MISCELLANEOUS FLORAL TRIALS AT WISLEY, 1907. B13 



MISCELLANEOUS FLORAL TRIALS AT WISLEY, 1907, 



A.M. = Award of Merit. 

 XXX=Highly Commended. 



DlASCIA. 



Barberae (Veitch). — A very pretty half-hardy annual from South 

 Africa. Flowers rose-pink, with double spur. One foot. 



DlMORPHOTHECA. 



auranti ica (B&rr). — A very fine half-hardy annual from South Africa, 

 producing throughout the summer a profusion of large bright orange 

 flowers. An admirable plant for a sunny spot on the rockery. One foot. 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA. 



Pink Fluted (Berkeley). — This is a strain with rather small fluted 

 or pleated petals, rosy without and creamy within, but it requires fixing. 



Yellow Prince (Berkeley).;— Flowers creamy yellow, petals fluted. As 

 with the last variety, some 70 per cent, of the plants proved the common 

 orange smooth-petalled variety. 



Gladiolus. 



Golden West (Dreer). — Flowers not large, but of good form and 

 substance. Bright scarlet, the inner lower petals having a cream- 

 coloured centre-line and throat of the same colour, spotted with scarlet. 



Larkspur. 



Empress Carmine (Veitch), A.M. September 6, 1907. — A good strain of 

 J)elphinium Consolida, quite true from seed ; 4 5 feet. Flowers double, 

 carmine-rose, giving a long succession of bloom. 



Marigold. 



French, Gold Striped (Forbes). — A very variable strain ; 1\ feet to 

 2 feet. About 10 per cent, were of good form, very double, with maroon 

 rays marked with a central band of gold. 



Pansies. 



Seeds of choice mixed Fancy and Show Varieties (Forbes). — A 

 number of interesting forms raised, but rather a high percentage of 

 Violas. 



Pentstemons. 



Forbes' Hybrids (Forbes). — A good strain. 

 Rubicunda (Beckett). — Bright red, with white throat. 

 The Earl of Minto (Beckett). — Crimson, with white throat margined 

 and blotched with deeper crimson. 



