Max 7, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. : 619 
doors when the first bloom «aer and for three 
weeks, if the eme is kept pur 
med, and as t 
they. are ге they can p 
e hybrids. Having меана ed vate corms the 
ext question is where to кн them? This is 
E yortant, i inasmuch as I am 
theory that impe thant Le sapri fae and maturation is 
intimately connected w 
tion.” any one eha rı this let him try planting 
at the ا‎ of his house or in the shade of 
ve the result. Plant, therefore, in a 
out 1 
d or bo uh. wi n open aspect—southern, 
le—where they can catch — of sun- 
shine, ith. the obj ct sta £ u have different 
strong firm loam. 
oved, procure elsewhere loam of some kind 
this way ever, rson can them, no m 
what the natural soil ati ‚ even, аз 
said, "E it s оша ~ naturally or sandy. 
under n | ерки a a 
Th se who systematically Du. Gladioli every year, 
generally, in the autumn, deeply nd m 
n 
Y 
never cakes i solid mass, and keeps 
oisture around the в, no matter how dry the 
summer, and this is very material. My s € 
increased so much tha ave to place three 
v hav 
corms on the sand where Slr I placed but one, 
r tti handful of the same sand goes 
r the he rain and waterings 
em. 
silic ca of this sand wo the roots, and to my mind gives 
the foliage that firm and. woody texture that to the 
rt in or Angust plainly indicates what the 
grower may expect he only extra soil re 
red at covers all, and brings the border on a 
level. Surely Gladioli can thus be grown, eve a 
den iy. meth not have deser 
feeding rial. With th three wants antici- 
pated, success should be within measurable distance, 
but addi 1 me may ed 
sia sy Саб ре 
not allow more than or tw s to ripen on а 
ce Thus there bil En no iint thing a 
W. J. Murphy, Clonmel, 
THE MEANING OF ANEMONE. —Referring to the 
nemone was called 
€ name ** nemor M cc 
"d orosa, re: to 
нн азуы of its habit? The a mo, meaning 
, is perhaps as likely а derivation as 
aneno or animo, breath or wind. The prefix “a” 
is rice found i in Greek or Latin derivatives without 
my 
rife, Cow-berry, intended 
for a ری‎ уы of Vaccinium, e aa = - derived 
a a, of onging ut 
sed G Virgil B translate gre Latin 
Кы Greek pla Am -name Hyacinthus or Vacinthus, and 
is believed by German philologists to be a mere 
variation fre the same root, C. Wolley Dod, 
FLORAL NOVELTIES.—There can be no doubt 
that in greenhouse plants the striped Cineraria 
Jubilee, recently certificated at the Botani 
Mr. James, of Farnham n ала the remarkable 
, of Twicken! nham, ran ongst 
the most novel. Cinerarias, whilst giving sales and 
FIG. 118.—A CRESTED CYCLAMEN, 
beautiful flowers, have hitherto shown a limited range 
chief variation from selfs being 
ot 
tinctly i са 'com es ч уегу gereset e 
tals € this striped flower have each 
ast — on either 
side, and runnin. gd nally as seen in stri 
1 r Asters. As allied to this леру den in 
floral reta there is average robustness. ‘There 
go pe t seed fot 
average plenty, а and thus a strain formed distinctive 
and good. Fro vi u strain of 
Cinerarias pikem at Farn gue Royal, blue е2 ке 
flowers seem to be no robability also, and 
hese again would make an йене addition to ed 
Cineraria strains. It is obvious, however, hat 
tw 
iS a pleat ее баа not only some few 
бү, апа ti o partially eres vested A lige e (see fig. "118. 
That plant is the seed-progenitor e very marked 
novelty shown the other day, hence we have satis- 
factory proof at once that the strain may not onl 
a 
owth. How it originate ted remains a ш 
ет it сап be described as simply а sport, Pe the 
origin of sports heir is very puzzling. In any 
that а Et erus strain has 
me 
their collections, 
PHILIP MILLER.—I am in possession of the second 
edition of Miller's Gardeners’ Dictionary, which was 
published by Rivington in моссхххїп, E is dedi- 
ted to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. тет „віно а 
м. ткае, T ay xci as an ppend 
MDC as dedicated to the Earl of RES 
ton, an media a list of the subscribers’ names, 
J. Do E 
о doubt Mr. Hughes' book will be ч p 
edition "1 Miller's Gardeners’ Dictionary. 
um 
published 1736, will probably b bé th 
Robert Frisby, Worden, Prest 
SOCIETIES. 
SCOTTISH PRIMULA AND AURICULA. 
HE first show of the above newly-formed Society 
show, the hall ag esed from the opening to 
the close. 
The most conspicuous pe on “entering the 
show-hall on the left the collection of 
th i 
enus was P, Reidi, ^u ie 
orm that arrested ‘the soliton. of all. The sa 
tiful cream-white cam = npe late flowers are 
nd с c, and their паре Quen 
A Р, riim ’ purpurea was also note- 
worthy in its way, and я from the type with 
its deep чрез Ачуу 
Mr. Calder, sculptor, vue, Edinburgh, had a 
very interesting n a “of seedling Primulas 
derived from the species P. ciliata i 
of Tru re white, with large flow y 
of Р, у but twice the size; Rob "R нар a beau- 
ul crimson ; and P. Calderi, rose-purple. All are 
beautiful subjecta for the flow ower bord 
and 
in chatattor i чама to ome popular when 
nown, 
Pi tcarli ie, — gd the 
of so hirt 
‚ substa 
lent collection ys also exhibi 
the cre the Society. urner, 
Slough, had a Ка aote of alpine дана 
ad their perfect finish and 
ral 
ing to the competitive classes, note- 
worthy that show Auriculas were the. пына 
