April 23, 1892. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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Horticultural Society for a hybrid between R. rugosa 
and General Jacqueminot. "It is regarded as the 
finest hardy single rose ever produced, the flower 
being very large and of a colour rivalling if not excel¬ 
ling the General Jacqueminot. Habit robust like that 
of R. rugosa." 
A Valuable Cherry Tree. —The Newcastle Daily 
Chronicle says that £220 has just been paid at Nied- 
lahnstein, in the Rhine provinces. Owing to the 
extension of a railway, it became necessary to 
destroy a Cherry tree. The proprietor demanded 
3,600 marks as compensation, but his claim was dis¬ 
puted as excessive. After long negotiations he has 
been awarded 2,400 marks. This amount may also 
be considered exorbitant, but it is the price which 
has to be paid for compulsory expropriation, and 
teaches a lesson which some English politicians 
would do well to learn just now. 
The Severe Weather. —An extraordinary change in 
the weather from the heat of midsummer to the 
cold and snow of midwinter took place on Friday 
night or Saturday morning of last week, when a 
heavy snowstorm set in over all our southern and 
eastern counties, the depth amounting in many cases 
to 6 in., or more. The clinging snow, which was 
wet and heavy, soon wrought great damage to the 
telegraph wires, and by midday on Saturday com¬ 
munication was either entirely interrupted or seriously 
delayed between London and all coast towns lying 
between Lowestoft and Portsmouth. So extensive 
a breakdown in the middle of April is probably with¬ 
out precedent in the history of our telegraphic 
system. The bad weather was occasioned by a small 
barometrical depression which moved along the 
Channel, and which afterwards skirted the south¬ 
east coast of England on its way to the North Sea 
and Denmark. The downfall of snow was heaviest 
in Kent, in some parts of which county roads were 
blocked up with drift, and telegraph poles were 
brought down in all directions. Telegrams from 
various parts of the kingdom on Monday reported 
the continuance of severe weather. Snow and hail 
fell heavily on Monday in the West, and in Berkshire 
and Hampshire. The cold at Plymouth was intense 
throughout the day. In North Wales and Yorkshire 
the fall was particularly heavy. So far we have 
received no serious complaints with regard to injury 
to fruit blossoms. 
Flower Destroyers. —As spring and the holiday-time 
arrives we hear, as usual, of the depredations of the 
flower destroyer. Almost every rare and therefore 
marketable fern in Great Britain has been rooted up 
where its locality is at all accessible, and the same 
fate has so frequently been meted out by so-called 
botanists to species in less popular favour that now¬ 
adays the discoverer of the hiding-place of the Pink 
of the Five Wounds, the Yellow Oxytrope, the Acrid 
Lobelia, or the willow-like Fleabane, will reveal it 
only under an oath of secrecy to the most discreet of 
his friends. Otherwise it is soon transferred to that 
mass of learnedly - labelled hay known as " her¬ 
barium.” The Swiss Cantons have been compelled 
to put the Edelweiss under Government protection, 
and from Japan we hear loud complaints from the 
Japanese botanists—and there is already a botanical 
journal in Japan—that the once abundant Alpine 
flora of Fusi Yama is fast being rooted up by the 
globe-trotting'tourist. Now a wail comes from the 
Basses Pyrenees over the disappearance of the 
Daffodils of many species for which that region was 
formerly famous. And it is alleged that the offender 
is, in this case, an English resident who is robbing 
France in order to enrich himself and the dealer in 
roots for whom he is the agent .—Manchester Courier. 
A Real Land of Flowers. —On Saturday afternoon 
last the Queen received a deputation from the 
Horticultural and Agricultural Society of Hyeres. 
After the deputation had been formally introduced, 
M. Villard, the president, addressed her Majesty in 
the following terms : “ Madame,—The very modest 
tribute which the Horticultural and Agricultural 
Society of Hyeres has come to lay at your Majesty's 
feet was undeserving of the honour which your 
Majesty is pleased to vouchsafe in allowing us to 
greet the Sovereign who rules over such a vast portion 
of the globe. Our little corner of land and sea is 
indeed proud of having been chosen as the residence 
of a Queen whose presence cannot but prove as 
beneficial to our husbandry as many days of sun¬ 
shine. May our flowers ever be the interpreters of 
our wishes for your Majesty’s happiness here and in 
England for many years to come, and of the grate¬ 
ful and respectful feelings which are entertained for 
your Majesty by our agriculturists and horticulturists, 
and which are everywhere in our country associated, 
as they have been in the history of our century, with 
your most gracious Majesty’s name.” The Queen 
then accepted a bouquet presented by two little girls, 
dressed in white, who had accompanied the deputa¬ 
tion, and after expressing her thanks, added that 
Hyeres, which she liked so much, was a real land of 
flowers. 
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The undermentioned subjects were exhibited at the 
meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society on the 
12th inst., and received Certificates according to 
merit. Orchids receiving awards at the same 
time are recorded under “ Orchid Notes and Glean¬ 
ings.” 
Utricularia Humboldtii. —This noble species 
is a native of Guiana, from whence it was introduced 
in 1886, but has never before flowered in this 
country. The leaves are curious and variable in 
form, obreniform, wedge-shaped, or transversely 
oblong, and tapering into a long petiole, smooth, 
leathery, deep green above and very pale beneath 
The scapes reach a height of 2 ft. or 2J ft , and bear 
a raceme of large bluish-purple flowers at the 
apex. The upper lobe of the two-lipped corolla is 
relatively small, orbicular, and elevated in the 
centre, forming an oval ring where it abuts against 
the palate of the lower lip. This latter process is 
very prominent, closing the throat of the flower, and 
has two e'evated yellow ridges along its centre. The 
spur is very long, awl-shaped, decurved, and then 
upturned at the acute point which exceeds the lamina 
of the lower lip. The latter is transversely oblong, 
and all paits of the flower are darker when they first 
open. Cut flowers and leaveswere exhibited by Mr. 
H. Ballantine, gardener to Baron Schroder, The Dell, 
Egham, and were awarded a First-class Certificate. 
Utricularia longifolia. —The leaves of this 
species are linear-spathulate, smooth, somewhat 
leathery, tapering into a short petiole,"and 3 in. to 
8 in. long. The scape is about 15 in. high, and bears 
a raceme of flowers at the apex. The upper segment 
of the corolla is ovate and purple, as is the lower lip, 
which is reniform, notched at the apex with a pro¬ 
minent palate, on which there is a yellow blotch. A 
piece grown in a pan was exhibited by Messrs. F. 
Sander & Co., St. Albans, and received a First-class 
Certificate. 
Tecophil^a Cvaneo-crocea. —For description 
of this beautiful blue-flowered plant see p. 521. It 
was exhibited by Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, Forest 
Hill, and received a First-class Certificate. 
Rhododendron Campylocarpum. —The leaves of 
this Himalayan species are oblong-oval, cordate at 
the base, leathery but not very thick, deep green 
above, and paler beneath. The flowers are truly 
bell-shaped,five-lobed,pale sulphur in hue and without 
spots. They are borne in terminal trusses of six to 
eight and are honey-scented. The capsules or fruits 
are long and curved upwards, as is indicated by the 
specific name. The plant forms a branching and 
twiggy bush, ultimately reaching a height of 6 ft., 
requires greenhouse treatment, and flowers some 
time between April and June. A flowering shoot 
was shown by Messrs. R. Veitch & Son, Exeter, and 
received a First-class Certificate. 
Amaryllis Crimson King. —The dwarf habit 
and the dark crimson flowers of this species should 
recommend it to cultivators. A plant shown by 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, bore two scapes 
from a bulb, and each about 12 in. high. Onescape 
bore three flowers, while those of the second were 
only in bud, thus securing a succession. The flowers 
were widely bell-shaped and of a rich crimson- 
scarlet with darker veins ; the outer segments were 
very broad and the inner ones not much narrower, 
while the leaves were about as long as the flower 
stalks. An Award of Merit was accorded the 
variety. 
Amaryllis Fire Brand. —Here we have a 
vigorous variety with scapes about 2.\ ft. high, bear¬ 
ing four flowers each. The latter are large, funnel- 
shaped with a tube of medium length, and the 
segments heavily striped with crimson-scarlet on a 
white ground. Exhibited by Messrs. Paul & Son, 
and accorded an Award of Merit. 
Narcissus Golden Bell. —The name of this 
Daffodil applies to the crown or trumpet, which is 
very large, bell-shaped or funnel-shaped, deeply 
toothed at the widely-spreading mouth, and of a 
bright yellow. The segments are broadly oblong, 
blunt, somewhat longer than the corona and sulphur 
yellow ; the inner ones are somewhat narrower than 
the outer. Cut flowers of it were exhibited by the 
Rev. G. H. Engleheart, at a meeting of the 
Narcissus Committee, when a First-class Certificate 
was awarded them. 
NOTES FROM NEW 
SOUTH WALES. 
Horticultural matters have been somewhat 
" mixed ” here during the past few months. The 
science is still under the fostering care of a society 
whose doings I will not stay to offer much comment 
upon. There has been much “hot-water” about 
already, and with the thermometer standing at blood 
heat in the shade more of it than can be avoided is 
not desirable. Suffice it to say that our Sydney 
Horticultural Society was working splendidly and 
had become popular, when some latter-day saint 
discovered that the executive were culpably 
mismanaging affairs, and in due time got them turned 
out, in such a way that speedily brought about the 
retirement of most of the trade members and many 
of the leading gardeners. 
The summer has been a trying one for show 
flowers. Roses were decidedly wanting in quality, 
and Dahlias were by no means up to the mark 
Chrysanthemums of course have time in their 
favour, and those varieties of the Queen of Flowers 
which will bloom at all in the autumn may yet give 
perfect satisfaction. After several weeks of exces¬ 
sively hot and dry weather we have just had the 
inevitable downpour, and will feel the benefits 
thereof for many weeks to come. In such seasons — 
and they are the rule rather than the exception—the 
Tea Rose with its hybrids comes to the fore to the 
exclusion of the H. P.’s ; in fact so popular have the 
former become that the show Rose proper is at a 
discount. 
Some time ago your valued correspondent out 
here, " G. H. K.,” wrote with respect to the Dahlia 
on the disadvantage we are placed at in being unable 
from English trade catalogues to distinguish be¬ 
tween true Cactus varieties and mere decorative 
sorts. We also labour under the same disadvantage 
wdth regard to the Rose. The descriptions which 
the catalogues give us of Bourbons generally leave 
us quite in the dark on the—to us—all important 
point of continuous blooming qualities. In a back 
number of The Gardening World I noticed a 
comparison drawn between the respective merits of 
Souvenir de la Malmaison and Reine Victoria. Now 
Reine Victoria is, with us, a once-a-year Rose, and 
must consequently take a back seat, while the old 
" Souvenir ” is one of the most popular sorts we 
possess, and is the variety above all others which 
gives satisfaction at all seasons. 
Quite recently " Mrs. Paul ” has come to us in 
the garb of a Bourbon, but has it not been stated 
that the seed parent is " Mme. Isaac Pereire,” which 
we are accustomed to see in flower only in October 
and November, and then nothing remarkable as 
regards size or brilliancy of tint. "Mrs. Paul” is 
growing well, but so far the flower bud which we 
expect to see at the end of 15 ins. or 18 ins. of growth 
is still wanting. One of your contemporaries, I 
believe, has made mention of a climbing form of 
Souvenir de la Malmaison which originated here, 
and which will no doubt shortly appear on your side. 
From personal observation I can vouch for its 
vigour and genuine climbing habit. 
We have yet another grievance. The word "full' 
appears to have a different signification in Europe 
to what we are accustomed to, and it is but the bare 
truth to say that many of the newer Roses have to 
be rejected absolutely because they are too thin 
unless their be some extraordinary feature in petal 
or tint. The colonial customer is somewhat exact¬ 
ing ; for instance one day a gentleman walked into 
an arcade seed shop and asked for a packet of 
“mixed seeds." Being recommended Phlox 
Drummondi he remarked, " I want just a sixpenny 
packet of useful things for the garden, including 
Roses and Camellias,” whereupon the seedsman of 
course collapsed. Our seedsman, however, are not 
wanting in enterprisise, for one of the leading houses 
offers seeds of Eucalyptus suitable for planting on 
the banks of Phlegethon—at least this is the 
inference we draw from the fact that the tree is 
warranted to stand 230° Fahrenheit. To judge from 
the terrible hot blasts we have been having at times, 
that historic river might have its source on the 
Australian continent. 
The market for Colonial fruit just now is watched 
with considerable interest here. We notice that 
Peaches and Grapes from the Cape of Good Hope 
have realised well. Good Hamburgh Grapes have 
been retailed here at 2d. per pound, so you can 
