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HORTICULTURE 



June 2, 1906 



can well understand from the appearance of the speci- 

 mens shown at Edinburgh and afterwards in London. 

 Such ,i rose as this ought to find a warm welcome from 

 all who find beauty in stem and leaf as well as in flower. 



NEW AXD NOTEWORTHY PLANTS. 



i actus Dahlia, The Pilot. This beautiful new dah- 

 lia which was represented in the colored plate recently 

 published as a supplement to Horticulture is a flower 

 of distinct and striking- coloring, as the colored plate 

 showed well. It was raised and exhibited by Hobbies, 

 Ltd. In September last this firm exhibited it at the 

 annual show of the National Dahlia Society. It was 

 then much admired and received a first-class certificate 

 from the society. The cactus dahlia, of which there are 

 now very many lovely varieties, has to a large extent 

 replaced the old show r dahlias so far as garden decora- 

 tion is concerned. They flower more freely and the 

 flowers are better exposed to view than the heavy blooms 

 of the show and fancy sorts. Even among the many 

 beautiful sorts of cactus dahlias which have been sent 

 out during the last few years "The Pilot" -lands out 

 as one of the most handsome. A group of this variety 

 in the border would make a grand display in the late 

 summer. 



A NEW DOUBLE-FLOWERED LOBELIA. 



The lovely double-flowered blue lobelia which was 

 shown in the colored supplement given with Horticul- 

 ture for May 5 is a valuable plant. Many varieties of 

 the lobelia have from time to time been sent out as be- 

 ing improvements upon those already in commerce. 

 Some are recommended for their rich or distinct color- 

 ing and some for their improved habit of growth. The 

 lobelia illustrated in the colored plate is a variety of 

 lobelia speciosa and the beautiful sky-blue double flow- 

 ers are produced very freely. Nothing ran excel their 

 delightful color and form. In the colored plate it is 

 shown growing in a pot, and for this method of culture 

 it is particularly well suited on account of the semi- 

 pendent habit of growth. Tin- characterise enables 

 it in a short time completely to cover the pot ami pro- 

 duce a charming effect. It makes an excellent bedding 

 plant as the double flowers are very lasting; in fact, it 

 seems to bloom freely throughout summer and early 

 autumn. On account of its semi-trailing habit of 

 growth it may be grown in baskets. 



A NEW CLIMBING ROSE. 



At a meeting and exhibition held by the Royal Hor- 

 ticultural Society on the 15th inst.. a very beautiful 

 new climbing rose was shown by William Paul & Son. 

 It is called Kathleen and is of the multifiora type to 

 which many of our best rambling and climbing roses 

 belong. This rose grow, strongly and bears bunches of 

 fairlv large apple-blossom-like flowers which are a rich, 

 soft rose in color witli a lighter centre. William Paul 

 & Son showed several plants of this rosi — some 6 or 7 

 feet high — grown in pillar form and hearing bunches of 

 their richly colored flowers from top to bottom. This 

 rose has one very important characteristic which ren- 

 ders it valuable among single flowered climbing roses: 



namely, the flowers last well. They do not fall quickly, 

 as many single-flowered roses are apt to do. The plants 

 exhibited by William Paul had been in bloom for three 

 weeks already and the flower bunches still gave no sign 

 id' falling. Even by shaking the plants not a petal was 

 made to fall. 



RHODODENDRON PINK PEARL. 



This is undoubtedly the finest of the pink-flowered 

 rhododendrons hardy in this country. It is unap- 

 proached for size and beautiful coloring of the individ- 

 ual bloom and also for the size of the flower truss, 

 which is magnificent. Yesterday at the exhibition of 

 the Royal Horticultural Society Messrs. John Waterer 

 & Sen-. Ltd., Bagshot, set up a splendid group of Pink 

 Pearl rhododendron. The plants were a feature of the 

 show. This variety, which hitherto has been offered at 

 rather a high price, is to be offered in the autumn at 

 reduced prices. A new variety called White Pearl was 

 also exhibited by Messrs. Waterer. This is virtually a 

 white flowered form of Pink Pearl and a beautiful plant 

 it is. It does not make such a lovely display as Pink 

 Pearl, being a white variety, but it is nevertheless re- 

 markable for the size of the individual bloom and the 

 flower truss. Messrs. Waterer obtained an award of 

 merit for a new variety called Mrs. I-]. C. Stirling. This 

 rhododendron, which is quite hardy, is one of great 

 promise; it has a ver} large flower truss of a lovely pale 

 pink color. 



The Columbines 



The perennial garden or border seems incomplete 

 unless some of the columbines are grown. They bloom 

 early in April and others flower as late as June. Not 

 only can they be depended on for bloom, but their hardi- 

 ness is unquestioned. Though largely used for border 

 and formal garden planting, they can hardly be omitted 

 in a rockery. In such a situation they thrive and give 

 plenty of bloom. 



Our native variety canadensis loves a partly shaded 

 location. The beautiful blue and violet flowers of the 

 species vulgaris makes it much prized. Quite distinct 

 from these two types is chrysantha, which bears a yel- 

 low flower. The true Rocky Mountain species, ceerulea, 

 has beautiful light blue sepals and white petals. 



One of the very finest late introductions is the dwarf 

 Japanese flabellata nana alba. It grows about one foot 

 high and hear- beautiful white flowers in profusion in 

 April. The foliage is quite distinct from all the others, 

 being glaucous-green in color and more fleshy. It is 

 excellent for edging, as the foliage looks well the entire 

 season. 



