October 11, 1864. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



291 



As to "light" Roses I hardly know what your correspon- 

 dent wishes ; but I hope some day soon to give a list of Roses 

 ■with descriptive notes, which may "be some guide to ama- 

 teurs ; for this I am endeavouring to collect materials, and 

 am sure that the widespread interest in the Rose will make 

 it, even though imperfect, acceptable to many. I should 

 add that amongst light-coloured Roses — that is, those of a 

 very pale shade of rose and pink, nothing more beautiful 

 than Louise Margottin and Emotion has been produced; 

 but then they are Bourbons and not Hybrid Perpetuals, 

 and if your correspondent does not think this an insuperable 

 objection, he will find that these two flowers will give him at 

 times perfect gems, and, like all the Bourbons, particularly 

 in the autumn. — D., Deal. 



POETKAITS OF PLANTS, FLOWEES, AND 



FKITITS. 



Thladiantha dubia (Doubtful Thladiantha). — Nat. ord., 

 CucurbitaceaB. Linn., Dicecia Pentandria. Native of northern 

 •■China, and seemingly of the Sikkim Himalaya, at from 5000 

 to 6000 feet elevation. It is a graceful climber with yellow 

 flowers, certainly hardy enough for out-of-door cultivation 

 in the south of England, and how far north requires and 

 •deserves proving. — (Bot. Mag., t. 5469.) 



Dendrobium nodatum (linotted-stemmed Dendrobium). 

 —Nat. ord., Orchidaeese. Linn., Gynandria Monandria. Na- 

 tive of Moulmein. Introduced by Messrs. Low & Co., Clapton 

 Nursery. Flowers creamy white and orange. — (Ibid., t. 5470.) 



Ctanotis nodielora (Nodose-flowered Cyanotis). — Nat. 

 ord., Commelyneaj. Linn., Hexandria Monogynia. Native 

 of South Africa. Flowers dark lilac. " It is a ready fiowerer, 

 •blooming during June in an ordinary greenhouse." — (Ibid., 

 i. 5471.) 



Vitis Bainesii (Baines's Gouty Vine). — Nat ord., Ampe- 

 lideos. Linn., Tetrandria Monogynia. Native of tropical 

 Western Africa. It has a very gouty stem, resembling, 

 indeed, a large bulb, with very succulent, leafy branches. 

 Flowers green, inconspicuous, in a warm stove during July. 

 —(Ibid., t. 5472.) 



Aiephiblehha cymosum (Cymose Amphiblemma). — Nat. 

 ord., Melastomacete. Linn., Decandria Monogynia. Tropical 

 African plant. Flowers bright lilac. Stove plant. — (Ibid., 

 i. 5473.) 



LiNTjar Macbaei (Macrae's Linum).— Nat. ord., Lineee. 

 ilAnn., Pentandria Pentagynia. Sent from Lata, in Chili, 

 ■under the name of Linv/m Chamissonis, by Mr. Pearce, col- 

 lector for the Messrs. Veitch, but previously found by Mr. 

 Macrae, at Valparaiso, and named after him. Flowers orange, 

 blooming in July. — (Ibid., t. 5474.) 



Rose — King's Acre, raised by Mr. Cranston, the nursery- 

 man, of King's Acre, Hereford. Flowers bright crimson, 

 and extra large and fine. — (Floral Magazine, pi. 213.) 



Linum Chamissonis. — See above, Linum Macraei. — (Ibid., 

 pi. 214.) 



Clematis rubro-violacea. — Raised by Mr. G. Jackman, 

 inn., of Woking Nursery, from seed produced by O. lanugi- 

 nosa hybridised by C. viticella. Flowers 4 to 5 inches in 

 diameter, rich reddish violet, perfectly hardy ; blooms from 

 July to the autumn.— (Ibid., pi. 215.) 



Pelargoniums. — British Sailor, " of the Diadem class, but 

 liaving a more distinct spot, the colour being a lively pur- 

 plish-crimson, with good white throat." John Hoyle, of the 

 class technically known as " painted flowers," upper petals 

 deep maroon, with carmine edge; lower petals pinkish 

 scarlet, veined and painted with dark erimson. Both raised 

 by G. W. Hoyle, Esq., Reading.— (Ibid., pi. 216.) 



Trichinium Manglesii. — This really handsome amaran- 

 thaceous plant has been raised from Swan River seeds by 

 Mr. W. Thompson, of Ipswich, and from specimens grown 

 by that gentleman our figure has been derived. Very little 

 is as yet known of its habits, but it is amongst half-hardy 

 annuals that it will probably find its place in our gardens, 

 even though it be naturally, as some other of our Australian 

 so-called annuals are, of more extended duration. The 

 plant forms at first a tuft of radical leaves, which are long- 

 etalked and oblong-spathulate in form, smooth, and of a 

 deep green colour. From among these arise the flowering 

 stems, to the height of l-»- foot ; they are furnished sparingly 



below with lance-shaped sessile leaves, become slightly 

 branched, and each branch terminates in a crowded oblong- 

 oval spike, which consists of scarious rosy-coloured bracts, 

 from amongst which issue the rosy purple flowers, these pro- 

 truding considerably beyond the bracts. Both bracts and 

 flowers are clothed with long conspicuous hairs. "Few 

 more lovely plants," observes Sir W. Hooker, "have been 

 introduced to our gardens than this, which is one of the 

 most striking of some fifty species known to botanists ; " 

 and this encomium we think our figure will be found to 

 justify. Mr. Thompson, who fortunately got a few of his 

 imported seeds to vegetate, describes the root as being ap- 

 parently perennial, throwing up several branched stems, 

 each branch bearing one of the handsome heads of flowers. 

 The copious white hairs, so characteristic of the genus, with 

 which the florets and bracts are clothed, give, he remarks, a 

 singular aspect to the plant, and contrast effectively with 

 the Amaranth-purple petals. Under the lens these hairs 

 are pretty objects ; owing to their denticulations the ger- 

 mination of the seed, moreover, revealed a peculiarity worthy 

 of note. The plumule, instead of rising from between the 

 two unequal seed-leaves as in most plants, was found to be 

 emitted from a point considerably below them. The same 

 thing occurs, he adds, in Dodecatheon rneadia. Trichinium 

 Manglesii was first described by Dr. Lindley some twenty 

 years since in the " Botanical Register," where it is spoken 

 of as a most beautiful plant, with the heads of flowers 

 3 inches across. It has not till now, however, found its way 

 into our gardens. — (Florist and Pomologist, iii., 217.) 



DWAEF FETJIT TEEES. 



I desire to plant some dwarf standard Pear trees, and 

 am anxious that as little shadow as possible should be thrown 

 over my borders. I should feel obliged, therefore, if you 

 would inform ine whether such trees can by careful pruning 

 and management be kept at a height of 5 or 6 feet and bear 

 a crop. Should I have them on the quince stock ? and how 

 should the ground be prepared for then- reception ? Also, I 

 should be glad if you could let me know what sorts would 

 be most suitable to our Yorkshire climate (near Doncaster), 

 and on a limestone sod? I think of putting in twelve trees. 

 I presume they should be procured from some nurseryman 

 in my own neighbourhood, as if brought from the south 

 they might find this climate too bleak. — Yorkshire. 



[We would not have them on the quince stock on your 

 dry limestone subsoil. You can keep them dwarf by lifting 

 or root-pruning annually in the autumn. The soil will 

 require no preparation, but the roots should be carefully 

 spread out in planting, so as to be about 6 inches below the 

 surface, and we would mulch the surface during summer. 

 It is of no importance whether you purchase your trees 

 from a nursery in the south or north of England. The follow- 

 ing is a list extracted from Mr. Rivers' s "Miniature Fruit 

 Garden," and we shall take this opportunity to publish 

 what he says in the same useful and interesting little work 

 about bush Apple trees : — ■ 



"The following varieties are well adapted for bush culture, 

 as they are spreading in their growth and difficult to form 

 into compact pyramids, although they may be made into 

 spreading and prolific conical trees. It ought, however, to 

 be mentioned, that those sorts — such as Louise Bonne of 

 Jersey, which form handsome pyramids, make very pretty 

 compact bushes by cutting out the central branch to within 

 3 feet of the ground ; so that pyramids may be easily formed 

 into bushes. I may add that'these bush Pears produce the 

 very finest fruit from their being so near the heat and 

 moisture-giving surface of the earth. 



" In situations near the sea-coast exposed to ' sea breezes,' 

 small fruit gardens may be formed by enclosing a square 

 piece of ground with a beech hedge or wooden fence, and 

 planting it with bush trees. A piece of ground 500 square 

 feet will be large enough to cultivate thirty trees at 4 feet 

 apart in it, or twenty-five trees at 5 feet apart. Many a sea- 

 side cottage may thus have its fruit garden. 



" List of Pears Adapted for Bush Culture. — Alexandre Bivort, 

 January; Josephine de Malines, March; Marie Louise, Oc- 

 tober; Winter Nelis, December; Beurre d'Amanlis, Septem- 

 ber; Beurre de Ranee, March; Beurre Diel, December; 



