THE GARDENING WORLD. 
487 
April 3, 1897; 
Anthurium Scherzerianum Geant Sanglant.— 
The spathe of this variety isroundly-cordate, of huge 
size, and rich crimson-red or scarlet. It is truly a 
giant amongst its kind. The curled and twisted 
spadix is similar in colour. The leaves are large and 
leathery. It is bound to find its way into gardens, 
sooner or later. Award of Merit. Messrs. Linden, 
Brussels. 
Erythronium grandiflorum nuttallianum.— 
The flowers of this beautiful Dog’s-tooth Violet are 
of a rich golden yellow with a pale or white zone in 
the centre, and measure 2in. to 2^in. across. It is 
a hardy border flower delighting in a slightly shady, 
moist position. Award of Merit. Messrs. Barr & 
Sons, and Messrs. R. Wallace & Co. 
Rose Antoine Rivoire. — The flowers of this 
hybrid Tea Rose are large, quite full, and of a delicate 
salmon-flesh, appearing almost white at a distance- 
The outer petals are revolute at the margins, when 
fully developed, somewhat after the style of La 
France, though in general aspect totally different. 
Award of Merit. Mr. Charles Turner, Slough. 
Polyanthus Woodside Red, —This is a gold laced 
variety, the largest and best of the red ground sorts, 
with the most persistent colour, all through its 
different stages of development. We have need of a 
revival amongst the beautiful gold laced Polyanthus. 
Award of Merit. Mr. R. Dean, Ranelagh Road, 
Ealing. 
Fritillaria alpina. —The flowers of this species 
are bell-shaped, drooping, and produced singly on 
stems about 6in. high, They are yellow with excep¬ 
tion of the outer face whi~h is of a rich olive-brown, 
but yellow at the tip. Botanical Certificate. Messrs. 
Barr & Sons. 
Fruit and Vegetable Committee. 
Apple Cranston's Pippin. —The fruit of this variety 
is similar in size, and to some extent, in shape to that 
of Ribston Pippin, but evidently a later keeper. It 
has been suggested to be a cross between the Ribston 
and Sturmer Pippins. The skin is greenish but 
much covered with russet, especially on one side, and 
slightly streaked with red. The flesh is yellow, 
tender and sweet, but is now past its prime condition 
with regard to flavour. Award cf Merit. The Eng¬ 
lish Fruit and Rose Company, King's Acre Nurseries, 
Hereford. 
Narcissus Committee. 
Narcissus Ellen Willmot. —This is a trumpet 
Daffodil almost if not quite rivalling Weardale Per¬ 
fection. The flowers are massive with imbricating 
white segments and a golden trumpet. First-class 
Certificate. Rev. G. H. Engleheart, Appleshaw, 
Andover. 
Narcissus Southern Star. — The segments are 
white in this case likewise ; but the short, and widely 
expanded crown is of a bright orange-red. First-class 
Certificate. Rev. G. H. Engleheart. 
Narcissus Lettice Harmar. —Here again we 
have a trumpet or Ajax Daffodil with white segments 
and a golden trumpet of handsome size. Award of 
Merit. Rev. G. H. Engleheart. 
FMT UNDER GLASS. 
Earliest Pot Vines.— As the fruit shows signs of 
colouring the atmosphere of the house must be 
suffered to become much dryer, the same tempera¬ 
ture being maintained as hitherto. Any plants, 
therefore, that are in the house should be shifted out 
to other quarters without delay. The water supply 
must not be reduced in the earlier stages of ripening, 
since with a restricted root-run such a proceeding 
would be attended with fatal consequences, but 
manure water should not be given so frequently, and 
when the later stages of maturation are reached 
must be knocked off entirely, its place being taken 
by clear water. A good circulation of air by day as 
well as a little air at night will greatly expedite the 
ripening. 
Early Vinery. —The Vines in the house started 
about the middle of December will soon be stoning 
their berries. Keep the borders well supplied with 
moisture. The chief work here will be the pinching 
out of laterals. The canes should be gone over 
frequently to effect this with the least possible waste 
of energy by the Vines. It is a mistake to allow 
laterals to reach a length of i ft. or so before they 
are attended to. Bunches which have large and 
heavy shoulders will require to be supported. A 
great deal can be done in this way towards increasing 
the size and improving the appearance of bunches. 
Moreover it is obvious that the berries will neither 
swell nor ripen equally if they are suffered to press 
heavily upon each other. The night temperature 
here should stand between 65° and 70°, the former 
being the temperature for very cold nights when 
more fire heat is required. Air may be given in the 
morning as soon as the temperature commences to 
rise. Shut up fairly early in the afternoon so that 
the house may rise nearly to 90®. Imprisoning the 
sun’s heat in this way not only economises firing, 
but the heat is more congenial than that of the fire. 
Peaches. —In the succession houses the first 
thinning of the fruit will now be necessary. Follow 
up the laying-in of the growths as soon as they can 
comfortably be brought down, and if possible keep 
them all underneath the wires. Keep the syringe 
gomg regularly morniDg and afternoon, always using 
soft water of the same temperature as the house. 
Black fly must be carefully watched for, and happy 
will be the gardener who does not receive a visit 
from it. Fumigation is the only effectual method of 
dealing with it, and this should be put in operation 
before the trees get too dirty. 
Melons. —As soon as the fruit is about the size of 
cricket balls it must receive artificial support. 
This may be given by nets or by pieces of board 
about 5 in. square suspended at the four corners. If 
boards are favoured they should have a hole cut in 
the centre to prevent the collection of moisture at 
the point of contact between the fruit and the board, 
which would infallibly result in the rottiog off of the 
former.— A. S. G. 
* 
Seed Sowing. —The greater part of the seeds that 
are to furnish plants for bedding purposes, particu¬ 
larly such subjects as Stocks and Asters are sown in 
heat, under glass at the beginning of March, in order 
to gain time. Naturally, such plants, with their 
longer season of growth before them, come into 
bloom earlier, and make larger stuff for filling beds 
than those sown in the open at the beginning of 
April. Still, there is the question of succession to be 
considered, and in the event of a mild autumn 
plants raised from seed sown out of doors will come 
in very handy in the autumn. 
In order to supply stock plants it will be well to 
prepare a seed bed now. A place on a warm border 
facing south will answer admirably. On such a 
position germination will be rapid and satisfactory. 
Break the ground up finely, level it down carefully, 
and sow thinly, unless the seed is not above 
suspicion as to germinating power. Thin sowing 
enables the plants to become fairly strong before 
they are lifted for transplanting to the nursery beds 
in preparation for the final stage. In the event of 
the weather proving propitious it is often wonderful 
how comparatively small a difference there is 
between the plants raised under glass and those 
sown in the open air. 
Cut Flowers. —In most gardens the question of 
the supply of cut flowers is an important one, and 
thus deserving of special attention. These annuals, 
both hardy and half-hardy, play a conspicuous part. 
Beds and borders in the flower garden proper, may 
be filled with them to advantage, but not only is it 
undesirable to curtail their beauty by cutting from 
them, but in not a few cases they would not afford a 
sufficient supply. The best way out of the difficulty 
is to plant breaks of subjects suitable for cutting 
from in some convenient corner of the kitchen 
garden, when there need be no fear, whatever, of the 
supply running short. Amongst plants which are 
most valuable for furnishing cut flower in almost 
any quantity, the following are worthy of mention, 
but it must not be supposed that they exhaust the 
store. On the other band they must be regarded as 
representative only Yellow Sweet Sultan, and its 
white form, Marigolds, both French and African, 
single and double Scabious, Salpiglossis sinuata, 
the marvellously beautiful and varied coloured 
flowers of which are very effective, annual Chrysan¬ 
themums, Centaurea Cyanus, and its dwarf form, 
nanus -compactus, Coreopsis tinctoria, C. atrosan- 
guinea, C. coronata, and C. grandiflora. Tde last- 
named is really a biennial, but it will answer to the 
sime treatment as the others, and may therefore be 
placed with them. Sown in April with the others it 
will bloom as soon and as freely as they. The 
favourite Mignonette also must not be forgotten, and 
it is advisable to have a good stock of it, for it is 
always in request. 
In addition to these, patches of the following may 
be sown in thfe herbaceous border, or in other places 
where it is intended that they should flower :—Gilia 
tricolor, G. minima caerulea, G. nivalis, Godetias in 
variety, Glaucium luteum, Shirley Poppies, Clarkias, 
Brachycome iberidifolia, Candytuft, Bartonia aurea 
and Amaranthus caudatus. If no more subjects than 
the above named are employed there will be no lack 
of colour in the garden. 
Sweet Peas.— As soon as the young plants are 
two or three inches in height, staking should be per¬ 
formed. Our friend the sparrow must be carefully 
watched at this juncture, for he is very fond of 
nipping off the points of the young plants for a rea¬ 
son probably known only to himself. Early staking 
may help to protect the young plants against his un¬ 
welcome attentions, but consistent scaring away of 
the birds must also be carried on. The depredations 
of slugs have likewise to be guarded against by 
timely dustings of soot, and trapping. In localities 
where either sparrows or slugs are very numerous, 
the poor Sweet Peas have a hard time of it. 
Gladioli. —The planting of these must be pro¬ 
ceeded with at intervals, choosing a variety of 
places and aspects, thus extending the flowering 
period as much as possible. The corms should be 
buried from three to four inches deep, a trowel being 
the handiest tool to use. Where Gladioli are done 
well the soil has to receive a thorough autumnal 
manuring, and there is no doubt that any trouble 
taken in this direction pays. The common G. 
brenchleyensis is excellent for planting almost any¬ 
where, and its cheapness is a help to its extensive 
employment. A few extra corms may well be 
planted for the purpose of securing a few extra spikes 
for cutting. 
Bedding Plants. —A great part of the frame 
space is now choked up with bedding stuff, and for 
the next five or six weeks the process of hardening 
off will be in progress. Cuttings of all kinds of bed¬ 
ding subjects will also be calling for potting off, and 
they must not call in vain for long. Meanwhile, all the 
blooms should be kept pinched out of zonal Pelar¬ 
goniums, and any very gross shoots should be 
stopped. After they have got over the check of the 
shift, the points should also be taken out of the 
spring struck cuttings.— A. S. G. 
- -«•- 
(leanings 
Stipules, their Forms and Functions.—At a 
meeting of the Linnean Society of London on March 
18th, the Right Hon. Sir John Lubbock, Bart, M.P., 
read a paper on " Stipules, tbeir Forms and 
Functions.” This embodied observations supple¬ 
mentary to those published in previous papers 
(Linn. Soc. Journ., Bot. xxviii. 217, and xxx. 
463). It was shown that while the usual function of 
stipules is to protect leaves in bud, in some cases 
they replace them, and in others serve to hold water. 
Instances were mentioned in which stipules developed 
into spines, and in other cases became glandular. 
Where stipules were absent, other arrangements for 
bud protection were found to exist. Attention was 
especially directed to the formation qf the winter 
buds of certain common shrubs and trees, and some 
curious differences were noted even in nearly allied 
species. In the Wayfaring-tree, Viburnum Lantana, 
the author remarked that the young leaves are 
uncovered, but are protected by a growth of hairs ; 
in the Ash and Thorn the outer scales of the bud 
consist of expanded petioles; in the Willow the outer 
scales consist of leaves; in the Poplar of stipules. 
The buds of the Oak and Beech were also described ; 
and it was shown by the aid of lantern slides that in 
the Beech the outer scales of the bud consist of two 
pairs of stipules, that the twelfth pair are the first 
which have a leaf, and that the subsequent growth 
is between the leaves, while the portion of the shoot 
between the stipules scarcely elongates at all. As a 
consequence the seat of each winter bud is marked by 
a ring, and thus a series of successive rings which 
remain visible for many years indicate each year s 
growth. A discussion fo'lowed in which Mr. A. W. 
Bennett, Prof. Farmer, and Mr. A. B. Rendle took 
part. 
