January 6, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS* MAGAZINE. 



11 



NEW TREES AND SHRUBS 



OF 1911, 



Omitting roses, which are dealt with by 

 other writers, a notable feature of 1911 was 

 the number of rhododendrons that re- 

 ceived Awards of Merit from the Royal 

 Horticultural Society. What is even more 

 striking is the fact that, though the newer 

 species from China have been greatly in 

 evidence within the last feAV years, not one 

 of these has been so honoured during the 

 past season; in fact, eight of the nine 

 plants honoured, are garden hybrids, and 

 the remaining one is the Japanese Rhodo- 

 dendron (Azalea) sublanceolatum. 



Though that enthusiastic lover of the 

 rhododendron family, the late Mr. J, H. 

 Mangles, of Valewood, Haslemere, passed 

 away as long ago as August 24, 1884, the 

 fruits of his labours among this beautiful 

 class of pUmts are still apparent, for of 

 the nine varieties referred to four were 

 shown by his sister, Miss Mangles, of Seale, 

 Surrey. Those in question are R. Glory of 

 Little worth, a superb member of the genus 

 beslonging to that section sometimes re- 

 ferred to as Azaleodendron. This group 

 originated by the intercrossing of an ever- 

 green and a deciduoiis member of the 

 genus, the best known examples of which 

 are those two old varieties, R. azaleoides 

 or R. odoratum^ and R. Smithi auroum. 

 The characteristic weak-looking foliage of 

 this race is evident in R. Glory of Little- 

 worth, but the flowers, which are borne 

 in large clusters, are very beautiful, being 

 of a creamy-white tint, with a large blotch 

 of brilliant orange on the upper part. R. 

 Littleworth oorallina has bell-shaped 

 flowers, disposed in loose trusses. In 

 colour the blossoms are pink, with a rosy 

 tinge on the exterior, and of a thick wax- 

 like texture. The large calyx shows traces 

 of R. Thomsoni, but its parentage was not 



R. 



Dawn's Delight reminds one a 



given. 



good deal of the popular R. Pink Pearl, 

 but it is earlier in flowering tban that well- 

 known kind. As early as April 1, the last 

 to mention of the four hybrids shown by 

 Miss Mangles was placed before the Floral 

 Committee. This was R. Mrs. Kingsmilh 

 a reported hybrid between R. Auckland^ 

 and R. campylocarpum. The flowers of 

 this variety are white, and borne in large 

 trusses. 



Messrs. John Waterer and Sons, of B-g- 

 shot, have given us so many beautifid 

 varieties that one always looks for some- 

 thmg good from them. At the Temple 

 Show they received an Award oi Mw'it for 

 the variety R. Corona, a delightful flower 



of a cn m i n o-i^ i ?i 1.' shade. 



carmme-pink shade. Thoui>;h the 

 flowers are ratluM- small thev* show 

 markedly thf^ indueiice of R. Ancklaiidi. 

 Other \ ;!rietit's to whi<']i awards wei-t^ made 

 are R. Loder's White, a beautiful ])ure 

 white flower, whose parentage is somewhat 

 doubtful. From its extreme flor:ferous- 

 i^ess, even in a small state, it is already 

 very popular in Cornish gard ens . 

 between R .Thomsoni and R. 

 shown by Sir T. D. Llewellvn 

 admired. 



was R. sublanceolatum. a 



growing 

 flowers. 



The last rhododendron Dogwood family, with flattened clusters of 



whitish flowers in August; Itea lUicifoha, 

 an evergreen shrub suggestive of aOioily, 

 but the flowers are very striking ; they are 

 small and of a greensh-white colour, but are 



coloured blossoms. 



or azalea to be honoured during the year 



mther spare- 

 tinted 



plant with clear rose 



The only First Class Certificate awarded borne in long, slender, ck>sely-packcd semi- 



at the Temple Show to hardy trees or 

 shrubs was given to Davidia involuerata, 

 now fair'y well known in this country. It 

 is a deciduous tree^ in appearance, stmie- 

 wlia-t suggestive of a lime, and the most 

 conspicuous feature of the inflorescence are 

 two large pure white bracts, which suspend 

 the clusters of flowers. As Messrs. J. 

 Veitch and Sons were, through the agency 

 of Mr. E. H. Wilson, the first to introdu<'e 

 this most promising tree into the British 

 IsleS' it was only in accordance with the fit- 

 ness of things that they should be the first 

 to flower it here, though it has ^previously 

 bloomed in France. The particular speci- 

 men that flowered at Coombe Wood wais 



pendulous racemes. Clerodendron Farge^i 

 is in the way of Clerodendron trichotomum, 

 but does not promise to make as large a 

 specimen. The flowers of C. Fargesi are 

 white, and protrude from a rtnldish calyx. 

 After the flowers fade this deepens, and 

 the fruit in the centre becomes of a bright 

 turqoise blue colour. Some cut sprays from 

 Kew were shown on October 24. 



Of the different subjects name<l above the 

 following seven were illustrate<l in the Gar- 

 deners' Magazine of 1911, and* the illu-^ 

 trations being so lifelike, they give a far 

 better idea than can be formed of the 

 plants than from a. long description. Rho. 

 dodendron Duchess of Portland June 3; 



ed 



There 



is a larger specimen brought home per- 

 sonally by Mr. Wilson, which, though it 



Rhododendron Beauty of Littleworth, June 

 3; Philadelphus Lemoinei Virginal, Juno 

 24; Itea illicifolia, August 5; Cornus pan- 



Photo: C. 1*. Hnffil 



A handsome hybrid broom 



CYTISUS DALLEMOEEI. 



raised at Kew, of free growth, 



rose-purple flowers. 



and bearing a profusion of 



did not flower in the spring, bore severed 

 of the showy bracts towards tlie enil of 

 ptiunber. 



Of tlie two First Class Certificates 

 ;iwarde<l <lnrin^ the year the first was. jis 

 i.bovc stated, given to- the Davidia, and on 



June 20, rhiladelphus Lemoinei Virginal 

 obtained the other. This is one of the 

 many varieties raised and distributed by 



cmervis^ 



Xovenibei 



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Clerodendron Far- 



August 



gesi, .xoveniber 4: and Veronica Silver 

 Queen November 4. 



As the result of Mr. E. H. Wilson's tra- 

 vels. Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons ivro this 

 autumn distributing over a dozen novelties. 

 When at Coombe Wood in the autumn I 

 was particularly impressed with two of 

 these, and these particidar species received 

 Awards of Merit when shown with many 



M. Lemoine, of Nancy, and it must. I con- Awards of Mont when "^pv 



,,^^.. 0. finP«t of Others at the Horticultural HaU on October 



Aucklanili, 

 ^ , was much 

 The flowers of this are of a rich 

 X ^^^t ^ softer tone in the centre. 

 At the Temple Show one naturally ex- 

 pects to see a grand hank of deciduous rho- 

 (Io(lendron.s, or azaleas as they are popu- 

 lar|>^ termed, put U]i ])v Messrs. Cuthhert. 

 p '^^"^ithgate. Tho variety A. Duchess of 

 Portland, from this firm, a large and well- 

 tormed flower of a pale vellow or ^fv.nv 

 <^our. flushed and tippiMrwith led. gained 

 f'l award, tlioiigh personally I preferred 



A hybrid sider^ be looked upon as one of the finest of 



all the nuK'k oranges. The flowers, which 



are borne in clusteis, are ^^^^^^ 



across, and pure white in colour. They are 

 double, but the petals in the centre are 

 shorter than tha.^e arouiid the outside, thus 

 formins: a somewhat nnenu ne-like bloom. 



24 



Berber 



one of the prettiest of evergreen berberris, 

 and a decided acquisition to our hardy 

 yhrubs. It reachCvS a height of about a 

 couple of feet, and is of dense habit, but 

 the arching character of the shoots give it 



ance. The leaves are 



anoUier from the same exliibitors" namelv, 

 A. Trince of Orange, with 



Beside the above Awar<l> of Merit were a graceful appearance 



ovate, spmy, shining above, ana gJaucous 



bem^ath. The flowers are yellow, and suc- 

 ceeded by purph^ fruits. Tjonicera nitida, 

 which also received an Award of Merit, is, 

 for a member of this genus, very singular, 



vet it is a remarkably 

 shrub. At a casual glance it is far morf 



given to Veronica Silver Queen, a free, 

 dense-growing, prettily variegated vero- 

 nica o[ the s]nH*iosa sc<-tion, and the foUow. 

 Cliintsi' tnu^s and ^hnil)s: Fokienia 



111 Li: 



Hodirinvi 



fiery orange- growing, 



t i'e(^s 



a new conifer, hivirin*: a con- 

 si<lerahh^ r<^-em!)hnu-e to Lii^ocedrns macro- 

 lepis ; Cornus paucinervis, a small, upright- 

 free] v-branched member of the 



handsome litt! 



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cotoneaster 



