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NEW PLANTS AND FLOWERS. 



Dahlias. 



Snow flake, a rather large flowered pompon, pure white, borne on stiff stems 

 and of good form, F.C.C., N.D.S., September 2 ; F.C.C., N.C.S., September 



6, Mr. F. W. Seale, Sevenoaks. 



Claribel, a curious fancy pompon with creamy- white ground, shaded and 

 edged with dark rose, F.C.G, N.D.S., September 2, Mr. C. Turner, Slough. 



The Clown, a large flowered cactus form in the way of Arachne, having broad 

 florets, soft scarlet, tipped white, F.C.C., N.D.S., September 2 ; F.C.C., N.C.S., 

 September 6, Messrs. Keynes, Williams, and Co. 



Countess of Londsdale, deep and rich salmon, suffused with rose ; a good 

 cactus form, F.C.C., N.D.S., September 2; F.C.C., N.C.S., September 6, 



Messrs. Keynes, Williams, and Co. # # 



Antelope, one of the Fantasy cactus class with incurving tips to the florets ; the 

 colour is soft scarlet, tinged with rose, F.C.C., N.D.S., September 2, Messrs. 



Keynes, Williams, and Co. 



Lucius is a large and handsome cactus form with clear and soft orange- 

 coloured blooms, F.C.C., N.D.S., September 2; F.C.C., N.C.S., September 

 6, Messrs J. Burrell and Co., Cambridge. 



Magnificent is a cactus variety with pale orange buff flowers suffused with rose ; 

 F.C.C., N.D.S., September 2 ; F.C.C., N.C.S., September 6, Mr. J. Stredwick. 



Mrs. Holford is a very small flowered cactus variety, soft scarlet, shading to 

 salmon rose at the tips of back florets ; this has been designated a pompon-cactus, 

 and will be useful for many purposes, F.C.C., N.D.S., September 2, Messrs. J. 



Cheal and Sons, Crawley. 



Leslie Seale is a single variety with crimson centre and with the segments tipped 



with rosy lilac, F.C.C., N.D.S., September 2, Mr. F. V. Seale. 



Eric is a very dwarf growing single dahlia with flowers of a curious old gold 

 shade, tipped with a rosy suffusion and having a basal tinge of crimson, F.C.C., 

 N.D.S., September 2, Mr. T. W. Girdlestone. ( 



Daniel Johnson is a fine show variety with rich fawn-coloured flowers, the rosy 

 reverse of the florets showing through; a quite new colour, F.C.C., N.D.S., 

 September 2, Mr. G. Humphries. 



Watchman is a bright fancy form with a yellow ground, heavily flaked and 

 striped with blood red, F.C.C., N.D.S., September 2, Messrs. Keynes, Williams, 

 and Co. 



Tommy is a showy fancy single dahlia, golden, heavily flaked, and splashed 

 and spotted with vivid scarlet, F.C.C., N.C.S., September 6, Mr. F. W. 

 Girdlestone. 



Royal Purple, a beautitiful cactus dahlia, of a rich and dark crimson purple 

 shade, good form, P\C.C, N.C.S., September 6, Mr. G. Humphries, Chippen- 

 ham. 



Distinction, a deep rosy-purple pompon variety of good shape, F.C.C., N.C.S., 

 September 6, Mr. F. W. Seale, Sevenoaks. 



Denton, a bright crimson pompon variety; a distinct self, F.C.C., N.C S., 

 September 6, Mr. F. W. Seale. 



Vicountess Sherbrooke, a large cactus variety; rich rosy orange, F.C.C., 

 N.C.S., September 6, Messrs. Keynes, Williams, and Co., Salisbury, 



The Duke, a neat pompon dahlia, deep and rich crimson, F.C.C., N.C.S., 

 September 6 f Messrs. Keynes, Williams, and Co. 



Madeleine, a fancy pompon, yellow ground, with deep red-rose margins to the 

 florets, F.C.C., N.C.S., September 6, Mr. C. Turner. 



Columbine, a single variety with orange-yellow centre and rosy-orange apices. 

 A.M., K.H.S., September 6 ; F.C.C., N.C.S., September 6. Mr. T. W. Girdle- 

 stone, Berkhamsted. 



Puck, a bright and deep orange siDgle variety, with crimson bases to the seg- 

 ments. A.M., R.H.S., September 6. Mr. T. W. Girdlestone. 



Lorelie, a charming cactus dahlia with beautiful soft and yet bright rose outer 

 segments, and with very pale and almost white central florets. A.M., R.H.S., 

 September 6. Messrs. J. Cheal and Sons, Crawley. 



Louisette, a pretty fancy single dahlia with rich rosy- crimson borders to the 

 segments, almost surrounding the central rosy-blush area. F.C.C., N.C.S., 

 September 6. Mr. T. W. Girdlestone. 



Laiiy Rogers, a useful pompon variety, rather large but neat, and pure white. 



A.M., R.H.S., September 6. Mr. Leggett, gardener to Sir R. Hargreave Rogers, 

 Bexley. 



Mrs. Finlay Campbell, a very handsome orange-scarlet cactus variety of fine 

 form and very neat. A.M., R.H.S., September 6. Messrs. }. Cheal and Sons, 

 Crawley. 



Peristeria elata. 

 A well-known orchid, and curiously enough, one that is seldom seen in per- 

 fection in what are known as orchid collections. It was introduced from Central 

 America, and is a noble plant, having leaves three to four feet long and six or 

 eight inches across at their widest part. The sturdy scapes and erect raceme reach 

 a height of about five feet, and each carries from one to three dozen flowers that 

 continue to expand over a period of two or three months. The blooms are very 

 fleshy, rounded, all the sepals and petals being concave ; the fleshy lip and 

 broadly winged column provide a very fair representation of a dove, and this has 

 given the plant the popular name of the Dove orchids. The flowers are waxy 

 white, and powerfully scented, as in the case of an acineta. 

 September 6, and silver Flora medal. 

 Majesty the Queen, Windsor. 



Lobelia Riviore. 



F.C.C., R. H.S., 

 Mr. Owen Thomas, gardener to Her 



The 

 The 



Cattle ya Ella. 



A showy orchid, obtained by crossing C. Warscewiczi with C. bicolor. 

 growths are erect, and surmounted by a pair of thick recurving leaves, 

 flower is four and a quarter inches broad, and about the same length. The sepals 

 are three quarters of an inch broad, and of a soft rosy hue ; petals broader and 

 waved, deeper and brighter rose, tinged with purple. Lip large, side lobes 

 almost suppressed, and of a light purple shade ; central lobe with a narrow neck 

 and broad bi-lobed apex ; colour rich royal purple, with a narrow rose purple 

 margin. A.M., R.H.S., September 6. Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. 



An elegant narrow-leaved dracxena 



The lower leav#»* 



Drac/ena Duchess of York. 



cteamy 



tch and Sons, Chelsea. 



A< er Necundo elkgaxs. 



A.M., R.H.S., 



yoanU?' S b 1 tir C - wkh beautifurand elegant leafage, that in its 



yellow fedes out ™h 11 d a bn 8 ht g'een centre - In the oIder leaves tne 



«ems are glaucous J?~* a "^'/ whue hue. The growth is strong, and the 

 Son, Cheshunt g CC - R - H s » September 6. Mes<r«. Paul and 



A handsome form of the cardinalis section, very strong in growth and 



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Dendrobium sanguineum. 



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A curious species with slender growth that is prolonged from the apex of a 

 slender and curious pseudo-bulb. The leaves are about three inches lone almmt 

 linear. The flowers are borne sparingly at the apex of growth, and are an inch 

 and a-half across ; the sepals and petals equal and spreading ; deep Venetian red 

 with pale creamy bases. Lip very small, front lobe slender, pointed, and deen 

 red ; side lobes small, pointed, and greenish; A.M., R.H.S., September 6 

 Mr. W. H. White, orchid grower to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. 



Melon British Queen. 



A splendid melon of rather large size ; very pale buff skin, with delicate 

 creamy netting. It is a white fleshed variety of delicious flavour, and the result 

 of crossing Hero of Lockinge with Royal Ascot. F.C.C., R.H.S., September 6. 

 Mr. Owen Thomas, gardener to her Majesty the Queen, Frogmore, Windsor. 



Chrysanthemums. 



May Mansa is a new early flowered seedling Japanese variety of good habit 

 flowering early in September on the natural break. Flowers about six inches 

 across, creamy-white, turning to pure white. F.C.C., N.C.S., September 6th, 

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



Louis Lemaire is a sport from M. Gustave Grunerwald, and as free and distinct 

 as that form. The flowers are of a curious rosy-orange shade, though in some 

 flowers there is more yellow than in others, very free and useful. F.C.C., N.C.S , 

 September 6th, Mi. W. Wells, Earlswood Nurseries, Redhill. 



Tomato the Champion. 



A very handsome, smooth, and rounded tomato ; rich red in colour, very solid, 

 and a free fruiter. F.C.C., N.C.S. , September 6th. Mr. H. J. Jones, Ryecroft 

 Nursery, Lewisham. 



Wentworth House. 



This beautiful house is the seat of the Right Honourable Earl Fitz- 

 william, K.G. It is situated some eight miles eastwards of Sheffield, 

 and the gardens being about two miles distant from the Midland Rail 



Wentworth 



This two miles is 



a most pleasant walk on a fine day, especially when the hay harvest is 

 being gathered. The small village of Wentworth is a very clean one, 

 considering there are several coal pits just round about it, and in working 

 order. 



On entering the park through one of the lodge gates, and proceeding 

 by a winding drive, the entrance to the gardens is reached. Mr. Hughes 

 ably presides over this large establishment, which has an extensive glass 

 department, chiefly devoted to growing plants for home decoration. 

 In the stoves there are some finely-coloured crotons and draaenas, with 

 stephanotis trained under the roof, flowering most profusely. Fragrant 

 flowers are quite a speciality, pancratiums and Eucharis amazonica 

 being in splendid health, the former pushing up grand spikes of bloom 

 at the time of my visit. Leaving the warmer houses for the conserva 

 tory, this structure is found to be quite gay with such things as cann * s 

 hydrangeas, pelargoniums, and petunias, the latter being represented by 

 a very striking form named Mrs. Sanders, bearing flowers of a bright 

 rose colour, very free, and exquisitely scented. Other cool houses are 

 filled with the popular Malmaison carnations, numbering some six or 

 seven hundred plants, in six and eight inch pots, carrying immense 

 blooms, the foliage quite free from that dreaded pest, the rust. Mr. 

 Hughes uses a potting compost of turfy loam, leaf soil, and coarse sand, 

 and keeps the plants somewhat dry during the winter months. There 

 are several new varieties here, and one worthy of special mention is 

 Lord Rosebery, dark rose-coloured petals, smooth, the flower being 

 beautifully cupped and very sweet scented. The vines and peach trees 

 carried good crops of fruit, especially the latter, which in one lean- to 

 made a perfect show. Nectarines and figs were also doing very wei . 

 The second crop of melons, just ripening, bore large, handsomely-neueu 

 fruit, the most conspicuous variety among them being a seedling raise 

 by Mr. Hughes many years ago. . The 



The pleasure grounds at Wentworth are of gigantic proportions, 

 flower garden is laid out in the Italian style, bedded with geraniums ana 

 violas, altogether looking exceedingly gay. The carnation garden iu 

 tains some three thousand plants, planted out in square beds, 

 greater portion of them are seedlings raised at Wentworth, and so 

 are extremely strong and healthy. The palm stove contains w ^ 

 gigantic specimens of Seaforthia elegans, Kentia lialmoreana, 

 Areca lutescens, all in splendid health; these are use d i or 

 decoration of the State apartments ; close by is a camellia house, 

 the specimens are planted out, most of them from thirty to tony i ^ 

 high and several yards through. In the same house there is 

 specimen of Dicksonia antarctica planted out, with a stem aDom ^ 

 feet high, the fronds covering a large amount of space. > " . 

 leads on to the terrace, which is a-quarter of a mile long, o\en 

 the splendid park, which is well timbered with oak, ash, and i are 

 From the terrace the house is soon reached, and it is a frQtn 

 structure, with a frontage of some six hundred yards, J arde0t 

 the house into a long avenue one soon reaches the tjotanic,* 

 where the plants are all arranged in their proper order, wu atc d 

 written label to each one. This interesting garden has oeen 

 since Mr. Hughes took charge of the gardens some live or six y 

 The kitchen garden is on a very large scale, and every quarter Br J $jca 

 to the best advantage ; peas, runner and dwarf beans, ana 1 ^ a 



family, all are in the most flourishing condition. Hardy inm , n 

 fair crop. The aphis has been very troublesome on the ^vai 

 one of the wall-fruit tree cases was a charmmg -sweet pea, p ^ 

 only two feet in height, and covered with large blooms, raise ^ }J 

 worth, and well worthy of a name. 



