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THE GARDENING WORLD 
September 22, 1888. 
singles were Blushing Bride, pale blush ; Earl of 
Chesterfield, crimson ; Duke of Edinburgh, dark 
maroon ; Bridesmaid, pure white ; Golden Queen, a 
grand yellow ; and Countess of Rosslyn, bronze-orange. 
I may say that I find the Begonia a thorough amateur’s 
flower, and anyone who can grow a Pelargonium is 
able to manage these, with the very great advantage 
of having no trouble with them in the winter, as the 
Begonia dies down the latter part of October, and then 
can be put away in sand or coco-nut fibre till the 
following March, only requiring to be kept free from 
frost or damp.— Tyro. 
The Brook-loving Nierembergia. 
Unless grown in a naturally moist place, this subject 
fares badly in dry seasons—at least, in the arid atmo¬ 
sphere of the more southern counties. In such a season 
as the present, however, it is almost bound to succeed, 
whatever the nature of the soil or the exposure. At 
Pendell Court, Bletchingley, a large patch has been 
flowering grandly in an open fully exposed border. It 
has for some years been well established, but flowers 
most freely when moisture is abundant in a season 
such as the present. The whole patch of ground is 
thoroughly permeated by the creeping rhizomes, while 
the leaves carpet the surface. From amongst these 
the large trumpet-shaped white flowers arise, bearing 
no inconsiderable resemblance to those of a Convolvulus, 
and altogether different from those of the shrubby- 
stemmed X. gracilis, largely grown for conservatory 
decoration, and for bedding purposes, where a dry 
season does not seem to affect it in the same way as it 
does N. nivularis, the subject of this note. A bare, 
naturally moist pocket on the rockery is a suitable 
position for this species, or it may be used for carpeting 
the ground where leggy subjects are grown. 
The Round-leaved Rest Harrow. 
Of the sub-shrubby Ononis belonging to this genus 
there can be little doubt that this is one of the prettiest 
as well as one of the neatest-growing of the cultivated 
species. There are about sixty known species, in¬ 
cluding three British plants, two of which at least are 
pretty weeds on some soils, especially on gravel or 
chalk, where their long, fleshy, thong-like roots take 
possession of the soil, and are extremely difficult to 
eradicate. 0. rotundifolia under notice has neat 
orbicular leaflets, and from the axils of the leaves the 
peduncles arise, bearing the flowers which have rosy 
red standards, striated with darker veins, and pink 
wings and keel. It i3 grown in the open border at 
Pendell Court, Bletchingley. 
Clerodendron fallax. 
One of the brightest of autumn-flowering plants is this 
scarlet Clerodendron, which may be used for the stove 
or conservatory ; but an intermediate temperature is 
most suitable for it. Keep the flowers as dry as 
possible, and remove any decayed ones that may be 
in the truss. Manure-water applied when the trusses 
begin to show themselves is also beneficial. Plants are 
readily obtained from seed to flower the same year if 
sown early enough, and small subjects being generally 
the most desirable and neatest, the old ones need not 
be retained after the second flowering. After blooming 
the first time, the shoots should be well cut back, 
and the plants re-potted in spring after growth 
recommences.— T. S. 
Lilium nepalense. 
Two plants of this rare Lilium were shown at the 
meeting of the Floral Committee of the Royal 
Horticultural Society, on week, each bearing a 
terminal flower of considerable size. It is nodding or 
drooping, while the segments are revolute. The latter 
are crimson-purple with the apical portion yellow ; the 
tube is moderate in length and trigonal. The stems 
were about 4 ft. in height, covered with lance-shaped, 
dark green, scattered or slightly whorled leaves. In a 
wild state, a large number of flowers are said to be 
borne by each stem. The plants in question were 
exhibited by Messrs. Hugh Low & Co , Clapton, and 
received a First Class Certificate. 
A Double Lapageria. 
Now r and again we hear of a double Lapageria, and 
nurserymen have been occasionally misled by it, as the 
flowers, or some of them, come double one year and 
revert the next. We have again received an instance 
of the sportive nature of this plant under cultivation 
in the shape of a double flower that grew on the same 
plant as a number of other flowers which were single 
and quite normal. The specimen in question was sent 
us by Mr. A. G. Abraham, The "Woodlands, Streatham. 
At first sight we were led to believe that the freak was 
the result of two flowers that had grown together, but 
close inspection does not seem to warrant this idea. 
The three outer segments were only about 1 in. in 
length, and pale green suffused with pale rose, re¬ 
sembling in no small degree the outer segments of 
Philesia buxifolia, its close ally ; and this peculiarity 
strengthens the affinity of the two plants. Altogether 
there were eleven segments inside the three short ones, 
of good average size and colour. Four segments 
occupied the place of the three inner ones of the normal 
flower ; and there were, besides, eight instead of six 
stamens and two styles, all of which were perfectly 
formed. If it is the result of two flowers combined, 
the union is very close. A double Lapageria would be 
very much appreciated by horticulturists, although we 
cannot say its beauty would be much improved. 
Eremurus Olgse. 
The flowers of this plant are borne in dense racemes 
on the top of tall stems, the leaves being all radical, 
as in other members of the genus generally. The 
flowering portion was 2 ft. long, but is still undergoing 
elongation ; and the flowers are of a pale flesh colour 
with a brown mid-rib. The ovary and base of the 
stamens are yellow. It is a showy and interesting 
plant for the bulb garden or herbaceous border, and 
was exhibited by Mr. T. S. "Ware, at the last meeting 
of the Floral Committee, by whom it was certificated. 
Freak of a Fuchsia. 
In Fuchsia procumbens it is normal for the corolla to 
be absent, but rarely does this happen in the beautiful 
and improved garden varieties of other species. Some 
flowers of Mrs. Rundell, a sport from Lord Beaconsfield, 
has been sent us by Mr. Arthur Briant, 41, Ondine 
Road, East Dulwich, showing on the one hand the 
normal condition of the flowers, and another case in 
which the corolla was wholly aborted, or represented 
by a fleshy ring, or inconspicuous white teeth at the 
point of their insertion on the throat of the calyx tube. 
The stamens were also partly aborted or represented by 
forked processes. The upper portion of the style was 
split down one side like a folded leaf. "When perfect 
the flowers of this variety are very beautiful and 
graceful. The calyx tube and the sepals are pink, 
flushed with scarlet, and the petals of a brilliant 
vermilion. 
Romneya Coulteri. 
This is a beautiful and interesting half-hardy Poppy- 
wort, with large white flowers of about six petals. The 
latter are imbricated and very strikingly plaited longi¬ 
tudinally, owing to their manner of folding in the bud. 
The centre is occupied with a large mass of yellow 
stamens with a purple base, and gives the flower a 
striking appearance. The leaves are coarsely lobed or 
pinnatifid and glaucous, with a few bristly hairs at the 
base. It was exhibited by Mr. T. S. Ware, at the Drill 
Hall, on Tuesday week, and received a First Class 
Certificate. 
Ampelopsia Veitchii. 
At The Cedars, Harrow Weald, this plant is just now 
a great attraction, the south and south-west wings of 
the mansion being well covered with a luxuriant growth 
that is daily changing colour and attaining its full 
autumnal tints. On the front of the structure it has 
adapted itself to the outlines of the architecture in a 
very graceful manner, dropping here and there in 
festoons over the windows. Mr. Dinsmore has obtained 
an effective combination on the south side of the 
mansion by planting Clematis Jackmannii against the 
Ampelopsis. The large purple flowers of the Clematis 
form, with the warm tints of the previous-mentioned 
climber, a rich piece of colouring, which was none the 
less effective by reason of the loose and natural manner 
in which the Clematis is wandering over its red ground¬ 
work of leaves.— J. TV. 0. 
A Warning to Chrysanthemum Growers. 
I think it right to give Chrysanthemum growers a 
warning, lest they may fall into the error 1 did. I 
have been a rather successful grower of these beautiful 
flowers. This year I wanted to beat the record, and 
thought I would try nitrate of soda. I accordingly 
used about a table-spoonful to each plant, mixing it 
with soil, and top-dressing each pot. In the evening 
of the same day I took up Mr. Molyneux's new book, 
in which I saw that half a tea-spoonful would be 
sufficient. It rained hard during that night, and the 
nitrate was washed down to the roots of several, which 
are now completely dead. I removed it from all in the 
morning, and you may be sure I will not try these 
experiments again. I find sheep manure is the best.— 
Subscriber from co. Carle. 
Strawberry Plants for Making Beds. 
After the plants that are intended for potting up 
for forcing have been removed from the Strawberry 
bed, a good many small ones are left. How if these 
are dug up carefully at the end of the summer, and 
planted out in nursery beds, they grow into size and 
make excellent stuff for planting out the following 
year. This is a practice followed by Messrs. Sutton & 
Sons, of Reading. After they have removed for the 
purposes of sale all the stronger runners of the season’s 
growth, those remaining are planted as I have 
indicated, and by the following August they have 
grown large and strong, many of them flowering. 
These come in very useful for early orders, and they 
give customers great satisfaction. Who do not mind 
paying a little more for extra strong plants ?— R. D. 
Standard Mulberries. 
When paying a visit to Messrs. Saltmarsh & Son’s 
Nurseries at Chelmsford, a short time ago, I was much 
interested in a number of standard Mulberries—a 
speciality for which this firm is famous. They are 
raised from layers. Large stocks are grown for the 
purpose, and from these the shoots are layered, and 
they lie for two years ; when rooted they are planted 
out, and then they remain until they are tall enough 
to form a head, and in five or six years they are large 
enough for planting out. It will be seen that time is 
required to grow them into saleable size, and, therefore, 
it is not to be wondered at that they command a 
good price.— R. D. 
Mina lobata. 
A very pretty effect is produced by growing this plant 
out of doors at Kew, where it is allowed to run up the 
supports of the old Araucaria near the ranges of glass¬ 
houses. Had the summer been fine no doubt this 
Mexican plant would have grown more vigorously in 
the early part of the season, and been even more flori- 
ferous now. As it is, the scorpioid racemes of flowers 
are very conspicuous, even at a distance. It is a 
member of the Convolvulus family, and so closely 
allied to Quamoclit, and that again to Ipomsea, that 
the whole have been sunk under the latter generic 
name by our standard authorities. The three-lobed 
leaves, together with the character of the inflorescence 
and the shape of the flowers, would not lead one at first 
sight to infer that it belonged to that natural order. 
The lower part of the salver-shaped corolla is yellow- 
white, the upper portion is bright scarlet, producing an 
enlivening appearance. From what we have seen of 
the plant elsewhere, we infer that it would flower very 
profusely out of doors in a fine summer in this country, 
when the conditions approach that of its native clime. 
It is the only known species. 
Eicbornea paniculata. 
Very different in habit and general appearance is this 
species from the better known and floating E. azurea 
or E. crassipes. A fine mass of it has been flowering 
for some time in the "Water Lily house at Kew, and is 
both distinct and effective. It is figured in the 
Botanical Magazine, t. 5020, under the name of E. 
tricolor, and that name is also used at Kew. The 
leaves are heart-shaped, and borne on long petioles 
about equalling the flower stalk, which bears one leaf 
near its apex. The footstalk of this latter is short, 
greatly enlarged or inflated, and serves as a protection 
to the inflorescence in the young state much in the 
same way as a spathe. The inflorescence is panicled, 
and 8 ins. to 12 ins. in length. The flowers are con¬ 
siderably smaller than those of E. azurea, but ex¬ 
ceedingly pretty ; the lower three segments are purple, 
while the upper ones are pale blue, with a large yellow 
blotch surrounded with white on the middle segment. 
The plant forms a large patch in one of the wet or 
semi-aquatic beds in the corners of the house, where it 
receives similar treatment to that of Nelumbium 
speciosum, Sagittaria montevidensis, &c., and has 
attained a height of 3 ft. or 4 ft. 
Tritonia aurea, crimson spotted. 
The flowers of this striking and distinct variety are 
very large, with the long segments spread out almost at 
right angles to the tube. They are all of a deep orange- 
yellow, with a large deep crimson blotch on the middle 
of each of the three inner segments, reminding one of 
the blotches on the petals of an Odontoglossum crispum. 
