166 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ANNUALS (SO-CALLED*) AT WISLEY, 1909. I 



Six hundred and twenty-eigpit stocks of Annuals (so-called") were | 



received, but many sent as annuals were really biennials, and in some | 



cases perennials. The season was a most unfavourable one for the trial, i 

 being so wet and cold, causing a number of failures in germination. 

 There were few new or striking plants in the trial. Tjupinus hyhridus 



atrococcineus (No. 166) was much admired among the new or little- \ 



known ones. Practically all, except, of course, those that failed to i 



germinate, grew well, in spite of the wretched season. They were ; 



examined by the Floral Committee on three occasions. i 



A. ^Annual. B.=Biennial. P. = Perennial. 



F.C.C. = First-class certificate. 

 A.M. =Award of merit. 

 XXX, = Highly commended. 



Ageratum 



1466. Blue Star (Carter). — P. Dwarf, 3 inches, erect, compact; 

 flower-heads small, blue, freely produced. 



462. Imperial Dwarf Blue (Carter).— P. F.C.C. August 17, 1869. 

 Dw^arf, 4 inches, erect, compact; flower-heads small, blue. | 



463. Little Dorrit (Carter). — P. Dwarf, 4 inches, erect, compact; 

 flower-heads small, blue. 



464. Mauve Beauty (J. Veitch). — P. Dwarf, 6 inches, erect, com- 

 pact; flower-heads small, blue, freely produced. 



465. pumihim m.ultiflorum coeruleuni (Vilmorin). — P. Very dwarf, 

 3 inches, erect, compact ; flowers small in dense heads. 



Alonsoa 



9. Scarlet Gem (J. Veitch). — A. Failed to germinate. 



10. Warscewiczii (Edinburgh Botanic Garden). — A. Failed to 

 germinate. | 



11. Warscewiczii compacta (J. Veitch). — A. Failed to germinate. 



Alyssum maritimum 



1. (Barr). — A. 3 inches, spreading; flowers in compact racemes, 

 white; stock requires more selection. 



* *' Annuals are such plants as in this country ordinarily begin and end 

 their growth, ripen seed, and die (irrespective of frost) within twelve months " 

 (E.H,S. Rules for Judging), Many plants enumerated here (as for example { 

 the first on the list) do not come within the Society's definition of true annuals, | 

 but as they were sent as such it is thought better to include them. { 



t All trials in the Wisley Garden are carried out under numbers only until j 

 judging is completed. The number prefixed to the name of the variety in the I 

 Report corresponds with that by which alone the variety was known until j 

 judgment had been given. Fellows visiting the Garden and noticing any plant 

 under a number can easily ascertain its name later by reference to the Repor'i/ 

 in the Journal. 



