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June 8, 1912.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



377 



A Rhododendron Show.— The annual ex- the hp<?t «nr+ c -^ ** u • i j j n 



,.,.,. , i i r> u i , i i • i , T l sorts are to be ^eluded. rhei 



hibition of hardy Rhododendrons which Messrs. a wide range of colour, from white 



J. Waterer & Sons, the American Nurseries, and purple. 



is 

 to crimson 



Bagshot, hold in the dell of the Botanic Gardens, 

 Regent's Park, was opened on May 31, and will 

 remain open for three weeks. Rhododendrons, in 



Sappho is, perhaps, the most beau- 

 tiful of the blotched whites, but in Francis B. 

 Hayes the blotching is more conspicuous. 

 Carvalho 



Carriage Rates for Cucumbers.— As the 



outcome of negotiations between the Agricul- 

 tural Organisation Society and the railway 

 companies, an official intimation has been re- 



common with all hardy flowers, have hastened spots) 



into bloom this season, and the greatest difficulty 

 has been experienced in retarding the larger 

 plants until this date. As a rule the public is 



white, 



(blush-white 

 is beautiful, 

 has flowers of 



with 



Queen, 

 fine texture. 



greenish-yellow 



also blush- 



Mme. ceived from the Railway Clearing House to the 



effect that the companies have agreed to make 



• • ■ * 



Hardy (pinkish-white with pink buds) 



George 



special provision for Cucumbers in the general 



1 '~ " of 



is 



ra i 1 way classification 



cases 



goods by entering 



not admitted to inspect the display until most of shows the development of the spotting of the 



shown especially well. Baroness Henry Schroder with wicker or wooden lids, owner's risk " in 



the plants are fully out, but there is an advan- upper petal more beautifully than 



tage in seeing the flowers a little earlier, which variety. The best white novelty is 



never obtains at the ordinary shows, because of Waterer, with large flowers of fine texture and 



any other 

 Gomer 



Class 2. This announcement is of interest 

 from the point of view of the market-garden- 

 ing industry and of the circumstances under 

 which the concession has been secured. The pro- 



the beautiful gradations of colour found in the handsome foliage Amone the ninks Hip m^t A n rtU* ~t n u 



variety of colour is a feature of many of the 

 best sorts, and is especially noticeable in Pink 

 Pearl, George Hardy, and other pale, 

 coloured varieties. At the same time, it is im- 



Eleanor Cathcart (rose-pink with marked choco- years in various parts of the country, and more 



at.fi blotch) 1Q vorv fino Q«^ i<* cr*^„ „* U~ I X ■ ii . *ot .-. . - - * ' _ 



late blotch) is very fine, and is seen at its best 



glass! 



fl 1, u°^ Pl ^ tS tHat haVe rCaChed 8 ° r 10 fCet in devoted to fche T *™8 of vegetables, fruits, and 

 flesh- height. Concessum i* a pretty rose-pink flower flowers for the market have a total leneth of 



S ITU- WlfVl rvoloi* r-ontrn T nAxr m ~ w , i,'~~ TX7-1-.L /„n -,« - who* iCligtll VI 



coiourea varieties. At the same time, it is im- with paler centre. Lady Clementine Walsh (soft over 30 mil*, ZwT*. ™7 * in u 



po t t,„t ,„ render that clou, i. not b y a„ y pi„ k , ana Mt, WmZ A 6 new (pale <JV. ^^L"^"jSS^ *",£ 







Fig. i8i. — rhododendrons exhibited at chelsea by messrs. john 



(See p. xii. First Exhibition Supplement.) 



WATERER AND SONS, LTD. 





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means the only consideration in choosing Rhodo- 

 dendrons for the garden, where, for 11 months 

 of the year, they must rely for effect on their 

 evergreen foliage and give pleasure only accord- 

 *ng as this is bold, of good colour, and well 

 Placed. Some of the popular varieties need dis- 

 carding; they have unusually brilliant flowers, 

 but they branch so erratically and show so much 

 unfurnished wood that they are never satisfac- 

 tory. Princess of Wales is a good example of 

 Mils, which is shown. The old-fashioned types 

 are often very satisfying in this respect, pre- 

 senting dense, compact, bushy specimens, but 

 wie point is not overlooked by the breeder, and 

 some of the new sorts are also excellent. In 

 selecting varieties for standards, this bushy habit 

 is still more important, as the head should be 

 compact when borne on a long, stout stem, 

 "e varieties in cultivation 

 ™at a rigid selection is necessary 



other choice sorts. 



Mrs. Holford (salmon pink) 



Michael Waterer has 



has extra good trusses, 

 scarlet -crimson flowers, whilst those of John 

 Waterer are a rich crimson. Don caster is, per- 

 haps, the nearest approach to scarlet. These 

 brilliant colours are often unsatisfactory at close 

 quarters, and need to be seen at a distance, where 



intense reds 



their 

 colour. 



give wonderful patches of 

 Some of the older sorts are still in- 



at about 1,200 tons a year. Hitherto, however, 

 there has been no special entry of Cucumbers in 

 the general railway classification, in which they 

 have counted as " vegetables/' either " hot- 

 house " or "not hot-house." Inasmuch as all 

 the Cucumbers at Worthing are grown under 

 glass, they have thus come under the definition 

 of " vegetables, hot-house/' and have been 

 allotted to Class 4. and chared thA rabc «f fi,«t 



valuable for special purposes, 

 mauve-coloured fastuosum is 



immense 



The semi -double class when consigned from Worthing; though it 

 II the best of its is alleged that from London the Cucumbers are 

 of flower. No reconsigned by Metropolitan dealers to northern 

 variety is more free-flowering than the old rosy- markets as " vegetables, not hot-house," thus 

 lilac Everestianum. To-day the hybridist is coming under Class 2, and so being carried at 



cheaper rates. It has also been a subject of com- 

 plaint by the Worthing market gardeners that 

 they have paid much higher rates than 



trying to introduce new forms and colours, and 

 a longer flowering season by crossing with the 

 Himalayan species, but « ur present standard 

 varieties have been derived more or less exclu- 



are so numerous sively trom 1 



if only E. ponticum. 



ense 



growers in the Broxbourne 

 Waltham Cross districts 



the 



of Hertfordshire, 



Middlesex and Essex respectively, who have the 



