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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



May 11, 1912. 



NEW PLANTS, ETC 



♦ 



ECHIUM TRUNCATUM. 



This handsome 

 spikes of deep blue 



echium bears splendid 

 flowers, and if it can be 



ABAUCARIA EXCELSA ELEGANTISSIMA 



AUEEA. 



A very elegant form of the Norfolk Island 

 Pine, with a yellowish tint added to its light 

 green colouring, the yellow shade being most 

 emphasised in the young growing tips of the 

 branches and branchlet^. A.M., E.H.S., 



an xo^ 



ECHIUM TRUNCATUM. 



A fine greenhouse plant, bearing tall, dense spikes of rich blue flowers 



April 30. W. W. Astor, Esq., Cliveden, Taplow, 



;V.M,, R.H.S., 



easily managed it should prove a popular 

 greenhouse plant. The first spikes shown 

 were two feet long, thickly studded with 

 blue flowers, so as to form a. dense brush- 

 like inflorescence. A.M., R.H.S. W, W. 

 Astor, Esq., Cliveden, Taplow. 



April 30. Messrs. Thos. Rochford and 

 Sons, Broxbourne. 



LEWISIA HOWELLI. 



An uncommon plant with a low rosette 

 of soft green leaves, f<-nm which rise little 



inflorescences suggestive of a statice, but 

 bearing rounded flowers of greenish-yellow 

 hue, marked with brownish purple. A.M., 

 R.H.S., April 30. Mr. Maurice Prichard, 

 Christchurch, 



TULIPS. 



Grenadier.— A magnificent tulip of large 

 size, broad-petalled, long-stemmed, and of 

 rich orange-scarlet colouring, with a broad 

 yellow base. A.M., R.H.S., April 30, Messrs. 

 Walter T. Ware, Lim., Inglescombe, Bath. 



Velvet King, — A stately Darwin tulip of 

 perfect shape, and with broad, rounded 

 petals of a dark, blackish maroon-purple 

 shade. It may well be included among tlu- 

 "black" tulipe, as it is intensely dark, and 

 of smooth velvety appearance. A.M., R.H.S.. 

 April 30. Messrs. Barr and Sons, Coveut 

 Garden. 



CATTLEYA SCHRODER^ GLEBLAND. 



A beautiful variety of an old favourite 

 and fragrant cattleya. It was like a first- 

 rate form of the type, with the yellow throat 

 deepened and expanded into a disc of deep 

 orange-yellow, that left only a fringed bor- 

 der of soft rose-pink round the lip. F.C.C.. 

 R.H.S., April 30. J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. 

 (gardener, Mr. J. Davis), Glebelands. South 

 Woodford. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM URO-SKINNEEI 



BURFORD VAR. 



A large-flowered and effective variety of a 

 species not often found in cultivation now- 

 adays. The lip is the dominant feature, and 

 this is bright rose colour with mottling of a 

 paler, almost white, shade. F.C.C., R.H.S.. 

 April 30. Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart, 

 (grower, Mr. W. H. White), Burford Lodge, 

 Dorking, 



CHEIRANTHUS MUTABILIS KEELEY'S 



VAR. 



A sturdy, good-habited wallflower with 

 narrow leaves, and closely-set spikes of 

 flowers, that have rose and purple colouring, 

 but vary a good deal in shade. The colour 

 will not appeal to everyone, but the plant 

 is sure to find lovers among rock garden 

 enthusiasts. A.M., R.H.S., April 30. Mr. 

 R. W. Bickards, Usk Priory, Mon. 



CINERARIA POMPADOUR. 



The title of Pompadour has been given to 

 a strain of cinerarias belonging to the large- 

 flowered florists' type, in various 

 shades of colour with another colour added, 

 in the shape of longitudinal and regular 

 stripes down each ray-floret. Tlie strain 

 has attracted a great deal of attention wher. 

 ever exhibited. A.M., R.H.S., Aprd 3i). 

 Messrs, Jas. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. 



DEUTZIA LONGIPOLIA. 

 This is a very pretty, graceful, and fre^ 

 flowering shrub, one of Mr. E. H. W ilson ^ 

 finds in China. The neat flowers ai'^ 

 soft pink or deep blush hue, borne in lini< 

 dense spikes along the sides of the brancBje^ 

 after the fashion of D. gracilis, but tiij 



««« — ir» the old specie?' 



Miss Willmott, 



A.M., R.H.S., April 30. ..^-^-^ ri^rTi^ 

 A^M.H. (gardener, Mr. C. Fielder, V.M.iij' 

 Warley Place, Great Warley, Essex. ^ 

 illustration, p. 353, in our iseue of May 4.) 



CELSIA CRETICA CLIVEDEN Vx^R 



In ftorne measure this is even more 

 tiful than the type, which, by the way, js^^ 

 charming greenhouse plant. The ^^^^^^^n^^ 

 has unusually tall spikes, suggesting a n 

 verbascum, but with large, well-expanu 

 light yellow flowers. A fine addition. A-^ 

 R.H.S., April 30. W. W. Astor, Esq., ^^^^ " 

 den, Taplow. 



Tritonia Prince of Orang^^^^ 



This pretty little South African bui^ 

 plant forms a delightful feature in the gi^.^^ 

 house, the rich orange-coloured flowers o t 

 borne in great profusion. Perhaps fo™; -gg; 

 these smaller bulbs, such as the ""J" 

 ixLas, sparaxis, babianas, and others o 

 class, may be grown more than they ar 

 — S. W. 



