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margin. Purity is a cbarmiDg pure white form 
which comes close to R. jasminiflorum, but differing 
in the shape of the bloom, and of course without 
the pink eye that characterises that species. The 
segments of the corolla too are broader and smoother. 
Imogene is a large buff-yellow flower with bright 
carmine filaments to the anthers which set it off 
amazingly. On first opening the flowers of Aphro¬ 
dite are blush-white, but after they have been 
expanded for a few days they lose the colour and 
change to pure white. 
Of the older varieties Princess Alexandra is still 
one of the best, and in its own way is every whit as 
useful as the larger flowered newer varieties. The 
flowers are whiie, tinged more or less with blush. 
Princess Beatrice is of wondrously free flowering 
habit, and throws large, almost globose trusses of 
flowers that exhibit a delicate shade of yellow suf¬ 
fused with pink. By crossing R. Teysmani, a 
Sumatran species introduced a few years ago by the 
Chelsea firm, and the Javanico-jasminiflorum hybrid 
Lord Wolseley a magnificent form named Cloth of 
Gold has been evolved. This was certificated by 
the R.H.S. in November, 1896, so that it is still a 
novelty. The flowers are of great size, being fully 
2\ in. in diameter, and bright golden-yellow in hue. 
The tube is wide and open at the mouth, and the 
segments are broad, reflexed, and spreading. The 
truss is of great width in proportion to its depth, 
and inclines to a certain flatness on the top. 
Repeated crosses between the Javanico-jasmini¬ 
florum hybrids and R. multicolor have resulted in a 
race or section of hybrids that contain many promis¬ 
ing and valuable forms. R. multicolor itself is a 
very floriferous species from Sumatra, which varies 
considerably in the colour of its flowers. The leaves 
are narrow and the habit dwarf. The progeny has 
without exception inherited from this parent great 
freedom of flowering, combined with sturdy habit, 
and rather smaller leaves. Latona is one of the 
finest forms of this group. It is the offspring of R. 
Princesss Beatrice, and the species above referred 
to. The flowers are large, cream-yellow in hue, and 
the segments of the limb of the corolla are broad and 
spreading. The trusses are rather lax. R. Princess 
Beatrice is also the parent on the Javanico-jasmini¬ 
florum side of the pure white Mrs. Heal, which was 
one of the finest things ever sent out by the firm. 
The bright orange-yellow anthers serve to still fur¬ 
ther set off the flower. Neptune, a brilliant scarlet 
flower, was raised from R. Minerva fertilised with the 
pollen of R. multicolor. Triton exhibits a delicate 
shade of rosy-carmine, with a yellow throat. R. 
multicolor and R. Souvenir de J.H. Mangles were its 
parents. 
The form Little Beauty is noteworthy, not only on 
account of its beauty of which it has more than little, 
but by reason of the fact that it is the pioneer of yet 
another group or race of warm greenhouse Rhodo¬ 
dendrons. The parents are R. Monarch on the 
Javanico-jasminiflorum side, and the species R. 
malayanum, common to the Malay Archipelago and 
introduced from thence in 1854. Little Beauty is 
dwarf and bushy in habit. The trusses, which are 
produced with great freedom, carry from six to nine 
rather small glowing carmine-scarlet flowers that 
have an exceptionally brilliant appearance in the 
dull winter months. Throughout the collection this 
charming plant was easily to be distinguished from 
its warmth of colour. 
The double-flowered or Balsaminaefiorum group 
is a splendid augmentation to the charms of the 
singles. The flowers are large, very double, and are 
not unlike some of the finer double Balsams at first 
sight. From a decorative point of view they are 
fully as effective as the singles, and although the 
number of varieties is limi ted, a considerable range of 
colour is yet presented. R. balsaminaefiorum album 
is, as the name denotes, a pure white form. The 
flowers are of great size and substance. R. b. 
aureum, R. b roseum, and R. b. carneum are the 
counterparts of R. b. album in yellow, rose, and 
flesh-pink respectively. R. b. Rajah is a fifth form 
that is to our way of thinking the handsomest of all. 
The flowers are bright fawn-yellow in hue, tinted at 
the margins of the central florets with rose—a dis¬ 
tinct break away from the self coloured varieties. 
All the foregoing forms, together with many 
others, of which space forbids mention, caught our 
eye as we were piloted round by Mr. Heal, whose 
care for these plants is that of a father. 
REDLANDS, GLASGOW. 
Gardening is still carried on with spirit at Redlands, 
Kelvinside, Glasgow, the residence of J. B. Mirrlees, 
Esq., in the suburbs of the great city. Mr. George 
Russell, the genial and courteous gardener, has 
conducted the affairs of the garden for many years, 
and is as enthusiastic as ever over the Orchids, stove 
plants, and other subjects that make up the 
collection. During the past autumn we paid a visit 
of inspection, and passing into the stove, noted the 
gigantic specimen of Anthurium warocqueanum, 
bearing eleven of its huge and velvety leaves on a 
tall stem. Its congeners, A. Veitchi and A. crystal- 
linum, were also in fine condition, though smaller. 
Very striking also was a specimen of Dracaena 
goldieana, of great size, and consisting of numerous 
stems, a condition in which we rarely find this 
species, because constantly propagated to furnish 
decorative plants in small pots. Croton russelliana 
is one of the best of the broad-leaved varieties, and 
was raised here by Mr. Russell as a result of the 
crossing of Disraeli with andreanum. The leaves 
are obtusely three-lobed and much coloured with 
crimson and red. Stove plants have long been well 
cared for at Redlands. The singular Coryanthes 
speciosa and the curious Gongora maculata flowered 
recently in this same house. 
Suspended from the roof are numerous species and 
hybrids of Nepenthes, all well furnished with a 
wealth of richly-coloured pitchers. N. dicksoniana 
is notable for its flowering while the plants are yet 
in quite a small state. N. northiana also does well, 
for we measured pitchers 3! in. to 4 in. in length 
without the lid. The glaucous bloom and the 
blotches in the throat of this species are very hand¬ 
some, as they are uncommon in the genus. The 
large pitchers of N. rafflesiana hold over a pint of 
liquid and ants are captured in great quantities by 
them. N. Mastersi' and N. intermedia are also very 
serviceable hybrids. The pitchers of N. hookeriana 
forcibly recall those of N. rafflesiana, but they are 
shorter, wider, and more highly coloured. The 
freedom with which it produces pitchers is one of its 
valuable characteristics; and its value is here evi¬ 
denced by the large number of plants, both old and 
young in the stove. There is a large plant of N. 
Veitchi, by no means a common species. The 
pitchers of N. ampullacea are smaller and less con¬ 
spicuous than either of the above, but they are pro¬ 
duced in great numbers, and often upon leaves that 
lack the usual green blade considered by scientific 
men a dilated or winged leaf-stalk. 
The back wall of the propagating pit is beautifully 
draped with Cissus discolor and Hoyas. Here were 
some well-furnished plants of Sphaerogyne latifolia, 
though actually only recently-rooted cuttings, con¬ 
sisting of the tops of large plants. Many other stove 
plants are treated with equal success. In passing 
from one house to another we noted a Dahlia 
growing in a sheltered corner, a position it has 
occupied for the last twenty years. Surely that is 
uncommon in this country, particularly in a latitude 
so far north as Glasgow, where it *' snaws ” in the 
intervals between the showers of rain, though the 
latter are by far the more common. 
The Orchid houses are well packed with a useful 
collection of all the leading classes or types of this 
popular family. A good many of them were in 
bloom on the occasion of our visit, though the bulk 
of them were practically out of season. A fine piece 
of the rare Dendrobium brymerianum harveyanum 
valued at £25, was sent here by mistake for a more 
common kind, and is highly valued by the possessor. 
It may be remembered that D. nobile Cooksoni 
turned up here some years ago in an unexpected way, 
as noted in our pages. Others are grown in great 
quantity and variety. Alongside of them was a 
handsome plant of the singularly blotched and 
marbled Tillandsia (Vriesia) hieroglyphica. 
In one of the cool houses Odontoglossums and 
allied subjects presented a wonderfully interesting 
display for that particular time of the year. A spike 
of Oncidium macranthum carried twenty-five fine 
blooms. Other useful and ornamental subjects in 
bloom were Odontoglossum crispum, O. Uro- 
Skinneri, O. harryanum, and many natural hybrids 
belonging to the genus. The panicled brown flowers 
of Oncidium confertum are seldom seen in collec¬ 
tions. The exceedingly pretty O. Phalaenopsis or O. 
nubigenum, having white flowers, tinted with violet 
and having violet blotches, is likewise a more 
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uncommon plant than it was some years ago, a fact 
which goes to prove that the grower takes excellent 
care of his favourites. Another cool house contained 
a fine variety of Odontoglossum tripudians and other 
interesting subjects. Tufts of prairie grass from 
Table Mountain, Cape Colony, were covered with 
seedling Disas which the gardener is nursing into life 
and beauty. Various curious and interesting subjects 
come into bloom amongst the grass, including a 
white flowered Utricularia. The hybrid Disa 
kewensis also finds a home at Redlands. 
The Cattleyas are largely grown in baskets, and C. 
intermedia was amongst those in bloom. The 
fragrant Oncidium tigrinum, and a large healthy 
piece of Miltonia spectabilis moreliana helped to 
keep the house gay. A batch of Saintpaulia ionantha 
showed that the atmosphere of this house agreed well 
with it. 
A house was gay with tuberous Begonias in all the 
principal colours, and as they are grown cool the 
plants make dwarf and sturdy specimens, with large 
circular flowers, some of which last season 
measured 6 in. across under glass—a size that is 
surely sufficient to satisfy the most fastidious. Single 
varieties are also used for bedding out and do well 
here during the summer months. 
The conservatory occupies an elevated position 
abutting against the mansion, and is well ex¬ 
posed to light and air on all sides. Orchids in bloom 
were mixed with the other occupants of the house, 
and included such things as Zygopetalum 
Mackayi, Acropera Loddigesii, Stanhopea grandi- 
flora, Dendrobium formosum giganteum, and others. 
The grand old specimenTreeFern that formerly occu¬ 
pied the centre of this house, and had been lowered 
once or twice, got too tall at last and was bequeathed 
by the owner to the Parks department of Glasgow, 
and is now housed at Camphill there, under the care 
of Mr. Me Iver, one of Mr. Whitton's foremen. A 
tree of Cyathea medullaris,2o years old,now occupies 
the centre of the conservatory, making up in width 
what it lacks in height ; for it has a spread of 25 ft. 
across the fronds, each of which has a diameter of 
about 5 ft. On the stems of other Tree Ferns from 
Australia is an unknown species of Lycopodium, of 
curious but graceful and beautiful form. It took 
sixteen years to germinate, or in other words the 
spores lay dormant upon the Fern stems which had 
been stored away for a great portion of that time in 
a cool place. 
In passing through the flower garden we noted 
that Violas were freely used as edgings bordering up¬ 
on the walks. Crosford's Old Gold is a strangely 
coloured flower having two black eye-like spots on 
the upper petals. Holyrood and Bullion are other 
favourite varieties. On the lawn is a pink flowered 
variety of Hawthorn which has been a favourite with 
three generations of the family, and has been shifted 
three times in order to get it under the eye of its 
admirers. The tree is yet perfectly healthy, and 
seemingly none the worse for the disturbance to 
which it has been subjected. About 600 to 700 
Chrysanthemums in pots were standing about pre¬ 
paratory to their being housed ; but to find room for 
them must have cost some thinking and shifting 
about of the other occupants. 
Space everywhere gets well occupied here, but 
hardy fruit is not neglected. Amongst a collection 
of standard Apple trees we noted heavily cropped 
trees of Cellini, Hawthornden.Lord Suffield, King of 
the Pippins, and various others; but time being 
pressing we were unable to give them the attention 
we should have liked. " Nae man can tether time or 
tide,” and we had to beat a rapid retreat in order to 
keep other engagements that same afternoon, so we 
reluctantly parted with our guide, philosopher and 
friend. 
-—-— 
The Arnold Arboretum, Boston, U S A., is one of the 
finest of its kind in the world. It comprises 165 
acres, traversed by five miles of drives and walks, 
and contains by far the most varied collection of 
hardy trees and shrubs in America. An arrangement 
has been made with Harvard University, which con¬ 
trols the fund from which the expenses of the Arbore¬ 
tum are supplied,and Boston City,by which the whole 
of the Arboretum is included within the park 
system of the city. Many of the plantations have 
been recently made, and a number of years must 
elapse before the young trees develop their true 
characteristics. 
