September 15, 1894. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
41 
The pleasure grounds lie on the south-west side of 
the mansion. Placed at intervals, on either side of 
the gravel-walk which runs through them, are 
flower beds, in which many good hardy plants find 
a home. Interspersed with these, were such useful 
flowering subjects as East Lothian Stocks, Penste- 
mons of different sorts, etc. The rose-garden is 
situated upon the western side of the house, and lies 
between it and the kitchen-garden. Roses are great 
favourites here. The object in view when the garden 
was formed, was not so much a collection as a 
selection—accordingly, a comparatively few varieties 
are grown. These, however, are of the very best, 
and most useful sorts in cultivation. The system of 
arrangement adopted, is to fill each bed with a sepa¬ 
rate variety. Much finer effects are thus obtained 
than when the mixed system of planting is practised 
—for, while in the latter style, the different 
colours often clash the one with the other, in the 
former they never do. Varieties like La France ( 
Victor Verdier, Madame G. Luizet, Marie Baumann, 
Ulrich Brunner, and Souvenir de Malmaison were 
well represented. Many of these were in full bloom 
at the time of my visit. Mention should 
be made of the useful climbing variety 
—Bennett’s Perpetual, which here finds 
great favour. 
A fine bed of Polygala Chamaebuxus, 
which I saw in this part of the garden 
was particularly worthy of notice. This 
is a pretty shrub, of creeping habit, 
having sweet-scented flowers of a 
creamy-yellow colour. It will thrive 
either in peat or sandy loam, and cer¬ 
tainly deserves to be better known than 
it is at present. At Elvetham Park, it 
was growing in the full sun, and appeared 
to be perfectly at home. A high wail 
at one end of the Rose-garden was, I 
noticed, covered by Pear trees—all of 
them looking particularly well. At the 
south end of the flower-garden is a low 
wall, which surrounds it. Here I 
saw a long border, containing a good 
selection of the hardy herbaceous 
element, whilst many fine climbers 
adorned the wall. 
In the kitchen-garden and frame- 
grounds are to be found many glass¬ 
houses and pits, where are grown a good 
general collection of the necessary 
decorative plants. As in many other 
good establishments—so it is at Elve¬ 
tham Park, plants are in great request 
for indoor decoration, and for the 
furnishing of quantities of cut flowers. 
Three houses, I observed, were devoted 
to the culture of Orchids. Many of 
them were thriving wonderfully well, 
and several plants of autumn-blooming 
Cattleyas were flowering splendidly. A 
cool green-house, facing north, held a 
number of Lapagerias, and Roses— 
amongst the latter, a fine plant of Gloire 
de Dijon attracted my special attention. 
It was trained in the same way as vines 
usually are, and did not seem to carry any 
old wood. I questioned Mr. Joneson the subject, who 
replied, that it was his usual custom to cut out all 
the old wood each year, immediately after flowering 
—afterwards training up young shoots right from the 
bottom. He assured me that they got splendid 
results from this method of cultivation—abundance 
of large fine blooms being borne by the plant each 
year. 
In some span-roofed houses devoted to Melon cul¬ 
ture I noticed some splendid crops. In one was a 
fine stock of that good old Melon, High Cross 
hybrid. A seedling on trial from Messrs. Sutton & 
Sons, of Reading, attracted my closest attention. It 
is a free setter and a very even cropper. The fruit 
is green-fleshed, and beautifully netted, and Mr. 
Jones assured me it was of excellent flavour. The 
average weight of the fruits would be about four 
pounds. Some plants of this seedling were also 
growing in pits and frames and they were doing 
equally as well as those in the span-roofed hous-s. 
In fact, I consider the crop of Melons at Elvetham 
to be the best I have seen for a long time. Messrs. 
Sutton & Sons new seedling too, will most certainly 
become a standard variety when it is put upon the 
market. 
In the vineries I noticed fine crops of Black Ham¬ 
burgh. A vine of Golden Queen (a variety of which 
Mr. Jones thinks highly,) was also doing well. At a 
little distance from the other houses, and close to 
the Rose garden is a range of fruit-houses devoted to 
Peaches, Figs and Apricots. Lord Palmerston 
Peach was in fine condition. Figs were bearing a 
fine second crop, Apricots were also good. Two trees 
of Bigarreau Cherries in the Apricot house were 
carrying heavy crops. Space will not allow me to 
say much about the wall-fruit and kitchen garden. 
Apricots were a good crop, as were also several 
kinds of Pears. Apples, as in many other localities, 
were none too plentiful. The kitchen garden is in 
too low a situation, and on that account is placed at 
a disadvantage in the growing of early crops. In one 
part of it several fine rows of Sweet Peas serving as 
screens looked a particularly striking feature.— Con. 
A TWIN-LIPPED 
CYPRIPEDIUM. 
Of the three allied species of Cypripedium known 
as C. superbiens, C. Curtisii, and C. ciliolare, the 
normal, and altogether the flower was both striking 
and interesting. 
are far too 
Where well 
Twin-lipped Cypripedium. 
first-named has always been the most popular, and 
most widely cultivated in collections. We have on 
a former occasion seen a twin-lipped flower of C. 
superbiens, but never so perfect a specimen as that 
represented by the accompanjing illustration, and 
which was prepared from a flower which bloomed in 
the collection of W. Y. Baker, Esq., Aspen House, 
Brixton Hill. With exception of the lip all other 
parts of the flower were quite normal and perfect. 
Careful examination of the two lips showed that 
their origin was due to the fission of one at a very 
early stage of its development, for, although the 
pouches appeared to be right and left of the 
column, they were really anterior, and united in one 
claw at the very base only. The lobes of the pouch 
on their contiguous sides, and which should have 
been upright, were directed inwards, beneath the 
lobe of the outer side of each respective claw. One 
of the lobes on the contiguous sides of the claw was 
directed out of the pouch, the other inwards, and 
therefore normal. In all other respects the two lips 
were perfect, for every part was well represented. 
The abnormal folding on the inner and contiguous 
sides was doubtless due to the pressure of the twin 
lip while yet in the bud state. The colours were 
HEPATICAS. 
These very beautiful spring flowers 
little known and too much neglected, 
grown, clumps and beds of them are among the very 
best of our hardy flowers, which come into bloom 
during February and March. The sorts most 
usually met with are the single and double red, single 
and double blue. Single white and the pale blue 
H. angulosa. The double blue has sometimes 
commanded a rather high price, quite small plants 
being sold at one shilling each. They are closely 
allied to the Anemone and can be well grown in any 
garden where there is a deep, moist and light soil. 
As they are deep rooting things a shallow soil is 
unsuitable, and in dry hot soils they generally die 
out. The most severe frost and coldest of winds do 
them little or no harm, and when they are lost it is 
from causes over which the grower can have control. 
They are increased by root division 
and the best time for this is immediately 
after blooming, when the fresh foliage 
is forming. Many are sometimes 
lost through being divided into too 
small pieces, without a sufficiency of 
roots. Single crowns if well rooted will 
make nice plants the following season, 
but unless a fair amount of root can 
be secured to them it is best not to 
divide them to single crowns. Plant in 
a bed of light loamy soil, where they will 
only have the early morning sun, and 
water when necessary. They ought not 
to be disturbed' too frequently; pnce 
in three or four years is quite often 
enough, and where used in spring 
gardening when they have to be removed 
for the summer occupants, a reserve 
should be planted in a suitable situation 
from which the stock for bedding out 
can be drawn, using one-third of the 
plants at a time. This ensures a strong 
healthy stock to draw from. 
The single Hepatica can be readily 
raised from seed, which is best sown 
when ripe, although it will not germinate 
till the following spring. Sow in pans 
well drained, using a compost of turfy 
loam and cocoa fibre. This helps to 
keep the soil open. Place them in a 
cold frame or cool greenhouse, keep¬ 
ing the soil just moist, and in a shady 
position. The young plants make their 
appearance during March, and must be 
kept in a shady place, and well watered 
till August, when they may be trans¬ 
planted into an open border where they 
have but little sun. Plant about 6 in. 
apart, closing the earth firmly about 
them to prevent the worms drawing them 
out of the ground. Good strong plants 
in pots may be had in flower earlier 
than those exposed to all weathers, and if 
k%)t from rain and frost preserve their beauty for a 
lengthened period, and, blooming when flowers are 
scarce, are well worthy of the attention of all whose 
accommodation is limited to cold frames and green¬ 
houses. 
For this purpose pot up small plants into 3-in. 
pots in good fibrous loam, a little well decayed 
manure, and enough coarse sand to keep it open. 
Plunge in a shady place in ashes, and give them a 
yearly shift into pots a size larger till 7-in. pots are 
reached. They may be kept in these for several 
years by being yearly top-dressed, and when grown 
so that division becomes necessary, divide into three 
or four pieces. If potted at once they soon re¬ 
establish themselves. Keep them cool, free from 
worms and weeds, and attend well to watering and 
sprinklings overhead during hot, dry weather,to keep 
the foliage strong and healthy. Fine heads of 
flower will result. While all are very beautiful, we 
must confess to a preference for the single blue.— 
W. B. G. 
Chrysanthemums and their Culture. By Edwin 
Molyneux. Sixth Edition. By far the best practical work yet 
written on this subject. Price, is.; post free, is. 2d. Publisher 
Gardening World, i, Clement’s Inn, Strand, London, W.C, 
