May 11. 1912 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



385 



TULIPS AT TAPLOW. 



The progress shown in the raising, selec- 

 tion and cultivation of late-flowering tulips 

 during the past few vears is only a few de- 

 grees below that indicated by the dafEodils, 

 but it is probable that the cultivation of 

 these glorious flowers is spreading faster in 

 private gardens than is that of daffodils. On 

 everv hand one hears of extensive orders for 

 bulbs of Mar-flowering and Darwin varie- 

 ties and the" very keen interest in these 

 groups is evidenced at every meeting of the 

 Roval Horticultural Society from late April 

 to^the end of May. Further, at every nur- 

 verv where bulb growing is a special feature, 

 Tlie area devoted to tulips increases each 

 succeeding year. Small wonder that it is so, 

 lor. following the daffodils and Dutch 

 tiili]>, and coming into bloom before the 

 lurhiicedus borders are gay, late tulips fill 

 a ])hu'e that would otherwise be vacant. 



These tall tulips have a stately grace 

 peculiarly their own ; they are fine for beds 

 or borders, and valuable for indoor decora- 

 tions. They are of easy culture, and their 

 large substantial blooms la4st quite a good 

 time in full beauty. And when one comes 

 to the subiect of colour, words fail to convey 

 either the' delicacy of tint or the b^arbarian 

 gorgeousnctss to be found in a moderate selec- 

 tion, while a "large collection of varieties 

 planted in good blocks provides a feast of 

 brilliant beauty that is perfectly dazzling. 

 Such a feast may now be enjoyed at Taplow, 

 where Messrs. Barr and Sons have estab- 

 lished themselves in a new home. The main 

 line of the Great Western Eailway passes 

 by the side of the nursery, and passengers 

 thereby have grown enthusiastic over the 

 wonderful picture spread out before them by 

 the Messrs Barr. 



A few minutes' walk from Taplow Station 

 and one is in the midst of splendid blocks 

 of such beautiful tulips as the pink Clara 

 Butt, Inglescombe Yellow, the bright Ingks- 

 combe Pink, the blue-tinted Eev, W. Ew- 

 bank, and the masterful red Pride of Haar- 

 lem. Sunlight is a trifle small as compared 



tive, while those who love the softer tints 

 will find the elongated, egg-shaped Moon- 

 light a delightfully soft pale yellow. Sun- 

 light was collected at the same time as retro- 

 flexa major, the latter a light yellow with 



reflexing pointed petals— a distinctly artis- 

 tic tulip. 



Don Pedro is a rich bronze and brown 

 variety that, like others of somewhat simi- 

 lar colour, such a^ Louis XIV., is magnifi- 

 t'^nt in association with the rich salmon hues 

 of mollis azaleas. Tlie darker sorts, like 

 >;ultan, are also capital for similar planting. 

 >liahzada gives a most distinct mahogany- 



Mrs. Moon 



1^ still one of the most graceful of vellow 

 tulips, while Black Chief forms a striking 

 contrast with it. White Swan is probably 

 tne finest of late white tulips, and a mass of 



^ _ 1 * • i T 



I'ed tint, and is rather dwarf. 



hine. 



IT IS perfectly dazzling in the spring sun- 



Orange Beauty, old gold and rose, 

 ii rich warm tone, and Panorama, bronze 



'^Pn 1 . ^ S^""^^- Caledonia and 



vp'r 1 Inglescombe Scarlet are 



try brilliant, the two lattt-r especially so. 

 _a«a,ndra provides a rioli cerise hue, while 



icotee, with its rosy edge pointed petals 



hi AT™^"'''^"^^' ^« already a great favour- 

 K,;, -^larg-aret is perfectly lovely, and Mm. 

 tt l f^ gives light blue tinting that makes 

 , '« cliarmmg tulip for massing or for show- 



l^'^n,. ^-ri*" ^^^"^ P^"^ ''ind other rich hues. 

 Ki«rA ^^^""^ de la Tonnav, Salmon 



traotir^'M''^^"'® ^""^''^^ ^ing' a" ^^ave at- 

 sel*.of; ^ cannot be overlooked when 



-et ^^"^ "»av one for- 



of .,?™P'"^'"^' th«' delicate beauty 



alfarl , '""^^ Loveliness; but where 

 some ta^t beautiful each has a claim upon 

 We arl ' ?l ^ ^^'""^ for some purpose, 

 so man^ ^^^s*- ^'ho have created 



MeS^K^T^'^''".'**''*"' flowers, and grateful to 

 ^ man^i^^^. J',^^*'^^^''^ and displaying them 

 grandly at their new place at f apfow. 



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Eoyal A^ricullurftl Society of England, 

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of 



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WHITE CITY and KOYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS. 



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 \Veatliti\s. Secretary, Koyal Botanical Gardens. 

 Trafford. 



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with the ^r-eat goblet-shaped Mr. Farncombe -|3 

 Sanders, but its scarlet hue is most effee- JTL 



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EXHIBITIONS AND 



MEETINGS. 



Royal Horticultural Society. 



OMMITTh 



APRIL 



Present : Mr. E. A. Bowles, M.A., F.L.S., 

 F.E.S. (in the chair) ; Messrs. J. T. Bennett- 

 Poe, W, Haks, A, AYorsley, J. Eraser, J. 

 O'Brien, J. W. Odell, G. Wilson, C. E. Shea, 

 E. M. Holmes, and F. J. Chittenden (hon. 

 secretary). 



HYBRID SAXIFRAGES.— Mr. J. Fraser 

 reported on the saxifrages from Dr. BlaxalK 

 of Edgware, shown at the last meeting, as 

 follows : Tlie two saxifrages were hybrids be- 

 tween S. granulata and either one of the 

 group of S. muscoides Rhei or S. decipiens. 

 AJl the characters of the hybrids were dif- 



ferent from those of either parent. No. 1 

 had the stamens more or less imperfect, the 

 petals shortened, the flower flattened, and 

 the disc greatly enlarged. The stem was 

 shortened, forming a compound corymbose 

 cyme. Tlie leaves were deeply lobed on the 

 tripartite plan, much divided and with more 

 acute lol3e<^, not rounded as in granulata. 

 The basal leaves formed a rosette, with 

 short, broad, flattened petioles, these charae- 



Dr. 



ters being derived from the dactyloid parent. 

 The bulbils at the root and in the axils of 

 the basal leaves were in a more or less leafy 

 condition, and some of them had developed 

 into leafy branches, especially in No. 2. The 

 styles of both were divaricate, as in the 

 dactyloid parent, not erect-patent as in S. 

 granulata. 



ALBINO FORM OF ORCHIS MASCULA. 

 Mr. Gurney AVilson showed an albino form 

 of Orchis mascula collected by him in a field 

 in mid-Sussex. 



JACK FRUIT.— Air. O'Brien showed on be- 

 half of J. S. Bergheim, Esq., of Belsize 

 Court, Hampstead, a Jack fruit (Artocar- 

 pus) brought by him from Brazil. 



ARSENIC IN DRAINAGE WATER.- 

 Vceloker remarked on some water, he had 

 recently received for analvsits, which had 

 come from a stable and had been reputed 

 to iniure plants. He had found it to contain 

 an appreciable quantity of arsenic, which 

 was, no doubt, the cause of the injury. He 

 had found that many plants would absorb 

 a certain amount of arsenic from t he- soil 

 without any appreciable injury, luil in tiiis 

 case the quantity had been too great. Mr. 

 O'Brien made the folloM'ing remarks, which 

 suggest a ]]robable source of the arsenic : 

 "I remember to have often heard of tho-se 

 in charge of horses giving them small doses 

 of arsenic to improve their condition, and 

 many a good horse has died suddenly from 

 "heart trouble' in consequence. Of course, 

 it is done secretly. But if done at all it 

 would account for the presence of arsenic 

 in the stai>le. If pure arsenic cannot be had, 

 on account of the resti'ictions. in\L;iit not 

 the knowledge that it is present in wcd- 

 killer caxi^e small doses of tliat to be mixed 

 with the food, and the .surj^his tlirown on the 

 floor? Tlu^ arsenic must have got in some- 

 how, and \ is as likely a wav as anv. But 

 to kill plants it must have been strong. 



ORANCE WITH YELLOW S TKIIM:.— Mr. 

 Holmes reported that 1h' had examined the 

 orange shown at t lie last meeting, which 

 had a narrow yellow strij^e down one side 

 passing from baise to apex, and could tind 

 notliing inside the fruit in connection with 

 it. He suggested that it was probably a 

 hybrid between the orange and the grape 

 fruit. 



SCILLA HISPANICA WITH LONG 

 BRACTS. — Mr. Worsley showed from his 

 garden an inflorescence of Scilla hispanica 

 analagous to the variety bractiata of Seilla 

 nutans. The bracts were many times longer 

 tha:i the ];cdicels. 



TULIP WITH DISPLACED PERIANTH 

 PIECE.— Mr. Shea showed a tulip with a 

 displaced perianth lobe a few inches below 

 the flower, which had but five perianth 

 pieces. 



PARROT TULIP.— Mi^ssrs. l^arr. of Tap- 

 low, showed a new hrcak. Si'iisatioii, t he 

 colour in the specimen not yet fully deve- 

 loped ; with age the white becomes very 

 solid and i)ure. As far as be had been able 

 to disenvcr from in vest igati(n)s made in Hol- 

 land, this break .suddenly appeared in a bed 

 of the Dutch Breeder Tuli]) kn<uvn as Peine 

 d'Espagne (of which a s])ecimcn tiower was 

 here exhibited) in the nnrt^ery of a small 

 Dutch grower. It is. of course, much 

 dwarfer than its Breeder parent, and also 

 propagates nnire slowly. A Botanical Cer- 

 tificate was recommended on the suggestion 

 of the Narcissus Committee to this plant, 

 which had none of the horn-like excrescences 

 usual in parrot tulips, and had a stem like 

 that of the Darwin tulips. 



DOUBLE PRIMROSE.— A double, prim- 

 rose found growing wild was exhibited from 

 an unknown source. 



IRISES.— Mr. W. Rickatson Dykes, of 

 Farncombe. sent irises, with notes as fol- 

 low, making clear the origin of I. florentina 

 and I. albicans: I. germanica L. var." — 

 Tliis variety is one that is largely sfrown 

 for producing orris root in the neighbour- 

 hood of Florence. Its stem is more slender 

 than that of the varieties usually grown 

 in England. It is proV)ably the form of 



