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it will thrive in almost any — or — — but 
the better it is treated the more its tru 
i is a fee g 
tely- 
bits of the stolons being taken in early spring, and 
planted just beneath the soil. 
ConNUS CANADEN 
We were Mur: to succeed wiih. this plant when 
oam and sand, but find that it will 
y ta a mixture of sphagnum and peat. 
Its pretty star-shaped flowers Paez on O»tober 27, 
and continued for'some — in good condition. The 
beauty of th is enhanced by its leaves, а 
assume & bright red Sa on the approach 
autumn, 
Potyconum Ввохоміѕ 
This is a handsome plant, good all the year round 
a very free bloomer, and very suitable for planting on 
the ledges of the rockery, and even in a border, 
Dryas OCTOPETALA 
When planted near to a flat and somewhat sloping 
i a rough surface, this will in 
h 
о wths, w 
n passing out of flower the 
talks are surmounted for some time with feathery 
— vessels, 
YD DENS, 
We find this a desirable trailing plant, suitable for 
covering & rugged stone or boulder, effective when 
in bloo eo — also during the autumn, when the 
leaves ats a pale yellow tint. It thrives as 
well on — shady side of the rockery as on the south 
side, H, May, Markree Castle Gardens, 
Sligo, 
THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE.—In the * ns- 
of the New Zealand Institute (1834), Mr. T. 
Kirk publishes some systematic descriptions on New 
plants from the Upper Waimakariri, New Grasses 
пов М. Mecanade e Ieland, and New mst wand эренле 
ob 
NOTES FROM CAMBRIDGE 
BOTA peti ee 
(Con :inu d from p 
ENIA BOLIVIENSIS on a онн i in the plant 
i" and the Yam in fruit in the same house, 
presented а striking contrast, and are plants too 
seldom used for effect on the roofs of glass-houses. 
Some fine 8 of Ixoras, very notable 
among them bei a fine piece о d- 
huca, of a very sep scarlet, light up the plant- 
stove with. E — ing tints on the eve of the 
November f 
p ELLIONIA DAVEAUANANA, 
The semi-succulent stems, peculiar foliage, and 
the contrast in colour, size, form, between the 
mune and female flowers, Fn this plant а most re- 
&rkable appearance, аКев, in fact, а useful 
mar noyel addition to our jian creepers, 
DICHORISANDRA ORA 
is one of the best of this useful orde r nd 
easily-grown ` stove plants, “flowering rely under 
The deep golden anthers bring out to the best effect 
the rich dark blue of the flowers. 
CRRO REGIA SANDERSONI AND C, STAPELUEFORMIS, 
It is worth while for all lovers of nature to rest 
&while in such Botanic Gardens as those of Dublin, 
Cambridge, Oxford, &c., to have a ME s fellow- 
of the leisure cult, but careful study И Ceropegias 
might do something to help us to re 
ropegias are т dom or 
gardens, they are of li 
Wreaths, aaa table decorations, or market flowers 
Possibly few practical men know that the literal 
rendering of the name is а fountain of wax. And the 
design, form, and f th fountai iracles of 
constructive design and adaptations of means to ends, 
The whole structure of the flower seems designed 
to protect the stigma or ovary from wet and the 
inroad of flies and other i ropegias are п 
ranked among fiy-catchers, though the structure of 
the blossoms are so peculiar, that should any living 
thing get into the corolla it would atand but a poor 
ee ^ getting out again, whether the foun- 
tain the to tu the bottom 
tent, au on open 
— mf — of the р езт portion of the 
any living t hat gets into the 
mei etn y dann muris, i citadel of the 
Ceropegia has a raised palace on the roof with five 
windows, each a quarter of an inch deep, to look out 
of—a tower of observation, or mayhap allurement, 
probably рори among planta. peta 
diverge from а c 
and the 3 overlap these arches ted 
proof, The colour of C - Sandersoni is a pale gree 
а dar 
ker Qu^. with z 
b noid appearance, C. sta- 
pelis'ormis is a Acc Sinn amaller variety. 
ese are greenhouse plants, and could be 
grown easily, whe ir flowers could be best seen, 
Li etes up or drooping down — a roof, pillar, or 
ra 
e eee but 
this 
being a native of India, needs the 3 of a stove 
е flowers, 
ring to be trained 
or trellises. — are easily pr ated by cuttings, 
oot ulb division, for the species 
that have bulbo ' -— 
fairly thin, | freely them to to light and air. 
exposing 
They thrive best in a mixture of peat, leaf-mould, 
and sand, One or more plants should be grown in 
price glass-house, as few planta afford more interest 
nd pleasure to families and students than such 
wax fountains tent flowers as Cerope| 
Sandersoni. 
a the occasion of a recent 
visit I was — — with some specimens of 
this still rare and striking plant. It seems it was 
first introduced from the Transvaal by Rhman, in 
1878. It was ecd зе and sent home 
by Mr, Jameso now bears in cd 
gold-field districts of — Hitherto 
rogress under cultivation has been rather —— 
I do not remember, in fact, seeing this striking 
and beautiful plant in robust health and fall 
beauty anywhere else but in the Cambridge Botanic 
Garden, (See Gardeners’ Chronicle, June 22, 1889, 
fig. 122, p. 773 
т. Lynch, with his usual courtesy, supplied me 
with a few notes that must prove —€— useful 
to others who would like to wea is = orna- 
mental plant to perfection, It is grown at Cam- 
bridge in the — air, but it is not ame * never- 
theless, Neither does the Gerbera take kindly 
culture. Saintes & the south ends of the nice 
useful new range of glass in the Cambridge Botanic 
Garden, may be found several hardy bulbs and other 
plants that have the fall benefit of all our heat, 
help from the hot walls of the 
поене and Fern-houses behind, ongst 
more of such plante is a fine group of Opuntias, 
most of ‘which survived the zero frosts of last 
February. I do not say that such tempting food 
for frost wholly escaped, but a fine group atill sur- 
vives, protec th a temporary frame of glass 
in winter, and mayhap, but I am not sure of the 
е glass, 
It was a happy thought of Mr. Lynch's to plant 
the Transvaal Gerbera behind the Opuntia, and close 
the warm wall behind it; and here it may be 
said to grow — а weed, tm d quM from 
A 1 to the middle or end of October. Mr. 
Lynch thinks the Gerbera and glas d 
protect and assist eac com th have 
covering to keep them dry шар than са rr 
winter, He also adds, as already stated, it does so 
well here because it is planted against a wall, behind 
which are four Aot pipes, 
The general appearance of the plant is something 
like an enormous Dandelion, with large fiame- 
scarlet Daisy-like flowers, standing 
flower-stems averaging from 
more in length. The prevailing colour is a uniform 
flame-scarlet, the 
having a decided shade 
salmon. The blooms also vary very much 
in size, the blooms being finest in sunny fine summer 
weather, some " them — acarlet — 22 
measuring аз — across 
aistency 2 the blooms after cutting is 
marvellous than their на ud — April 
to October inclusive. 
In this 2: home {ог this striking "— 
seeds ntifully ripened by Mr. — — 
— s that by utet these in а warm house 
as ripe the are ready fo "distribution 
— maa 33 those — have seen 
this plant in good form can hardly doubt that it is 
bound to have a brilliant fa future in many — in 
its present form, and may prove useful to hybridists 
of — йге o р, T. F. 
FLORISTS’ 8. FLOWERS. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM GOLDEN WEDDING. 
Maxy complaints were made last season con- 
cerning t the weakness E rcrum in this variety, 
and the failure of t to flower ape ape ч 
I had not grown it, P^ 8 d to try it this 
season. 1 have found no difficulty whatever as 
I Kiivet — СЕРЕСИ 
ing late, and the flowers are only now (Nov. 14) 
half арй; but the plants аге — healthy 
and „ lam very plead with the flowers, 
which are of a rich golden-yellow colour, in that 
respect closely resembling Jardin des ng The 
petals are broad and o d substance, and I shall 
expect to see this od come — more to 
the front. W. H. Divers, Belvoir Castle Gardens 
Grantham. 
Тнк mtem 
mi 1 n 
mp-oft 
in the late autumn, the outer leaves cum Де decaying; - 
m en 
but are e plants in the rock-garden, 
When 3 т нае = no trace of decay 
should be left on the plan ny of the show 
varieties are very scarce, — duplicates cannot be 
obtained, and it is therefore advisable to avoid 
losses, The plants should be arranged in a certain 
kind of order, beginning, say, with the green-edged 
li 
flowers, and following on with -edge, white- 
and is being the order h florists 
have always , and а fancier 
careful 
the best position he 
has for them, and where they are under his eye, and 
easily come · at · able. ee plants should at = 
season be as near as possible to the g 
should not touch it. In fine —.— the * 
should be removed during the day, and replaced 
Dd ae Cim gei on 
leaves of the — In foggy weather let the lights 
be kept close. weather m ow, if the 
garden їз бат, will be coate ck 
oily substance be — d off, de the 
plants will not — suffered. The plant frames, 
which have been in a shady position during the 
summer, should be placed in an open position, 
