и h ДГ Seen ete чс DUM У 
DecemBer 20, 1919.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
309, 
NOTES ON RISES. 
COLOUR IN SEEDLINGS. 
batches of Bearded Iris seedlings there 
as been a noticeable АШАЙ y in 
that give an effective 
an uel 
ar 
the p 
[3 Чааны blending. would | bo free alhos 
established 
our gardens; “as à “attr of mi 
_Alterglow bes Fig ) в 
g to the ‘yellow ot the’ hatt, T 
shade, 
ye 
u 
ipit da a 
pallida nube - E 
In 
noting ; it Paggena tha ү dw edm 
ciently pure pink ‘bot ae a and heredity, 
aC а might vie o with the soft blends o 
a ies 
cont the variety Wild Rose Ре 
with à hue of our American wild Rose and 
has much of it; ure urface, of 
Importance in any colour. compari for- 
unately the variety does not se and 
quite likely the purity lies only in the colour. 
Howe uch al the fascination for the breeder 
è horticultural fi lies in anticipation. 
ert Swan Sturtevant, Wellesey Farms, 
ет. 
roit usetts. 
p—O a es me a 
DIALYSIS OF FOXGLOVE. 
In August last I was favoured with a peculiar 
Specimen of the common Fox i o A gp ume 
from Mr, Т. alker, Ann Ў arn. 
‘orth. He coll it osthwaite, near - 
wick. Seven of the lower flowers of the r e 
ези: 
normal form had ‘become 
divided to the base, the parts were practically 
narrow p е "n a менла, lamina, suddenly 
narrowed — into long, claw. Тһе first 
gamopetalous СОРОЙ above the divided ones had 
a narrow tube, so that the 
earlier stages of the evolving ee: may. have 
Possessed claws or rrow tube. The sudden 
Widening of the corolla above the cal as no 
TREES AND SHRUBS. 
BERBERIS TEES VAR. 
ТАЕ, 
THE common Mahonia is a very variable shrub 
as one m it in — vay marked di x 
are to be noticed in the surface of t 
leaves as well ee тз the shape and si 
leaflets. Some are of a gga shining green, 
others quite dull. It seems ery probali 
ше» are several hybrids in ved pinnate-lea 
noa of the Boos and the = loved Plants 
monly regarded as form: ris 
Axio may be, in reality, Md vias en ae 
repens. rset also it may have hybridised 
istinct forms is gro 
with B. pinna 
ne of the d 
me Кино s Lgr at ihe (see Eu TA 
sh tufted habit, growing 
в are erect and 
ES 
the branches. It is, however, in the leaflets th 
the plant shows its great distinctness. There are 
h leaf, and they are 
of a deep glossy green above, very glaucous 
EEE phrase 
sige 1875 and 1878. It is the Populus alba 
idalis, Bunge, or P. Bolleana, Car- 
being simply a руш variety of the 
or Bp inom А bes could ev ed as a street 
i rr irm i RA shapel 
ar area 
bis alg P 506 f high, on 
east end x Mill Street, Maidcton me, and 
4 the eas 
looks not only appropriate there, but race eios 
Tt has the clean-looking, grey bark, characteristic 
of the White Po pa ar, гаа ог noticeable even 
in winter. The striking, however, 
ae eezy rin i йы ite 
No pruning is required, in this might be borne 
in mind when trees are being planted in w 
streets, J. F. 
MORPHA ae 
Tur у Plant from Missouri has been a 
little dineppolatiag, for 'alihough ‘the species is 
4 hardy in , Seot ук ‚ it has been lost in 
ertain seasons. flowers are M in 
Fic. 145.—BERBERIS AQUIFOLIUM VAR. WILLMOTTIAE. 
$ to 14 inch 
Je margins are spiny, toothed and con- 
small. At 
jn b 
ovate "teo af Niue being more 
gg UCM Ay 1 ha 
id b Miss illmott that it is 
‘We Rd A рента years since first she noticed 
the. distinctness i this zoe m It was then 
ng in a Lee ag amongst herbaceous plants, 
ards moved into a better position, 
its characters eve 
uite unchanged, and is now a mos 
pleasing feature ait Warley and one which always 
attracts attention. 
BOLLE'S POPLAR. 
UGH this tree grows т "rand it is seldom 
: а + tall enough to 
emp! т 
тау be part! 
introduced a Wes 
not 
ern Europe till Rire 
autumn at a time when they specially 
In муса to the es foliage 
did survive the ` 
S. Arnot 
TILIA PETIOLARIS. 
Wrrz reference to the remark by у 
\ J. edant pow zer 
Lime, g pecimen -is 
certainly one ee most айгайы of trees. 
The specimen e Botanic Garden, Cam- 
bridge, is penes eden a pes example, its large 
branches drooping down on all sides to the 
groun 
n 1913 p ove = 65 ft. high. There are 
everal fine ecorded, og the finest I 
believe is dig кер the lawn Burton, Suffolk, 
ich was t. high i 1908 The origin of 
Tilia petiolaris is some iful; El d 
identica 
, the pe tila ом, 
with those of that 
SHEHA Cambridge 
are longer. F. G. 
