August 15, 1896. 
801 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
have no greenhouse, wait till spring before perform¬ 
ing this operation, and the suckers will soon root 
and get established, after which they may be planted 
out. 
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BEGONIAS AT NEWTON ST. LOE. 
For the last five years the Rev. Edwin Lascelles, 
The Rectory, Newton St. Loe, Bristol, has been 
improving the race of tuberous Begonias, as we 
indicated last week; and he has been doing it to 
variety of fine form and good habit is W. Hunt; and 
close by it, a salmon-orange variety is choice and 
beautiful. W. A. Richardson has the warm orange- 
apricot hue of the Rose of that name, and is other¬ 
wise similar in its early stages. The dark foliage of 
Daphne helps to set off the dark salmon-rose flowers, 
which are moderate in size. The huge, deep 
magenta-rose flowers of Catullus are notable for the 
breadth of their petals. The globular flowers of Nero 
have also broad petals of a glowing crimson, almost 
Begonia Dorothy Hardwick. 
accompanying illustration hardly does it justice. We 
admit, however, that it was flagging and out of 
character before reaching our artist, so that he was 
unable to get a true conception of its imposing 
appearance when fresh. Another dwarf yellow 
variety is Marie Corelli, with round flowers, upright 
habit and very floriferous. Juno is cream, shot with 
blush, and has huge flowers. Another perfectly up¬ 
right flower is Mr. F. Davis, of a glowing scarlet, 
globular and huge. A seedling close by is notable 
for its dwarf, upright habit, and the beautiful form 
of its salmon-apricot flowers. Another free-flowering 
and bushy, upright variety is Mrs. Gregory, which 
represents a-distinct .type, inasmuch as the soft 
salmon-pink flowers are distinctly mottled with 
white. While speaking of novel types, we cannot 
omit mention of Sappho, the face of the petals of 
which are white, and the back of a deep salmon. 
They are wavy, and very freely produced. More 
unique in this way is Salamander, the petals of 
which are deep orange on the face, and pink on the 
back. When fully developed, the flowers are 
globular with wavy petals, but in the half expanded 
stage they are smooth. Under artificial light, 
twenty-four hours after being cut, the bud was so 
like a Tea Rose that we felt an irresistable tempta¬ 
tion to smell it. 
Marchioness of Bath is a Camellia-shaped flower 
of a bright yellow. Mrs. Lyons is of the same 
refined form, but pure white with broad petals. On 
the contrary, Niobe is pure white with broad, 
crimped petals, and very choice. Mrs. Rupert 
Wilson is a huge flower of a glowing salmon, with 
broad, slightly crisped petals, and upright in habit. 
Sulpicia is a large soft blush variety, with broad 
petals. A. G, Soames is of an intense crimson, and 
forms a splendid contrast to the slightly older and 
orange-scarlet Captain Lyons, which is considered 
the best of this colour. Duchess of Albany is a 
globular, clear yellow flower, carried perfectly up¬ 
right. Most floriferous is Rosamond, with deep 
flowers and broad, flat, rich rose petals. The blush 
flowers of Terpsichore are sightly wavy and of 
immense size. The broad, glowing scarlet petals of 
Rev. H. N. Ward are regularly arranged round a 
single centre. The flowers of Mr. J. Box are orange 
with a white edge, and perfectly upright. A very 
promising seedling is that with golden-yellow 
Seedling Begonia. —Flowers light carmine-rose. 
such excellent purpose that the general superiority 
of his collection now enjoys a wide fame over the 
the country. His scientific method of procedure 
enables him to take the nearest way to get the best 
results. The leading points at which he aims are 
the erect habit of the plants and flowers, good size, 
beautiful double forms, and a great variety of the 
most telling and distinct colours, both delicate, rich 
and dazzling. He raises 10,000 plants annually, yet 
this relatively small number enables him to secure 
marvellous results. 
The Houses. 
The visitor on entering the houses, if a connoisseur, 
is struck with the gorgeous display of flowers of 
various forms, and great size, for every bloom is 
telling on account of its bold, erect habit. The 
owner takes immense delight in his flowers, but has 
no pleasure in one that droops or flops about, 
requiring to be lifted in order to see into its face. 
His selection of parents is therefore made with the 
express purpose of securing the upright habit. This 
is the true secret of the display both under glass 
and out of doors. The short stout peduncles 
explain how the huge blooms are supported. 
Scarcely any of the varieties are older than i8g«j, 
and we give the most recent selections first. 
New Varieties. 
Viscountess Weymouth is a huge globular flower 
of the purest dead white. Master C. Lascelles is 
equally large, perhaps, and creamy white with wavy 
petals. A glowing scarlet seedling, that is, an un¬ 
named variety, is notable for the breadth of its petals. 
A bright orange-scarlet one bears its huge flowers 
perfectly erect. Melpomene is a dwarf and bushy 
plant with globular, yellow flowers. Here we might 
mention the double Marechal Niel, which in its 
earlier stages has all the refinement of form that 
characterises a Tea Rose in its most perfect con¬ 
dition. The blooms are bright yellow,, and get more 
expanded in their later stages of development. 
Clarrissa has light rose flowers and very short foot¬ 
stalks. A warm orange variety is of good branching 
habit and the petals have the same ascending 
character as those of Marechal Niel. A rich rose 
black when they first expand. The peduncles are 
stiff and upright. A. H. Gray is named after the 
well-known rosarian, and the Rose-shaped and deep 
rose flowers are very appropriate to their namesake. 
Dorothy Hardwick is an immense flower with shell- 
pink flowers, and white margins to the wavy and 
crisped petals. The flower is also of remarkable 
depth, and the front view of it represented in the 
flowers that are red on the back. Delicate and 
beautiful are the blush and finely formed flowers of 
Mrs. Williams, having smooth petals. The heavy- 
flowers of Ceres are of a pale lemon-yellow. Eight 
fully expanded flowers is no bad crop at one time on 
a small plant with two stems ; that was the harvest 
of Cassandra, having glowing rosy-red flowers of 
neat Camellia shape. A seedling with soft rosy- 
