738 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
July 22, 1893. 
The Dey. —This is a fancy with a soft yellow or 
primrose ground, slightly flaked, blotched, and edged 
with rose-purple. 
Ellen Terry. —The flowers of this sort are pure 
white, of huge size, with enormous petals that are 
nearly entire. The calyx does not seem to split, 
and the flowers for border work may be regarded as 
handsome. 
Cardinal Wolsey. —This also is a fancy, with a 
soft yellow ground, and heavily striped with crimson- 
scarlet. 
Duke of Orleans. — The flowers in this case are 
large, self-coloured, and clear yellow. The outer 
petals are reflexed, and the inner ones incurved at 
the edges, and slightly toothed there. 
Hayes Scarlet. —In this case the flowers are 
flat, and circular, with nearly entire petals of a 
brilliant red or scarlet, and the calyx does not split. 
The Patriot. —This would be termed a crimson 
bizarre by the florist, as the flowers are flaked with 
crimson-purple and rose on a white ground. All of 
the fifteen above described were grown in the open 
border and exhibited by Martin R. Smith, Esq 
(gardener, Mr. Chas. Blick), Hayes Common, 
Beckenham. 
Mrs. Anstiss. — This may be described as a pale 
terra-cotta or Apricot self of beautiful form, with 
very finely ft toothed petals, slightly incurved at the 
very edge. It was exhibited by Mr. Thomas Anstiss, 
Brill, and again at Earl’s Court on the 12th inst., it 
received a First-class Certificate on both occasions. 
Agricola. — The flowers of this variety have broad 
purple flakes on a white ground, and would be 
described by the florist as a purple flake. It was 
shown by Mr. J. Douglas, gardener to Mrs. Whit- 
bourn, Great Gearies, Ilford. 
Pelargonium Duchess of York. —This belongs 
to the tricolor section, and when shown in good 
condition has a fine appearance. The centre of the 
leaf is green more or less splashed with creamy- 
yellow ; this is surrounded by a zone of varying 
tones of red, according to age, and more or less 
tinted with bronze ; the outer edge of all is creamy- 
yellow. It was exhibited by Mr. I. Prewett, Swiss 
Nursery, Hammersmith, at the Earl’s Court show 
on the 12th inst., and received a First-class Certifi¬ 
cate. 
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DESTRUCTIVE HAIL¬ 
STORM IN YORKSHIRE. 
A Bradford correspondent kindly sends us a cutting 
from the Bradford Observer, which gives particulars 
of the destructive rain and hailstorms which visited 
that part of the country on the Sunday and Monday 
of last week. The thunderstorm on the Monday in 
Bradford and other parts of Yorkshire was of an 
exceedingly destructive character, and the hail in 
many places was responsible for a great amount of 
damage. The destruction during the storm ex¬ 
perienced at Harrogate on the 8th inst. was of an 
extraordinary character, glass and vegetation being 
damaged to an enormous extent. Says a correspon¬ 
dent writing on the 10th inst.: — Favoured by natural 
facilities and the description of visitors by whom the 
town is frequented, the industry of gardening has 
attained considerable dimensions in the vicinity of 
Harrogate, and the damage to greenhouses, plants, 
flowers, and fruit has been very extensive. Mr. 
E. J. Batchelor, of Harlow Heath Nurseries, is 
probably the severest sufferer in this line. He 
roughly estimates his loss at £1,600. The nurseries 
are situated at the summit of Harlow Heath, whence 
a panoramic view of Harrogate is obtained, with 
line after line of tree-dotted hills rolling away in the 
distance, sometimes gleaming a faint green in the 
sunlight, and sometimes dyed a deep indigo by the 
shadow of a passing cloud. On this eminence the 
storm appears to have expended its utmost fury. 
Altogether Mr. Batchelor has fourteen glasshouses, 
and of these very little remains but the bare skeleton 
of the wooden framework. Twenty-five thousand 
feet of glass have been smashed to pieces, and it 
would be difficult to find a score panes intact any¬ 
where about the place. Only by walking through 
the glass-houses successively can any adequate idea 
of the fury of the storm and the devastation which 
it wrought be obtained. The floors and the shelves 
are as thickly strewn with broken glass as a gravel 
walk is with gravel. The flowers have been dashed 
to pieces, the plants broken and snapped, the fruit 
bruised by hailstones and slashed by falling glass. A 
lot of valuable Orchids have been knocked to pieces. 
A house 90 ft. long by 20 ft. wide is crowded with 
2,500 Tomato plants full of green fruit, nearly the 
whole of which is expected to rot through having 
been cut and bruised. Out of another Tomato 
house about 1,000 lb. of fruit had already been cut, 
but about the same quantity remained, and has been 
spoiled. In another two .thousand Gardenias have 
been seriously damaged, but a second lot of 
Gardenias fared rather better, the roof being over¬ 
run with Stephanotis, which partially screened the 
plants below. 
Among other valuable plants spoiled were a 
number of stove-climbers worth a guinea a pot, and 
a tub of Adiantium farleyense, valued at five 
guineas. When the storm broke some window 
frames not in use were lying in the garden piled 
upon one another to the number of six, and the hail¬ 
stones went through the half-dozen thicknesses of 
glass. Plant pots were also broken in large numbers. 
The Strawberry crop has been completely destroyed. 
Luckily, £50 worth was gathered a week ago, but as 
much was left ungathered. Mr. Batchelor’s son, 
Mr. Arthur Batchelor, and a number of boys were 
engaged in picking Strawberries when the storm 
came on, and took shelter in one of the greenhouses, 
■where they were accidentally locked in. The hail¬ 
stones crashed through the glass and the fragments 
fell all round them, and no doubt some personal 
injury would have resulted if an overcoat had not 
been left in the place, with which the refugees 
covered themselves. Mr. Batchelor states that he 
has been to Leeds to order 10,000 panes of glass, and 
that he found that two other orders for similar 
quantities had been given previously. The green¬ 
houses in the Valley Gardens have been smashed, 
and numerous conservatories adjoining private 
houses show holes made by the hailstones. No 
doubt the law of chances is on the side of those 
Harrogate people who say that such another storm 
will not be seen by anyone now living. 
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BAMBOOS FOR DECORATIVE 
PURPOSES. 
The Bamboos form a sub-order of the extended 
natural order of the Gramineae, and contain in 
several genera, at present, about 200 species, which 
grow mostly in Asia, America and Africa, but the 
true Bamboos are indigenous to Asia and the 
Moluccean Islands. The following Bamboos have 
for a long time been tested for gardening purposes, 
and can be obtained by importation from Yokohama 
or from the " Jardin d’ Acclimatisation de Hyeres,” 
Department Var. France: Bambusa gracilis, B. 
Himalayensis, B. Mazeli (Quihoi), B. mitis, B. 
quadrangularis, B. scriptoria, B. Simonii, B. spinosa, 
B. striata argentea, B. sulphurea, B. variegata 
(Japonica), B. verticillata, B. viridi-glaucescens, B. 
violascens, B. nigra, B. Metaka, and Arundinaria 
falcata. Some of these kinds, like B. gracilis, exhale 
a fine fragrant odour, but all are well adapted for 
window boxes, jardinieres, flower tables, and for all 
kinds of indoor decorations. A few species of 
Bamboos, such as the Chusquea abietifoiia 
from the West Indies; Ch. simplicifolia from 
Panama; Ch. scandens, from the mountains of 
Central America; Bambusa marginata, from Ten- 
nasserim; Oxytenanthera albo ciliata, from Ava 
and Pegu ; Dinochloa Tjankorreh from the Philli- 
pines, and Auleonema Quexo from New Granada, 
are tall, climbing plants, and form with their foliage, 
beautiful festoons. This class of plants cannot be 
too highly recommended on account of their exquisite 
and unrivalled decorative character. The use of 
Smilax, some kinds of Asparagus and Lygodium is very 
practical for small decorations, but the above men¬ 
tioned Bamboo vines, cultivated in pots, can be 
placed on high columns, arches, balconies, ballusters, 
railings, and large trellis work, and will produce an 
unrivalled effect, while Plantonia insignis, and PI. 
nobilis, from the mountains of Colombia and New 
Granada, with leaves 12 to 15 ft. long, and 12 to 15 
broad; Schizostachium brachycladum, from the 
Sunda Islands, with bright yellow stems ; Bambusa 
vulgaris variegata from Bengal, with deep green 
leaves and yellow stems and branches ; Phyllostachys 
bambusoides and Ph. nigra (Bambusa nigra) from 
Japan, with brown and black stems, and Dendro- 
calamus flaggellifer from Malacca, with beautiful 
palm-like leaves, for scenic effects and for contrasts 
in the combination of large foliage, serve as the most 
desirable plants. 
The following species of Bamboos from countries 
with a temperate climate, and from high mountains, 
can be used for sub-tropical groups in gardens and 
lawns, and for general embellishments of parks and 
gardens in a landscape style : Arundinaria Japonica, 
10 to 15 ft. high, from Japan ; Ar. verticilata, 15 ft. 
high, from mountains of Brazil ; Ar. debilis, 20 to 
30 ft. high, from mountains of Ceylon; Ar. acu¬ 
minata, 20 ft., mountains of Mexico; Ar. tesselata, 
15 to 20 ft., mountains of South Africa; Ar. callosa, 
15 ft., Himalayas; Ar. Khasiana, 15 ft., from Hima¬ 
layas; Ar. Hookeriana, 15 ft. high, from Sikkim; 
Ar. suberecta, 15 ft., Himalayas; Ar. falcata, 30 to 
40 ft., Himalayas ; Ar. racemosa, 15 ft., Himalayas to 
the snow line ; Ar. spathiflora, 2 5ft., Himalayas to 
the snow line; Ar. macrosperma, 20 to 30 ft , 
Mississippi and Southern States ; Thamnocalamus 
Falconeri, 30 to 50 ft., Himalaya Mountains ; 
Thamnox spathiflorus, 30 to 50 ft. , high points of the 
Himalaya Mountains; Phyllostachys bambusoides, 
15 ft., Japan and China; Ph. nigra, 15 to 25 ft., 
Japan and China; Arthrostylidium longiflorum, 30 
to 40 ft., high mountains of Venezuela ; Arth. 
racemiflorum, 20 to 30 ft., high mountains of 
Mexico; Chusquea Culcou, 20 ft.. Chili; Ch. 
montana, 12 ft., Andes, of Chili; Ch. Fendleri, 20 
ft., Andes, mountains of Chili ; Ch. Quila, 20 to 30 
ft., Chili; Ch. Gaudichiana, 30 to 50 ft., South 
Brazil; Plantonia insignis and P. nobilis, 30 to 50 
ft., Colombia and Central America ; Bambusa nutans, 
15 to 20 ft., Himalayas, high mountains; B. tul- 
doides, 30 ft., China and Formosa; B. flexuosa, 15 
ft., China; B. Beecheana, 20 ft., China; Cephalos- 
tachyum capitalum, 30 ft., Himalaya Mountains; 
Pseudostachyum polymorphum, 50 to 60 ft., high 
Himalaya Mountains; Dendrocalamus Hookeri, 30 
to 50 ft., high Himalaya Mountains ; Dendroc. 
Hamiltoni, 50 to 60 ft., Himalaya Mountains; 
Schizostachyum elegantissimum, 20 to 30 ft., and 
stout habit, from the high mountains of Java, etc. 
Finally, some samples of harmonious combinations 
for imposing and sub-tropical groups, with various 
kinds of Bamboos, tall and ornamental grasses and 
other plants, with a grass or reed-like habit, etc., 
may here find place as a guide for gardeners and 
decorators who are not thoroughly acquainted with 
the growth and arrangement of suitable species :— 
First group.—For the centre large specimen of 
Arundo donax, surrounded by Arundo conspicua and 
Ar. versicolor; next circle Bambusa gracilis, B. 
Metaka and Bamb. nigra, followed by various kinds 
of Sorghum ; then Elymus glaucophyllus, Iris 
pseudo-corus, Iris Japonica, Lilium, various kinds; 
Gladiolus, Pha'laris arundinacea, fol. var. ; Uniola 
latifolia, Bromus brizaeformis, etc. The margin 
might be made, up of Briza maxima, Lagurus ovatus, 
Yucca filamentosa and Amaryllis formosissima, 
Globba minor (Zingiber) and Maranta, dwarf 
species. 
Second group.—A centre of Arundinaria falcata or 
Ar. macrosperma surrounded by Sorghum cernuum, 
S. saccharatum, S. rubrum, followed by Saccharum 
Maddeni (ravennse), Andropogon formosum, elegans 
or Schimperi with tall plants or various kinds of 
Phormium ; then Dracaenas indivisa, australis and 
Charlwoodia congesta, followed by the Plemerocallis 
Quanso fol. var. ; Hem. fulva, fl. pl.,Tritoma uvaria, 
etc., and with a margin of Funkia sub-cordata, F. 
Fortunei and F. Sieboldiana. 
Third group.—For a centre Ze a gigantea sur¬ 
rounded by Ricinus Gibsoni ; then Bambusa gracilis, 
B. Mazelii, B. Metaka, B. viride-glaucescens, 
followed by Zea Japonica fol. var. and Zea gracilis 
fol. var., Panicum plicatum, Panicum palmaefolium, 
Cyperus alternifolius, Pardanthus chinensis, Iris 
Japonica in sorts; and for the margin Acorus 
Japonicus fol var., Iris fcetida fol. var., Stipa 
pennata and Acorus graminifolius fol. var. and 
Carex Jap. fol. var. 
Fourth group. — Central plants : Bambusas scrip¬ 
toria, Himalayensis and B. mitis surrounded by 
Eulalia zebrina ; then followed by Bocconia cordata, 
Cleome speciosissima, Flumena elegans ; next circle : 
Coixlachryima fol. var , Bambusa striata argentea 
Lygeum spartum, Phalaris arundinacea fol. var.. 
Gladiolus various kinds, Iris Japonica, and for the 
margin : Funkia undulata fol. var., or various kinds 
of Ophiopogon. 
Fifth group. — For the centre : Imperata armidina- 
cea, surrounded by Bambusa nigra, B. gracilis and B. 
