THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



June 15, 1912. 



plant will take its place in orardens for the 

 same purpose to which the Fire Thorn is now 

 so commonly put. (Bot. Mag., t. 8,418.) 



LEPTOSPEEMUM SCOPARIUM 



NICHOLLL 



Recently described in these columns as the 

 firest new plant at the g^reat Eoyal Inter- 



and the blossoms last for six weeks, 

 new shrub wa« brought to England in 

 from New Zealand, by Captain A. A. 

 L Smith. (Bot. Mag., t, 8,419.) 



This 

 1908, 

 Dor- 



rie 



OLEARTA CHATHAMICA. 



A 

 tion 



very tine species introduced to cultiva- 

 by Captain A. A. Dorrien Smith. It 



DELPHINIUM DUSKY MONARCH. 



A 



s-emi-double flowens, of purple hue 



tall and stately variety bearing fine spikes of 1 , t 



A.M. R.H.S., June 4. Messrs. J. Kelway and Son, Langport. 



national Horticultural Exhibition, this lepto- 

 spermum bids fair to become a popular cool 



shrub, while in the sheltered 

 southern counties it will be 



greenhou? 

 parts of the 



hardy. The crimson flowers 

 with great freedom, and plants* a year old 

 from the cutting: bloom in the spring time. 



produced 



has been grown and flowered out of doors by 

 the Rev. A. T. Boscawen, at Ludgvan Rec- 

 tory, Marazion, Cornwall; there it is prapa- 

 crated easily from cutting^s, and does well in 

 bog earth and leaf-soil. O. Chathaniica 

 makee a stoutly branching shrub i'rmn 'Mt. 

 to 7ft. high, the serrate, oblanceolate. 



growing 



leathery leaves being covered on the under- 

 side with dense white wool. The flower heads 

 are about two inches across, and born singly 

 on stout pedunclei:^ from the axils of the 

 Leaves towards the end of the branches. Th^ 

 ray florets may be white, usually pale violet- 

 purple, and the disk is deep violet-purple 

 (Bot. Mag., t. 8,420.) ^ ' 



CRASSULA BARKLYI. 



A quaint little succulent plant 

 not more than two inches high. Each one 

 a little column of closely imbricating leaves 

 clustering round a simple stem, and at flower- 

 time, surmounted by a little cluster of tiny 

 white or pinkirih flowers. Dry tropical condi- 

 tions appear to be most suitable for the cul- 

 tivation of this native of Little Naniaqua- 

 land. (Bot. Mag., t. 8,421.) 



BRUNSFELSIA UNDULATA. 



A beautiful West Indian shrub that suc- 

 ceeds in a warm house, producing its white 

 flowers in terminal clusters in the autumn. 

 Each flower is about two and a-half inches 

 across the spreading, five-lobed and undulate 

 mouth, and has a yellowish or greenish tube 

 over three inches long. B. undulata is a 

 plant that appears to be well worth cultiva- 

 tion where there is room, for it is a larc^e 

 stove house plant. (Bot. Mag,, t. 8,422.) 



SYRINGA JULIANiE. 



A very distinct lilac found in Western 

 China by Mr. E. H. W^ilson. It is a hardy, 

 medium-sized shrub, sweetly scented, and 

 flowers in May and June. It is peculiarly 

 striking because the pedicels, peduncle, and 

 outside of the corolla tube are deep purplish- 

 lilac, while the inner side of the corolla seg- 

 ments is white. The tiny calyx is violet. 

 (Bot. Mag., t. S,423.) 



DOMBEYA CALANTHA. 



A strong-growing tree or shrub from Bri- 

 tish Central Africa. It flowers freely in the 

 Mexican House at Kew, and bears its showy, 

 rose-coloured flowers in rounded pelargonium- 

 like trusses. Each flower, about one and 

 a-half inches across, bears a close re^m- 

 blance to a mallow. (Bot. Mag., 8,424.) 



COROKIA COTONEASTER. 



A very curious much-branched species from 

 New Zealand. It cannot be regarded as 

 hardy, though on a south wall at Kew it 

 grows well, and produces its bright yellow 

 flowers plentifully every May, The little 

 spatliulate leaves are generally in clusters ot 

 three on the short interlacing branches', but 

 the old stems are usually naked. The flowers 

 of this shrub are followed by red fruits. 

 (Bot. Mag., t. 8,425.) 



CEREUS SILVESTRI. 

 A very pretty species from Argentina dis- 

 covered by Dr. P. Silvester, and placed in 

 commerce by Messrs. Haage and Schmidt, oi 

 Erfurt. Its prostrate, spiny stems are rarely 

 more than three inches long, and from ^^^^^ 

 the showy orange-scarlet flowers are produced 

 laterally and erect. Each flower is about 

 one and a-half to two inches wide, and com- 

 posed of numerous segments. At Kew it 

 grows readily with the other succulent planted, 

 and is so bright and attractive when flower- 

 ing that it potssessies a considerable horticul- 

 tural vahie. 



Eo- 



Novel-trained Fuchsias. - 



peating on a larger scale an exhibit of fuchsias 

 made for the flrst time Last year at Olympia, 

 Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons put up ^ J^^^ 

 noticeable group at the International bno\^- 

 The plants, some 10 feet or so in length, wertj 

 trained cordon fashion, and disposed at ai 



blossoms hung down in the greatest P^^^^"' 

 sion, and though treated in this way tn 

 plants ])re-eiited a somewhat formal ^V]^J^^] 

 ance, yet they attracted a good deal ot att-e - 

 tion. The varieties represented, all of wiucu 

 m ay be t ake n as good roof ])1 ants , 

 (Mipper. Final General Grenfel, Lustre AH-^- 

 Marshall, Mrs. Rundle, Mrs. Todnian, Oiy^^- 

 pia, and The Shah. — K 



