Apnl 1 , 1894. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
503 
Mr. George Savage, whose English training and 
American experience stamps him as one of the best 
gardeners in the States ; both master and man work 
well together, and it is always pleasing to meet such. 
The houses here are first-rate for the purpose ; some 
very fine new ones were being erected at the time of 
my last visit for Orchids. Several fine Cattleyas and 
Laelias were in flower, including a huge mass of C. 
Skinneri with over 250 flowers, also several good 
Dendrobes, Cypripediums, Vandas, Aerides, Angrae- 
cums, and many others were in flower, making a 
very fine display. In addition to the Orchid houses 
there is a grand aquatic house, where all the 
Nymphaeas and Victoria Regia do well. Mr. 
Kimball most liberally throws open his houses to the 
public, a treat which is greatly appreciated by rich 
and poor, and which would be a great benefit to the 
same classes in other towns if some of those in 
possession of plants would follow his example. In a 
few years this collection will outdo some of the older 
ones. 
The Falls of Niagara. 
From Rochester Niagara is easily reached, and here 
are the celebrated falls which are known all over the 
world; it is said that 25,000 tons of water pass over 
the ridge every second, it is indeed a grand and 
imposing sight. There are several very interesting 
features here, viz.. The Rapids, Goat Island, The 
Whirlpool, The Burning Spring, and something 
novel for those who like to venture, as I did, under 
the falls, when you must be provided with waterproof 
clothing and a cool collected man as guide. Here 
is also the celebrated suspension bridge which 
connects America with Canada. Buffalo is easily 
reached from here, but there is nothing in gardening 
there worthy of mention. Cleveland, Ohio, the 
forest city, is situated on Lake Erie, and is so called 
on account of the wide streets being lined with fine 
Elms, which give it a very interesting and grand 
appearance. A few Orchid growers are beginning 
here. There is also a good park with a fine monu¬ 
ment erected to the memory of Commodore Perry, 
and a grand cemetery called Wood Lawn. 
Chicago and Cincinnati. 
At Toledo and Fort Wayne there is nothing particu¬ 
larly interesting, but at Chicago and Cincinnati 
there are several flourishing florists, and some good 
private places are springing up. Chicago is one of 
the most flourishing cities in the world, beautifully 
situated on ground sloping from Lake Michigan, and 
with the Chicago River running through the entire 
city adds to its beauty and commercial convenience. 
The city is full of interest, and has fine buildings of 
enormous size. One would little think that so 
recently as 1874 such a calamity existed as the great 
fire which completely prostrated the place for a 
while. Here, as you no doubt are all aware, was 
held the World’s Fair of 1893, one of the largest 
exhibitions the world has ever seen. There are 
several fine parks and cemeteries which are well 
laid out, but want time to give them an established 
appearance in most cases. The Union Park is the 
most complete. 
I come now to the State of Massachusets, in 
which are situated Boston and Newport. You can 
leave New York by rail or boat, the latter being the 
most pleasant mode of conveyance. The steamers 
of the Fall River Line are said to be the finest in the 
world, and by taking one on this line you can call at 
Newport and Rhode Island, one of the most cele¬ 
brated of fashionable American watering places—the 
Brighton of America—-and it is here where the 
wealthy reside during the summer. The Vanderbilts 
and the Lorillards have fine summer places here, and 
there are a few good collections of plants to be seen. 
Boston. 
The journey from Newport to Boston is easily 
accomplished, and in the vicinity of the latter city 
gardening is carried out more extensively than in any 
other part of the States. Here is established the home 
of the flourishing Massachusets Horticultural Society, 
situated in the centre of the city. The Society has 
fine halls and a splendid library containing all the 
works possible to obtain relating to the profession of 
horticulture and to which the members have free 
access at any time. It is here where the flower 
shows and meetings are held which have done so 
much to stimulate a love for plants amongst all 
classes. There are also well-kept public grounds 
with large lakes and bridges, good walks, and fine 
statues; and there are many private establishments 
around Boston more like English noblemen’s places 
than anything else. There is, for instance, the 
lovely place of H. H. Hunniwell, Esq., a few miles 
out, where is to be seen a fine collection of Conifers, 
ornamental trees, hardy shrubs, grand specimen 
Azalias and greenhouse plants, fine stately Palms 
and Cycads, good vineries and Peach houses, fine 
undulated grounds, well kept and beautifully laid . 
out, all reflecting great credit upon Mr. Harris, the 
energetic gardener, who has had charge of all the 
treasures here for many years.— A. Ouiram. 
{To be continued.) 
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HIMALAYAN RHODODENDRONS. 
To the last meeting of the Scientific Committee Sir 
John T. D. Llewelyn sent up from Penllergare some 
cut trusses of several varieties, with the following 
remarks ;—I send up a few trusses of Himalayap 
Rhododendrons, and have selected six, namely. 
Rhododendron barbatum, which has been in 
bloom for the past six weeks; R, Thomsoni, just 
commencing; R. arboreum, pink variety; R. 
Falconeri, R. grande, and R. Campbelli. None of 
my Himalayan Rhododendrons have been injured 
by the winter, though in the first week of 1894 we 
had 24° of frost for about a week ; and later on, 
when the Rhododendron blooms were expanding, 
we had on February 19th and 20th, 14° of frost each 
night, with what effect upon the bloom you may 
judge for yourself. I should say the plants receive 
a certain amount of natural protection from adjacent 
trees, but absolutely none of artificial nature. Very 
much advantage and pleasure may be obtained by 
those who exercise their judgment in distinguishing 
between the species of these Himalayan Rhododen¬ 
drons which are being proved hardy in this country, 
and those which require greenhouse shelter, and, 
given suitable soil and climate, we may expect to 
see them more generally grown than appears to have 
been hitherto the case. Where the wood is well 
ripened in the summer, before the autumn and 
winter frosts commence, many species will stand the 
cold with impunity, but the danger arises when the 
spring frosts recur after the buds have begun to 
grow. Some are much earlier than others in their 
leaf-action, and run a risk of getting the tender 
foliage cut off where later sorts escape, and these of 
course cannot be accounted as hardy as the later 
species. Frost on the expanded bloom may destroy 
a truss, and yet four or five days later fresh trusses 
take the place of those injured, for the expanded 
pips resist frost in a wonderful manner. All the 
blooms now sent have experienced frost, namely, 
61 on the i6th, and 7° on March 17th. Taking Sir 
Joseph Hooker's “ Flora of British India” as my 
guide, and judging from it of the approximate 
elevations at which the species occur, I should con¬ 
sider that those which grow in their native habita¬ 
tions at 9,000 feet or upwards above the sea-level 
will be found to prove hardy enough to thrive out- 
of-doors with us. 1 am trying and proving the 
following species: — Rhododendron grande, R. 
Hodgsoni, R. Falconeri, R. arboreum, R. niveum, 
R. campanulatum, R lanatum, R. campylocarpum, 
R. Griffithianum, R. Thomsoni, R. Hookeri, R. 
barbatum, R. Edgworthii, R. ciliatum, R. glaucum, 
and R. cinnabarinum, and there are others I am 
anxious to obtain and try. Prolonging the season is 
one advantage, the magnificent foliage for winter 
decoration which is afforded by many species is 
another, while the colours of the bloom of other 
species are such as no lover of the genus can pass by 
without admiration. 
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(IaRDENING ^ISCELLANY. 
STENANDRIUM LINDENI. 
In this new plant we have something very closely 
allied to Eranthemum, not merely in habit but in 
relationship. There is another species at least in 
cultivation, namely S. igneum, more correctly named 
Chamaeranthemum igneum, a Peruvian plant. Both 
the latter and the plant under notice are rendered 
ornamental by their foliage alone, and they are 
therefore grown as fine foliaged stove plants. The 
leaves of that under notice are of a peculiar 
brownish olive green with a pale greenish yellow 
midrib, and the principal nerves given off from it. 
Sometimes this pale hue extends across nearly the 
whole surface. No doubt age affects the particular 
colour of the leaf to some extent, and also the stage 
of growth, and the time of the year. The plant may 
be seen in the nursery of Messrs. J. Laing and Sons, 
Forest Hill. 
GARDENIA GUMMIFERA. 
The commonly cultivated Gardenia is not the only 
one worth growing whether for its fragrance or the 
beauty of its flowers. A specimen of the above 
named species has been flowering for some time past 
in the stove at Kew. The leaves are elliptic and 
about as large as those of the old double white 
Camellia; they are closely and conspicuously lined 
with nerves and closely netted with finer veins. 
When they first develop they have a peculiar shiny 
appearance, as if varnished over, and are even 
gummy while still in bud. The flowers are single, 
of large size, pure white, and developed from the 
axils of the leaves and apparently sometimes from 
the forkings of the stem as in other species. They 
consist of five unequal sided segments, and give off 
a powerful fragrance that is equally agreeable as 
that of the common kind ; but is even stronger. 
CENTRADENIA ROSEA. 
This charming dwarf-growing plant is one of those 
things which almost any one can grow who has a 
greenhouse, yet just now how few there are who do 
grow it. The growth is light, somevihat pendulous, 
with rose coloured flowers which are produced in 
abundance. It makes a most agreeable change in 
decorative arrangements, and might with advantage 
be grown in quantity for that purpose, being easily 
increased by cuttings in spring and not over partic¬ 
ular as to soil, though a mixture of fibrous loam and 
peat, made moderately sandy, suits it best; it should 
not be over potted.— W.B.G. 
EUADENIA EMINENS. 
Many gardeners would doubtless regard this plant 
as more curious than beautiful, still it is as uncom¬ 
mon as it is curious, and belongs to a family that is 
seldom represented in gardens, with exception of a 
few species of Cleome. It is a member of the Caper 
family, and being a native of Liberia is more in 
character with the vegetation of that hot region 
than the soft-wooded Cleomes just mentioned. The 
plant is dwarf, woody, and of slow growth, with 
leathery leaves divided up into three oblong-elliptic 
leaves. The flowers are the most curious part of 
the plant, and are borne in crown-like clusters at the 
top of the plant. There are four petals, of which 
the two upper ones are long, curved, and greenish- 
yellow, while the lower two are small and spathu- 
late. It is flowering in the stove at Kew. 
OLIVIA J. FRASER. 
Both the flowers and truss of this new variety are 
of large size, but may yet become larger as the 
plant attains the ultimate dimensions of which it is 
capable. It is a seedling, and has just flowered for 
the second time in one of the conservatories of 
Falkland Park, South Norwood Hill. The segments 
of the flower are broad and much imbricated, with 
the inner ones much the broadest; all are orange- 
scarlet and white at the base, with exception of a 
pale sulphur band along the middle. In the same 
collection are many other seedling plants just com¬ 
mencing to show their true character. Most of 
them have funnel-shaped flowers of greater or less 
length, and of some shade of orange-scarlet, some¬ 
times intense, and in other cases soft orange more or 
less tinted with salmon ; but the broad segments are 
their leading features. The old and typical form of 
the plant with its starry flowers must by-and-bye 
disappear from cultivation. 
PEPEROMIA METALLICA. 
Notwithstanding the large number of species of 
Peperomia known to science, very few of them com¬ 
paratively find their way into gardens generally as 
decorative plants. Some of them are admittedly 
pretty, and that must be the verdict towards the 
subject of this note when it comes to be better 
known. Those who know Pelionia Daveanana 
would readily think of it when they see this plant 
for the first time. The resemblance is chiefly in the 
leaves, for the habit of this plant appears to be 
upright while that of Pelionia is trailing. The leaves 
are oblong-elliptic, and of a deep metallic green with 
a light green band along the centre; the under 
surface is red netted with darker red veins. We 
noted this new plant in the nursery of Messrs. J. 
Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, where it has all the 
appearance of being dwarf and compact. 
