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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
July 28, 1894. 
AUTUMN AND WINTER FLOWERS. 
ScHizosTYLis cocciNEA.—Quite a winter Gladioli 
we have in Schizostylis coccinea, the Kaffir Lily, 
and perhaps one of the latest blooming of all Cape 
bulbs. Few bulbous plants are more deserving of a 
place either in the greenhouse or conservatory than 
the beautiful Schizostylis, the glossy leaves, graceful 
growth, and crimson-scarlet flowers rendering very 
pretty effect indoors and outdoors alike. Unlike 
most Cape bulbs, the Schizostylis adapts itself 
equally well to the culture of the garden as to the 
greenhouse or conservatory. Tufts of bulbs might 
be lifted and potted up in September, and kept in a 
close cold frame for November flowering in the 
greenhouse. A compost of peat and loam well 
mixed with coarse sand, and taking care to provide 
ample drainage, suits them well. They must also 
be well supplied with water so as to revive flagging 
that may arise when lifting and potting. For out¬ 
door cultivation, select a moist and suitable soil with 
thorough drainage, as stagnant moisture proves fatal 
to them. They seem to enjoy the shelter given 
them by trees and shrubs, and where they may 
remain undisturbed for a few years. When lifting if 
it is necessary for dividing, replant into fresh made 
soil. The plants in dry weather should never be 
allowed to become dry, especially during the 
summer. It is wise to attend to watering regularly. 
Crocosmia aurea is a very decorative autumn¬ 
flowering bulbous plant from the Cape, bearing 
graceful racemes of orange coloured flowers on a 
stem from 2 ft. to 3 ft. high. It is at home oji the 
margins of beds planted with shrubs in a sandy soil, 
"with a slight protection during very severe weather 
of bracken or cocoa fibre refuse. 
SciLLA AUTUMNALis.—An autumn-flowering Squill 
of interest and worthy of attention for the autumn 
garden. It flowers from the middle to the end of 
August and continuing into September, forming a 
beautiful raceme of blue-purple flowers. The 
variety Japonica is a very pretty rose. The flower 
stem appears some little time in advance of the 
foliage. 
Japanese Anemones. — Of these the variety 
Honorine Jobert is undoubtedly the most effective 
and most useful of hardy perennials, and invaluable 
for cutting. It is a really noble variety, its snow- 
white flowers with lemon centre, on footstalks 2 ft. 
to 3 ft. high, and beautiful foliage claim for it one of 
the most prominent positions in the garden. A. 
japonica elegans is a lovely soft rose ; A. japonica, a 
dark rose, both deserving subjects for the garden. 
In large gardens a succession of bloom can be main¬ 
tained until Christmas by planting in a north and 
south border. 
The Snowflakes in their season are all graceful 
and showy bulbous plants, whether in garden 
borders, on the rockery, or planted in grass. 
Leucojum (Acis) autumnalis flowers in the autumn, 
as its name implies, with white and pink flowers, 
and it is very showy when in groups. It requires a 
well drained sandy soil, and with a little protection. 
Zephyranthes CANDIDA, " The flower of the 
West Wind,” is a charming plant for the foot of a 
south wall or in pots for blooming in the greenhouse. 
Its flowers closely resemble those of a large white 
Crocus. A mulching of cocoa fibre refuse is advan¬ 
tageous during severe weather. 
Hardy Cyclamens for the rockery, at the foot of 
old walls, under trees, or planted with hardy Ferns, 
make a delightful effect. It would almost be 
impossible to find any plant more useful or more 
decorative than the hardy Cyclamen. The foliage 
in almost all the species and varieties is so pretty 
in form and so beautifully marked, together with 
their dwarf and neat habit, recommends them at 
once for the garden and greenhouse. Messrs. Barr 
& Sons, of Covent Garden, have a most complete 
collection. The autumn-flowering kinds are:— 
Africanum, blush-white ; Neapolitanum, rosy-pink ; 
N. album, pure white; Graecum, pale rose; 
Europaeum, crimson. Sweet scented. Winter¬ 
flowering kinds are :—Ibericum Atkinsii, white, 
crimson centre; I. lilacinum, rosy-lilac, crimson 
centre ; I. roseum, rose ; I. rubrum, deep crimson ; 
Coum, bright crimson; C. album, white; C. 
roseum, rose; these latter varieties oftentimes 
continue flowering until March. As to soil, a com¬ 
post of leaf mould, loam and sand, well mixed with 
a little well-rotted manure is the best Plant in 
sheltered situations. These hardy Cyclamens are 
amongst the most showy and effective of the autumn, 
winter, and spring flowering plants, and should find 
a place in all gardens, either on the rockery or in 
garden borders. Gardens may be lighted up and 
beautified during the dull season of autumn and 
winter by the admission of such neat and graceful 
plants as the Cyclamen.— IV. L. 
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AN IMPROVED ORCHID POT. 
Mr, George Bethill, manager of Mr. William 
Whileley’s Nurseries at Hillingdon Heath, Uxbridge, 
has brought under our notice a new form of Orchid 
pot and pan which seem to us to so admirably meet 
the wants of Orchid growers that we have very great 
pleasure in helping to make it widely known. 
Orchids, unlike most other plants, are essentially 
surface rooters, that is to say their roots spread out 
from the base of the plant in a horizontal rather 
than a vertical direction, hence the necessity, in the 
case of the ordinary pots, of fixing the plants on a 
mound of peat, sphagnum, &c., placed on a heap of 
crocks, surrounding an inverted pot placed in the 
bottom over the drainage outlet. Now, as every 
Orchid grower has more or less reason to know this 
inverted pot, and the potsherds used provide a safe 
asylum and breeding-place for cockroaches and 
woodlice, which thus get free access to the roots of 
the plants and cannot easily be dislodged except 
when the plants are being repotted. Mr. Bethell’s 
pot at once gets over this difficulty by having the 
pots made wich a convex bottom, as shown in the 
accompanying illustration, which provides no harbour 
for insects out of the reach of the cultivator, on the 
contrary, the improved pots and pans act as admir¬ 
able traps for slugs, woodlice, &c., when stood on 
the stage. Orchids, almost without exception, love 
to get their roots to the sides of the pots to which 
they cling, and the improved pot has this advantage 
also over the ordinary form in that it presents a 
largely increased pot surface to which they can cling, 
and an equally material increase in the means pro¬ 
vided for evaporation. The pans when hung up 
also enable the grower to syringe the inside, so to 
speak, as well as the outside, and that is an advan¬ 
tage which will be duly appreciated. The pots and 
pans are perforated at the sides and bottom in the 
usual way, and the pans also for wiring. We have 
some specimens at our office, and shall be glad to 
show them to anyone who may like to see them. 
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A DWARF BEDDING PLANT. 
The varieties of Lantana have never become very 
popular bedding plants in this country, although we 
see no reason why they should not be more exten¬ 
sively employed. Several of them have flowers of 
one colour when they first expand, but they change 
with age into quite another colour. Others again 
retain their hue permanently, particularly a white 
and some of the yellow varieties. That is the case 
with Lantana Drap d'Or, a dwarf golden yellow 
variety which has now been fairly well tested in 
several British gardens. It keeps on flowering till 
the approach of frost, and every shoot blooms so, 
that tne chief difficulty is to obtain cuttings in 
quantity for stock the following year. The French 
name of it means Sheet of Gold which well describes 
its appearance when grown in a mass. It is suitable 
either for edging purposes as it is grown in the 
nursery of Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, or for filling 
small beds in which anything tall would be un¬ 
desirable. 
NATIONAL ROSE SOCIETY. 
The Halifax Show. 
Held in connection with the Salterhebble and 
District Rose Society, on the 19th inst, this was a 
most successful gathering. Owing to the change to 
cool weather in the south, together with a dryer 
time than usual in the north, the two parts of our 
country were well together. 
Mr. B. R. Cant, Colchester, won the Jubilee 
Trophy with a splendid and fresh lot of flowers. 
Most noticeable were Maurice Bernardin, Abel 
Carriere, Her Majesty, Salamander, Gustave Regis 
(a hybrid Tea we have never before seen good 
enough to take place with such large Roses), Xavier 
Olibo, The Bride, A. K. Williams, La France, and 
Earl of Dufferin ; Messrs. Harkness & Son, Bedale, 
were second ; and Messrs. R. Mack & Son, third. 
Mr. B. R. Cant was also first for seventy-two 
varieties ; Messrs. Harkness & Son being second ; 
and Messrs. Paul & Son, third. We have no space 
for the whole seventy-two varieties, but the following 
deserve especial notice : —Marie Rady, Earl of 
Dufferin, Gustave Piganeau, Mrs. J. Laing, Marie 
Beaumann, Gabrielle Luizet, La Fiancee, A. K. 
Williams, Comtesse de Ludre, Ernest Metz, The 
Bride, Anna Ollivier, Luciole, Madamede Watteville, 
Edouard Heone, Madame Hoste, Sultan of Zanzibar, 
Souvenir d’un Ami, and Catherine Mermet. 
Messrs. R. Mack & Son, Catterick Bridge, beat 
the champion for thirty-six trebles. For thirty-six 
singles, Mr. G. Prince, Oxford, was a good first ; 
Benoit Comte, Marquise de Lita, two Roses seldom 
seen, and Clara Watson being in good form; Messrs. 
D. Prior & Son were a good second in this class, 
and first in the class for eighteen trebles, followed 
by Messrs. J. Jefferies & Son, Cirencester, with a 
good lot. 
In the open classes the best twelve new Roses 
came from Paul and Son, who stayed Bridesmaid, 
Mrs. Paul, Violet Queen, Namen Cochet, Duchess of 
Fife, Duke of Fife, Mons. de Morande, Quasimodo, 
Mr. Dickson, Charles Gater and Mme. J. Bonnaire, 
Messrs. Mack and Son were first for twelve whites with 
Merveille de Lyon, Innocente Pirola gaining second 
for the Rev. F. R. Burnside. Mr. G. Prince, was a 
good first for twelve of any yellow with Comtesse de 
Nadaillac, and second for twelve crimson with Marie 
Beaumann. 
For twelve of any light colour, Messrs. D. Prior 
and Sons, were first with Mrs. J. Lang, the same sort 
taking second for Messrs. R. Mack and Son. Messrs. 
Prior were also first for twelve dark crimson with 
Alfred Colomb. 
The Jubilee Cup in the Amateur division was won 
by Mr. E. B. Lindsell with a grand lot. Unfor¬ 
tunately for this gentleman he was bit remarkably 
hard by the May Frost, or we could see the Amateurs 
Trophy at the Palace would probably have been won 
by him again. Mr. W. Drew, Ledbury was second. 
Mr. Drew was first for thirty-six singles, the Rev. J. 
H. Pemberton running him very close. Third 
honours in both of the above classes went to Mr. 
T. Hobbs, Lower Euston, Bristol. 
Mr. J. Parker, Hitchen, won the piece of plate for 
eighteen blooms; and was also first for the best 
twelve from a grower of less than 1,000 plants of 
exhibition kinds. For nine singles, Mr. C J. 
Grahame was in front; Mr. H. P. Landon, Brent¬ 
wood, taking a similar position for six blooms. In a 
class for growers of less than 500 plants, Mr. H. V. 
Machin, Worksop, was in front for twenty-four 
singles ; Mr. E. Wood, Manchester, first for twelve ; 
Mr. H. Stewart, Worksop, for six ; and Mr. H. V. 
Machin for six Teas or Noisettes in a division for 
local growers. 
In the open class for twelve trebles of Tea Roses, 
the Rev. F, R. Burnside beat Mr. Prince. Mr. 
Prince was first for eighteen blooms in that confined 
to nurserymen. Mr. Burnside was also a good first 
for twelve distinct singles in the amateurs' class ; 
and Mr. J. Parker, Oxford, first for nine singles. 
For six trebles and for nine of any Tea Rose, the 
Rev. Burnside was successful. Garden Roses from 
Mr. M».ckin and from Messrs. Paul & Son were 
successful in their respective classes. 
Medal Roses: the best hybrid perpetual in 
nurserymen’s classes was Duchesse de Morny, 
shown by Messrs. Paul & Son ; and the best Tea or 
Noisette was The Bride, from Mr. Prince. In the 
amateurs’ classes the best hybrid perpetual was a 
Xavier Olibo of remarkable merit, from Mr. E. B. 
Lindsell; and the Tea, a Catherine Mermet, from 
Mr. J. Parker. Throughout the competition was 
numerous and keen. 
