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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
June 12, 1897. 
carry its berries till plucked and carried away by 
birds, where the seedlings may be at a distance from 
the parent and have room to grow into trees. At all 
events the Weeping Holly (Ilex Aquifolium pendula) 
in Kew Gardens carried its berries till the middle of 
May last, when the tree was in full bloom. The 
young fruits were set by the 22nd of that month, and 
the red berries of last year are still firmly attached. 
A rayles3 Daisy.—If the Daisy (Beilis perennis) 
had been normally rayless in Burns’ time, he would 
never have sung "■ Wee, modest, crimson tipped 
flow'r.” Rayless heads of the Daisy are very un¬ 
common, yet we found a large spreading plant 
amongst the grass the other day, the heads of which 
were rayless or bore from 3 to 12 perfect rays. 
Where 12 were perfect, six small and narrow ones 
were also present. The rays of a small bloom on 
another plant numbered 50 and were arranged in 
two rows. Similar cases occasionally turn up 
amongst wild plants of Aster Tripolium. A variety of 
the Wild Chamomile, namely Metricaria Chamomila 
discoidea is habitually and normally rayless. The 
same may be said of the Tansy, the species of Worm¬ 
wood, Cud-weed, Filago, Antennaria, Linosyris, 
Senecis vulgaris, all the Thistle and Centaurea tribe, 
Eupatorium, amongst British plants. 
The Age of Davaliia tenuifolia.—The distri¬ 
bution of this speceies at the present day indicates a 
great age, for it occurs in tropical Asia and Poly¬ 
nesia, ascending northwards to Japan and the 
Himalayas, and southward to Madagascar, Bourbon, 
and the Mauritius. The evidence of geology goes 
even further, for fossil remains in the cretaceous 
formation known as the Laramie beds of America 
show that it was a native of the western continent at 
a very remote period. It must have existed at a 
period prior to the formation of the Himalayas ; but 
at the present day it does not exist in. America in a 
wild state at all. The species must have existed at 
a period so remote that it could extend in a southerly 
direction over the land of the eastern and western 
hemispheres. That frail and delicate plants like 
Davaliia (Stenoloma) tenuifolia, with finely and four 
times divided leaves should exist after so long a 
period, is marvellous. It is, indeed, older than the 
Himalaya Mountains which it serves to clothe. Yet 
when a form different from the type is in troduced 
we speak of it as new. 
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HYBRIDS OF ROSA LUCIAE. 
Those who are acquainted with the Rose that has 
been distributed under the name of Rosa wichuriana 
know that it is of creeping or trailing habit; but at 
the same time it may be utilised for covering arbours, 
walls, pillars, or chains such as are slung from pillar 
to pillar in the Italian Rose garden. The species is 
a native of Japan, but flowers freely in this country, 
and has very beautiful foliage of a rich dark green. 
Our American friends have apparently been much 
more diligent since its introduction to the United 
States, than we have been on this side of the 
Atlantic. The Florists' Exchange figures four new 
forms under the name of Manda’s Hybrid Wichur- 
iana Roses, three of which are double. 
Manda’s Triumph produces large clusters of 
perfectly double pure white flowers, each about 2 in. 
in diameter, and sweetly scented. The petals are 
not very broad, but very numerous and closely over¬ 
lapping one another. In general appearance the 
clusters of Roses recall what we see in the well- 
known double forms of Rosa multiflora and the 
allied cluster Noisette Roses. The plant is of 
vigorous growth with an abundance of fine foliage. 
South Orange Perfection would take its name from 
the locality of its origin, not from the colour of the 
flowers, which are of a soft blush pink at the tips of 
the petals, changing to white. The plant is of dwarf 
habit, and bears a profusion of perfectly double 
flowers, each about ij in. in diameter, and in clusters. 
The variety may be compared to Manda's Triumph, 
than which the plants are much dwarfer, and the 
flowers smaller. Bushes remain for a long time in 
perfection. 
Universal Favourite is a stronger growing Rose 
than either of the above, and may be utilised for 
covering the ground like a prairie Rose, or in any 
other method by which the rambler and pillar Roses 
are utilised. The long, branching stems are densely 
covered with bright green foliage as in the case of 
the wild original. The flowers are double, bright 
rose in colour, more than 2 in. in diameter indi¬ 
vidually and deliciously fragrant. 
Pink Roamer is considered an undoubted hybrid 
between the Sweet briar and R. Luciae, of which it 
bears strong evidence in general conformation, 
colour, and the delightful fragrance emanating from 
it. Growth is rampant and the foliage takes after 
R. Luciae in its luxuriance and glossy, leathery 
character. This should indicate the infusion of 
fresh blood into the old and ever popular Sweet- 
brier, so full of pleasant associations and memorable 
occasions in the minds of many from youth onwards. 
The flowers are single—not the least interesting 
feature of the variety—and of a rich pink, fading 
almost to white in the centre, where the orange red 
stamens furnish an additional attraction and charac¬ 
ter to the simple form of a single Rose. The indi- 
- vidual blooms are nearly 2 in. in diameter, with 
broad overlapping petals, making a slightly cupped, 
almost perfect flower as we understand or conceive 
what a single Rose should be. 
Certificates of Merit have been awarded to Pmk 
Roamer, South Orange Perfection, and Universal 
Favourite by the New York Florists' Club. That 
society seem to place most value on Manda's 
Triumph, for which it awarded a Silver Medal. 
The New York Gardeners’ Society accorded it a 
certificate, and honourable mention was accorded it 
by the Massachusets Horticultural Society. 
A special feature of these Roses, is their hardiness, 
so that we may expect to see them in this country in 
the near future. They could be put to a great variety 
of purposes in parks, pleasure grounds, and other half- 
dressed portions of a private domain where they 
could hardly fail to be appreciated. Their long 
duration would also enable those portions of an 
estate to be kept gay during a long period of our 
summer. The leathery character of the foliage 
renders R. Luciae and the hybrids obtained from it 
exempt from mildew and insects as well, so that 
these are strong points in their favour. For the 
same reasons have we been advocating the raising of 
good double forms of the Ramanes Rose (Rosa 
rugosa); for by their use the Rose garden would be 
much easier to preserve in a healthy and flourishing 
condition. The hybrid forms of this Rose are 
gradually taking on the continuous flowering charac¬ 
ter of the hybrid perpetual Roses now so dominant 
in all modern gardens, both for exhibition and 
general decorative purposes. 
The new race under notice might also be en¬ 
couraged so as to supply us with true climbing Roses 
capable of resisting mildew. The name Wichuriana 
Roses seems somewhat unwieldy ; why not call them 
Lucian Roses ? Plants of some years duration attain 
a considerable size, and produce thousands of 
blossoms like those evolved from R. multiflora; 
but the new race has an additional feature in distinct 
and beautiful foliage that is not liable to be dis¬ 
figured by mildew like the better known climbing 
and wall Rose, just mentioned. 
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A NEW DOUBLE WHITE ANEMONE. 
Hitherto a pure white double Anemone has not 
been in cultivation, but MM. E. H. Krelage & Zoon, 
Haarlem, Holland, have succeeded in securing one 
which will be offered in their bulb catalogue next 
autumn. It originated in their nurseries from the 
well-known single white A. coronaria The Bride. The 
new one is named A coronaria fl. pi. 'Phe Bride. 
To those whom it may concern, the French name is 
“La Fiancee, and the German “ Die Braut.” A 
box of the variety has reached us from MM. Krelage 
& Zoon, and we note that the sepals or parts of the 
flower are very numerous, and incurved but leaving 
an open centre as is so common in, and characteristic 
of, this species of Anemone. The sepa's are narrow 
in accordance with the'r great number, white, veiny, 
and presenting more or less of a satiny gloss. Most 
of these sepals have been derived at the expense of 
the stamens, for very few of the latter are perfect. 
The outer part of the flo wer, morphologically, is also 
very interesting. In the most perfect flowers, the 
outer sepals are entire, but in other cases they are 
three lobed and light green, showing a reversion to 
involucral leaves and through them to the true 
leaves. The involucre in many cases has acquired a 
considerable number of additional leaves showing all 
stages from the ternately divided ones to three lobed 
and entire leaves, the uppermost ones being always 
the simplest, and sometimes white like those of the 
sepals. Occasionally undivided and white leaves are 
scattered up the scape between the involucre and 
the flower. The double white Bride may therefore 
be considered as a valuable addition to this lovely 
class of garden flowers. 
Hardening |[iscellany. 
DELPHINIUMS. 
These, although almost universal favourites are not 
cultivated nearly so much as they might be. Named 
and choice varieties are, some of them, rather ex¬ 
pensive, there being some few among them which do 
not seed freely, and do not increase so rapidly as 
others; but a fair amount of variety is obtainable 
from a packet of mixed seed, procured from a 
reliable source. As to the time most suitable to sow 
it, there is this to be said, for Delphinium and other 
hardy perennial seeds, that they are often recom¬ 
mended to be sown in June. This is all very well in 
some years, but, as it frequently happens, we have a 
dry time then. I submit that early in the spring is 
preferable, when the soil is moist; and when sowing 
a mixture it is best to grow them for one season in a 
nursery bed, as they will differ very considerably in 
height. All plants intended for the mixed borders 
should be marked with their various colours and 
height, so that proper positions are secured for 
them.— W. B. G. 
YELLOW RAMBLER ROSES. 
There are at least two claimants to the title 
of Yellow Rambler amongst Roses which have 
recently been put into commerce. One is 
Claire Jacquier recently mentioned in our pages, 
and the other is Aglaia. Seeing that each have 
got special names it will be necessary to employ 
them in order to distinguish clearly which is meant. 
Aglaia was raised and put into commerce by Herr P. 
Lambert, Trier, Germany, and is, in fact, new for 
1897. It is stated to be the hardiest yellow climbing 
Rose ever introduced, as it will withstand without 
protection a temperature at zero. The plant is very 
vigorous, miking, when well established, shoots 8 ft. 
to :o ft. high in a season. The flowers are of a clear, 
decided yellow, and produced in immense pyramidal 
trusses, each consisting of 50 to 150 blossoms, which 
are perfectly double, sweetly scented, and last a 
long time in perfection. 
HELICOP.HYLLUM RAWOLFII. 
A considerable number of Ar'oids bear flowers 
possessed of a most disagreeable smell, and this is 
certainly one of the number. A specimen was in 
flower quite recently in the Alpine house at Kew, and 
the first whiff of the foetid odour prevented a second 
trial on our part of its perfumatory qualities. The plant 
is distinctly curious in habit. The flower is apparently 
sessile amidst a tuft of leaves. The spathe is from 
4 to 5 in. long, a deep black-maroon hue ioside, and 
with a white-green base, and green externally. The 
spadix is about two thirds the length of the spathe, 
its upper portion being of the same dark hue as 
the spathe internally. The leaves are petiolate, 
deep shining-green in colour, and elliptic-sagittate 
in shape, i e., the greater part of the lamina presents 
a true ellipse, whilst it is produced at the base into 
two long lobes. These, in the older leaves more 
especially, turn upwards, and twist to a greater or 
less extent. The plant is not unornamental, but is 
rather more curious than pretty, for although one 
cannot fail to be attracted by the rich colouring of 
the flower, there is an uncanny look about it that is 
rather repulsive. 
GESNERIA LONGIFLORA. 
This is one of those old plants which are compara¬ 
tively unknown. The probability is that there are 
many who grow Gesneria zebrina and its varieties 
in quantity who have never seen it; yet if they 
would take it in hand would be highly gratified with 
the results. It is just one of those things which, 
whilst of remarkable easy culture are most useful and 
beautiful. An intermediate house suits it best and a 
suitable mixture of soil is one third loam and the rest 
peat with plenty of sharp sand. At the same time 
