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The Weekly Rorists^ Review* 



June 1, 1906. 



was rapid. The Scotch florists in par- 

 ticular took up the culture of the fancy 

 pansy, and most of the new varieties 

 are now raised in the north. Some of 

 the French and German florists make a 

 specialty of the fancy pansy, but their 

 selections lack the substance, form, and 

 in most cases, the brilliancy of the 

 Scotch varieties. 



"It is claimed for John Salter, of 

 chrysanthemum renown, that he orig- 

 inated the fancy pansy, when residing 

 at Shepherd's Bush, London, in the thir- 

 ties. He was then an amateur, and se- 

 lected striped and blotched varieties. 

 It is natural to suppose that when in 

 the early forties he established himself 

 at Versailles, France, he took with him 

 his fancy pansies, and no doubt dis- 

 tributed them. The revolution of 1848 

 drove Mr. Salter to Hammersmith, where 

 he established the Versailles Nursery, 

 and catalogued fancy pansies. In 1852, 

 John Downie exhibited six varieties in 

 Edinburg, and it is probable they rep- 

 resented varieties raised by Mr. Salter. 

 The English show pansies, selfs, white 

 grounds, and yellow grounds are still 

 much grown in the north, but in the 

 south they have practically ceased to 

 be grown. ' ' 



PANAX VICTORIAE. 



I think the correct name of this panax 

 should be P. fruticosum var. Victorise. 

 The illustration shows a compact, hand- 

 some plant. The panax are really small 

 trees or shrubs but this variety has the 

 habit of sending up frequent new 

 growths and, with the curled form of 

 growth, pretty, variegation and compact 

 habit, it makes a very ornamental and a 

 particularly handsome table plant. There 

 is nothing special about its culture. Be- 

 ing evergreen there is no decided rest 

 required, merely less water than when 

 it is in active growth. In winter it 

 should not be given a less temperature 

 than 55 degrees at night. In appear- 

 ance the panax much resemble the ara- 

 lia. The botanical difference is not of 

 interest to the average florist. W. S. 



This prettily variegated plant is a 

 relative of the Chinese ginseng, though 

 not a native of China, P. Victorise hav- 

 ing been discovered a few years ago on 

 some of the South Pacific islands. It is 

 a compact growing shrub, much branched 

 and bearing leaves that are almost pin- 

 nate, the leaflets, more or less divided 

 and edged with a white variegation. 



Though introduced under a specific 

 name, it is stated by botanists that P. 

 Victoriae is probably only a form of P. 

 fruticosum, a species that seems to be 

 quite variable, but this does not affect 

 the fact that the plant in question is 

 quite an attractive one when nicely 

 grown, and one that may be sometimes 

 used to advantage where a general col- 

 lection of plants is handled for the re- 

 tail trade. 



One of the uses to which P. Victoriae 

 may be put is in the filling of vases and 

 veranda boxes for outdoor decoration 

 during the summer, its feathery foliage 

 giving a good effect among other plants, 

 and the panax being fully as hardy as 

 Aralia Veitchii or A. Guilfoylei, both 

 of which are good plants for this pur- 

 pose. 



But in using this or any other mem- 

 ber of the aralia family for outdoor 

 work we should always take ijito con- 

 sideration the fact that plants that have 

 been grown in a close, warm house are 



tender, both in foliage and root, and 

 consequently they should not only not 

 be put outdoors too early in the sea- 

 son, but should also be hardened off to 

 some extent by a gradual exposure. It 

 is the spring chill that is most fre- 

 quently responsible for failure of ten- 

 der foliage plants when placed in the 

 open garden, often causing them to 

 drop their leaves and look generally 

 miserable for more than half the sea- 

 son. 



But to return to our subject, P. Vic- 

 torias is a very easy plant to manage 

 and also quick in growth, and the most 

 useful sizes for the purpose indicated 

 are nice, stocky plants in 4 and 6-inch 

 pots, and such plants may be grown 

 on almost as readily as geraniums if 

 given a rather light and rich soil and 

 a temperature of 60 to 65 degrees dur- 

 ing the winter nights, and also well 

 supplied with light and moisture. 



Propagation is readily effected by 

 means of cuttings not only of the tops, 

 but in common with most members of 

 the aralia family short pieces of the 

 stronger roots planted in sand or light 

 soil and kept in a warm house will soon 

 develop shoots, and may then be potted 

 off either singly or several together in a 

 pot, as may be best adapted for the 

 purpose in view. W. H. Taplin. 



SOME NEW HYBRID CLEMATISES. 



"I would like to call attention now 

 to three hybrid clematises obtained from 

 species very remote from each other, 

 since one is a perennial," says a writer 

 in the Revue Horticole. "The perennial 

 is that beautiful clematis with urceolate 

 vermilion-red flowers. The shrub be- 

 clematises like Jackmani, rubella, Gipsy 

 Queen, Perle d'Azur, Ville de Lyon, 

 Comtesse de Bouchaud, Nellie Moser, 

 Viticella venosa, modesta, etc., whose 

 numqrous varieties furnish our gardens 

 with some of their most attractive flow- 



ers. Now that the introduction of the 

 parents has been made, a glance at the 

 offsprings will be sufficient to show that 

 they are entirely different. So true is 

 this, that, if these plants had been intro- 

 duced as having been found in a will 

 state, there is no doubt that they would 

 have been accepted without hesitation as 

 authentic new species. The presence of 

 Clematis coccinea is revealed by tha 

 brilliant tinges of vermilion-red. Tho 

 following descriptions are supplied: 



"Mme. Raymond Guillot, herbaceous 

 annual; leaves deeply divided, reddish 

 petioles; peduncles one flowered; buds 

 purple on their first appearance; flowers 

 of a velvety purple. The product of 

 Gipsy Queen crossed with coccinea, 



"Mjne. Moret, herbaceous annual; 

 leaves with rounded divisions, obtuse, 

 very irregularly lobed; peduncles many 

 flowered; buds green at first, reddening 

 toward the top; flowers brilliant crim- 

 son, with bright red veining; sepals 

 vinous red on the exterior. It has not 

 yet produced seeds, *rhe result of Com- 

 tesse de Bouchaud crossed with coccinea, 



"Mme. Lerocher, herbaceous; leaves 

 large, with large, rounded divisions; 

 peduncles generally bearing three flow- 

 ers; buds short, very thick, deeply fur- 

 rowed, green at first, passing to pink at 

 the time of opening; flowers white, mar- 

 gined with pink, Ville de Lyon crossed 

 with coccinea, 



"This race of clematis is distin- 

 guisned by the ease with which it ac- 

 commodates itself to high temperatures. 

 The plants flower magnificently in July 

 and August under the hottest sun, and 

 develop their blossoms splendidly upon 

 sun-scorched walls," 



Allentown, Pa. — Edwin N. Kronin- 

 ger is doing a very good business this 

 season. 



The Review will mail you the Chrys- 

 anthemum Manual for 25c. 



Panax Victoriae. 



