April 22 , 1893. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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ship of the society, for otherwise it would be 
necessary to considerably curtail the publications. 
Communications were made by Professor Bayley 
Balfour on the genus Latania, and Mascarene Palms, 
and on the origin of the Pomegranate, and by Mr. 
T. D. Sadler on the life history of the Pinguicula 
vulgaris. 
Variation reproduced by means of Seeds. —While 
treating upon the subject of the heredity of certain 
variations, Garden and Forest comments upon a case 
that occurred at the Cornell University of the 
United States Department of Agriculture. A graft 
of a variegated species of Cornus was placed upon a 
stock of Cornus Mas. A shoot was allowed to grow 
both from the stock and graft, and in 1890 both 
fruited. The seeds were sown and the seedlings 
from the fruit of the graft proved to be normal. 
The berries taken from the variegated graft gave 
rise to variegated seedlings like the mother plant. 
The latter were of weakly constitution and all 
perished as often happens with seedlings possessing 
but little chlorophyll. 
East Anglian Horticultural Club. —Under the 
auspices of this club, an organisation which has 
now been in existence for about two years, a pleasant 
and successful entertainment was given on the 13th 
inst. in the Assembly Room of the Agricultural Hall, 
Norwich The club comprises a large proportion 
of professional gardeners living in East Anglia, and 
its main object, as the name would imply, is to pro¬ 
mote the interests of horticulture. The committee 
are empowered to apply their surplus funds to chari¬ 
table purposes, such as the assistance of gardeners 
overtaken by misfortune, and it was in aid of the 
.Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institution that the 
concert was organised. With only two exceptions, 
we believe, the performers were entirely restricted to 
employes of Messrs. Daniels Bros. The perform¬ 
ance was in every way a success, and those present, 
who were sufficiently numerous to fill the hall from 
floor to gallery, not only had the satisfaction of aid¬ 
ing a worthy movement, but of spending a highly 
agreeable evening. 
A handsome Yellow Tulip for Bedding.— Although 
the dry weather may shorten their period of 
flowering, Tulips seem to delight in a dry time. 
At present a large number of the bedding and other 
varieties may be seen in bloom in the nursery of 
Messrs. Barr & Son, Long Ditton, Surrey. We 
were particularly interested the other day in a 
golden yellow variety with large, cup-shaped 
flowers. It is a well-known sort for pot culture, 
namely, Ophir d’Or, and in collections of forced 
plants it looks handsome. Here the bulbs were 
planted in a bed running north and south. The 
plants in all the rows, except one, were only 4 in. to 
6 in. high, but in the outermost row facing the west 
the stems were 9 in. high. The edge of the bed is 
slightly raised above the alley, and the slope facing 
the west has been warmed up to a much greater 
extent from the afternoon sun than the rest of the 
bed that almost every bulb has added 3 in. to the 
height of the stem. The phenomenon is very marked 
and peculiar, but had the outer row been more 
distant from the edge of the bed we feel certain it 
would not have occurred. 
The New Potato Season in Cornwall has now fairly 
set in. So far the crops are excellent, and bid fair 
to supersede by far those of many former years. 
Many tons have already been sent to the London 
and Midland markets, and the price is in advance of 
that usually obtained for first crops, as might be 
expected when the fact is taken into account that 
the Potatos have been put into the markets fully a 
month earlier than is usual. Gooseberries are 
coming on apace, and there is no doubt but that 
fruit generally will be very plentiful unless the long 
spell of dry weather we have had should create 
blight later on, which is feared. Everything in the 
gardens appears in a parched condition, and every¬ 
body would welcome a downpour for twenty-four 
hours. 1'his has been a remarkably properous 
season for the flower trade of Scilly, and not only 
the growers, but the railway companies, with their 
increased rates, must have reaped a wonderful 
harvest since Christmas. 
Experiments with Insect Pests— On Saturday 
last, the 15th inst, the Stott Fertilizer & Insecticide 
Distributor Co., Limited, were invited to give an 
exhibition of their appliances for the destruction 
of insect pests, in the orchards of Joseph Masters, 
Esq., ex-Mayor of Evesham. The time fixed was 
10 a.m. A numerous company were present from 
Toddington, Evesham and Pershire, including 
Messrs. Masters, Geo. Innes, C. D. Wise, Chichester, 
Hy. Field, F. Hooper, G. T. Brodie, G. F. Bullogh, 
Gregory, H. Pollard, E. L. King, J. Clarke, J. 
Grinnel, &c. All the varied appliances were experi¬ 
mented with, and for the first time Mr. Stott brought 
out a patent quadruple acting wing pump fixed in a 
30 gallon engine. This engine had two insecticide 
distributors attached, the working arrangements of 
the pump being so arranged that it is almost impossible 
to get out of order or choke with sand, or other 
sediment. The distributors were charged with 
Killmright, and various trees were sprayed with the 
solution under and over the foliage, the result being 
everything that could be desired, caterpillars, red 
spider, black fly and aphis being quickly destroyed. 
This being an informal meeting, the results were so 
satisfactory that Messrs. Stott were requested to 
give a further demonstration at Toddington, this 
day, Saturday, a body of the Evesham fruit growers 
being invited. 
Cornwall and the Railway Rates —Whatever may 
be the result of the agitation for a reduction in the 
railway rates for carriage of gardening produce from 
other parts of the country, Cornwall has come oft 
remarkably well. As a result of an influential 
deputation to the directors of the Great Western 
Railway Co., the new terms have been settled on a 
satisfactory basis. Amongst other matter, it 
appears that the old rates for conveying Broccoli 
are to be reverted to, and as these were considered 
reasonable there is no grumbling. Any rates for 
hot-house fruit advanced in the revision have been 
put back to the old figures. Consignments may be 
sent to stations in England and Wales at half the 
ordinary parcel rates. With regard to Potatos, the 
company state that the rates have not been advanced. 
They consider it an exceedingly liberal one, including, 
as it does, delivery by van in London. The company 
find it impracticable to wholly equalise the advan¬ 
tages obtained from geographical position, but it 
must be remembered that those most distant from 
large centres of population have generally the 
advantages of lower rents and rates of labour. These 
modifications will practically remove all legimate 
grounds for complaint, and much lively satisfaction 
has been expressed both by producers and buyers. 
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PLANTS RECENTLY CERTIFICATED. 
The subjects mentioned below were exhibited at the 
meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society on the nth 
inst., and received awards according to merit: — 
Sarracenia Mandaiana.— This new Sarracenia is 
supposed to be a natural hybrid between S. flavt 
rubra and S. Drummondi. A small plant was 
exhibited by Messrs. Pitcher & Manda, Hextable, 
Swanley, Kent, and two of the pitchers were each 
about 2 ft. long, wide at the mouth, and gradually 
narrowed to the base. They are green, marbled 
with silvery spots just under the rim. The large lid 
is also green with darker nerves, and having silvery 
spots in the intervening areas ; the neck or hinge of 
the lid has a large, purplish-brown blotch. The 
plant is bold and handsome, and received a First- 
class Certificate. 
Bougainvillea sPEcrABiLis.— Cultivators find 
greater difficulty in flowering this species than 
B. glabra. The inflorescence consists of axillary 
branches that divide into three smaller ones, made 
up of three bracts each, and every bract bears a flower 
at its base. Altogether then there are nine flowers 
to every axillary branch, but they are small and 
inconspicuous because hidden by the bracts, which 
really constitute the most ornamental part of the 
plant. They are broadly-oblong, obtuse, and of a 
rich rosy or reddish-purple. A First-class Certifi¬ 
cate was awarded it when shown by Capt. Oldfield, 
South Warnborough Lodge, Winchfield, Hants. 
Azalea Anthony Koster.— In this we have a 
vigorous and very floriferous variety of A. mollis. 
Five plants were shown and which were so flori¬ 
ferous that the foliage was almost hidden. The 
flowers are yellow, suffused with red or orange 
towards the edges of the segments, and mottled with 
green upon the upper one. A First-class Certificate 
was awarded it when shown by Messrs. H. Lane & 
Son, Berkhamstead. 
Eucharis Lowii. —The bulbs of this new 
Eucharis were brought home in an impor¬ 
tation of E. Sanderi, and the flowers seem 
intermediate between E. grandiflora and that species. 
1 he long tube is dilated upward to the mouth, where 
it is funnel-shaped. The segments are ovate or the 
three outer ones oblong-ovate, while the inner ones 
are incurved at the sides, giving the flower a distinct 
appearance. The corona is short with two tri¬ 
angular teeth between every two stamens, making 
twelve in all. In this respect it resembles E. Mas- 
tersii, but the teeth are much longer. Like all the 
rest it is a native of New Grenada. The leaves are 
large, ovate, or subcordate at the base, ribbed, and 
shining. An Award of Merit was accorded it when 
shown by Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton. 
Iris Saari Nazarensis. —Judging from the name, 
we should say that this Iris came from the Holy 
Land. The stems are about 1 ft. high. The flowers 
are of good size, and the falls are obovate, slightly 
incurved at the edges, of a greyish-white, spotted all 
over with purple, and having a large crimson blotch 
in the centre ; the claw is bearded with brown hairs 
along the middle. The standards are also broad, 
infolded over the top of the flower, undulated at the 
edges and of a pale satiny-grey. The petaloid 
stigmas are of the same hue, but minutely dotted 
with purple and revolute at the sides so as to cover the 
beard of the falls with which they form a tube or 
covered pathway for insects. An Award of Merit 
was accorded the variety when shown by Mr. T. S. 
Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham. 
Carnation Princess May. —Since Madame 
Arthur Warocque, otherwise known as the Scarlet 
Malmaison, made its appearance the raisers of 
seedlings of the Malmaison type have been busy and 
there are now several richly-coloured forms in 
existence. Princess May is one of them, and has 
large deep red flowers intensified to crimson at the 
base of the petals, whic.h are rounded and incurved 
at the edges. They are also distinctly fragrant. 
The plant is dwarf, judging from the specimens 
shown by Martin R. Smith, Esq. (gardener, Mr. 
Blick), Hayes Common, Beckenham. The stems 
were 6 in. to 8 in. high and the flower stems added 
about another 12 in. The leaves are broad, glaucous, 
and revolute An Award of Merit was accorded it. 
Carnation Uriah Pike. —This is described as a 
Clove tree Carnation, and resembles the Old Clove 
as far as the size, colour, and fragrance of the flower 
is concerned. The flowers are of a dark maroon- 
crimson, a shade or two brighter perhaps than those 
of the Old Clove, and the petals are slightly dentate 
at the margin. The plants, however, when in bloom 
are 3 ft. to 4 ft. high with moderately wide, glaucous 
leaves. Cut flowers, as well as a group of plants 
were exhibited by Mr. G. May, Upper Teddington, 
who received an Award of Merit for it. 
Pyrus japonica cardinalis.— There are now 
numerous varieties of the Japan Quince in culti¬ 
vation, all differing chiefly, in the size and colour of 
the flowers. That under notice has very large 
flowers, even for this species, measuring ijin. to 
2 in across. They are of an intense red or crimson, 
at least when they first expand. Flowering branches 
of it were shown by Mr. Anthony Waterer, when 
an Award of Merit was accorded the variety. 
Canna Progression.— Three of the segments of 
the flower of this variety are of large size, bright 
yellow, and finely blotched with scarlet all over. 
Two of the smaller o segments are also coloured in 
the same way, but the lower one has the blotches 
several shades darker. The leaves are ovate and 
glaucous, while the stems are about 2J ft. high when 
grown in pots. An Award of Merit was accorded it 
when shown by Messrs. Paul & Son. 
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THE ALPINE HOUSE AT 
KEW. 
This remarkably interesting and floriferous structure 
is now gay with the sweetness and beauty of the 
vernal year; it is, in fact, no exaggeration to say—- 
Spring in the Alpine house now holds her court, 
And Flora blossoms ’mid a thousand hues. 
For practically, as well as poetically, the picture is 
such as to warrant the warmest encomiums being 
lavished upon it. It is quite unique in its way, as, 
notwithstanding our natural love of gardening, this 
kind of conservatory is rarely to be met with— 
hardy plants not being considered of sufficient merit 
to cover the extra labour involved in pot culture, 
