- 
-~ cum glaciale, belonging to 
| tock 
"this pretty genus, 
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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Max 28, 1887, 
-over the кой. Southern and Жайка Texas bas 
this year (February, 1887) suffered from a prolonged 
drought, no rain to speak of батар! fallen for nearly 
two months; and were it not for heavy dews, fogs, 
'and mists which have set in Oia every blade 
of grass would have been burnt u e climate of 
Texas is perpetually in extremes ihe of heat or 
cold, А ур ог — J. R. Jackso 
KEW. NOT E S. 
Prants IN FLOWER — Viola 
pedata var. bicolor is one of the most charming little 
"Violets we have seen for а long time, ger apparently 
‘as free a flowerer as the е. ority of the species in 
The only real diei; seems to 
y to а certain 
the upper surface, the lower being blush tinted—is all 
that can be desired in а flower, and if taken in hand 
by our үч эйбер and enlarged, would undoubtedly 
be a great bo 
Dianthus о апі € ман ёдрас ү 
г 
m seed, many flowering the second year after 
sowing ; and they are easily raised in the open air. 
been established ‘about three y years, and is now flower- 
varica in the bog seems equally 
verna var. atroviolacea is & fine 
peres dry situation, being one mass of pretty pink 
P the io contrat mass together, while the runners are 
ledges above to w 
'The Phloxes are at their very best now ; the varieties 
of pU purpl es, lilacs, and white, Men very fine 
Auc hemselves 
Sedi be summer remeras. plants со come лы. R 
reptans, P. amena, &c., also showy, and soo 
form large masses in well Гана soil. 
officinalis, azurea, mollis, angustifolia, &c., have 
very handsome foliage, and if judiciously mixed 
on first opening, but as 
they become older, individual flowers from each plant 
e quite undistinguishable. 
caucasica, which it somewhat resembles, The latter 
foliage, and larger flowers ; ymo 
ms to be one of üe m 
саг ев. таг 
us planis 
1-йгаїп ей and the mass left undisturbed. 
to the section dum E is a 
warfer 
Sticks stuck firmly in the ground. 
than ang of she, other 
yellow, and striking if 
E the best introductions of late years, is perfectly 
splendidum is a fine dark variety, dwarf, and well 
worth 
growing, as is Jeffreyanum, giganton m and 
others, all of which are now at their 
Tulipa Greigii is a wonder among Tulips; ; it is by 
far the largest, and most striking of any of the 
species, the flowers looking like great flames rising 
out of the pretty mottled leaves. It seems to like 
rather a dry situation where it can get pe of 
sun. D. 
CULTURAL MEMORANDA, 
— وي‎ 6 
CLERODENDRON BALFOURIANUM. 
Tuts is suitable either for furnishing a pillar ог 
for training round a trellis as a pot specimen. The 
flowers, deep re with white calyces, are produced 
veral weeks if 
then b 
hree 
bates and sand, making the same moderately 
firm about the roots in potting. 
AUTUMN-BEARING RASPBERRIES, 
oung canes of autumn-bearin 
which have sprung from the old stools within the 
last few weeks should be thinned out to 6 inches in 
the row, leaving the strongest and most promising 
canes. These, as soon as they require support, 
should be tied to tarred string, two or three lengths 
Sarvias. 
Young plants of Salvias raised from cuttings put 
in early in spring should be planted out in a sunny 
position in 6 or 7 inches depth of rich soil on a 
hard bottom, otherwise the plants will make too 
luxuriant and s ling a growth. Thus grown 
bushy and floriferous plants will be secured. The 
most useful varieties of Salvias to grow for the con- 
servatory and nhouse are gesnerzflora, bright 
splendens, 
bright red ; rutilans (Pine-apple scented), magenta. 
To this list may be added the familiar patens, with 
bright blue flowers. 
'TACSONIAS. 
Т. exoniensis (magenta), and Т. Van Volxemii 
(crimson), are the most suitable varieties to grow, 
Young plants may be easily raised from cuttings 
“ Ше Ee, growth taken with a heel of the old 
ched, and inserted in small pots filled 
vith mns soil, then plunged in a propagating 
pit, watered and shaded from bright sunshine until 
they have emitted roots. Т. van Volxemi may also 
be readily raised from seed. The Tacsonias, like 
many other rampant growers, should not be allowed 
too much scope for root-action. They do best 
planted in a narrow well-drained border, about 2 feet 
wide, 18 inches deep, including 3 inches of 
laid on а concrete and from 4 to 8 feet long, 
to extent of roof there is to be furni: ished. 
‘the npe d агаар this with the necessary ес com- 
ompost, consisting of three-parts sound _ 
with the addition of а 
but “not stopped, as that would partially prevent 3 
flowering. H. W. Ward. 3 
THE BULB GARDEN. 
ORIGIN OF FRITILLARIA CONTORTA. 
rden name ofa 
pL 
FRrrTILLARIA CONTORTA is the 
р. 681, and about the true origin of which nothing - 
was at that time definitely known. Mr. C. B. Clarke, 1 
chequered form, While the one grown in 
belongs to the white variety. Mr. Clarke udi 
the white variety also, but did not succeed in getting — 
a monstrous flower. With the light thus thrown - 
over numer- 
ic 
= 
of the variety _ contorta. 
long cultivated in gardens, and is now pretty widely 
diffused, Mr. Ellacombe tells us that he received it | 
from the Glasnevin Botanic Garden twenty-one year 
ago, but how long it may have grown there balord 
that time no one seems to know. D. | 
HORTICULTURE AT NEW- 
CASTLE JUBILEE ee. 
т тнл of the modeller’s art in the way of roots 
urds, Melons, and other edible products of ! 
the garden and field. ‘There are fine displays of | 
rasses grown from “ Sutton” seed, and seed 
various kinds assorted for every с climate, The sta 
is a perfect exhibition in itself, and well merits | 
studying. 
Messrs. William Fell & Co., nurserymen, Hex- 
ham, have planted two very large be beds of choice | 
onifers, ornamenta es, ges 
a lar conservatory in 
لما‎ Messrs. McKenzie 
their spacious Em 
Мт. W. J. and е 
Newcastle, exhibits in det siut yam an elie“ 
case, in the cen which Ferns spring md 
background of rockwork and mi - api 
and m are now thoroughly establis 
‘Exhibition. fres 
appearance. dh ep ы! Ж) 
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