MISCELLANEOUS FLOWERING PLANTS AT WISLEY, 1908. 



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Morning Glories (Ipomaea). 

 Varieties of this pretty annual Convolvulus were received under the 

 names of ' Kuni-no-tomo ' and ' Yamato-gakura ' (Peake), but blue and 

 white flowers were derived from the same seed packet. 



Nbmebia, 



hybrida 'Blue Gem' (J. Yeitch). — A little further selection will make 

 this a very pretty strain. Most of the plants were erect habited and 

 flowered profusely ; flowers forget-me-not blue, ^ inch in diameter. The 

 pinkish reverse of the petals detracts from their beauty. 



Nicotian.* . 



affinis hybrida (Dammann). — Flowers mostly white, a few dull purple 

 — a poor strain. 



Pea. 



Anson's (Carpenter). — Under this name the bright blue annual 

 Lathyrus sativus var. azureus was received ; but Anson's Pea is a fine 

 perennial species, L. magellanicus. 



Sweet Peas (Dobbie). — Fifty varieties were sown in November 1907, 

 to ascertain whether autumn sowing on light soil affected the quality of 

 the bloom and the duration of the flowering period, but the stocks came 

 through the winter and spring in such a sorry condition that, together 

 with other stocks (spring-sown) from Miss Hemus, Hugh Aldersey and 

 Messrs. W. Atlee Burpee, they were uprooted and replaced by other 

 subjects. 



Petunia. 



hybrida grandijiora Jimbriata flore-pleno 'Concordia,' self-seeding 

 (Roemer). — A mixed strain ; one double white was raised. 



Salvia splendens (from seed). 



1 Lord Fauntleroy ' (R. Veitch). — Uniform in height, free flowering. 

 15 inches. 



1 Scarlet Dragon (R. Veitch). — Inflorescence poor, 2 J feet. 

 1 Zurich ' (J. Veitch). — An unfixed strain, the plants raised varying in 

 height from 9 inches to 3 feet. 



Shasta Daisy. 



' California ' (Dammann). — Not found superior to the type, Chrys- 

 anthemum maximum. 



Stock, Victoria. 



'Salmon Rose ' (Dammann). — Plants of a uniform and pleasing 

 shade of pink, with but a small percentage of doubles. 



Tropaeolum (Nasturtium). 

 Dwarf 'Crystal Queen' Tom Thumb (Burpee). — Foliage pale green, 

 much peppered with white ; flowers pale yellow. Dwarf and compact, 

 9 inches. Many rogues. 



.Dwarf 'Golden Midnight' (Burpee). — Foliage uniform yellow-green 

 contrasting with the dark self crimson flowers ; habit spreading, 18 inches. 



