November 7, 1878. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
351 
pointing out objects of interest and giving information where 
it was required. 
Appley Towers, its grounds and gardens, afford remarkable 
evidence of good taste on the part of the proprietor, and the 
gardener, Mr. Sunbury, is to be congratulated on the excellence 
of his work in the several departments under his charge.— 
B. Cowan. 
LASIANDRA MACRANTHA FLORIBUNDA. 
I Know of few plants so gay with its large purple flowers 
and fine foliage as this. Lasiandra macrantha is well known, 
but is unfortunately straggling in growth and sparse in flower- 
ing; but the plant figured is dwarf in habit and floriferous. 
Under easy culture this valuable plant may be had in flower 
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from the end of October till the end of February. It is very 
useful in small 32-sized pots for various purposes of decoration. 
Ihave found it strike freely in the early spring—about the end 
of February—plunging the pots containing the cuttings ina 
house or frame having a temperature of about 60° to 70°; the 
cuttings also strike if placed loosely in cocoa-nut fibre. After 
they have rooted, which will be about the end of March, they 
should be potted singly and again plunged in heat until esta- 
blished. We shift them into their blooming pots and keep the 
plants in about the same temperature until May; they may 
then be removed to a pit or frame and kept rather close. They 
also enjoy a little shade in hot weather. About the first week 
in September remove the plants to where they are to flower 
if continued in the frame much later than that time they will 
lose some of their flower buds which are then formed; the 
Fig. 56.—LASIANDRA MACRANTHA FLORIBUNDA. 
foliage also will turn brown at the edges and spoil the appear- 
ance of the plants. 
I find the plants flower well in a temperature of from 50° to 
55°. Ifthe house is kept rather dry it will suit them all the 
better. The soil 1 use for potting this Lasiandra is bright 
yellow fibry loam and peat in about equal parts, using plenty 
of silversand. It is a plant that also requires a liberal supply 
of water. 
Lasiandra macrantha floribunda was, I believe, first sent 
out by Mr. Bull, but it is now in general but too limited cul- 
tivation. Recently a fine batch of plants was flowering in 
Messrs. Veitch’s Nursery at Chelsea, none of them exceeding 
18 inches high, and every shoot producing four or five grand 
flowers.—J, PITHERS. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS IN LONDON. 
AFTER a long period of well-applied labour and unremitting 
attention Mr. Newton has his reward in the attractive display 
of Chrysanthemums in the Inner Temple Gardens. As usual 
the plants are arranged on the south border of the gardens, 
which is temporarily covered with glass, the front being pro- 
tected with canvas. The border has been excayated so that 
the flowers are placed conveniently under the eye, and, sloping 
from the back to the front, the bank is highly imposing. It 
is about 50 yards long, 6 feet wide, and contains nearly five 
hundred plants. They are grown on single stems, and bear 
on an ayerage about six blooms each. Mr. Newton grows all 
the best old varieties in cultivation, adding each year new 
varieties as they are produced. As a rule the new are no 
improvement on the old ; such familiar sorts as Mrs. G. Rundle, 
The Beverleys, Prince Alfred, Jardin des Plantes, Vesta, Dr. 
Sharp, White Globe, King of Denmark, Progne, and the small 
but useful Julie Lagraviére, are as attractive as ever, while of 
the Japanese varieties Elaine is still unsurpassed for pure 
chaste beauty. Amongst the newer Chrysanthemums one of 
the richest of all, Refulgence, will neyer become popular on 
account of its glaring yellow eye. M. Lucien Barthiére, a 
