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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



July 20, 19I2. 



AGAVE MARMOEATA. 



A handsome Mexican species collected by 

 Eoezl in the Province of Tehuacan many 

 years since, but has long been rare in Eng- 

 lish gardens. It has glaxicous, nearly white 

 leaves, and bears bright yellow flowers, 

 which are borne on erect stems, rising to a 

 height of about twelve feet. " Bot. Mag.," t, 

 8,442. "Bot. Mag.," t. 8,443. 



STYRAX WILSONI. 



A compact-growing shrub 

 fusion of small white flowers 



bearing a pro- 

 which was col- 



lected in China by Mr. E. II. Wilson in 19C)5. 

 Itti hardiness in this country is not yet satis- 

 factorily determined, but in the winter of 

 1911-12, when on one occasion 20 degrees of 



and September, and present a very pleasing 

 appearance. Much of the upper part of the 

 growth is soft and dies off during the winter, 

 and it is suggested that the plants should 

 be pruned back to the woody portion of the 

 stem in the spring. " Bot. Mag.," t. 8,441. 



PSEUDERANTHEMUM LILACINUM. 



A distinct and handsome species, and bear- 

 ing erect spikes of comparatively large lilac- 

 coloured flowers. It is a native of Selangoa, 

 and perhaps also of other parts of the Malay 

 Peninsula, and was sent to Kew in 1910 by 

 Mr. H, N. Ridley, who was then director of 

 the Singapore Botanic Garden. This species 

 is a useful addition to the stove plants grown 

 for their flowers, and being closely allied to 



P1I1LADELP11U8 VOIE LACTEE. 



A beautiful variety remarkable for its finely-formed milk-white flowers. It received an 

 Award of Merit at the R.H.S. meeting on June 18, when it was exhibited by Messrs. 



Paul and Son, Cheshunt, and Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. 



frost were registered at Kew, only the tips 



of the shoots were injured. It is, therefore, 



full of promise as a useful addition to the 



shrubs remarkable for the beauty of their 

 flowers. "Bot. Mag.,'' t. 8,444. 



PEROVSKIA ATRIPLICIFOLIA. 



A handsome labiate, which is met with on 

 the Karakoram Range in the Western Hima- 

 laya at elevations up to 10,000ft. above the 

 sea levels and is described by Dr. Aitchison as 

 plentiful in some parts of the Kuram Valley. 

 It was obtained for Kew from Messrs. Bees, 

 Lim., in 1906. The lavender-blue flowers are 

 produced in large panicles during August 



the eranthemnms, may be successfully culti- 

 vated under the same conditions. "Bot 

 Mag.," t. 8,446. 



COTYLEDON SUBRIGIDA. 



A handsome succulent, which is described 

 as very d'stinct from any other species of 

 Cotyledon now in cultivation. This species 

 was discovered in Mexico in 1892 by Mr. C. G. 

 Pringle, growing on ledges of cliffs in the 

 Tultenango Canon. It has g-laucous leaves, 

 and bears its flowers in erect racemes that 

 rise to a height of about eighteen inches. 

 The corolla is pink with red lol>es, " Bot 

 Mag.," t. 8,445. 



BRACHYCHITON ACERIFOLIUS. 

 A handsome species, commonly known « 

 the* Flame Tree in Queensland and New Sout 

 Wales, and attaining in its native'forests ■ 

 height ranging from sixty to one hundrtc* 

 and twenty feet. This species was intrc 

 duced to this country in 1834, and there is- 

 drawing in the collection at Kew mai 

 from a plant growing in the Royal Garden, 

 in 1836. At Kew it can only be grown unde; 

 glass, and in the temperate house there is j 

 specimen about forty feet high. The brigt* 

 green leaves are palmate, and the briffh 

 pink flowers are borne in larere nanicU 

 *'Bot. Mag.," t. 8,437. 



RUPICOLA SPRENGELIOIDES. 

 An interesting epacrid, discovered near th* 

 southern edge of the King's Tableland in th* 

 Blue Mountains of New South Wales in 189?^ 

 and introduced to this country by Mr. J. H 

 Maiden, who sent seeds to Kew in 1906. Th* 

 species forms a neat shrub between two and 

 three feet high, and bears along the slender 

 growt-iis a profusion of white flowers. Kupi- 

 cola is closely allied to Epacris, and the 

 plants belonging to the same genera thrive 

 under much the same conditions, "Bot 

 Mag.," t. 8,438. 



IXORA LUTEA. 



A handsome yellow-flowered form, whieli 

 has been in cultivation at Kew about twenty 

 years, it having been originally received 

 from the Royal Botanic Garden, Peradeniya, 

 Ceylon, as Ixora coccinea var. lutea, and it 

 is found in some trade catalogues under that 

 name. The flower trusses are more lax than 

 are those of Ixora coccinea. ''Bot Mag.," 

 t. 8,439. 



LYCIUM PALLIDUM, 



A distinct and handisome shrub, which was 

 first discovered by Fremont in 1844 on the 

 Rio Virgen, one of the tributaries of th^ 

 Colorado river. It has been grown in the 

 open at Kew since 1886, and has flowered 

 annually from about the middle of May until 

 the middle of June, its slender spreading 

 branches being gracefully wreathed from 

 base to tip with pendent pale-greenish, 

 purple-tinged flowers. Although flowering 

 freely annually, none of the shrubs at Kew 

 fruited until 1911, when an abundant crop 

 of berries was produced. The?e are brigfht- 

 red, and considerably enhance the attraction 

 of the shrubs during July and Augus't, 

 Bot. Mag.," t. 8,440. 



ERICA CILIARIS. 

 The plant figured is the geographical 

 form of Erica ciliaris found in Portugal 

 which, although it cannot be discriminat^-ci 

 by any salient morphological character as ;i 

 variety, is fao* superior for the garden to the 

 species. This heath produces its compara- 

 tively large, bright, rose-coloured flowers in 

 great profusion from July to October, and 

 is highly attractive when grown in larg^ 

 masses. "Bot. Mag.,'' t. 8.442. 



SWEET PEAS. 



R. F. Felton.— A remarkably fine variety, 

 the flowers large the colour lavender sui 

 fused rose. A.M., N.S.P.S., July 9. Mr. 

 Bolton, Warton, Carnforth. 



Decorator. — A pleasing variety, the blooms 

 large, the colour cherry-red. A.M., N.S.P.S.. 

 July 9. Messrs. Bobbie and Co.. Messrs. G 

 Stark and Son, and Mr. A. Malcolm. 



Lady Miller. — An exquisitely beautiful 

 variety; the flowers large, the colour rich 

 cream, suffused with pink. A.M., N.S.P-^- 

 July 9. Mr. A. Malcolm, Duns. 



Agricola. — A charming variety, the flow^i" 

 of large size and of a pleasing lilac-mativ* 

 hue. A.M., N.S.P.S., July 9. Mr. R. Bol- 

 ton. 



Bertrand Deal. — A charming wi^^^^^ 

 coloured variety with large, finely-form^ 

 blooms. A.M., "N.S.P.S., July 9. Mr. ^ 

 Deal, Brooklands, Kelvedon. 



King White.— A large finely-formed vfW 

 flower. A.M., N.S.P.S., July 9. Me^r« 

 Alex. Dickson and Sons, Newtownards, 1^ 

 land. 



