January 19, 1895.] 
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and in any form the flowers are most effective. 
Candytuft, crimson, lilac, and white, are — 
y annuals, very strong and effective in beds o 
groups. A circular bed, with a centre of lilac, — 
a band of white, with an outsid f crimson, 
would be most beautif d ctive in vil 
en. be this kind could be planted for the 
small sum of 3d., al b 7f 
diameter. utlay, as the 
marked en 
e them 
with much brighter colours than usual, while the 
habit of plant is more Reyer and upright. 
Limnanthus Douglasi is o e best of the 
Californian annuals for autumn n It never fails, 
let the weather be what it may, and it is not injured 
either by frost or wet; its beautiful — 1 — 
first flus 
would b 
established, it grows and seeds like a co 
Nemophilas are well known annuals of ~ great diver- 
sity of colours, = worthy of a place in the flower- 
garden, tho ough ins e best, 
in 
8 
A 
in condition. Saponaria . 
e 
there are several beautiful 
forms, including er 3 reeg 6 
compacte, an ; the all free- 
flowering showy plante, Rials — 1 spring 
own a fortnight earlier than tnose 
pre, iously 3 d e is the ol irginian 
Stock, though an old-fashioned simple flower, is 
ag the above may be 
to mention 
two old-fashioned flowers, yet . favourites; 
oom early in spring, yet cannot be called 
annuals, but must be classed with the . 
refer to oa — Wallfower and the Forget- me- 
ould be sown early in Ma Ls and 
— er in — growth through the summer 
and autumn. The Wallfower is everybody's 
flower, and it is 5 as much i 
garden of the miner as it is in that of the noble 
duke. The ey are N for planting in masses 
and, in fact, ey are 
real ornaments so lon they are kept 
in nice compact, round bushes, and not allowed 
All the single varieties ma 
so the double German 
y are just 
The niae will strike freely, 
on a shady border, The 
them a good esa an will strike in a * 
or ti time. ingle — fe should be so 
tly in wood, 
ban by the tiny streamlet, that f people 
think of nag Mg them. They are, however, 
ongat i 
drills or very prasad broadcast; when the 
up those that are 
DO Filly ase ht S00 crowded, 
should be planted in rows 5 or 6 inches mare They 
can be moved into their blooming position any time 
Ld 
before they start into growth in spring. Wallflowers 
blended with Forget-me-Nots produce a fine effect; 
right yellow * 
stand on a carpet of blue Forget- -me-nots ; 
Fo orget-me- nots, 
the first instance at the proper distances apart, then 
plant the Tulips with a dibber all over the bed ; ; in 
the blooming season it will not o 
effective arrangem At planting-time, a plant — 
two should be left * the kitchen to run to 
seed; this would give a succession of plants year by 
year without the ‘rouble of sowing. R 
(To be continued.) 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
y 15.—The New Year's Meeting of the 
2 — held on ede last in the Drill Hall, 
James Street, Westminster, when the new 2 — 
ar from numerous, though 
the collection of Orchids was equal to the average 
or the season, both in size and interest. Primu 
and Cyclamens were very well shown, and 
several novel types were exhibited, and there were 
two collections of Apples from the trade, beside a 
variety of miscellaneous exhibits. 
Floral Committee. 
Presen W. Marshall, Esq. (chairman); and 
e 7. 3 Thomas, R. Dean, C. T. D 
t, C. T. Druery, 
1 Becke tt, H. . y C. E. 
ick. 
n Thomas showed, from ve Royal Gardens, 
Windsor, some p hite — oon 
— 
table for 
A like dis- 
hrysanthemum 
sport from Princess Blanche, — by Mr. 
heaham, Hartfield Road Nursery, Wimbledon, 
Sarrey. e sport, which in all other res is 
similar to the capital Princess Blanche, 22 pretty 
canary yellow in — and the blooms are said to 
last exceedingly well. 
Messrs. W. Paul & Sons, Waltham Cross Nurseries, 
Herts, exhibited some plants of Rhododen 
ticum foliis purpureis, 
are deep purple in colour, the plants 
habit, and were well budded (1st Class Certificate). 
An Award of Merit was given to the Rose from 
America named Mrs, Pierpoint — sasaa = 
us i in last week’s s issue, The flow as shown 
mitted ＋ our — ra A 8 this — ly not be 
avoided, the blooms een cut twenty days. 
They rae: exhibited by Mr. ga M. May, Rose grower, 
Summit, New Jersey, U, 
From Mr, F, W. aig Royal Botanic Gardens, 
Glasnevin, came a scape bearing two flowers ay Hip- 
peastrum aulicum grandiflorum, and some scapes of 
Lachenalia tricolor (quadricolor) maculata, This is 
a very pretty variety of tricolor, being almost 
apricot in colour at the base of the sepals, and 
having a crimso 98 Lease. round the apex of the ** 
(Ist Class te). 
oe Bros, & Gabriel, 89, Waterloo 
tree C 
colour and form, but we could detect no perfum 
Mesars, John Laing & na Fa: Hill, 3 
S. E, exhibited s Nicotiana affi nis 
vi ariegata. Mr. H. Howell, 1 Nursery, Ham- 
aeg ak exhibited a form of Pteris tremula called 
Pit 
Messrs, H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, Kent, ex- 
—— ~ nutaber of N repre: 
wers, There were 
Primulas, and * immense flowers of Cinerarias 
shown in boxe — dunch of Canna Queen 
Charlotte was — 
It should be pep — ö Sutton & Sons have 
striven for ast to improve the strains of 
Chinese —. and with most gratifying success. 
Several new breaks were exhibited in batches of 
— 
o 
*@® 
advantage, an when ta 
per full light the colour became int 
palm-leaved variety that is certain to become 
favourite. The double R Queen is a bright and 
very pleasing variety, the 
r 
. the flowers produced in 
the old and the 1 “and Peach, pure white, 
fern-leaved. Two batches o 
were shown raised irom po moth thog a ere exactly 
similar, its egifia character is assu n Award 
98 was made naa and a Silver nee Medal 
the Collection, The plants had travelled from 
Destiny in ame es Ex condition, 
Orchid Committee. 
Present: Harry J. Veiteb, Esq., in the chair; and 
3 Jas. O’Brien (Sec. 5 De B. Crawshay, T, H. 
T. Stat * F. Hardy, E. Ashworth, H. M. 
Peller, W. H. White maioria H. J. Chapman, 
> bb, E. am T B. TA H. Williame, 
F, Sander, and M. T. Masters, F. R S 
The first — of the year 
ining a vom 
anceps bee aize, and 
and form, with flowers e, * 
ooke). rawshay ‘also a ance 
Rosefield variety, a es a in brilliant form, at 
Odontoglossum Andersonianum pulvereum, a very 
neat and distinct flower, with clear yellow =. 
closely set with rag red 8 
The Ri Lord Rochschild. eg Park, 
Tring (gr., Mr. E. hin), sent e a e of the 
2 hybrid, Phaleno Ames 
mabilis x intermedia wers were much 
3 than any previously exhibited; white, witha 
slight 18 tint, and peculiar reddish m markings on 
the lip — ural Commendation), 
., Ora U.S. As 
— Cypripedium — 1 ö ! 
um X), a most 
—.— hybrid. in the poten of which the beau- 
tifal C. x M m ill 
Chronicle, 188 1887, jep 513, is used. The flower of ©. 
no with 
ing a few lines of large dark 
