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GARDENERS' MA GAZ1NE 



Rocky Mountai 



Bra 



Although one of the most elegant of the hardy shrubs grown for the 

 beauty of their flowers, the Rocky Mountains Bramble (Rttbus deliciosus) 

 has not obtained much favour with planters, and, in consequence, it is 

 not met with in gardens except at comparatively rare intervals. This 

 want of popularity is somewhat difficult to understand, for the shrub has 

 a graceful habit, and when allowed to extend freely, as in the case of the 

 fine specimen of which an illustration is given herewith, the large pure 

 white flowers are produced in great abundance, and present a charming 

 appearance throughout the season of flowering. Less robust than some 

 of the shrubs commonly met with in British gardens, this bramble is 

 sufficiently hardy to be successfully grown over a wide area in the 

 United Kingdom, the most essential conditions being a moderate amount 

 of shelter and a friable well drained soil. In the neighbourhood of 

 London and throughout the southern and western counties of England 

 it grows freely and blooms abundantly in fully exposed positions, but in 

 the northern counties the shelter of a wajU fence, or bank is an advan- 

 tage, as with a little shelter there is no risk of the tender shoots being 

 injured in spring, or of the season's growth failing to ripen satisfactorily. 

 The shrub will thrive in any ordinary garden soil, but one that is rather 

 light is preferable, and where the staple is decidedly heavy it should be 

 improved by a liberal application of coarse grit, such as the sweepings of 

 walks, and leafmculd or partly decayed manure. Whether grown in the 



the credit of introduc 



matter of 



it to 



time a 

 Anderson- Henry first 

 Mr. \V. Thompson, of 



cultivation here 

 common belief 



intr0duced ■»■" was 



that the 



!t, but this 



J* was for 

 late M 



not the 



r. 



some 

 Isaac 



Ipswich, had previouslv 17 uie ca *» foi 

 Rocky Mountains and offered them ErS? *tS!T2 Seeds fro ™ t£ 

 ductjon of the shrub is briefly stated as follows Mr 52* lhe <*» 

 received from an American friend, towards the' JS , ™ crs °B- Henry 

 1866, seeds that had been gathered from plants trtr tbe SUmm » 

 Mountains in lat. 41 ; the sowing was ZS^^^^^I 

 year, and the young plants began to make their SmSSLS^ J hc 

 following. Some of the plants bloomed in May iE f ? I" ? c Mard > 

 pure white flowers created so much interest amo th • hands °me 

 raiser, who had an opportunity of seeing them, that nuhl T 5 ° f 



soon drawn to the merits of the nlnnt Tf d..... * F r 



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specimens supplied by Mr. Ande 



rson Her. 



and there was consequently justification for the belief that the hon 



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produced when the plants are thus 'arranged""" 



introducing the plant belonged to him. This honour b bngs toT W 

 Thompson, for he offered seed in his catalogue in 1S61 and 



s correspondent sent him seed hp 

 in a position to supply seed ripened by plants crrowW i„ k;« „ Jfl * *?• 



tiful is the effect produced when the plants are thus arranged in ma?sesta 

 in private gardens it appears to the best advantage when planted aloSih 

 front of the shrubbery, or allowed to spread over a wall or fence. ( , Q 



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RUBUS DELICIOSUS. 



(Flowers pure white.) 



Jj*5*y border or against a wall or fence, a considerable latitude 

 snouid be allowed the growth, and the pruning be limited to the removal 

 in the course of the winter of shoots that have become exhausted. Strong 

 snoots that push from the base should be allowed to remain their whole 



anJtK CXCept where the y have failed to become well ripened at the tips, 

 ana then a small portion only should be removed at the winter pruning. 



of fln f cond| t'ons indicated the plants will annually produce a wealth 

 ™", ers ' and be objects of great interest and beauty throughout the 

 till Pa i l ° ur illustr at«on represents a specimen growing in 



\VnSi aS \ partment of Messr s- J. Veitch and Sons' nurseries at Coombe 



roof i % 1 1S , allowed ^ spread over the outer wall and part of the 

 root ot one of the plant houses. 



tn «SSS delici ° sus ? by no means a new shrub, for it has been known 

 n "11 e " three :quarters of a century, and has been in cultiva- 

 an exiidS V n V wards of thirty years. Early in the present century 



MaioMnn I T Sent t0 the Rock y Mountains under the command of 

 with him 7rLT ° n ' tS return in 1821 the botanist, Dr. James, brought 



lit 'a wiss r s» s*«r de r bed a ^ be 4s 



it is difficult tn „' . . u , n y the fruits should have been so described 

 did not S itJ^'ZW on the assumption that Dr. James 



L>€LIO 



AD 



DEWEY 



This 



is a particularly robust hybrid orch i d , a n d one 1 b^^" 1 



11 of rlow^rincr crr M t beaUtV With ltS VlgOrOU • f - 



that combjj* 



freedonj of flowering and great beauty - ~ f 



parents of L.-c. Admiral Dewey are a very fine form 01 ^ ^ 

 Warneri and Ladio-cattleya elegans Masters.. A 

 panying illustration will prove, however, that - dc r hi |dren- 

 exercised considerable inflncnre on this, one 01 w> 1, • . 



lip has 



fSS* 



Wa™n\a^dlhe'flt>wers r hav<!.an e«*< J^E"sto» 



glorified 



v^aiLicya warneri, ana tne nowei* iw^;- - , ''i>mple > nQ9 



due to it. The plant was a great attraction at tne ^ aUli f u | 



7 ~ 1 iJL/IVIJUIU ^V^x* v- 



staged by Messrs. Charles worth 

 has raised and introduced a 



hy 



Already a description of Ljelio-cattleya Admira. - ^ r e|*ai«i < !l 

 these columns (June 4., page 356), but it ma> «e ^ pejp-j 



nection with the illustration published now. The ep „, 

 of a beautiful shade of light purplish rose, tne ^ 0 f the LpJ^J 

 and lighter in colour than the wavy petals. here ar e t«» ^ 



broad, bright rose-purple, with darker veins ; msu , ^fdc 



rr^mv nntr!,« ™ „:iu„. ~;a* of .i central bana u ^ joa!* 1. 



aia not meet with anv other V • Tc U1C «* : > : » u, "r"- , «» jaiues Droaa, Drignt rose-purple, with aarsci » 



they are not particularly n^tk. to eat ' for althou g h tbey are edible creamy patches on either side of a cen 



- Dr. Torrey, however, finding that it mouth of the lip is fully two and a 



was a new species mrl h • ' 1 orre y> "owever, nnaing tnat it 



of the fruit before' hin Vlng Dr - James's note on the size and flavour 

 discovery of this brambl na . med R "bus deliciosus. Between the 



about 



nown some doubt existed I several y ears u had become the segments. The hybrid thorough! 



among horticulturists as to whom belonged awarded it by the Orchid Committee 



though with a lighter wire edge. Four ^^ZM^^^SSf 

 the segments. The hybrid thoroughly m«i.^-j Horticu lti 



own. and each hlnnm ^a*: over six ,nc tn e first-ctoj^j ^ 



