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THE GARDENING WORLD 
June 9, 1900. 
Kew No. 2 is certainly a good variety, but in point 
of cheerfulness the palm must be awarded to Kew 
No. i. Kew No. 2 is pale mauve, shading to purple. 
The throat, in its upper part, is speckled with deep 
purple spots. R. purpurea splendens is a noble 
variety, with great sized trusses of very large flowers. 
They are deeply coloured, and the stamens are very 
distinct, giving it additional merit. Violet-red may 
be accepted as its colour description, with the usual 
guiding spots on the upper part of the throat. 
R. altaclarense resembles R. Frances Thiselton- 
Dyer. It is a good variety, and may well be included 
in a collection. R. russellianum is a perfect charmer. 
The pretty flower trusses are well relieved by the 
rosette of dark green oval leaves. The colour of the 
flowers is rosy-crimson. It has a neat habit of 
growth, and carries itself sturdily. 
R. Fortunei, brought from China by the famous 
collector whose name it bears, is a soft lilac-pink 
form, with large flowers on loose clusters, and 
deliciously fragrant. This latter quality should be 
noted.— J. Hartison-Dick. 
TDLIPS AT LONG D1TTON. 
The collections of Tulips which have now been got 
together by Messrs. Barr & Sons, at their Long 
Ditton Nurseries, Surrey, are extensive, including all 
the more important for garden decoration such as the 
early Tulips, to be succeeded by the later species 
and sub-species which keep up the display of 
bloom during the end of April and the month of May. 
Synchronous with the last of the these are the Dar¬ 
win Tulips and the English Florists’ Tulips, which 
carry the blooming period into the month of June, 
at least in the midland and northern counties. The 
Darwin Tulips have evidently come to stay, for are 
they not superbly beautiful ? The Florist proper is 
now turning his thoughts towards the development 
of breeder Tulips of vigorous constitution so that 
anyone will be able to grow them. The Darwin 
Tulips do not always conform to the canons of the 
Florist in the matter of arrangements of the colours 
at the base of the flower, but otherwise they practi¬ 
cally correspond to the Breeders of the Florist. 
Darwin Tulips. 
These are mostly self coloured Tulips varying greatly 
in size, form and colour, and simply consist of a 
vigorous strain of Tulips raised from Tulipa gesner- 
iana, so that they are really closely allied to the 
English Florist’s Tulips. A selection only of the 
best and most handsome for garden decoration can 
here be given. Minister Pootvleit is a tall and bright 
rosy-scarlet variety. Calypso, on the contrary, is 
dwarf, glowing scarlet internally and yellow at the 
base. It is an excellent variety, and so are Violet 
Queen, rich violet purple internally ; May Queen, 
rosy pink, very pleasing and grown in great quantity ; 
and Dorothy, a small bloom of a soft lavender-pink, 
delicate and very pretty. Large flowerers are Emanuel 
Sweerts, soft rose ; White Queen, creamy-white, 
shaded faint purple internally; Louis Mimmerel, 
dwarf, rosy-pink and pleasing ; Heckla, a dark crim¬ 
son variety grown in quantity ; Bronze King, bronzy 
orange; Joseph Chamberlain, rich red; and The 
Sultan, a blackish-maroon variety spoken of as the 
black Tulip, and grown in great quantity. It is 
certainly very distinct and fine for contrast with the 
lighter colours. Early Dawn is another superb 
variety wiih wavy foliage and rosy-pink flowers. 
The same may be said of Loveliness, which has 
silvery edges to its rosy flowers. Glow is a brilliant 
scarlet; and Scarlet Beauty, orange-scarlet with 
longer flowers. Queen of Brilliants is softer than 
Glow, with larger flowers. Queen of Roses is soft 
rose and very pleasing in colour. Carminea is rose 
externally and carmine internally. Salmon King 
makes a very even lot, standing at i8-in. high. 
Orange Beauty is dwarf with buff-orange -flowers 
externaljy and deep orange internally. The deep 
violet-purple flowers of Prince de Schomberg are 
large and handsome. Coquette is rosy-pink, with 
silvery edges, dwarf and pretty. Purple King is 
another good standard sort with rich and bright 
purple flowers. All these seifs when grown in mix¬ 
ture are bizarre and highly attractive. These Dar¬ 
win Tulips will presently be more extensively grown, 
for they are of vigorous constitution and easily 
grown in any garden soil of moderate quality. 
Cottage Tulips. 
Under this term Messrs. Barr & Sons include all 1 
those Tulips which succeed the early ones most 
commonly grown for bedding purposes. They are 
very varied in size, shape and colour, and for bedding 
purposes are certainly exquisite during the month 
of May. The origin of most of them is either entirely 
unknown or very obscure. Many of them have been 
picked up in old fashioned gardens, where they 
have been forgotten and lost to the world save to 
the proud owners of them, till rescued from un¬ 
deserved oblivion. They are sufficiently handsome 
to grace the garden of a duke. Golden Beauty has 
black anthers which contrast admirably with the 
golden segments. 
Those who like variegated flowers will find an 
admirable one in Bueno Aventura, which is beauti¬ 
fully striped with golden yellow and scarlet, and of 
dwarf habit. La Panachee is striped in a similar 
way with red and white. It is largely used in the 
Paris markets. Better known is Picotee, which is 
pale yellow on first expansion, but becomes white 
with a rose edge that deepens and widens with age. 
Tulipa spathulata is supposed to be the old type 
of T. gesneriana, the flowers being rosy-scarlet with 
a violet base. T. macrospeila is a great favourite 
here on account of its dwarf habit, and rosy-cerise 
flowers, with a black blotch at the base of each seg¬ 
ment, bounded by a golden line. T. billetiana has 
long, pointed, yellow flowers more or less shaded 
with red. Golden Crown is yellow,shaded with red at 
the edges. T. acuminata is notable for its long and 
very narrow segments. T. fulgens is later than T. 
elegans, and a glorious crimson-red flower, with the 
tips of the three outer segments recurved. T. 
maculata reminds one of T. macrospeila, but has 
scarlet flowers as well as golden-edged black blotches. 
T. viridiflora is the green Tulip, and T. viridiflora 
praecox differs in being larger and earlier. T.retro- 
flexa is one of the most graceful of the late bedding 
Tulips, having long flowers with three of the seg¬ 
ments much recurved. T. flava is soft yellow. 
Several yellow varieties of T. strangulata, gathered 
in the district where the type grows wild, differ 
from one another in having a black blotch at the 
base, or in being spotless. One of the most charm¬ 
ing of all the species of Tulip is that named T. 
saxatilis which had an Award of Merit from the 
Royal Horticultural Society some three years ago. 
The flower is of moderate size, of a bright pink 
above the middle and golden yellow at the base, the 
outer and inner face being of the same two colours 
precisely. 
Faerie Queen is so named because it was found 
near the place where Spencer wrote his “ Faerie 
Queen.” The flowers are rosy-mauve, edged with 
gold, a very peculiar and pleasing combination. A 
very peculiar combination is presented by Cameleon, 
which is soft purple, shaded with yellow internally, 
and having broad black edges. Gala Beauty is 
striped with crimson and yellow. A clear pure 
yellow is that named Annie. The palm for the 
best late yellow Cottage Tulip is given to 
Mrs. Moon, which is notable for the great 
length of its rich yellow flowers, and handsome 
appearance. Rose Queen is a dwarf and rich rose 
variety. Bridesmaid is rose with a creamy-white 
centre. 
The Parrot Tulips are a class by themselves, and 
most remarkable they are with their great ragged 
flowers of yellow and green, crimson and bronze and 
green, orange and green and olive. They flower 
very freely at Long Ditton, and make very striking 
and handsome beds. 
English Florists’ Tulips. 
Bizarres. —This section is distinguiuhed by the base 
of the flower being yellow. The flowers of this type 
are again classified into Breeders and rectified 
Tulips, the former being seifs, and the latter 
feathered or flamed and feathered as the case may be. 
The Breeder form of Masterpiece is bronzy-orange; 
it sometimes breaks into a very fine feathered form. 
The Breeder stage of Richard Yates is mahogany 
crimson, and the recti6ed form is feathered and 
flamed with crimson. The Breeder stage of Samuel 
Barlow is also mahogany-crimson, and the rectified 
form is flamed with deep crimson. Sir Joseph Pax¬ 
ton in the Breeder form is dark plum, but when 
rectified it is flamed and edged with deep, shining 
chocolate. It is a magnificent Tulip. The Breeder 
stage of Sulphur is buff-orange, but it enjoys con¬ 
siderable popularity because it is sweetly scented. 
William Lea in the Breeder stage is of a rich maroon 
plum colour. Another of the princes of this race is 
Dr. Hardy, the Breeder stage of which is a rich 
scarlet, while the rectified form is flamed with rich 
scarlet on golden segments that are of great sub¬ 
stance. Another charming Tulip of dwarf habit is 
Colbert, which has a rich chocolate beam on a rich 
yellow ground. James Wilde, in the Breeder stage 
is dull mahogany brown, but when rectified is flamed 
and feathered with chocolate on bright yellow. Gold- 
finder is bright scarlet in the first stage but not of 
much value when rectified. Lord Stanley is 
feathered and flamed with maroon-crimson on 
gold. 
Roses. —The characteristics of this section are a 
white base and a ground colour of rose, pink or 
scarlet. Aglaia in the rectified form is a large flower 
flamed with crimson and rose. The Breeder stage 
of Mabel is one of the best of the section on account 
of its snowy white base. When rectified it is flamed 
and feathered with scarlet and rose on a white ground . 
The rectified Anastasia is feathered with crimson-lake. 
The Breeder stage of Industry is deep rose, but is 
never good in the rectified form. The Breeder of Kate 
Connor is soft rose, and the rectified form feathered 
with a fine scarlet. Lady Constance Grosvenor is 
of a soft rose, but is a taller grower than Kate 
Connor with greener foliage. Annie MacGregor is 
of a rich scarlet in the Breeder stage and one of the 
most handsome of Tulips. 
Bybloemens. —Here again the base or ground 
colour is white, while the overlying colour may be 
either purple, violet, lilac or other hue in that cate¬ 
gory. Adonis is a finely shaped and square flower 
with short blunt petals, flamed and feathered with 
chocolate on white. In the Breeder stage Miss 
Foster is of a dark heliotrope shade with a solid 
white base. Mrs. Jackson is flamed and feathered 
with purple-black. Music is another large and well¬ 
shaped flower of a rich plum purple colour in the 
Breeder stage. Talisman is also rich plum in the 
Breeder stage with beautifully rounded petals ; but 
when rectified it becomes flamed and feathered with 
a rich, glossy, chccolate-purple on white. All of the 
above varieties of English Florists’ Tulips are highly 
refined and amongst the best of their kind in the 
whole race. 
THE ESSENCE OF THE SHOW. 
In most minds there is but one show in their thoughts 
at present, that of the Royal Horticultural Society, 
yearly held in the Temple Gardens. Thus it is that 
we can head our notes and use the definite article 
with precise effect. Enough has already been 
written conveying the fact that this year’s show in 
point of quality of the exhibits and their number is 
equal to,or better than, the best of past years. That 
is saying much. And with such a noble display 
what a pity that we could not have had fair and 
sunny weather. Yet though the first day and a good 
part of the second one were constantly showery no 
one seemed to be in a grumpy mood, in fact, the 
very opposite. Whether we can attribute the amia¬ 
bility to the beauties of the tons of floweriog and 
foliage plants, to the fact of friend meeting friend, 
to the quality of the visitors attending, or to the 
greater fact that the rain meant pounds into the 
pockets of the very persons whose efforts had made 
the show,—cannot very well be found out. In the 
tents far more space was needed to allow of dignified 
or unhindered advance. But with the present con¬ 
dition of things more space for pedestrianism could 
not be given. It also serves to show how large the 
Horticultural Hall would have to be, if such an 
institution ever comes to be sanctioned. We can 
hardly imagine that princes, and queens, dukes and 
duchesses, lords and ladies care to be squeezed and 
carried along in a crowd. The Royal Horticultural 
Society is of very high standing now, and due pro¬ 
vision must be made to uphold its dignity and 
position. 
Now for a ramble through the tents, and to touch 
here and there something of especial interest. In 
the largest of the tents Sir Charles Pigoti’s group, 
arranged by his gardener, Mr.Fleming, was one from 
which a lesson or two could be taken by those 
who may have the desire to exhibit in a similar 
capacity elsewhere. The first point was, that every¬ 
thing was beneath the eye. The second item was 
the plan of arrangement. The group was composed 
of mounds or banks, larger ones and minor ones. By 
mounds we mean that a central plant, such as a tall 
Cocos is set up, aod around the base of it such 
