October 26, 1892. 



Garden and Forest. 



511 



p. 194, under P. humilis, and described as a small glabrous 

 shrub, with brownish gray bark, ovate-lanceolate, cori- 

 aceous, deep and sharply serrated leaves, fimbriate and 

 often bifid stipules. It is found in the drier region of the 

 north-west Himalaya, at an altitude of 9,0:0 to 12,000 

 feet. P. Jacquemontii fruits freely when small, plants less 

 than a yard high being heavily laden with fruit, and it is 

 quite hardy ; it might be worth crossing with some of the 

 garden plums, which would be improved in flavor by the 

 addition of a little acidity. The stone of the fruit is small, 

 nearly globose, and almost smooth. 



PuNiCA GRANATUM, var. NANUM. — This is a charming little 

 shrub, which, in England, is much superior to the type, as 

 it flowers freely, whereas the latter does not. In some 

 German towns the dwarf Pomegranate is a favorite deco- 



dense raceme of white flowers half an inch long; the tube 

 is constricted at the base, then widening upward, and di- 

 vided at the top into six regular segments ; filaments a 

 little longer than the tube, anthers yellow. This plant is 

 a native of Griqualand, east, at an altitude of 6,000 feet. 

 It may prove to be quite hardy in England. It is pretty 

 when grown in pots in a greenhouse, and thrives in a sunny 

 border in the open air, where, as well as in the Cape-house, 

 it is now in flower. It is sure to receive the attention of 

 those specially interested in Kniphofias. 



Gerbera Jamesoni is still flowering in a sunny border in 

 the open. The flowers, though a less brilliant scarlet, are 

 quite as large as those produced in midsummer. Several 

 years are necessary for this really beautiful Cape Composite 

 to become established, but it is quite worth waiting for. 



Fii(. 87.— Cypripediuin Waniei'u-superbiens. — See pap;e 510. 



rative plant, being grown and used as Solan um capsicas- 

 trum is here. At Kew it is planted outside in a sunny 

 border, where it grows to about one and a half feet in 

 height, and now, in October, it is covered with beautiful 

 scarlet fleshy flowers. Lifted and planted in pots these 

 little shrubs are most useful for the conservatory. The 

 flowers are double. 



Kniphofia modesta. — This is a white-flowered species, 

 which was named and described by Mr. J. G. Baker, in 

 ^^& Journal of Botany, 1889, p. 43, and of which plants and 

 seeds have this year been sent to Kew from Natal. It is a 

 pretty plant, with linear keeled leaves a yard long, glau- 

 cous green, smooth-edged and soft in texture. The pe- 

 duncle is slender, erect, three feet high, the upper foot a 



The handsome green leaves and stout blooms produced 

 by vigorous plants are much superior to those on a weak 

 plant. In a sheltered sunny corner plants of it have now 

 stood outside, winter and summer, for three years without 

 suffering any apparent injury from cold. I consider G. 

 Jamesoni one of the very best of the newer introductions 

 from South Africa. Unfortunately, it has so far failed to 

 ripen seeds here, and, as it grows slowly, division of the 

 root-stock is not a quick means of working up a stock. 

 Nevertheless, it is a plant worth looking after. Each flower 

 is two and a half inches across, colored the most brilliant 

 scarlet, and it lasts at least a month. 



Nymph.ea Mexicana. — We have several times had tubers 

 of this plant from American correspondents, but in each 



