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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
October 2, 1886. 
dishonoured and deserted. I still refuse to recognize 
Mr. Krelage’s flower by any other name, so does Mr. 
Krelage ; and to set the matter right, I would suggest 
that the gentleman who first put “Henry Irving” 
counterfeiting on the stage should confess the error, 
and let the General get his honours next spring, but 
not as “ Spurius coronatus.” The Royal Botanic gave 
the certificate in one case, the Royal Horticultural in 
the other.— W. Baylor Hartland, Temple Hill, Cork. 
[Our correspondent does not seem to quite understand 
the bearings of the case, and will excuse us if we put 
him right. The facts are as follows:—Several years 
prior to the Daffodil conference of 1884, Mr. Peter Barr 
selected a large form of Narcissus spurius from a bed 
in his nursery at Tooting, with a view to growing it on 
to take the place of the type. To this selected form 
he gave the name of N. spurius magni-coronatus, and 
under this name it was exhibited by his firm at the 
Daffodil Conference. Subsequently, when the Daffodil 
Committee revised the names for the sake of brevity 
and uniformity, the name was altered to N. Spurius 
coronatus, and so left in the committee’s published list. 
On April 14th, 1885, Messrs. Krelage and Son exhibited 
at the meeting of the Floral Committee, cut blooms of 
a variety named General Gordon, and which the 
committee certificated ; but before the committee had 
completed their labours for the day it was pointed out 
to the chairman that the variety in question was 
identical with the one to which the Daffodil Committee, 
in the previous year, had assigned the name of spurius 
coronatus ; and the members of the Floral Committee 
being satisfied by the evidence produced before them 
from the Messrs. Barr’s collection, expunged the name 
of General Gordon, and certificated the plant under the 
name of N. spurius coronatus, which name, according 
to the rules of priority, is now recognized, and to avoid 
confusion should be maintained. As to the variety 
named Henry Irving, we may as well state (as we were 
present at both exhibitions) that at the Royal Botanic 
Society’s exhibition, held on April 22nd, a variety was 
certificated under the name of spurius coronatus, which, 
as we remarked at the time, “ differed, as it seemed to 
us, from the plants so named and certificated at South 
Kensington a fortnight ago.” AA T e thought then, as we 
do now, that the variety shown was Henry Irving, and 
that it was certificated in error, as the two varieties 
are as distinct as any cultivator of Daffodils could 
desire; Henry Irving having the divisions of the 
perianth placed at right angles from the tube, so that 
with a sword the trumpet can be cut clean out with¬ 
out touching the perianth, which could not be done in 
the case of spurius coronatus, and which is moreover of 
a lighter shade of colour. Ed.] 
A Monstrous Helichrysum— Among my ever¬ 
lasting flowers I have a very curious one now in bloom; 
1 have never seen the like before, and do not know if any 
your correspondents have. As you will see, the large 
central flower is surrounded by about twenty-four 
smaller ones, after the manner of the “ Hen and 
Chickens ” Daisy. I have many with a number of 
flowers in a close head, but none with the smaller ones 
radiating in this fashion. Carter’s strain of African 
Marigold is grand with us this season; for size, richness 
and brilliance of colour they are superb.— J. May, The 
Gardens, Kenton Grange. 
Gaillardia grandiflora, var. Admiration. 
—I send you some blooms of this pretty new variety. 
I find the Gaillardias do best in Scotland kept over 
the winter in a cold frame ; and a supply is best kept 
up by cuttings taken from near the root, and put in in 
August.— W. Cuthbertson, Rothesay, A T .B. [A large 
handsome variety with bright yellow florets, crimson 
at the base, and large dark maroon-coloured disc. Ed]. 
Lilium. auratum. —Your correspondent, Mr. G. 
Taylor, asks at p. 59., if anyone has seen a fasciated 
flower stem, with more than seventy-two flowers upon 
it: it may interest him to know that such monstrosities 
have been very common of late years in Lancashire. I 
mentioned one, I think, in your columns in 1884, which 
was exhibited at a flower show held in the Town Hall, 
Eccles,but am unable for the moment to give the numbers, 
but I think I am correct in saying that there were more 
flowers and unopened blooms upon it, than on your 
correspondent’s. But there was one at Mr. Alderman 
J. Harwood’s, Buile Hill, Pendleton, which threw up 
a strong tall fasciated stem, which had nearly double 
that number upon it. Mr. Lowe, the gardener, asked 
me to look at it, and it was a remarkable specimen, the 
flowers being large, and a succession of blossoms opened 
for a considerable time. The most remarkable thing 
was, it had not been shaken out for three years, and was 
still in the same soil and pot ; perhaps Mr. Lowe could 
give the exact number of blossoms.— K. J. D., Avi- 
monford R.S.O., S. Wales. 
Late Gooseberries.—I should be much obliged 
to any reader for the names of the latest varieties of 
Gooseberry, that is to say, of any sorts that are later 
than the Red Warrington. This grand sort gave us 
good fruit until the second week ,in September, but 
being desirous of planting more, should be glad to 
know of any that keep later. — Con. 
Beaumontia grandiflora. — Mr. Ruffett, of 
Panshanger, who exhibited some flowers of this noble 
Indian plant at a meeting of the Floral Committee held 
in April last, writes to the Gardeners’ Magazine :—I 
purchased a small plant of the Beaumontia about 6 ins. 
in height, and all I could learn about it was that it was 
a grand thing. I repotted it immediately in a compost 
of equal parts fibry loam and peat, with a little silver 
sand, keeping it in active growth. When it had 
attained the height of 3 ft. it was planted out at the 
warm end of a large conservatory, where it grew fairly 
well for three years, but made no sign of flowering. 
Feeling assured that it required more solar heat to 
develop its growth, I had it removed to the back wall 
of a Banana-house, which is a span roof resting on a 
wall 10 ft. high. It was now a plant considerably over 
20 ft. high, and in a place that rendered it difficult of 
access. The consequence was that it was much muti¬ 
lated in the process of removal; so much so that I quite 
despaired of success in the operation. However the thing 
was accomplished, and when a year had gone by it began 
to make rapid growth, and had to be stopped back to 
prevent it overgrowing everything. The use of the 
knife was evidently not to its liking, for it still made 
no sign of flowering. I, therefore, allowed it a space 
under the north side of the roof to grow as it liked, and 
then the tables were turned, and I had my reward for 
humouring its nature. In the following spring, after 
one year of free growth only, it made a grand display 
of flowers, and has continued to do so, the present 
being the third year of its flowering with me. I find 
it a very free-flowering plant, not requiring a great 
amount of fire-heat, but all the sun-heat and light 
possible. It is something to know that this magni¬ 
ficent Indian plant is satisfied with our weak sunshine, 
provided it is left alone to make free growth in its own 
way- . 
Producer and Consumer: Distribution Reform. 
—Mr. H. J. Jenkinson has put forward a scheme for 
bringing the producer and consumer together without 
the intervention of so many middlemen or distributors 
of produce as at present. Mr. Jenkinson brought his 
views under the notice of the Postmaster-General, and 
of the Secretary of the Royal Commission on Depression 
of Trade and Industry, but as neither of these officials 
were able to deal with the matter, he now suggests 
that the scheme should be carried out by a limited 
liability company. The scheme is described as 
follows :—“Agents of the company to be employed in 
every town and village, who can receive orders for any 
articles of commerce. The orders to be accompanied 
with a deposit of the price and cost of carriage, &c. 
The agent will then communicate direct either with the 
manufacturer or with the agent residing where the 
orders are to be executed, and the article required will 
be sent either direct to the purchaser or to the agent 
through whom the order was given. For this service 
rendered by the company a per-centage upon the price 
of the purchase will be included in the amount de¬ 
posited. The per-centage charged by the company on 
all orders for goods, as sole middlemen between the 
producer and consumer, can be arranged on any work¬ 
able basis: say, five per cent, for orders of £5 and 
under, with no less charge than 6d. ; above £5 and not 
more than £10, four per cent. ; above £10 and not 
more than £20, three per cent. ; above £20 and not 
more than £50, two-and-a-half per cent. ; above £50 
and not more than £100, two per cent ; above £100, 
one per cent. The per-centage required to pay the 
company, as compared with the present retail trade, 
will be very small, for the expenses-will be comparatively 
light, the whole being a ready money business, requiring 
no dead stock, bad debts, or high rents, and only a 
limited number of servants. The first requisite for 
carrying out the scheme would be a directory containing 
the names and addresses of all manufacturers and 
wholesale firms. This would be useful to the general 
public, and could be produced so as to realise a profit.” 
The Gardeners’ Calendar. 
THE PLANT HOUSES. 
It will now be necessary to give all the houses a 
thorough turn out, cleansing as much as possible ; and 
if the material which has been used upon the stages has 
become at all dirty or soured, let it be replaced by fresh. 
All bulbous plants which have been flowering for any 
length of time had better be placed in the cold frames 
to ripen off, gradually withholding water to assist in 
the operation. I allude particularly to Achimenes, 
Gloxinias, tuberous Begonias and Caladiums, which 
can be readily spared from the warmer houses ; in fact, 
room must now be found for winter-flowering plants, 
such as Begonias, Goldfussias and Centropogons, &c. 
Creepers on the roofs, now going past their best, may 
be partly pruned back, and, if dirty, thoroughly cleaned, 
and neatly tied in, so as to admit as much light as 
possible. If the surface soil of any specimen plants 
has become greened, let it be removed, and fresh be 
given ; do not stage too thickly, or damp will soon 
take effect. 
AYe have gone through our stock of Orchids, potting 
nearly all of them, staging them on one side of the 
stove by themselves ; by this means we find they 
keep better through the winter months, and can be 
specially treated. Anthurium Scherzerianum we have 
placed by the side of them, having repotted the whole 
stock. Calanthes are very promising, the flower spikes 
coming up stout, and the foliage a good dark green, 
denoting health. These have been removed from the 
intermediate house into the stove, the little extra heat 
being necessary now. AYe shall give them a little weak 
manure-water now and then to help to fully develop the 
spikes. Poinsettias are likewise receiving the same 
attention, and are much benefited ; in fact, they 
seldom retain much of their foliage unless liberally 
treated at this season. In their case a variation should 
be frequently made in the stimulant given. 
The plants which have been plunged for early forcing 
will be benefited if removed from the bed and placed on 
a thoroughly exposed ash-border. If room can be found 
for them, a good position will be by the side of the pot 
Strawberries. Let them be regularly supplied with 
water, the change in position being made to secure a 
thorough ripening of the wood, without which it is 
quite useless to hope for success this side of Christmas. 
Some of our earliest forced Azaleas, I notice, are already 
showing colour. This is sooner than required, but 
still we can easily retard them by leaving them out of 
doors under shelter of some Magnolias. The batch of 
Cyclamens have been placed on shelves in the inter¬ 
mediate house, close to the glass, and are making a 
good growth ; in fact, with us they generally succeed 
best in this temperature. 
The Hedychiums, of which I wrote early in August, 
are again throwing up their spikes of bloom, thus 
plainly showing how much they appreciate being kept 
growing on instead of drying off after flowering. The 
batch of Primulas placed inside are fast throwing up 
their trusses of flowers, and 'will come in extremely 
useful for staging in the greenhouse, which we hope to 
turn out this week. Be careful that the Roman 
Hyacinths do not remain too long in the plunging 
material, or the flower-spikes will certainly be much 
damaged—in fact, rendered almost useless. 
THE FRUIT HOUSES. 
I can only repeat the advice given lately, to attend 
to the lifting of Peach trees, or the renovating of 
borders, as the work can be proceeded with ; time 
frittered away now is a sad mistake, and generally leads 
to a rush later on. AYe are now busy preparing the 
houses for winter Cucumbers ; first giving a thorough 
washing, and then painting all through ; the trellis, 
which is moveable, we’ paiut over with pure paraffin 
oil, and so try as much as possible to get a clean start. 
I may say, unfortunately, we have a bed of Gardenias 
in the centre house, which renders these precautions 
necessary. It is a most difficult matter to free either 
Melons or Cucumbers of mealy bug, as the foliage is so 
tender. 
AA r e have, to-day, renewed the bottom-heat to the 
late Melons, which are swelling away and netting 
nicely ; they require constant care now to bring them 
to perfection. In case of heavy and continuous rains, 
it will be advisable to lay upon their sides, facing the 
