Septembtsr 21, 1912 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



723 



ffith ^ong incurving florets. A.M., R.H.S., 

 F.C.C, N.D.S., September 10. Messrs. J. 

 btredwick and Son, St, I^onards. 



Nautwich.— A pale-yellow or buff-colourcd 

 cactus variety, the incurving florets some- 

 times shaded with bright red. A.M., R.H.S., 

 fC.C, N.D.S., September 10. Messrs. J. 

 Stredwick and Sou, St. Leonards. 



Polly. A shapely cactus dahlia, and of 



fair size; scarlet, tipped with white. A.M., 

 R.H.S., F.C.C., N.D.S., September 10. 

 Messre.' J. Stredwick and Son, St. Leonards. 



ROSES. 



British Queen.— A lovely and shapely H.T. 



edged and flamed with rose and rosy-crimson. 

 Silver-gilt Medal, N.R.S., September 12. 

 Messrs. Paul and Son, Cheshunt. 



Sunburst. — This is a beautiful H.T. roses, 

 of pretty cadmium-yellow variety, tinted with 

 orange and salmon ; long-stemmed and long 

 buds. Gold Medal, N.R.S., September 12. 

 J. Pernet-Ducher, Venissieux les Lyon, 

 France (shown by Messrs. G. Beckwith 

 and Son, Ware Road, Hoddesdon, Herts. 

 (See page 701.) 



Queen of the Mu,sks. — A very elegant and 

 pretty cluster rose, sweetly scented, carrying 

 neat semi-double flowers in great profusion. 

 The colour is blush with yellowish-centre. 



ROOT PRUNING FRUIT 



TREES UNDER GLASS. 



Tlie necessity for checking the too exu- 

 berant growth on certain kinds of fruit 

 treesj but more particularly those familiarly 

 classed as stone fruits, will now be appa- 

 rent to the observant cultivator. The 

 sooner this work is performed after the 

 gathering of the crops, the more probable 

 will be the beneficial results accruing there- 

 from during the ensuing year. How best to 



NEW HYBRID TEA ROSE MRS. C. E. PEARSON. 

 Flowers bright golden-salmon. Gold Medal, National Rose Society, September 12. Messrs. S. McGredy and Son, Portadown. 



of good size and substance, and cream- 

 «^it€ colour; it is an altogether charming 



sp^i- J ^^^^^ pointed in shape, and sweetly 

 ^^cented Gold Medal, National Rose Societv 



<r 12. Messrs. Samuel McGredv and 



'^'h Portadown. 



P!n ■ ^" ^- Pearc^on.— A H.T. rose of 



loZT^^ colouring, and with effective round- 

 Lh 1 ^^^^^rs. It is the Lvon out-Lyoned, 

 and f ^'^ brilliance of' the gold-yellow 

 th^ salmon of that popular variety without 



r;^i/^'r^.*^^^*^^^^^?- Exquisitely beautiful. 

 Wd M^al, N.R.S., September 12. 



""'rUfi ^"^^ and Son Portadown. 

 beaiifv 1 I^orrit.— A charming tea ro^^e of 

 petaU shape and free habit. The broad 

 ^ are salmon-pink, the outer ones deeply 



Messrs. 



Silver Medal, N.R.S., September 12. Messrs. 

 Paul and Son, Cheshunt, 



PYCNOSTACHYS DAWEI. 

 An attractive winter-flowering Labiate, 

 first di^^overed in Uganda in 1898 by the late 

 Mr. A. Whyte, and introduced to cultivation 

 by Mr. M. T. Dawe who sent .seeds to Kew in 

 1905. In cultivation P. Dawei forms a some- 

 what straggling shrub, and at Kew is grown 

 under the same conditiouK a-s Coleus tliyr- 

 soideus. which also was received from Uganda, 

 and is now in general cultivation. Tlie blue 

 flowers are produced in short dense spikes;, 

 and are liable to injury from the fogs ex- 

 perienced in town districts. "Bot. Mag.," 

 t. 8,4-50. 



achieve the end in view may differ some- 

 what in very diverse ca.scs and situations, 

 but, as ;i rule, the simple process of lessen- 

 ing tlio (^\(•e^sive flow of sap by t^cvering a 

 fair jnoportion of tlu^ str(Uig*-r roots, 

 whcrrltv growth for the .sivi^ou is eoiifsider- 

 ahlv roducod antl inaturitv of the shoots ac- 

 celorate<l, is <ienerallv most conducive to 

 success. In all cases care must be taken 

 that the ojicration is not carried out too 

 .severely, especially in the case of young 

 tretv^ \n full vigour, hut which probably 

 show but little or no sign of changing the 

 <-olour of their foliage in tlie way of ripen- 

 ing. 



