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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
August 18, 1894. 
ARDENING ^ISCELLANY. 
SELECT ANTIRRHINUMS 
Those who neglect these beautiful old-fashioned 
florist’s flowers lack a wealth of blossom in the 
garden, and which they might have at small trouble 
and cost. Beautiful strains both in self and 
striped colours can be obtained from a packet of 
seeds. Those who care to take the trouble of 
selecting the best of the seedlings and propagating 
them by cuttings, can secure any particular colour 
or colours which they may desire, as well as dwarf 
habit. The cuttings may be inserted in pots during 
September and rooted in cold frames, or boxes of 
light sandy soil may be used instead of pots. They 
may be kept in cold frames till March when they 
may be planted out. We are reminded of the beauty 
of these flowers by blooms of three selected kinds 
which have been sent us by Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, 
Forest Hill. All three are very choice. Laing’s 
Yellow has the largest flowers, which are clear yellow 
with an orange palate. Laing’s White is very pure with 
exception of a scarcely noticeable sulphur tint 
on the edge of the palate. Laing’s Crimson is dark 
glowing crimson with a dark purple tube. Any, or 
all of these may be used for bedding purposes by 
themselves or for edging clumps of shrubs, where 
their rich and pleasing colours as well as the profu¬ 
sion of their flowers will impart a lively character to 
the shrubs and surroundings for many weeks during 
summer. 
A NEW EARLY CHRYSANTHEMUM. 
The number of people who can admire Chrysanthe¬ 
mums in November is very much greater than that 
which can cherish or admire them in the middle of 
August. Nevertheless, the nuumber of early Chry¬ 
santhemums is increasing. A seedling imported 
from Japan is now flowering in the gardens at 
Devonhurst, Chiswick. At present the flowers are 
only about 3J in. in diameter, but the plant was 
poor and weak when imported, so that it had no 
opportunity of showing its capabilities under a fair 
trial. Madame Desgranges still finds favour with a 
large number of cultivators, but its colour is any¬ 
thing but decided and pure, the centre being creamy 
or even of a greenish tint in the early stages. The 
bloom of the seedling under notice is pure white all 
along and very full in the centre. The florets or 
petals are spreading and recurving at the tips, some¬ 
what after the style of Madame Desgranges, but the 
flower is cleaner-looking and altogether more 
attractive. 
A GOOD CROP OF TOMATOS. 
In the early part of the season, during some cold 
weather, the complaint was pretty general that 
Tomatos under glass were not setting their fruits 
well. That was the case with plants in pots grown 
in one of the houses of E. H. Watts, Esq., Devon¬ 
hurst, Chiswick. Mr. Gibson, the gardener, finding 
that the stems had gone to the roof of the house 
without producing more than a few bunches, allowed 
a good number of laterals to develop, and stopped 
them all beyond the first cluster of flowers. These 
laterals were tied close up to the main stems, and 
the result is that the Tomatos in various stages are 
hanging like ropes of Onions. The varieties grown 
are Sutton’s Perfection and Sutton's Earliest of All. 
There is only one plant of the latter under glass, 
where it was grown by way of experiment; it 
ripened its first fruits about ten days before the 
other. The plants are all grown in comparatively 
small pots. Mr. Gibson's plan is to use small pots, 
to press down the soil very hard, and to feed well 
after the fruit is set. The results are that the wood 
is short-jointed, the leaves firm, the bunches very 
numerous, and the abundant fruits of moderate size 
and good shape. Plenty of air is kept on the house, 
top and bottom, during the day with top air all 
night. The opposite bench of the span-roofed 
house is occupied with cool Odontoglossums, yet 
notwithstanding the moisture kept up for the sake 
of the latter, there is not a speck of Tomato disease 
in the house. 
DICTAMNUS FRAXINELLA. 
This is one of the oldest and most beautiful of hardy 
herbaceous plants throwing up splendid spikes of 
most curious flowers, which are beautifully scented. 
It is not met with nearly so frequently as it should 
be, but possibly one reason for this is the difficulty 
which amounts to an almost impossibility of parting 
it. It may, however, be readily raised from seed, 
providing this is sown as soon as it is ripe, as if kept 
for any length of time it fails to germinate. There 
are two forms of it, viz., the ordinary type and a 
white flowered one. It is very hardy, and requires 
no more care than the general run of hardy 
herbaceous perennials.— W. B. G. 
CARNATION MRS. FISHER. 
Before us as we write is one of the darkest yellow 
ground Carnations we remember seeing. The yellow 
is so overlaid by a dark salmon-red as to be almost 
obscured, and blackish-maroon bands or wedge- 
shaped markings run inwards from the edges of the 
petals, which are bluntly notched or crenate. The 
flower itself is of large size and perfectly full, 
without being in any waycro wded, and the inner petals 
were slightly incurved at the edges, while the outer 
ones were reflexed and imbricate by the time we saw 
them. Altogether we consider the flower bold, 
handsome, and worthy of being included in collec¬ 
tions of moderate dimensions. Like the bulk of 
modern Carnations, its scent is not very pronounced, 
but that may be overlooked in presence of its hand¬ 
some character. The variety was raised by Mr. 
Bond, gardener to Mrs. Fisher, Grove House, 
Streatham, and although not stated it is doubtless 
adapted for border cultivation. 
EUCRYPHIA PINNATIFOLIA. 
The dark green Mahonia-like leaves of this Chilian 
shrub make a beautiful contrast with the large and 
showy pure white flowers. The latter in some respects 
resemble those of a single Rose, but the numerous, 
long stamens on the other hand fill up the centre of 
the bloom, and give one the impression of a Hyperi¬ 
cum. There are only three or four known species, 
and that under notice is the best, both on account of 
its handsome foliage, large flowers, and its hardiness. 
The others require the protection of a greenhouse, 
although just on the borders of being hardy. E. pin- 
natifolia sometimes gets the protection of a mat in 
winter, but it seems so hardy as to be able to dispense 
with that necessity, in the southern counties at least. 
The leaves are practically evergreen, but in our climate 
most of them drop in winter. The plant makes good 
though slow-growth however, and flowers well during 
August and September. It was introduced from 
Chili in 1880, and has not yet become so common as 
we should see it and as it seems likely to do when it 
becomes better known to the public at large. 
A FINE STRAIN OF SALPIGLOSSIS. 
There is a tendency at the present day to separate 
the distinct and telling colours of anything so that 
they may be sown by themselves. That is the case 
in some instances with the varieties of Salpiglossis 
sinuata, but good, mixed strains can also be obtained, 
as was evidenced by a boxful of cut flowers sent us 
by Mr. Arthur Pentney, The Gardens, Worton Hall, 
Isleworth. Hardly two of the numerous varieties 
were exactly alike, and a description in words would 
hardly explain the remarkable variety of shades of 
colour and their intricate arrangement. The 
varieties that pleased us most were those with pale, 
steel blue flowers, darker purple veining and a 
golden throat, also some golden-yellow ones netted 
with gold on apaler margin, and some red ones. Other 
pretty shades, however, were mauve overlaid with 
crimson and yellow ; pale yellow with darker veins 
and a pale lilac margin ; red overlaid with orange 
and having crimson veins; purple and crimson 
overlying lilac or mauve ; and purple with a red 
throat. Within the last few years more attention 
has been given to the beauty and utility of the vari¬ 
able race of Salpiglossis for open border decoration. 
For cut flowers they are also beautiful; even after 
they get withered they come up again if put into 
■water, and some of the previously unexpanded 
flowers will open. The chief objection to them for 
this purpose is that the stems and leaves are very 
viscid, perhaps more so than those of the Petunia. 
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SOCIETIES. 
Royal Horticultural, August .—The exhibits at 
the meeting of Tuesday last were again very 
numerous. Hardy herbaceous plants were very 
conspicuous, including groups of Gladioli, Cam¬ 
panula pyramidalis. Antirrhinums, Phloxes, and 
Gaillardias. Orchids were also a special feature 
considering the season of the year. Crotons, 
tuberous Begonias. Ferns, and fruit were also well 
represented. A large and attractive group of Cypri- 
pedium Charlesworthi was exhibited by Messrs. 
Hugh Low & Co., Clapton, who also had Sacco- 
labium coeleste, Vanda Sanderiana, and Laelia 
elegans. The Cypripediums were, however, the 
feature of the group, consisting of about 100 flowers, 
and showed considerable variation into dark and 
light, and also more or less variegated colours, that 
is, the rosy-purple upper sepal in some cases was 
heavily spotted with white. The petals and lip also 
varied in colour. Lilium Wallichianum superbum and 
L. nepalense were shown in the same group. (Silver 
Flora Medal). A few Orchids were shown by 
Messrs. Linden, L’Horticulture Internationale, Parc 
Leopold, Brussels, including tall, well-flowered speci¬ 
mens of Laelio-Cattleya elegans lilacina and L.-C. 
elegans Treyerani. R. I. Measures, Esq. (gardener, 
Mr. Hy. Chapman), Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell, 
had an interesting little group of Cypripediums, 
including C. leucochilum, C. 1 . aureum, and C. 
Godefroyae, Cambridge Lodge var. Cypripedium 
W. R. Lee, a h5Lrid raised by Mr. Billington, his 
gardener, was shown by Wm. R. Lee, Esq., Beech 
Lawn, Audenshaw, near INIanchester. A basket 
of well-grown plants of Disa kewensis, a 
recently raised hybrid from D. grandiflora 
crossed with D. tripetaloides, also D. nervosa, 
were shown by the Director, Royal Gardens, 
Kew. Cypripedium Morganae Langleyensis 
Laelia Stella, and Cattleya Atlanta were staged by 
Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. Cattleya 
gigas, Hollis’s var. was shown by H. Hollis, Esq., 
(gardener Mr. R. Swain), Beechcroft, Edgbaston. A 
groupof Orchids was exhibited by Messrs. W. L. Lewis 
and Co., Southgate, including a pan of Habenaria 
carnea, D. c. nivosa, Oncidium Jonesianum, and the 
new hybrid, Cattleya Ashtoniana. A group of cut 
flowers of Orchids was shown by Thos. Statter, 
Esq., (gardener Mr. R. Johnson), Stand Hall, Man¬ 
chester. Amongst others, Cattleya Rex, Laelia elegans 
Oweniana, L. Crispa superba, L. elegans superba, 
Laelia-Cattleya Amesiana and Cattleya Gaskelliana 
alba were prominent and showy. Cypripedium 
excelsior in the same group was also very handsome 
(Silver Banksian Medal.) A group of Oncidium 
Jonesianum, Sander’s var., also Odontoglossum vexil- 
larium superbum, Dendrobium Phalaenopsis Schro- 
deriana, Calanthe hybrida Sanderiana, and the new 
species named Bletia Watsoniana, were shown by 
Messrs. F. Sander and Co., St. Albans. Laelia elegans 
prestans, Ingram’s var., was exhibited by Charles L. 
N. Ingram, Esq., (gardenerMr. Bond), Elstead,House, 
Godaiming. Some interesting Orchids were exhibited 
by Messrs. B. S. Williams and Son, Upper Hollo¬ 
way. including Laelia monophylla, Cattleya Blesen- 
sis, Odontoglossum Krameri, and Dendrobium 
mutabile. A cultural commendation was awarded to 
Messrs. Condor and Raphael, (gardener Mr. G. E. 
Day), Hazelwood, King’s Langley, Kent, for a small 
group of Dendrobium formosum giganteum, well 
grown. Two Epidendrums and a Stanhopea, were 
shown by Walter C. Walker, Esq., (gardener Mr. 
Geo. Cragg), Percy Lodge, Winchmore Hill. A fine 
variety of Oncidium macranthum, named Smeeana 
and a Stanhopea was shown by A. H. Smee, Esq., 
The Grange, Wallington. Laelia elegans dulcotense 
was shown by Walter Cobb, Esq., Tunbridge 
Wells. 
A very extensive collection of hardy herbaceous 
plants was exhibited by Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, 
Forest Hill, including Pentstemons, Delphiniums, 
Sunflowers, Heleniums, bhloxes. Antirrhinums, 
Lupinus nutkaensis aurea, Rudbeckia purpurea, 
and others. (Silver Flora Medal). A large and showy 
group of Gladioli,well grown,and furnished with large 
flowers, was shown by Messrs. Kelway & Son, 
Langport, Somerset. They also had Gaillardias, 
and various hardy plants, including a fine stand of 
hybrid Gladioli, of the Lemoinei, Saundersi, and 
Kelwayi strains. The latter were notable for their 
dark colours. (Silver Flora Medal). A collection of 
Dahlias, Cactus, pompon, single, and show races, was 
exhibited by Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, Crawley, 
Sussex. They also had a collection of herbaceous 
plants, fine foliaged trees and shrubs and Sweet Peas 
(Silver Floral Medal). A group of tuberous Begonias 
was exhibited by Mr. H. J. Jones, Ryecroft Nursery, 
