JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER . 
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[ August 10, 1882. 
pulators and skilled cultivators—public awards are not bestowed 
nearly so generously as it appears meet they should be. Pro¬ 
bably, however, this is because the magnitude of their work is 
not appreciated because not seen in the aggregate, or in the form 
in which the labours of one worker will now be presented. 
SEEDLINGS RAISED 
BY MR. JOHN SEDEN 
AT MESSRS. JAMES 
VEITCII & SONS’ 
NURSERIES, CHELSEA, 
FROM 18G6 TO 1881. 
Name of Seedling. 
Seed Parent. 
Pollen Parent. 
Cattleya Mendellii 
C. speciosissima 
C. Devoniensis 
♦Marstersoniae 
Loddigesii 
labia ta 
♦fausta 
it 
exoniensis . 
radicans 
ft 
ft 
ft 
superba 
ft 
alba 
it 
ft 
aurea 
ft 
ft 
crispa 
it 
ft 
delicata 
ft 
ft 
The above seven varieties are all from one pod of seed. 
♦Cattleya Cbamberlaiuii 
C. Leopoldii 
C. Dowiana 
♦Calanthe Sedenii 
C. Veitchii 
C. vestita 
♦Chysis Chelsonii 
C. bractescens 
C. aurea 
Sedenii 
Limminghi 
bractescens 
♦Cypripedium Sedenii 
C. Schlimii 
C. longifolium 
Sedenii 
longifolium 
Schlimii 
Marshallinum 
venustum pardinum 
con color 
♦Selligerum 
barbatum 
laivigatum 
♦major 
it 
euryandrum 
tt 
Stonei 
tessellatum 
ft 
con color 
porphyreum 
tt 
♦oenanthum 
Harris! anum 
insignis Maulei 
♦superciliare 
barbatum 
Veitchii 
♦marmorophyllum 
Hookerae 
barbatum 
♦albopurpureum 
Schlimii 
Dominii 
♦porphyreum 
Roezlii 
Schlimii 
♦calanthum 
biflormn 
Lowii 
vernixium 
Argus 
villosum 
porphyrospilum 
Lowii 
Hooker® 
♦Morganise 
Veitchii 
Stonei 
♦Calurum 
longifolium 
Sedenii 
♦grande 
Roezlii 
caudatum 
nitens 
villosum 
insignis Maulei 
pycnoptrum 
venustum 
Lowii 
lucidum 
villosum 
microchilum 
niveum 
Drury ii 
Dendrobium endocharis 
D. japonicum 
D. heterocarpum 
rhodostoma 
Huttonii 
sanguiuolentum 
♦splendidissimum 
heterocarpum 
macrophyllum 
micans 
Wardianum 
lituiflorum 
Laelia callistoglossa 
L. purpurata 
Cattleya gigas 
♦flammea 
cinnabarina 
Lailia Pilclierii 
Sedenii 
Cattleya superba 
Devoniensis 
♦Philbrickiana 
Aclandise 
elegans 
Masdevallia Chelsonii 
Phaius irroratus purpu- 
M. amabilis 
M. Veitchii 
reus 
P. grandifolius 
Calanthe vestita 
Zygopetalum Sedenii 
Z. maxillare 
Z. Mackayii 
♦Nepenthes Sedenii 
N. distillatoria 
N. species 
♦Chelsonii 
Dominii 
Hookerie 
♦Alocasia Sedenii 
A. Lowii 
A. metallica 
Chelsonii 
macrorhiza 
♦intermedia 
longifolia 
Veitchii 
hybrida magnifiea 
Lowii 
♦Caladium Chelsonii 
C. Vigil tii 
C. Chantinii 
♦Amaryllis Brilliant 
A. Ackermannii pulchcr- 
rima 
A. pardinum 
♦Chelsonii 
maculata 
B. boliviensis 
** 
♦Begonia Sedenii 
B. species 
♦intermedia 
tt 
Veitchii 
♦Chelsonii 
it 
Sedenii 
♦Stella 
Sedenii 
Veitchii 
♦Vesuvius 
Clarkei 
Sedenii 
♦Excelsior 
Chelsonii 
cinnabarina 
♦Model 
Sedenii 
Pearcei 
♦Acme 
intermedia 
Sedenii 
♦Monarch 
Sedenii 
intermedia 
♦Mrs. Charles Scorer 
Viscountess Doneraile 
Seedling 
♦Emperor 
Clarkei 
Chelsonii 
Kallista 
Sedenii 
Stella 
♦Viscountess Doneraile 
Monarch 
Sedenii 
♦Queen of Whites intercrossing of light varieties of B. roseeflora 
Admiration 
excelsior 
Davisii 
rosea superba 
rosseflora 
Seedling 
♦Miss Constance Yeitch 
Davisii 
♦Mrs. A. Potts 
tt 
Mrs. Bennett 
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♦Echeveria glauca metal¬ 
ft 
lica 
E. secunda 
E. metallica 
To the above must be added the following Gloxinias from the parentage of 
Magnet, Sir Hugo, and Madame de Smet—Gloxinia Gamos, ♦Prince Leopold, 
♦Marquis of Lome, *Mr. Haines, ♦Miss Hannah de Rothschild, Madame Patti, 
Prince Arthur, The Hon. Mrs. York, * Aurora, ^Magnet Improved, *Sunshine. 
Mr. Seden is thus the originator of eighty-eight plants, fifty of 
which, as indicated by asterisks, have been honoured with first- 
class certificates, while in addition silver medals have been 
granted for Begonia Sedeni and Alocasia Sedeni, and a gold 
medal to A. intermedia. The question naturally arises, If the 
plants are worthy of the above high marks of recognition, surely 
the raiser of them, ought not to remain ignored by, say, the Royal 
Horticultural Society, whose object is the promotion of horti¬ 
culture by a system of awards to those who are worthy of re¬ 
cognition. But if the practice is considered of rewarding raisers 
and introducers of plants, the Council will ask where they are 
to commence and where to stop. On this point it may be sub¬ 
mitted that they will not be frittering away their resources if 
they commence at the granting of fifty first-class certificates, and 
never stop granting medals to those who accomplish that proud 
feat in horticulture.— J. Wright. 
NOTES ON PROPAGATING- BEDDING PLANTS. 
A period has arrived when the propagation of many outdoor 
decorative plants calls for attention, and though little that is fresh 
can be enunciated on a subject which has been the familiar work 
of gardeners for many years, a few practical notes may not be 
unacceptable to your younger readers. Beginning with Pelar¬ 
goniums, I may repeat the old lesson that the earlier in August 
the cuttings are taken the better. However, to those who, like 
myself, are hindered from interfering with the beds until Sep¬ 
tember, when the certainty with which a strike is secured in 
August is liable to a considerable discount from losses unless a 
different process is followed, a statement of the means we find 
necessary to root the cuttings successfully at that time may be 
of use. There are two main particulars rigidly followed. One 
is to employ large cuttings, the other to have lights ready to place 
over the stock at any time necessary to do so. Both of these 
requirements are not always available. At one time I could com¬ 
mand neither, but an effort procured me the first, and time brought 
the other. I have been laughed at on account of these large 
cuttings and the large plants in 5-inch pots the following spring ; 
but the laugh was on my side when the plants came to be put 
out, and later on when the beds were filled with plants in flower 
when others were just beginning to make growth, and, especially 
when the recurring season of propagation came round, when I 
could without fear of destroying the effect of the beds secure 
my large cuttings at a time when others had to be content with 
the tips of the shoots and obliged to mutilate the whole bed. 
In taking the cuttings they are selected so as to thin out the 
plants, the cuttings themselves being cut below a joint so as to 
save any further work in preparation, and as a matter of course 
the base of the cutting is considerably hardened. A day is 
allowed to intervene between taking the cuttings and dibbling 
them into boxes. This is of importance, as the base of the cutting 
is so far dried as to strike almost surely under conditions where 
otherwise losses would occur. A cool, not too airy shed is a good 
place to keep them at this time. If the boxes are kept for a few 
days in the same place before standing out it is of advantage. 
One good watering must be given when the boxes are placed 
outdoors in a sunny position ; but until roots are formed water 
does harm. 
There are two ways of wintering the plants—the one to keep 
the soil in a dry condition and the temperature low enough to 
stop all growth ; the other to keep the plants slowly growing. 
Little water at the roots is required for this, and a very slightly 
higher temperature than in the other case. If it is necessary to 
keep the green-leaved section in a condition at rest, the varie¬ 
gated kinds at least should be kept growing. Coleuses, Iresines, 
and Alternantheras we prefer from cuttings struck now. The 
first-mentioned is struck in small pots and wintered therein, the 
others in boxes. The Iresine roots well enough in an ordinary 
frame kept close, the others require a little heat; they winter best 
kept slowly growing. Verbenas, Ageratums, and others of that 
class do well in boxes placed in frames shaded from sunshine. If 
left till September it is advisable to employ heat in order to have 
them thoroughly established before winter. Verbenas in parti¬ 
cular require to be kept growing all through the winter, in order 
to have them strong and healthy, and capable of producing good 
cuttings when wanted in spring. 
It is not a good plan to raise Lobelias from cuttings at this 
time, a few plants saved through the summer being by far the 
most satisfactory way of continuing the stock. However, if cut¬ 
tings must be depended on means should be taken to induce 
young growths to push up, and if possible to form roots before 
taking them off. Unless young and healthy, Lobelias will not 
strike root just now. The easily cultivated Violas, if produced 
from cuttings, should be inserted at once, so as to have roots 
before winter. Plants over a twelvemonth old produce many 
young growths, which may be removed later on with roots at¬ 
tached. Last November we propagated a large number by taking 
up old plants, pulling them into single slips of young growth, and 
dibbling them into cold frames thickly in a soil made of decayed 
leaves. Pentstemons make grand plants for the flower garden if 
properly managed. The cuttings should be taken in July, but 
