July 27, 1895. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
763 
cut variegated foliage, and pale blue bracts ; very 
pretty on the rockery. E. maritimum (the Sea 
Holly) is a conspicuous plant on the rockery, with 
silvery-gray foliage. This latter is often seen grow¬ 
ing along the sea-shore, where it sends its roots deep 
into the sand. 
It is well known that these commonly called " Sea 
Hollies ” are exceedingly useful, and much prized 
when cut for vases and for winter decoration, as a 
single specimen taken from an established clump 
will make quite a show in itself. They are of easy 
culture, and thrive in any ordinary garden soil, but 
a sandy, well drained soil is best, and a sunny 
position is always necessary, in order to attain well 
coloured bracts. They grow from i ft. to 3 ft. in 
height, and are propagated by division of roots and 
from seed.—IF. L. 
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WHAT’S IN A NAME ? 
This question is probably capable of a variety of 
interpretations, although our immortal bard has 
tersely put it that “ A Rose by any other name would 
smell as sweet.” But this is hardly applicable 
nowadays, as all Roses are not sweet. At Ivew, 
however, I must admit that the authorities are not 
adverse to change, especially change of names ; for 
what think you ? The other day I noted in the 
Gardening World (p. 699) a fine form of Seakale, 
to wit, Crambe cordifolia, but which I thought at 
the time would have been more appropriately termed 
C. " pinnatifida,” if the foliage were to be the 
criterion. Judge, then, of my surprise when a few 
days later I observed a brand new metallic label 
setting forth the plant's name as C. orieDtalis ! If 
the object in naming plants be the one propounded 
by a father to his son, “ So that you may know 
’em,” then I think the boy's reply was in this case 
more than apropos when he complained, " but I don't 
know ’em, father " ; for it is certainly a shock to 
one's nervous system to get involved like this. 
Let it not, however, be understood that I wish to 
impeach the Kew authorities, for I know the diffi¬ 
culties of nomenclature ; but I would respectfully 
suggest that no name be appended to a plant until 
that plant has been identified.— Le Vert. 
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TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION IN 
HORTICULTURE. 
Under the Shropshire County Council, Mr. Robert 
Smith gave a demonstration in fruit culture and 
cottage gardening, in the gardens at The Vineyard, 
Wellington, Shropshire, on May 25th. There was a 
large attendance, consisting of gardeners, amateur 
gardeners, and cottage gardeners. The lecturer took 
for his first subject the outdoor Grape Vine, and 
standing near one growing upon the south front of 
the house, explained the culture necessary to be 
observed to obtain annual crops of Grapes, and said 
if similar attention was paid to the outdoor Grape 
Vine as is usually paid to the in door Vine, crops of 
fruit would be oftener got than at present. But, 
often the outdoor Grape Vine was left uncared for, 
thereby allowing it to exhaust itself in producing ten 
times as much wood, and sometimes ten times as 
much fruit as it can bring to maturity. When this 
fact is considered in connection with another, namely, 
that the wood which bears fruit one year, never bears 
any afterwards, it will be easily seen to what a sur¬ 
prising extent pruning must be resorted to, to get rid 
of the superabundant wood the Grape Vine annually 
produces. The lecturer then showed his audience 
how, at this season of the year, dis-budding 
might be done by doing a portion of the Vine near 
him, saying that few persons ever possess the courage 
to attempt it. Herein, he says, lies the error in the 
common method of managing the Vine on open 
walls. Grapes could, he said, be as easily grown 
now on open walls as in the olden times. It was 
proved in Shropshire in the year 1893, when the 
fruit of the Vine was ripened upon south walls. The 
cultivation was carried out under the lecturer’s 
instructions, and was similar to what he then was 
recommending. The Rose maggot and caterpillar 
pest came to notice next. There was a fine wall tree 
of Gloire de Dijon in a forward state of growth, being 
on a south wall. The wood of last year had become 
well ripened, and this, fastened close to the wall, had, 
the lecturer stated, saved it from destruction by the 
late great frost, which was a useful object lesson to 
all those present. He then took a shoot from the 
tree for the purpose of showing his audience the 
damage done to the bud by the maggot pest, and 
unfolding the leaves was enabled to show the maggot 
at its work destroying the bud. More than half the 
crop of blossom buds upon the tree was damaged by 
the pest. The lecturer gave some useful remedies 
to be used against that and other pests that 
the Rose is subject to during the summer 
months. The summer management of Peach 
and Plum trees upon walls came next under 
review. The lecturer showed how to disbud these 
by doing a part of each tree himself for the benefit 
of his audience of seeing how the work should be done, 
and explaining its objects and its benefits from such 
culture, and pointed out the waste ofallowing sucker 
growths at the roots of fruit or other trees. The 
espalier trained Apple tree came next to notice. The 
lecturer said the one near him was badly affected 
with American blight, and three others in the garden 
were in a similar state, and recommended cutting them 
down, and to have them burnt forthwith. How to 
manage Strawberry beds, etc., came Dext, the lecturer 
giving some excellent advice concerning the work to 
be done during the ensuing month, and, in answer to 
a question, said that thinning the blossoms was not 
practised much upon outdoor-grown plants, but if 
extra large fruit were required for a particular pur¬ 
pose, it might be done to get increased size of fruit. 
The summer management of the Cherry and the 
Apricot trees were the closing subjects, at the close 
of which questions were invited, one asking the cause 
of branches dying off in the Apricot tree occasionally. 
The answer given was that canker was the cause. The 
Apricot was much subject to that disease, and had 
been for generations ; probably it was transmitted 
from bud to stock in propagation. 
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Hardening ||iscellany. 
THE PELICAN PLANT. 
In the beginning of the week there was something 
like five fully-expanded flowers and numerous buds 
in various stages of development upon one plant of 
Aristolochia gigas Sturtevantii in the Victoria House 
of the Royal Gardens, Kew. Some of the visitors 
fancied that the fully developed but unexpanded 
flower most resembled its namesake the pelican. 
The long tail would correspond with that of the 
bird, while the tube below the bend bears a fanciful 
resemblance to the neck and head of the same. The 
expanded lamina is beautifully and attractively 
netted with a light purple on a creamy ground, 
though the open throat of the flower is black, weird¬ 
looking, and repulsive. To the insect world, how¬ 
ever, it doubtlessly possesses great attractions, and 
the (to human kind) offensive odour may lure the 
winged guests as to a veritable El Dorado. Such is 
the difference of taste, and while we do not envy the 
insects for their share of the spoils, we can admire 
the gigantic proportions and attractions of the 
flowers from a safe distance. 
DEUTZIA CRENATA PRIDE OF 
ROCHESTER. 
Some few years ago this Deutzia was a good deal 
talked about, but I fail to see any difference between 
it and the variety of Deutzia crenata known as 
candidissima. In any case, however, it stands out 
(especially just now) as one of the most beautiful 
flowering ihrubs that we have in our gardens, for the 
blossoms, like little white rosettes, are borne in the 
greatest profusion. It will take care of itself under 
anything like favourable conditions, and flower 
freely, but even then a little attention is well repaid, 
as there is a tendency for the bush to become choked 
with weak and exhausted wood, and if this is removed 
the more vigorous flowering shoots have a better 
opportunity to develop. A second double-flowered 
variety has the exterior of the blossoms suffused with 
red, and a pinkish tinge often overspreads the rest 
of the flower. This is sometimes known as D. 
crenata fl.-pleno, and D. crenata rosea-plena. The 
white and the pinkish form are so distinct from each 
other that a place could be found for both of them 
in most gardens. Of other Deutzias the well-known 
D. gracilis, though grown in large quantities for 
forcing, does not get its merits sufficiently recognised 
as a flowering shrub in the open ground, while the 
newer D. parviflora bids fair to be a valuable shrub. 
— T., in "The Field." 
CORDON GOOSEBERRIES. 
1 o those who desire to obtain extra fine examples of 
this popula r fruit we would recommend the system 
of training the bushes so extensively and success¬ 
fully adopted by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, at their 
nurseries near Slough. The bushes are grown as 
cordons, either single or with five or six shoots 
instead of one, spurring them back each year. 
Those with the greater number of growths are 
admirably sui ei for training to w’res, by vh : ch not 
only is especially well-flavoured fruit obtained, but 
anyone is able to gather them easily enough without 
running the risk of getting their hands seamed with 
scratches, an unpleasant proceeding that, to say the 
least of it, decidedly discounts the value of the fruit. 
Where bushes of this kind are grown, the owner of 
the garden is able to pluck the fruit from the tree 
himself without troubling the gardener or any of his 
assistants. Of course, this system of training would 
not answer unless protection can be afforded the 
trees from budding birds in spring, but that it is a 
highly satisfactory way of growing them when this 
precaution can be taken is amply demonstrated by 
the heavy crops of fine fruit which Messrs. Veitch’s 
bushes are carrying. All the best varieties may be 
treated in this way with exceedlingly good results. 
HOW TO PRODUCE GREEN PANSIES. 
Pearson's Weekly says that if ordinary Pansies 
be immersed for a few seconds in a dilute 
solution of etherealised ammonia, the violet 
part gradually changes to a vivid metallic 
green, the shading of colour exactly corresponding 
to that of the original violet. When a pencil of 
white light falls on an object certain of its rays are 
absorbed while others are reflected. The latter, on 
reaching the eye, give an impression known as 
"colour.” What rays are absorbed depends on the 
chemical constitution of the substance. In the com¬ 
mon or garden Pansy, the violet ray s are, for the main 
part, alone reflected; but the ammonia, acting 
chemically upon its texture, sets free also the yellow 
rays, and these, blending with the blue, convey the 
impression known as “green.” It will be observed 
that the yellow point which exists in the centre of 
these flowers remains unaffected by the ammonia. 
If the solution used be dilute, the Pansy will not 
wither any more quickly than under ordinary circum¬ 
stances. 
FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
The Floral Emblem Society, organised at 
the World's Fair for the spread of the pleasant 
and instructive custom of choosing floral emblems 
for the individual states and the nation, is 
quietly but effectively pushing its work. Through 
its influence Maine has selected the Pine cone and 
tassel; Vermont, red Clover ; Minnesota, the Ladies' 
Slipper; Montana, the Bittersweet; California, the 
yellow Poppy, and Nebraska, the Golden-rod. Each 
of these states has legislated upon the emblems, 
which are now legalised. The campaign is now 
opening in Massachusetts. The Society does not 
choose the emblem, but stimu fates the people to do 
it. American Gardening says that the custom is 
worthy general imitation. 
FREAKS OF BEGONIAS. 
From time to time we come across various depar¬ 
tures from the normal form of flower that are more 
or less interesting. Rarely, however, is it that we 
see one more curious than that which came under 
our notice the other day in Messrs. Peed’s nursery 
at Roupell Park. In a fine scarlet variety one of the 
male flowers had a petal of deep scarlet hue rising 
out from amidst the central mass of stamens, where, 
as may be supposed, it presented a very peculiar 
appearance. None of the other flowers open upon 
the plant at the time, exhibited this curious feature, 
which cou'd scarcely fail to attract the attention of 
even a casual observer. 
A PRETTY NURSERY ENTRANCE, 
Verv rarely, indeed, is it that we see the front 
entrance to a nursery evidencing so strongly the 
bestowal of so much taste and skill in its decoration 
as that of Messrs. John Peed & Sons’ establish¬ 
ment, at Roupell Park. Facing the road and next 
to it is a wide border filled with bright little 
specimens of dwarf hardy shrubs. Next to this a 
well-kept piece of lawn, in which a number of beds 
