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■ March 16, 1912. 



THE 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



213 



NEW PLANTS, ETC 



This 



CORYLOPSIS MULTIFLORA. 



has 



^...^ species lias long been known to 

 science, and it was described by the late Mr, 

 G. Xicholson in the "Dictionary of Garden- 

 ing " in 1885, who, however, stated it was 

 not yet introduced to cultivation. It is a 

 Chinese shrub, and promises to be an attrac- 

 tive addition to early-flowering subljects. 

 The flowers appear before , the leaves ; they 

 are small, yellowish-green, and borne in pen- 

 dulous catkin-like racemes with considerable 

 freedom. An illustration appeared in our 

 issue of March 9. A.M., R.H.S., 'March 5. 

 Mi&s Willmott, V.M.H. (gardener, Mr. C. R. 

 .Fielder), Warley Place, Great Warley. 



AZALEA BLUSHING BRIDE. 



A beautiful semi-double variety of Azalea 

 indica, and one that seems sure to become 

 popular, owing to the delicate, clear blush- 

 pink colouring of its fine blooms. In habit 

 of growth and freedom of flowering it com- 

 pares favourably with the finest cultivated 

 forms. A.M., R.H.S., March 5. Messrs. 

 James Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. 



PTERIS PARKERI. 



A fine new seedling Pteris with erect, deep 

 green fronds, the pinnae being quite broa<i 

 for this family and of stout texture. This 

 should prove very serviceable and popular 

 for decorations and for production for 

 market. A.M., R.H.S., March 5, Mr. J. J. 

 Parker, Rose Nursery, Whetstone. 



RHODODENDRON CORNUBIA. 



A very handsome rhododendron of the 

 Himalayan group, bearing fine trusses of 

 large deep rosy-crimson flowers of great 

 beauty and effectiveness. The parentage is 

 given as R. Shilsoni and R. arboreum. A.M., 

 R.H.S., March 5. Messrs. R. Gill and Son, 

 Falmouth. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM JASPER. 



An attractive odontoglossum obtained by 

 crossing a spotted variety of O. crispum 

 ^vith O. amabile. The flowers are of good 

 shape, soft pink, freely spotted with bright 

 red-brown. A.M., R.H.S., March 5. J. S. 

 Moss, Esq., Wintershill, Bishop's Waltham 

 (gardener, Mr. Kench). 



DENDROBIUM GOLDEN RAY 



SUPERBUM. 



This is a- very fine form of the showv 

 iijbnd between D. Othello Colmanae and j5. 

 ^^■gnatuin aureum. The shapely and large 

 tlowers are deep yellow, each segment shad- 

 jpg to deep purplish-rose at the tip, while the 

 iip IS intense purple and vellow, with maroon 

 centre A.M., R.H.S., March 5. Sir Jere- 

 miah Colman, Bart, (gardener, Mr. Collier), 

 ^^atton Park, Reigate! 



ACTPHYLLA LATIFOLIA. 

 A stately herbaceous plant, growing from 



; , i ' ^^^^ ^^^^ ^eing about four 



base; the leaves are 



n,M 1 ^^^^^^^ pinnatisect, and the small 

 >'>ipie howers are borne in large quantitie.^ 

 compound umbels. This plant m a native 

 .1 Til,. Auckland and Campbell Islands, and 

 iia^ been introduced to British gardens by 

 ^aptain A. A. Dorien Smith. It first flowered 



- ilK S^l'''}'^ ^^^^sco Abbey, L^le of 

 ^^lly.-_-''Bot. Mag./' t. 8,407. 



fiHODODENDRON SPINULIFERUM. 



'to F^jv^^'"'^'''-n''^''^^^^^^^^^^ ^^as introduced 

 Yilm^^ ^^laurice de 



him hi T.' r ^^^''^^ Pl^^^^^ f™^^^ '^^ds sent 



flowered n'^'i "'^ ^P^i^« first 



1910 ^1^"'^'^ cultivation at Les Barres in 

 teimhuVr tubular flowers much 



fcPg^^t lec^'' t1 f- but the colour is 



flolcierl ] , ^."fo^t^^nately this bright- 

 ^^'^^ ^ intl iully liardy in fhis 



Bot' Mag^^ri^^^^^ P"''" 



|»^elK^s thick at the 

 ioather\ 



SYMBEGONIA FULVO-VILLOSA. 



In this intereisting New Guinean plant the 

 segments of the jierianth are united in the 

 female flowers, but free in the male flowers. 

 The foliage is begonia-like, and the species is 

 more or less herbaceous; it grows about six 

 inches high, is easily propagated by cuttings, 

 and succeeds in an intermediate house. The 

 female flowers are vello\rish, campanulate, 

 and erect.— "Bot. Mag.,^' t. 8 409. 



PITCAIRNIA TABULiEFORMIS. 



In thiti lowly, stemless, Mexican Brome- 

 liad the white-bordered leaves form a large 

 spreading rosette, from the centre of which 

 rises a cone-like inflorescence, bearing a 

 number of yellow and orange flowers' that 

 appear among green and' creamy-white 

 bractti.— " Bot. Mag.," t. 8,410. 



PRUNES SARGENTI. 



A Wautiful Japanet^e cherry that has 

 reached Kew by way of the Arnold Arbore- 

 tum. The species become.4 a large tree, is 

 quite hardy, bears bright roee-coloured 



VINE BORDERS. 



Some forty or fifty years ago vine 

 borders were w^iolly outside the vinery in 

 many gardens, not always because it w^as 

 thought they were thus in the best posi- 

 tion, but because it was the fashion to 

 grow grapes in conjunction w^ith other sub- 

 jects^ such as pineapples, figs, and ni^xed 

 plants. Sometimes the vines were turned 

 outside during the winter and protect-ed 

 with hay bands until the time came again 

 to start them into grouch. The houses 

 were so constructed that an inside border 

 was an impossibility. After this came a 

 combination of inside and outside borders, 

 but gradually grape growers have some to 

 the conclusion that an inside border is 

 wholly the best where high-claims grapes are 

 required. 



With the roots in a limited area inside 

 wc hear of fewer failuies to produce the 

 finest gia]>es, and, on the whole, a greater 

 immunity from such tr<;ublcs as shanking 



AZALKA IXDICA BLUSHING HKiDE. 



This beautiful Indian azalea has large semi-double flowers of a. lovely lilnsh-pink sha 



A.M., R.H.S., March 5. Messrs. James Veitcli and Sons,' Cliel^-eu. 



d 



flowers in great profusion, and iis liandsome 

 in autumn, when its leaves assume a rich 

 red colour. In tlie Arnold Arboretum the 

 tree fruits freely. l>earing Ninall black 

 cherries in June, but in this country it dceis 

 not fruit freely.— "Bot. Mag./^ t. 8,411. 



CyCla.men. — Notable features of the 

 prevsent-day race of cyclamen compared with 

 the old strain, are the wide range of colour 

 that now prevails, the size of the blooms, and 

 the strange shapes that occur among the 

 members of the papilio and fringed sections. 

 The old-time strains were remarkable for the 



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symmetrical shape of the blossoms, a feature 

 that is not to be found at all in the fringed 

 or papilio race, while even the grandiflora 

 race dees not, in some cases at least, produce 

 blossoms as symmetrically shaped as of old. 

 Tlie beautiful colours among the varieties 

 of to-day are, however, most striking, some 

 of the salmon-scarlet tints appealing per- 

 haps more to one than anv of the others. 

 W. T. 



in siuli varieties as Black Hamburgh, a 

 variety more prone to this defect than any 

 other. Some persons still cling to the idea 

 of an outside, or partly fiutsiih', Ixirdor. 

 but it should not be difficult to explain Iiv 

 an inside border is profei'able. For in- 

 stance, tlio roots are under control, stimu- 

 lantscan be more directly ap])lied. ;;nd with 

 greater efficacy, either for the benefit of 

 the foliage, the. wood, or the bundles. In 

 an inside border the roots are in a much 

 more equable temj^erature tlian when the 

 border is in the <>]>( mi ;ni;l (^x[)<)se<l to re- 

 peated weather fluct n;U i()n>. 



At one tinu^ thr (nitside hordeis were 

 protected during the Avinior with hoards, 

 tarpaulins, leii\es. and straw, and even 

 some were thntchod. I'luler such a cover- 

 ing the soil wiis ])revented from obtaining 

 the slightest warmtli from the sun until 

 the borders were uncovered in May, some- 

 times earlier. All this protection, entail- 

 ing much cost and labour, is, happily, dis- 



