June 3, 1899. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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scarlet fading to magenta at the margin, like an 
alpine Auricula; and Adonis, soft pink, suffused 
with lilac. The blending and harmonising of two 
colours where they meet are impossible of descrip¬ 
tion, so subtly do they melt into one another like 
different coloured rays of light. Besides Isabella 
Watson above described, other novelties are being 
put into commerce by the Chelsea firm this year. 
One of them is Ena, an orange-scarlet flower, tinted 
with apricot, and of great size. Another is Epirus, 
one of the largest and best of the pink varieties yet 
raised, and a charming flower to boot. Imperator 
shows a pleasing combination of crimson-scarlet and 
violet. The flowers of Brilliant are vivid scarlet; 
Vesta, white; Rose Perfection, rose shaded with 
carmine; Homer, red with violet centre; Niobe, 
dark scarlet with purplish centre; Gordonianus, 
satiny-pink ; Cooperi, creamy-white ; Alatus, a free 
flowering rosy-pink sort; Delicatus, soft satiny-pink 
overlaid with white, and many others. 
A fine group of Richardia elliottiana, sturdy, 
healthy, clean and well flowered, was also exhibited 
by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Ltd., near their other 
exhibit. 
SUNDRY GREENHOUSE PLANTS 
Messrs. James Carter & Co , the Queen’s Seeds¬ 
men, High Holborn, London, occupy the whole of 
the space in the centre of the first tent. Their 
Victoria Prize Calceolarias and Invincible 
Prize Gloxinias, grown at Messrs. Carters’ own 
nurseries, are all wonderful in size and remark¬ 
ably symmetrical in growth. The show is a thing 
of loveliness and a veritable feast to the eye, and the 
average visitor marvels at the vast improvements 
that have been effected, in both the form, markings 
and colourings of these beautiful decorative conserva¬ 
tory plants,as the result of Messrs.Carters’continuous 
work for the past forty years. A collection of vege¬ 
tables was also located on the central staging of this 
tent, and an account of them will be found under 
vegetables. 
Messrs. George Jackman & Son, Woking Nurseries, 
Surrey, placed together a grand group of the new 
hybrid Coccinea Clematis, each variety of which 
was a model of careful culture and training. C. 
Countess of Onslow, dark maroon ; C. Grace Darling, 
a lilac-red ; C. Duchess of York, blush ; C. Duchess 
of Albany, deep pinky hue, were each represented by 
large balloon trained healthy samples. Owing to 
their floriferousness, grace of bloom, and the fine 
habit of throwing up the same, together with the 
freshness and amplitude of the foliage, this strain is 
almost certain to become as popular as the well- 
known Jackman type. Maidenhair Fern, Astilbe 
japonica and variegated Maples made this one of the 
nicest groups in the show. 
Messrs. Wills & Segar, Onslow Crescent, South 
Kensington, set up a bold group of Alocasias, 
Anthuriums, Phrynium variegatum, Crotons, 
Dracaena godseffiana, D. goldieana, Dieffenbacbia 
Bausei, Palms, and other plants of that class. 
Nidularium fulgens and other dwarf foliage subjects 
were embedded with growing Selaginella in front of 
the group. 
From Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Ltd., Chelsea, 
came some very fine Primula japonica varieties, 
Hydrangea hortensis tricolor, and others, and 
hybrid Aquilegias, very greatly admired. Calla 
elliottiana was represented in splendid form. 
Messrs. Richard Smith & Co., Worcester 
brightened a large space with their very lovely 
Clematis, in pots, trained balloon fashion. The 
types were chiefly of the lanuginosa section and 
comprised the pure white Mdme. Van Houtte, large 
and fine ; Mdme. Edouard Andre, purple tinted, very 
dense; Enchantress, double white; Countess of 
Lovelace, deep lavender; Mrs. G. Jackman, one of 
the showiest of all. Grand Duchess, pinky lilac; 
Blue Gem, light lavender; Snow-white Jackmanii, 
Venus Victrix, double light blue; Gloire de St. 
Julien, very large star-like clear coloured variety, 
very fine ; Anderson Henryii; Excelsior, deep blue ; 
Sensation, violet; Belle of Woking, double, light 
lavender; and lastly a grand type of lawsoniana. 
The plants showed very high-class culture. 
FERNS. 
Mr. H. B. May, Dyson’s Lane Nurseries, Upper 
Edmontcn, massed together a splendid group of 
exotic Ferns. The arrangement is loose, and allows 
the beauty of everything to be seen to the fullest. 
Gymnogrammes in all the choicest varieties are 
staged. Gleichenias also in the kinds so ably grown 
by Mr. May; Pteris cretica Summersii; Asplenium 
marginatum; Davallias in variety; Stag’s Horn 
Ferns; Adiantum Capillus Venerisimbricata, almost 
like A. farleyense; and the lovely Actiniopteris 
australis, with also Drymoglossum spathulatum, a 
fine thing for drapery use. Adiantum farleyense was 
shown in splendid form. 
Messrs. W. & J. Birkenhead, Fern Nurseries, 
Sale, Manchester, had, as usual, a large variety of 
Ferns, hardy and exotic. They were one and all 
exceedingly fresh, bushy, and graceful. His Adian¬ 
tum pedatum was very loose, free, and pretty. 
Athyrium plumosum grandiceps, very good; A. p. 
elegans, pale and lovely ; Davallia tenuifolia veitch- 
iana, extremely free; Gymnogogrammeschizophylla 
superba, spreading and useful; Davallia aculeata, 
graceful and very light; Adiantum aethiopicum 
aureum ; and Selaginella Willdenovii, of a peculiar 
blue, and dozens of other fine Ferns too numerous to 
individualise. He also shows a case containing Filmy 
Ferns. Hymenophyllum nitens, Trichomanes 
trichosidium pycidiferum and such like are among 
the number. 
HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 
Messrs. Barr & Sons, 12 and 13, King Street, Covent 
Garden, London, proved what they could yet do in the 
way of Tulips and Narcissi. Fancy having N.bicolor, 
P. R. Barr in fit form for showing in the month of 
June! There was also N. bicolor Ada Brook, and 
N. incomparabilis Gwyther, a very sweet thing with 
soft yellow petals and a deeper tube. There were a 
few others. Of Darwin Tulips, Purple King, Salmon 
King, andj Orange Beauty were each superb, the 
colour being brilliant and pure, and the blooms 
strong and well formed. That nearly black variety, 
The Sultan, was shown in very fine form. Ttien 
Dorothy, so much sought after by the ladies, and of 
a light peachy-pink, was put up in quantity. The 
Darwin Tulips May Queen, Gipsy Queen, Brides¬ 
maid, and Loveliness were to us among the prettiest 
blooms in the collection. The specific Tulips in¬ 
cluded T. flava, a lovely yellow ; and T. strangulata. 
Camassias and Irises were largely shown. Camassia 
esculenta, C. Leichtlinii, C. englemaniana, and C. e. 
atrocaerulea were beautiful, and many wi'l be adding 
a stock of one or other to their gardens. For dry 
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