May 9, 1896. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
581 
Hardening §|iscellany. 
TIARELLA CORDIFOLIA OR FOAM FLOWER. 
A beautiful dwarf-growiDg plant belonging to the 
natural order Saxifragaceae and native of North 
America, is not so well-known as it deserves. It is 
perfectly hardy, grows luxuriantly in almost any soil 
and position, and flowers equally well in the her¬ 
baceous border as on the rockery. Its numerous 
white starry flowers are produced on stout pedicels, 
and the flower stems are erect and grow from 9 in. to 
12 in. high, with quite a tiara of evenly arranged and 
exquisite flowers. The heart-shaped leaves tend to 
make the plant the more effective on account of the 
exceedingly neat habit the plant acquires, as well as 
being spotted and splashed with beautiful bronze. 
The flowering period is from April to June, and the 
plant is propagated by division of the rootstock.— W.L. 
ANEMONE FUL.GENS THE QUEEN. 
The glossy crimson-scarlet of the single Anemone 
fulgens is familiar to most of our readers, especially 
those whose soil and climate enable them to grow it. 
A boxful of it has been sent us by Mr. J. T. Gilbert, 
Anemone Nurseries, Dyke, Bourne, Lines. Needless 
to say the flowers were well up to the standard of this 
beautiful Windflower, both in size of bloom and 
breadth of petal. Colour left nothing to be desired. 
Along with the typical form Mr. Gilbert sent us a 
handful of flowers of a new variety raised by him 
about five years ago. The flowers he describes as 
salmon-pink, but rosy-salmon we think would more 
closely define the colour. In any case the variety is 
very distinct, and would, we think, appear to 
advantage by being grown in clumps in proximity to 
the glowing typical form. The fact that he has 150 
roots of the variety would testify to his success in 
cultivating this- particular class of plants. The cut 
flowers of both forms last for some days in water, and 
the cooler the position the longer they last. The 
flower-stalks are 9 in. to 12 in. in length. 
AN ERRATIC HYACINTH. 
A Hyacinth which had behaved in a very unusual 
manner was sent to our office last week by Mr. C. B. 
Green, Acton, W. The variety is named Robert 
Stieger, and having been planted in a bed in the open 
ground flowered in the usual way and at the proper 
time. But when lifted the other week it was found 
to be flowering again beneath the soil. On examin¬ 
ing the bulb we noted that a crown to the side of the 
principal one intended to flower, but instead of grow¬ 
ing upwards between the scales of the parent bulb i 
it grew downwards, bursting away the outer scales 
at the base. Both the flower stem and the leaves 
belonging to this secondary crown behaved in the 
same erratic way and finally turned upwards but 
never pierced the soil. The scape was very strong, 
much flattened and fasciated, bearing a dense 
cluster of about forty or fifty perfectly formed 
flowers on the point of expansion. In colour they 
were of a rich rosy-red and as bright as if they had 
been exposed to light and air. It is another instance 
that shows how little the colour of flowers is immedi¬ 
ately dependent on light. The leaves were, however, 
blanched and perfectly white as we should expect. 
BEGONIA JOHN HEAL. 
A good many of our readers are now familiar with 
the carmine flowers of this hybrid, winter-flowering 
Begonia, as seen in the autumn and early winter. 
It will be news, however, to learn that the same 
plants may bear single flowers in autumn and winter, 
and semidouble ones in spring. There is no ac¬ 
counting for peculiar freaks of this character, for 
both parents had single flowers. We noted a batch 
of the plant last week in the nursery of Messrs. J. 
Veitch & Sons, Chelsea. Some of the flowers were 
perfectly single, but the larger number were semi¬ 
double and in the form of small rosettes. The mild 
character of the past winter and the relative absence 
of London fogs, enabled the plant to assume its best 
character and has left it with sufficient vigour to 
continue in bloom from September till May. The 
peduncles are shorter and perhaps less graceful, 
but the colour is good. A plan of plants was shown 
at the Drill Hall on Tuesday last. 
BEGONIA ACERIFOLIA. 
The leaves of this Begonia are deeply lobed in a 
manner somewhat similar to the Maple, as indicated 
by the name. To the cultivator it will appear to 
belong to the Rex section of the genus; but it is a 
hybrid between B. Burkei and the pretty dwarf B. 
decora. The upper surface of the leaves is olive 
green more or less splashed with pink or pale red, 
while the whole of the undersurface is of a deep 
bronzy red, and beautiful, especially when the plants 
are stood or planted in positions above the level of 
the eye so that the light shines through the leaves. 
Some healthy, thriving plants of this hybrid may be 
seen in the nursery of Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, 
Chelsea. 
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SOCIETIES. 
Royal Horticultural, May 5th .—The meeting on 
Tuesday last was much larger than that usually pre¬ 
ceding the Temple Show, as far as the exhibits were 
concerned. Orchids were not so numerous as they 
were the fortnight previous, but of excellent quality. 
Hardy flowering trees and shrubs, and Tulips in 
great variety were strongly in evidence, as well as 
stove and greenhouse subjects. 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, staged a fine 
collection of Orchids. Cattleya Schroderae in great 
variety formed a bank in the centre. Here also were 
several other Cattleyas and grand pieces of Onci- 
dium marsballianum, O. varicosum Rogersii, Odon- 
toglossum ramosissimum, Cypripediums in variety, 
and a beautiful piece of Miltonia bleuana nobilior 
under a bell glass. Cattleya intermedia alba, 
similarly protected, was pure white (Silver Gilt Flora 
Medal). 
A beautiful group of Orchids was exhibited by 
Baron Schroder (gardener, Mr. H. Ballantine), 
The Dell, Egham. Most conspicuous was a huge 
piece of the new Dendrobium thyrsiflorum Lowii 
having eight spikes of bloom. The flower was 
almost wholly white excepting a streak of yellow on 
the lip. Very fine also were Vanda teres gigantea, 
Odontoglossum Pescatorei album, and Cypripedium 
lawrenceanum hyeanum. Most interesting of all was 
the magnificent bigeneric hybrid Laelio-cattleya 
digbyana, the flowers of which we have never seen 
in finer condition (Silver Flora Medal). 
Chas.L. N. Ingram, Esq. (gardener, Mr. T. Bond), 
Elstead House, Godaiming, exhibited two hybrid 
Cattleyas flowering for the first time. C. Sedeni 
was obtained from C. lawrenceana crossed with C. 
percivaliana. C. Preciosa, on the other hand, came 
from C. speciosissima crossed with C. lawrenceana. 
Laeliocattleya Eudora was also very handsome. 
Messrs. P\ Sander & Co., St. Albans, exhibited an 
interesting group of Orchids, including a splendid 
piece of Oncidium varicosum Rogersii, also Cypri¬ 
pedium grande, Spathoglottis Lobbii, the beautiful 
and rare Odontoglossum Phalaenopsis, Coelogyne 
dayana, and several others set up with Palms. 
A Cultural Commendation was accorded to C. 
Young, Esq., Sevenoaks, for a fine panicle of Odon¬ 
toglossum polyxanthum. R. Brooman White, Esq. 
(gardener, Mr. Roberts), Arddarroch, N.B., showed 
cut flowers of several fine varieties of Odontoglossum 
crispum, O. ruckerianum, O. andersonianum, &c. 
W. Vanner, Esq (gardener, Mr. W. H. Robbins), 
Camden Wood, Chislehurst, exhibited a magnificent 
Odontoglossum named O. crispum Princess. 
Welbore S. Ellis, Esq., Hazelbourne, Box Hill, 
Dorking, showed a group of very fine varieties of 
Odontoglossum crispum and Cochlioda noetzliana, 
likewise a very good form (Silver Banksian Medal). 
A group of Cattleyas, Oncidium Marshalli, Chysis 
bractescens, Odontoglossum crispum in variety and 
certain others were shown by J. Broadshaw, Esq. 
(gardener, Mr. H. Whiffin), The Grange, Southgate 
(Silver Banksian Medal). 
Sir Weetman Pearson, Bart., Paddockhurst, 
Crawley, Sussex, was accorded a Silver Banksian 
Medal for three large and splendidly-flowered pieces 
of Cattleya lawrenceana. Fifteen well-flowered pieces 
of Cattleya citrina, grown upon small rafts and pieces 
of cork, were exhibited by J. T. Bennett Poe, Esq. 
(gardener, Mr. Downes), Holmwood, Cheshunt, and 
worthily received a Silver Banksian Medal. 
A grand batch of well-flowered pot Roses, chiefly 
of hybrid perpetual varieties came from Mr. W. 
Rumsey, Joyning’s Nurseries, Waltham Cross. 
Duke of Teck, Magna Charta, Dupuy Jamain, and 
Ulrich Brunner were all in excellent form. A num¬ 
ber of stands of cut blooms was also forthcoming, in 
which the Tea and Noisette section predominated, 
and containing numerous excellent samples of Mare- 
chal Niel. The Queen, and Souvenir d’un Ami 
showed up splendidly (Silver Flora Medal). 
Messrs. Wm. Cutbush & Sons, Highgate, N., 
received a Silver Flora Medal for a very extensive 
and comprehensive display of greenhouse flowering 
plants, suitably arranged with Palms and Ferns. A 
neat little batch of Carnation Uriah Pike and 
one or two plants of crimson-blush and rose 
Malmaisons were noticeable here. Well-grown 
plants of Boronia elatior and B. heterophylla, Leptos- 
permum bullatum, Erica Cavendishii, E. erecta, and 
E. coccinea minor, Saxifragapyramidalis and Azaleas 
in variety all added their quota of beauty to the 
general effect, which was charming. In addition to 
the above Messrs. Cutbush also had a nice little 
group of hardy plants and cut flowers of the same, 
including Euphorbia myrsinites, Saxifraga muscoides 
purpurea, Gentiana acaulis, Ixias, Paeonies, and 
Narcissi in variety (Silver Banksian Medal), 
Mr. T. S. Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, Totten¬ 
ham, had a large group of the more select hardy 
plants. Cypripedium montanum, pubescens, and 
spectabile were well shown ; also Uvularia grandi- 
flora, Dodocatheon medium album, Ramondia 
pyrenaica, Orchis fusca, Darlingtonia californica, 
and Erinus alpinus hirsutus. A couple of fine batches 
of Dicentra spectabilis were very showy, as were 
also Alyssums, Anemones, Trolliuses, Paeonies, and 
Irises too numerous to mention but all in first class 
condition (Silver Flora Medal). 
Messrs. John Reed & Sons, Roupell Park 
Nurseries, Norwood Road, S.E., made a brave 
display with Azaleas, Dracaenas, and miscellaneous 
stove foliage plants including some small but highly 
coloured Caladiums. The plants all bore [evidence 
of supeiior culture, and were well and tastefully 
arranged (Silver Banksian Medal). 
Pteris Drinkwaterii, a new market fern was 
exhibited by Messrs. Stroud Bros., 182, Green 
Lanes, N. This resembles the well known P. 
umbrosa in strength and vigour of growth but the 
fronds are of stouter texture and have evidently any 
amount of “last” about them. A grand new 
salmon pink zonal Pelargonium sent by Mr. R. 
Jensen, Mansfield Hill Nurseries, Chingford, Essex, 
showed a remarkable size of flower truss, dwarf 
habit, and stout, substantial foliage. 
Hardy flowers, together with a few pot Roses, 
were sent by Messrs. Paul & Son, The Old Nurseries, 
Cheshunt. The finely flowered pot specimens of 
Rhododendrons were a prime feature here (Silver 
Flora Medal). 
Messrs. Barr & Son, King Street, Covent Garden, 
showed a splendid group of hardy flowers, in which 
Tulips largely predominated. In addition to several 
of the most showy species, a large number of the 
leading varieties were shown of the Darwin and 
Florist sections. Amongst the former, we noted 
such grand forms as Hecla, Reine des Roses, The 
Sultan, Loveliness, The Shah, and Joseph Chamber- 
lain. A considerable quantity of English seifs were 
also shown, these differing from the members of the 
Darwin group in having clear white or yellow, 
instead of dark bases. (Silver Gilt Flora Medal.) 
A superb group of miscellaneous flowering and 
foliage plants was set up by Messrs James Veitch & 
Sons. Some grand samples of Pandanus Baptistii, 
and Dracaena Lindenii, among the foliage and 
Erica ventricosa magnifica, Epiphyllum russellianum 
makoyanum, Boronia magastigma, and Crataegus 
Oxyacantha, Paul's[Double Scarlet, were both showy 
and conspicuous. (Silver Gilt Flora Medal). 
A group of ornamental foliage-and flowering trees 
and shrubs also came from the same firm, and 
included Cornus florida pendula, Prunus sinensis 
flore pleno, Chionanthus verginitus and one or two 
pretty varieties of Acer palmatum. 
Messrs. Wm. Paul & Son, Waltham Cross, Herts, 
had samples of the fine new variegated Ivy Jubilee, 
and well-flowered plants of Pyrus Malus floribunda 
Scheideckerii. 
A comprehensive collection of excellently-coloured 
Caladiums was staged by Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., 
Upper Clapton, N.E.; B. S. Williams, Raymond 
Lemonier, Beige Flor, Charlemagne, and Triomphe 
de Comte were some of the best large-leaved 
varieties on view. C. minus erubescens and C. 
argyrites worthily represented the small-leaved 
section, (Silver Banksian Medal). 
Messrs. John Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, S. E., 
were responsible for an exceedingly bright and 
varied group of miscellaneous plants. A nice piece 
