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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[May 25, 1912 



diameter, and consist of five rounded petals, alter- 

 nating with five smaller sepals, that are also 

 coloured ; the centre of the flower is occupied by 

 a dark-coloured disc, partly hidden by the 

 numerous small stamens that surround it. The 

 specimen exhibited stood about 4 feet high, and 

 formed a neat bush, with somewhat erect 

 branches, purplish in the young state, and 

 clothed with silky hairs. Introduced from New 

 Zealand, 1908. This was one of the most de- 

 lightful of the many novelties at the Exhibition. 

 (Rev. A. T. Boscawen, Long Rock, Cornwall.) 



Awards of Merit. 



Calceolaria Veitchii. — A hybrid between Cal- 

 ceolaria alba, a white-flowered species, and a 

 seedling from Calceolaria " Golden Queen." The 



?lants exhibited show a variation in height of 

 rom 3 feet to 5 f eet ; the erect stems are freely 

 branched, and bear numerous, rather small, pale 

 lemon-yellow flowers. The habit of the plant 

 and its floriferous nature make it a subject of 

 great value for decorative work. (Messrs. Robt. 

 Veitch & Son, Exeter.) 



Celmisia spectabilis argentea. — The radical 

 leaves are about 8 inches long, lanceolate, entire, 

 covered on the upper surface with a silky tomen- 

 tum, densely felted beneath. The flower scapes, 

 also clothed with tomentum, are about 1 foot in 

 height, and terminate in a Marguerite-like 

 flower, 3 inches in diameter. The ray florets are 

 pure white, the disc florets yellow. (Bees Ltd., 



Liverpool.) 



Deutzia Veitchii. — Introduced from Western 

 China, through Mr. E. H. Wilson, and 

 one of the most valuable of the many additions 

 that have been made to this important family of 

 garden shrubs of recent years. A shrubby plant, 

 about 3 feet high, with" hispid leaves, 3£ inches 

 long by 1 inch broad, finely serrate on the mar- 

 gin. The flowers, borne in corymbs terminating 

 short branchlets, are of a rich, deep rose in the 

 bud, bright rose wlien fully expanded. They 

 measure fully an inch in diameter, and are of 

 much substance ; the centre is occupied with the 

 petaloid filaments, which are terminated by 

 bright-yellow anthers. In view of the fact that 

 M. Em'il Lemoine has already raised some choice 

 varieties from material far inferior to that fur- 

 nished by this species, the hybridist of the future 

 should be able, with this richly-coloured form, 

 to evolve a new race of valuable hardy shrubs. 

 (Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Ltd.) 



Eremurus Ti/bcrgenii. — A fine addition to this 

 family of hardy Liliaceous plants. The flowers 

 are pure, bright yellow, borne in densely-flowered 

 spikes. (Messrs. Wallace & Co., Colchester.) 



Hydrangea Sargentiana. — A striking species, 

 introduced from China, through E. H. Wilson, 

 and named in compliment to the eminent den- 

 drologist, Professor Sargent, of the Arnold Ar- 

 boretum, Boston, U.S.A. The well-grown speci- 

 mens shown by the exhibitors stand about 4 feet 

 high. The stems are remarkable in that they 

 are clothed with stiff, erect, scaly hairs, of a pale 

 yellowish-green. The leaves are large and hand- 

 eome, dark velvety-green on the upper surface, 

 paler beneath, and clothed with hairs on both 

 surfaces. They measure 15 inches in length, the 

 petiole being 3 inches long, and the blade 1 foot 

 long by 8 inches broad. The inflorescence, nearly 

 a foot in diameter, consists, for the most part, of 

 fertile flowers, with from 8 to 10 pure-white, 

 sterile flowers, 1£ inch across, projected well 

 out from the corymb. The stamens are bluish, 

 and give a lavender-blue colour to the fertile 

 flowers. (Hon. Vicar y Gibbs.) 



Iri$ variegata var. " Ossi an."— Falls deep rose, 



veined with yellow and purple ; standards rich, 

 deep yellow. (Messrs. Barr & Sons.) 



Iris squalens var. " Nibelun gen.' 9 — Falls 

 rose-purple, veined white ; standards buff-yel- 

 low : a large flower. (Messrs. Barr & Sons.) 



Lastrea paten* var. Mayi.—A hybrid between 

 L. patens (a broad-fronded species) and L. 

 lepida (a species with narrow, finely-divided 

 fronds). It shows the pale-green colour of the 

 former species. The fronds are plumose, finely 

 dissected, and the plant highly decorative. 

 (Messrs. H. May & Sons, Edmonton.) 



Leptospermum scoparium var. Boscawenii. — A 

 seedling form of the type species, raised from 

 aeed introduced from New Zealand in 1909. 



The specimens shown are in the form of open 

 bushes, 6 feet or more high, with the slender, 

 gracefully-arched, upper branches studded with 

 globular, cherry-red flower-buds, or rosy-white, 

 star-shaped blossoms. Individually, the flowers 

 measure 1 inch in diameter, and are composed of 

 five oval, white petals, suffused with rosy-red at 

 the base. The small sepals are also rose-coloured, 

 as are the numerous stamens that surround the 

 dark, glossy, central disc. The flowers are sessile, 

 terminating in short, slender branchlets. The 

 twiggy growths are furnished with linear-lanceo- 

 late, sessile leaves, and are clothed with silky 

 hairs. This variety forms a charming companion 

 to the carmine-flowered form above described. 

 (Rev. A. T. Boscawen, Long Rock, Cornwall.) 



Lilium davuricum var. luteum.—A variety of 

 the type with rich, bright-yellow flowers, thickly 

 spotted with reddish-brown in the interior. The 

 buds, stems, and young leaves are covered with 

 the characteristic cottony tomentum. (Mr. 



Amos Perry, Enfield.) 



to bloom. It is, therefore, a valuable market 

 variety, as well as a good garden plant. (Mr. 

 G. W. Miller, Clarkson Nurseries, Wisbech.) 



Polypodium Vidgenii.—A species native to 

 Queensland, Australia. It is remarkable in hav- 

 ing numerous cinnamon-red sterile fronds that 

 reach for about a quarter of the length of the 

 fertile fronds. The latter, from 2 feet to 3 feet 

 in length, are gracefully arched, and have finely- 

 divided pinnae, of a bright, pale green. (Messrs. 

 May & Sons, Edmonton.) 



Sweet Pea "Mrs. Cuthbertson."—A very 

 strong grower, bearing from seven to nine flowers 

 on a spike. A bicolor form, with standard a clear 

 rose-pink, wings white, slightly suffused with pale 

 rose. The finest of its class. (Messrs. Dobbii 

 & Co., Edinburgh.) 



Sweet Pea " Brunette."— A self-coloured 

 form of rich mahogany -red. By 'far the best of 

 the darker-coloured section. Raised by Mr. Mal- 

 colm. (Messrs. Dobbie & Co., Edinburgh.) 



F IGt g t — alocasia miciiolitzana: a new species from Malaysia. 



Lilium myriophyUum. — A beautiful Chinese 

 Lily, introduced to cultivation through Mr. E, 

 H. Wilson, V.M.H. The flowers have the form 

 of L. Brownii, but the perianth segments are of 

 a purer white, and have only a flush of rose on 

 the exterior. The interior of the throat is soft 

 yellow, and the large and prominent anthers are 

 coloured a deep orange. The leaves are narrow 

 and measure about 4 inches in length. (Messrs. 

 R. Wallace & Co., Colchester.) 



Oxalis enneaphylla var. rosea. — The type 

 species of this charming rock-plant, which hails 

 from the Falkland Islands, has white flowers. 

 The form rosea, as the name implies, is of a soft 

 rose colour, which makes it a charming plant to 

 associate with the type. (Mr. Clarence Elliott, 

 Stevenage.) 



Pyrethrum " Queen Mary." — A charming, 

 bright, rose-pink variety, 3^ inches across. The 

 plant is a strong grower, and one of the earliest 



Sweet Pea " Melba"— A pale-salmon self, 

 with very large flowers, the standard measuring 

 2£ inches broad. The spikes usually bear four 

 flowers each. The finest of the salmon-coloured 

 forms. (Messrs. Dobbie & Co., Edinburgh.) 



Tuberous Begonia "Princess Victoria Louise. 

 — A magnificent double-flowered form, of » 

 soft, rich pink colour. (Messrs. Blackmore & 

 Langdon.) 



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Papaver orientalis var. "Edna Perry. 

 variety of the Oriental Poppy, with rich, salmon- 

 pink petals, fringed at the edges, and with a 

 large, black, central blotch. A distinct variety. 

 (Mr. Amos Perry, Enfield.) 



Papaver orientalis var. "Perry's White. 

 A distinct and striking form, with large, satiny- 

 white flowers, barred from the centre to the 

 middle of each petal with purplish-crimson, 

 which terminates in a black blotch. A uniqub 

 form. (Mr. Amos Perry, Enfield.) 



