GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



J ULY 30, 1898. 



NEW PLANTS, FLOWERS, AND F 



L#xio-Cattleya Ingram 1 gig ante a. 



This is a glorified form of an already popular hybrid orchid, obtained by crossing 

 Lxlia pumila with the beautiful Cattleya Dowiana. Though the plant seems no 

 stronger than is the type the flower is of larger proportions, and of a lovely rose- 

 purple colour with crimson-purple hp. F.C.C., R.H.S., July 26. Messrs, T. 

 Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. 



L^elio-Cattleya Schilleriana, Cambridge Lodge var. 



This is a handsome form of a distinct section of the variable Laelio-cattleya 

 elecans. The sepals have reflexed margins, and are very pale rose ; petals 

 broader palest rose, with violet veins. Lip very rounded and beautiful, richest 

 purple suffused with violet ; throat almost pure white. A charming and distinct 

 form. ' A.M., R.H.S., July 26. Mr. J. Chapman, gardener to R. I. Measures, 

 Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell. 



Masdevallia Imogen. 



A curious little orchid, yellow on the outside of the somewhat small flowers ; 

 deep crimson and scarlet inside, with an abundance of tiny purplish dots that pro- 

 duce a most pleasing colour ; tails orange-coloured. This orchid is the result of 

 crossing M. Schlimi with M. Veitchi. A.M.,.R.H.S., July 26, Messrs. J. Veitch 

 and Sons, Chelsea. 



Arundinaria aristata. 



A tall slender growing bamboo, loosely branched and carrying an abundance 

 of beautiful light green leaves ; the branchlets are whitish- green and the young 

 foliage is covered with a kind of bloom that m akes it very handsome. About 

 seven to eight feet high, F.C.C., R.H.S., July 26. Mr. J. Garrett, gardener to 

 A. B. Freeman Mitford, Esq., C.B., Batsford Park, Moreton-in-the- Marsh. 



Phyllostachys fulva. 



Very slender in growth and with its branches divided into by branchlets that bear 

 three or four leaves each. The latter are narrow, acute, and of a lovely deep green 

 hue. A very handsome bamboo. F.C.C., R.H.S., July 26. A. B. Freeman 

 Mitford, Esq., C.B. 



Arundinaria metallica. 



A dwarf growing bamboo with stout canes that carry about half-a-dozen leaves 

 towards the apex ; these spread out, are deep'green, with very pale mid-rib, an 

 inch and a half across, and six to nine inches long, acutely pointed. A sturdy new 

 Japanese plant. F.C.C., R.H.S. A. B. Freeman Mitford, Esq., C.B., 

 Batsford Park. 



Arundinaria nitida. 



This is a beautiful bamboo and one of the most graceful and shapely ; it has tall, 

 very slender growths, the stems being black and the small and narrow leaves a 



bright green, the growths being much branched and heavily clothed with foliage, 



so that they bend gracefully. A most handsome plant for any purpose. F.C.C , 

 R.H.S., July 26. Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. 



Arundinaria Veitchi. 



This is a fine hardy bamboo somewhat intermediate between A metallica and 

 A. palmata, dwarf in habit, with broad foliage that is glaucous on the reverse 

 side. F.C.C, R.II.S., July 26, Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. 



Carnations. 



Isin£lass t a grand carnation of large size and with very broad rounded petals of 

 a rich and deep scarlet hue ; one of the finest of carnations either for pots or open- 

 air culture. A.M., R.II.S., July 26. Mr. C. Salter, gardener to T. B. Haywood, 

 Esq., Reigate. 



Lady Sophie % a pretty carnation with large bold flowers of a pleasing salmon- 

 red hue tinged with rose. A.M., R.H.S., July 26. Mr. Tapper, Sundridge 

 Park, Kent. 



Roses. 



Souvenir de Madame Levetis a beautiful semi-double, deep yellow tea rose, very 

 free, beautiful in the bud, dwarf in growth, and deliciously fragrant. 



Charlotte Guillimot is a soft whitish, hybrid tea rose with imbricating broad 

 petals that have reflexed upper edges. A.M., R.H.S. to each, July 26. Messrs. 

 W. Paul and Son, Waltham Cross. 



Nymph^as. 



N. odoraia rosacea.— & lovely soft rose-pink variety, with rather narrow 

 petals, and a rich yellow centre of large stamens. 



N . g/oriosa is a magnificent water lily of a very bright hue and large size ; 

 the flowers are bold and full, the petals being of a beautiful crimson shade suffused 

 w.th rose. F.C.C, R.H.S. to each, July 26. Mr. James Hudson, gardener to 

 Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., Gunnersbury House, Acton. 



BUDDLEIA VARIABILIS. 



A distinct species and quite hardy, bearing long narrow spikes of lilac flowers ; 

 the latter are small, and have an orange eye, and look much like tiny verbena 

 flowers. The spikes are about eighteen inches long. A.M., R.H.S., July 26. 

 Messrs. W. Faui and Son, Waltham Cross, Herts. 



Pelargonium Achievement. 



A novel and useful pelargonium, and one that, considering the distinctness 

 t*tween ivy-leaved and zonal varieties, might almost be called a hybrid. It has 

 brilliant salmon-red flowers of large size, borne in shapely and full trusses on 

 sturdy plants It is the result of crossing a single white, seedling zonal variety 

 with the well-known ivy- leaved pelargonium, Souvenir de Charles Turner, and 



¥,, lv ^ vr ay 1 ? a T chl T evement - ^ makes a fine bedding variety, A. M., R. 1 1 S. , 

 July 26. Mr. H. J. Jones, Ryecroft Nursery, Lewisham. 



A beautiful plu 



Rivers' Early Transparent Gage. 



beautiful. It is of good size, 



on one side " A ki^"' — ^ u i wuu umngc mm uuucu wun brown specks 



R H S lulv t X V £ °£ Vers the whole fruit I roundish in shape. F.C.C., 

 *■ July 27 - Messrs - T - R^ers and Sons, Sawbridgeworth, Herts. ' 



A monster fru EARLY Rivers ' Cherry. 



variety either fo^no^oo^rri 15 ^V*' fleShy ' SWeet * and a famous desse 't 



cherry. F.C C RMS CultUre - Jt is a han <*some, lustrous, black 



worth. ' J ul Y 26. Messrs. T. Rivers and Sons, Sawbridge- 



A fine Ur * f trA Kasi ' bkrry Golden Queen. 



and of pie^t flavor ThVu^^^ & e,on S ated { ™*> *>Hd, sweet, 

 better than m *t A M R lsa <? T cro PP lD £ variety, and keeps and carries 



Chelsea. * K HS > July 26. Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons 



1898. 



The Rose Season of 



The difficulties with which the path of the rose 

 seldom been as numerous or so keenly felt as durinf IhT* ^ beset h *vt 

 The plants passed uninjured through the winter ,nH ^ P \ St two m °nths. 

 back in March were all that could be wS?^ 



ripened ; and owing to the cold spell at pnJninrfiml Ur 5 y and ^ 

 bleeding. These March frosts, however, didTgorfd deal Was fc 

 the young growths of many of the so-called « garden rose, » mag 



In due course the usual number of jmibs and ratA™;n 

 appearance. Then came such persistent attacks of IreenS, madetl *ir 

 have seldom had to contend with ; the m£ SirXS^ 

 winds, which are far more hurtful than any rai , br ngrnfwitfth"^ ^ 

 other things, thrips, to disfigure the delicate bloom! If^t^iT^ 

 distinguishing feature of the rose season of 1898, and the cause of 2? • , 

 the above-named troubles has, no doubt, been the ulSS num£ 2 

 cold nights. For instance, during the first three weeks of the 



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"Notwithstanding all "these drawbacks, roses have been this season on 

 the whole, good, especially the light coloured H.-P.'s. The fact is Z 

 plants began the year with grand blooms, as it were, in them but Z 

 adverse weather conditions would only allow of their producing flowers rf 

 rather more than average quality, and that only for a short period 



A great deal has been said about the lateness of the season but I do 

 not think myself it will be found on examination to have' been as 

 exceptionally late as generally supposed. In the first place, our ideas 

 have, no doubt, been upset by the previous series of early rose seasons, 

 while the long shoots which many of the crimson H.-P.'s threw up this 

 year have also served to make the present one appear later than 

 it really was. At the time of writing (23rd inst.) my plants of 

 Marie Baumann and A. K. Williams are not even yet in full flower 

 That the season has been unusually late is evidenced by the three 

 exhibitions of the National Rose Society. Their first show, which was 

 held at Bath, on June 24th, proved the smallest southern exhibition yet 

 held by the society. The total number of blooms in the classes for 

 hybrid perpetuals, hybrid teas, and teas and noisettes, was only 1,180, or 

 less than half the usual number. The Metropolitan Show, which took 

 place at the Crystal Palace, on July 2nd, was a decided improvement, 

 the aggregate record amounting to 5,790 blooms, or about the average 

 number for this exhibition, taking the five previous years. The Northern 

 Show was held at Halifax on July 14th, and was undoubtedly, all things 

 considered, the finest rose show of the year. There the number of 

 blooms amounted to 4,100, making it, with the exception of Birmingham 

 in 1890, which was slightly more extensive, the largest exhibition ever 

 held by the society in the north. No fewer than 20,000 persons are said 

 to have visited this show. The attendance of visitors, both at the Crystal 

 Palace and at Bath, was also unusually large. Throughout the season, 

 the trade exhibits have been, in many instances, remarkably fine, while 

 those contributed by the amateurs, with certain exceptions, fell, I should 

 say, somewhat short of their ordinary standard. 



The character of the season is also shown in other ways by these three 

 exhibitions. For example, a noteworthy feature of the Bath show was the 



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any locality farther north than Oxford. Then at the Crystal Palace c 

 could not help noticing the large proportion of early flowering varieties 

 almost every stand. While at Halifax, notwithstanding its great distance 

 from London, there was an unusual number of exhibits from the southern, 

 eastern, and south-midland counties of England. New seedling roses 

 were also a striking feature of that show, whether we consider their 

 number, high quality, or the condition in which they were staged. 

 Indeed, I cannot call to mind any previous occasion when they have been 



as well represented. Edward Mawlkv. 



Berkhamsted. 



DlCTAM 



The genus Dictamnus is among the most showy of hardy P erennl jjj 

 and whether in or out of flower, is most decorative. It is not adapn» 

 for cutting, however, owing to the sticky nature of the stem, and s rang 

 smell of the plant. As Dictamnus are very slow growing, and do not u* 

 to be moved except when still small ; it is best to give them as neariy «• 

 possible a permanent place, either in the herbaceous border, on tnc <g 

 of a rockery, margin of shrubbery, or as specimens on the lawn - 

 best time for planting is early spring or during the winter ; a sun j» 

 well-drained, loamy or chalky soil being the most preferable rooum 

 mediums. , . . 



D. Fraxinella, when fully grown, usually attains a height of two* ^ 

 the leaves are pinnate with ovate-lanceolate leaflets slightly sc 

 and slightly glandular, the stalks and stem being sticky, ine 

 are in erect racemes, the five petals being of a pale rosy counu 

 red or purple, produced in May, June and July ; the spec " ^ 



iim uicrn Europe, but nowhere commonly louna. u. • »~ . ^ 

 is a form with milky white flowers ; this is more often seen ui ^ 

 vation than in its native haunts, although it is quite as pi o ^ 

 vigorous, and usually comes true from seed. D. Fraxinella va w • ^ 

 is the best of the set, and differs from the typical P. * ra. ^ 

 having much larger, deep green leaves ; the stem attain un ^ ^ 

 able conditions a height of four to five feet. The no»e ^ thtf 

 much larger and of a deeper colour, expanding a week or i _ 

 D. Fraxinella. The curious fact about this form is tha : wni ^ rf 

 from the more western part of the Caucasus is w e ? ticai ; the eastern 

 ""rthern and central Europe, the larger form is very loau in ^ 

 iwiuK- ti • , ^. 1 ~ «rii, to flowering i""" 



Caucasus. There 1s~aUo'said to 1* a white flowering j 0 ™!^. 

 Caucasian varietv. 



anety. 



