) was 

 chosen. 



The Jackmanii type is defined in 



Messrs. Jackman & Son's catalogue 

 as: "Climbing, mostly large flowered, 

 summer and autumn bloomers, flow- 

 ering successively in profuse, continu- 

 ous masses on summer shoots." That 

 definition would also apply to C. coc- 

 cinea as in the habit and time of flow- 

 ering both are alike, and their pro- 

 geny possesses the same good traits, 

 essential ones where our winters are 

 too severe to enable us to save the 

 old wood, which, in the case of the 

 Montana and patens type bear the 

 flowering shoots. 



These new hybrids have been ex- 

 hibited in England and justly received 

 first class certificates and awards of 

 merit. The flowers of all may be said 

 to be campanulate or open bell-shape 

 and all possess a band of color down 

 the center of each petal, so often no- 

 ticed in those of the large flowered va- 

 rieties. There are four to six petals 

 to each bloom. 



So far there are but four varieties 

 on the market, all well marked, be- 

 tween which it is hard to choose. I 

 have grown them all and am more 

 than pleased with them. Countess of 

 Onslow is a bright violet-purple with 

 a band of scarlet down the center of 

 each petal. Duchess of Albany, a 

 bright pink, deeper down the center. 

 Duchess of York, a pale blush pink, 

 campanulate in form. Grace Darling 

 is a bright rosy carmine, and some- 

 what star shaped. The blooms last 

 well when cut and could be used in 

 decorative work with effect. 



W. C. EGAN. 



[The accompanying engraving, 



which we have reproduced from the 

 Gardeners' Magazine, shows a pot 

 plant of Duchess of York that was 

 shown by Messrs. Jackman & Son at 

 an exhibition last June. — Ed.] 



CONN. HORT. SOCIETY. 



The September exhibition of the 

 Connecticut Horticultural Society held 

 in South Manchester, Conn., was one 

 of the most, if not the most, success- 

 ful ever held by the society. Dahlias 

 were the chief feature, there being 

 considerably over 3,000 blooms in the 

 hall. Several of the prominent deal- 

 ers sent their finest blooms, which for 

 great variety of form and color and 

 their beauty were a revelation to 

 many, who had their opinion of the 

 dahlia drawn from the old, homely 

 varieties of show type grown in the 

 old gardens. Amateurs were well rep- 

 resented, too. 



Invitations were sent out, prior to 

 the exhibition, to dealers in dahlias 

 and gladioli to exhibit their flowers, 

 and a special list of classes was added 

 to make a greater variety of exhibits. 

 The success of this scheme will prob- 

 ably lead the society to adopt the 

 same method for the chrysanthemum 

 and carnation exhibition, which will 

 be held in Hartford November 7, 8, 9 

 and 10. Schedules may be had of Sec- 

 retary C. H. Boykett, Hartford. 



There was a highly interesting talk 

 on the dahlia by Rev. W. T. Hutchins, 

 of Indian Orchard, Mass., and an ad- 

 dress by Rev. Magee Pratt, of Hart- 

 ford, on the joys of floriculture, which 

 were listened to with the closest at- 

 tention. 



The prize for greenhouse and stove 

 plants went to T. J. McRonald, Hart- 

 ford, for a very fine collection. The 

 ferns were "all right" and Mark 

 Wakeman, gardener for F. B. Cooley, 

 Hartford, received the first prize. H. 

 J. Koehler had a fine collection of wild 

 flowers and their fruits, comprising 

 most of the species in this locality. 

 W. G. Henderson, gardener for H. C. 

 Judd, Hartford, received many first 

 prizes for vegetables. W. B. May, 

 Hobt. Patchet, Edward McDermid and 

 Jos. Albiston received several prizes 

 each in fruit and vegetable classes. 



H. P. Burt, Taunton, Mass., had a 

 splendid general display of dahlias 

 covering over 240 square feet, staged 

 in sawdust, which was generally ad- 

 mired. Mr. Burt was awarded the gold 

 medal. Lothrop & Higgins, of East 

 Bridgewater, Mass., were a close sec- 

 ond, and were awarded a diploma. 

 Their display was staged in vases and 

 contained a greater proportion of the 

 cactus class, consequently were ap- 

 proved by everyone. Mrs. Higgins, 

 who was with the exhibit, took many 

 orders for the tubers for next spring, 

 a very substantial evidence of the ex- 

 cellence of their blooms. The honors 

 in the other dahlia classes were about 

 evenly divided between H. F. Burt and 

 Lothrop & Higgins, the latter being 

 awarded first prize for the collection 



