THE GARDENING WORLD. 
July 30, 1892. 
IaRDENING IflSCELLANY. 
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CAMPANULA ROTUNDIFOLIA SOLDANELL/E- 
PLORA. 
The varieties of the Harebell are very numerous, 
and some of them are highly prized in the garden, 
sometimes under different specific names in the case 
of the more distinct varieties that grow wild on the 
continent. The variety under notice is remarkable 
for the way in which the originally bell-shaped 
corolla is cut into long narrow segments, and spread 
out in such a way that the flower appears semi¬ 
double. The colour is of a deep blue-purple, and 
with exception of the lacerated condition of the 
corolla there is nothing very special about the plant. 
Notwithstanding this, however, anyone not ac¬ 
quainted with the plant would fail to recognise in it a 
Campanula, much less the ordinary Harebell so 
plentiful on the commons but especially in hilly dis¬ 
tricts. Like the others, this very singular variety is 
most at home on rockwork, but may indeed be grown 
with the greatest of freedom in any ordinary garden 
soil. It should not be overshadowed by trees to any 
extent, otherwise it will not flower very strongly. 
TEUCRIUM PYRENAICUM. 
The leaves of this little Teucrium are roundly cu- 
neate and crenate along the outer edge. The flowers 
are crowded at the top of the short procumbent 
stems, and are white at first wit'h a purple upper lip, 
soon assuming a darker hue ; the lower lip also be¬ 
comes pale purple or lilac after a time. This parti¬ 
coloured character of the flowers serves to give the 
dainty little Alpine a more conspicuous appearance 
than it would otherwise possess if the flowers were 
simply white. It is most suitable for the ledges of 
rockwork, and would be lost if planted lower down in 
closer proximity or in competition with grosser 
growing subjects. 
DISPORIUM SESSILE VARIEGATUM. 
The leaves of this species are lanceolate, long 
pointed, and mostly arranged in two ranks upon the 
short stems. The variegation takes the form of an 
irregular white edge, and renders an otherwise un¬ 
interesting plant worthy of a place amongst hardy 
plants where it can be limited to a certain restricted 
area. The underground stems are very much in¬ 
clined to ramble and appear at considerable distances 
from the mother plant, and it may be in the centre 
of something else. The best plan would be to make 
up a bed specially for it on or about rockwork, using 
a considerable quantity of peat. This area could be 
isolated from everything else by means of slates or 
slabs sunk edgeways in the ground and covered if 
necessary to prevent their being unsightly. Here it 
would look pretty all through the summer months. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM MULTICAULE. 
Several of the annual species of Chrysanthemum 
bear a close resemblance to one another, and the 
garden varieties require close scrutiny to distinguish 
those forms which belong to one species and those 
which belong to another. C. multicaule differs from 
most or all those species in cultivation both in habit 
and the form of the flowers. The stem becomes 
much branched at the very base, and all the stems 
are procumbent and terminate in a single flower head 
of medium size compared with those of C. segetum, 
to which in some respects it may be compared. The 
flowers are of a clear yellow, and the rays stand erect, 
making the head somewhat cup-shaped. The leaves 
are spathulate, serrate, and mostly lie close to the 
ground. The plant is only of annual duration, but 
may be considered pretty. 
A FLOWER CLOCK. 
In the gardens of the Trocadero in Paris there is on 
exhibition a remarkable clock. It has neither barrel 
nor pendulum; its motive power is supplied by 
water, and the hour and minute hands as well as the 
figures on the face of the clock are made of flowers. 
The dial is composed of different species of dwarf 
plants, which are a speciality in the gardens. The 
machinery by which the clock is worked is situated 
under the ground and reached by a staircase. The 
water, coming from a cascade, is kept in a reservoir 
furnished with an overflow pipe, in order that there 
may be a uniform level in the reservoir. The details 
of the machinery, and the manner in which it is kept 
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working by the water, are extremely simple, and 
were invented by M. Casalong. Not long ago a 
floral sun-dial was placed in one of the Chicago 
parks, and it is to be hoped that this example of a 
style of ornamentation in which horticulture and 
mechanism are so happily combined be followed in 
some of our own. The expense of these floral 
beauties is by no means great if the water for their 
working can be easily supplied. The subject might 
be recommended to those of our landscape gardeners 
who have exhausted all the orthodox modes of 
ornamentation. — H. C. Fyfe, 8o, Elshaut Road, 
Kensington. 
CLEMATIS VIORNA COCCINEA. 
With the shelter of a wall, this beautiful Clematis 
comes through the ordeal of our winters in the south¬ 
ern portion of England, at least, and flowers satis¬ 
factorily. To the uninitiated the flowers do not much 
resemble the common and most familiar kinds in gar¬ 
dens owing to the urnshaped arrangement of their 
sepals, w'hich are four in number, erect, and revolute 
at the tips. The outer surface is bright scarlet, 
while the inner is yellow, and just shows itself to the 
beholder where the sepals become revolute. The 
leaves are glaucous, and divided into five or seven 
leaflets, or the uppermost ones may be quite entire 
and cordate. It is a climbing species with slender 
stems, and requires support of some kind. A little 
mound of ashes over the roots would make them 
doubly safe in winter. 
SALVIA SYLVESTRIS. 
The species of Salvia are extremely numerous, but 
a great many of the hardy kinds are not sufficiently 
attractive to the general public to meet with its 
approbation. S. sylvestris is highly ornamental and 
very conspicuous when grown in a good sized clump 
and the desired dimensions it will soon attain when 
planted in any good garden soil and allowed to 
establish itself. The stems attain a height of 2^ ft. 
to 3 ft., grow very closely and branch freely in the 
upper part, so that the flowers, although not very 
large individually, produce a striking effect in the 
aggregate. They are of a bright blue, and the calyx, 
being of a bronzy purple, adds considerably to the 
general eflect. The stems are well furnished with 
lanceolate leaves; and altogether the plant merits a 
place in the herbaceous border. At presents it ranks 
in the list of neglected plants. 
SOCIETIES. 
Royal Horticultural, July 26th .—The collections 
brought up for the inspection of the committees on 
Tuesday last were very varied, including Caladiums, 
Palms, Ferns, Gloxinias, carnivorous plants, hardy 
herbaceous perennials, and Carnations in particular. 
Orchids were fairly represented for this season of the 
year. A small group of Orchids was exhibited by 
Messrs. H. Low & Co., Clapton, including Sobralia 
Lowii, Laelia amanda, a fine form of Cattleya Leo- 
poldiana and C. Schilleriana Lowiana. Cattleya Rex 
was shown by H. M. Pollett, Esq. (gardener, 
Mr. T. Paterson), Fernside, Bickley. Some Cypri- 
pediums were exhibited by C. Ingram, Esq. (gar¬ 
dener, Mr. T. W. Bond), Elstead, Godaiming. Some 
grand spikes of Saccolabium Blumei were sjiovvn by 
the Marquis of Salisbury (gardener, Mr. G. Norman), 
Hatfield. Cattleya gigas Sanderiana, one flower of 
which had three lips, and a fine plant of Eria vestita 
were shown by C. J. Lucas, Esq. (gardener, Mr. G. 
Duncan), Warnham Court, Horsham. Cypripedium 
Youngeanum and C. Bryan, both hybrids, were shown 
by Norman C. Cookson, Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. 
Murray), Wylam-on-Tyne. Mormodes pardinum 
citrinum was exhibited by J. F. Alcock, Esq. (gar¬ 
dener, Mr. Wade), Northchurch, Berkhamstead. 
Welbore S. Ellis, Esq. (gardener, Mr. Masterton), 
Hazelbourne, Boxhill, Dorking, exhibited Cattleya 
Rex. A Cultural Commendation was awarded to F. 
Wigan, Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. H. Young), Clare 
Lawn, East Sheen, for a fine basket of Platyclinis 
filiformis. He also showed Stauropsis lissochiloides 
(Vanda Batemanni) and Dendrobium Leeanum atro- 
purpureum. A fine variety of Cypripedium Gode- 
froyas and another of C. superbiens, with finely 
spotted petals, were shown by Mr. P. McArthur, the 
London Nursery, 4, Maida Vale. A little group of 
Orchids, including Cattleya Eldorado crocata and 
Coelogyne peltastas and some Miltonias, were shown 
by G. K. Le Doux, Esq. (gardener, Mr. Bovyan). 
East Moulsey. A group of Cypripediums, Catt- 
leyas, Miltonias, and Angraecum distichum was put 
up by Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans. A group 
of Orchids was also shown by Messrs. Pitcher & 
Manda. 
A Silver Gilt Banksian Medal was awarded to 
Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, for a large 
group of Caladiums, set up with Palms and Ferns. 
I he number of varieties of Caladium was con¬ 
siderable, and the foliage varied and effective. A 
similar award was made to Martin R. Smith, Esq. 
(gardener, Mr. Blick), Hayes Common, for a beau¬ 
tiful and very varied group of Carnations grown in 
pots. Selfs were most predominant and rich in hue. 
A Silver Gilt Flora Medal was awarded to Messrs. 
Pitcher & Manda, Hextable, Swanley, for a large 
group of Carnivorous plants, brought up to illustrate 
a lecture on that subject. Sarracenias were most 
numerous and varied, but Venus Fly-trap, Sundews, 
and Cephalotus were also well represented. A 
small group of Sarracenias, Nepenthes, and Cepha¬ 
lotus was exhibited by Messrs. B. S. Williams 
& Son, Upper Holloway. A Silver Gilt Flora Medal 
was awarded to Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons for a large 
and varied collection of Nepenthes, including seed¬ 
ling Sarracenias, Droseras, hybrid greenhouse 
Rhododendrons, and five large boxes of Carnations 
and Picotees in great variety. Nepenthes Burkei 
excellens, and N. Curtisii superba were fine. A 
Silver Banksian Medal was awarded to Messrs. 
Pitcher & Manda for a collection of cut flowers of 
herbaceous plants. A tall flowering specimen of 
Dasylirion serratum was shown by W. A. South, 
Esq. (gardener, Mr. C. Payne), Neasden, N.W. A 
collection of Pentstemons, Carnations, and Picotees 
was set up by Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, 
as well as a basket of a species of Zephyranthes. A 
collection of double Begonia blooms of great size 
was set up by Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons, 
Swanley, and was awarded a Bronze Banksian 
Medal. A very fine strain of Gloxinias was 
shown by Mr. James B. Riding, the Nurseries, 
Chingford. A pretty and interesting collection 
of Sweet Peas was exhibited by Mr. H. Eckford, 
Wem, Salop ; Orange Prince and Firefly were 
fine colours. A quantity of flowering branches of 
Clethra arborea was shown by Mr. G. Wythes, gar¬ 
dener to the Duke of Northumberland, Syon House. 
A beautiful, new, and free-flowering white border 
Carnation was exhibited by Me. F. Webber, Quarry 
Hill Nursery, Tonbridge. A Silver Gilt Flora Medal 
was awarded to Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, fora 
large collection of herbaceous plants, Roses, Carna¬ 
tions, and Picotees. Twenty varieties of Carnations 
wintered in the open air at Kensington, were shown by 
Mrs. C. Jones (gardener, Mr. W. Barton). Two 
pans of Lilium auratum rubro-viltatum were shown 
by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons. A bright scarlet 
Carnation named Jim Smyth was shown by Mr. 
H. G. Smyth, 21, Goldsmith Street, Drury Lane. A 
collection of single and double Begonia blooms was 
shown by Mr. T. S. Ware, Tottenham. Some 
flowers of a white Pink named Snowflake were 
shown by Henry Brownhill, Sale, Manchester. A fine 
collection of Gloxinias, including the new netted 
strain, Her Majesty, white ; Duke of York, red and 
white, and some others, as well as a group of a very 
showy annual, named Nemesia strumosa Suttoni, 
were shown by Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading. 
Crocosmia aurea imperialis and Aster diploste- 
phioides were shown by W. Marshall, Esq., Auchin- 
raith, Bexley. Some beautiful Carnations, including 
Maggie Lawrie, Cantab (a scarlet Clove), and Mrs. 
F. Gifford, were exhibited by Mr. F. Gifford, 
Montague Nursery, Tottenham. Some Sweet Peas 
were shown by Messrs. Laxton Brothers, Bedford. A 
curiously fasciated stem of Verbascum phlomoides 
was shown by Mr. Herrington, Shrubland Park, 
Suffolk. 
At a meeting of the Fruit Committee a Silver 
Knightian Medal was awarded to Messrs. J. Veitch 
& Sons for a large collection of Gooseberries, 
Currants, Raspberries, and Cherries. Some Melons 
were shown by Mr. G. Wythes; by Mr. S. H. Sage, 
Ham House, Richmond ; by Mr. J. Fitt, Panshanger, 
Herts ; and by Mr. O. Thomas, The Royal Gardens, 
Frogmore, the latter of whom obtained a Bronze 
Knightian Medal. He also had some fine Peaches. 
A Silver Banksian Medal was awarded to Lord Foley 
(gardener, Mr. J. Miller), Ruxley Lodge, Esher, for 
a collection of Peaches. A Silver Gilt Knightian 
Medal was awarded to Messrs. T. Rivers & Son, 
