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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
July 1, 1893“. 
PLANTS RECENTLY CERTIFICATED, 
The undermentioned plants received Certificates at 
the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society held 
on the 20th ult.:— 
Crinum Powelli album. —The value of C. 
Powelli as a hardy outdoor bulb has been known for 
years. The pure white variety under notice will no 
doubt prove equally serviceable for the same pur¬ 
pose, and the purity of the large flowers will add to 
its value. The flowers are somewhat funnel-shaped, 
but irregular and drooping upon one side. The tube 
is 3 in. to 4 in. long and pale green. The outer 
segments are lanceolate, the inner ones elliptic, and 
there is a slight shade of green in the throat, while 
the anthers are cream-coloured. First-class Certi¬ 
ficate. Exhibited by Mr. F. W. Moore, curator of 
the Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin. 
Calochortus venustus Vesta. —The inner petals 
of this variety are broad, creamy white, and yellow 
on the basal hairy portion ; a heavy crimson brown 
band runs across them near the middle, with a 
narrower line lower down, and a blotch at the top of 
the claw. Award of Merit. Exhibited by Mr. 
C. G. Van Tubergen, Junr., Haarlem. 
Calochortus venustus oculatus. —The sepals 
or outer segments are small, lanceolate, and yellow, 
with a black eye spot near the base. The inner 
segments are white with a yellow basal portion 
covered with rosy and brown hairs, and they are 
further rendered conspicuous by a large black blotch 
surrounded with yellow. Award of Merit. Exhibited 
by G. F. Wilson, Esq., F.R.S., and Mr. C. G. Van 
Tubergen, Junr. 
Calochortus venustus roseus —The three 
small outer segments are yellow with a black blotch. 
The inner ones are rosy-purple, soon fading on the 
upper face; they are deep brownish-purple at the 
base with an orange hairy blotch on the middle of 
the bearded base and a dark crimson brown one at 
the top of the same. Award of Merit. Exhibited 
by Mr. C. G. Van Tubergen, Junr., and G. F. 
Wilson, Esq., F.R.S. 
Carnation Hayes Scarlet. —The flowers of 
this variety are large and of a brilliant scarlet, but 
not fragrant. The petals are broad and entire or 
slightly toothed at the apex. The leaves are 
moderately broad and glaucous. The variety is 
suitable for border cultivation. Award of Merit. 
Exhibited by Martin R. Smith, Esq., Hayes Com¬ 
mon (Mr. Blick, gardener). 
Carnation King Arthur.— In this case the large 
flowers are of a deep scarlet red, but otherwise com¬ 
parable to those of the former. Award of Merit. 
Exhibited by Martin R. Smith, Esq. 
Begonia Countess of Craven. —The flowers of 
this tuberous sort are of great size, fully double and 
pure white. The petals are broad, rounded, arranged 
around a single centre and flat at first but slightly 
wavy as they get older. The leaves are half cordate 
and of a deep green. Award of Merit. Exhibited 
by Messrs. John Laing & Sons. 
Begonia John Fraser. —The leaves of this 
variety are half cordate, shallowly lobed all along 
the sides, and toothed. The double flowers are of 
large size, of the Hollyhock type, and of an intense 
crimson-scarlet. The outer sepals are broad and 
flat, while those next to them ultimately become so ; 
the centre, however, is occupied with numerous 
wavy segments that are incurved in the early stages, 
giving the flower a peculiar and distinct appearance. 
Award of Merit. Exhibited by Messrs. John Laing 
& Sons. 
Gloxinia Princess May. —The flowers of this 
variety are erect, funnel-shaped, five-lobed, and 
pure white, with exception of a faint primrose tint in 
the throat. Award of Merit. Exhibited by Messrs. 
J. Laing & Sons. 
Rose Alister Stella Grey. —This is a climbing 
Rose after the style of W. Allan Richardson, but 
much paler in colour. The outer petals are creamy, 
and the inner ones of a soft creamy-salmon or 
Apricot colour. In size and numbers the flowers 
may be compared to those of the variety above 
named. Award of Merit. Exhibited by A. H. Grey, 
Esq., Beaulieu, Newbridge, Bath. 
Rose Merrie England. —This is a new striped 
Rose of the Gloria Mundi type, often, but erroneously, 
named York and Lancaster, and belongs to Rosa 
gallica. It is an improvement upon that variety 
however, fuller in the centre, and more shapely, 
shaded and striped with rose and carmine in the 
centre, and fading on the outer petals to a soft rosy- 
purple. In the bud state it is also compact and 
shapely. The flowers are fragrant, a fact which 
adds considerably to its value. Award of Merit. 
Exhibited by Messrs. Harkness & Sons. 
Rose Mrs. Harkness. —The flowers of this hybrid 
perpetual variety are large, rather open in the centre 
when fully expanded, and rose-coloured, fading to 
pink flesh, and ultimately almost to white on the outer 
petals. The leaves have very broad, ovate leaflets. 
It is a delicately coloured and deliciously fragrant 
Rose. Award of Merit. Exhibited by Messrs. 
Harkness & Sons. 
Heliamphora nutans.— This is one of the 
carnivorous plants, and comes from the swamps of 
Roraiwa, British Guiana, where it represents the 
Sarracenias (to which it is allied) of the North 
American swamps. They leaves or pitchers of the 
plant shown by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, 
were 3 in. to 5 in. long, obliquely funnel shaped and 
open at the mouth, without any lid, and terminating 
in a cuspidate tip. They were sharply keeled along 
the inner, or what might be termed the upper, side, 
pale green and more or less suffused or tinted with 
bronzy-red, particularly in the case of the younger 
ones. It is certainly a rare plant in this country and 
most interesting. Botanical Certificate. 
Lilium Bolanderi. —The leaves of this Lily 
are lanceolate, scattered, and of a very dark 
sub-glaucous green, resembling those of some 
of the Fritillaries, particularly in their 
earlier stages. The flowers are produced in a 
terminal slightly branching raceme, bearing from 
four to ten blooms, according to the strength of the 
bulb and stem, which grows about 2 ft. to 2J ft. in 
height. They have a bell-shaped tube, and the 
lamina is sharply revolute above .the middle. The 
segments are crimson-scarlet, and the throat is 
orange-yellow, blotched with dark crimson. The 
plant is allied to L. maritimum, but has differently 
coloured leaves, and much larger, more richly 
coloured flowers. A First-class Certificate was 
awarded it when exhibited by Mr. T. S. Ware, Hale 
Farm Nurseries, Tottenham, at Earl’s Court, on the 
14th and 15th ult. 
The undermentioned subjects were certificated by 
the Royal Botanic Society, Regent’s Park, on the 
21st ult.:— 
Begonia Sir John Lennard. —The leaves of this 
tuberous variety are moderate in size, half cordate, 
and deep green. The flowers are large, double, rosy- 
scarlet, and, owing to the wavy character of the 
segments, they resemble the flowers of a Hollyhock, 
the guards of which are not very evident however. 
All the parts are ranged round a single centre. 
Floricultural Certificate. 
Begonia Countess of Craven.— For description 
of this huge white variety see above. Floricultural 
Certificate. Both were shown by Messrs. J. Laing 
& Sons, Forest Hill. 
Caladium Lymington.— The shield-shaped or 
sub-cordate leaves of this variety are of a deep 
green with broad silvery bands running along the 
mid-rib, and along the course of the curved lateral 
veins. In addition to this the interspaces are 
mottled with small silvery specks. Botanical 
Certificate. 
Caladium John Laing. — In this case the leaves 
are cordate with somewhat diverging lobes. The 
central portion is bronzy-red with the primary and 
secondary veins of a rich carmine and the rest of a 
light green. Botanical Certificate. 
Begonia W. Phelps. — In this we have a tuberous 
variety with moderate-sized half-cordate, dark olive 
green leaves. The stems are stout, as are the stalks 
of the flowers,which carry the great double blossoms 
erect. The sepals are soft, rosy-scarlet, broad, 
rounded, and loosely arranged round a single centre. 
Floricultural Certificate. Both this and the two 
Begonias were exhibited by Mr. J. R. Box, 
Nurserymen, Croydon. 
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Dr. Nansen's Expedition into Northern Latitudes.— 
It was necessary that all the provisions taken for 
this expedition should keep good for at least seven 
years, and be of the very highest quality of their 
kind. We understand that Messrs. Cadbury, of 
Bournville, have supplied about 1,500 lbs. weight of 
their cocoa essence and chocolate in hermetically 
sealed tins. 
FB0f*ICUHTU$E. i 
Rayless Violas. 
A very attractive bouquet of seedling Violas of the 
rayless type was sent us last by Dr. Stuart, Hillside, 
Chirnside, N.B. Having been collected from this 
year's seedlings, none of them have been named. It 
is pretty evident that the entire absence of rays will 
limit the amount of variation to some extent, but we 
are far from supposing that the race has yet reached 
its limits. The flowers sent us exhibited several 
shades of blue, yellow, and white. The yellows 
exhibited the greatest number of shades of colour 
combined in various ways, but we were most 
attracted by a small yellow self belonging to the 
miniature type, with a deep golden-yellow lip so 
amalgamated with the eye that the latter had no 
separate existence as far as colour was concerned. 
Amongst the larger yellow varieties were several pale 
yellow, primrose and sulphur yellow varieties of the 
Sylvia type, the lip of which was perhaps in all cases 
the darkest in colour, the top ones the palest and the 
other two intermediate in hue. Some white ones 
were very pure, with a small golden-yellow eye, and 
were evidently derived from Violetta through some 
intermediate seedlings. 
The blue varieties are gradually being intensified, 
and we were particularly taken with a large variety in 
the style of Blue Gown, but darker, and lightly 
shaded with purple on the upper petals. Another 
series of flowers was similarly coloured, but the 
flowers were of medium size and might be classed 
with the miniature type. Some of them had a 
creamy blotch extending down from the small yellow 
eye, while in others the eye itself extended into a 
yellow blotch shading into creamy-white. Some of 
them had pale lilac or lavender flowers with the 
golden blotch of Violetta on the lip, while in others 
the golden-yellow eye was reduced to small dimen¬ 
sions, as seen in Countess of Hopetoun. Some were 
clouded or marbled with blue on a white ground as 
seen in Border Witch. 
Of course it would be superflous to give names to 
all of the above, as that would be reducing the 
nomenclature to a state of confusion, and few would 
be able to distinguish the varieties except by their 
labels. We trust, however, to the successful raiser 
to make a judicious selection of those that are well 
defined from one another and can not only be 
readily distinguished when seen side by side, 
but which the connoisseur at least can carry in his 
mind’s eye and recognise them when seen in other 
collections as well as his own. Although generally 
spoken of as rayless Violas, it must still be evident 
that rays are not entirely absent from the blue 
varieties, although they are very slender. Pure 
white, creamy, primrose, and yellow varieties do not 
present the same difficulty. The faint lines in the 
blue ones are evidently derived from the old Viola 
cornuta Perfection, which is a more legitimate 
parent for bedding Violas than the Pansy 
pure and simple and which has been too freely 
utilised by many raisers. 
Another point we should refer to is the shape of 
the flowers. With regard to the Pansy, the ideal of 
the florist has been to produce flowers as round as a 
crown piece. We should not like to see the same 
ideal extended to Violas. The flowers of Lavender 
King, Blue Gown, and some of the seedlings above 
noted, approach that form, but the most of them are 
either oblong or obovate, or roundly obovate, and 
which we consider exceedingly becoming. Nature 
never meant them to be round, and so long as we 
aim at getting broad, overlapping petals and solid¬ 
looking flowers, we may rest satisfied that we have 
aided rather than perverted Nature. Occasionally 
we see a human face as round as a full moon, but 
who would like to see the whole race improved (?) or 
reduced to that type ? 
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Inula glandulosa.—T his plant being in flower 
may be said to be a month at least in advance of its 
time, for it usually flowers in July and August. It 
is likewise rather dwarfer than usual, and must, as a 
matter of course, pass out of flower at an earlier 
period than it would do under ordinary circumstances. 
The stems should be about 2 ft. high, and they 
terminate in a single head about 3 in. in diamater, 
with numerously arranged golden yellow florets. The 
latter are long and slender, and at once impress 
the beholder with the importance pf the plant. It 
is certainly one of the best, if not the best Inula 
in cultivation, from a decorative point of view. 
A good proof of this lies in the fact of its rapid spread 
in gardens, but particularly market gardens, within 
the last few years. It was originally introduced 
from the Caucasus in 1S04, but seems to have been 
lost until re-introduced quite recently. 
