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JOUBKAL OF HOKTIUULTUEE AND COTTAGE GABDENEB. 



[ August 13, 1874. 



gpeotive sections: — With irhite tube and sepals : Guiding Star, 

 Mrs. J. Lye, Minnie Banks, Oar Futuro Queen, Baroness Bur- 

 dett Coutts, Princess Beatrice ; and for the largest bloom, 

 Arabella Improved ; and for covering space or pillars, Lastre. 

 JVhite-corollacd (single) : Delipht, Mrs. E. Bennett, Cannell's 

 Gem. White ditto (double) : Maichioness of Ajlesbury, Little 

 Alice, Avalanche. Darks (double) : Avalanche, Alpha, Marks- 

 man, King of Doubles, the old Blue Beauty; and for size. 

 Champion of the World. Darks (single) : Enoch Ardeu, Try- 

 me-Oh, Crown Prince of Prussia, Father Ignatius, Mr. E. 

 Pexton, Killiecrankie, and as a little gem. La Traviata. Of 

 Selfs : Sedan is one of the best. Of Stripes (dark) : Striata 

 Splendour, light ; Striata perfecta. raritv/rt^frf (foliage) : Sun- 

 ray and Eeg^ia. To make the list longer might be to make 

 it less useful ; those named all possess decorative merit, and 

 are inexpensive. Cannell's great gem this year, but perhaps, 

 considering its name, I had better say great mainstay, is Mrs. 

 E. Cannell. The name should be a guarantee of the excellence 

 of this Fuchsia. I have not seen it in bloom. 



Looking at the Pelargoniums one is fairly bewildered by the 

 variety. Dividing them mil sections, the following are noted 

 as the cream ; — Gold Ti icolors. — The best new ones are Mrs. 

 H. Little, J. Downie, Gem of Tricolors, and Miss Goring. 

 Older and less-expensive kinds : Peter Grieve, Prince of Wales, 

 Sir K. Napier, Mrs. Dunnett, Achievement, and Macbeth. 

 Silver Tricolors. — New ones : Dolly Varden, Mrs. Laing, and 

 Lady Dorothy Nevill. Older varieties : Lass o' Gowiie, Mrs. 

 Col. Wilkinson, Prince Silverwings. Gold Bicolors. — The 

 newer ones : Prince Arthur, W. E. Gumbleton, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Harrison Weir, are very telling. Less costly, because older 

 and more plentiful: Marshal MacMahon, Black Douglas, 

 Heine Victoria, Mrs. John Lee, and Emperor of Brazil ; 

 while Golden Harry Hieover, by its diminutive growth, will be 

 in demand for b.=dding. Of Wliile-edgid bedding kinds: 

 Princess Alexandra, May Queen, Pearl, and (creamy) Queen of 

 Queens. Ditto with white flowers : Mrs. J. C. Mappin and 

 Waltham Bride. We now stop to look at a curious striped- 

 flowered Zonal with a curious name, Killisch Von Horn; and 

 another Fancy with white-blotched petals, Mrs. Smith. 

 Amongst donblis : Jtwel, Prefet de Lyon, M. Dumortier,Emilio 

 Castelar, and Asa Grey must have honourable mention. 



We now come to the grand array of Zonals for pot-culture, 

 the most useful production of modern times, proof against 

 insects, and determined to grow and bloom freely. Of the 

 new ones: Dr. Sharp (purplish), and Eienzi, Dr. Denny's line 

 soft scarlet zonal, must march abreast at the head of the 

 column, followed by Harry King, H. Greely, Mrs. BUzard, 

 Truth, Mrs. Chandler, Darkness, Jessica, Circulator, Corsair, 

 Glitter, Purple Prince, Sir C. Napier. Heartsease, with an 

 array of otheis hard to cast aside. Of bright beddiiig Zonals: 

 Jean Sisley, Flamingo, Omega, Vesuvius, and Cannell's Dwarf 

 are amongst the best. Of various-tinted Pinks, Master 

 Christine must head the list in company of Amaranth, Mais, 

 Mrs. E. Hole, and Mrs. Upton. The best of the Whites is, 

 perhaps, White Clipper, closely followed by The Bride. But 

 there is yet another class unrivalled for bedding, and some for 

 pots. Of the former : Triomphe de Stella, Charlie Casbon, 

 Violet Hill , Vesta, and Crimson King possess great merit ; while 

 Erindley, Overall, Princess of Wales, L. Heywood, Mr. Glad- 

 stone, C. Dickens, J. George, Matilda, Col. Holden, itc, are aU 

 worthy of a place in-doors and out. 



The above list of Geraniums — a very select one from a very 

 long one — may be useful to those essaying the culture of these 

 useful plants. It is reUable, and contains colours to suit all 

 tastes, at prices to suit all pockets. Mr. Cannell grows Ver- 

 benas in great number, clean and healthy, but space prohibits 

 any elimination. 



Violas are evidently in demand, Cornuta Perfection, C. Sen- 

 sation, and the new Queen Victoria having a great run. Lobe- 

 lias are still popular as ever, and increasing in variety. Of Mr. 

 Cannell's great batch, Lustrous is the best of all the darks, 

 in colour superior to any, in habit intermediate between the 

 speciosa and pumila types, and more constant and continnous 

 in bloom than either ; Cobalt Blue is excellent ; Charming — 

 well, its name speaks truly. Succulents are in great numbers 

 and variety, Echeveria tabnheformis being much in request. 

 It is curious to note the popular taste in plants, which can 

 never be so well arrived at as in a plant manufactory. I will 

 name just one more plant, which would seem to be running 

 the stock oS its legs, easy as it is to be raised by hundreds of 

 thousands — viz., SteUaria graminea aurea. It is a soft yet 

 •slear and decided yellow edging plant of dwarf dense habit. 



It is the first real rival the Golden-Feather has met with. It 

 is going somewhere in immense numbers, and we shall hear 



of its merits as the season procresses. It is a plant of promise, 

 free, easy of increase, and effective. Need it be said that in 

 this floricultural hive all is business and activity ? Such 

 labour, enterprise, and persevering effort ought to result in a 

 grand harvest of emolument to the proprietor. — J. W. B. 



NO"rELTIES IN THE EOYAL GAEDENS, KEW. 



MusA supEF.BA js planted with good efJect on one end of the 

 rockwork. It is of importance as a fine-fohaged plant for the 

 greenhouse and the open air in summer. For these purposes 

 it has been but little used. It deserves attention from its dwarf 

 habit, and the great recommendation that it can be dried off 

 and stored under stages or in other convenient places for the 

 winter. When at rest the plants are like large bulbs, and in 

 this condition might be imported by the hundred, cutting off 

 the leaves, if any. When required to start in spring they 

 should be repotted in rich loam. A warm house is needful at 

 first, but when beginning to grow freely they may be hardened 

 off for the greenhouse, and for sheltered positions in the open 

 air when all danger of frost is over. 



Bowiea volubilis is a very interesting Cape LUiaceons bulb, 

 planted against the wall of the new range. It has been there 

 without other protection during the past winter, and is now in 

 flower. The inflorescence branches indefinitely, is twining, 

 and many feet long. The branches are green and succulent, 

 and do not all bear flowers, but apparently perform the same 

 function as the leaves. These are two in number, produced 

 before the inflorescence, and die away as it grows. Seeds are 

 freely produced ; they should be sown in sandy soil. The 

 young plants will soon appear, and should be allowed to com- 

 plete their first growth in the seed-pot. When inclined to 

 grow after rest they may be potted off singly in small 60-pots. 

 As regards water, the method of giving it should be the same as 

 for other Cape bulbs. Bowiea volubilis, from its graceful habit 

 of growth and unique character, is suitable for all collections. 

 It does well in a cold frame or greenhouse. 



PhygeUus capensis var. major is veiy handsome, with large 

 panicles of scarlet flowers. Though quite hardy, it is, doubt- 

 less, improved by being against a wall. It is easily increased 

 by means of cuttings. 



EOSES OLD AND NEW. 



It is said of Oxford that it is so learned a place because so 

 much learning is carried there and so little is brought away ! 

 Eosarians are a learned body, and the reason is they keep so 

 much learning to themselves. I always look to the index for 

 the word " Eoses," and if it is not there I drop " our Journal " 

 for awhile. Much cannot be said at this flagging period of the 

 season, but still something may be said. I propose to speak 



Firstly, of good old Eoses still retained here, and that have 

 seen the death and exit of many hundred Eoses. They are — 

 Baronne Prevost, La ViUe de St. Denis, Wilham Griffiths, 

 Acidalie, Souvenir de la Malmaison, Souvenir de la Eeine 

 d'Angleterre, Triomphe de Paris, Madame Louise Carique, 

 Alexandrine Bachmeteff, and Madame Campbell. Madame 

 Louise Carique is a capital pole and wall Eose. All these Eoses 

 have been under my care for many years ; they are stalwart 

 bushes on the Manetti stock ; they have seen the death or exit 

 from the catalogue of many hundreds of Boses. Surely " a 

 Uving dog is better than a dead Uon !" 



Secondly, the best Eoses from the year 1863 : — Pierre Net- 

 ting, Madame V. Verdier, Lord Macaulay, Leopold Premier ; 

 they are all first-rate. 1864 — Marguerite de St. Amand, 

 Marichal Niel, Duchesse de Caylus, Dr. Andry ; aU first-rate. 

 1865 — Marie Eady, Abel Grand. Alfred Colomb; a'l first-class. 

 These are very good — Fisher Holmes and Prince de Portia. 

 1866— Fehx Genero, Madame Margottin ; first-rate. These 

 are good — Annie Wood, Black Prince, Monsieur Neman, 

 Princess Mary of Cambridge. 1S67 — Baroness Eothschild ; it 

 wants scent and a little more fulness, but is very handsome. 

 1868— Edward Morren, first-rate. These are very good— 

 Madame Creyton, Perfection de Lyon, and Thyra Hammerick. 



I do not know the dates of the following, but they are very 

 good : — Devienne Lamy , Vicomtesse de Vezins, Baron Chaurand , 

 one of the very best dark Eoses ; Louis Van Houtte (Lacharme), 

 Baron de Bonstetten, Maximo de la EDcheterie, Baroness 

 Louise UxkuU, Madame George Schwartz, Etienne Levet, very 

 fine ; Pierre Seletzsky, Fclicien David, and Claude Levet. The 



