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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[January 13, 1912. 



NOVELTIES OF 1911. 



(Concluded from p. 2 J 



The appended list of new and noteworthy 

 plants illustrated in the Gardeners* Ch 1* 



during 1911 includes many of the Certificated 

 plants of the year, noviltirs of equally #ood 

 qualities which failed for one reason or another 

 to secure awards, and novelt s of other years, 

 and which are now proving their value as gar- 

 den plants. 



Foremost among the nor si ties are the new 

 Chinese shrubs contained in the fine group shown 

 by the Hon. Vicary (liBB8, Aldenham House, 

 Elstn-e (gr. Mr. E. Beckett), of which 

 Cornus paucinervis and Itea ilicifolia obtained 

 Awards of Merit. A large number of new and 

 rare Chinese shrubs, which it is hoped to accli- 

 matise, are on trial at Aldenham, and if success 

 attends the trials the new acquisitions will 



N mpha?as have been augmented by the ad- 

 dition of several fine novelties. Those for which 

 Leopold de Rothschild, Esq. (gr. Mr. Hud- 

 son), received Awards of Merit, were N. Mrs. 

 Richmond, Uu and of a chinning rose-pink 

 colour; N. Gladstoniana, the best and largest 

 pure white: and N. gtellata rosea, a novel tint 

 of the tolerably hardy blue Nymphaea. 



The Karl of WARWICK (gr. Mr. Lister) also 

 gained Awards for Nymphaea Listeri and N. 

 Ix)rd Brooke, both of them valuable acquisitions. 



H. J. El WES, Esq. (gr. Mr. Walters), who has 

 done so much in raising Nerines of new tints, 

 received Awards of Merit for four novelties in 

 these flowers, namely, N. Mrs. Balfour, N. Miss 

 Gibbs, N. Mrs. Meade Wolds, and N. Snow- 

 flake, all worthy of the good things which have 

 previously been shown from the Colesborne 

 gardens. 



Messrs. R. Yeitch & Sons, Exeter, obtained 



FlG. 15. — IRIS SUSIANA IN MR. PRENTIS'S GARDEN AT BORDEN, KENT. 



(See p. 19.) 





add greatly to the interest of those famous 

 gardens. Awards of Merit were also obtained 

 for Asters Amethyst and Profusion, two 

 Michaelmas Daisies of novel colouring, exhibited 

 from the Aldenham House Gardens. 



Messrs. Jas. Yeitch & Sons, Chelsea, continue 

 to reap the benefit of the many fine Chinese 

 highland shrubs sent them by their collector, 

 Mr. Wilson. An interesting incident at the 



last Temple Show was the exhibit of flowering 

 sprays of the remarkable Davidia involucrata, 

 which secured a First-class Certificate. Other 

 promising shrubs of the same class were Berberis 

 verruculosa, Buddleia officinalis, and Lonicera 

 nitida ; all of which were accorded Awards of 

 Merit. In decorative plants Messrs. Veitch re- 

 ceived Awards for Dracaena Deremensis 

 Warneckii (a fine, ornamental foliage plant), 

 Musssenda erythrophylla, some pretty flowering 

 Cannas of which Terra Cotta was the best, and 

 four new winter-flowering Begonias, continua- 

 tions of their useful strain of B. socotrana hy- 

 brids, but exhibiting new colours. 



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an Award of Merit fcr Nerine Veitchii, a pale 

 blush-pink variety of the N. Bowdenii class. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, 

 secured two of the very few First-class Certifi- 

 cates given by the Floral Committee in 1911, for 

 Philadelphus Lemoinei virginal, which produces 

 perfect bouquets of snow-white fragrant flowers, 

 and the bright yellow Zephvranthes aurea. Sir 

 Trevor received also an Award of Merit for the 

 handsome Crinum Johnstonii, which it is hoped 

 will prove hardy. 



The past season has been noteworthy for the 

 large number of new or little -known Primulas 

 w r hich have been shown for awards, for Rhodo- 

 dendrons of good quality, and other good shrubs, 

 including Oncoba Routledgei, introduced by Mr. 

 Shea, an exceptionally fine greenhouse shrub, 

 which may prove hardy in sheltered situations. 

 0. Routledgei was among the most important 

 new plants of the year, and well deserved the 

 First-class Certificate awarded. Roses, Carnations, 

 Sweet Peas, Chrysanthemums, Daffodils and 

 other florists' flowers have been well exploited, 



and each has given many novelties, a fair pro- 

 portion of which will stand the test of time as 

 desirable garden plants. 



Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Messrs. Jas. Veitch 

 & Sons, Messrs. Clibrans, Messrs. Webb & 

 Sons. Messrs. Jas. Carter & Co., Messrs. Bakr 

 & Sons, Messrs. Dobbte & Co., and other seed 

 growers have made wonderful exhibitions of the 

 showy flowers they cultivate from seeds. The 

 efforts of seed growers are directed to improve 

 the strains of the flowers of which they offer 

 seeds or plants, and hence but little is seen of 

 them as single specimens at the Royal Horticul- 

 tural Society's meetings. Years of careful selec- 

 tion are necessary to perfect and fix a fine strain 

 of a popular flower, but eventually it becom 

 available to every garden lover at a very small 



cost. 



The following new and 

 have been illustrated 

 Chronicle in 1911 



noteworthy plants 

 in the Gardeners* 



10. 



p. 185. 

 42. 



p. 283. 

 284. 



Acacia melanoxylon, Aug. 12, p. 105. 



Ac.pbylla squarrosa, Aug. 12, p. 106. 



Adiantum tenerum Farieyense fertile, Feb. 4, pp. 73, 74. 



Adenium obesum, July 22, p. 47. 



ifcthionema Kotschyana, Nov. 4, p. 317. 



Aloe dichotoma, Sept. 16, p. 201. 



Aloe Pearsonii, Sept. 9, p. 190. 



Amaryllis Belladonna and A. Parkeri, Sept. 16, p. 211. 



Apice tuberosa, Jan. 7, p. 4. 



Apple Charles Eyre, Oct. 14, p. 279. 



Aristolochia. brasiliensis, Oct. 28, p. 301. 



Aiistolochia Kewensis (Supp.), Oct. 28. 



Aristolochia triloba ta, Oct. 28, p. 300. 



Ainieria caespitosa, April 8, p. 211. 



Augea capensis, Aug. 19, p. 125. 



Auricula Henry Wilson, May 10, p. 317. 



Bambusa fastuosa, Oct. 28, p. 308. 



Banana King of Thousands, Dec. 23, p. 4C2. 



Begonia Altrincham Pink, Dec. 9, p. 421. 



Begonia Gloire de Sceaux, June 10, p. 373. 



Begonia Glory of Cincinnati, Dec. 30, p. 4'.9. 



Begonia Mrs. Leopold de Rothschild, Dec. 23, p. 4S4. 



Beaumontia fragrans (Supp.), May 20. 



Beaumontia grandiflora, May 20, p. 306. 



Berberis Thunbergii Silver Beauty, Jan. 7, p 



Bomaiia patacocensis, April 15, p. 227. 



Buddleia officinalis (Supp.), April 1. 



Callianthemurn rutsefolium, Sept. 23, p. 219. 



Campanula acutangula, Sept. 2$. p. 220. 



Campanula lactiflora, Dec. 16, p. 438. 



Camassia Leichtlinii, Aug. 19, p. 122. 



Canarina Campanula, April 22, p. 249. 



Carnation Herbert Newman, July 29, p. 78. 



Carnations King George and Queen Mary, July 1, p. 427- 



Carnation Wivelsfield Wonder, Dec. 9, p. 424. 



Chrysanthemum Miss Margaret Walker, Nov. 11, p. 313. 



Chrysanthemum Caprice du Printemps, Dec. 2, p. 399. 



Chrysanthemum Yellow Cap, Dec. 2, p. 398. 



Cineraria Beauty of Cambridge, May 20, p. 307. 



Citrus medica, Deo. 23, p. 459. 



Clematis Thunbergii, Oct. 7, p. 253. 



Collet ia cruciata, Oct. 7, p. 255. 



Cornus paucinervis, Aug. 5, p. 95. 



Cotyledon linearis, Aug. 19, p. 135. 



Crataegus gemmosa, Jan. 21, p. 37. 



Crataego-rnespilus Asnieresii, Sept. 9, 



Cyananthus microphyllus, Jan. 21, p. 



CytUus Adamii, Sept. 2, p. 162. 



Cytisus purpureus, Sept 2, p. 163. 



Crinum Johnstonii (Supp.), Sept. 2. 



Dahlia Leslie Seale, May 6, p. 277. 



Dahlia Mrs. Douglas Fleming, May 6, 



Dahlia Mme. van den Dael, Mav 6, p. 



Dahlia Sweetbriar, May 6, p. 283. 



Davidia involucrata. May 27, p. 329. 



Delphinium Moerheimii, Nov. 18. p. 352. 



Dianthus neglectus, June 24, p. 415. 



Diospyros Kaki at Kew (Supp.), Jan. 21. 



Doliehodiera tubiflora, Oct. 7, p. 254. 



Draba Dedeana and pyrenaica, July 8, p. 5. 



Dracaena Deremensis Warneckii, July 15, p. 



Echinocactus macrodiscus, Aug. 19, p. 135. 



Eritrichium nanum, July 8, p. 5. 



Euphorbia Dregeana, Sept. 9, p. 191. 



Euphorbia species, Aug. 19, p. 135. 



Ficus lyrata (pandurata), Sept. 30, p. 235. 



Fokienia Hodginsii, Feb. 4, p. 66. 



Freeaia Conquest, April 1, p. 196. 



Galanthus Melvillei major, Jan. 21, p. 34. 



Galanthus William Thomson, Jan. 21, p. 35. 



Gaya Lyallii (Supp.), Sept. 23. 



Grevillea robusta compacta, June 10, p. 375. 



Helenium autumnal© Riverton Beautv, Nov. 25, p. 373. 



Hippeastrum Queen Mary, March 18, p. 169. 



Hippeastrums at Messrs. William Bull's, May 20, p. 



Homeria collina, Dec. 30, p. 476. 



Hydrangea Mme. E. Mculliere, April 1, p. 204. 



Incarvillea lutea (Swpp.), Aug. 19. 



Ipomcca rubro-ccerulea, Aug. 12, p. 112. 



Iris Luna, June 10, p. 365. 



Isopyrum grandiflorum (Supp.), Dec. 2. 



Itea ilicifolia, Aug. 5, p. 96. 



Juglans cathayensis (Supp.), Sept. 9. 



Kigelia pinnata (Supp.), Aug. 12. 



Lagenophora Forsteri, Feb. 4. p. 69. 



Lewisia Cotyledon, May 27, p. 337. 



Ligustrum ovalifoliurn multifloTum. Sept. 30, p- 



Lilium leucanthum (Supp.), April 29. 



Lilium tenuifolium Golden Gleam, May 27, p. 336. 



Liaum Lowii, Nov. 4, p. 318. 



Linum narbonense, Dec. 30, p. 4€8. 



Loranthus amplexifolius, Aug. 12, p. 104. 



Lycopodium squarrosum, Sept. 23, p. 218. 



Mandevilla suaveolens fruit, Jan. 14, p. 30. 



Meconopsis Delavayi, Julv 22, p. 51. 



Meconopsis hybrid, Julv i5. p. 22. 



Meconopsis integrifolia* in China 'Supp.), Nov. II* 



Medinilla magnifica, April 15, p. 226. 



Mesembryanthemum digitiforme, Aug. 19, 



Mussaenda erythrophylla, Aug. 5, p. 91. 



Mutisia decurrens, Dec. 23, p. 4f0. 



Mutisia ilicifolia, Dec. 23, p. 449. 



Narcissus Coronation, May 6, p. 286. 



Narcissus Miss Willmott, May 6, p. 275. 



Narcissus Queen of Hearts, Mav 6, p. 275. 



Narcissus Socrates, May 6. p. 275. 



Nerium odorum (Supp.), July 8. 





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