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GA RDE NEKS' MA GA ZINE. 



November 5, ft* 



New Late Plum. 



Of the several kinds of hardy fruits grown in British gardens the plum 

 is second only in usefulness to the apple, and therefore a promising 

 addition to the list of varieties can hardly fail to be regarded with much 

 favour by the general body of fruit growers. This being the case, it is not 

 surprising that the variety, of which a characteristic illustration is given 

 herewith, should have created much interest and obtained distinction when 

 submitted to the Fruit Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society on 

 the occasion of the first of the two meetings held by that body in 

 October. Primate is the name this handsome plum has received, and, 

 like so many of the varieties now so largely grown, it had its origin in 

 the Sawbridgeworth Nurseries. The fruits, which are so admirably 

 depicted by our artist, are large and handsome, and in the matter of 

 appearance they have no superiors. The size and shape of the fruits are 

 so well portrayed that no description is necessary beyond stating that 

 they are herewith represented their natural size. The skin is bright 

 purplish red, with heavy bloom, and marked with numerous small dots ; 

 the flesh is yellowish, rich, and juicy, and when the fruits are fully ripe 

 parts readily from the stone. The productiveness of the tree, the large 

 size, attractive appearance and high quality of the fruit fully justify the 

 award of merit which was made in its favour by the R.H.S. Fruit 

 Committee, but it has another claim for consideration, and that is the 

 late period of the season when it attains maturity. The exact date of 



New Plants. 



Cattleya Maroni. 



A beautiful orchid carrying a fine spike of seven large flowers with h 

 coloured sepals and petals and rich rosy-crimson lip This trranH i^'-N* 0 * 

 result of crossing Cattleya velutina with C. aurea, and ccrta^ the 



evident in the progeny. The flowers measure four and a-half inches acr n« 1 . a L re 

 petals bend forward rather than spread out ; these are of a curious shaiW* k e 

 yellow or old gold with slightly deeper veins. The lip has a long f^be i?' 



of the clasping buff, rose-margined side lobes ; the throat is brilliant 3 

 orange with scarlet markings, but the broad apex is two inches across fr 

 crisped, and waved, rich rosy crimson with deeper veins, and a buff tinge in th 

 ground colour of the extreme tip. This is a strong grower, and, if it can be out 

 the market, it cannot fail to become popular. The accompanying page illustr 

 tion represents the spike as staged at the recent Drill Hall meeting, where it wa< 

 greatly admired, and generally considered to be one of the most distinct and 

 beautiful hybrids yet raised. F.C.C., R.H.S., October 25. Mons. Charl 

 Maron, 3, Rue de Montgeron, Brunoy, France. 



Rhododendron Yunnanense. 



This is a pretty erect-growing species from Yunnan ; it has very dark green 

 leafage and white flowers that have a few oblong red spots towards the bases of 

 the upper lobes. The species is perfectly hardy at Kew, where it has been in 

 cultivation since 1894. It is one of the Abbe Delavay's discoveries, and was 

 found at Houang-li pia, in Yunnan. A peculiar feature of the plant is that the 

 leaves are sparsely covered with short stiff hairs. Bot. Mag.> t. 7,614. 



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NEW LATE CULINARY PLUM, PRIMATE. 



ripening depends upon the weather experienced during the summer, but 

 in ordinary seasons it may be had in perfection throughout the month of 

 October. The cluster of fruits here figured when received from Messrs. 

 T. Rivers and Son at the middle of the month was not fully ripe, and 

 remained in excellent condition until quite the close. Messrs. Rivers 

 have introduced a large number of plums to cultivation, a considerable 

 proportion of which are now extensively oro«m fnr market as well as tor 



be not less useful than the best of the additions they have previously 



made to the culinary seciion. Of mid-season plums we have perhaps „ uu iufm 



sumcient to meet general requirements, but very early and very late Bot. Mag., t. 7,616, bee 



varieties are still required, and the Messrs. Rivers are rendering a : - J: ■ - 



S » V1 !i e 1.° 1 community in their endeavour, which has already been 

 attended with so much success, to meet this admitted want. Another 

 valuable late culinary plum raised and introduced by this firm is Autumn 



frSTwl P roduc V ve variel y. Producing handsome finely-flavoured 

 - aho been l" Pen I ortn, 8 htor thr « weeks after Victoria. They have 

 both fo ?w CC u ess / ul ■ raisin S several dessert plums of much value, 

 The Zre ^™^ and th * late period at which the fruit ripens, 



part S Oc\X • \ ° f th t SC are Grand ^uke, in season during the early 

 the sec*2kSf'rf S^fk* 1 ««P«*aiy good variety, available during 

 < 'ctobcr AH these erT - ' and Late Orange, in perfection during 

 Planted in Ll™ ^™ ts \ wilh the addition of Primate, should be 



LortELIA INTERTEXTA. . ,. , 



This native of British Central Africa closely resembles Lobelia emnis 1 hie 1 ; 

 and was discovered by Mr. A. C Whyte, F.L.S., superintendent of tne / \ 

 Department. It is a slender, diffusely-branched annual with broadly ovate lea c , 

 the flowers are white at the base and wholly violet beyond the middle ; urn 

 t«o large violet spots placed at the junction of the two large lobes with tne cc ^ 

 one. At Kew Lobelia inteittxta has been grown in a warm house , wn 

 flowered in December, and made a pretty, profuse- flowering pot p»m. 

 , t. 7,615. 



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- • Calusiephus hortensis. fl„„«d in the 



This is the wild form of the well-known China aster, and is figureo 1 



" *use good illustrations of the type 



x uc .uaigenous lorm is found in abundance on rocky hills in f °"' f _ U tan 

 from Pekin to the Yang-tse-Kiang ; it is also found as far west as A'8» in 

 and Eastern Turkestan, though here, as in Japan, it is pwWfr «g JOT* 

 cultivation. The species was probably introduced in and at an e j ^ 



its usefulness was recognised, and florists found m it a ^**£J£% sowing 

 their efforts readily. Plants floweied at Kew last autumn as the result o 

 seed collected in Eastern Szechuan by Abbe Farges. 



. . , CYRTOSPERMA SENEGALENSE. . " ' ~ 



A curious aroid from Upper Guinea, having an oblong !««°ia« 



afoot to eighteen inches in length, green, red-clouded without, ac . ,„ 



fT e I\: S - "£ ed Wkh red "brown within ; the spadix does ^tj^e f - ^ 



leng h, is blunt and stout, dark violet purple. The root stock of ^ inche> 

 is a large tuber ; the leaves are sagittate, obi 



possible 



across. 



over two months. 



leaves are sagittate 

 plant, and at Kew t 



spathe 



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