September 29, 1894. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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effective. When care is exercised in crossing them 
for seed as is done here, they may be depended 
upon to come true to name. A mass of one colour 
is the best way of showing what can be done in the 
matter of bedding them out, to ensure certain effects 
with any particular shade of colour. We noticed a 
pink variety with very large, circular flowers, a rose 
flower measuring 4J in. in diameter, and a scarlet 
one that was even larger. For outdoor culture this 
is large enough in all conscience. 
Begonias that are planted out in the seedling 
stage, and older plants, whether from cuttings or 
otherwise, if they have been previously started into 
growth, may so be planted as to produce the finest 
effect on any desired aspect. For instance, the 
flower garden in front of a private residence may so 
be planted that the flowers all look towards the 
windows, whatever the aspect may be. The leaves 
are arranged in two ranks 
with their points all 
directed one way, and the 
flowers all face that direc¬ 
tion, so that the planter 
may proceed according to 
the way he desires his 
plants to look. It is true 
that the flowers are simi¬ 
lar in hue on both sides, 
but the face is always the 
brightest and best defined. 
Pot plants produce the 
best effects when they 
have three, four or more 
stems, for then the flowers 
are regularly disposed on 
all sides. This applies 
to single and double kinds, 
but more especially the 
former. 
Other Trials. 
A very pretty effect was 
produced by an arrange¬ 
ment of several sorts 
graduated from the dwarf- 
est in front to a line of 
variegated Maize in the 
back. B. semperflorens 
Vernon’s var. the dwarfest • 
was followed by Golden 
Ball, Dr. Gaillard, Lord 
Mayor,Emperor,andLady 
S.Stanhope, the two latter 
being mixed. A number 
of named varieties has 
been used in small beds 
by way of trial for bedding 
purposes. La Fayette is 
brilliant scarlet, dwarf, 
floriferous and effective, 
and was very attractive in 
the season, but has been 
badly injured by the frost. 
With exception of its ten¬ 
derness it is excellent for 
bedding. Marquis of 
Stafford, a double crimson 
variety, is hardier, very 
dwarf, with small flowers 
and neat foliage. Golden 
Ball has small, globular, 
clear yellow blooms 
carried well above the foli¬ 
age. Free and dwarf is Julia Marnia, with primrose- 
yellow flowers, and has been good. Rosea Flori- 
bunda even now is very gay with small, soft pink, 
button-like flowers, which are pretty and well set 
off with small, dark green, shining leaves ; the stems 
are 6 in. to 9 in. high. All of the above are double, 
but there is a miniature single variety, namely, 
Bavaria, which even now, in spite of all frost, is 
floriferous and gay. The stems are tough, wiry, and 
only a few inches high, with leaves in proportion ; 
it is splendid for edging. 
Single Begonias under Glass. 
A large portion of the plants are now in their ripening 
stages, while many seem still in full vigour, bearing 
large flowers. The pure white flowers of the strong 
growing Grand Duchess of Hesse are of fine shape 
and great size. Much dwarfer is Grand Duke of 
Hesse, having fiery scarlet flowers. The very 
numerous stems of Marchioness of Salisbury vary 
from ij ft. to 3 ft. in height, and bear large, bronzy 
leaves. That named Marechal Niel has dark yellow 
flowers of handsome size and shape, and smells dis¬ 
tinctly like a Rose, and, in fact similar to Marechal 
Niel. A large, circular, dark rose-coloured flower 
is John Roberts. The flowers of Sir Blundell Maple 
are orbicular, and of a brilliant glowing scarlet. 
The peduncles are firm and erect. The most dis¬ 
tinctly striped variety we have yet seen is a seedling 
with light scarlet flowers variously and distinctly 
striped with white. The petals of Duke of Welling¬ 
ton are dark velvety crimson, and of great substance. 
The long stalks of Duchess of Leinster are perfectly 
erect, and the flowers of a rich, salmon-orange. 
Lord Braybrooke is another meritorious sort, with 
crimson-scarlet flowers developed in great abundance 
on upright stems ; it is still in grand condition. The 
above are only a few of the best kinds still in a free 
flowering state, and besides the named ones, a great 
number of unnamed plants, termed seedlings, are 
also flowering with greater or less freedom. 
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AUGRAECUM SESQUIPEDALE. 
Amongst the numerous specimens of finely culti¬ 
vated plants in Mrs. Coates’ well-kept place, 
Ferguslie, Paisley, under the practical care of Mr. 
Macdonald, is a remarkable example of this noble 
Madagascar Orchid, of which I send you a photo¬ 
graph. The plant is in splendid health, has five 
growths, and has produced this season thirteen 
spikes with three and four blooms upon a spike. 
This noble Orchid was known to botanists so long 
ago as 1822, but it was the Rev. William Ellis, the 
famous missionary and traveller in Madagascar, 
who introduced us to the living plant on his final 
return from that wonderful island, and who first 
flowered it at Hoddesden in 1857, when Dr. Lindley 
described and figured it in the Gardeners' Chronicle. 
Mr. Ellis flowered it again in 1859. The plant 
originally attracted his attention when travelling 
through its native woods, and more than one of his 
photographs includes trunks of trees loaded with 
this Prince of Orchids. It was Mr. Ellis also who 
introduced in 1855 that still more remarkable plant, 
Ouvirandra fenestralis, the lattice leaf plant of 
Madagascar. I have known the Ferguslie plant for 
many years and watched its progress with great 
interest. That it is a pet of Mr. Macdonald's goes 
without saying, and to him high praise is due for 
its splendid development. It is far the finest plant 
I have ever seen .—Aljred Out ram, F.R.H.S. 
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REIN W ARDTIAS. 
The genus Reinwardtia holds a prominent position 
in the none too long list of Autumn flowering plants. 
The dearth of flowering subjects at this particular 
time of year has, to a great 
extent, been minimised 
by the introduction of so 
many varieties of early 
flowering Chrysanthe¬ 
mums. Still the number of 
plants flowering during the 
latter end of September 
and October is even now 
a small one. Accordingly, 
we must take advantage 
of such plants as these, if 
our stoves and greenhouses 
are to look gay all the 
year round. The genus 
is named in compliment 
to Reinwardt, sometime 
Director of the Botanic 
Garden at Leyden. It 
comprises only three 
species of stove or green¬ 
house plants,natives of the 
mountainous regions of the 
East Indies. Only two 
of them, however, enter 
into cultivation here, and 
they are well worthy a 
place in every garden, viz., 
R. tetragyna and R. tri- 
gyna. This latter species 
is generally known as 
Linum trigynum and was 
figured in the Botanical 
Magazine under that name 
They are neither of 
them difficult to grow, and 
there certainly can be no 
question as to their great 
beauty as flowering sub¬ 
jects, and their consequent 
value to the gardener. 
Cuttings may be taken 
from old plants in April or 
May (the former month 
preferably),and struck in a 
propagating frame having 
a temperature of not less 
than 72 0 Fahr. They must 
be potted on gradually 
into 5 in. pots (which size 
is quite large enough),and 
accorded a stove tempera¬ 
ture during the summer. 
Pinching must be resorted 
to, in order to obtain bushy well-grown specimens. 
Red Spider is often very assiduous in its attentions, 
frequent and liberal syringings will therefore be 
neccessary to maintain cleanliness. The temperature 
may be slightly reduced, and much more air given 
during the latter part of August and September to 
encourage the ripening of the wood so essential 
to free flowering. When in flower, the plants do 
very well in a warm greenhouse, where they will 
present a particularly bright appearance. They are, 
however, of but little use as vase plants for indoor 
decoration as the want of light inevitable causes 
them to drop their blooms very quickly.— A. S. G. 
The Amateur Orchid Grower's Guide Book. By H. A. 
Burberry (Orchid Grower to the Rt. Hon. J. Chamberlain, 
M.P.). Containing sound, practical information arid advice 
for Amateurs, giving a List with Cultural Descriptions of 
those most suitable for Cool-house, Intermediate-house, and 
Warm-house Culture, together with a Calendar of Operations 
and Treatment for each Month of the Year. In Cloth (Crown 
8vo. 5 by 7J), price 2s. 6d ; post free, 2S. 9d. Publisher, Garden¬ 
ing World, i, Clement's Inn, Stiand, London, W.C. 
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The Ferguslie Specimen of Angraecum sesquipedale. 
