September 16, 1899. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
87 
Yeitch’s Bulbs 
OF SUPERIOR QUALITY. 
Veitchs Bulbs 
For EARLY FORCING. 
Veitchs Bulbs 
For POT CULTURE. 
Veitch s Bulbs 
For OUTDOOR PLANTING. 
AT LOWEST PRICES. 
For details see CATALOGUE, forwarded 
Post Free on application. 
A few Fine Sorts for Pots or Outdoors. 
EMPEROR, perianth deep primrose, trumpet rich full 
yellow, very large flower,per ioo,25s,; per doz , 
-"7 r 3g, 6d. 
JOHNSTONI QUEEN OF SPAIN, of a uniform soft 
delicate clear yellow, with gracefully-reflexing 
petals, per roo, 17s. 6d. ; per doz., 2s. 6d. 
BICOLOR GRANDIS, large pure white perianth, 
large full yellow trumpet, late flowering, per ioo, 
22s. 6d.; per doz. 3s. 
BICOLOR J. B. M. CAMM, perianth white, trumpet 
soft pale chrome-yellow, a most beautiful 
variety, per doz , 36s. ; each, 3s. 6d. 
PALLIDUS PR7ECOX, perianth and trumpet from 
pale straw colour to white, very early, per ioo, 
8s 6d.; per doz.. Is 3d. 
INCOMPARABILIS PRINCE TECK, broad, finely 
formed creamy-white perianth, large yellow 
cup, per ioo, 21s ; per doz., 3s. 
INCOMPARABILIS SIR WATKIN, perianth rich 
sulphur, cup yellow, slightly tinged with 
orange, very large flower, per ioo, 25s.; per 
doz , 3s 6d. 
BARRII CONSPICUUS, large ye'low perianth, 
broad short cup, conspicuously edged bright 
orange-scarlet, a flower of much beauty and re¬ 
finement, per ioo, 15s ; per doz., 2s. 3d. 
BARRII FLORA WILSON, pure white perianth, cup 
deeply stained orange-scarlet, a very striking 
flower, per doz , 10s. 6d ; each. Is, 
LEEDSII DUCHESS OF WESTMINSTER, large 
white perianth, long soft canary cup tinged orange 
on first expanding, per doz , 25s.; each, 2s 6d. 
All Bulbs sent Carriage Paid on receipt of remittance. 
Send tor BARR’S ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE of all 
the most beautiful DAFFODILS, with full particulars of 
Collections for Amateurs and Exhibitors, FREE ON APPLI¬ 
CATION to 
BARR & SONS, 
12 & 13, King Street, Covent Garden, LONDON. 
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Edited by J. FRASER, F.L.S. 
SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 16 th, 1899. 
NEXT WEEK'S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Monday, September 18th.—Messrs. Protheroe & Morris’Auction 
Sale of Bulbs continuing daily excepting Saturday. 
Tuesday, September 19th.—National Dahlia Society’s second 
Show at the Royal Aquarium (2 days). 
Friday, September 22nd.—Messrs. Protheroe & Morris'Sale 
of Orchids at their rooms, 67 and 68, Cheapside, London, 
Nurseries— LONG DITTON, SURREY. 
on the edges of the soft, grassy lawns 
stretching down to the river Mole, and in 
full view of Box Hill. Here again a variety 
of high class and interesting subjects are 
grown for their own sakes and the love of 
them, rather than for mere display. Most 
of them are grown in the immediate neigh¬ 
bourhood of the house, so that with the excep¬ 
tion of a Water Lily tank nothing interferes 
with the fine expanse of restful, green 
sward. The walls of the house are covered 
with a wealth of greenery, consisting 
chiefly of Vitis variabilis, otherwise known 
as Ampelopsis Veitchi or Japan Ivy. 
Against the wall is a large bed of Nico- 
tiana afflnis, 5 ft. to 6 ft. high. Mr. 
Bain, the gardener, persistently and 
consistently selects the tallest or most 
vigorous plants as seed bearers, so 
that the size of his plants is accounted 
for, if we couple with that the skilled 
culture accorded. Close by is a bed of 
Begonia martiana, having rosy flowers, and 
with B. Bavaria, only 6 in. to 9 in. high, 
and throwing its rich rosy-carmine flowers 
well above the foliage. The flowers are 
larger than those of B. G'.oire de Lorraine, 
to which it makes a fine companion, though 
superior. Right on one front of the house 
is a floriferous bed of Cannas, including 
General Meribel, rich orange; Martin 
Cahuzac, 3 ft. to 6 ft. high, and covered 
with large, brilliant crimson flowers ; and 
edged with the showy and dwarf Koengin 
Charlotte. The crimson variety is a par¬ 
ticular favourite of the owner. At right 
angles to the Cannas is a fine mass of 
J||urford Lodge, Dorking.— We here 
resume our notes, abruptly dropped 
on p. 22, of the interesting garden of Sir 
Trevor Lawrence, Bart., at Burford Lodge, 
Dorking. The mansion itself is situated 
Eulalia japonica variegata, and E. j. zebrina, 
edged with the intense blue Salvia patens. 
Near a dividing hedge is a charming cir¬ 
cular bed of Lobelia Carmine Gem, and 
another of dark-flowered, seedling Helio¬ 
tropes raised here. In the centre of the 
grass a hexagonal tank is filled with hybrid 
Water Lilies, flowering freely, in yellow, 
white, scarlet and rosy-salmon varieties. 
The bays of the tank, outside,are fi led with 
dwarf, tuberous B?gonias, flowering pro¬ 
fusely. A vase elsewhere is filled with a 
double variety of Begonia boliviensis, having 
pendulous, salmon-pink flowers, withloosely 
arranged petals, and very suitable for 
basket work. It rejoices in the name of B. 
erecta panachee. Here and there are 
young trees of the lovely blue-foliaged 
Cupressus arizonica. 
The glass-houses contain many inter¬ 
esting subjects, including the rich collection 
of hybrid Anthuriums still flowering more 
or less, but now about to be repotted. 
Ixora macrothyrsa carries a truss of scarlet 
flowers 12 in. in diameter. Many superb 
varieties of Bertolonias have made splendid 
growth, and the foliage is richly coloured. 
Gynerium Van Geerti marginatum aureum 
is a golden edged variety of the Pampas 
Grass. A house is almost entirely filled 
with white-flowered varieties of Anthur¬ 
iums. A seedling from A.rothschildianum, 
raised here, has the whitest flowers we 
have seen in this particular section. 
The conservatory or greenhouse is filled 
with a variety of subjects, the roof being 
draped with scarlet and white Lapagerias 
in full bloom. A beautiful old-fashioned 
subject is Crowea latifolia, with large, rosy 
flowers. Here also are hybrid Strepto- 
carpuses in great variety; Exacum macran- 
thum, with large Gentian-blue flowers ; and 
the new and singular-looking Begonia 
venosa, rough as a bear’s shaggy coat. In 
fine form are Asparagus Sprengeri, A. 
retroflexusand the well-known A. plumosus. 
Mr. W. H. White, the skilled and 
enthusiastic Orchid grower, being from 
home, we were put in the hands of his 
deputy to be conducted through the Orchid 
houses. This is the quiet season for the 
Orchids, nevertheless we found a consider¬ 
able variety of choice things to entertain us. 
A strange and uncommon thing is Bulbo- 
phyllum mandibulare, with fleshy flowers, 
brown petals, and paler sepals, the lateral 
ones being connate. An uncommon var¬ 
iety of Laeliocattleya schilleriana was also 
in bloom. The sepals and petals of a form 
of Laelia superba were dark purple, and 
the lip of a rich crimson-purple. The 
summer-flowering Mil tonia spectabilis more- 
liana may be seen in several forms, of which 
one has intensely dark sepals and petals. A 
graceful thing is Coelogyne Veitchi, with 
drooping racemes of pure white flowers. 
Very interesting also are Burlingtonia 
decora, with white flowers ; E. pidendrum 
xanthinum, having a short, dense raceme 
of golden-yellow flowers; the blue Dend- 
robium (D. Victoriae Reginae) flowering 
freely on a raft and making good growth ; 
Laelia pumila, characterised by a yellow 
disc, while L. p. dayana is distinguished by 
deep purple ridges on a white disc ; Cypri- 
pedium radiosum superbum, having two of 
its scapes bearing twin flowers ; Coelogyne 
speciosa, always in bloom ; and Oncidium 
lanceanum, with richly spotted sepals and 
petals, a mauve lip and violet base. 
Epidendrum sceptrum is like a small E. 
prismatocarpum, with a richly spotted lip ; 
while E. Berkeleyi is a hybrid between E. 
stamfordianum and E. o’brienianum, with 
red flowers and a rosy lip. The flowers 
of Sobralia liliastrum are white, with a 
yellow lip, and small for the genus, yet 
sufficiently large to be conspicuous. 
The smallest of the Laelias we know, and 
one of the rarest, is L. monophylla, bearing 
a small, scarlet flower on each short stem. 
A quantity of Cypripedium Charlesworthii 
is throwing up flower scapes and will flower 
before the autumn is far spent. Of the 
New World species C. conchiferum is one 
