Apbil 27, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



337 



CULTIVATION OF PERPETUAL 

 CARNATIONS BY AMATEURS. 



(Concluded from page 320.) 



Autumn and Winter 



IVianag:ement. 



About the middle of August the carna- 

 tions should be removed into the house. We 

 often have cold, dewy nights at the begin- 

 ning of September, and I feel sure that rust 

 and other fungoid diseases are often due to 

 plants being left outdoors too late in the 

 season. The houee should be well scrubbed 

 with hot water and eoft soap, and every- 

 thing made clean before the plants are put 

 into it. Keep the house cool by giving 

 plenty of air, and, if the weather is hot, 

 sprinkle the paths during the day, being 

 sure that there is time for it to become dry 

 before night. It is a good plan to fumigate 

 the house as soon it is filled to make sure 

 of having them clean for the winter. 



At the end of September or early in Octo- 

 ber, according to the weather, fire heat must 

 be commenced, but do not have the tem- 

 perature above 50 degrees at night, and if 

 the morning is warm and bright, shut off 

 the fires early so as to avoid a too sudden 

 rise in the temperature. 



During the winter months the secret of 

 success is to water carefully, and naintain 

 a buoyant atmosphere in the house. Give 

 air on all favourable occasions — in fact, the 

 ventilators should not be entirelv closed 

 but air admitted by the top ventilators even 

 in foggy weather, if the pipes are warm in 

 the house. When watering, do not splash 

 water about, especially during dull days, 

 but take advantage of a bright morning to 

 syringe the plants about once a fortnight 

 with salt water (one ounce to a gallon), to 

 keep down red spider, syringing with clear 

 water two days afterwards. Continue to 

 keep the growths tied, to dis-bud, and keep 

 everything clean, picking off all dead leaves 

 and weeds, pricking up the soil occasionally 

 when the opportunity may be taken of 

 sprinkling in some*^ approved manure. 

 Manures, however, should be very carefully 

 applied during the winter months, o>r a 

 sappy, soft growth and poor flowers is the 

 result. 



Wat 



and Syringring:. 



be 

 to 



rrom March to June, when the pots are 

 filled with roots, the old soil becoming ex- 

 hausted, and when more air can be given to 

 harden the growths, then more frequent ap- 

 plications of manure of greater strength 

 may be given. In April, May, and June, 

 even farmyard or sheep manure placed ip ^ 

 bag and soaked in a tub of water may 

 given with advantage. 



The greatest difficulty amateurs seem 

 have, is to distinguish 'between application 



syringing in winter and late 

 spring. In the dull days of winter as little 

 water as possible should be used in the 

 house, and a dry, airy atmosphere main- 

 tained; but in late spring and early sum- 

 "Jf^^ during sunny, warm days, the plantvS 

 should be syringed and the paths sprinkl'^'^ 

 to maintain a more humid atmosphere, 

 evaporation is taking place quicker. Shad 

 ing should also be applied at this time 

 the year, either in the form of blinds, or the 



sprinkled witli whitinjr, to which 

 a littl.p sizo and ])lue stone are added, to make 

 It stick. Porpetiial flowering carnations arc 

 subject, like most plants, to a variciv ot 

 diseases and prsfs. I,ul so long as the plaiilt. 

 are kept grnnino- under proper conditions, 

 and prompt nn^asures taken to destroy them 

 on their first appearance, they will cause 

 ^^ry liUnn tiir>uble. Rod spideli\ I have 

 always said, can be destroved bv syringing 

 with salt water, and in the winter, and 

 When syringing is best not practised, paint 

 tne hot-water pipes with a paste of , lime and 

 sulphur. Green fly is easily dcvstroved by 

 nimigatmg with some form of nicotine, or 

 spraying m the summer with ivory or nico- 



ine, soft soap, or boiled quassia chips and 

 ^ort soap. 



as 



of 



NEW PLANTS. 



April 

 wick. 

 Silver 



16. 



Phillip 



Spangle. — A char 



daflfodil of 



ODONTOGLOSSUM CEISPUM SAGA. 



This fine variety of an old favourite car- 

 ried a handsome spike of seventeen flowers. 

 The blooms are individually of excellent 

 shape and size and set closely along the spike. 

 The ground colour is white, shaded with rose, 

 and heavily blotched with bright purple- 

 brown. F.C.C., E.H.S., April 16. J. Gurney 

 Fowler, Esq. (gardener, Mr. J. Davis), Glebe- 

 lands, South Woodford. 



CATTLEYA MENDELI THULE. 



This very large-flowered white form is 

 extremely beautiful ; the only bright 

 colouring is a blush shading on the lip and 

 a yellow throat, A.M., E.H.S., April 16. 



medium size, with white perianth segme^its 

 and a broad, flatfish, crimped crown of soft 

 yellow hue. A.M., R.H.S., April 16. Mr. 

 H. Chap 



CARNATION WODENETHE. 



A splendid American-raised, white-flower- 

 ing .perpetual carnation; the blooms are of 

 large size and fine substance, and carried on 

 excellent stems. One special attraction of 

 this variety is its delightful fragrance. A.M., 

 E.H.S., April 16, Messrs. W. Wells and Co., 

 Merstham. 



AURICULA ROXBURGH. 



A very fine Alpine auricula, bearing its 

 deep .purple-blue flowers on sturdy trusses. 

 Each flower has a well-defined white centre. 



Raised bv 

 with blue. 



CINERARIA HYBRIDA. 



■ ■ ... -J 



crossing Cineraria cruenta with Senecio tussilaginis. 

 A.M.^ R.H.S., April 16. Messrs- J. Veitch and Sons, 



Flowers 

 Chelsea, 



white, tipped 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebeland 

 Woodford, 



s, *o 



South 



LvELIO-CATTLEYA BERTRAM. 



A very brilliant secondary hybrid obtained 

 by crossing L.-c. Hopkinsi with L.-c. Cappei. 

 The sepals and petals are golden-orange, 

 ^^haded with rose, while the lip is of the most 

 intense and rich, rubv-crimson shade. A most 

 ctVective onliid. A.M., R.H.S., April 16. 

 I'rancis Wellesley, E^sq., J. P. (gardener, Mr. 

 Hopkins), Westfield, Woking. 



DAFFODILS. 



Mrs. Ernst H. Krelage.- 

 exquisitely formed, and 

 fl o wer , w i th c re a m- wh i te 



frilled 



A very beautiful, 

 finelv - balanced 



and 



elegant 

 April 16. 

 Haarlem. 

 Seville. 



perianth 

 I.M., E.H.S., 



trumpet. 

 Messrs. E. H. Krelage and Son, 



A s 1 1 o w y variety, w i th wh i te 

 perianth segments and a broad flat crown of 

 rich orange colour. Seville Orange would 

 have been an excellent name. A.M., R.H.S., 



A.M., R.H.S., April 16. Mr. James Tlimglas, 

 Great Bookham. 



CINERARIA HYBRIDA. 



An elegant hybrid described as having been 

 derived from the intercrossing of Cineraria 

 cruenta and Senecio tussilaginis. The plants 

 are of lighter, looser habit than the old 

 florist's forms, and the white, blue-tipped 

 flo\vers are very ])retty. The leafage sug- 

 gests Cineraria Heritieri, rather than C. 

 cruenta, as one of the parents, but that does 

 not affect the merit of the hvbrid which is 

 vei-y high. A.M., R.H.S.. April 16. Messrs. 

 James Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. 



FEEESIA LE PHARE. 



A useful addition to the steadily growing 

 group of coloured freesias. niis newcomer 

 has smaller flowers than those of tlie well- 

 known F. refracta alba, and the colour is 

 rose, suffused with violet, A.M., R.H.S,, 

 April 16. Mr. C. van Tubergen, jun., 

 Haarlem. 



