JuLT 13. 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



535 



CLEMATIS LADY BETTY BALFOUR. 



A strikingly beautiful variety that cannot 

 fail to became popular. It is very free 

 flowering, belongs to the Viticella group, and 

 has rich violet-purple flowers of rounded form 

 and with stout segments. In the centre of 

 each bloom is a cluster of whitish stamens. 

 A very fine addition to flowering climbers. 

 A.M., R.H.S., July 2, Messrs. G. Jackman 

 and Son, Woking. 



ASTILBE AVALANCHE. 



A beautiful variety with fine plumes of 

 pure white flowers, these latter being larger 

 than those of most kinds. The plant grows 

 and flowers freely, and should be valuable in 

 a warm bog garden as well as first-rate for 

 fcrcing. A.M., E.H.S., July 2. Messrs. 

 Van Waveren and Kruyff, Sassenheim, Hol- 

 land. 



NEPHROLEPIS EXALTATA 



ROCHFORDI. 



The variations of Nephrolepis exaltata seem 

 to be endless, and several of the forms are 



HYNING, LANCASHIRE. 



A short distance from the town of Carn- 

 forth, and in a beautiful district, lies the 

 mansion of Hyning, the residence of John 

 Piatt, Esq., w^ho has done much to develop 

 and improve the gardens, and through 

 whose kindness the writer has twice ha<l 

 the privilege of visiting Hyning. tho la^t 

 time towards the end of June. 



In the period which has elapsed l)etween 

 the two visits, Mr. Piatt has made many 

 improvements, which have been ably car- 

 ried out 1^ Mr. W. G. Watson, his gar- 

 dener, who, with an augmente<l staff, am- 

 tinues to keep everything in the most per- 

 fect condition. The garde:is are of con- 

 siderable size, and include flower gardens, 

 rock garden, rose garden, orchard, an<I 

 vegetable garden, with a considerable 



amount of glass. 



In front of the mansion is a beautifully- 

 kept lawn, a little circumscribe<l in size 



presented in the other rock gardens, they 

 may be iramod in the notes relating to the 

 lilt t^r • 



The rock garden consists of a series of 

 rockwork pockets, against one of the gar- 

 den walls, and is both well arranged and 

 supplied wifth many good alpines. The 

 walls at this part are low, and are planted 

 with flowers, and some interesting points 

 of culture arise. For example, we have 

 Polygonum aflSne (oi Brunonis), growing on 

 the top of a dry wall with little soil be- 

 neath. The aspect is about N.N.W. Other 

 plants on the walls here are such subjects 

 as Saxifra^a Wallncei, on the top, and An- 

 <lr<)sa(cs lanuginosa, sannentosa, and 

 Ohumbvi. Sheets? of thymes are also 

 pretty." In the rock ganlen is an excep- 

 tionally well-growii plant of Gentiana 

 verna, growing and flowering with unusual 

 freedom. fS. a<auli.s 's also flowering well. 

 Campanulas aro n'i)ii*sontod by the brrst of 

 the dwarf sjM'i ics and varieties, such a."^ C 



I- 



CLEMATIS LADY BETTY BALFOUR. 

 Flowers rich violet-blue. A.M., R.H.S., July 2. Messrs. Jackman and Son, Woking. 



very nearly alike. This new-comer has much 

 in common with N. Marshalli compacta, but 

 has longer fronds, exquisitely moss-like in 

 their division and of a lovely shade of green. 

 A.M., R.H.S., July 2. Messrs. Tlios. Roch- 

 ford and Sons, Lim., Broxbourne, 



mmon Ja.sm 



ne. — A gene- 

 ral favourite is this, the jessamine of older 

 writers. The spotless purity of its flowers 

 and their delicious fragrance are great 

 points in its favour. Though good examples 

 are often to be seen in cottage gardens, and 

 even in unlikely spots in London, yet for 

 some reason or other its merits as a beauti- 

 ful climbing shrub are apt to be overlooked. 

 True, its blossoms are not so large as some 

 of those subjects now so popular for the pur- 

 pose, but they possess a quiet beauty of their 

 own, their prodtxction extends over a long 

 period, and they are very sweet-scented. 

 The nearly allied Jaminum affine, whose 

 young leaves are reddish and flower buds 

 tinged with colour, is not so good a plant as 



the common, kind.— S. W. 



by some noble old trees, 

 however, would be unwelcome and undesir- 

 able. Here are some fine l>eds and borders, 

 filled with flowering and other shrubs, and 

 bedding plants, such as begonias, etc. The 

 conservatory here is kept well supplied with 

 flowers in bloom, and with the adjoining 

 fernery is highly attractive. Here are some 

 fine fuchsias, begonias, Primula oboonica— 

 an excellent strain— pelargoniums, .spiraeas, 



and astilbes, and other goo<l plants for the 

 house. Since my former visit a good col- 

 lection of cypripediums, inchiding many of 

 the new variet:es, have been introduced, 

 and these are thriving excellently. In the 

 fernery there are some extremely good 

 jidiantums, plants of A. gracillimum being 



especially good. 



Near this, and still in front of the man- 

 • a corner devoted to a small rock 



the one originally 

 number of goo<l 



whose removal, rotundifolia pallida, very fine on the wall ; 



C. portenschlagiana, C. pulla C. V^^^ 

 pallida, and a number of others. The 

 dianthus family is strongly favoured, and 

 we find, for example, Dianthus frigidus, 

 verv well done ; D. aridus, very pretty ; D. 

 glacialis, U. neglectus, and others The 

 pretty Morisia hypoga^a is doing well, and 

 a choice collwtion of saxifrages of all sec- 

 tions is to be soon. I noted S. (;nhe])achi 

 as in very good condition, and here men- 

 ton may be made of a fine rosette of S. 

 longifolia in another wall. This has been 

 ei<rl!t vears on tliif< dry wall, and it is 



eleven inches in diameter. 



fo 



1 



sion IS 

 garden, 

 ected 



this being 

 Here are 



a 



alpines now of considerable size, but a.s 

 the majority of the plants here are also re- 



now some eleven inches m 

 Oxalis enneaphvlla. very fine; oxytropises 

 aubrietias, se<lums, Buxton's variety of 

 Geranium Wallichianum, Veronica cinerea, 

 and manv shrubby species of veronica were 

 also seen, w^hile a special note must bo 

 made of the splendi<l way in which ins 

 .rracinii)os was doin<: in iho nxk garden. 

 Other subjects must l>e loft unnntHiNl, but 



it may be -said that the plants — 



