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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
March 14, 1891. 
Atriplex Halimns. 
This maritime plant is a native of the sea coasts of 
South Europe, from whence it was introduced in 1640. 
Excepting about a few of the southern towns in 
England, it has not been planted so freely as it might 
be. Its ability to withstand the sea breezes and 
flourish almost or quite within the reach of the spray 
is a strong recommendation for planting it in all sea¬ 
side gardens, or for making hedges to shelter the 
gardens from the sea. It is well known that many 
plants will flourish quite close to the sea, provided they 
are sheltered by hedges or belts of trees. The shrub is 
sufficiently hardy to withstand our winters, even in the 
neighbourhood of London, and considering that it does 
so, although evergreen, it would no doubt flourish at 
most sea-side towns in England. It is frequent in the 
gardens at Yentnor, and most abundant on the sandy 
sea beach sheltering some gardens east of St. Helier, in 
Jersey. Here a broad belt on the sand banks looks as 
if it were wild, and effectually keeps the sand from 
shifting, although almost without vegetation on the 
seaward side. The shrubby stems attain a height of 
5 ft. or 6 ft., and are covered with rhomboid-oblong, 
evergreen leaves of a soft hoary grey colour. Of course 
it is somewhat of rambling habit, and does not form a 
compact hedge like Holly, Hawthorn, or Beech ; but 
where space exists for planting a belt, it constitutes a 
very effective shelter from the sea breeze, which proves 
so cutting to other kinds of vegetation. 
Passiflora princeps. 
Ix the warm conservatory at Camden "Wood, Chisle- 
hurst, this climber is quite a feature where it covers the 
greater portion of the roof, long growths freely covered 
with its bright red flowers hanging down in all direc¬ 
tions for the greater part of the year. While the plant 
was restricted at the roots, it did not grow in a manner 
to please Mr. Barnard, the gardener, and therefore he 
had a few bricks removed, so that the roots could work 
into a little prepared bed outside, since which time it 
has grown in a remarkable manner, and the bulk of the 
roots are now outside, but mulched to protect them 
from cold. Another very pretty climber also in flower 
at Camden Wood, is Lonicera semperflorens, the 
Japanese Honeysuckle, which occupies a space on the 
roof of a cool greenhouse, and the freedom with which 
its flowers are produced makes it very attractive just 
now, when the other roof occupants, Lapageria rosea 
and L. alba, are making their growth, and are not in 
flower. — TV. P. 
The Oak-leaved Honeysuckle. 
Foe some years past less attention has been given to 
hardy deciduous shrubs than formerly, and many of 
the rarer varieties have become lost to cultivation. The 
Oak-leaved Honeysuckle was Lonicera Periclymenum 
quercifolium, and is described in Aiton s Hortus 
Kewensis. The leaves were situated in the same manner 
as those of the Oak. It occurred wild in several parts of 
England, but seems to have become lost to cultivation. 
It would be interesting to know whether it still exists 
in any collection. A sub-variety of it was also grown 
having yellow margins to the lobes ; the flowers did 
not differ from those of the type. The leaves of all 
Honeysuckles are normally entire, that is, undivided 
at the margin, but besides the variety under notice, 
plants of L. flexuosa and L. f. aurea-reticulata 
frequently exhibit shoots bearing sinuated Oak-like 
leaves. The same thing occurs in robust-growing plants 
of Sympboricarpus racemosus, a shrub belonging to the 
same family, and normally having entire leaves. The 
common Lilac (Syringa vulgaris) occasionally behaves 
in the same erratic way ; and Laburnum vulgare 
quercifolium has the most, if not all of its leaflets lobed 
in a somewhat similar manner to the leaves of the Oak. 
Hedyscepe Canterburyana. 
Several generic names have been given to this beau¬ 
tiful Palm from time to time, including Kentia and 
Yeitchia, but Hedyscepe is now beginning to be 
recognised as the correct one. Only one species is 
known, and it is a native of Lord Howe’s Island, from 
whence come the beautiful and useful Howea Forsteriana 
and H. Belmoreana, better known perhaps under the 
name of Kentias. Hedyscepe Canterburyana is an orna¬ 
mental subject at all stages of its growth, and is used 
for decorative purposes till it is 12 ft. or 14 ft. in height 
at least. Planted out we have seen it taller ; and in 
its native habitats it reaches a height of 32 ft., forming 
a stout stem of a beautiful green colour with a greatly 
thickened base, and bearing a single crown of leaves on 
the top. We noted a fine specimen in the London 
Nursery, 4, Maida Vale, and which had a clear stem of 
3 ft., above which was a crown of long, arching leaves 
with broad but gracefully drooping pinnae. Large 
plants are more suitable for decorative purposes even 
than Howea Belmoreana, because the leaves, although 
spreading, do not take so much space laterally for their 
accommodation. 
Fog and Evergreens. 
The effect of fog in the absence of rain is much more 
disastrous to evergreen subjects than if it had been 
followed by heavy showers to wash the filth from the 
foliage. Of course this applies more particularly to 
fogs in the neighbourhood of large and smoky towns, 
where the atmosphere is surcharged with carbon and 
other products issuing from the chimneys of factories 
and dwelling-houses. For about a week during the 
latter part of February a heavy, wet fog enshrouded 
not only the metropolis, but a great part of the country. 
Comparatively little or no harm was done to vegetation 
where the enshrouding mantle of white vapour con¬ 
tained little of anything except moisture; but in 
London and the suburbs a thick coating of soot was 
laid over everything, and evergreens were besmeared 
as if with a thick coat of black paint. Aucubas, 
Euonymus japonica, evergreen Cotoneasters and similar 
subjects will lose most of their leaves at no distant 
date, for after being enfeebled and partly destroyed by 
frost, the layer of soot and dirt, by choking up the 
pores, is likely to complete the destruction of the 
foliage. Magnolia grandifiora, Cherry and Portugal 
Laurels, Cedars, Junipers, Cypresses and other 
Conifer* would be much benefited by a good day’s 
rain, to wash the foliage. 
The Cornelian Cherry. 
The genial weather for some little time past has been 
exercising a wonderful effect upon vegetation. The buds 
of early flowering trees and shrubs are making wonderful 
progress towards expansion, including amongst others 
the Cornelian Cherry (Cornus mas). A number of the 
species of Cornus are ornamental in winter on account 
of the red bark of the young twigs, particularly in the 
case of C. alba. Others owe their beauty to their flowers 
and fruit, while a third group are rendered attractive 
by means of the bracts surrounding the flowers, and 
later on by the colour of the ripened fruit, as in the 
case of C. canadensis, C. florida, and others. The 
Cornelian Cherry becomes very gay in spring by its 
yellow flowers being surrounded by four yellow bracts. 
They are all the more conspicuous and ornamental 
from the fact of their opening while the trees are yet 
leafless ; because, were they to expand at the same 
time as those of other species generally, they would be 
lost sight of amongst the foliage. The fruit is red 
and of large size, but not very plentifully produced 
in this country. The variegated varieties of the 
species are very ornamental, and ought to find a place 
in every shrubbery, or even as isolated specimens on the 
grass. C. m. variegata has leaves variegated with 
white ; and C. m. elegantissima has an additional 
tint of red, which greatly enhances the beauty of the 
foliage. 
Birds and the Buds. 
I see you are interested in the doings of the birds as 
regards buds. As far as my experience goes I would 
exterminate Sparrows. I used to live in Aberdeen, in 
the heart of the city, in an old home where I had a 
fair-sized garden in which were some fine old Jargonelle 
Pear trees. Each March as the fruit buds became 
swollen the Sparrows attacked and destroyed them. 
Beginning to take an interest in gardening I netted 
the trees and then secured good crops. I had 
to net all seeds sown. The Sparrows ruined the 
Crocuses, being especially partial to the yellow 
sort, and they picked the buds out of the Gooseberry 
bushes in late autumn. One year I netted these, 
until the blossoms were fully developed ; I then 
removed the netting, and returning the same afternoon 
found the debris of these blossoms in a circle on the 
ground under each bush. Here—five miles in the 
country—I see the great damage they do each autumn 
in the fields of grain. We have very few Bullfinches, 
while the other birds, Chaffinches, &c., seem very 
useful in exterminating caterpillars, more especially at 
the nesting season.— M. M., Murtle. 
The Boxwood Hedge at Montgomerie. 
Referring to the description of this Boxwood hedge I 
sent you last week (p. 425), I much regret an awkward 
oversight in stating the lengths of the respective 
sections, which should have been as follows :—The ! 
hedge is divided into two sections, each 350 ft. in 
length, not 700 ft. as stated. The upper parts of each 
of these sections run parallel with the southern garden 
wall for 350 ft., then in the centre and at right angles 
they stretch 175 ft. southward, &c., making a total of . 
700 ft. in length measurement.— D. Mackie, Mont- I 
gomerie Gardens , Tarbolton, X.B. 
Apple, Chelmsford Wonder. 
The fruit of this new variety or seedling is of large size, 1 
and roundly-conical, with the half-closed eye set in a I 
moderately deep, plaited cavity ; the rest of the surface 
is quite smooth without angles or ribs. The skin is of j 
a clear, deep yellow, similar to that of Golden Noble, 
speckled more or less with russety dots, but in most I 
specimens the sunny side is suffused and streaked with I 
deep red or crimson, and often so lightly as to allow ' 
the yellow ground colour to appear through. A dish of 
the variety was exhibited by Messrs. Saltmarsh & Son, 
Chelmsford, at the Drill Hall on Tuesday last, when an 
Award of Merit was granted it. 
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Amaryllis, J. Ft. Pitcher. 
The scape of this Amaryllis or rather Hippeastrum 
rises to a height of 18 ins. or thereby, and bears from 
two to four flowers of good average size. The widely 
funnel-shaped or campanulate flowers had a tube of 
moderate length, while the overlapping segments are 
similar in size, and of a deep crimson reticulated with 
much darker veins ; and this colouration is continued 
right down into the throat of the flower. Two bulbs 
in a pan bore three scapes, and the leaves which are 
contemporaneous with the latter are about the same 
length as them. It was shown by Messrs. B. S. 
"Williams & Son, Upper Holloway, at the last meeting 
of the Royal Horticultural Society, when an Award of 
Merit was granted it. 
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SO CIETI ES. 
Royal Horticultural.— March 10 th. Notwithstand¬ 
ing the blizzard of the previous night—the sudden fall 
of snow, and the changed condition of the weather 
there was a good show of spring flowers, but chiefly 
such as are grown in greenhouses or forced. 
Hyacinths, Tulips and Daffodils were conspicuous 
amongst the forced subjects. Orchids were also repre¬ 
sented in fair numbers, and a Silver Fiora Medal was 
awarded to Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son, Upper 
Holloway, for a collection of Orchids, including 
Coelogyne cristata alba, a fine piece ; Cymbidium 
Lowianum, Dendrobium nobile Cooksoni, D. Kingia- 
num, Cattleyas, Odontoglossums, Cypripediums, and 
others, mixed with flowering plants of other families. 
The flowers of Tillandsia Lindeni major were very con 
spicuous. A Silver Banksian Medal was awarded to 
Mr. Burbury, gardener to His Grace the Duke of 
Norfolk, for a splendid piece of Cymbidium eburneum 
in a large pot, and furnished with a large number of 
flowers, many of which were twin on the scape. A 
collection of Orchids consisting of cut flowers was 
shown by Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans. 
Amongst them was a large quantity of Ccelogyne cristata 
alba, Odontoglossum blandum, Phaius tuberculosus, 
and others. They were awarded a Bronze Banksian 
Medal. A similar award was made to Mr. "William 
Whiteley, Hillingdon Nurseries, for a group of Orchids 
including Odontoglossum crispum, O. triumphans, 
Dendrobium crassinode, Cattleya citrina, Laelia harpo- 
phylla and others in variety. Dendrobium nobile, 
Hardy’s var., and Cattleya Trianae Hardyana were 
exhibited by Mr. William Holmes, gardener to G. 
Hardy, Esq., Pickering Lodge, Timperley, Cheshire. 
Saccolabium bellinum and S. b. aureum were shown by 
Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton. 
A Silver-gilt Banksian Medal was awarded to the 
last named for a large and very effective group of 
greenhouse plants in flower. The middle line consisted 
of Acacia Drummondi and Cytisus racemosus, while 
large masses of Boronia megastigma, B. elata, Heaths, 
Cyclamens and Genistas, created a fine display, the 
Boronias emitting a delicious and far-reaching odour. 
A similar award was also made to Mr. George Phippen, 
Reading, who filled a considerable length of staging 
with Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocuses, Lily of the Yalley, 
and Grape Hyacinths. Messrs. William Paul & Son, 
