298 



THE 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



Ma * t t 1898 



NEW PLANTS, FLOWERS, FRUIT AND 



Vegetables. 



LtLlO-CATTLEYA THORNTON I. 



w u- u-. K aw on* of the grandest of hybrids, and one in which Lielia 



t*e S£d "a ^rent "Jith Cattleya^askelliana The flowers are 

 >nt ohn with other I. Digb^na crosses with cattleyas but here the hp is very 

 on a ^J^^F Jfl > ^ lder hybrids . The somewhat narrow sepals are of 



« of a slightly richer hue b^ 



StSuTS <lelicate ; the margins of these segments reflex ^nsidmbly. The 

 S has a big drooping apefc, and over this spreads a yellow tint that com- 

 J^toth! yellow throat, and mingles with the rosy ground colour unti he 

 htTwU itself along the frilled and fringed margin In the centre of the 

 a her ^-ended apex^of the front lobe, there is a large V-shaped notch that is 

 very distinct. The flower measures nearly six inches across the petals, and is 

 altogether a wonderful production, as will be seen from our illustration page 297. 

 K.CC, R.H.S., April 26. Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. . 



MOR MODES i€NANTHEMUM, 



A very interesting species, with flowers about three inches across and of a 

 rich ruby-claret colour. The sepals and petals are all about half an inch across 

 at their widest, the former pointing forward and two of the latter pointing back- 

 wards. The lip is very curious, the sides folding right back and forming a stiff 

 tube. The column is twisted curiously. B.C., R.H.S., April 26. Mr. W. H. 

 White, orchid grower to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Burford Lodge, Dorking. 



Cattleya Mendeli var. Beatrice Ashworth.i 



A beautiful form, with almost pure white sepals and petals, and a lip that is of 

 the purest white save for the faint lemon-yellow throat. A lovely and chaste 

 orchid. A.M., R.H.S., April 26. Mr. Holbrook, gardener to Elijah Ashworth, 

 Esq., Ilarefield Hall, Wilmslow. 



Cattleya Schroder/e amabilis. 



Both in size and colour this is a grand and beautiful variety, its white sepals 

 an<i blush tinted broad petals forming a fine setting for a splendid lip, yellow and 

 rosy blush. The lip has a very broad apex, and the yellow throat extends by 

 radiations into the front rosy area ; the margin is prettily curled back and ex- 

 quisitely fringed. Growth and bulbs are strong, and the flowers of great size and 

 substance. A.M., R.H.S., April 26. Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. 



Daffodils. 



Diadem has a creamy-white perianth and an immensely broad shallow cup of 

 orange, edged with scarlet. A.M., R.H.S., April 26. 



White Wiwr has a full pure white perianth of great substance, with narrow but 

 very bright golden cup. A.M., R.H.S., April 26. 



White Lady has very large and broad creamy segments, and a medium, soft 

 lemon-yellow crown. A.M., K. U.S., April 26. 



Will Scarlet, creamy, broad perianth segments and very broad medium cup of 

 a rich orange scarlet shade. F.C.C., k.II.S., April 26. All the foregoing were 

 *hown by the Rev. (i. E. Engleheart. 



Ii anhoi is a pretty and neat flower of the medium-crowned section ; it has 

 broad [>crianth segments of a creamy-white shade, and a cup that is rich orange 

 tinted with scarlet. A.M., R.H.S., April 26. Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, 

 Chelsea. 



Primrose Evelyn Arkwricht. 



A giant primrose previously referred to in these columns ; it is a gigantic coun- 

 terpart of the common primrose and has strong foliage, has flowers as large as 

 a hve-shilling piece. A plant was found wild in Dinmore Wood, Hereford, in 

 iSSj and the stock, now the fourth generation, has kept true from seed. 

 A.M., K.II.S. Mr. J. II. Arkwright, Hampton Court, Leominster. 



Deutzia parvi flora. 

 A handsome deutiia with corymbs of white flowers, the individuals measuring 

 nearly half an inch across ; the stiff green foliage has serrated margins. The 

 wh.»le plant is compact, freely branched, and as freely flowered, for each branchlet 



ends m a cluster of flowers. A.M., R.H.S., April 26. Messrs. J. Veitch and 

 Sons, Chelsea. J 



Odontoglossum Pescatorei Duchess of Westminster. 



This is a charming form of a handsome species ; the flowers are of good size and 

 •tope, indeed, in these respects they would be difficult to beat. On the pure white 

 EE«5! nume r ro ! ,s medium-sized spots of rich rosy purple scattered over the 

 whole surface. It is a most distinct form. A.M., K.II.S., April 26. Mr. N. 

 F, Barnes, gardener to the Duke of Westminster, Eaton Hall. 



Melon Lord E. Cavendish. 



emrlv 7 f c ^ ional| y g^.^ly melon, and one that attains a large size even thus 



\ M w i S ? hlt t fleSh lHat is of cxcc,Ient tlavour Ed 8«at depth. 



flSs^ Mr - °- Thomas ' ***** to her Ma j^y *e oSS; 



Read's Sprouting Kaije. 



Auriculas. 



coli^Il'ifSW C t\ A ^pT^? ^'^egood ; body 

 MnrSnmfit l 1 han^"* - A* **$ P ' S ' A P nl 26 ' Mr - J- Douglas. 



P«;. F.CcTnIa t d ?S C 52fl if' M h fiTj 0 ^ and Smoo *> Bood 



Hiawatha m ■ 1 pnl 2<J ' Mr * ( ■ ^ hilhps. 



*- 1— „3f SSP"? ^l? * ith dark oddish ground shading to salmon; 



*X.L., N.A. and P.S., April 26. 



Camptosema pinnatdm. 



IDS. 



pairs of leaflets Vnd a tamlL^ l ar ? e P innate folia ge, the leaves car 



^wer, we two ,nch« Tone S£,H • °, m °'1 bcheS l °^> 

 P«ple ; all the corolla «Sm I '' "^l* greenish, cor 



'» » a leguminous J£F£Z vr* narrow ' and have '^curving 



The 



Wed in the vlltV^ 



««sc at New in July, 1897 

 A liliaceous nlant ftJ >ASVSTACHYS Drimiopsis. 



en " «e specie* is of b< 



Bot. Mag., t. 7,582. 



Zambesi 



greenhouse, 



M.G 



Anemone vernalis. 



well known is th 1S plant, and so closely allied to our native A vSl & 

 a few neoDle have regarded it as a British nlanf ™,k:»u .- f • ' f "'^""a, that n« 



U is no Its dUtribatS 

 1 the Itahan Alps. 2? 



a 



is 



Mag., t. 7,581. 



RlCHARDIA ELLIOTTIANA. 



1 ni!. uiaguiutcui su .u t .i- 3( «™ ncnarcna is now so we 1 known that , a . •, . 

 description of it is unnecessary It has big golden-yellow s^s o 

 and large green foliage spotted with transparent white blotches The **. 

 the plant has already been detailed in these columns, and we refer to th. • 

 to draw attention to the double page illustration given in the Bot. Ma? \ 1*?" 



Daphne Blagayana. 



A sweetly-scented daphne with terminal heads of white, green-tinted flo 

 It is a native of Styria and Carniola, and was introduced to cultivation^' 

 twenty years ago by Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons. Being a very dwarf sDeaW w 

 is frequently used in rockeries, and succeeds here if placed amid calcareooTSk 

 it flowers in March, and both for its fragrance and beauty is highly esteem^ 5 

 Bot. Mag., t. 7,579- 



Fruit Prospects in Scotland. 



. _ t _ e. _11 /* _ _ j l • ^ mm m + m m 



(end ot Apriij very sausraccory, apricots, peaches, and nectarines excepted. The* 

 opened bloom much earlier than usual, and consequently had to encounter die 

 severe frosts and cutting w inds that were so prevalent during the month of MaidL 

 from which ordinary coverings, by way of coping boards and several folds ef 

 netting, were but an ineffectual protection. The weather, though severe, wm 

 generally dry, and the bloom being plentiful, large, and well formed, hopes were 

 entertained that sufficient for a crop would escape, and at first these hope* 

 appeared to be realised, but as the fruit commenced to form much of it fell froa 

 the trees, so that only a moderate crop can now be expected. The cold wait 

 mentioned, though disastrous to early- flowering trees, had the desired effect of 

 retarding the opening of plums, pears, and cherries, which were a few weeks ago 

 in a very forward state. These during the past fortnight have had a very favour- 

 able period to unfold and display the abundance and richness of their inflor 

 Of these plums growing against walls took the lead, and it is very seldom that a 

 finer and more profuse display by all varieties has been witnessed ; standard and 

 bush trees, and damsons, though later, being equally satisfactory, and appear to 

 have set plenty of fruit. 



Pears are at the present time in full bloom, which is abundant, and » well 

 distributed that very old and widely-extended trees are gay from the main stem to 

 the tips of the branches. The foliage this season is unfolding only slightly afiet 

 the bloom, which enhances the appearance of the trees, but it doing so i is not 

 regarded with pleasure by many observant cultivators, who hold to the belief that 

 when bloom and foliage advance together that the fruit does not set so wefl. 

 Some varieties are more prone to this than others ; one — Williams' Bon Chretfci 

 — I have never known to open a leaf until the flowers were passed, and thisaean 

 it is no exception to the rule, either where growing upon the quince or pear 

 stocks, or where grafted upon other varieties which show this precocity. 



Cherries, both dessert varieties and Morellos, are full of bloom ; the forma, 

 where growing against walls, are set, and the fruit swelling off very well, hp 

 are getting prominent, and indicate a heavy crop, providing no severe check fm 

 cold occurs to cause the fruit to drop. Apples will have an abundant 



cause u.v — r . „. rc — - # ^, 



of bloom, but as yet only the very earliest varieties are showing cowr 

 hut on walls some old trees of Kibston and Cox's Orange Pippins 

 flowers fully expanded, and these, to my mind, rival the finest flowering j** 

 that could be selected to take their p 1 ^ ^ ™ ,A * ,na lts m 



would be valueless for the remainder 



Gooseberries 



of the season. , 



^ . ...j u*~*j u, F , ,uu ..» F uci..c a «id currants of sorts P rom *« "-"J 

 bloom. Early strawberries upon warm borders are opening bloom, wbicn »g 

 and plentiful. For several years the annual system of cultivation 

 early fruit has been adopted here, and the results are more ^ tlsfact0 ^J™ £ 

 following the older method of allowing the plants to occupy the same P^JJ^ 



two or more years, as the fruits having less foliage above them ob _ 

 , f *i — j • . ok 1 ;n^tc orp not so troublesome »^ 



the change is made to fresh ground every year, and labour is 

 well-rooted runners in July or August, and clearing offjDC «aj» 



pkflttC 



blooai 



in evidence among the fast-developing foliage. ^ r \\*t on ttc**\ 



season, which in this nart oromised to be one of the earii«w 



p resell! 



said 



any 



Galloway House Gardens, Wigtownshire 



James 



The New Cinerarias. 



T t f J • ■ 



near the 



the new hybrid cinerarias recently staged at the Dril , ^ «. 



Sutton and Sons and Messrs Veitch and Sons. H°V ? iSifc 

 plants regarded. The florists looked askance, regarding them MJ ^ ^ 

 in cineraria form half-a-century since. Others, taking a diverse ^4 



■ 1 the huee flowers and cooig-^ ^ 



The 



seed 



icaiureoitne new strain is the adaptability ior iu. cno ugh, 

 long stems. For that purpose the flowers now are large ^ ^ ^ d* 

 colours greatly need brightening and improving. That seei 

 object the raiser should now aim for.— A. D. 



. Pr.tlsh sports}* 1 *^ 



CRICKETI NG is one of the healthiest exercises {^e^Blbe uk-gj 



be excelled .d by men possessed of a sound constitution Ev en t^n^. The J^p, 

 the strength and elasticity of the frame by a judicious course ot t Sj** - *?;,'!* 



te' 0 ",.^ " oll ^y's Pills and Ointment. The fo^ '^ ,he i^JSSm 

 blood wh.le the la-.er strengthens the muscle, takes the »^ n ^ ta „ l«en ^ff^ 

 cure for sprains bruises, and contusions. Thousands of ttsf^wj,, cure almo*» «*«~ 

 ^f ? L of '. he * or W. giving evidence that these wonderful remedy [Apvr ] 



