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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[September, 
— /w. Crepin some time since gave in the 
Flore des Sevres (xxiii. 104) the following list 
of Yellow Roses (species, not garden va¬ 
rieties :—Rosa lutea , described by Dalechamp in 
1587, and a native of Asia Minor, Persia, Afghan¬ 
istan, and naturalised in some parts of Europe. 
R. hemisphcerica, described first in 1762, and after¬ 
wards by Aiton as It. sulphurea; the single wild 
form has not been known till comparatively re¬ 
cently, when it has been discovered in Asia Minor; 
It. Raqiini and It. Bungeana are recent synonyms. 
R. maracandica from Turkestan; and R. tnrlces- 
tanica, neither of which are fully known. R. Rcce, 
a native of Afghanistan and perhaps a variety of 
the following. R. xanthina, a Chinese species 
mentioned by Bindley on the faith of a drawing 
in Lambert’s library. 
— $n the Prize Collections of Zonal 
Pelargonium cut blooms, staged by Messrs. 
Cannell & Sons, at the Pelargonium Society’s 
Show, the following sorts were included :—36 singles : 
Metis, W heel of Fortune, Lunen, Lizzie Brooks, 
Mrs. Patchitt, Torn Bowling, Celia, General Grant, 
Atala, Mr. Goodwin, Dudu, Commander-in-Ckief, 
Dr. Orton, Sunbeam, Beatrice, J. B. Miller, Future 
Fame, and Edward Smith, shades of scarlet and 
crimson ; P. Bauer, Eurydice, E. V. Sanberry, &c., 
pink; Mrs. J. Gibson, Madame Colson, Ceres, Pre¬ 
sident McMahon, Fanny Catlin, &e., salmon. 36 
doubles: Csesar Borgia, Colonel Flatters, Grand 
Chancellor Faidherbe, CharlesDarwin, Representative 
Baudin, Aglaia, Magenta King, shades of purple- 
crimson and crimson; President Louis Simon, M. 
Gelein Lowage, F. Y. Raspail, Mons. C. Routier, 
Gorgeous, Serjeant Flott, Gambetta, Lord E. Cecil, 
and Mr. W. E. Gladstone, shades of scarlet; Louis 
Porrier, J. P. Stahl, and Mons. Dupuis, salmon; 
Attraction, E. Andre, Sylvia, Emile de Girardin, 
Croesus, Clara Pfitzer, and M. Littre, pink; La 
Niagara, Flacon de Neige, and Heroine, white. 
They were an exceptionally fine lot, and shown in 
splendid condition. 
— Che Storing of Celery is the subject of 
the following note in the Farmer's Gazette :— 
“ Last year I read of the market gardens at 
Amiens, and among other things I learned that the 
French were in the habit of digging up the celery 
before it began to pipe, and pitting it, by which means 
they kept it perfectly good till April or May. I could 
not find that any one had tried the French plan in 
England, Deland, or Scotland, and was advised not 
to try it. I had, however, planted a large supply of 
celery, and I did try it. On the 2nd of November I 
had all my celery dug up, cut off the green leaves at 
top and part of the clayey roots, and then, in a 
trench four inches deep and about eighteen inches 
wide, I built up the celery, heads and tails, about 15 
inches high. Some I put sandy clay amongst, others 
I put directly on one another, but in both cases I 
covered in with sandy clay about five inches deep, 
and along the ridge of the pit put a wisp of straw to 
keep off the rain. TTnfortunately, I allowed the pit 
to be opened in January, and they were so good and 
there was such a run on them, that all were used up 
by the 1st of April.” 
-— Che best of the Blue Water Lilies 
for a tropical Aquarium is Flymphcea Dau- 
benyana. The flowers are large, pale blue, 
with a cluster of yellow stamens, each tipped with a 
blue point. This Nymphsea is a very rapid grower, 
and extremely floriferous. At Glasnevin whence, 
according to Mr. F. W. Moore, it was obtained from 
the Oxford garden, it produced as many as eleven 
flowers in four days, which, unlike most of the other 
kinds, remained open all day and closed in the even¬ 
ing. They are nicely scented. The leaves are very 
handsome, with entire margins, and produce in the 
angle of the opening, small plants w'hich grow 
readily. Nymphrea dentata major is a grand thing, 
with flowers from 7 to 9 inches in diameter, pure 
white, very fragrant, and opening very wide. 
— 5n the Narcissus obvallaris var. Grand 
Trunk, from Mr. T. Smith, of Newry, Mr. 
Burbidge thinks we have the true N. obvallaris 
maximus, a variety quite different from N. maximus, 
or College Garden Daffodil, from which it differs in 
having a shorter and broader corona with the perianth 
segments broader and more imbricate. It is a grand 
flower, and Mr. Smith’s name of Grand Trunk 
Daffodil may well serve for this, which is doubtless 
a giant form of the smaller Tenby Daffodil, N. 
obvallaris. 
— Che Japanese Omphalodes Krameri is 
a beautiful addition to our hardy plants. It is 
larger in growth than 0. verna or 0. Lucilias, the 
leaves being ample, and the flowers as large as a six¬ 
penny piece, and of a rich blue colour. It was in¬ 
troduced by the Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea, in whose 
Coombe Wood nursery the plants are evidently 
quite at home in the open border. 
—■ Che American Azalea Miss Buist, 
sent out last year by Mr. B. S. Williams, 
proves to be an elegant little plant, and 
is meeting with much favour; it is of the amoena 
type, and very free flowering ; the blossoms are pure 
white, of good size, and of great substance, and the 
flower is quite a model in respect to form. 
— $t has been noted that Adiantum 
Fronds used for Bouquets —those of Adian¬ 
tum cuneatum especially, may have their 
lasting powers greatly prolonged by first giving them 
a few hours’ bath in water. This effectually prevents 
the fronds getting curled and withered very shortly 
after being cut, as is otherwise their wont. 
—m , Henri Yilmorin has been designated 
a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour—a re¬ 
cognition of well-directed horticultural work 
tending to the public benefit, which has been most 
thoroughly and most honourably won. 
ihi i/ftnnomw. 
— IEJr. Charles Edouard Lucas, proprietor 
and director of the Pomological Institute of 
Reutlingen, died on July 24, at the age of 
66 years. He was a thorough-going pomologist, and 
devoted his whole life to that branch of horticulture, 
in w'hich he was the most valued authority of Germany. 
His loss will be greatly regretted, not only by all 
those who knew him, but also by all those beyond 
the frontiers of Germany who have been honoured 
with his friendship. 
