July 29, 1891.] 



Garden and Forest. 



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tance up the segments. Here it requires the protection of a 

 greenhouse. 



About the same time the same firm introduced a grand va- 

 riety of L. Wallichianum, which was named Superbum at 

 Kew, and which is one of the most beautiful of all Lilies. Its 

 flowers are as large as those of L. Harrisi, but wider and more 

 campanulate, iheir color being creamy white, with a blotch of 

 lemon-yellow in the throat. It also requires greenhouse treat- 

 ment. Although a good garden Lily in appearance, yet the 

 new L. Lowii is not equal in beauty to the other two. 



Rose Reine Blanche. — This is a new semi-double Rose 



Cultural Department. 



The Strawberry Season. 



'THE Strawberry crop of 1891 was a good one, much above 

 *- the average. A favorable season, cool with sufficient 

 moisture, contributed to a steady, healthy growth. The frosts 

 of May, which excited so much alarm, did no injury in this 

 vicinity, with a single exception, in which case the plants were 

 almost entirely Sharpless and Great American. These varie- 

 ties, besides being probably more tender than others, expose 



F'S' 59- — Plnus cembroides. — See page 352. 



which was submitted to the Committee of the Royal Horticul- 

 tural Society at their last meeting by Mr. Ladham, of Shirley 

 Nurseries, Southampton, and it received a certificate. Its 

 beauty is in the dash of crimson on the margins of the other- 

 wise pure white petals, and before the buds unfold this color 

 has a very pretty effect. The open flowers are particularly 

 charming, and they are as large as the flowers of Anemone 

 Japonica. I am unable to state the origin of this Rose, but it 

 is certainly a variety of the south European R. Gallica. It ap- 

 pears to be very free-flowering, and, altogether, I should say 

 it is likely to prove a popular Rose wherever the single or 

 loose-flowered Roses are in favor. 



London. W. Watson. 



their flowers more. Within two or three mornings after the 

 blossoms began to open I watched my plants closely, expect : 

 ing much injury, but I found less than is frequently the case. 

 This was, doubtless, due to the dryness of the air ; with rain 

 or heavy dews the damage would, no doubt, have been 

 greater. This dryness of the air, together with the protec- 

 tion of the calyx, saved our peaches and cherries also, and 

 rendered the published reports of great damage entirely 

 premature. 



Our Strawberry season opened May 25th, with a pint of 

 Michel's Early, and closed, July 6th, with a quart of Stay- 

 man's No. 1 and Parker Earle. The birds anticipated us two 

 or three days. 



