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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ October, 
- Some of tlie finest examples of Lilium axiratum we have yet seen were 
growing in the garden of James McIntosh, Esq., of Oatlands Park, Weybridge. 
These plants are planted at intervals near the margin of beds of Ehododendrons, 
which occur on sloping ground, near the foot of the hill-side on which Mr. McIntosh’s garden 
stands, in a sheltered situation, and where there must be a moist atmosphere from the con¬ 
tiguity of a sheet of water; and they are, of course, in peat soil. The roots have, wo learned, 
been planted four years, and now have, in many cases, divided so as to produce two stems. 
They range from 6 ft. to 9 ft. in height, many being of the latter stature, and in some cases 
the stems are 3 in. in circumference at the base. Many of the finest were gone out of bloom 
when wo saw them, a few days since, but several still remained in full beauty, with from 
twenty to two dozen flowers, forming a noble head of blossoms from 1 ft. to 2 ft. in depth, and 
iipwards of a foot in diameter. Being selected bulbs, with finely-shaped and richly-coloured 
flowers, some idea may bo formed of their magnificent appearance; and the fact that they are 
so much fit homo in such a situation may furnish a useful hint to others in growing them. 
learn ft’om Mr. Tyerman that the beautiful little Oxalis lohata is 
now flowering finely in bis garden, in Cornwall. The bright yellow flowers of 0* 
lobata, which are large compared with.’the leaves and short stature of the whole 
plant, which is barely a couple of inches high, make a really pretty and pleasing feature, 
such as is sure to arrest the attention of the most casual observer. When planted in masses, the 
ground looks studded with golden stars. Mr. Tyerman suggests that this very interesting 
genus of plants would do much to make our gardens more interesting at this season of the 
year, since they are all of the easiest possible cultivation, and in dry soils perfectly hardy, or at 
the utmost a slight protection from heavy rains during the dormant season would make them 
quite secure. 0. elegans is, as its name implies, beautifully elegant; the leaves, which are 
of groat substance and smooth, grow 3 in. to 4 in. high, and the flowers rise fi in. or 8 in. 
above the leaves, of a pleasing rich'purple-lake, with dark centre. 0. Deppei is well known, 
its reddish flowers being produced well above the neat foliage for several months in succession, 
and like the beautiful rose-pink 0. Bowioi, would make excellent variety in the modern 
flower garden. 0. floribunda, with its numerous varieties, are hardy perennials, and are 
almost perpetual-flowering. Where the soil and situation are at all genial, all the summer- 
flowering kinds will prove much more satisfactory when grown in the open borders “ than 
as they usually are, cramped in pots even that weedy species, 0. lacta3flora, is much more 
interesting in the open ground. 
- ^ WRITER in the Gardeners^ Becord mentions having seen, during the 
past season, a patch of Double Primroses^ growing in an open and somewhat light 
soil, that generally suffered severely during the hot dry summer months. Some 
clay, in the form of a thin layer, which could but bo termed a top-dressing of clay, was laid 
over the bod to the extent of one-half, and the effect was remarkable. The plants growing 
amid the dressing of clay were of quite a vigorous character, while the others, not so treated, 
had a deplorable appearance. No doubt the Primrose requires to be kept cool about the 
roots, and the beneficial effects of this practice were quite evident in this instance. 
- ^HE Dracceuopsis australis^ after proving its power of enduring many 
a vicissitude of weather, has come into flower for the first time in Ireland, and 
for the first time out-of-doors in the United Kingdom, in the Botanic Gardens at 
Glasnevin. Dracsonopsis is a genus of Liliaceous plant separated from Dracaena, and includes 
D. australis and D. indivisa. The stem of the Glasnevin plant is 9 ft. high, from the top of 
which springs a head of yucca-like leaves, and from the centre of those has grown up a mass of 
flower above 2 ft. long, and nearly as broad at its base. The colour of the flowers is creamy- 
white ; each spike which goes to compose the mass seems much to resemble, as seen from the 
ground, the bloom of the beautiful half-hardy shrub, Veronica Andersoni, and others of 
the same genus. The plant has flowered at Oxford, but indoors. 
- S)OME remarkable plants of Disa grandifiora have been flowered this 
season at Doun House, Dorset, the'seat of Sir William Marriott, where may 
have been seen specimens with more than eighty flowers in bloom at once. A pan 
of a finely-coloured variety, named superba, had thirty most brilliantly-coloured flowers. The 
