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June 1?, 1893, 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
FUCHSIAS AND 
GLOXINIAS. 
There is a fine display of Fuchsias in one of the 
houses treated as a conservatory, and also in the 
long corridor connecting the houses of the fine new 
range together, in the gardens of John McMeekin, 
Esq., Falkland Park, South Norwood Hill. The 
plants have been grown from cuttings within the 
last ten months, and are now 6 ft. to ii ft. in height. 
Most of them are grown in pots, but a few are 
planted out and trained up under the rafters of the 
corridor. Considering the short time that has 
elapsed since they were mere cuttings, it would not 
be supposed that they would resemble pyramidal 
specimens of some years’ standing. They are never¬ 
theless well furnished from top to bottom, and 
though narrow, carry a fine lot of bloom. Had they 
been bulky specimens they would hardly have been 
admissible in their present position round the edges 
of the large central bed of the house. The dwarfer 
ones are, of course, stood on the side stages. As it 
is, such tall and floriferous specimens speak of high 
cultural skill on the part of the gardener, Mr. 
Wright. The varieties grown are also very numerous, 
creating a wonderfully varied and interesting display. 
Single Fuchsias. 
Amongst many of the newer kinds some of the most 
popular of the old-fashioned sorts may still be noted. 
One of these is— 
Mrs. Marshall , with a carmine rose corolla and the 
rest white. It has figured at many an exhibition of 
by-gone days. 
Rose of Castille is another equally noteworthy and 
floriferous kind of the olden times. It has bluish 
purple petals and white sepals. 
Rose of Castille Improved has larger flowers with 
pink sepals, and a violet purple corolla. 
Our Future Queen is a striking flower with a massive 
white tube and rosy carmine petals. The sepals of 
Display are red, with spreading rosy-purple petals. 
Some of the specimens are grown in pots, and others 
trained up the rafters as in the case of Rose of 
Castille. A very pretty one with flowers of the same 
spreading habit as Display, is 
President Grevy with red sepals and soft mauve 
petals striped with carmine veins. 
John Bright has reflexed red sepals, and a short 
violet-purple corolla. One of the most satisfactory 
and valuable sorts grown is 
Charming, by reason of its pyramidal and brandi¬ 
ng habit, as displayed by several specimens grown. 
The long, violet-purple corolla is very striking, and 
ifts this into the first rank of desirable Fuchsias to 
grow. Another old favourite is 
Wave of Life, having greenish yellow foliage, and 
a deep blue, or ultimately purple corolla, which 
although not large, is very striking from its intensity. 
The white sepals and rosy-purple petals, edged with 
scarlet, offer striking contrasts and are characteristic 
of Marginata. Pretty also is 
Lustre, having white or blush sepals and scarlet 
petals. Another picotee-edged sort is 
Lady Heytesbury, with white sepals, and a purple 
corolla-edged scarlet. It has longer and darker 
coloured flowers than Marginata. Very pretty is 
Emily Bright, with a short scarlet corolla. When 
trained to a wall, the branches form long, drooping, 
floriferous sprays. A vigorous grower is 
Charles Blaine, about io ft. high, with spreading, 
red sepals and purple petals. The flowers of 
Lee's Perfection are widely bell-shaped, with blush 
sepals and a scarlet corolla, shaded with purple. A 
bold and striking variety is 
A urea superba, with heart-shaped leaves of great 
size, and light green in colour. The sepals are 
salmon-coloured, and the petals orange-scarlet, 
colours which we should expect from the name. 
Lord Beaconsfield is now pretty well known for its 
dwarf drooping habit and long salmon red tube, 
salmon-coloured sepals and scarlet corolla. It is 
very floriferous. The revolute sepals of 
Lady Hexham are crimson red and the corolla of 
an intense blue. 
Warrior Queen is a robust variety with large, 
spreading crimson sepals and blackish violet blue 
petals, ultimately shading off to deep purple. The 
old 
Fuchsia fulgens still finds a place amongst the many 
new kinds. Its dwarf habit and long-tubed, brightly 
coloured flowers have much to recommend it. The 
tube is scarlet, the corolla a deeper shade and the 
sepals are tipped with green. The dark foliage and 
the lively scarlet flowers of the still dwarfer F. 
triphylla are very engaging. 
Double Fuchsias. 
There are few collections in which double Fuchsias 
do not hold a subordinate position to the single ones 
and we are highly pleased that it should - be so, for 
doubling destroys much of the graceful elegance 
which is so characteristic of the Fuchsia. A few of 
them are sufficient to lend variety in a collection of 
the single kinds. The flowers are frequently so 
heavy that they drop bodily at a relatively early age, 
especially if the plants are disturbed. Some of them 
may be considered beautiful when their bulky 
flowers are of bright and pleasing colours. There 
are many such double kinds being grown and 
we should not entirely discourage their cultivation. 
The flowers of 
Kaiser Wilhelm are large, with rosy-purple sepals, 
and deep purple petals. Those of 
Madame Cornillisson are relatively small and grace¬ 
ful, or in other words, the white petals are not too 
numerous to render the flowers heavy. The sepals 
are red. On the whole it is a variety well adapted 
for training to the pillars of the roofs of greenhouses 
or conservatories. The flowers of 
Avalanche are large, with reflexed soft red sepals, 
and numerous deep blue petals. There is also 
another sort named Avalanche, with white flowers. 
The sepals of 
Papin are red, and the petals curiously flaked with 
blue and scarlet. A more pleasing colour is exhibited 
by 
Lamenais which has short red sepals and white 
petals, often veined with pink. 
Gloxinias. 
Seldom, if ever, have we seen such a range of 
variation in the colour of the flowers in a single 
batch of seedling Gloxinias as may be seen here, and 
all flowering together in one of the stoves. The 
flowers are all funnel-shaped, of the improved, erect 
types, and both self-banded, and spotted varieties 
may be noted in great abundance. A very distinct 
sort is a white one, with fifteen short, heavy brown 
bands in the throat. Another self has rich crimson- 
scarlet flowers. Another is scarlet with a pale pur¬ 
ple throat, and some differ from the last by having a 
dark crimson lamina. 
Banded and edged flowers are also very numerous. 
For instance, there are some of them with a large 
crimson blotch in the centre, and base of each seg¬ 
ment with a broad, smooth, salmon-rose edge. 
Others are maroon purple in the centre, followed by 
a crimson band, and then a rose edge; or rich 
crimson with a scarlet edge ; violet-purple with a 
paler edge; maroon purple, marbled with that 
colour on a white ground, and blue at the edge ; deep 
violet-purple, with a lilac and white margin ; or like 
the last named with a bluish purple border. Those 
that are crimson, and spotted on a paler ground, 
with a lively rose edge are also very beautiful. 
Spotted varieties find acceptance with a large num¬ 
ber of admirers. For instance, the lamina of the 
flower would be white, blush, or lilac, more or less 
densely and finely spotted all over with some darker 
colour. Some of them here are white, thinly spotted 
with rose, and others densely punctate in the same 
way giving the flower an elegant and charming effect, 
especially when contrasted with the richly and 
darkly coloured seifs or belted kinds. Others are 
finely spotted with blue or purple on a white 
ground. 
When such an interesting and varied lot of flowers 
can be obtained from a packet of seed, it would 
seem superfluous to keep a stock of selected and 
named plants. A selection of the best of them set 
apart for the production of seed would, however, 
furnish a strain of seed from which very fine results 
might be expected in succeeding years. In fact this 
selection would form the nucleus of a collection that 
would fairly represent most of the types in cultiva¬ 
tion, and might give rise to others. 
--*•- 
Afforesting in Ireland.— The afforesting carried out 
by the Congested Districts Board in the west of 
Ireland is now beginning to show the beneficial 
effects that in the future will be reaped by this 
important step. At Knockboy, Recess, co. Galway, 
the works carried out there are proving very 
encouraging, and the large number of young trees 
that have been planted show a fine healthy growth 
this season. The weather seems to have suited 
them well, and the varieties selected, from their 
vigorous appearance, seem well adapted for the 
western climate. All vegetation is ’ fresh and 
luxuriant.— Surveyor, 
FLORICULTURE. 
The National Auricula Society. 
Very much I regret to note the remarks of my good 
friend, "R. D., on page 644 of your last issue. 
Very reluctantly 1 made my statement as given May 
27th, page 612, and certainly I shall not be a party 
to any war of words. I hoped rather to allay 
controversy. 
But I can withdraw nothing therein said. My 
friend’s recollection of the episode touching Mr. Ben 
Simonite’s note may be clear and distinct, but his 
relation is imperfect. Opposed to his remembrance, 
I maintain Mr. Simonite did not in his note decline 
to come to Oxford because he would not meet 
Mr. R. D. It would have been preposterous and 
impertinent for him to do so, for he had no know¬ 
ledge that R. D. would be present, and I am sure Mr. 
Simonite would be amongst the last to dictate to me 
who should be invited to our little feast. Mr. 
Simonite’s objection was general. He had been 
accused by R. D. of, with Mr. Horner, 
spoiling flower shows, and therefore he thought 
he had better abstain altogether from taking part in 
showing or judging. And my memory is that Mr. 
B. S. did not aver that R. D. had been making 
“ malicious ” insinuations, but insinuations that he, 
B. S., and Mr. Horner were "maliciously spoiling 
flower shows." But whether my remembrance or 
the few words placed by R. D. in inverted 
commas be most accurate with the sense of the con¬ 
text, I care not. Upon the point of publication I am 
confident and immovable. I stringently—sternly 
would not be too strong a word—refused to permit 
that note to be the vehicle of hostile proceedings. 
After reading the note, R. D. said "This letter 
is a gross and scandalous-libel ; I shall place it in my 
solicitor's hands.” I rejoined " You shall do nothing 
of the sort—I withdraw that note, it is private, and 
I will have no reference to it for a hostile purpose.” 
R. D. said, then was he not to write to Mr. B. S., 
and to that, as leading to amicable explanation, I saw 
no objection whatever. Here I must leave the 
matter, and I heartily hope my friend will let it be 
forgotten — E. S. Dodwell. 
Late flowering Violas. 
It is evident that most, if not all, of the miniature 
rayless Violas are destined to flower late. Whereas 
most of the older bedding varieties allied to the 
Pansy have been flowering more or less pro¬ 
fusely for the last two months, the miniature types 
have been doing little but making growth till about 
the beginning of this month. The latter would thus 
show considerable affinity with the old Viola cornuta 
Perfection, which has indeed been largely concerned 
in their parentage. This old variety has just com¬ 
menced blooming. Amongst late ones Summer 
Cloud, Marginata, Blush Oueen, Jeannie Turnbull, 
and Violetta may be numbered Large flowered 
sorts having more affinity with Countess of Hope- 
toun are Sylvia’s Rival, Springville, and others. 
Bridal Wreath is also late. These cannot therefore 
be reckoned upon for early spring bedding. In such 
a decidedly early season as the present, it is remark¬ 
able that they should thus have remained com¬ 
paratively flowerless till June. It would seem as if 
they were guided more by the calendar than by the 
season, for it is probable that they will flower by 
June even in average or comparatively late seasons. 
--J—- 
THE GOLDEN CINERARIA 
MARITIMA. 
Reading in one of your contemporaries a statement 
that the plant referred to under this heading, and 
also by me in your pages as new, was, after all, but 
an old thing that had been figured in Hibberd’s 
" Beautiful Leaved Plants,” published in 1870, I 
turned up that book and found it to be as stated. 
There can be no doubt whatever but that the form 
there illustrated as Cineraria maritima Fairbairni- 
anum is the same thing as is that certificated at the 
Temple Show as Cineraria maritima aurea varie- 
gata. 
It would be very interesting to learn whether the 
variety was, when originally put into commerce, 
certificated by the R.H.S.? [No. — Ed.] As it was 
raised or sported at Syon by Mr. Fairbairn some 
thirty years ago or so, it is evident that it is an old 
thiDg, but one that seems to have been neglected. 
Mr. Hibberd’s descriptive note includes the follow¬ 
ing : — " Its beauty and novelty fairly entitle it to a 
