June 8, 1895. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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and of a lovely pure white colour. Amongst 
hovelties, The Queen, a magnificent white, some¬ 
times slightly suffused piDk, with broad, thick, 
solid petals, showed to perfection ; also Beauty of 
Exmouth, another pure white, of quite a distinct 
character, petals twisted and drooping, centre very 
full. Charles Davis is a sport from Viviand Morel, 
and equal in size, the colour being rosy shaded 
bronze; this variety was the leading Chrysanthemum 
shown in England last autumn. Eda Prass is a 
magnificent flower, salmon-pink. President is amber 
buff, of exquisite form. Duke of York is a large 
massive bloom ; reverse of petals, deep pink, shaded 
silver. Zealandia, silvery-pink, is an incurved 
Japanese of largest size, raised by Mr. Garland, of 
Wellington. Beaute Toulonsaine, is similar in 
colour, and a rival to Edwin Molyneux. Lady Bell 
is another of Mr. Garland’s seedlings, cream, with 
yellow centre. A salmon tinted rose sport from 
yellow Lacroix also attracted attention ; it originated 
with Mr. Tibbs' Kentish yellow, a splendid clear 
yellow, very full. Snowflake is purest snow-white, 
large, full, and solid flower of exquisite form. 
Mrs. H. N. Higinbotham is clear bright pink, 
a new hardy variety of great promise. T. H. 
Brown is clear light pink. Mrs. C. H. Payne is rosy 
blush, very large solid bloom, one of the best shown. 
Lord Brooke is bright bronze-shaded red, a high 
built and perfectly double flower. Last year's 
novelties were well represented by splendid blooms 
of Charles Shrimpton, Florence Davis, G. W. Childs, 
Harrj May, Charles Blick, John Shrimpton, White 
Louis Boehmer, Miss Dorothea Shea, O. P. Basset, 
Mrs. Bruce Findlay, William Seward, E. A. Smiles, 
and others. Viviand Morel, Domination, Sunflower, 
Yellow Lacroix, Mdlle. Marie Hoste, William Fal¬ 
coner, International, Eynsford White, Excelsior, 
Stanstead White, and Pride of Headford were pre¬ 
sent in nearly every stand. As previously stated, 
the incurved Chrysanthemums were not up to the 
average in either size or quality. Miss Mabel Simp¬ 
kins, last year’s novelty, being the only variety that 
merited special attention, and another large beauti¬ 
ful pure white that was unnamed. Surprise was 
expressed by many at seeing Mrs. Dr. H. A. Mande- 
ville being shown as an incurved variety. It should 
be properly classed as an incurved Japanese ; but as 
it is included amongst the incurveds in the National 
Society’s Catalogue, we must abide by their 
decision. The above reference to the leading 
varieties exhibited at this autumn’s show will prove 
a useful guide to all who intend growing for next 
year. Many leading late varieties are, however, 
omitted, as they were not sufficiently out for staging. 
Golden Wedding, Thunberg, Mrs. F. L. Ames, Mrs. 
Alpheus Hardy, Mrs. William Trelease, Mrs. W. H. 
Trotter, all blooms of the first merit, were unrepre¬ 
sented, not being fully developed and ready for cut¬ 
ting ,—New Zealand, Herald. 
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Hardening Miscellany. 
SPIRAEA PRUN1FOLIA FLORE PLENO. 
The late severe winter has brought home to many of 
the gardening fraternity the necessity for employing 
as large a percentage as possible of subjects that will 
stand the rigour of our climate unharmed. The 
question of how to do this and yet not allow the 
interest and charm attaching to the garden by the 
use of the tender class of plants to be appreciably 
diminished may, in a measure, be answered by 
making more extensive use than now prevails of 
such hardy flowering shrubs as the above. The 
plant is a native of Japan and China, a part of the 
the world rich in productions of the kind, and 
its abundant hardiness has been satisfactorily proved 
by years of cultivation and trial, having been intro¬ 
duced to English horticulture about the year 1845. 
The leaves are rather small, connate at the base, 
irregularly serrate in the upper portion, and dark 
green in colour. The flowers, which are freely pro¬ 
duced all along the stems, are pure white and very 
double. The plant is a most excellent wall subject, 
and, if proper attention be paid to its training, will 
form a most delightful object during the latter end 
of April up to the middle of May or thereabouts. 
THE THOUSAND POUND ORCHID. 
Despite somewhat gloomy weather there was a very 
large and fashionable attendance at the opening of 
the Royal Horticultural Society’s eighth annual 
show in the Inner Temple Gardens on May 21st, 
though the Princess of Wales was unfortunately 
prevented from carrying out her announced inten¬ 
tion to be present. The gardens themselves were 
practically bare, but five large tents which afforded 
shelter to the exhibits were well filled with a pro¬ 
fusion of flowers and plants of almost innumerable 
varieties. Orchids, both rich and rare, and in some 
cases priceless, made a grand display. The novel¬ 
ties were new Odontoglots, including the Princess of 
Wales, a beautiful and unique white and purple ; the 
Cypripedium Charles Steinmetz, which is an attrac¬ 
tive hybrid; and a new hybrid Cattleya, Docteur 
Vouga. To Sir Trevor Lawrence has been awarded 
a Silver Cup for a group, including his Cypripedium 
Stonei platytaenium, one of the most valuable 
Orchids in existence, which has a curious history. 
Half a century ago it was picked up for 8s. To-day 
800 guineas have been declined for it. The variety is 
nobler than the ordinary Cypripedium Stonei, its 
petals being four times the size, its slipper larger, 
and its dorsal finer. Side by side under the same 
glass shade was shown its humble prototype, worth, 
say, 5s., instead of, perhaps, £1,000, the value put 
upon its grander cousin, which proudly carried two 
spikes, each bearing a couple of blooms. Sir Trevor’s 
gardener, Mr. W. H. White, is to be congratulated 
as well as the fortunate owner. 
CYTISUS PURPUREUS. 
Grafted on the common Laburnum this makes a 
beautiful little tree or standard, with a round head 
and drooping branches. During May and June it is 
in full beauty, and well deserving of attention at the 
hands of collectors on account of the profusion of 
its flowers, which are soft purple when fully ex¬ 
panded, while the buds and the calyx are dark 
purple. It is equally adapted for cultivation in the 
dwarf state, and may be planted in small beds 
isolated upon the grass as edgings to larger beds of 
shrubs, on dry banks on the top of a rockery or 
along the side of a drive. In all cases it should be 
fully exposed to light and air, not planted under the 
shade of trees. The most curious condition, per¬ 
haps, under which it may be seen is when it dissoci¬ 
ates itself from Laburnum Adami, the so-called 
graft hybrid, and forms a dense mass of slender 
twigs upon a relatively stiff and slow growing tree. 
CYPRIPEDIUM CALCEOLUS. 
Considering the wide distribution of this species it 
is to be regretted that it is so rare in Britain. On 
the Continent it is found in all countries with the 
exception of Spain, Italy, and Turkey. Its range is 
further continued through the northern part of Asia 
and the Himalayas. Under cultivation it is as 
easily managed as any of the hardy members of the 
genus when planted in suitable situations. A peaty 
soil and slight shade are conducive to its welfare, 
because the necessary moisture is better retained. 
In gardens possessing a good rockery with various 
aspects and degrees of shade, a position may easily 
be chosen for it, furnishing all the requirements to 
success. The afternoon sun during June and July, 
when the plant is maturing its stems and foliage, is 
the most injurious to its well-being, on account of the 
aridity of the atmosphere at that time of the day. 
It may, therefore, be planted in a situation facing 
the north or the east rather than the south or west. 
In the absence of a rockery it may be planted in a 
fairly moist border, shaded, though not much over¬ 
hung, by trees or shrubs. The sepals and petals are 
brown, but the large yellow lip makes a beautiful 
contrast. Though possessed of a quiet kind of 
beauty it is choice and interesting by reason of its 
comparative rarity in collections of herbaceous plants, 
and those who can command a suitable position 
for it, should by all means add it to their list. 
DIERVILLA ROSEA. 
In gardens, generally, this Chinese shrub is best 
known under the name of Weigelia rosea, and is 
sometimes termed the Chinese Honeysuckle, but 
whichever name is given it, the fact remains that 
it is one of the most effective subjects in the shrub¬ 
bery at the present time. The rosy and the red 
varieties are undoubtedly the most conspicuous and 
showy—a statement that may be made without any 
disparagement to the pale and pure white varieties, 
whose value depends to a great extent upon their 
newness, rarity, and the contrast they make with 
the darker' flowered sorts. There are two white 
varieties in cultivation, namely, D. r. hortensis 
nivea and D. r. Candida, having a close general 
resemblance to one another, but sufficiently distinct 
to be grown in a collection whose owner takes a 
special liking to this class of plants. The first 
named has the finer foliage. Like all other flower¬ 
ing shrubs and deciduous ones particularly, the 
Diervillas must not be allowed to get overcrowded 
nor overhung by trees if the best results are 
desired. Timely thinning or shortening of the 
branches immediately after flowering is the best 
way to keep one plant from encroaching upon 
another. 
TROLLIUS ORANGE GLOBE. 
No connoisseur nor lover of hardy herbaceous 
plants will deny the beauty of the plant now being 
disseminated under this name ; but there is a ques¬ 
tion as to its correct name Some say that it is 
the old T. napellifolius, a European plant, intro¬ 
duced many years ago. The structure of the flower 
shows that it is as much allied with T. asiaticus, if 
really anything more than a form of that species. 
The long, deep orange, and narrow, strap-like petals 
point to this conclusion. The hardy plant growers 
are to be excused if they sometimes fall into error 
about the name of a Trollius, for all the sorts are 
very closely allied, and a batch of seedlings gives 
rise to plants of various shades of colour and stature. 
That under notice is a tall, vigorous growing plant, 
with rich golden yellow flowers approaching orange 
and well worthy of a place in the herbaceous border. 
"Whatever its name, its origin would be of interest to 
others as well as me.— Ad. rem. 
PHLOX AMOENA. 
This truly lovely little plant, although not at present 
made nearly as much use of as might be, is a 
real gem of its kind. Generally growing from 8 to 
10 in. in height, it is a most profuse flowerer, and is 
indeed one of the very best dwarf beddiDg Phloxes 
that we have. In early summer, June usually, the 
plants are a perfect picture with their many flowered 
corymbs of pink or purplish pink blooms. The leaves 
are oblong, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate in shape, 
and are covered, as are the stems, with quantities of 
soft silky hair. P. amoena is a native of North 
America, from whence it was brought about the 
year 1809. Like the other herbaceous perennial 
Phloxes it may be easily propagated from cuttings. 
These should be taken after the flowering season is 
over, about July, and inserted in a cold frame or 
under a bell-glass. Under ordinary treatment, 
which, of course, includes shading from hot sunshine 
and watering when necessary, these cuttings wiil 
strike readily enough and will make nice stocky 
little plants by the spring, when, as soon as the 
weather breaks, they may be planted out in their 
flowering quarters. 
CLEMATIS MONTANA. 
How cutious it is that this one of the best of the 
hardy Clematis is not seen more frequently ! It is 
true we have many of the florist's forms which 
exhibit more gorgeous colours, and which boast of 
very much larger flowers than this species, but there 
are certainly none which produce a greater profu¬ 
sion of flowers. In one or two cases which have 
come before our notice this climber has been re¬ 
sponsible for the most brilliant display that one 
could wish to see during late spring and early 
summer. The peduncles are usually one flowered, 
the blooms being pure white about one and a half 
inches in diameter, and opening whilst yet the 
leaves are in a young state, so that a well-flowered 
plant produces a sheen of silvery whiteness that is 
at once conspicuous and attractive. The leaves are 
ternate, the leaflets oblong in shape, acuminate and 
slightly toothed at the base. The plant is a native 
of Nepaul, and from its abundant hardiness, 
vigorous constitution, and free flowering qualities, 
might well be used to a very much greater extent 
for the covering of bare walls, arbours, &c., than it 
is at present. Like the other members of the genus 
it likes a deep rich loamy soil for its roots to ramble 
in, together with a plentiful supply of water through¬ 
out the summer months. 
— —•+ m ’ " 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS IN 
MAY. 
A box containing half a dozen large Chrysanthemum 
blooms was sent us by Mr. A. McMillan, Trinit) 
