July 6, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



509 



NEW PLANTS, ETC. 



EOSES. 



St. Helena. — This is a very fine hybrid tea 

 rose, large-petalled, shapely, full sized, and 

 attractive. The colour is deep cream, with 

 a sugfgestion of pink and a yellowish base 

 to each petal. Should prove a useful rose 

 for exhibition purposes. Gold Medal, N.R.S., 

 Soutliampton, June 26. Messrs. B. R. Cant 

 and Sons, Colchester. 



Irish Flame- — Another of the strong- 

 growing, elegant, single varieties, of which 

 Irish Elegance may be taken as a type. It 



1^ to 2ft. long, and carries a head of many 

 flowers, each about three inches across, un- 

 dulate, and brown, with 

 Under cultivation this 



a 



purple lip. 



requires tropical 

 treatment, and a distinct period of rest after 

 completion of growth, Bot. Mag., t. 8,427, 



AGAVE PEOTUBERANS. 



This is a stemless, tuberous-rooted, Mexi- 

 can species, with linear-lanceloate leaves 

 about eight inches long, green, with numer- 

 ous brown-purple blotches. The flowers are 

 numerous, and borne at the head of a scape 

 two feet high; they are shortly-tubed, with 

 recurving greenish-red segments. Bot. Mag., 

 t. 8,429. 



POTENTILLA DAVURICA- 



The usefulness of the oommon Potentilla 

 fruticosa is such that it warrants a good 

 trial with any other hardy shrubby kinds 

 which may be obtained. P. davurica, a 

 native of China, resembles tJie commoner 

 species in habit, but differs by 'bearing 

 white flowers. Growing to a height of It} 

 or 2ft., it forms a compact busli, with small 

 three-parted leaves and showy flowers 

 three-quarters of an inch across. Shrubby 

 potentillas are excellent subjects for plant- 



H.T. ROSE ST. HELENA. 



A fine new variety, deep cream-coloured, with a yellow base to each broad petal. Gold Medal, N.E.S., at Southampton, June 26. 



Messrs. B, E. Cant and Sons, Colchester. 



resembles the latter variety, but is wholly 

 yellow, with deep ruddy-bronze shading on 

 the outside of the petals. Dark stems and 

 foliage. Gold Medal, N.R.S., Southampton, 

 June 26. Messrs. Alex. Dickson and Sons, 

 Newtownards, Co, Down. 



MAGNOLIA KOBUS, 



A shapely, pyramidal, deciduous tree from 

 Japan. It is perfectly hardy, and usually 

 flowers in April. The flowers "^are about four 

 inches across, and the six petals are white 

 ^ith a central purple line along the outside, 

 ^t. Mag., t. 8,428. 



SCHOMBURGKIA LUEDDEMANL 



This Venezuelan orchid is a strong-growing 

 species, allied to S. undulata. The spike m 



DAPHNE EETUSA. 



A low-growing shrub that promises to be 

 a useful one. It grows from 2ft. to 3ft. 

 high, and comes from a high altitude in 

 AVe^^tern Szechuan. Tlie neat, oblong leaves 

 are deep green above, and pale green be- 

 neath; the flowers are white, tinted with 

 rose or violet, especially on the outside, and 

 they are borne in terminal umbellate clus- 

 ters. To considerable beauty is added the 

 charnj of Iragrance. Bot. Mag., t. 8,430. 



PROFITABLE FRUIT GROWING for Cottagers and 

 Small Holders of Land.— By John Wriprht, V.M.H. A 

 Gold Modal Ks^=av, written for tho Worshipful Com- 

 pany of Fruiterers. Fully illustrated. Price Is., by 

 post l8. 3d., from W. H. aJid L. CoUingridge, 148 «nd 

 119, Aidersgate Street. London. 



ing in large masses on moderately dry banks, 

 where the soil is fairly good ; they are, how 

 ever, inferior to such plants as double- 

 flowered gorse, cistuses, and helianthe- 

 mums for positions where the natural soil 

 is poor and gravelly They may be in- 

 creased from seeds, which germinate well 

 if sown soon after they are gathered. 

 Young plants grow rather slowly for the 

 first two or three years, without they have 

 been planted under exceptionally favour- 

 able conditions. A second white-flowered 

 species may be obtained in P. Salesoviana 

 from Siberia, It is, however, rather more 

 diflBcult to cultivate than the common kind. 



W. Dallimore. 



