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THE GARDENERS’ 
NURSERY NOTES. 
р! that igs such gorgeous flowers with 
care 
CHRONICLE. 
[Jone 14, 19g 
shee base having pretty reticulation 
nn ia do gare red co — ant With stag. 
and a e from the grower. The й 
maie Irises an old-world charm, for ards of meliotrope blue; a h gold 
IRISES AT COLCHESTER. they were гоог with our f Ses dio and z a pleasing d to the ‚ БОШ 
they seem always to be found in t eds and habit 1 in тЫ wari, if a fault 
Aum ше cese o ө OE biu we bo Ж of old ine prea amar “where the О be found it a in the rather heavy build 
Thureda the 5th inst., of шарк й tne hen! 8 gardens seem as though tney owe less to design of the inflorescence Lo vano ee 
ana dose ing Irises at Colchester. h than to a happy лнй. of beautiful plants is quite dis stinct, ior the Се: is Oxford bj 
Kilnfield Nurseri they are termed, are о, the natural amenities of woodland and m M re sma i : ү 
devoted entirely to hardy, flow ing plants, те coe Чыг И Mieka ut “al Е = o and re- 
including Alpines and ornamental trees an ing recent years the hybridist E URL The viia pee boni ia of the 
shrubs, especially such are suitable for Tucci: the various tall, flowering Iris ione! senis "an wh reat {тее 
associating with rock and water gardens, which such as pallida, plicata, neglecta and ns Шай йан sao di Mrs s 
are the firm's pua nd їн ш the squalens, that it is almost a tter of impos- Jas s daa { iue З shoes isa 
have gained ‘nigh at exhibitio ibility d. е the ыо, accurately, a broad. vedaisho ТКО соо 
common with most patio of en деса авї the moder e i o lump them into one uio distinct Epod = the plant produces ё 
only a minimum amount of labour has been big group pate the Prud title of late-flower- i is d Toa P EX 
cda during war-time for the cultivation ing bearded Irises. The late Sir Micnael Foster, effa te ae 
Fic. 148.—1r1s GOLDCREST : 
of the extensive stocks 
care of the extensive water and bog 
wall, which on our last visit we foun 
the upkee 
Trises 
list, S 
pim + 
Judes But the 
as possible, one “although it 
unt E 
ower тог — ins time 
summer fiowering 
any 
ld make p сд. жыр high 
in 
it would be difficult to name any 
of flowering plants, the 
ж. CTI 
FLOWERS BRIGHT VIOLET-BLUE, WITH GOLDEN BEARD. 
as w ell known to our readers, 
was 
» hybrids, 
page His uk лон not p on th 
bcn lines, has been nued pe phere in- 
cluding M W. В. (whose beautiful 
xolderest (s Fits! ing in 
full glory at Kilnfield Nurseries on the occasion 
our visit), A. J. Bliss and Mr. Far 
The va = sg ere во numerous that we have 
space enumerate some of the newer 
ones, including si which — not t yet been 
laced merc € 
Per est 
whole “of ‘this Sirs = colle 
tion is the one named Dominion, with à 
spike large flowers, om Yang 
glorious falls of violet purple with a ‘oon 
gt 
tonne, 
of bold a 
pe Mt "opis "heliotrope falls and a 
nent orange beard o pale ground; 
the falls are deep maroon, with reticulations, 
the standards are blush colour. Drake mi 
described as a counterpart of ney, but in- 
Е 
grow as muc 
In the күү Phyllis Bliss, which is 
of the choicest of Mr. Bliss s productio 
young flowers ane a ra ather Черт sade ‘than e 
is seen in t 1 nded blooms. The й | 
laid wit! 5 ere are reticulations 
purple. The long, drooping falls are not quite - 
so wide as the standards. ns may 
be described as icolor r e Very uM 
road, purplish lavender falls have brown re- В 
ticulations at the base, on a white ground; the 4 
large, waved vlan pie are Ld ue онан 
Тһе plant is very n blooming, and has E 
‘habit of branching ME so ‘that as pe ia 
men will bea of b 2 
ping соп n 
for 
Clematis, for ins cod of | a A 
standard, the segments hang down es à 
falls, pmi moreover, the а segments have Ш 
beards. so that the flower must be reg тдей as j 
an abnorm cb was that of a more 
regular flower than sual in lrises, and BA. 
from this fact that the name Clematis wasgiven ЩЫ 
. One s the freest blooming of all hé 
named Azure, whic sses rich, un е 
falls, repealed at the base, and azu ue =, 
standards, 
branching inflorescences of Cam 
e 
bear es having а creamy-white gr F 
faintly suffused with blue at the edges 0 
falls, and with more blue in the stan 4 i 
flower is rather unique in that it fades wit e 
almost to cream-whit ules is a variety nd 
claret-colouring in the falls, and brown ler 1 
owards tne limb a e pro a 
SEE be v standards, мной i 
вау 
than i in most varieties d 
a rich, perpbsh. s shade w 
we nave a Pana. giving a more Ar 
effect; the falls being crimson maroo 
