April 29, 1899. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
551 
noted at Clare Lawn, East Sheen, the residence of 
F. Wigan, Esq., (gardener Mr. Want), the numerous 
flower stems proceeded almost horizontally from 
between the woodwork of the basket. 
ADIANTUM HENSLOVIANUM. 
This by no means common species is a native of 
some parts of South America, such as Columbia and 
Peru. Few cultivators can boast of growing it. and 
fewer that they grow it well. That it can be grown 
well, however, there can be no doubt, as a fine speci¬ 
men in the garden of F. Wigan, Esq., (gardener, Mr. 
Want), Clare Lawn, East Sheen, will amply testify. 
It is grown in a 24-size pot which is completely filled 
with fronds, mostly young and in a beautifully 
healthy condition. The fronds are two to three 
times pinnate with lobed or deeply incised pinnae. 
At present they are light green, but will become much 
darker as they get matured, with brown stripes and 
rachis. We occasionally see the plant with a few 
leggy and thinly placed fronds, but any defects that 
may exist in this respect are all hidden when the 
plant is well grown. 
STREPTOCARPUS AND GLOXINIAS. 
Few would probably question that these two races 
of garden plants look well when associated together, 
but they can never become permanent associates, as 
the first, coming originally from the Cape, like a 
comparatively dry atmosphere, while the Gloxinias 
like a comparatively warm and moist one. A fine 
batch of Streptocarpus has been flowering .since the 
end of March in one of the houses at Clare Lawn, 
East Sheen, where the night temperature at present 
is kept at 6o°. The plants have been kept in this 
house since last summer, and have flowered 
splendidly. The individual blooms are relatively 
large, and represent the great variation of a strain as 
far as colours are concerned, in blue, mauve, white 
shades, blotched and lined in the way characteristic 
of this beautiful class of plants. The second flower¬ 
ing batch of Gloxinias was placed here to test their 
suitability for associating with Streptocarpus under 
the same conditions; but it cannot be said that the 
G'oxinias altogether like it. They are last year’s 
seedlings and have flowered very well, but they do 
not look quite happy with the change from a warmer 
atmosphere. We noted some very fine varieties 
amongst them, but particularly a maroon-purple 
self 
TULIPA LEICHTLINII 
The general aspect of this Tulip is like that of T. 
Clusiana, but the flowers are much larger. The 
flower stems vary from 6 in. to 12 in. in height, bear¬ 
ing a single flower, and linear-lanceolate, glaucous 
leaves. The three outer segments of the flower 
have a broad red' stripe down the back with white 
edges. The rest of the segments are creamy white, 
or even purer as they attain the fully expanded 
stage. Amongst a collection of species it is both 
highly interesting and beautiful, and might be grown 
to advantage on the rock work where its peculiarities 
would be more directly brought under the eye. 
Amongst a collection of varieties of the common T. 
Gesneriana, it would of course be entirely lost, and 
its true merits overlooked. It was flowering finely a 
short time ago in the Hale Farm Nurseries at 
Tottenham. * 
CARDAMINE PRATENSE FLORE PLENO. 
The double form of the common wilding qf our 
meadows we consider one of the choicest of spring 
flowers, but although it is practically a very old 
plant it is seldom met with in gardens. Why this 
should be so is difficult to say. Many appear to be 
under the impression that it is difficult to grow. 
Such is not the case, while it flowers profusely 
bearing several stems from the same crown. The 
wild form flowers best in damp meadows, so that 
when planting the double form in the garden, a 
moist position should be selected on a border where 
the soil remains tolerably moist during the summer 
months. Propagation is easily effected by division 
of the crowns, or by layering the leaves on the soil 
and keeping moist in a cold frame till young plants 
develop. These may then be pricked into a box, 
leaving plenty of room for the. tiny plants to grow, 
and they will flower freely the following spring if 
allowed the shelter of a frame all the winter. Of 
course no such trouble is necessary with old plants, 
as they are perfectly hardy. 
ONE USE OF SPARROWS. 
There is a stretch of Gooseberry bushes in front of 
my house ; for years back I have not been troubled 
with caterpillars upon them, and hellebore is an 
almost forgotten article. Often I wondered what the 
cause was, for caterpillars were once the plague of 
the place. At times a flight of young cuckoos would 
come and settle on the bushes. Day after day they 
came and enjoyed themselves, feeding on the grubs 
and insects that lurked there. As they came only far 
on in the season, freedom from the plague could 
not be ascribed to their friendly visitations. I have 
discovered that my thanks are due to the humble 
sparrows. In the early part of the year quite a 
flock of them spread themselves over the bushes. 
Eggs and young of the caterpillar disappear before 
them. One morning I noticed a bush in a bad way 
with the pest. In the evening I came that way again 
—the caterpillars were gone. The sparrow had done 
his work well. In the early spring mornings the 
chattering and chirping of the sparrows sitting on the 
eaves and even on the window sills is sometimes 
deafening. This often tempted me to make war on 
them, hitherto I have refrained ; as I have discovered 
their use it is not likely my ultimatum will be given. 
The sparrows don’t confine themselves to the Goose¬ 
berries, but carry their crusade further afield. They 
keep, in fact, my whole place free from the crawlers. 
Even in the butterfly state they pursue them. Often 
have I seen a sparrow dart out and snap a white 
gleaming butterfly on the wing. With a clear con¬ 
science I can thus allow the little chirping rascals a 
few Peas in the summer time for their good offices, 
— G. D. 
TWO NEW CARNATIONS. 
Blooms of the two new Carnations, Florence Emily 
Thoday and Pride of Great Britain, have been sent 
us by Mr. T. S. Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, Totten¬ 
ham. The first-named is a most attractive flower, of 
large size, pure white and of great substance, with 
the petals entire and somewhat incurved at the 
margins. It is also perfectly double, but having a 
long and stout calyx tube is not particularly liable to 
split. The blooms emit a sweet though not powerful 
odour, and adds this quality to a flower which is 
otherwise bound to find favour with a large number 
of growers. Pride of Great Britain is a magnificent 
bloom, both as regards its huge size and rich yellow 
colour, in fact it is the darkest self yellow we have 
seen. One defect it has, namely, the short calyx 
tube of Souvenir de la Malmaison, and therefore 
liable to split. But if cultivators can overcome this 
difficulty in the one case, they can also do so in the 
other. The side flowers will doubtless be less de¬ 
fective in this respect. It may further be stated that 
both varieties have been forced under glass, so that 
they may reasonably be expected to be even better 
when grown under more favourable conditions. We 
take it for granted that both varieties are Tree 
Carnations. 
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SOCIETIES. 
Royal Horticultural, April 2 $th .—The meeting was 
well attended on Tuesday last, when the principal 
features in the way of exhibits consisted of Orchids, 
forced Roses, Daffodils, collections of herbaceous 
plants generally, including some fine masses of 
Primula Sieboldi. The Roses were unusually 
plentiful for this season of the year, and evidently 
indicates plenty of sunshine and conditions other¬ 
wise favourable for plants under glass. An interest¬ 
ing group of Orchids was exhibited by Sir Trevor 
Lawrence, Bart, (grower, Mr. W. H. White), 
Burford Lodge, Dorking. His Masdevallias were 
most interesting, including M. Arminii, M. Shuttle- 
worthii xanthocorys, M. Geiengiana, also Bulbo- 
phyllum Sillemianum, B. Lobbii Diamense, and 
Dendrobium revolutum. The rosy-purple flowers 
of Masdevallia Arminii were most abundant. A 
larger collection was shown by Messrs. F. Sander 
& Co., St. Albans, including such uncommon things 
as Oncid.um roraimensis, Odontoglossum Roeblingi- 
anum. Pescatorea Klabochorum, Maxillaria Sanderi- 
ana xanthoglossa, and others. A Silver Banksian 
Medal was awarded the group. A smaller collection 
was shown by Messrs, W. L. Lewis & Co., Southgate, 
including Cymbidium tigrinum, Maxillaria Harri- 
soniae, a large flowered form of Odontoglossum 
Iseye, and others A flowering piece of Cycnoches 
pentadactylon was shown by W. W. Mann, Esq. 
(gardener, Mr. J. Simon), Ravenswood, Bexley. An 
interesting piece of Lycaste Pcelmani was exhibited 
by Messrs. Seeger & Tropp, East Dulwich. The 
sepals were coppery-red, and the petals yellow. 
Dendrobium nobile Statter’s var. and some others 
were shown by Thos. Statter, Esq. (gardener, Mr. 
R. Johnson), Stand Hall. Manchester. Sophronites 
grandiflorum superbum, Cattleya citrina, and some 
Dendrobiums were exhibited by E. G. Wingley, Esq. 
(gardener, Mr. C. Harris), Dukenfield, Cheshire. Cy- 
pripediumWallisii was shown by C. E. Goodhart, Esq. 
(gardener, Mr. W. R. Padbury), Beckenham. Some 
Orchids, including Lycaste Skinneri var. and Cypri- 
pediums, were shown by Mr. J. Pitt, The Gardens, 
Panshanger. Some half-a-dozen fine forms of Odon¬ 
toglossum crispum, highly coloured, blotched, or 
otherwise, were shown by De B. Crawshay, Esq. 
(gardener, Mr. S. Cooke), Rosefield, Sevenoaks. 
That named O. c. Miss Florence Bovill was dark 
purple. Cypripedium niveum and others were 
shown by Messrs. Condor & Raphael, King's 
Langley, Herts. An interesting group of Orchids, 
including Odontoglossums, Cattleyas, Cypripedium 
bellatulum in fine colour, and Stanhopea Amesiana 
were exhibited by Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton. 
A hybrid Dendrobium named Nestor was shown by 
Mr. Charles Winn, Selby Hill, Birmingham. Laelia 
Latona and Laelio-Cattleya Ascania, both hybrids, 
were shown by Messrs, J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea. 
A Silver Banksian Medal was awarded to Messrs. 
Barr & Son, King Street, Covent Garden, for a large 
collection of Daffodils, Tulips, Paeonia hybrida, 
Doronicum plantagineum excelsum, forced Spiraeas, 
and other subjects. A collection of Daffodils was 
also shown by Mr. G. H. Cammell, Brookfield, 
Sheffield. A Bronze Banksian Medal was awarded 
to Messrs. E. D. Shuttleworth & Co., Albert 
Nursery, Fleet, Hants, for a collection of Daffodils 
and other spring flowers, including Lithospermum 
prostratum, Gentiana acaulis, Saxifrages, Phloxes, 
and others. A similar award was made to Messrs. 
J. R. Pearson & Sons, Chilwell, Notts, for a varied 
collection of Daffodils. A Silver Flora Medal was 
awarded to Mr. Wm. Rumsey, Joyning's Nurseries, 
Waltham Cross, for a group of forced Roses in pots, 
and also cut blooms. A group of double Deutzias 
was exhibited by C. E. Smith, Esq. (gardener, Mr. 
J. Quarterman), Silvermere, Cobham. Some finely- 
flowered Azaleas were shown by Messrs. H. Lane 
& Son, Berkhamstead. A Silver-Gilt Floral Medal 
was awarded to Messrs. Wm. Paul & Son, Waltham 
Cross, for a large collection of Roses. A Silver 
Banksian Medal was aw’arded to Messrs. Paul & 
Sou, Cheshunt, for Roses and various hardy plants. 
A Silver Banksian Medal was awarded to Messrs. 
E, D. Shuttleworth & Co. for a group of stove and 
greenhouse plants, including fine pieces of Azalea 
indica, Bernherd Andrea alba, also Dracaena 
Doucetti, D. Lindeni, some Orchids, and Auriculas. 
A Bronze Banksian Medal was accorded to J. C. 
Tasker, Esq. (gardener, Mr. P. Perry), Middleton 
Hall, Brentwood, for a group of Cannas in pots. 
He also received a Silver Banksian Medal for a 
group of forced Roses in pots, including hybrid 
perpetuals and teas. A similar award was made to 
Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son, Upper Holloway, for 
a group of Amaryllis and Anthuriums, with a large 
plant of Rhododendron Aucklandii in the centre. A 
Silver Banksian Medal was awarded to Messrs. J. 
James & Son.Woodside, Farnham Royal, for a group 
Calceolarias, all very dwarf and most varied in 
colour, with large flowers. Some white and yellow 
varieties of Richardias were shown by Mr. F. Bullen, 
Hither Green, Lewisham. A collection of cut 
flowers of Roses and Pansies was shown by Mr. A. 
Smith, Prospect House, Downley, High Wycombe. 
A Bronze Banksian Medal was awarded to Mr. T. 
S. Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham, for a 
collection of varieties of Primula Sieboldi, in many 
shades of colour, Bruce Findlay, Miss N. Barnard, 
and Lilacina marginata being fine types. A 
similar award was made to Messrs. J. Peed & 
Sons, Norwood Road, London, for a good strain 
of Gloxinias set up in a group with Maidenhair 
Fern. A new species of Strobilanthes named S. 
Dyerianus, with fine foliage, was shown by Messrs. 
J. Veitch & Sons. Epiphyllum Gartneri, Abutilon 
Souvenir de Bonn, Vanda teres and Calla aurata, 
and others were shown by Messrs. B. S. Williams 
& Son. Leschenaultia biloba major, Calla Little 
Gem, Daphne Cneornm major, and others were 
