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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND 0011 AGE GARDENER. 
[ November 19, 1885. 
Salter’s Early Blush, Mons. Dufoy, Fiberta, Bronze Eariy Cissy, White 
Crouts, Frederick Marronet, Yellow Zsnobie, and Petite Marie. To these 
will probably be added next season at least two sorts—viz., Blushing 
Bride and Piercy’s Seedling. 
One of the most important incidents this season has been the general 
appearance of the yellow Madame Desgrange for yellow ; it is not golden 
as some say. I have grown plants from two distinct sports of it this 
season, and cannot see the least difference in them; they are exactly the 
same shade—bright pale yellow. I know of two more sports, and shall 
try to see them if possible. No doubt that we shall have a deeper sport 
in time, one that we can truly call golden. Mrs. Rundle produced the 
sport George Glenny before Mrs. Dixon, so we may feel almost sure that 
a deeper coloured Madame Desgrange will come, especially as the yellow 
is already so widely distributed and largely grown. 
Salter’s Early Blush upon a second season’s experience proves all I 
thought of it last season, and is certainly the best of its colour. 
Fiberta, too, has in no way fallen from its place as the very finest pale 
bright yellow early Pompon upon a second season’s experience. It was 
said last season that this was sometimes labelled incorrectly Jardin des 
Plantes, but I do not think it was. The one called Jardin des Plantes 
was wrongly so named, first, I think, at Parker’s nursery at Tooting, but 
that was the poor old thing Madame Damage, or a yellow Madame Dufoy, 
for the white Madame Dufoy was there called White Jardin des Plantes. 
These names were and are quite wrong, for neither of them is like the 
proper late sort, Jardin des Plantes. 
Early Late Flora.—It is perhaps well to say a little more about this 
excellent and important yellow Pompon. It came here with the title 
Late Flora, which was so absurd that I gave it the prefix of Early, 
because it was difficult to preserve its identity any other way. Now 
somebody has called it simply Flora, and as I can hear of no other Flora 
there can be no objection to the simplification. It is a truly excellent 
plant; the market men are beginning to think so, and it has made its 
appearance in the shops in and about London. Mrs. Cullingford, too, is 
growing, still growing, in public estimation, as is also White St. Crout’s, 
but Petite Marie is generally found to be a very weak plant, somewhat 
difficult to keep. 
The new early sorts of this season are very various both in colour, 
merit and earliness. The first in importance is Blushing Bride. This 
variety came from the continent late in the season much damaged by 
packing, and among wrongly named plants, by reason of which we do not 
know its proper name, but as we cannot work without one Mr. Davis of 
Camberwell and myself have given it the above title. Doubtless in due 
time we shall discover its original designation. I say all this that no one 
may think that there is any desire, either on the part of Mr. Davis or 
myself, to rename plants unless it is unavoidable. Blushing Bride is of 
real value to be put beside Lyon, Flora, and Madame Desgrange, unless 
in future we should find some fault in it we have failed to discover this 
season. I always feel it necessary to make some reservation in speaking 
from the first season’s experience, though I have little doubt that this will 
show better next season. As to its earliness, it had just come into bloom 
on the 15th of September, which was on the second growth, the first 
having come very imperfectly through its injuries in transit. At that 
time it was 2 feet 4 inches high, of stiff, stout habit, with the flowers held 
well apart on separate stalks, so that each flower had room to come out 
without any trouble to take off buds, and this is necessary in garden 
plants, or where they are grown in large quantities for decoration or 
cutting. The flowers are 21 inches across, of a bright transparent blush 
or pinkish colour, very much like old Aureole, but the form of the flower 
is much better than that, being very full. A flower counted had 394 
petals, each one curving in, of a long snoon-bowl shape. I regard it as 
one of the finest Pompons ever seen in England, either early or late. 
Of course it will be scarce the first season, there only being two plants in 
this country as far as I know, and it is very probable I should have heard 
had there been more. 
Piercy’s Seedling. —This is the first good seedling I have raised, 
and up to this season I think the useless varieties in that line have been 
about 500 from seed from various sources and indifferent years, so no one 
need be discouraged at their produce from seed being bad. The seed was 
sown in heat on March 1st, the leaves appeared in six days, and the plant 
was in bloom on September 11th. This fully disposes of the tales I heard 
years back that seedlings did not bloom till the second year, though some 
I have raised seemed as if they would never bloom, and certainly did not 
so the first season. Out of 100 seedlings no two had foliage and habit 
alike, a The plant under consideration grew 21 inches high, bushy in 
habit, nd very floriferous, the top of the plant being a solid mass of 
flowers* all good, and showing no eye. The flowers are from 2 to 2j inches 
across, slightly reflexed when full out, the petals being short, stout, and 
thick. The colour is red orange to yellow. It is a real good open air 
plant. 
La Bien-Aimee. —This is a pretty little Pompon growing 17 inches 
high. It came into bloom June 22nd from a top cutting inserted March 
13th. It resembles Model of Perfection in the form of the flower being 
very full and a little reflexed, measuring 1£ inch across, and being a 
reddish violet in colour. It makes a pretty small pot plant. 
Roi des Precoces (King of the Earlie9).—I do not consider this the 
king of the earlies by any mean' 5 . It i3 a crimson Japanese of very 
bright colour, but not quite pure. It came into bloom at the end of 
September from cuttings inserted at the beginning of May, so it is quick 
in coming to perfection. It was then 2 feet 6 inches high. The flowers 
are 3£ inches across, the petals narrow and reflexed. It is valuable on 
account of crimsons being scarce, but would be much better for disbud¬ 
ding. It is of stout habit. 
Surprise. —This is a Pompon much like the late variety called 
Laciniata super'oa. It has a very stout flower with a short thick petal, 
giving the flower a button-like form of a dull pink colour IT to inch 
across. It is a quick robust grower, though rather slender in habit, about 
32 inches high. A top cutting put in March 13th bloomed by the*29th 
of July. The foliage is very dark, 
Petit Mignon.— There must be some mistake about this. It was 
sent here from France this spring as quite new, but when it came inti 
bloom it proved to be one we had last season with the name Mons. Dufoy. 
It came into flower at the end of September, and grows about 3 feet high. 
The flowers are about 2 inches across, composed of short thick petals, 
forming almost a ball of a lilac colour. 
Bouquet Estival. —This is a Japanese ; grows about 32 inches high, 
and has flowers of a ragged structure 3 inches across, which come in 
clusters on thin wood, so that it wants care to keep it up. It would bo 
better for some of the buds being taken off, as it is a profuse bloomer 
The colour of the flowers is a deep lilac, but some branches are much 
darker than the others, of a bluish crimson tint. It came into flower 
September 15th from March-struck cutting. 
Jeanne Cousinie flowered September 18th. Its height is 15 inches, 
and the blooms are It inch across; red violet in colour. L’lmmortello 
and Madame Prilleux both turned out Old Illustration syn. Marie 
Longarre. 
Toreador. —This is a red, and a valuable plant because reds are 
scarce. It resembles Frederick Pe!6 in habit, but is, I think, rather better 
as well as brighter red. Its flower is 2 inches across, and the plant grows 
about 2 feet high, with rather slender habit and spare foliage. It bloomed 
September 6th. 
Mad. Blanch Pertuzes. —A very nice dwarf plant, growing 1 foot 
to 18 inches high, bearing a white flower, about 2 inches across, of exqui¬ 
site form, the petals being short and thick. 
Mignon —I did not receive this plant till late in the season, and so 
may have to qualify the character after a full season’s cut ure. As it 
appears to me this time it closely resembles Fiberta, only that it does not 
grow more than halE the height of that, being only 18 inches high, haviDg 
the flowers not so large, only 1| inch across, very bright yellow indeed. 
It bloomed September 12th. If it should grow no higher next season it 
will be one of the best small pot plants ever imported. It is a most 
profuse bloomer, and, I think, of stouter habit and better to propagate 
than Fiberta. 
Bronze Early Cassy has now sported this colour from the yellow sport 
of the pink one in all my plants, and only becomes yellow when it is 
fading. Higham.—This is a blush sport of St. Mary, and resembles it in 
every way except colour. White and yellow bedders are both poor 
varieties. 
I have to thank Mr. F. W. Burbidge, Curator of Trinity College 
Botanical Gardens, Dublin, and author of “ The Chrysanthemum,” for his 
kind assistance and the introduction of these varieties into Ireland ; and 
also Mr. William Dick, garden superintendent of Phoenix Park, Dublin, 
for his introduction of them there ; also I must specially thank iVfr. John 
Thorpe, of the firm of nurserymen Messrs. Hallock, Son, & Thorpe, 
Queen’s, New Fork, U.S.A. ; Mr. T. S. Ware of Hale Farm Nurseries 
Tottenham, London, N. ; Messrs. Laing & Co., nurserymen, of Stanstea i 
Road, Forest Hill, S.E. ; Mr. Watson of Whittington Road, Bowes Park, 
London, N., and his son, Walter Watson, of The Grange, Walthamstow, 
Essex; and last, but not least, for the kind, friendly, and very efficient 
aid of Mr. N. Davis of Lilford Road, Camberwell, London, S.E.— 
W. Piercy, 89, West Road, Forest mil, London, S.E. 
ESCALLONIAS. 
These are generally regarded as half-hardy evergreens, suitable only 
for planting to cover walls in southern aspects or sheltered positions, and 
even then require protection in winter. This, I am fully aware, is the 
experience of many, and it is without doubt their true character when 
planted inland, more especially in the northern parts of the country. 
Those who have only seen these plants in the positions indicated where 
they are struggling hard to exist and furnish the space allotted to them 
—that is, growing strongly and vigorously in summer, only to be cut 
down in winter, can form no idea of their real beauty. I have seen those 
plants cut down annually to the ground in only ordinary winters, but 
they do not die, but spring freely and vigorously again from the base, 
and grow rapidly the following summer. Those who have planted and 
been di appointed would condemn them even for furnishing walls, and 
would doubtless advise, as many have done, the space they occupy to be 
filled with other plmts that would prove more oinamental and useful. 
In spite of these drawbacks, however, Escallonia3 are amongst our 
most effective flowering shrubs in positions where they prove hardy and 
grow luxuriantly. I do not believe these are adapted for inland planting, 
for they are really seaside-loving plants. They are perfectly hardy by 
the coast, and thrive amazingly on the shore fully exposed to the sea, an I 
flower profusely. I have seen them both in Wales and in the Isle of Man 
fully exposed where many trees were stunted and unsightly. They are 
most beautiful on walls, where they d> well. E. sanguines, with its less 
robust habit, is most suitable for this purpose, but both this and E. 
macrantha are much more conspicuous when planted singly and allowed 
