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THE GARDENING WORLD 
March 10, 1900.' 
yet so deep that the strain of their glistening is un¬ 
felt, the eye is, indeed, rested. A colour which can 
call forth encomiums even from those who day 
and daily criticise is surely of uncommon merit. The 
stateliness of this race of plants, and the enormous 
heads they bear, are yet other qualities. 
colours, ranging from pure white to deep red, with 
all intermediate shades. What might be the limits 
of the strain we cannot yet see or prognosticate. A 
decided white Picotee edge has already been noted, 
and possibly others even more decided and beauti¬ 
ful will follow, A First-class Certificate has been 
by Messrs. R. Veitch & Son, Exeter, will give our 
readers at a distance an idea of this remarkably 
distinct novelty. Several varieties are here repre¬ 
sented in the matter of colour; and we hope to see 
the cultivation of the strain in this country largely 
undertaken so as to further its development. 
CYCLAMEN PAPILIO. 
We may say at the outset that this is an entirely 
new and distinct strain of C. latifolium, still bes 
known under the name of C. persicum. We hav 
now seen a number of exhibits of the strain, by 
different cultivators, both in this country and on the 
Continent; and so beautiful and well-received are 
they that they have evidently come to stay. Papilio 
means Butterfly, and in that sense some use the 
name; but as it has been applied to a variety raised 
in this couniry, it would be advisable to retain the 
name Papilio when speaking of this new break so to 
avoid confusion in gardens. The essential features 
of the strain are that the petals, or segments, of the 
Cyclamen Papilio. 
CANDYTUFT WEBBS’ NEW PINK 
PEARL. 
Even the most common and most easily cultivated 
of garden plants may be productive of the finest 
effects when grown in quantity. The variety of 
Candytuft under notice belongs to Iberis umbellata, 
and is characterised by the pearl-pink colour of its 
flowers. All richly coloured flowers require plenty 
of sunshine to show them off to the best advantage, 
and if grown in any quantity they must be viewed 
from a distance on account of the glare they produce. 
That the effect, however, is telling cannot be denied. 
White flowers, on the contrary, are seen to excellent 
advantage whether the sun is shining or not; and as 
the fading day sinks into the dusk of twilight they 
remain the most conspicuous flowers of the garden. 
The delicately coloured variety under notice would 
also retain its conspicuousness with fading light, and 
serves to brighten the garden in no ordinary way 
when the owner wants to eDjoy it in the cool 
twilight of the warm summer evenings. Th 
flowers being produced in umbels, and the branches 
of the plant being produced much upon the same 
level, the effect is greatly heightened, especially 
when grown in a mass as may be seen by reference 
to the illustration lent us by Messrs. Webb & Sons, 
Wordsley, Stourbridge. This represents a field of 
Candytuft in the foreground, as grown at th 
Kinver seed farms. 
Ed . Webb & Sons , 
Webbs’ New Pink Pearl Candytuft. 
flower have become abnormally widened at the outer 
end, crisped and fringed there, and also more or less 
plaited longitudinally so as to afford accommodation 
for their great width while still in bud. The new 
strain is already endowed with a great variety of 
awarded it by the National Horticultural Society, 
Paris ; and an Award of Merit by the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society, this beiDg the highest award prac¬ 
tically for purely a florists’ flower. The accom¬ 
panying illustration kindly placed at our disposal 
Introduction of Glass.—The English people were 
taught how to make glass by artificers from Gaul, 
now called France. The earliest use of it was in the 
churches, which the people of these islands built 
after their conversion to Christianity, about 720-A.ni 
