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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[Mav 28, 1887. 
in the breeze, while the crimson buds of the 
Sycamore look like flowers against the sky. 
Berberis stenophylla, though it has not the ; 
red-gold gleam of Lens pen shows a more graceful 
habit of growth. tened against a trellis in 
the garden the long tralling sprays down which 
the golden blossoms seem to flow, fall on either 
side, in no way hindered by the straight support. 
It is easily propagated in early spring by rooted 
suckers, which it sends up idend running quickly 
underground in search of fresh nourishment. 
After the blossoming has passed the dark glossy 
leaves form a fine background for white flowers. 
The long spreading branches of the Réve d'Or 
Rose, with their dark red leaves, are very effec- 
tive, as one catches glints of the rich colour 
through the garden, and the Doronicums now 
in blossom never look so well as when growing 
in front of one of these Rose bushes. It seems 
extremely hardy, retaining its leaves through all 
the winter storms until replaced by the fresh 
spring growth. 
y l4.—Now is spring's fairest sight—the 
Apple Момо overhead and the Dluebells at 
our feet! How much we owe these old gnarled 
Apple trees, untouched by any pruning-knife. 
Early in April the silver buds creep down the 
long dark stems; then come the deep pink tips 
of blossom, and one fair day in May the full 
soft flush, the rosy cloud of bloom that breaks 
against the summer sky d in autumn what 
more beautiful latticework can there be for the 
purple Clematis than these ма branches, laden 
then with gold and crimson 
While the sun is so sco ор overhead, how 
enchantingly cool are the Bluebells in the wood ! 
With just a flicker of leaves expanding overhead 
the Bluebells seem Е 
t hides th 
not true “ Bluebells, " but a variety of 
stronger oro (Scilla hispanica) with tall stems 
bearing from twenty to thirty flowers of a 
charming purple-blue. The pure white variety 
is lovely, dropped here and there like strings of 
drive are tall blue Irises, mingling with the low 
growing Sy re branches. A few of these 
deep bronze-hued branches, with Iris stems cut 
some 3 feet ya are beautiful indoors in a large 
jar of simple pottery ware ; but still more lovely 
are tall of Apple blossom in a similar jar. 
ow to decorate a room with simple 
flowers, if m s are cut so as to display their 
natural mode of gro 
and pe tightly honbe. in a vase. 
In rden the old red Tulips with dark 
blue blotches at their base 
foliage of Papaver um 8 
me enhances their wenig This Poppy, sown 
autumn and i anted out early in spring, com- 
sente ces to flower in Ma зря when red blossoms are 
not very plentiful. Not far from the Poppies are - 
ome Ww ansies, which, wit 
he таам of the wind, look just like iiec 
lies alighted on some plant. I is к bes 
ime for taking Pansy cuttin 
— bet ok эы е ш 
M 
be finer next spring shan the 
i plants, The old Golden-ball Wallflower I 
cuttings early each 
{з as soon 
describe 
unpublished bulb volume of the Flora Capensis, from 
| DANY sent by Hartwe 
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ky. Pushing out into the sunshine by the ` 
wth, and not nipped off short 
when open in the 
ngs, ing 
wths that come from abe centre of 
w, and planted out in : 
| solitariis synanthiis уйыне sesqui ipedali ibu 
NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PLANTS. 
URGINEA MACROCENTRA, Baker, n. sp.* 
Tuts is a near ally of the officinal oe dim 
maritima). In habit it resembles Ornithogalum 
pyrenaicum, but is much taller. The curious points 
about it are the single, perfectly cylindrical Onion- 
like leaf, and the very large spur of the 1 
bracts, from which the name is taken. 
d in manuscript for some time for the yet 
specimens sent from the Transkei, by Mrs. Barber, 
and now we have flowered it at Kew from bulbs pre- 
sented in 1 by Messrs. Sander & Co., of St. 
СУ 
b globose, 2—8 ee in diameter, Leaf 
Bre contemporary with the flower in May, 
perfectly cylindrical, dim erect, 3 Eye long. 
i. stout, terete, erect, 24 — 3 feet long. 
me dense, 5—6 inches long, 1 Er in diameter ; 
ênê ascending, }—4 inch long; upper bracts 
small, cucullate, with a minute basal spur; lowest 
with a convolute scariose spur 1 inch long. 
Perianth campanulate, 1-6th inch long; segments 
oblong, white, tipped with green. Stamens shorter 
than the ents; filaments uniform, white, 
cylidrical; anthers oblong, brown. - shai 
globose ; style short, erect, white. J. G. Bak 
eT TENUIFOLIA, 
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the genus, although 
its flowers are not borne in masses like some of the 
It belongs to the gro 
species has gracefully arching grass-like leaves, form- 
ing an elegant plant if placed on a piece of Tree Fern 
stem firmly secured in a pan. A well established plant 
when in flower has quite an attractive сте 
The flowers are densely spotted with crimson-red on a 
deep yellow ground. It is closely allied to ‘he very 
rare M. t riangularis, for which another species some- 
times гн duty in -— The weh of the two 
are very similar in general appearance, but the latter 
has Мы much Rit rg leaves than М. tenuifolia. It 
is found growing on trees in Mexico, whence it was 
weg to the Horticultural 
DENDROBIUM POLYPHLEBIUM, 1, hyb. (nat, f) 
This curious thing has flowered at Mr. Wrigley's 
at Howick House, Preston, under the excellent 
management of Mr. W. Swan. I am informed the 
growth is much like that of Dendrobium Pierardi 
latifolium—bulbs 1 foot to 18 inches long. “We 
had the plant only a short time ago from the Liver- 
pool Horticultural Company, who stated it was 
probably a natural hybrid. The flowers stand in 
pairs or singly.” 
_ I obtained three good flowers, two of which 
ed ovaries much 
reddish at top. Sepals and petals broader than in 
igitor Pierardi, with a much stronger blunt 
Lip rounded, shorter than 
| hus ha 
"mls a little fringed at border, full of stiff hairs at 
т border. 
Three purs keels from abrupt 
m ahd claw, running to disc. Very numerous 
divaricate purple veins, ibaie both sides from 
callous keels, nearly contiguous, a light brownish- 
n with three teeth at 
; purple eiie stripes in front, p with a great 
neat purple anther, whose base white. 
In 
| shape the flower is much broader this in Den- 
* Urginea macrocentra, Baker, n, sp. ашын. Low foliis 
ad apicem vot 
in acetum densum dispositie, pedioellis b berina emit. 
superioribus parvis cucullatis calcaratis, 
tions have been formed, 
' perpetuals 
drobium Pierardi, and the great relative shortness of 1 
the cucullate lip is most remarkable. 1 
I am inclined to believe it is a good guess to name _ 
of my English correspondents, what I found - 
out generally myself, that if the mules are preferable ' 
for the strength of their growth, there is scarcely | 
any case where the brilliancy of colours reaches that _ 
brilliancy the given parent boasted of. And Ihave | 
still to add one remark. General E. Berkeley, whose - 
keenness of observation is so well known, had as - 
early as 1876 a plant very near this. 
My documents are a letter, a sketch in colours, and | 
three flowers, which were not very fresh when pressed, _ 
hence not very good for investigation. Further, — 
Colonel Berkeley states there came only one plant i 
flower is like t f It is - 
very free flowering, throwing out its bundles of three — 
flowers all down the stem. It is slightly sweet- - 
scented, and robust in habit, like the plant you 
named D. rhodopterygium.” ‘This is not our plant; | 
that has D. Pierardi growth, flowers single ог in | 
pairs, and a very нү lip. egin, however, to 
believe it may prove to be also a similar mule, as - 
may Dendrobium йй ы те тег Н. G. Rehb. 
ROSES. 
و 
SOME NEW ROSES.‏ 
I »o not mean to enter upon any n‏ 
TR as to Roses that are coming o 1‏ 
hey hav ralded as usual by loud nid‏ 
notes, and "ey adjective that can express excellence |‏ 
in the French language has been ар to them,‏ 
and indeed in some instances they have surpassed‏ 
themselves, as one is described as having itd appear-‏ 
ance of a burning bush, and another as ve‏ 
coquettish.”‏ “ 
have not been generally seen, but of which expe‏ 
and towards which ma‏ 
ae eyes will be е during th‏ 
They have been more or less seen‏ 
thé past season, and while many hopeful expecta tatio:‏ 
have been formed about them, a further test is‏ 
required before they are admitted to the position 0! ١‏ 
established show varieties. In taking the hybrid)‏ 
first, I find among them some of whi‏ 
many Rose с have alre‏ 
Edouard H MACH bea go —This has be‏ 
well spoken. of by t and‏ 
cula s‏ 
like ballast; have to be thrown | 
This is em of those - 
