know n as minor, the leaves are very small— 
half an inch long, the ыя 
As the species is found 
growing in 
8 riety of conditions “it naturally varies 
to a great extent, and it is not regia that 
names have been given to other forms such as 
vestita and I Ründermannii. 
d 5 
low tufts of Es ghtly 
e 
les 
` forming 
es that are not so dee ply toothed 
octopetala. he yellow flo 
vers are 
. The plant is a rampant grower 
poan established, and soon covers a considerable 
UP. INTEGRIFOLIA.—This third species is a nativ 
of eerie and the Блан of Arctic Мой 
America. Closely tufted in habit, with -s shining 
ree leaves bos are praeh ically entire, it is the 
smalles of t enus: The pur are 
white, Pag aah petalled, and ‘born 
about, 2 inches long. It is the rarest of the Асти 
Fic, 67.—DRYAS OCTOPETALA : 
species in cultivation and not so easy to culti 
vate as the others, altho ak it will flo arih in 
a 
rich, stony soil in open situations where there is 
plenty of moisture. W. I. 
THE ALPINE GARDEN. 
AUBRIETIAS. 
manifest progress which the 
ing recent years is 
their increasing popularity. 
s oam 5 such a dominant position 
these, and certainly few 
Aubrietias 
amply demon 
s 
42 
st 
її the йом ichtlini) 
Е m has marked the intervening years 
ебе of ne varieties of the 
“present day gives Per аа maker splendid 
also 
e bes 
: ет "elective aia 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
A йн gardening т 
дак for g. For the 
" margining 
beds, 
g glorious dr ift 
masses of colour’ in the ock garden, 
pics has no equa al. 
I naking this statemer NM la 
pure and simple. The 
the newer , and t 
eir inte mediate Dalek 
f be auty 
garder 
on the 
, one calls 
; Cai mpbelli 
е; purple; and d ever useful 
ME sk Souvenir de W. In ngram. 
Of anri Pe one can speak of its 
. For many years 
8 m 1ай: “* pH ond pg The 
first to challenge its nfire 
mc doce brilliant in З геу а Уе improve- 
ent in size and habit. Triumoh a deeper red 
continuous 
it held a 
LPhotograph 
FLOWERS WHITE. 
by W. Irving. 
of different tone, came later, 
provement » size xl xd ra Kadoes 
d of the d s Vanguard, a highly 
us priests with a рама brilliant colour, 
wht no one who loves Aubrietias can afford to 
ч 
ү finest г 
ritoriou 
blue-violet variety, is 
e andar variety, holding its 
etter than Pritchard’s ‘Al, Roy oyal Purple 
and others of its period. 
To name t est dark purple or violet 
е would be а колм difficult task, 
but m 1 е the % 
NS PM 
“of the 
variety а 
uring, hi oubtedly In- 
f. Invicta Tf an + allan unfor- 
gettable ER Eqs in its full beauty. 
In soft shades Lavender ‘Cinderella 
ara both extrem ely quite dis- 
tinct in every 
An unusual ond is found in Lady Marjorie, 
and 
beantiful, and 
[APRIL 5, 1919. 
a combination of red and mauve which is almost 
бакра Ы le. This variety in is also гта 
effective. 
"Ра "piuki h shades such as Bridesmaid, 
Mons heimii, and Lilac "aden are not brilli iaut 
be used alone, but in ks. ion 
blues, and purples they be 
Mince eful HE 
айу. eL recent diio; while other useful new 
forms are Unity, blue, neat; Felix, viole 
blue; and Perfection, : £ re al Bee 
n selecting 4 b 
secure 
1t 
1 ey are " be planted 
уе 
е, л fs 
> у g, for Aubrietias do 
not саш, геп when ;nany shades are use 
Planting should be done in autumn for pre- 
AS altho Кыл they can be planted from pots 
An open sunny position is best. 
They ‚бене no prejudice zoo à heavy clay 
soil, and in a dry me thi пов assists 
the йук of flov Sha S. Hayward. 
ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM NAEVIUM. 
THE elegant p^ pesi of thi Ше Tue 
and rare Ога! nid і group staged ‘by 
poe ШУ “the yal Towa i 
4 mind us of o 
g 
nt 
e many beautiful 
ily vanishing from our gardens before the 
7 home-raised seedlings and the imposs’- 
tility of replacing them by importation for some 
years at least. It was first discovered in the pro- 
vince of Pamplona in 1842, and later at Truxillo 
in Venezuela, but only small consignments ever 
reached this country, ahd of these, the plants 
being of small size, many failed to become estat- 
lish n ikes of closely-arranged, 
deed whi wer ited wi ]dish-purple 
alw and the attention of those vind 
tava distinct and attractively arranged flow 
О‹ sir oglossum cirrhosum is another and ec 
spec of the same class now becoming rare. 
A o show of it has brightened the Odo ae 
glossum house at the Warren House, Stanm 
(orchid. zrower Mr. W. Н. Young), for th 
9 — 
iri 
md the plants are still 
5 
two months, a 
condition. 
EE A ee 
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE. 
ELECTRIC POW ER IN IN HORTICULTURE. 
CORRESPONDENT i 
owing- note on a device us 
cating the glasshouses in a large nursery estab- 
ads TNT 
m 
Aft uch d the firm M. G. G. 
дак, ft, has succeeded in 
ccns tructing an' installation which will be a very 
reat adva: agin ihe heati of glass 
Еа. Tt i 
which, connected E e fireplaces, enables the 
fires, ч 
с 
uch as is o ril 
ped pe b hirii; 
light electrc-m 
fire is regul ated dii ed i 
of on 
air r under th 
in on рш апа 
а. {ће hot- 
опу 
* Qeldorsche е 
H 
sery garden йс Guelders), Elst land, - 
Н. Weesjes, and has surpassed al 
is, in large measure, 
а p can easily e appl lied "to 
any heating apparatus used in ours 
Moreo over, ‘the 8 * Шз те 
tr ир аз ifficr 
ОТҮ! The Mal rh bisined as yet w М warrant der 
u ш, that this vention will pro 
rors eatest i aru for bordes, n 
the fuel jin dA is therewith ved 
simplest manner poss sible. 
