HORTICULTURE 



Echoes from England 



NEW PLANTS AT THE TEMPLE SHOW 



The finest of all our horticultural exhibitions is 

 the Temple Flower Show wliich was held last week 

 in London, lasting for three days, May 30, 31, and 

 June I. The groups of shrubs, hardy plants, roses, 

 indoor flowers and orchids were, as usual, magnifi- 

 cent, and the tents were thronged with visitors. I 

 will just mention a few of the most striking plants 

 exhibited. 



The sensation of the show undoubtedly was the 

 climbing rose Lady Gay, a hybrid wichuraiana of 

 American origin. It was finely shown by Messrs. 

 William Paul & Son, Waltham Cross, one of our 

 greatest firms of rose growers. As it is an American 

 introduction, it is unnecessary for me to say much 

 about it, but the large pillar-shaped plants, their 

 slender, drooping growths wreathed with the bright 

 rose-colored blossoms, were greatly admired, and 

 Lady Gay was the talk of the town, so far as those 

 interested in gardening were concerned. The advent 

 of Lady Gay bids fair to create a slump in Dorothy 

 Perkins, for it is evidently a better thing altogether. 

 It will undoubtedly be largely planted; everybody 

 made a note of it. 



Rose David Harum. — This is another new rose 

 exhibited at the Temple Show by Messrs. Paul & 

 Son, of Cheshunt. It is a beautiful hybrid tea, of 

 a pleasing rose or rose pink. This variety attracts 

 more by its elegant form perhaps than by its color. 

 The petals reflex and pome almost to a point, thus 

 giving the flower quite a distinct appearance, after 

 the style of La France. It will probably prove a 

 good rose for market growers, for it is evidentlv a 

 good grower and blooms freely. 



Philadelphia Rambler. — Another rose, new over 

 here, was also shown, and, like the two already 

 mentioned, received an award of merit. It is after 

 the style of Crimson Rambler, but the flowers are a 

 deeper shade. If it flowers as freely as Crimson 

 Rambler, it should prove a very good thing both for 

 pot culture and for the garden. Shown bv Hobbies, 

 Ltd., Norfolk. 



A new ivy -leaved pelargonium, called The Hon. 

 Mrs. Boyle, was exhibited by Mr. Charles Turner, 

 Slough. This is a very welcome addition, as good 

 ivy -leaved pelargoniums are none too numerous. We 



use them largely here for window-boxes and they 

 brighten up many London houses during the season. 

 The new variety is a free grower, and has large, 

 double, rose pink flowers, borne freely in bunches. 

 Monsieur Rosaleur is another new ivy-leaved pelar- 

 gonium, shown by Mr. Godfrey, Exmouth. It is of 

 vigorous habit, and has flowers of deep carmine. 



A new primula that attracted much attention is 

 Primula Arendi, exhibited by Herr George Arends, 

 Ronsdorf, Germany. It is said to be a hybrid 

 between P. obconica and P. megaseaefolia, but it 

 may be described as a very fine variety of P. obcon- 

 ica in general appearance. The flowers are large, 

 freely produced, of rich lilac-pink coloring. Primula 

 obconica is one of our most valued plants for pot 

 culture in the greenhouse, and most probably P. 

 Arendi will make a good companion to it. 



A new verbena shown by Messrs. Cutbush & Sons, 

 Highgate, London, and called The King, is a good 

 deal like that invaluable pink variety. Miss Willmott, 

 which is grown in this country by the thousand, but 

 the flowers are of a richer shade of color. 



Perry's variety of Phlox canadensis, bearing a pro- 

 fusion of beautiful pale blue flowers, is a fine border 

 plant, and indispensable in the hardy flower garden. 

 It was finely shown by the raiser, Mr. Amos Perry, 

 Winchmore Hill, London. One could hardly see any 

 foliage, owing to the wealth of flowers. It is alto- 

 gether a great improvement on the type. 



A very handsome form of Azalea indica with very 

 large deep scarlet flowers was shown by Messrs. 

 Sander and Sons, St. Albans. Some of the flowers 

 were as much as five inches in diameter. 



All the above mentioned plants are new to com- 

 merce and each received an award of merit from the 

 Royal Horticultural Society at the great Temple Show. 



The highest price ever realized by a single orchid 

 plant at an auction sale, namely 875 guineas, was 

 paid for a plant of Odontoglossum crispum variety, 

 Roger Sander, sent by Messrs. Sander and Sons of 

 St. Albans, England, and Bruges, Belgium, to 

 Protliero and Morris' auction rooms in London last 

 week. 



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Fotherailla Garden! 



Syn. F. alnifolia, the subject of illustration on our 

 title-page this week, is one of our most desirable 

 native shrubs. The plant grows from three to six 

 feet in height and produces early in May, before the 

 leaves appear, numerous terminal, ovate spikes of 



beautiful white flowers. It blooms with the Red- 

 buds, at a time when there is no other really good 

 white shrub, and fully two weeks before the sjiiraeas. 

 deutzias, etc. This shrub is perfectly hardy and 

 only needs to be better known to become popular. 



