



[supplement.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[June 1, 1912. 



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bearing fertile bluish-purple flowers and sterile 

 florets like those of Hydrangea. A fine specimen 

 of this plant was also exhibited by Mr. Elwes, 

 of Colesborne, Gloucestershire. 



A large group of new Chinese plants, chiefly 

 trees and shrubs, was arranged by Messrs. James 

 Veitch & Sons, Ltd., Chelsea, in the great tent. 

 The exhibits comprising this group were all of 

 them introduced to cultivation during the past 

 decade by the exhibitors, through Mr. E. H. 

 Wilson. 'Some 150 distinct species of plants were 

 assembled, and they were illustrative, not only of 



species that belong to families of favourite garden 

 plants, such as, for instance, Deutzia, Hydrangea, 

 Viburnum, Berberis, Ilex, Vitis, Rubus, Rosa, 

 Buddleia, Lonicera, Cotoneaster, and Spiraea, all 

 of which were represented in the group by a 

 number of new species. Amongst the subjects in 

 flower, Rosa Moyesii was the most prominent. 

 This species has lowers 3 inches across, of a rich 

 crimson colour, with a circular ring of yellow 

 anthers in the centre. Beautiful in itself, this 

 species should be of great value to the hybridist. 

 Another new Rose, known as R. V> illmottise, has 



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FlG. 12. — IRIS SQUALENS VAR. " NIBELUNGEN " : FALLS ROSE-PURPLE, VEINED 



WHITE; STANDARDS BUFF-YELLOW. 



(Award of Merit. See p. xvi. of first Supplement.) 



tho wealth of the Chinese flora in hardy trees and 

 shrubs suitable for our climate, but also of the 

 enterprise of Messrs. Veitch and the energy and 

 ability of Mr. Wilson, erstwhile their collector. 

 In only a few instances were the plants in flower, 

 but most of them were possessed of an attractive- 

 ness, either of form or foliage, that rendered them 

 interesting to the general public as well as to the 

 plant-lover. Apart from several interesting new 

 genera that have been discovered in China of 

 recent years, these new introductions are chiefly 

 remarkable for the number of new and distinct 



smaller flowers than the preceding, of a delicate 

 rose-pink shade. Both species are native of the 

 Chino-Thibetan borderland. Of the new Deutzias 

 in the group, D. discolor major and D. Wilsonii 

 are both fine species, with pure-white flowers of 

 large size, but the most handsome is D. Veitchii, 

 which has flowers of a deep rose colour. The new 

 varieties of Buddleia variabilis known as mag- 

 nifica and Veitchiana are now frequently met 

 with in gardens. Less well known is Stranvaesia 

 undulata, a sub-evergreen Kosaceous shrub with 

 corymbs of white flowers, very freely produced, 



and later followed by orange-red fruits. Soma 

 half-dozen species of Cotoneaster were in flower, 

 but, as is well known, the fruit is more decora- 

 tive than the blossoms in most species of this 

 genus. Exception must, however, be made in 

 the case of Cotoneaster Harrovianum, a new 

 species named in compliment to the manager of 

 Messrs. Veitch's Coombe Wood nursery. It has 

 pure white flowers borne in small dense clus- 

 ters terminating dwarf branchlets in the axils of 

 dark-green leaves. Several Barberries were in 

 flower, notably Berberis Gagnepainii, B. verrucu- 

 losa, B. dictyophylla (remarkable for the whit* 

 stems of the young growths), B. polyantha, and 

 B. Wilsonse, the latter species a dwarf plant with 

 small, neat foliage, particularly attractive in tho 

 autumn when the branches are laden with coral- 

 red fruits. Styrax Hemsleyanum was repre- 

 sented by a specimen about 8 feet high, bearing 

 freely its graceful racemes of small, pure-white, 

 bell-like blossoms 



Amongst evergreens the Hollies have received 

 several important additions of recent years. The 

 neat, dense-growing Ilex Pernyi and the large 

 but somewhat similar I. Veitchii are two excel- 

 lent garden plants that attracted considerable 

 attention. Others of this genus are Ilex Fargesii, 

 with linear lanceolate leaves 6 inches long ; I 

 Engleriana, with similar but broader leaves ; I. 

 yunnanense, with Box-like foliage, I. aquifolium 

 chinensis, with rather thin, somewhat drooping, 

 leaves ; and several other species at present un- 

 named. Two dwarf Euphorbiaceous plants with 

 evergreen leaves are Sarcococca Hockeriana and 

 S. rusci folia, very useful for dry situations in poor 

 soil or for planting beneath trees. A fine speci- 

 men of Camellia cuspidata, a hardy species, the 

 white flowers of which are figured in Gar- 

 deners' Chronicle, April 20, p. 261, fig. 123, 

 was also a notable feature of this group. 

 The Loniceras with evergreen foliage were L. 

 pileata and L. nitida, both small-leaved species 

 suitable for clothing banks or rockwork ; tho 

 evergreen Viburnums included V. rhytidophyl- 

 lum, V. utile, V. coriaceum, and V. propinquium. 

 Amongst the new genera introduced to gardens 

 from China by Messrs. Veitch, Dipelta is per- 

 haps the most interesting horticulturally. This 

 genus is allied to Diervilla, and the flowers are 

 similar in shape, and rose-coloured. The dis- 

 tinctive difference is in the fruit which in Dipelta 

 is winged and resembles the samara of the Wych 

 Elm. Two species are known, Dipelta floribunda 

 and D. ventricosa, and specimens of both species 

 were exhibited. 



Climbing plants were represented by the hand- 

 some-leaved Actinidia chinensis, which yields a:i 

 edible fruit ; Cocculus heterophylla ; Aristolochia 

 heterophylla, which bore numerous curious 

 flowers resembling those of the " Dutchman's 

 Pipe/' the bent flower-tube yellow, with five 

 small chocolate-coloured segments ; Celastrus lati- 

 folius ; and about 30 species of Rubus and 25 

 species of Vitis, many members of the last two 

 genera being new and at present unnamed. The 

 trees in the group worthy of special mention were 

 Populus lasiocarpa, the large-leaved Poplar, a fine 

 example of which occupied a prominent position 

 in the group ; Juglans cathayensis, a new Walnut ; 

 Liriodendron chinensis, a Chinese form of tli9 

 " Tulip Tree"; Fraxinus bracteata; Euptelea 

 Davidiana : Betula alnoides pyrifolia, Sapindus 

 mukorossii : Tilia Miqueliana chinensis, T. 

 Oliveri, and T. tonsura, three new Limes ; several 

 new Maples — Acer Davidii, A. orriseum. A. 

 Henryi, A. Oliverianum, A. pictum Mono, and A. 

 tetramerum lobatum being particularly promising 

 plants. The three species of the * remarkable 

 genus Davidia, which have recently been dis- 

 tinguished, were included in the group. These 

 are named Davidia involucrata, distinguished by 

 the silky pubescens on the under surface of the 

 leaves ; D. Vilmoriniana, with leaves glabrous 

 and glaucous beneath ; and D. laeta, yellowish- 

 green on the under-leaf surface and less deeply 

 toothed. 



edged with the new Chinese 



the species represented being 



and its variety crenata, S. 



^ Wilsonianus, Thalictrum dip- 



terocarpum (bearing handsome rose-coloured 



flowers with bright-yellow stamens), Podophyllum 



Emodi, Rodgersia sesculifolia and R. pinnata alba 



(handsome foliage plants for moist situations), 



Astilbe Davidii (rose-coloured) and Astilbe gran- 



dis (pure white) two handsome additions to this 



genus. The most important new herbaceous 



plant in the group was, however, a white form of 



Primula pulverulenta, known as " Mrs. R. *• 





The group was 

 herbaceous plants, 

 Senecio Clivorum 

 Veitchianus and S 



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