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September 10, 1898 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
grandiflora,a next-door neighbour toAlonsca, 
with deep violet flowers produced singly in 
the axils of the leaves all along the upper 
half of the stems, which are only io in. to 
12 in. high. It is a native of Pernambuco, 
and will probably require a greenhouse 
temperature in winter, but flowers freely 
when planted out in summer. It was 
raised from cuttings last year, but there is 
a white variety, A. g. alba, which was 
raised from seeds last spring, and is now 
flowering. The tall perennial Lobelias are 
great favourites with Mr. Bain, who grows 
L. cardinalis and several hybrid forms of 
L. splendens and L. fulgens. L. Carmine 
Gem and L. Crimson Gem have the long, 
narrow leaves of L. splendens, and similarly 
large flowers, though differing in colour 
from the latter, as their names indicate. 
All these forms are magnificent, and in L. 
Rivoirei we have a charming soft pink 
variety, with large flowers, well worthy of 
a place in any garden. Other tall Lobelias 
that enrich the collection are L. Tupa and 
L. Gerardi, the latter having tall, branching 
stems and dark blue flowers. 
The huge, rich orange flowers of Crocos- 
mia aurea imperialis are magnificent, and 
a valuable addition to this class of plants. 
The huge, palest lavender, Potato-like 
flowers of Solanum Balbisii are followed 
by scarlet berries about the size of those of 
the Cape Gooseberry, and protected by a 
spiny calyx. The spiny, deeply pinnatifid 
leaves are also highly ornamental. A de¬ 
cided acquisition to herbaceous plants is 
Heuchera sanguinea grandiflora, whose 
varietal name expresses the improvement. 
The pale yellow flovvers of Oenothera mis- 
souriensis attain a diameter of 3 in. or 4 in. 
The profusion of flowers produced by 
Linaria macedonica is truly wonderful, the 
flowering period being co-existent with our 
summer. A grand thing is that new annual 
Rudbeckia bicolor, with golden rays and a 
blotch on the base of each ray varying be¬ 
tween maroon and brown, while some of 
the plants have wholly golden-yellow rays. 
Two tall climbers stand on either side of a 
walk, one having small white flowers, but 
pretty foliage, namely, Withamia origani- 
folia and Pachyrhizus Thunbergi, a stong 
grower, which has not yet flowered. 
Choice herbaceous plants are always well 
looked after, even to afford them copious 
supplies of water; and under Mr. Bain’s 
fostering care Rudbeckia Golden Glow, 
with its double golden-yellow flowers has 
attained a height of 8 ft. to 9 ft.; Helenium 
autumnale, 8 ft. and H. striatum, 5 ft. The 
buff-crimson of the latter is very handsome. 
All of these and some tall Helianthus are 
planted in front of a huge bush of Prunus 
Pissardi, the dark colour of which shows 
off the yellow flowers to perfection. Chry¬ 
santhemum maximum Triumph carries 
flower heads of remarkable size. The 
graceful scarlet rays of Gerbera Jamesoni 
measure nearly 4 in. across. The soft lilac 
or lavender flowers of Felicia abyssinica 
rise above the slender leaves to a height of 
6 in. or 8 in. A large bed is very gay with 
the large light blue flowers of Aster Thomp- 
soni. Amongst these subjects is a large 
patch of Verbena Miss Wilmott, with rosy- 
pink flowers well adapted for bedding pur¬ 
poses. Close by is a grand plant of the 
Glory Pea, protected by a handlight with 
the top removed, and flowering beautifully. 
A large plantation of Anemone japonica 
includes all the finest of the forms of that 
species, including the type, with its 
numerous purple petals, and the old A. j. 
elegans with rosy flowers. A. j. Lord Ardi- 
laun is a semi-double white of considerable 
beauty ; while A. j. Lady Ardilaun has six 
to nine petals, being very close to the older 
A. j. alba. The numerous narrow white 
petals of A. j. Whirlwind are also hand¬ 
some and resemble an albino of the typical 
A. japonica. The pale sky-blue flowers of 
Clematis davidiana are additionally recom¬ 
mended by their fragrance. Nor must we 
omit mention of a grand tree of the black 
Mulberry, feathered to the ground and laden 
with fruits which the birds seem determined 
to prevent from ripening. 
Burford Lodge is particularly notable for 
its splendid strain of Pentstemons, the seed¬ 
lings of which would surpass many a 
meritorious collection of named varieties. 
Last year’s plants are profuse in bloom and 
still in full beauty. The seedlings of this 
year have flowers of enormous size, and of 
many beautiful colours, particularly a rich 
crimson-purple sort, with a pure white 
throat. Another is handsomely marbled 
with purple on a white ground. The whole 
strain is really magnificent. 
(To be continued.) 
Mr.Robert Cubbon, for over seven years gardener to 
R. Alston, Esq., Harold Hall, near Bedford, has 
been appointed head gardener to Thomas Hughes, 
Esq., Dudlow Grange, Wavertree, Liverpool, and 
will enter upon his new duties in a few days. 
Erratum.—At page 826 in our issue for August 
27th, in the thirty-sixth line from the top of the first 
column, for the “ Devon Chrysanthemum Society," 
read the " Devon Chrysanthemum Nursery, Teign- 
mouth.” 
International Exhibition at St. Petersburg.—Mr. 
James H. Veitch has been appointed Commissioner 
for Great Britain and Ireland for the third Inter¬ 
national Exhibition of Horticulture organised by the 
Russian Imperial Horticultural Society, on the 
occasion of the fortieth Anniversary to be held at'St. 
Petersburg, in May, 1899. Schedules may be 
obtained from him, on application, at the Royal 
Exotic Nursery, Chelsea. 
The Cromer Express.—It was an extremely pretty 
idea which led the Great Eastern Railway Com¬ 
pany to issue an Annotated Time Table of the 
Cromer Express, of which we are in receipt of a copy. 
The express leaves Liverpool Street Station at 1 30 
p.m., and after a journey of 138 miles reaches 
Cromer at 4.25 p.m. On its way it passes close by 
many spots which history has rendered famous. The 
time table referred to draws attention to each of these, 
gives their distances from London and the various 
times at which they are reached. In most cases a 
photograph accompanies the letter text, so that the 
traveller can make no mistake. These illustrations 
are admirably executed, and the booklet is a very 
creditable production, whilst it cannot fail to interest 
those of the hundred thousand travellers who daily 
leave the company’s terminus at Liverpool Street, 
whose way lies Cromerwards. 
Heller's Steel Boxes.—This is the name given to a 
kind of box that has been patented in the United 
States and Canada, and is being imported to this 
country by Messrs. James Reeves & Sons, Ltd., 
Boundary Street and Calvert Avenue, Shoreditch, 
London, N.E. The box is made in various sizes, the 
body of it being made of galvanised steel plate, with 
wooden ends secured by the steel plate being em¬ 
bedded in their substance. The box was originally 
intended for the use of ironmongers, tool dealers and 
kindred trades ; but the importers inform us that the 
boxes will prove useful to gardeners and amateurs 
for the storing of seeds and similar commodities for 
garden use, and which require to be kept dry and 
safe from insect and other enemies to which they are 
liable while stored for future use. The sample before 
us is strong, but open at the top, so that we suppose 
one box is intended to stand on the top of another 
With a lid of some sort for the upper one. We have 
no doubt the box is admirably adapted for the pur¬ 
pose, but imagine that the storing of seeds in them 
was an afterthought. The addition of a good lid to 
each would be an advantage, as only a moderate 
number would be required for the keeping of seeds, 
except by seedsmen. The wooden ends may be var¬ 
nished if desired. 
Something for Sale.—This is mi picter (Given a 
photo.) I take mi pen in hand to tel the Florists 
that i hav got up sum good things fur them to uze in 
greenhouses, i aint mutch on Buck lamin but I am 
sum at inventin things fur to elp Florests out. Now 
if u use one of mi Bilers u wil save % ure Role Bile. 
Uze 2 an u wil save it awl, and if u git 3 u wil hav 
Role to sel. i hev the Bist an chepest sash liftin 
machine an the Best Sash Hinges what is. Write 
me an i wil tel u al about em mi name is J. D. Car- 
mody, i live in Egansville, Indiana, which is close to 
Posy Rounty . — American Florist, 1898. 
Judging Fruit at Exeter.—With your kind per¬ 
mission I would like to add my opinion on judging 
fruit at Exeter show, 3s one having had thirty years 
experience in the management of show societies, as 
an exhibitor, and very often a judge. The judge 
“J. M.,” at Exeter, was certainly quite right in not 
disqualifying the collection at said show for having 
more than one variety of fruit in one dish. At the 
same time I think it materially weakens a dish 
(unless otherwise specified for in the schedule) to 
show more than one variety in one dish, and would 
unhesitatingly in a case of the kind coming before 
me, prefer the single variety dish. A good deal of 
misconception often arises through the specific terms 
used in many schedules, such as the true meaning of 
the words variety, kind species, etc., which I think 
might profitably be discussed through your columns. 
A. G. 
Messrs. Barr & Sons’ Autumn Catalogues of 1898 
have reached us. These productions are increasing 
year by year in size, a not surprising fact when we 
consider how the lists of bulbs with which they deal 
are also annually lengthening. In the Daffodil cata¬ 
logue the list of new Daffodils for 1897 and 1898 will 
be scanned eagerly by lovers of these beautiful hardy 
flowers, whilst additional interest is given by a num¬ 
ber of well executed illustrations of groups of Daffo¬ 
dils photographed at the Long Ditton Nurseries. In 
the general bulb catalogue is to be found very com¬ 
plete lists of all kinds of bulbs for spring, summer, 
autumn and winter planting. Hyacinths, Tulips, 
Crocuses and Gladioli bulk especially largely, but 
here again the novelty pages are a special feature. 
Here the public may see things new, rare and beau¬ 
tiful. As cultivators of the Tulip Messrs. Barr & 
Sons are famous the wide world over, and we may 
direct the special attention of our readers to the 
wealth of May flowering Darwin and English 
Tulips offered in this very comprehensive catalogue. 
There is a considerable number of very faithful illus¬ 
trations. 
The Glasgow Farks. — As we mentioned recently 
the Corporation of Glasgow paid their accustomed 
visit of inspection to some of the public parks. On 
the 18th ult. they had a meeting for the transaction 
of business, when the Deputy-clerk (Mr. Monrr), 
read a letter from ex-Bailie A. G. Macdonald to Mr. 
Bilsland, offering to the city the gift of a large.range 
of glasshouses filled with valuable plants, and which 
he proposed, if agreeable to the committee, to have 
erected in the new park at Tollcross, as a memorial 
of having spent his early years in the East End of 
the city. The gift was accepted, and the thanks of 
the Corporation were to be conveyed to Mr. 
Macdonald. Mr. Gray criticised the parks accounts 
in detail, and said that their liabilities in connection 
with the parks amounted to £834,000, being an 
increase of £600,000 in fourteen years, or at the rate 
of £40,000 per annum. Mr. Graham replied, and 
asked how much of that sum had been spent in his 
(Mr. Gray's) own district with his hearty concurrence. 
Mr. Graham was satisfied that the benefit of the 
parks as a whole to the citizens more than compen¬ 
sated for the increased outlay. Mr. Bilsland moved 
the adoption of the estimates of the revenue and 
expenditure for the city for the ensuing year, and the 
increase of the assessment from 3d. in the £ to 3^d. 
After a good deal of discussion and the proposal of 
an amendment, the motion was carried by a majority 
of twelve votes. A proposal to go to Parliament for 
additional borrowing power for £100,000 was also 
carried by a majority of five votes in spite of an 
amendment to the contrary. This money is necessary 
for improving recently acquired land, including 
Bellabouston Park, &c. Thus Glasgow votes 
progressive in the matter of open spaces for the 
people. 
