July 11th, 18S5. 
THE GARDENING WORLD, 
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on a new garment as each set of expected favourites 
in turn comes into flower. The Rhododendrons are 
over, and at present the tall Foxgloves, white, plush, 
rose, purple, and spotted in all shades, and the Roses, 
are the chief features; and these are aided by a 
lovely display of Delphinium, Honeysuckle, Cam¬ 
panulas, Pyrethrums, Sweet Williams, and such 
like things. Fuchsia Riccartonii here grows 7 ft. 
high, and as much through. Many of our indigenous 
plants, too, are in great beauty, Lysimachia mirnmu- 
laria, L. nemorum, L. thyrsoides, Sedum dasyphyllum, 
and other British plants, proving themselves well 
worthy of garden culture. At The Briars, arches 
covered with Roses, rustic clumps suitably planted, 
and a profusion of climbers and trailers, give the 
whole place a very tranquil appearance, and con¬ 
clusively point to the fact that the garden is the 
garden of the home, and not merely one kept up 
because it is usual for something in that way to be 
done.— J. 
Eremurus aurantiacus.—With reference to the 
fine plant certificated under this name at the last 
meeting of the Floral Committee, and noticed in 
our columns at p. 686, Dr. Wallace has kindly for¬ 
warded us the following note received by him from 
Mr. Max Leiclitlin, of Baden-Baden:—“In the last 
revision of the genus Eremurus, the name of the 
plant of which you exhibited a spike at the last 
meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, has been 
changed from aurantiacus into E. Bungei. The true 
aurantiacus is here in cultivation, but is not yet in 
the trade.” 
Foi’tune’s YeUow Hose.—Some fine blooms of 
this loyely old garden Rose have reached us from 
Mrs. Meiklam's garden at Gladswood, Melrose, where 
it is flowering freely at an elevation of 450 ft. above 
the sea level, and 218 ft. above the river Tweed, 
sufficient proof at all events of its hardiness in that 
quarter. Why this yellow or salmon-coloured Rose, 
which was introduced from China by Robert Fortune, 
nearly forty years ago, is not more often seen in 
gardens, is one of those things which it is difficult 
to understand, for with little or no cultivation it 
flowers with wondrous freedom, and few Roses are 
more beautiful. It certainly likes a rich soil and 
plenty of room to grow, but if planted near an old 
wall or ruin it will grow with the freedom of the 
Ayrshire, Rosa arvensis hybrida. Those who remem¬ 
ber the old plants which for so many years grew in 
the old ridge and furrow Paxton house at Chiswick, 
and from which blooms were annually cut by the 
bushel, will not need to be told that it is worth a 
position under the roof of any large greenhouse. 
Carnation Souvenir de la Malmaison.—We 
have on several occasions alluded to the remarkably 
successful cultivation of this plant at Ascott, the seat 
of Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., and in our issue for 
Nov. 29th, 1884, gave an illustration of a group of the 
plants in their summer quarters. At the NationalRose 
Society’s show at South Kensington, on Tuesday, 
Mr. Jennings, the able gardener at Ascott, exhibited 
a collection of 187 plants, the like of which has never 
been seen there before. Clean, healthy, and vigor¬ 
ously grown, evenly matched and superbly bloomed, 
it is difficult to say which was admired most by many 
of the visitors, the Roses or the Carnations, but cer¬ 
tain it is that, with the practical growers present, “ the 
Mahnaisons ” undoubtedly carried the palm. The plants 
were arranged in a single line down the centre of the two 
long stages erected in the middle of the conservatory, 
and a splendid show they made. It is to be regretted 
that Mr. Jennings received no reward for his trouble, 
it not being a regular meeting-day of the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society ; at any other time he would certainly 
have received a medal of value. 
Celsia cretica.—This may fairly claim high rank 
amongst the half-hardy biennials; indeed it is 
sufficiently hardy to take its chance out-of-doors in 
the warmer parts of the kingdom, more especially if 
a little protection can be given, or a warm nook 
afforded it. However, it will amply repay anyone to 
give it room in a cool house or frame during the winter 
months (where the climate is not sufficiently genial to 
admit of its standing out-of-doors) and plant it out 
in April, in a suitable position in the herbaceous 
border, where it will form a very conspicuous object; 
more especially as it will flower at the latter part of 
May, or beginning of June, if the plants are thoroughly 
strong at the time of their being planted out. I saw 
this Celsia remarkably well grown the other day in 
the gardens of the Hon. Lionel Massey, of Lota, from 
whence I received a spike of bloom more than a month 
since. Its clear yellow flowers, with maroon blotch on 
two petals, makes it a striking and beautiful object, 
the individual flowers measuring over 2-^ ins. across. 
Although the plants were considerably past their 
best at the time of my visit, there was still sufficient 
material left to show what they had been when in 
their prime. At Lota it is grown on several aspects ; 
the position, however, which gave the best results 
was at the foot of the kitchen-garden wall, and 
facing west; thus situated I measured one of them 
fully 7 ft. in height, and the whole of the plants 
would average 6 ft. high, and having side shoots 
from 3 ft. to 4 ft. in length. It may be well to add 
that the flowers on the spikes do not open altogether, 
which is, perhaps, a disadvantage, as the flower-stems 
are too short to admit of the blooms being utilized 
except for dotting about the dinner-table on sprays of 
Fern laid on the cloth. Some would doubtless con¬ 
sider the length of time it lasts in flower to counteract 
the disadvantage referred to, and for beautifying the 
garden I would readily agree with them. The plants 
at Lota stood out-of-doors throughout last winter, the 
lowest temperature registered being 20 degs. Fahren¬ 
heit.— E. Dumper. 
Uew Selaginellas.—Cultivators of Selaginellas 
for exhibition purposes do not pay so much attention 
to novelties as they should do, for on all sides they are 
to be seen devoting time and skill to old species that, 
however well grown, do not form really good speci¬ 
mens. The favourite kinds are S. ciesia, S. denticulata, 
and its golden form, and S. Martensi, and its varie¬ 
gated variety, but, as compared with many others in 
cultivation, they are very inferior. To me their chief 
recommendation consists in then- rapidity of growth, 
a quality which does not tell much with experienced 
judges. There are two or three forms of recent 
introduction which are not more difficult to grow than 
those mentioned, but, when finished in first-class 
style, are remarkably effective. One of the most 
important of the newer kinds is S. grandis, which has 
broad, dark green fronds, and attains a height of 
12 ins. when in a fairly vigorous condition. Grown 
in a deep pan, 12 ins. in diameter, it has but few 
equals in point of effectiveness, and all who aspire 
to honours in the exhibition tent should grow it. 
S. Victoria is perfectly distinct in character from the 
first-mentioned, but it has a bold habit, and under 
good management forms exceedingly effective speci¬ 
mens. The fronds are of great breadth, very finely 
divided, and of a dark green hue. S. perelegans, 
which attains when fully developed a height ranging 
from 15 ins. to 18 ins. is the most distinct of the three, 
and requires rather more skill to have it in perfection, 
but it is exceedingly beautiful, and a well-grown speci¬ 
men will not fail to afford substantial assistance in a 
close competition. There are others much superior 
to those in general cultivation, but the three men¬ 
tioned are so exceptionally good that they should in 
all cases have first attention.—IF. B., in Gardeners' 
IHagazine. 
—" -" g r.r<S> ST' ? — 
The Common Garden Weevil.— Inquiries, says Miss 
Omerod, are often sent in regarding the Otiorhynchi, 
a family of weevils which do great harm, especially in 
fruit grounds, and have also lately been attacking 
Mangolds. These beetles are something like the 
well-known nut weevil in shape, but longer and 
narrower in their proportions, also they have only a 
short proboscis, and are wingless. The 0. sulcatus, 
which has lately been doing harm in Mangolds, is 
one of the largest common kinds, and is sometimes 
over lialf-an-inch in length. This is of a dullish 
black with pale hairy tufts on the wing cases. The 
beetles live on various kinds of leafage, and the legless 
maggots feed on roots below ground. Where this 
attack is present in fields, very thorough stirring of 
the surface of the soil in autumn and dressing the 
empty land with gas lime would be desirable. The 
attack would probably be cleared out in this way. If 
allowed to gain possession, much harm would ensue, 
for both beetles and maggots are exceedingly destruc¬ 
tive. In fruit grounds the beetles are best got rid of 
by beating them down at night on to tarred boards. 
They feed after dark, and drop when light is flashed 
on them, and by sending men two and two with tarred 
boards and a lantern the beetles may be cleared in 
enormous numbers, and the plan is found to answer 
well practically. 
The Kitchen Gardener’s Calendar.— Celery 
Planting, At. : The principal plantings should be made 
now as soon as the ground is available for the 
trenches to be got out in the way indicated in a 
former calendar, and before the plants become too 
large in the nursery bed, as in that case they would 
be subject to a severe check in the process of 
transplanting, and subsequently to “piping.” The 
earlier plantings will now require to be earthed up, 
by having a little of the soil from the ridges on 
either side of the plants cut down with the spade, 
and then with the hand placed around the plants, 
taking care in doing so that the soil does not 
get into the hearts of the plants. But before this 
operation is proceeded with, the plants should have 
a few of the outside leaves, with any suckers that 
may happen to have sprung from the base, removed. 
Celery being a moisture-loving vegetable, the plants 
during dry weather, such as that which we have been 
having for some weeks past, should have liberty 
and frequent supplies of water at the roots. Beans, 
Peas, Cauliflowers, Lettuces, and freshly plantedplants 
of winter greens, Ac., will also need attention in this 
direction. Shallots and Garlic bulbs having completed 
their growth, should now be taken up and stored away 
in an airy loft when dry. 
Parsley Sowing. —This will be a good time to 
make a sowing of Curled Parsley in a warm border, 
and where part of it can be afforded a little protection 
during the presence of frost or snow, so as to be able 
to obtain a daily supply of fresh Parsley for garnishing, 
Arc., irrespective of the weather. For this purpose we 
use part of a long fixed frame under a vouth wall, to 
which shutters can be fixed when necessary. If the 
ground destined for this crop is not vacant at the 
time the seed should be sown, there need be no 
embarrassment experienced on that account, as a 
small patch of it (a square yard or two) sown at the 
proper time, and the necessary number of seedling 
plants subsequently transplanted in rows, 12 ins. to 
15 ins. apart, and 6 ins. or 7 ins. from plant to plant 
in the rows, as soon as they are large enough to 
handle, and the ground is ready, will answer the purpose 
just as well as if the seed had been sown in drills in 
the ordinary way, and the plants afterwards thinned 
out to the distance above indicated in the rows.— 
H. IV. Ward, Longford Castle Gardens, Salisbury. 
Gilbert’s Hew Late White Broccoli.—I am 
asked, in order to avoid confusion, to state in your 
columns that henceforth my new Broccoli will be 
called “ Gilbert's Late "White.” I may be allowed at 
the same time to tell “ A. B.” that I look upon my 
novelty as being perhaps no later in season, no whiter, 
nor larger than Yeitch’s Model or other late Brocco- 
lis, but I do claim for it that its flavour is superior 
to that of any other Broccoli I am acquainted with. 
I may also observe that, judged as an ordinary 
Broccoli, it beat a dozen other samples and seven 
dishes of Cauliflower at “ The Royal” in May 1884. 
— E. Gilbert, Burghley. 
The Extra Early Milan Turnip.—I find this 
early Turnip invaluable for the first crop, particularly 
for frame culture and first early outside, as it makes 
so very little top before it commences to form its 
bulbs, which are of first-rate quality. I made a sowing 
of this variety and Snowball on a piece of ground 
outside the garden on May 2nd, which had no atten¬ 
tion afterwards except thinning, and to-day there is 
a beautiful lot of bulbs of extra early Milan 9 ins. 
round, while the Snowball has not yet commenced to 
make its bulbs. I would strongly recommend this 
as an early variety; of course like all early varieties 
of Turnips it soon runs to seed, and is valuable for 
its earliness only. —Joshua Atkins, The Gardens, 
Tatton Park, Knutsford, July 6 th. 
From 1851 to 1885 the official value of the Safflower 
imported into this country ranged from £71,000 to 
£134,000. Sixteen years ago we received over 32,000 
cwt. Last year our imports fell below 1,400 cwt., 
valued at but £3,500. 
