SEPTEMBilR 7, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



685 



flowers in great quantitj^^ and borne well 

 above the foliage. This and James Coey 

 are exceptionally clear yellows, as seen this 

 season. Indeed, it is difficult to pass on 

 to others, much as the vivid distinctness 

 of Lieutenant Chaure's velvety crimson-red 

 flraws one. In this we have a really beau- 

 tiful red hybrid tea. and one that retains 

 the peculiarly satisfying perfume of our 

 dark hybrid perpetuals. Referring to 

 dark roses, Chateau de Clos Vougeot is 

 almost black in the intensity of its velvety- 

 crimson. This does not burn in the same ob- 

 jectionable way as do so many of our darkest 

 during bright sunshine. Edward Mawley 

 and Commandant Felix Faure are others 

 that escape injury from brilliant sunshine. 

 Chateau de Clos Vougeot is a good but 

 very erratic grower, throwing out so many 

 unevenly-balanced side shoots after the 

 manner of Madame Abel Chatenay, and al- 

 though this is not so noticeable in a large 

 mass, it has a somewhat bad effect in small 

 beds. 



Dorothy RatclifFe (McGredy and 

 1911) is a more ideal bedder than 

 Rose, whi'ch it 



Son, 

 Lyon 



greatly resembles in its 

 younger stages. Although not quite so 

 deep as Lyon Rose it is equal to it, be- 

 cause of its better habit and m.ore hardy 

 constitution. Jacques Vincent (1908) has 

 been perfect with me under glass since I 

 possessed it three years ago. This rose 

 has Souvenir de Catherine jSuillot for one 

 of its seed parents, and possesses much 

 of the delicate art shades found in that 

 rose. It is a much stronger grower, carry- 

 ing: large, well-formed flowers of deep coral- 

 red, with salmon and yellow-shadings. A 

 very hardy, spreading", and free-flowering 

 rose. 



We have a re'd advance among the rose- 

 coloured flow ers that are rather too nume- 

 rous in Andre Gamon. a beautiful deep rose 

 ^=haded with cochineal and carmine. The 

 flowers are very deep and high centred, 

 after the form of Pharisaer, altogether 

 one of the clearest flowers of its particul 

 shadings, and exceptionally free in both 

 bloom and growth. 



Messrs. Soupert et Netting have given 

 us a fine rose ill Madame George Serrurier, 

 raised from a cross between G. Nabonnand 

 r^nd Mrs. W. J. Grant. It favours both 

 parents about equally, and I need say little 

 more than that it is as free and constant 

 as either parent, wnth exceptionally lonio; 

 buds, and almost all of the substance found 

 m a well-finished Mrs. W. J. Grant. It 

 well deserves a place in every garden. For, 

 tunatelv it does not appear to have in- 

 berited the rather t-euder constitution of 

 Mrs. W. J. Grant. 



George Reimers, a reputed seedling from 

 Richmond, crossed w^ith Etoile de France, 

 will prove a grand, fiery-red bedder; it 

 IS large, well-formed, and very free. It is 



0 decided advance upon both of its parents, 

 and I hnve every <u)nfidence of it coming 

 to the front auumg bedders of its colour, A 

 promising seedling from Marie Van Houtte 

 and Caroline Testout, named Madame Loon 

 Simon, at once nttracts nttenticm. It hns 

 very long and i>()int(Ml 11 ow(M*s, and is evi- 

 dently fvor blooming, and of i<lcal o;rowth. 

 The colour is a dark rose, with a distinct 

 yellow centre, and crimson on the reverse 

 '^'de of the p<^tals. Margaret MoIvihmix 

 f^tdl advances in favour. A changeable 

 lose, being safFron-yellow with apricot 

 and peach when yotuig. and passing to al- 

 most a canary-yellow when fully opened. 



1 he blooms are carried in large. s;preading 

 ^T^nsses. and, althou2;h onlv a little more 

 than semi-<louble, stand well, and arc ex- 

 ^entionallv showy up to the tinu* of fallin<i. 



In coni)dete contrast to these art colours 

 1^ the d*^ep nnrf)on-sca rlet <>f Sarah Bern- 



hardt, which I admire more and more. 

 It should be made a note of by all who do 

 not possess it, more particularly where a 

 dark semi-climber or pdlar rose is w^anted. 

 A rose well worth growing, if only for its 

 usefulness as a coat tlower, and its exquisite 

 perfume, is Madame Pol Varin-Bernier. 

 The flowers are deep yellow when young, 

 opening to a pale straw-yellow. Although 

 th's variety pales much with age, it is so 

 clear as to actually heighten the effects 

 of its j'-ounger blooms, wliicli are produced 

 in upright trusses. The exceptional beau- 

 ties of Jessie, Orleans Rose, "White Pet. 

 Mrs. W. H. Cutbush, Kathe rine Zeimet, 

 Eugene Resal, and the aptly-named Cana- 

 rienvogel, with its trusses of clear canarv- 



FERN VARIATION. 



Although throughout the plant world we 

 find innumerable instances of marked de- 

 l)artures from the normal type— that is, the 

 particular and prevalent form which 

 botanists have determined upon as repre- 

 senting the species — there would certainly 

 appear to be a gi^ater tendency to such 

 aberration in ferns than in flowering plants. 

 In this comparison we can, of course, only 

 consider the foliage, and not the inflor- 

 escence, since as regards tlie latter it is 

 a remarkable fact that throughout all the 

 genera and species of ferns, numerous as 

 tliey are, and diversified in habit, size, and 

 make, the same type of microscopic in- 



t 



y 



NAECISSUS PKIXCKl'S. 

 :V well-known, rich yellow truinp(>t daffodil of imu'h v ihie for indoor culture in fibre. 



vello\\'. sbould receivt^ a f nil share of at- 

 tent on. 



I must not forget Mrs. Arthur Mnnt, one 

 of the most reliable hybrid teas, and a truly 

 delightful rose for any purpose. The 

 raisers' description of suffused peach on 

 deep cream, becoming creamy-ivory as the 

 flower develoi>s,'' is wry good. Large 

 flowers, with a ] >c r f cc t ly-f ( i r med 



Jli:rt\-ct nee practically prevails throughout, 

 while in flowering plants, as we know, the 

 diversity is infinite. We can therefore only 

 compare the leaf and the tron<l, and when 

 we do so, we find that though the forms 

 of foliage jiroper. i.e., the true leaves of 

 flowering ])lant.s. are wonderfully diverse, 

 those of the fern frond including varietal 



high 



centre. 



A. P. 



Antholyza paniculata.— Tliis is 



very pretty in flower oat of doors, and at- 

 tracts attention from itts diistinct character. 

 In general appearance somewhat like a tall- 

 growiiitr montbretia, it has branching 

 |);nii( Ii's of red and yellow flowers. — T. 



siK)rts. are not only equally so, but in ? 

 lespects far more curious. 



Thus, for instance, leaves vary in s ze 



and shape and arrangement according to 

 their spe<'ie<. and \ ;u y wonderfully in the 

 way of sports, so tbat at Ke\v we may see 

 scores of oaks of precisely the same species, 

 but witb leaves a])ing those of other an<l 

 <liflercut trws nltogrtlnM*, and playing 



