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HORTICULTURE, 



February 23, 1907 



British Horticulture 



NEW INTIIODUCTIONS OF 1907. 



From inquiries made among the leading firms I have 

 been able to obtain some details of the novelties which 

 will .be disseminated this year. First, dealing with the 

 carnation, Mr. A. F. Button, one of the leading carna- 

 tion specialists, informs me that his chief novelty is 

 his Improved White Lawson. He claims that this va- 

 riety is quite distinct from the American sports; it has 

 an improved Lawson habit, with a longer stem and 

 greater perfume ; the blooms are of large size and very 

 free. This won the premier prize for 36 best whites at 

 the show of the Winter Carnation Society in December 

 last. This new-comer is to be sent out in March. Mr. 

 Button has also White Perfection, a show variety of 

 full size, the flowers being of perfect form. For scar- 

 lets, he pins his faith to Britannia, Eobert Craig, and 

 Victory. The best pink is undoubtedly Mrs. H. Bur- 

 nett. This has been raised by H. Burnett, a Guernsey 

 grower. The petals are broad, of good shape, whilst 

 the calyx is excellent. The plant is an easy grower, 

 and seems well suited for market work. The stems are 

 strong and adapted for decoration. This has been cer- 

 tificated by the Winter Flowering Carnation Society, 

 besides receiving an award of merit from the Royal 

 Horticultural Society. Mr. Burnett has a fine, deep 

 heliotrope carnation in Mikado, which is a seedling 

 from Mrs. T. W. Lawson. Ceres is a new fancy, being 

 of a primrose-yellow tint, flaked and splashed with pale 

 salmon. Aurora has blooms of a pale yellow inclined 

 to buff, flaked -n-ith bright pink. Cassandra, another 

 seedling from Mrs. Lawson, is of a bright rose pink 

 hue. Eosalind, a white ground fancy, marked with 

 bright pink, and Miranda, white, mottled with pink. 



BEGONIAS AND DAHLIAS. 



Messrs. Blackmore and Langdon have a batch of new 

 double begonias. These comprise Lady Irene Burgess, 

 a pure white with frilled petals ; Lady Muriel Coventry, 

 blush-white, with large, smooth, wavy petals; TMrs. J. 

 Booth, salmon blush, with blooms of a rose-like forma- 

 tion; Mrs. Cathcart, rose colored; Mrs. Sidney Hum- 

 phries, a novel color, having a yellowish ground with a 

 picotee margin of rose; Mme. A. Patti, soft orange 

 salmon. The frilled single begonias sent out by the 

 same firm will find favor with those growers who con- 

 sider the smooth-edged varieties too stifE and formal. 

 These are in many shades of color, the soft tints of 

 blush pink and salmon being especially attractive. 

 Peony-flowered dahlias are being made a specialty by 

 Messrs. Hobbies. These have gained many honors at 

 the leading shows. The newest addition is Nicholas 

 II., of a pure white with bold blooms of a good style 



and form. Messrs. Jas. Stredwick & Son have some 

 useful new cactus varieties in their collection. Flag of 

 Truce is a great advance on any of the whites previ- 

 ously produced by the firm. The best of the lot is un- 

 doubtedly Ecv. Arthur Hall, which gained the silver 

 medal ofllered for the best bunch in the professional class 

 at the National Dahlia Society's show last year. The 

 large sized blooms are composed of a number of long, 

 narrow florets which gracefully intermingle. The color 

 is ruby crimson relieved at the points of the petals by 

 a lighter tinge of the reverse coloring. Messrs. Stred- 

 wick consider this their floral masterpiece. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



In the flowering shrubs section, Messrs. J. Waterer 

 & Sons of the American Nursery, Bagshot, Surrey, are 

 to the fore with their famous rhododendrons. They 

 have received awards from the Royal Horticultural So- 

 ciety for Gomer Waterer, a delightful blush bloom; 

 Marchioness of Tweeddale, rose, yellow blotch; and 

 Viscount Powerscourt, rosy crimson, black blotch. 

 Among new ferns a prominent place must be given to 

 the remarkable development of Nephrolepis exaltata. 

 The various improvements made both in England and 

 America have culminated in N. todeaoides, whose grace- 

 ful plumy form has been much admired at the Covent 

 Garden flower market. This has been exhibited by 

 Messrs. T. Rochford & Sons, and it has received an 

 award from the Royal Horticultural Society. Two 

 other new forms are N. ex. elegantissima, shown by W. 

 J. Godfrey, and N. ex. superba, included in the collec- 

 tion of H. B. May. Another exhibit which was certifi- 

 cated was Davallia canariensis elegans, from the nurse- 

 ries of Messrs J. Hill & Son. Messrs Jaekman & Sons 

 have a new clematis, Lady Northcliffe, which is of a 

 rich purple-blue tint, and has been successfully ex- 

 hibited. In the novelties oifered by Messrs. Sutton & 

 Sons is Ivory-white wallflower. The firm have been 

 actively engaged in selecting and improving the variety 

 during the past ten years, and it is likely to prove a 

 very acceptable addition to the garden. Chrysanthe- 

 mums and sweet peas have already been dealt with from 

 the British standpoint in these pages, snd roses are re- 

 served for another letter. 



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