Skptkmber 14, 1912 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE- 



703 



ninonff the plants. Another important 

 ^ter is the shading, and I strongly ad- 

 vise lath blinds in preference to cloth or 

 ^fiin. Lath blinds are so constructed that 

 there is ^ space of about iin. between 

 each lath, and, therefore, the shading is 

 not so dense as that of cloth or scrim, 

 and my experience is that the lath blinds 

 keep the house cooler also. As regards 

 cost, the lath blinds are little more expen- 

 sive' than cloth ones, and if the laths are 

 properly prepared with wax there is no 



noe<l to paint them. 

 Most of the blooms which I showe<l this 



had been out for a fort- 



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rear on July 

 night, and I attribute my success to the 

 fact that I do not use liquid artificial or 



Varieties to Grow. 



I conclude by naming what I consider 

 good reliable varieties in the three clas 

 which I cultivate, although there are 

 doubtless manv omitted which other 



many 



growers would advise. 

 tiev«i mentioned I have 



Most of the varie- 



NYMPH^A PULCHERRIMA. 



This very beautiful water lily was very 

 finely exhibited by iMr. James Hudson, 

 V.M.H. gardener to Leopold de Roth- 

 schild, fcsq. , Gunners:bury House, Acton, 

 at the meeting of the Eoyal Horticiiltural 



enoe of^ although a few of them are now Society held at Westminster on Tuesday, 



August 27. The large, handsome flowers, 

 blue, with a mass of yellow stamens, at- 

 tra<'te<l a good deal of attention because 

 they were larger and finer than those of N. 

 stellata, of which N. pulcherrima is pro- 

 bably a variety. The blooms staged were 

 from the open, but, as has been shown 

 previously in these columns, the water in 

 which they were produced is warmed as 



being sent out for the first time. I might 

 also add that my selection is for tho^ who 

 show them as growm : 



Selfs.— Mrs. Eric Hambro, Mrs. Hen- 

 wood, Furthest North, Crystal, and Attrac- 

 tion, white. DafFo<lil and Solfaterra. yel- 

 low. Mrs. CJuy Sebright, Lady Her- 



mione 



. and Rosy Morn, pink an<l rose 

 Miss Willmott, Cardinal, and Etna, soarlet. 



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NYMPH.EA rULCHEREIMA. 



A beautiful blue-flowered water-lily with a central mass of yellow stamens 



natural manures, and that I keep my Mrs 



"nis longer in condition than many, he- 

 I use latli blinds, 

 lope that the hints I have given in this 

 of r ^Pi^tlo may wake up some 



ino.so ulio liave not follow^ed the same 



iti them to try 



mav nVi' f''^ gi-owing their plants, and I 

 thVfirn ; ^^'^^^ '"^^JO^t to enter 



not f X ^^^'I'^^ition, that they had better 

 ^ Pn ton much faitli to what they 

 ■. ^"mo of the older books on the sub- 



:inn, firstly, at strong plants; 

 , Hoanlinrss; and, thirdly, at 



, PK^iity of room, as well as fresh air 



tion t-lil ^"^'^ succeed on the exhibi- 



George Marshall and Agnes Sorrel, 



crimson. Elizabeth Shiffner, maize ; Mrs. (i. 

 A. Reynolds, buff; and Splendour, purple. 



Fancies, Yellow, and BuflF-ground.— Lord 

 Steyne, Pasquin, Erl King, Linkman, Re- 

 nown, Queen Eleanor, Donald ^IcDonaid. 

 John Ridd, Forester, Mrs. Rent-on, ^Man- 

 darin, and Ronv Buchanan. 



Whit-e-ground Fancies.— Nizam, Bride, 

 Dclicia Hon Dorothv Le(]:2;e, Millie. Tiadv 

 Gay^ and Mrs. Andrew Brotherstone. 



Yellow-ground Picotees. — John Ruskin, 

 Onward, Togo, Santa Claus, Exquisite, 

 Her Majesty, Mark Twain, F. W. Good- 

 fellow, Neil Kenyon, Mare;aret Ijcnnox, 



Agnes, and Constance. 



Margaret 



R. Morton. 



Grange Dene, Woodside Park. 



neeessary 'by means of a small iliot-water 

 pipe. All the ibhie water-lilies are strik- 

 ingly beautiful, as they raise their lovely 

 blooms well above the water level, and 

 form a distinct class from the Marliacea 

 and similar groups. There are many gar- 

 dons wlicre, at very little expense, these 

 fine aquatics might be grown out of doors 

 with a little assistance in the way of arti- 

 ficial heat. At Kew N. stellata is grown in 

 a p(M>l of water that e^;capos, warmed, from 

 tile en^i nes at the pumping station. In 

 many in>tan('(s a few yards of 3in. pipe at- 

 tached to tlie noarost point of the heating 

 apparatus would he all that is ne<^ded to 

 produce the warmth requisite by N. stellata 

 and its near relatives. 



