November 26, 1898. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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water to the test of the microscope, many animal¬ 
cules in the water after the flowers have stood in it 
for a day or two. Paramoecium is one of the most 
abundant and one of the first to appear. Bacteria 
also multiply and soon make it necessary for the 
water to be replaced by a fresh supply, as is well 
known. 
Rose The Sweet Little Queen.—A Tea Rose, raised 
by Messrs. Soupert & Notting, has been put into 
commerce under the above name, the latter being 
given in compliment to the young Queen of Holland, 
recently crowned. A coloured figure of it is given in 
a recent number of Tijdschrift voor Tuinbouw. The 
blooms are very large, full, and of beautiful form. 
The outer petals are broad and well imbricated, but 
the central ones are very much smaller and very 
numerous. The outer petals are light Narcissus- 
yellow, shading to ochre, while the central portion is 
orange. In the bud state the flowers are very pretty, 
with their different shades of yellow. The variety 
was raised from Celine Forestier crossed with 
Madame Hoste. 
Adam’s Apple.—This is the Pomum Adami, of 
Risso, and is a variety of Citrus Limetta (some 
would say C. Limonum) one of the members of the 
Orange family. It is described by the Bulletino della 
R. Societa Toscana di Orticultura as having large, 
slightly undulated leaves, and robust, somewhat 
spiny, branches. The flower is of gigantic propor¬ 
tions with gross, fleshy petals, scented like those of 
some of the Citrons or Lemons. The fruit is phe¬ 
nomenal, spherical, with a rugose rind that is green 
externally, white internally, and composed of stout- 
fe'ted or interlacing filaments, making an aggregate 
thickness of f in. to i| in. This rind adheres very 
closely to the insignificant pulp occupying about one- 
third of the fruit, and consisting largely of coarse, 
dry, and insipid, not to say distasteful, fibre. Legend 
has it that this was a most exquisite and very beauti¬ 
ful fruit until the original sin in Paradise was 
committed. After that its pristine qualities were 
lost, until now it is neither Orange, Lemon, nor 
Citron. 
Dutch Horticultural and Botanical Society.— At the 
floral committee meeting of October 12th, First class 
Certificates were awarded to Mr. T. E. Houtvester, 
of Utrecht, for Chrysanthemums President Nonin 
and Soleil d’Octobre; to Messrs. E. H. Krelage & 
Sod, of Haarlem, for Cactus Dahlias Hohenzollern, 
Mary Service, Mrs. Dickson, and True Friend ; to 
Mr. Egbert Kloosterhuis, of Veendam, for Populus 
trichocarpa, Pirus erythrocarpa, Stephanandra Tan- 
akae, Ulmus argentea albo-marginata ; and to Mr. C. 
Meynen, of Groningen, for Vriesea hybrida retro- 
flexa x brachystachys. Certificates of Merit were 
awarded to Messrs. E. H. Krelage & Son, of Haar¬ 
lem, for Cactus Dahlias Aegir, Falka, Island Queen, 
Maid of Honour, and Mrs. John Goddard ; and to Mr. 
H. D. Willink van ColleD, of Breukelen, for Iochroma 
Warscewiczi. A Gilt Medal was accorded to Mr. 
J. Th. van den Berg, Jr., of Jutfaas, for a collection 
of cut flowers from Begonia tuberosa erecta giganti- 
flora duplex. A Silver Medal was awarded to Mr. 
Joh. Wolfswinkel for a collection of cut flowers of 
Chrysanthemum. 
Popular Chrysanthemums. —The two new Austra¬ 
lian Chrysanthemums Miss Nellie Pockett and John 
Pockett, sent over by Mr. Pockett, and distributed 
here by Mr. W. Wells, of Earlswood Nurseries, Red- 
hill, Surrey, have been wonderfully well received, 
and their successes in different parts of the United 
Kingdom and the Continent, have been well-nigh, if 
not quite, phenomenal. Mr. Wells has received no 
fewer than nineteen certificates for Miss Nellie 
Pockett, which, besides the Award of Merit of the 
Royal Horticultural Society, and the First-class 
Certificate of the National Chrysanthemum Society, 
which, of course take precedence of all others, in¬ 
clude certificates given at Cardiff, Leeds, Man¬ 
chester, Chester, York, Batley, Doncaster, Brighton, 
Huddersfield, Birmingham, Woolwich, Portsmouth, 
Battersea, Belfast, Paris, Lille, and Waterford. 
Joha Pockett has been certificated at all of these 
places except Woolwich, Portsmouth, and Birming¬ 
ham, but carried off the honour at Reading, or seven¬ 
teen certificates in all. It is exceedingly suggestive 
when two colonial varieties meet with such general 
approval in this country. It is probably but the 
earnest of what is to come. Miss Nellie Pockett in 
particular is to be seen in all of the trade collections 
that we have visited, which is also sure evidence 
that it is a good thing, since two plants only were 
sent to this country in July last year, the stock hav¬ 
ing been raised from these. 
Nitella hyalina, a cryptogam, new to the British 
flora, was shown at the meeting of the Linnean 
Society on the 3rd inst. by the Messrs. H. and J. 
Groves, F.L.S. 
Lignum Vitae is the product of Guaiacum officin¬ 
ale and G. sanctum. The former grows in most of 
the West Indian Islands, and occurs also is Columbia 
and Venezuela. G. sanctum grows in Cuba and the 
Bahamas. Mr. John R. Jackson, A.L.S , of Kew, 
describing these trees in Knowledge, says that the 
heartwood is one of the darkest and hardest of woods 
known, and is valued for those qualities as well as 
for great durability. 
The Green Chrysanthemum.— Speaking of the Royal 
Botanical Society’s Gardens at Regent’s Park, a 
London daily says that ” the great floral interest of 
the botanical conservatories is the newly-invented 
green Chrysanthemum, which is of a pale, fresh, 
arsenical tint, and really looks very unnatural.” The 
green Chrysanthemum is not exactly newly invented, 
and anyway it is nothing more than something a little 
out of the common. But little interest attaches to it 
indeed, and whether it is unnatural or not is simply 
a matter of opinion. Green flowers are not un¬ 
common, and Nature produced them loDg before she 
did those of other colours and also loDg before man 
chipped in with his meddlesome ways. 
Olive Culture in Tunis.—Olive trees are reckoned to 
number about 12,000,000 in Tunisia. Sandy or 
gravelly soil on a rocky subsoil is considered the 
best, a clayey soil being avoided. The method of 
propagation is to take cuttings from old trees, about 
xo in. long, and 4 in. thick, retaining the bark on one 
side. These pieces are cut from the underground 
portion of the trunk where possible, and may be 
bought at 100 for £1. There is no fear of these 
cuttings being killed before they can be planted, as 
they survive the operation of a fortnight’s exposure 
to the sun. If it is desired to keep them for a longer 
period they are buried in soil. The preparation for 
planting consists in digging holes 18 in. deep, and 
24 yards apart each way. Planting is done between 
December and March, when the rainy season is on. 
The cuttings are put at the bottom of the holes, and 
covered with 10 in. of soil. The rest of the filling is 
left to the wind or to the plough in passing up and 
down the spaces between the rows. 
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Hardening Jiscellany. 
CRATAEGUS PVRACANTHA LELANDI. 
The ordinary or typical form of the Fiery Thorn is 
a very serviceable plant against a wall, or dwelling 
houses, where room is afforded it to attain a con¬ 
siderable size. It will then flower and fruit pretty 
freely if not severely pruned. The value of the 
variety C. P Lelandi lies in the fact that it com¬ 
mences fruiting while yet in a small state, whether 
planted against a wall and trained flat upon the 
same, or as a bush, or pyramid, in the open. We 
have seen it under all these conditions, and the free¬ 
dom with which it flowers and fruits is remarkable. 
The most recent evidence we had of this was eight 
small bushes in Finsbury Park, on the opposite side 
of the main walk from the superintendent’s lodge. 
The principal branches vary from 2 ft. to 3 ft. in 
height, are bushy in habit and laden with dense 
clusters of orange-scarlet berries. The latter are 
not readily attacked by birds, and then only when 
the weather becomes very severe and food is scarce 
The ornamental character of the variety is great, 
and we consider that it should be freely planted in 
parks and gardens for autumn and winter effect. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM W. WESTLAKE. 
W. Westlake, alias Green’s Favourite, alias Aigle 
d’Or, is still grown under various synonyms, as I 
have seen it in several gardens this season bearing 
the aforesaid names, which at least goes to show 
that the plant, if not the nomenclature, is becoming 
popular. Whatever name, however, it is grown 
under, by whatever designation it is known, it is one 
of the very best pompons for almost any purpose. 
As an exhibition flower it is superb; as a specimen 
plant it is unrivalled; and as a decorative subject 
either for conservatory or vase work, it is graceful¬ 
ness itself. Its flowers are of a soft, clear, canary- 
yellow, silky in appearance, freely produced, and 
beautifully reflexed. It never shows an ” eye." The 
colour of its flowers, however, like most of its class, 
are affected by the conditions under which it is 
grown, coming, for instance, out of doors, much 
darker in hue, and with a distinct bronzy tint. Its 
habit is rather tall, and it is freely branched, every 
terminal becoming, if not disbudded, a centre round 
which cluster other flowers in great profusion. It is 
also a capital plant for walls or fences ; in fact, if I 
were reduced to the cultivation of a solitary ’Mum, 
it would undoubtedly be Green's Favourite.— C.B.G., 
Acton, W. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM MISS ROSE. 
Of all the single Chrysanthemums out-of-doors that 
I have come across this November, none has afford¬ 
ed me more interest than this beautiful variety. 
Miss Rose, however, represents a type which is 
somewhat uncommon in average gardens—the pre¬ 
vailing tone being in favour of large flowers, a grower 
once informing me that those who could grow large 
flowers didn’t care for small. I have no objection 
to size in itself, so long as it is consistent with my 
ideas in other directions. Fortunately tastes differ, 
otherwise our gardens would be less rich in effect 
and variety than this difference tends to mike them. 
But my object just now is to recommend Miss Rose, 
if its blushes and its beauty are not sufficiently self- 
evident ; and there is surely in every garden enough 
room to give Miss Rose a place, for it is small of 
stature, wonderfully fair, of an amiable disposition, 
and good-looking withal. Its floral features are 
beyond question, and if it does affect the colour 
of the Rose, this affectation is so sweet and natural 
that its keenest critics cannot detect the difference. 
Miss Rose under glass is pale and colourless ; but 
out-of-doors in such a season as the present, it is 
robust and rosy, and altogether a much more charm¬ 
ing flower — C.B.G., Acton, W. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM NIPPONICUM. 
This relatively hardy species of Chrysanthemum 
from Nippon, Japan, has difficulty in reaching the 
flowering stage in cold or short seasons in this 
country, but the conditions would seem in every 
respect to have been propitious during the autumn 
that is now closing. The plant is slightly shrubby, 
and totally distinct from any other in this country. 
It may be said to resemble Campanula Lyalli in 
habit, but the leaves are less succulent, much more 
leathery, spathulate, serrate towards the apex, 
stalkless, and crowded upon the short stiff stems. 
The flowers are produced in a short raceme or 
cluster at the top of the numerous stems, and are of 
moderate size, with white rays and a yellow disc. 
Some of the Continental botanists would use the 
name Leucanthemum nipponicum, on account of 
the white rays. The plant grows about 18 in. or 2 
ft. high, and has been flowering for some time on 
the rockery at Kew. 
ANDROSACE LANUGINOSA LEICHTLINII. 
The ordinary pink form of this Himalayan species 
is a pretty well known and very choice rockery 
plant. The variety under notice is less common, 
but may be seen upcn the rockery at Kew. The 
flowers are white, with a yellow eye, changing to 
red with age, and remind one of the Bird’s-eye 
Primrose, to which, of course, the species of 
Androsace are first cousins. Like many of the 
species of Himalayan Primrose it delights in the 
dewy nights of our autumn, during which it usually 
takes a second spell of flowering. The mildness of 
this autumn has enabled the variety under notice to 
keep on flowering quite freely up to the month of 
November. The plant is fairly hardy, and passes 
through all but the severest winters; and, owing to 
the woolly character of the leaves, it is more likely 
to succumb from long continued cold and wet weather 
than from actual cold. 
CELERY FLY. 
This during the past season has been very prevalent 
and most destructive. So much is this the case that 
in very many gardens this crop is absolutely useless 
•—a lamentable condition of affairs, and one which, 
