GARDENERS" 



MAGAZINE. 



, tUM A most distinct anthurium 



Chen., Beipum. 



A.M., R.H.S., May 25, Mr. L. de 



Phlerodium Mayi. 



rose 



across 



. . n elegant, distinct, and novel fern that will no doubt have to be 

 \a f 1 variety of Phlebodium glaucum. It is probably not a true seedling 

 cI h-< secies, but it is closely related to it. The fronds are a foot across, and 

 5?vM almost to the rachis ; there is a green tint associated with the general 

 5 s hue and this, with the blue green tint seen in the veins of young fronds 

 ^T° U the plant most attractive. In addition to the elegance of division and 

 I 7 there a the beauty of undulation seen in all the pinnae, and the secondary 



pretty rose shade, though th* *h*A c 1 



rose. The growth is slender • «dtte l«fi^LS^ f T?.^ ^ Iush t0 dee P 



ss at the mouth and three , g • , Each flower is about three inched 

 P ant is eighteen inches' S £ ^ ™ e M?t ofte 



Kew ,and has been found perLtwZ^ A named h Y Mr. J. G Baker, of 



its place among the very ^^^7r^^ tw ° winter. ; it will take 

 a foremost position for beddiL I E ms 1 FT C "WW n °,T have ' and 0CCU Py 

 Wallace and Co., Colchester g ™^ R * H " S ' M V 2 S. Messrs. R. 



colour 



division also. 



4?^**. —This i 



Phyllocacti. 



the beauty or unuuiauun seen in an ine pmucc, aim vuc actuuunry 6 *~ 1 nis 1S a very fine fnrm ,r 1 - 



There is a sort of regular irregularity in the whole contour of the b, £ blooms of the brightest sal mn Z\ u "i 6 / tr ? e floweri ng, and producing 

 TPmelv oleasine. If it proves amenable to general cultivation there Efiirus.—\ «JLua! f mon -P«k hue. A lovely variety. 



2! fhat is extremely pleasing. If it proves amenable to general cultivation there 

 I «*at future before Phlebodium Mayi. F.C.C., R.H.S., May 25, Mr. H. B. 



15 a great 

 jjijr, Edmonton 



Eremurus robustus Elwesianus. 



A gigantic eremurus, growing to a height of six feet, and carrying a spike that 

 is at least forty inches long, though about eighteen inches of the lower part had 

 been cleared of dead flowers. The individual flowers are of a pinky blush shade, 

 with a deep pink vein down the centre of each segment ; each bloom is about an 

 inch and a half across. A. M., R.H.S., May 25. Mr. T. S. Ware, Hale Farm, 



Epirus. —A particularly large- flowered 

 attention as S y r0Se ° olour ; this iS 



•fiSj."^^^ A.M., R.H.S., ,0 each. M^S- 



segments of a lov'e ly ^^Xr^S fo ™ ^shy 

 attention a* '1 1 ° Se , colour 5 thls » a variety that attracted th» ua;J> 



attracted the ladies 



Tottenham. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM ADRIAN/K var. venustum. 



A beautiful and most distinct natural hybrid odontoglossum with charming 

 dowers, having a creamy ground colour, over which are scattered in great profusion 

 variously shaped bright red-brown spots. The flowers measure fully three inches 

 across, and there were fifteen of them on a long graceful spike. When the plant 

 is fully established this should make a grand orchid, for already it is a most beau- 



a u j Apple Ontario. 



colour b ^^riS"^ in "ft* with fine subdued rib. The 



large and half opln, lejf se 'bT fi* C ^t ^ S - Unny side - The <* e is 

 deep cavity. This s a L 0U VL„ l- P • and br ? ad > sin ; stalk stout > set in » 

 late culiJry purposes AM ^ <T P ™ g should P<™ useful for 



Maidstone. P M " R ' HS -' "Mf 2 S. Messrs. G. Bunyard and Co., 



a £ . . , h °lly Golden King. 



nr^t v I h0ll £' with show y bro ^d foliage that 



c P green centre, the markings being irregular. This variety has proved 



in its younger state shows a 



ODONTOGLOSSUM ADRIAN/E VAR. VENUSTUM. 



^^m&Si!tiSS 3* m ° St , inlere ^ tin g ^ontoglossum in the show 



petal • pointed, with waved marinns. ami .i2~&*.' ^1 1 



smaller- 



food 



the snnrtW oi "7" ^ anu wicn a slight fringing on 



-mercdoK^ ° n the lower sepals, but are 



0$tt£*£^ P et , als V f combination of 2k£ is very 



cmpum and O. SSl^S^ F ^ hybrid ****** ° 



* d Co., Brussels. nneweUlanum - F.C.C., R.H.S., May 25. Messrs. Linden 



a han , Begonia Mrs. Dunbar Wood 



2-?5tK ?2l l t!! OW r d be g° nia ., ° f f Iar e e Size « ^ ^ «d great 

 ft°«<i with a S3 hade l^ 6 - R'W and the "ower is 



Pf. «g*ents are rolded <=n m,g 1 be d ?1 Cr i be ^ 13 bri g ht g° lden apricot. 

 k -"-S-, May 25 . T S Ware Tottenha^ WUh ^ ^ite. A P M., 



An 



Tree Peonies. 



with 



pant 



M»r f gfeat breadth ' a v ^ry 



SP^nal brillUn^ i «tremely fine crim: 



r~r~*» acuu-uouuie iorm or ex 

 • M -> R.H.S. to each, May 25 



An interesting • , Auricula Snowdrop. 



^ dbtinet anS^Ti 3 ^ one possessed of , 



auty. It is certainly 

 creamy white shade. 



^ *«of us k - n 7 7 -re ful seeding and selecting, _ 

 ^ 2S ' Mr - Dean, RanS p „.3*£i*7 the exhibitor - A.M., R.H.S., 



^ing new spe ci es 



LlLIUM RUBELLUM. 



its hardihood at Carlisle, and grows very vigorously after the season 

 menced. It is a sport from the Hodgson's holly, and this should reco 

 A.M., R.H.S., May 25, Messrs. Little and Ballantyne, Carlisle. 



has com 

 11 mend it 



Whitewashing Peach Trees.— There is a great deal 01 truth expressed 

 in tKews ™J to whom « D. T. F.» (p. 283) alludes in his notes on 



the abo e Protecdon, except when of the lightest description, often does more 

 harm than eoXfc it render! trees and their fruits less nardy. As regards re- 

 tordTnfby whitewSh ing. S might be a very good thing if we only knew the 

 date of dates on which severe frost might be expected, and on the other hand . 



• uf If t»S HZ Sreible thing to do. To illustrate what I wish to convey I 

 mafLy t a EK^S were killed here by the sharp frosts experienced 

 % XT liohtx of Aoril 11 and 24, when we registered 12 and 10 degrees of frost 

 res actively The same thing happened in a" lesser degree to peaches but the 

 ruTts Wiled were those below* a certain sue, while the larger ones escaped I other 

 fruits killed were tnob Had these fruits been retarded, so that the 



btof'Je^y X « tl5 killed, the whole crop would have been de- 

 stS we almost invariably have some sharp touches of frost in May, 



SSmLi fffiAebkeer the Wte are when this happens, the more likely are 

 t a h n ev t finiury U be said that by retarding we surely escape some 



they t0 ^P? X Severity of one frost which comes at an inopportune time, and 

 frosts but it is the severity 01 ^ ^ mc ^ 



not the number of fro sts, wh.cn e , ^ rf 



mid'dle 5 May ^ wt « "earlier in the spring, and that no garden trees could be 

 I a a 1 „;Sntlv to make sure of escape. Whitewashing may and does re- 

 S^SSWitenTce they burst it Secures them no further immunity fron 

 tard the ^^^^the springs come with a rush, and where there is 

 S^ttSrftUSSl to winter, retarding must be of very great value, 

 b^^^SdffiS «d hardly ever know when winter has quit. 



-sized blooms of a departed.— J. C. Tallack. 



