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Tricuspidaria lanceolata. 



This fine shrub has borne several nanxes, and in 

 gardens is still often called Crinodendron Hookeri. 

 Nicholson, in his " Dictionary of Gardening," 

 called it Tricuspidaria liexapetala. but in the 

 sup])leraent we read " Tricuspidaria dependens 

 is the correct name of T. hexa])etala." Later 

 on a new white-fiowered shrub was found, and 

 investigation ])roved the newcomer to be properly 

 entitled to the name of Tricus])idaria dependens. 



T, lanceolata was first collected in Chili in 1782, 

 but it was not until 1881 that it was brought into 

 cultivation. For sonie time it was very rare and 

 grown as a greenhouse i)lant ; now there are naany 

 fine plants growing in the o])en in South England, 

 Ireland andthe 

 West of Scot- 

 land. Pro- 

 bably the finest 

 specimen in 

 cultivation is 

 to be found in 

 Co. Wicklow, 

 at Kilmacur- 

 ragh, where it 

 has reached a 

 height of 20 

 feet and about 

 12feetthrough; 

 in Chili it is 

 said to attain 

 the height of 

 30 feet. For 

 the milder 

 parts of Ire- 

 1 a n d it is a 

 really beauti- 

 f u 1 shrub; 

 in the less 

 favoured 

 gardens it may 

 be grown 

 against a wall, 

 or a protected 

 corner should 

 be chosen. If 

 the soil is light 

 Of dry, some peat and leaves should be added. 



This beautiful shrub is an evergreen, with 

 narrow leaves about 3 inches long ; the flowers 

 are blood-red and urn-sha])ed, about IJ inches 

 long, and hang fi'om long stalks, wondei'fully 

 distinct and unlike any otlier shrub. The 

 blossoms last for a considerable time on accovmt 

 of their thick texture. A singular feature is the 

 time the flower-buds take to develop ; by the 

 end of Septeniber they are as large as i)eas, but 

 it is not until the following May or .June that they 

 oi)en. When only 2 or 3 feet high thisshrul) blooms 

 fairly well, but with age it produces the flowers .so 

 freely that at a distance it looks a crimson red. 



The newer Tricus]>idaria de)icnd('ns was at (irst 

 very shy floweri)ig, t)ul willi age the i)lants are 

 flowering more freely. The leaves are oval, about 

 1^ inches long, and the flowei's are droojdng, white 

 and bell-sha])ed, prettily fringed at the open mouth. 



Both shrubs may be increased by layering or 

 by cuttings taken from half-rii)ened growths 

 inserted in pots or frames in a compost of sifted 

 sandy peat and loam. 



Photo by\ 



Tricuspidaria lanceolata. 



The Editor^s Table. 



From Mr. T. Smith, Daisy Hill, Newry, we have 

 received the following : — 



Heltanthus sparsifolius. — We have often 

 seen this useful autumn-flowering composite 

 before, but never such s))lendid specimens as those 

 sent by our correspondent. Each flower was 

 fully six inches across, with long petals of a 

 verv briglit yellow. It grows 7 feet high, and, 

 flowering after Miss Mellish and Miss Willmott, 

 is a i)articularly valuable plant for the herbaceous 

 border. 



Escallonia montevidensis. — In all but the 

 most favoured localities this beautiful late flower- 

 ing shrub requires the shelter of a wall to jtro- 



tect its flowers 

 from injury by 

 early frosts. 

 Tlie clear wdiite 

 flowers, over 

 half an inch 

 a c r o ss , are 

 borne in great 

 l)rofusion i n 

 many flowered 

 ])anicles at the 

 ends of the 

 current year's 

 g r o w t h . A 

 shrub far too 

 seldom seen, 

 though there 

 mu.st in many 

 gardens be a 

 wanu shelter 

 corner where 

 it would 

 thrive. 



C R o c o s M I A 

 impekialis. — 

 In Mr. Smith's 

 o])ini<)n this 

 is far better 

 than any of 

 the new varie- 

 ties of Mon- 

 bretia which 

 have yet been raised. The wide o])eu flowers 

 are of a pleasing shade of orange-red, being 

 quite two and a laalf inches in diameter. 



Crat^gus I.aneyi. — Mr. Smith sa>s : "This 

 is one of the best of the many new North 

 American species of Crataegus introduced l)y 

 Professor Sargent.'" The dark orange-red fruits 

 are highly ornamental and are carried in nearly 

 erect clusters. Tiiis Crataegus forms a shrubby 

 tree from 8 to 10 feet inheiglit. with a short trunk, 

 and slender branches fonuing an ojjeu hamlsoiue 

 head. The while (•ui)-shai)ed flowers, about an 

 inch across, are carried in many flowered corymbs; 

 they ol)en early in .lune.and the fi-uits ripen early 

 in October. It is found by the banks of the 

 Genesee liiver, and is named in honour of Calvin 

 ('ookc Laney, su])erintendent of the ]>arks of the 

 city of Kochester, New York. 



Pykus (Malus) EDiTLis. — This is a wonderfiiUy 

 free fruiting crab, witli fruits three-quarters of an 

 inch in diameter of a rich golden colour suffused 

 with red as they ago. 



WullMt 



