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THE GARDENERS' MONTHLY 



[July. 



ous plants in cultivation, of which Libonia, Ruellia, 

 Justicia, and Eranthemum, are familiar types. As 

 in the case of so many good things, the pubhc are 

 indebted to Mr. Wm. Bull, for its introduction. 



Rose William Allan Richardson. — We have 

 already recorded the introduction of this rose in 

 Europe, named in honor of Mr. W. Allan Richard- 

 son, the well-known horticulturist of Louisville, 

 Kentucky. Mr. Schultheis tells the London Jour- 

 nal of Horticulture, that it was first distributed in 

 1878, by Madame Ducher at Lyons. The growth 

 is very vigorous, with long branches, much re- 

 sembling the variety Reve d'Or, with a dark glossy 

 foliage. It bears at the tips of its branches trusses 

 of lovely flowers of moderate size, and of a deep 

 clear orange yellow outside. Under glass the 

 color changes to reddish orange. He does not 

 know any rose of that peculiar color. 



SCRAPS AND QUERIES. 



Yellow Winter Blooming Carnation. — 

 The following card comes from a correspondent 

 at Lancaster, Ohio. " I send you per mail this 

 day two blooms of a yellow carnation which 

 originated with me from seed brought over from 

 Germany two years ago. The plant is strong and 

 vigorous in appearance. Believing that this color 

 is something new in carnations I concluded to 

 send you a couple and ask your opinion of them 

 in the Gardeners' Monthly." 



[The flowers are of a clear straw color. We 

 have had yellow carnations before, but none that 

 ■seem as clear and distinct as this. As there is a 

 growing taste for this class of carnations, we are 

 ■disposed to look on this as a valuable improve- 

 ment.— Ed. G. M.] 



EuONYMUS japonicus. — This is the name of the 

 plant referred to in the following from Jonathan 

 Primrose : " I would like to inquire through the 

 columns of the Monthly the name of an ever- 

 green shrub of which I send you a small branch 

 by mail for examination. It is about four feet high 

 and in habit resembling the camellia. Although 

 over thirty years of age it has never blossomed, 

 has been growing in a tub for a number of years, 

 being placed outside throughout the summer and 

 wintered in the cellar." 



Double Abutilon. — Nanz & Neuner send us 

 a double white abutilon. The stamens, have in 

 some instances, turned to petals, as in the holly- 

 hock and althcea. This firm seems to have a run 

 of luck in the matter of double flowers. Just what 



ornamental value this double abutilon will have 

 we could not decide from the specimen before us. 



Double Heliotrope. — An Altoona, Pa., cor- 

 respondent wants to know whether a double helio- 

 trope which he has will be desirable. If truly 

 double and as fragrant as the common we should 

 regard it as a very valuable variety ; indeed we 

 know of nothing likely to be more popular. 



Seedling Geraniums. — "A. C," Baltimore, 

 Md., writes: "Please give me your opinion of two 

 seedling geraniums which were raised by me from 

 seed. The pink one was raised from Master 

 Christine, and which I named Don Pedro. By so 

 doing you will oblige a reader of your Monthly." 



[These came between two sheets of pasteboard, 

 and were pressed flat, and came to hand dry. Don 

 Pedro is a deep pink, the other scarlet. We can 

 only say that they are large handsome trusses, and 

 so far as we can judge from the dry material very 

 good kinds.— Ed. G. M.] 



Heating a Small Plant Room or Green- 

 house. — "Mrs. S. K. D. M.," Buff"alo, N. Y., writes 

 the following list of queries, to which we have 

 already replied in a private letter; but insert here 

 in the hope that correspondents will also give their 

 views : 



"What will be the best method of heating a very 

 small greenhouse (5x9), which I propose adding to 

 the south side of my dining-room. It would be en- 

 tered by a double French window from the dining- 

 room, and the plant bench would extend all along 

 the east, south and west sides, just leaving space in 

 the center to stand and work. 1 propose to floor it 

 with brick, and carry a pipe from the house hot 

 air furnace (twenty feet away) under the bench 

 and back into the room. Will this radiate heat 

 enough to keep the plants in good condition? If 

 not, can some one advise me what will be the best 

 method of heating the place ? Our winters here 

 are long, cold, and devoid of sunshine. Any 

 suggestions about construction, &c., but espec- 

 ially heating, will be most welcome. I no- 

 tice your magazine suggests the Florence oil 

 stone. Do not they smell badly ? And what is 

 the best simple way of ventilation and drainage 

 for so small a space ? And will it do to have the 

 bottom filled with earth, and plant a hardy climb- 

 ing rose, or something of the sort, that would grow 

 under the brick floor ? I would not trouble you, 

 but in books I can only find directions for much 

 larger places, and it must be possible to arrange a 

 small place, well exposed as this is, and get good 

 results. Some one must know how." 



