518 THE GARDENER. [Nov. 



large and finely-coloured flowers of unusual dimensions. Pleroma 

 macrantha florabunda, now being distributed by Messrs E. G. Hender- 

 son & Son, has been exhibited by them, bearing large-cupped violet- 

 coloured flowers, of great size, and freely produced. 



Several new Dahlias have been exhibited and received certificates, 

 but these shall be noticed in our next number. A first-class certificate 

 was awarded to Messrs J. & C. Lee for gold and bronze (bicolor) 

 Pelargonium Mrs John Lee, the leaves finely coloured and marked, 

 and the habit good in every respect ; also to Messrs E. G. Henderson 

 & Son for variegated zonal (tricolor) Pelargonium Miss Goring, a 

 golden-edged variety, finely coloured, and of vigorous growth ; to Mr 

 Douglas, Loxford Hall Gardens, for Gladiolus John Standish, a beau- 

 tiful flesh-coloured variety, suffused with pale crimson, and pencilled 

 with purple ; to Mr Parker, Victoria Nursery, Rugby, for ivy-leaved 

 Pelargonium Golden Queen, the leaves edged with, and some wholly, 

 yellow — habit vigorous : and a second-class certificate was awarded to 

 Messrs Backhouse & Son, York, for Aster longifolius, with bright rosy 

 lilac flowers, having a conspicuous yellow eye, and forming a compact 

 bushy growth, about 2 feet in height. R. D. 



INDOOR GARDENING. 



Just now, when the shadows of the on-coming autumn and winter 

 are thrown across the closing days of the rapidly-retreating summer, 

 and indications multiply that 



' ' The summer is past, 

 And the winds have a rumour that prophesies death" 



to much that is now blooming and gay in the garden — just now is 

 the time to consider how much of the floral beauty can in any way be 

 preserved through the dark months to those who would gladly trans- 

 fer to the interior of the house what cannot much longer be pre- 

 served to them without. To such as possess a greenhouse, this is a 

 matter of small moment ; to those without these important additions 

 to the garden, the question becomes one of greater significance. To 

 such ones indoor gardening comes as a pleasant and profitable pastime ; 

 and there are many ways, some of them simple enough, which can be 

 utilised as a means of continuing on something like a vibration of the 

 pleasurable emotion afforded by the summer garden when at its zenith. 

 One favourite and much-employed feature of indoor gardening is the 

 cultivation of Hyacinths in glasses. This is now so well understood 

 that no especial mention is necessary. It is time the Hyacinths were in 



