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of the best whites are White Beauty, White 
Hawk and White Swan, DA ES as que 
nec Cap l and is 
‘earlies to flower, linking Е ан а е 
the May flowering varieties. 
of eariy flowerin 
graceful as the singles. 
Murillo, rose and whi 
ellow ; Schoonoord, апе Vuurbaak Med; 
eonardo da Vinc ci, brown- red, with yellos w ад 
and RE Сойгон e d'Or, yellow shaded 
The Darvin in Tulips, Ahi ch h e been so a ais 
in recent rovide a velik of variety and 
a aig е эү colours to choos Py As they 
grow “it ів an phus 
ntage ‘eax be 
given a epe ned Lesern. vie xd Arabs 
and other dwarf carpeting subjects all he 1р 
Don effect. Ths 4 7 ану. god among th в 
useful = effective varieties for general 
енен —С1ага Butt, y "wg ; Erguste, 
ыт, Т Samana Rev. liotrope and 
Wm 
Copeland, еа "lavender; Wm 
son.; Pride ig Taarlem, cerise- 
e 
Tonnaye, rose; Fra 
Eur 
Angelico, black ; Zulu, ' violet heh gt aia 
Ва be Sanders, 
d zzling crimson; Sophrosyne, soft rose, 
lilac; Sezon, rosy pink; King Harold, maroon 
scarlet; and La Candeur, shaded lila А coeg 
hite. The need in this 
realiy good whit E 
The Cottage uis supply a few colours ш 
well represented among the Darwins, especially 
some WS, Ah as Bouton d’Or, Ellen 
‘Wil glescombe Yellow and . 
Yellow. Other good sorts are gtr s — 
scarl glescomb ; . Inglese 
Scarlet ; cotee, Ww with rose tips; “The 
Fawn, ‘soft. dove colour; Macrospila, scarlet 
with black and, yellow Te and La Rève, 
shadi 
salmon with lilac 
Rembrandt, Tulips are unique for ie single 
beds borders, as they are very quaint with 
their great variety vot striped and flamed Towers 
The m gs include great e of ght 
чава generally о on a or 
While all the foregoing, Tarps are adapted for 
broad schem n the flower ee 
ri 
fact, 
earl g for summer flowering. 
Palgen of of NUM ihere are Бнк varieties, is 
very useful e d m pine ors 
Tate? be lan housand in 
apennina s з c Hella itolin and Scilla 
and 
which 
they may 
planting 3 may be prid until s 
a кже 
ps. 
ame of bulbous и, жолы: or а е" 
E , with Rd as rt may be made to re- 
our gardens. T rà 
THE GARDENERS 
тава лаа spikes 
li 
CHRONICLE. 
[NovEMBER 1, 1919, 
JACOBINIAS FOR WINTER E 
WHERE a display of flowers has to be 
lainet at all seasons m: mbers be the E 
he acobinias, it P E коөт that are K 
"m ipe in that ge ring berg of them used 
о be known by other e e in many gar- 
dint old names bic a e retained. 
узо, end was introduced from 
tan 
a 
Then it was cultivated by Mess: Veitch 
an Pu who sardi 2 p fius condition at 
some of the winte the Royal Horti- 
АИ Society. "This poo a ides for Le 
pont which, being comparatively e 
ation, was soon extensively grown Et isa 
shrubby аре e us stems 
with ovate a e prin 
colour is bright orange rm ed which is very 
i gua during the half light of a dull winter's 
be known as Justicia 
coccinea used 
i e of Brazil from 
1 1770. 
Mi Es scarlet in colour. go om- 
wel winter these ow wo siecle 
require a temperature of 55? to AE In a young 
state ке кке у be once stopped. 
J. esbre, under ae aio of Seri- 
оок ghiesbreghtiana, pas lon рам а 
f ore win g plan ate- 
late ely “> шту" dee me green tint; ind 
the саванг, bright icáilot flowers are borne in 
loose terminal’ panicles. A 
viously mentioned species, 
towards the end of bet ишт oes very essential 
to the da ie rig 
ca is rg eerie а with large 
of flowers. These 
р erect and entire, while the 
have the upper 
obed. on ge bc MA 
our. 
р 
lower one is three 
ually о 
are usually of a rosy r e three 
distinct у ies, nam d "pti; 
pohliana, crimson; and tina, pink, with 
owny leaves. Exception may perhaps be taken 
o classing this with the winter Ше 
of win 
J. Мо: a Mexican шс, is somewhat 
ike J. ghiesbre ghiians, requires similar 
аваг flowers аге bright 
Tt has also been included i 
J. pau nick an "old оек їп in gordeta, Да has 
been long grown under the 
bunda, and that "Moin e is still in very чині) 
use. This razil, 
ph ri which is a inire of P 
ħas mall, neat leaves and tubular flowers, 
moor hay iod with yellow. Опе draw! 
this Justicia is that the ‘leaves; especially if 
exposed to c to turn yellow, 
еа — of even a 
well-flowered specimen is lost. can to 
gren extent by a obviated by o у water- 
ing m aes with a mixture қ: liquid manure 
and s water, quite clear and not strong. 
nir 
breghtiana and J. 
sembles the last-named p 
worse are of a brig 
leaves ик апа i acute. 
40 hid o and for a long time was exc 
r There a are other рея of Jacobinia, notably 
E J. Lindeni sericea, and J. 
paar but the bat for general TE 
purposes are those mentioned above. W. T. 
- and in 
E FLOWER GARDEN 
By H. MARKHAM, Gardener to the Earl 
of STRAFFORD, 
Barnet, Hertfordshire 
Many useful 
Wrotham Park, 
grown for the beauty 
of тас S eia or foliage, let the heads have 
пре a to eerie into evenly-balanced 
spec The ground intended for the recep- 
tion wu me trees poems be узене жы еш 
Efficient елеше a bm receive 
bae and t 
geana superba ‘Spirae 
багаа, оаа рпа Hydrangea paniculata, Phila- 
r lelphus oe , Tree Раео and Berberis 
ЖЫК, ee it is intended to remove choice 
gy to more suit;ble situations, the present is 
good time to undertake the work. бее 
that t the roots are thoroughly soaked with water 
time ише to es ы аз the ground 
eptionally Hav тш in readi- 
upport 
needed, to strong stakes, d prevent, iin шы; 
h d, would cause damag 
st neglected, ы. Sa shrubs get 
a very crowded state, ppe pug i 
removing, also thi g and prun 
Spring Bedding.—The weather ai 
— ша for work out of dooce, 
pleted. oi, оаа. the work i is still to be done, 
us St БО talit 
in pones that the plants may become V etablishod 
ry cold weather "e eg: some- 
ci Daisies, 
subjects, so 
as much as possi sible: 
THE ORCHID HOUSES. 
hid Grower to Lt.-Col. б. L 
{ош 
By H. G. XANDER, Orc i 
Ногғовр, K.C.V.O., C.I.E., Westonbirt, Glouces ee 
Vanda Watsonii.—This charmin: rare 
species is in flower. Excepti that a flowers 
are pure white, the habit of the plant an and the 
blooms are similar to Vanda coerulea, and 
both ин» should receive poer. treatment at 
all s 
Pret aria picta.—This quaint old spec 
not large enough to find much favour A E 
but it is, nevertheless, a fr me blooming d 
effective little Orchid. E. is easily gro 
1, intermediate ыш with — 
ric and root moisture 
— £ A iux cris- 
sig о ana ser 
at the plentifl о у of water 
hitherto “afforded He plants should be reduced 
in am All not ccesst 4 
EIE. ‘the ps нас bulbs of this Orchid ir : 
8 
the spring: 
plump condition from autumn u à 
ae Р jef reason failure ` is, doube 
tempting to keep the plants in 
i кыт р which invariably ends in shrivel- 
