164 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
genus, and it is seldom that bigeneric hybrids M SUPERBUM. 
occur Sri taneously in our gardens. On a recent IN native habitats Lilium superbum | 
лр йе Kew rock-garden, however, I noticed generally геа in swamps and moi? hollows 1 
nore one example what must have › that we should naturally expect it to call for 1 
pea a anise hybrid between a Scilla a* a good supply of ha crim in gardens, It is, 
Chionodoxa. oe told me he re- however, often forgotten that the conditions in 
membered that such hybrid had been which plants grow wild differ greatly from those x 
described by Nicholson “under the name of they experience in gardens. It is, therefore, not THE FLOWER GARDEN. | 
Chionoscilla Alleni (see Gard. Chron., 1897, surprising that L. superbum does quite healer 
p.. 119). the mixed border. without any special sup ply By Н. MARKHAM, Gardener to the Earl of STRAFFORD, 
The hybrid resembles a Chionodoxa in lu sinn; Much, however, in this on Wrotham Park, Barnet, Hertfordshire. 4 
the arrangement of the flowers on the stem, depends upon the climatic conditions of eac Roses.—The pruning of Ros nay now be 
and in the complete covering-in of the ovary locality, and there a e places in the United шона е: Very early Кызан e is not good 
beneath the cone of broa ens. On the Kingdom, where the rainí lin summer is small, practice, as it encourages m basal goma 
other hand, the hers are attached at their in Н oly Lilium superbum should have more that ma у be damaged by late frosts, 
centres, as in the Scilla, and therefore are more water than in wetter districts. In the former it ‘the H.P.’s rather closely, = keep the Р 
obvious than іп the Chionodgxa. e mis. 2t may be desirable к platt L. superbum by the open, as overcrowding is detrimental to -the 
the individual flower is a compromis sida of a pond or stream, or in an artificial bog oy jou of large, shapely flowers some 
the two parents, for the segments ire деч or bed supplied with ew Ed moisture. In 5, r ealthy growths of d | 
рди te be pegged down to fill up space, 
Sige i PU EIER C M E acu Кес. Se and then will yield a good supply of flowers, as 
В : w YA = giving the beds a neat appearance. 
/ weak side-shoots back to one or two 
eee and allow stronger growths t to 
Sd six eyes, accordi the height of the plants. 
Tea Roses should have the inner shoots cut 
b o b have weak sprays removed, 
and the strong, flowering wood shortened, but _ 
2 not so severel e case of 
soon as the plants have been pared and all 
suckers as E give the beds a good dressing 
of loam-and decayed manure, and see that the 
labels are in 0598 
Sta Roses.—The heads of all standard ~ 
ee shoud be well vier aid the shoots 
pruned, always cuttin tside bud, 
usmg a keen-edged knife Tor Ey T Make 
the stakęs and fastenings secure. 
ater Lilies—From now and onwards Water 
Е h 
Lilies ma T many good 
varieties of Nymphaeas deserving of special _ 
? 
D : 
grown in suitable tubs and sunk in the water 
jet where they ai onerat to flower. 
hat has bem ctio 
d made 
ate! rm. 
f the weather. should be dry before they are 
well establi — р Зору the plants with water 
and apply a mulch of decayed manure ог leaf 
mould. 
ез. GARDEN 
By G. Еш Gardener to W. H. Esq. 
Swanmore iik: meters ds Tempel 
£ Artichokes e strong suckers thay 
n EOM bs were taken up during the autumn, potted, t 
а. AE NA SE, : à wintered in frames, should now be planted out. 
2 See Plant them in well-manured ground. icant ла | 
Scilla bifoli Fic. 69.—CHTONOSCILLA AND ITS PARENTS. chokes flourish if given liberal manurial watering? —. 
illa bifolia. PIDE Luciliae. Chionoscilla. ; uring t summer. Set wes plants Ж Ж 
apart, and allow a distance of 4 feet cs 
almost—but Sian abe ir base, so that eu nee this is É: is the rows. If old plants rel withstood . d 
a small funnel-shaped c “forms the base d well Kum. hat "itle deception i js trying nem m е uld - uncovered penes 
TA flower. Hybrids bet widely-separa: пона Mr. А. G за of its now, and ground forked up around 
species are easly uale: - but this hybrid - blance to L. ны е which it ies а. pe them, adding. “burt eme y refuse when po 
ween two genera has e appearance siderable vpn Its later erates marks it forming this operat: 
being fertile, for the pollen is abundant, and an as distinct, apart from the difference in the cannot 
eram anthers and stigma is as well ра. and the more pointed segments constitute Main Crop C —Too much care the 
ted for self-fertilisation as a, Chionodoxa. a distinction apparent to the more than possibly be taken i a tie preparation fg have 
In Tn olor, the hybrids that I have seen closely observer. The colour of the flower varies from ground for Ca The plot то 
resemble Chionodoxa sardensis md Mos yellow to orange-red, the E is from 4 to 8 been deeply lled Pontius. Apply E 
can only be distinguished from’ € hat plant by feet, and the е jroduces a large number of dressing of wood-ash and burnt garden dnd 
the greater prominence of the anthers, and by  flowers—from to 30, or even more, in well- then harrow i ell in; remove ‘arge depth 
th» fact that the segments form ly any сена M level the plot, and draw азн an inch sag os 
tube a Асай f the flowers. m four inches is generally recog- and 1 foot ap: Sow Үй 
сар anying sketch (Fig. 69) represen: nied. р а suitable 13 at which to plant, but cover them lightly, and in rake the ө rey 
Chionodoxa abore, and below, on the le hh, m light во exceeded with advan- parallel with the drills. In гагар Gem varie 
а 
Luciliae 
bifoli: ith the hybrid ionoscilla on tage, and ш, р тэм inches in such Merk on Standard, Favourite, 
the sight. Wo M Tog eer Godal- Even that depth m 23 exceeded with no ties, and use the Intermediate types in deeper 
ming. disadvantage oth may de sols. _ 
