August 6, 1887. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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WOODHATOH, REIGATE. 
Go wherever one may at this season of the year, 
gardeners are everywhere busy to meet the demands 
made upon them by the numerous necessities of their 
active avocation, which are more difficult to meet through 
this trying season, which has been felt throughout the 
length and breadth of the land. We were pleased to 
see this spirit of activity at work the other day at 
Woodhatcli, the beautiful seat of T. B. Haywood, Esq. 
pleasantly situated on the sunny slope of a hill, about 
a mile from the undulated and partly wooded Surrey 
Downs. The gentleman whose name we have just 
mentioned is well known in horticultural circles, being 
the treasurer of the National Rose Society, and 
additional interest is attached to his name from the 
fact that he has recently been elected to the post 
of treasurer to the Gardeners’ Orphan Fund. In 
addition to the ordinary duties of his occupation, 
we find Mr. Ridout, Mr. Haywood’s active gardener, 
cheerfully contributing to the local effort of establishing 
a cottagers’ flower show at Redhill, which has been set 
on foot this year for the first time. At home the work 
was not being neglected, as was evidenced on every hand. 
The staging of two houses was occupied with 
tuberous-rooted Begonias, which, with few exceptions, 
are all seedlings of this year. Greater dwarfness of 
habit is secured by this method of growing them, 
besides the ad¬ 
ditional interest 
attached to the 
raising of new 
varieties. The 
flowers are large 
and beautifully 
varied in colour, 
showing all the 
shades of rose, 
crimson, scarlet, 
and yellow, be¬ 
sides bicoloured 
forms, such as 
white with rose 
edge, and prim¬ 
rose-yellow with 
a rose edge, which 
some describe by 
the very appro¬ 
priate term of 
Picotee-edged va¬ 
rieties. We 
noticed some beau¬ 
tiful white forms 
and yellows that 
showed a marked 
improvemen t 
upon the Begonia 
Pearcei type, 
whose beautiful 
silvery veins on a 
dark background 
are still retained by the leaves. The whole bank of 
plants in the two houses formed a gay sight, such as 
plant-lovers in general could hardly fail to admire, the 
plants having broad, healthy foliage, profusely covered 
with generally erect flowers, and ranged from 6 ins. to 
12 ins. in height, but seldom exceeding it. 
The last week in July is not the time to inspect 
Orchids for the sake of their blooms, but one can 
catch a glimpse of the work done in preparing for next 
season’s display. The growths made by the Odonto- 
glossums, such as 0. crispum and 0. vexillarium, 
Cattleyas, Laelias, Masdevallias, and others are satis¬ 
factory in the highest degree, and the dark-flowered, late 
0. vexillarium Klabochorum still lingers. There are, 
however, some very fine forms of Lselia elegans in 
flower: as also the valuable summer-flowering Cattleya 
Gaskelliana and C. Eldorado splendens, with white 
sepals and petals and a rich purple blotch on the 
labellum, which has the customary golden yellow 
blotch. Dendrobium Dearei will always hold its own 
for the purity of its white flowers, made more con¬ 
spicuous by the green blotch in the throat. The small 
rosy purple-flowered D. secundum must not be over¬ 
looked. The summer display is greatly augmented by 
Saccolabium Blumei majus and the lovely rich purple- 
tipped jErides Lawrencianum. A rich floral feast, such 
as we seldom enjoy, was presented by Vanda Sander- 
iana, the yellow lateral sepals of which are beautifully 
reticulated with purple ; and a magnificent spike of 
Grammangis Ellisii, which had produced thirty well- 
formed and perfect flowers. The latter Orchid is most 
generally known in gardens as Gramm atophyHum 
Ellisii, and has curious square pseudo-bulbs, massive 
ligulate leaves and sepals heavily spotted with brownish 
purple on a yellow ground ; the petals and lip are 
smaller and white. Taken altogether the spectacle was 
magnificent. 
Cool Orchids are represented by a large number of 
Masdevallia Harryana, with large flowers, some of 
which were good examples of rich colouring. The 
curious M. chimaera seems indispensable to any col¬ 
lection, and the same might be said of M. Veitchii. 
M. ignea superba, a large rich flamed variety, with 
darker veins, is also in bloom, and the many-flowered 
M. Schlimii likewise finds a home here. Already the 
old flower-stalks of M. tovarensis are throwing up 
buds afresh, and, judging from their strong and 
healthy apperance, a fine display will be the result 
later on. Oncidium cucullatum, and the profusely- 
flowered 0. incurvum (frequently called Odontoglossum 
albo-violaceum), with lovely violet and white blooms, 
afford a kind of colouring by no means common in the 
genus ; but their blooms are small compared with the 
magnificent Disa grandiflora, which by some is con¬ 
sidered the finest of all the terrestrial Orchids. 
Stove plants are well represented by useful decorative 
SANVITALIA PROCUMBEXS FLORE PLEXO. 
foliaged specimens, exhibiting a great variety of colour. 
A beautiful drapery of Cissus discolor, in all its rich¬ 
ness of colouring, festooned a wall, and was the result 
of this season’s growth. Another wall was occupied 
with the universally popular Hoya carnosa, while a 
grand specimen of H. bella in a pot having already 
flowered is again showing a wealth of bloom. Alla- 
manda Hendersoni, the best of all the forms, and 
Bougainvillea glabra would be difficult to surpass for 
the quantity of bloom iproduced by them. The 
greenhouse was equally gay with flowers of the usual 
class to be had at this season, and we noticed several 
varieties of Rochea (Kalosanthes) coccinea, some with 
deep scarlet flowers, and others with larger ones 
having a white eye. Crassula (Rochea) falcata is 
another fine old thing. On the roof, Passiflora 
racemosa ( syn . P. princeps) was showing flower freely, 
while Lapageria rosea and L. r. alba afford both 
flowers and shading from the fierce rays of the sun. 
The Heaths were consigned for the summer months 
to the open air, but screened from the sun by a white 
awning. Popular winter-flowering kinds were there, 
but the exquisite beauty of some of the summer 
flowering species would be difficult to surpass by any 
other class of greenhouse subjects. Erica Eweriana 
superba completely concealed its foliage by a profusion 
of soft but rich rose-coloured flowers, and to this might 
be added E. eximia superba, E. Aitoniana turgida, 
E. exquisita and E. ventricosa rosea. 
Vines, Peaches, Nectarines, Cucumbers, Tomatos 
and Melons all receive due attention at the hands of 
Mr. Ridout, and the foliage of the younger and 
successional batches of Melons exhibited foliage of 
remarkable size and vigour, and some were bearing 
excellent crops of fruit. The quantity of the latter 
produced by the Tomatos has been something remark¬ 
able, and still they continue to ripen their wholesome 
fruit in abundance. 
In the open air a beautiful and showy display of 
Carnations and Picotees greets the visitor almost from 
his entrance to the garden. They are arranged in 
beds, and in spite of the dry weather are very 
prolific and effective. Already the all-important 
operation of layering has been performed, and unless 
cut a succession of bloom will be kept up for some time 
to come. Amongst Carnations, Charles Turner, a 
crimson bizarre ; John Bull, a dark rose-flake ; 
Milner, a white self with a fimbriated margin ; White 
Edge, more deeply fimbriated and flaked with red ; 
King of the Yellows, a primrose self ; Aurea-carnea, 
a yellow variety flaked with rose ; and The Governor, 
a blush-coloured self, were especially fine. The last is 
a grand, sweet-scented Carnation, which is grown in 
quantity, and highly popular. Numerous extremely 
handsome and chaste Picotees were scattered through 
the beds, the following being conspicuous by their 
size or the dis¬ 
tinctness of their 
markings:— 
Baroness Burdett, 
light purple- 
edged; Red Braes, 
heavy purple- 
edged ; Mrs. 
Brown and Tri¬ 
umphant, both 
heavy red-edged, 
the latter being 
a grand variety 
and quite distinct; 
and Mrs. Raynor, 
a heavy pink- 
edged variety. 
Mr. Haywood 
being an ardent 
admirer of Roses, 
large breadths of 
all the best va¬ 
rieties are grown 
and carefully kept 
to name. It is the 
less desirable to 
enumerate names 
seeing that atten¬ 
tion has been 
called to the finer 
sorts at the 
recent flower 
shows. Rosesfrom 
this place appear at the exhibitions, but enormous 
quantities of cut blooms are required for decorative 
purposes at home, and, notwithstanding the severe 
and protracted drought, the bushes continue to flower 
with great freedom, and the quantity of buds now 
showing augurs well for a late supply when the weather 
becomes cooler and moister. Mr. Ridout buds a great 
number annually on the briar stock, which develope 
into large bushes, and produce the finest blooms the 
season following. He also finds that when deaths 
occur amongst already established plants, the best plan 
is to bud on briar stocks already established in situ. 
The other branches of the out-door department were 
all conducted by the same careful and skilful manage¬ 
ment, although we had no time for anything except a 
cursory survey ; but what we saw was sufficient to 
convince us of the beauty of a well-kept garden, 
harmonising well with the snug repose of the mansion 
embosomed amidst a wealth of fine old trees. 
-** 330 -- 
Leycesteria Formosa. —No garden with any pre¬ 
tensions to a collection of trees and shrubs should be 
without this distinct and very free-flowering plant, 
which is a native of the Himalayas, and sufficiently 
hardy to be grown with little trouble even in the 
severest winters. Even when killed down strong 
shoots are sent up annually, and flower with great 
freedom. The individual blooms are large and white, 
with a purplish tint; but the profusion of deep, 
blackish, purple, leafy bracts which subtend the 
flowers are in themselves highly ornamental, and the 
flowers are succeeded by deep purple berries that are 
also very conspicuous and ornamental.— Taxus. 
