HORTICULTURi: 



December 16, 1905 



Davidia involucrata, natural order Hamamolaci-a'. a 

 shrub or small tree with largo, showy, white braolf. 



Viburnum rhytidiphyllum. a plant from which iinuli 

 is expected, of very free growth, leaves rugose, hoary 

 beneath, branchlets ferruginuous, foliage large aiid fine. 



Primula pulverulenta, pulverous stem, three feet six 

 inches high, flowers rich crimson, a most beautiful and 

 promising plant. 



Eubus flagelliformis, a beautiful climber witli purple 

 blotched leaves, resembling those of Cissus discdlor. 



Rubus bambusarum, climber, leaf with iJirec narrow 

 lobes, white beneath, vigorous grower, good foi- rock 

 work. 



Vitis megaphylla, aralia-like leaves, strong grower. 



Vitis fievuosa major, very dark green foliage, vigorous. 



Vitis Thompsonii, five-parted leaf of purple liue. 



Rubus lasiostylus, white stems, large pinnate leaves, 

 white beneath, a reintroduction. 



Cornus paucinervis. flowering July 2 2, white, useful 

 for late flowering. 



.\still)e grandis. strong anil liold. four to five feet, 

 flowers white. 



Astilbe Davidiana, pink, five feet, botli nf these are 

 very fine, good for waterside planting. 



Acer Davidii, trifoliate leaf. good. 



Chrysanthemum Topics 



Seedlings raised by Pockett, Kerslake and Bruuning — 

 -all Australian growers — are very much to the fore again 

 this season in the collections of English importers sueli 

 as Messrs. Cannell & Sons of Swanlev and Messrs. AV. 

 Wells & Co. of Mor.stham. It is evident that thr 

 Colonials are keenly alive to the necessity for energetic 

 competition with their older rivals, the French, of whom 

 Ernest Calvat still remains the chief. 



deep golden yellow. Romance, a Colonial, which with 

 the two preceding was seen at Messrs. H. Cannell & 

 Son's, a fine solid built incurved, more globular in form 

 than C. H. Curtis, but similar in color. Xivose, a Jap- 

 anese raised by Calvat. has narrow grooved florets; a 

 good sized bloom of its type; pretty shade of canary yel- 

 low. Mrs. Spender Clay^ an immense Ja]). with very 

 broad florets; color pure pale yellow, reverse silvery. 

 Chrysanthemiste Montigny is not new but is a giant in 

 size, sulphur yellow. F-mbleme Poitevine is a noble 

 incurved, close and compact, very globular in form, pure 

 golden yellow. 



At Paris amongst ih<' >eedlings. for IfOG. Madagascar 

 was Calvat's finest Jaj).. immense in size, very full and 

 double ; color a lovely shade of the richest golden yellow. 

 Farladet was another with florets curly at the tips, a 

 very full flower somewhat spreading in form, golden 

 yellow tinged with bronze. Calvat also showed Pres. 

 Gerard, another yellow tnonster, Victoria and Albert, 

 Fusee. M. Rozain-Boucharlat had a lot of seedlings 

 but the best of his was Pelican Jaune, a Jap. with 

 immense length of floret, a mass of intermingling 

 florets that are rather broad; a fine yellow. 



Tilt: iiAuyns Dt: pins 



This new raiser, who made rather a brilliant show at 

 the Paris Chrysanthemum P3xhibition for several years 

 in succession was (piitc out of the running, last show. 

 He hail the misfortune to lie taken unawares by a sharp 

 lro>t early in the .-eason and his lot of novelties for 

 1!Mm; was spoilt. However he managed to get together 

 a few for the Paris Show ami was awarileil four first- 

 class certificates. 



Among the numerous exhibits we noticed a fair per- 

 I eniiige of bis varieties repivseiiti'd ill iiiorc or less good 

 loiin. His >eeiilinL;s \Miiilil appear to lie more suitabl(> 

 foi- eiiltiii-e in Ffaiice than in England, although in the 

 latter country several have been tolerably well shown 

 of late. American specialists are, I believe, not total 

 strangers to the Marquis de Pins seedlings and it may 

 interest such to mention briefly just those which were 

 well shown at the last Paris show. They were Anne 

 :\Iarie. e'harle> Hocque. Belle ITsloise. ' Jlme Marie 

 Carrei-e. Mine, l.asies. Yojaiide de Pins. Souvenir de 

 Loniliez \'iefi;e M out 1 (niiioi se. Sobinue. Souvenir de 



SOJIE NEW YELLOW 



II i;s. 



Considerijig tliat our po])ular autumn favorite dcri\e- 

 its name from the Greek woids meaning golden flower 

 it is not surprising to fiml lliat >o many of the granile,-t 

 show blooms are of various shades of yellow. These 

 range from pale Milphnr to the most gorgeous of golden 

 yellows anil iii;iii\ of the new varieties of the past year or 

 two certainly lielonu lo that color. ' • 



Mrs. W. Knox is a Japanese with long drooping 

 florets, a flower deep in build and of fine form, color 

 pure golden yellow ; was seen in excellent condition at 

 Messrs. W. Wells & Co. Mrs. J. M. Darcy, another of 

 the same color. Mme. G. Eivol is a pure yellow spmi 

 from Mme. Paolo Kadaelli, same form of flower as the 

 jiarent. Roi d' Ttalie has very narrow pointed llorels. 

 a most compact bloom — jiure pale yellow ; doe- well lioib 

 in England and in France. British Minpire. a new 

 seedling of Norman Davis', very large .Tai>., mi'diiim 

 florets, rich golden yellow. NTew Treaty, from the same 

 source; also a granfl new yellow. Lady Talbot, a 

 Colonial, very perfect in form and deep in build, rather 

 narrow, twisted, intermingling florets, pure soft shade of 

 deep sul])liur yellow. LePeyrou, a Jap. of incurving form. 

 jcIosc and compact in Imilil ; a grand lilooni. color rich 



AMIiUK AN rllllYSAXTIlKMrMS IN Kl IIOPK 



Some of us can well rememlier the advent of the first 

 American seedlings into iMiropean eolleetioiis and the 

 impoi-tant part they oiue pla\eil on ihe sliowboards at 

 our exhibitions. Toda\. however, they are rapidly. 

 ilwimlling and owing to the strong competition of 

 Ficncli. knglish and .Vustralian seed growers they seem 

 destined sooner or later to become extinct. 



During my visits to the various shows in London and 

 Paris this autumn I have come across some of the 

 .Vmerican varieties that were freely grown in days gone 

 liy. It mav he interesting to record them, if only there 

 wef.' ihr ^li-]ite-t elianco that American growers would 

 again eiuer I lie tiiM. The following are those met with 

 ihiriiiL;' t he pa-l >ea>on. \i/. : Delaware (the Anemone). 

 Ilairv Wonder. William Truker. a iiio>l useful dwarf- 

 ,-rowing. bright pink \arietv: :\Iutual Friend. W. H. 

 I.ineoln. The Egyptian. \V. Falconer, Eda Pra.ss, Mr.s. 

 Ileiirv Robinson, G. W. Childs (once a very famous 

 erimsoii). Col. W. P.. Smith. Col. Aiiplclon, Modesto. 



