June 18, 1887. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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creamy white flowers, which are smaller than the other 
species, with scarcely any tube to the corolla. It 
furthermore bears no inconsiderable resemblance to some 
of the evergreen Japanese Privets. It is a very 
ornamental shrub, however, and may be expected to 
beoome a general favourite when better known. Ligus- 
trina amurensis is synonymous with this species.— 
Taxus. 
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NEW PLANTS CERTIFICATED 
By the Floral Committee of the R. H. S. 
June 14 th,, 1887. 
IXIOLIRION TATARICUM. 
Amongst bulbous plants this is certainly a fine 
thing, coming from Turkestan, and perfectly hardy. 
The flowers are borne in racemes on thin leafy stems. 
The foliage is slender and somewhat similar to that of 
young specimens of Spanish Iris. The flowers them¬ 
selves have a funnel-shaped tube with six segments 
shortly united at the base and reflexed in the upper 
half; they are of varying shades of blue with a darker 
midrib, and seem to be affected in this respect accord¬ 
ing to their age. Exhibited by Mr. T. S. Ware, Hale 
Farm Nurseries, Tottenham. 
Eremurus robustus albus. 
The tall flower-stems of this species are very striking, 
and in the typical form the flowers are peach-coloured, 
but in this variety they are pure white. The scape 
exhibited would be about 4 ft. or 5 ft. high, and of 
this, 3 ft. 3 ins. were densely clothed with flowers, the 
uppermost of which were not expanded, nor had the 
stem attained its full length. Had the whole plant 
been shown, a very fine effect might have been 
produced by the addition of the rosette of radical 
leaves. Exhibited by E. G. Loder, Esq., Floore, 
Weedon. 
Masdevallia Harryana luteo-oculata. 
The main body-colour of this fine variety is of an 
intense blood-red, with a faint suffusion of orange along 
the principal nerves. This gives place to a decided 
deep yellow around the orifice or opening of the tube, 
as the varietal name suggests. The tube externally is 
also deep yellow, and, altogether, this must be con¬ 
sidered a very fine variety. Exhibited by F. G. Tautz, 
Esq., Studley House, Hammersmith. 
CcELOGYNE DAYANA. 
The specimen of this shown carried four long pendent 
racemes, with from twenty-six to twenty-nine flowers 
on a raceme, arranged in a two-ranked manner. Taken 
on the whole, the plant bears some resemblance to C. 
Measuresiana. The leaves are large, lanceolate, elliptic, 
stalked, plaited and evergreen ; the sepals and petals 
are pale yellow, contrasting strongly with the lip which 
is heavily blotched and marked, especially on the lateral 
lobes, with a tawny brown colour on a white ground. 
Exhibited by Mr. Ballantyne, gardener to Baron 
Schroder, The Dell, Egham. 
Odontoglossum vexillarium radiatum. 
The most striking feature of this flower centres in 
the labellum, and is expressed in the varietal name. 
Ordinarily the base of this organ, especially round the 
small crest, is occupied by a yellow or white blotch or 
with these colours intermingled, but in the present 
instance the blotch is unusually large and deep, almost 
claret-purple, with radiating finger-like stripes of the 
same colour; otherwise the flower is of a pale or 
soft rose colour. Exhibited by Mr. Ballantyne, 
gardener to Baron Schroder, The Dell, Egham. 
Pyrethrums. 
Florentine. —The flower-heads of this variety are 
4i ins. in diameter, and of a pale rose or blush colour. 
The central florets are somewhat cut or fimbriated at 
the margins, alter the manner of a Chrysanthemum. 
The heads are very large and full, being double, 
according to the popular expression. 
Magician.— Although the heads in this instance are 
equally double, they are smaller than those of the last, 
and of a fine rose colour, with minute yellow tips to 
the teeth of the corolla, which, however, does not 
affect the general colour materially. The whole head 
is very compact and quilled, as in a quilled Aster. 
Figaro.— The heads of this fine variety are of a deep 
red colour and quilled, with the exception of the ray, 
which is flat. Owing to the length of the central 
florets, the ray is almost hidden, making a very full or 
double head. 
Aphrodite. —In structural 'points this form is 
precisely similar to Figaro, but pure white and very 
double, constituting one of the best whites in a useful 
class of plants now represented in gardens by numerous 
shades of colour. Exhibited by Messrs. Kelway & Sons, 
Langport, Somerset. 
Margaret More. —The flower heads of this variety 
are about 4 ins. in diameter, and single, and derive 
their character and novelty from the broad flat rays 
which are of a fine soft rose, and arranged over one 
another in three tiers. The centre or disk is deep 
yellow, affording a fine contrast to the predominating 
colour. Exhibited by Mr. T. S. Ware, Hale Farm 
Nurseries, Tottenham. 
Show Pelargonium, Duke of Clarence. 
This variety, which is likely to become a useful 
market plant, bears three, five, or more large flowers in 
a truss. The three lateral petals are of a fine scarlet 
and white at the base, suffused with pink at the 
juncture of the two colours, while the upper two are 
heavily shaded with dark velvety brown on a scarlet 
ground. Exhibited by E. B. Foster, Esq., Clewer 
Manor, Windsor. 
Hemerocallis Middendorfiana. 
The deep yellow flowers of this hardy herbaceous 
plant are perfectly distinct from those of the more 
common H. fiava, to which at first sight they may be 
compared. They are larger, and the much broader 
segments, especially the three inner ones, give the 
Hemerocallis Middendorfiana. 
flowers a more substantial appearance. Neither have 
they the exterior surface heavily suffused with brown 
as in H. Dumortieri. Exhibited by Mr. T. S. Ware, 
Hale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham. 
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POPPIES. 
I have a large piece of that wondrously coloured 
Japan Poppy, Papaver umbrosum, growing in the field 
near the highway, and as we had thousands of people 
passing by here last week on their way to and from 
Ascot, their attention was attracted to this brilliant 
piece of colouring with wonder, as no one seemed to 
recognise the kind. A grander glow of fiery crimson, 
especially when seen under the declining sun, could 
hardly be conceived, the flowers being produced in a 
perfect mass. The plants are from seed sown last 
August, and none could be hardier, as weather fails to 
injure. A few from some seed spilled when ripe where 
they grew very thinly, have come huge plants, quite 
18 ins. over, so that it is evident size of plant has little 
to do with hardihood. 
If anyone wishes to possess a sensational bed of 
colour, let them plant one with Papaver umbrosum in 
the autumn, and edge it with white Queen Stocks. 
The experiment will, I am sure, be repeated. The 
giant Poppy, Papaver orientale, is another grand plant, 
but best suited for borders, especially planted amongst 
shrubs. It is very hardy, has noble foliage, which no 
weather injures, and produces grand flowers of a rich 
orange-scarlet hue. These rank amongst the biggest 
garden flowers produced. I have saved seed from the 
finest and richest-coloured kinds, and find they 
reproduce freely ; indeed, new plants seem to show 
greater size and depth of colour. Our public parks and 
gardens should display these glorious giant Poppies 
freely at this time of the year.— A. D. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS* 
In this paper I intend to confine myself to a few 
remarks on the varieties of Chrysanthemum sinense, the 
large Chrysanthemum. As far as I have been able to 
learn, the large-flowering, the Japanese, and the 
Pompone varieties of the Chusan Daisy have all 
originated from the same species, but of the Pompons 
I have no time to speak. The cultural notes on the 
large-flowered section will apply equally to them as 
regards soil and treatment, but the mode of training is 
generally different. Here we have the plant lending 
itself to what may be called “bush training,” and for 
the Pompons that form of training, I think, is the 
most suitable. 
At the outset, I may say that I have no “royal 
road” to success to point out to you, without all the 
careful and constant attention which is so essential to 
getting good plants and blooms ; but may mention 
that it is only by close and careful attention, from the 
time the cuttings are put in until the flowers are fully 
expanded, that you may ever hope to attain satisfactory 
results. You cannot give the plant all the attention 
in one day that it ought to receive in one week. Not 
only in Chrysanthemum-growing do these remarks 
apply, but to plant-growing in general ; and it is this 
close attention to the small items that ultimately lead 
to success. 
Propagating by Cuttings. 
Let us begin with the cuttings. We have here a 
great difference of opinion as to when they ought to be 
put in, everyone claiming that their mode is the right 
one. Some variously recommend them to be put in 
from November to March, which shows what an accom¬ 
modating plant the Chrysanthemum must be. I do 
not dispute that good results may be obtained from 
either early or late cuttings, and localities may have 
something to do with it. Now, let us suppose that our 
plants have done flowering and have been cut down. 
Remove them to a cool house where frost is excluded, 
and place them close to the light, allowing them to 
remain there for two or three weeks to admit of the 
young growths becoming hardened and stubby, as they 
are apt to become drawn with the plants standing close 
together when in flower. This will bring us, say, into 
the second or third week of December, when most of 
the cuttings of the general collection will be in a good 
condition to strike. The best cuttings to select are 
those of short stubby growth, having the leaves closely 
set on the stem, avoiding those with a flower-bud on 
the top, or those from the old stem. Sometimes the 
latter cannot be avoided, as some of the varieties are 
shy in sending up suckers. Where nothing better is to 
be obtained, those cuttings from the stem may be taken 
with every prospect of their making good plants. 
Having got ready clean well-crocked pots—I prefer 
small 60’s—fill them with any light material suitable 
for cuttings, and on the top put about J in. of silver- 
sand ; this, as the cuttings are put in, falls into the 
hole made for them, and being surrounded by the sand 
are not so liable to damp. This, I think, may be 
explained by saying that the sand allows the air to 
circulate round the cutting, and the air would be so 
beneficial to the plant as soon as young roots are 
formed. Into each small 60 we may put six cuttings, 
which will give them plenty of room until they are 
rooted. Others, again, prefer to put the cuttings singly 
into thumb pots ; but a great drawback to this system 
is the amount of room the pots take up, and 1 am con¬ 
vinced that equally good plants may be obtained from 
cuttings put in, say six in a small 60, as can be got 
from cuttings put in singly. After the cuttings are in 
the pots, the best place to put them is on a shelf in a 
cool house, where they can be near the glass, although 
cuttings are generally protected from the sunshine; 
this, with the Chrysanthemum, is unnecessary, and 
though the cuttings may flag it will do them no harm. 
Potting off the Cuttings. 
The old plants may now be thrown away, or a 
selection made of the most suitable varieties and put 
into a cold frame, to be planted out in the spring, in 
any border or odd corner, to produce flowers for cutting 
in the autumn. The cuttings will now require no 
more attention, except keeping them watered, and giving 
plenty of air on all favourable occasions. By the begin¬ 
ning or middle of March the cuttings will be well 
’“Read at the Hammersmith Cottage Gardening and Horticul¬ 
tural Society, 2nd June, 1SS7, by Mr. Alexander Wright. 
