May 25, 1901. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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the former, owing to the pretty mossiness of the 
calyx. The range of colour was limited to white 
(Reine Blanche), purple-crimson (Henri Martin), the 
soft pink of the common Moss Rose, and crimson of 
the'small flowered Little Gem. 
Messrs. Wm. Paul & Son, of Waltham Cross, 
Herts, had a very fine and large exhibit of magnifi¬ 
cent Roses, both in pots and cut. Among the new 
forms were Soleil d'Or, a lovely copper-yellow 
hybrid, which received an Award of Merit. A new 
Polyantha Rose, called Lenchstem, with clusters or 
single flowers, white, flushed with rose, also received 
an Award of Merit. It is a graceful climber worthy 
of attention. 
Messrs. Ben. Cant & Sons, The Old Rose Gardens, 
Colchester, exhibited a fine group in the large tent. 
They included Teas, H.P.'s, and many lovely garden 
forms. A lovely primrose yellow rose, rather loose 
when open, but very pretty in bud, was one called 
the Bride. The other varieties were well known, 
and were intermingled with several nice examples of 
the bright yellow and copper coloured Austrian 
Briars. 
In the corner of the large marquee Messrs Paul 
& Son, The Old Nurseries, Cheshunt, had a very 
large group in pots, all well grown, with clean 
healthy foliage and charming flowers. All shades of 
colour were represented—white, cream, crimson, 
pink, carmine, yellow, and various intermediate 
shades too numerous to mention—the whole making 
an attractive display of colour, evidently arranged 
by someone with a keen eye for contrast. 
In the large marquee, Messrs. Frank Cant & Co., 
Braiswick Nursery, Colchester, staged on the grass 
a large and very interesting group of Roses, in which 
many sections were represented. There were bush 
Roses and climbing Roses, Teas, hybrid Teas, China 
Rose3 and hybrid perpetuals in many shades, in¬ 
cluding several new forms. The new Tea Rose, 
Lady Roberts, which will not be offered for sale 
until May, 1902, is a lovely variety with rich golden 
buff flowers of good substance and pretty form when 
not too fully expanded. As a coat flower, it will 
rival W. A. Richardson. The Wichuriana Roses, 
now becoming so well known for their climbing and 
trailing habit and large single flowers, varying in 
colour from white to rose, were in evidence, one 
form called Jersey Beauty, with yellow flower buds, 
being very noticeable and quite new. Thalia is the 
name of a Dew climbing Rose with clusters of white 
flowers, somewhat smaller and finer in colour than 
the dwarf Polyantha Rose called Little Dot. 
Mr. Chas. Turner, of Slough, occupied the end of 
the large tent almost entirely with a gorgeous dis¬ 
play of Roses, among which his well known Crimson 
Rambler was a conspicuous feature. The examples 
were well displayed and set off with Palms, Bam¬ 
boos and ornamental Maples. Souvenir de Mdme. 
Eugene Verdier and Maman Cochet were remark¬ 
ably fine, aDd the whole group was one of the finest 
efforts yet made by the firm. 
HARDY TREES AND SHRUBS. 
One of the brightest features of the big tent was the 
extensive group of flowering trees and shrubs put up 
by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Ltd., from their 
Coombe Wood Nursery. Handsome and pretty was 
the new hybrid Deutzia kalmiaeflora (see illustra¬ 
tion p.627) raised by Lemoine between D.gracilis pur- 
purascens and D. parviflora, the latter giving it 
larger leaves than the former. The flowers are 
borne in trusses of fi"e to twelve, and are about an 
inch in diameter or slightly under. They are wide 
open and white,tinted with pink, especially at the tips, 
these points being derived from D. gracilis purpura- 
scens. When full grown it forms a neat bush,2jft.to 3ft. 
high, and suitable for select collections even in small 
gardens. Bush and standard Weigelas were very 
conspicuous. W. hortensis nivea is still the best 
pure white, and Eva Rathke the best dark crimson- 
red, which keeps on flowering till November. The 
double white Lilac, Madame Lemoine, was also 
shown in the form of standards, as were Wistaria 
sinensis, W. s. alba, and various other subjects. 
The numerous Hydrangeas had a most decided and 
telling effect in the arrangement. Amongst them we 
noted H. stellata flore pleno (rose), H. japonica 
mandschurica, with blue and pink trusses of large 
size; H. hortensis rosea, with rose flowers; H. 
Mariesii, with blue ray flowers, 3 in. to 4 in. across, 
and H. stellata fimbriata, with fringed white 
Rowers; Robinia hispida (4 ft. high with rose flowers); 
a basket of the white Fabiana imbricata ; Viburnum 
macrocephalus (like the well known Snowball tree, 
with sterile-white flowers) ; Cytisus elongata (white) 
and C. purpurea, all very floriferous, were note¬ 
worthy plants. Azalea Iedifolia purpureum was a 
showy and uncommon Japanese plant with large, 
double mauve flowers. Besides the new hybrid 
Deutzia above mentioned were the uncommon and 
pretty D. gracilis carminea and D. g. rosea, the 
names indicating the colours. The Mock Oranges 
were represented by Philadelphus Manteau de 
Hermine, and the large, white P. Mont Blanc. The 
mauve Solanum crispum is perfectly hardy in the 
south, but all too uncommon in gardens. Other 
charming favourites were Rubus deliciosus, Zenobia 
cassinefolia, like a giant Lily of the Valley, Tree 
Paeonies in lovely salmon-pink shades, and Veronica 
prostrata. Large Rhododendrons lifted from the 
open air, and put into baskets, were highly effective. 
Some of the finest were R. Mrs. John Waterer, R. 
Marchioness of Lansdowne (rose with black blotch), 
and R. Doncaster, deep scarlet. The Azaleas were 
undoubtedly very telling from their numbers, flori- 
ferousness, and beauty. A. mollis x sinensis 
Sebastopol (orange and yellow) and other hybrids of 
the same parentage were grand, including Anthony 
Koster (rich yellow), M. Koster (orange-salmon), 
Agatha (yellow, shaded orange), J. J. de Vink 
(yellow, shaded orange), General Vetter (yellow and 
orange), Madame A. Koster (orange and yellow), 
Cornelia Van Tol (buff yellow), and a variety of the 
old A. mollis, namely, A. m. Hollandia, with lovely 
yellow flowers. The Ghent Azaleas ircluded 
Unique (orange-yellow), Nancy Waterer, Mdme. 
Moser (pink and yellow on the upper segment), M. 
Desbois (huge salmon-red flowers), Betsy de Bruin 
(oraDge and yellow), Trisia (soft salmon-pink), and 
Peter Koster (orange and crimson). Still another 
strain was met with in A. rustica Phidias (silvery- 
pink), Murillo (salmon-pink), and Norma (soft 
salmon-red). 
The Messrs. Veitch also exhibited a group of 
Bamboos and some richly-coloured Japanese Maples 
in the open ground. Amongst the broad-leaved 
species of Bamboo we noted Bambusa palmata, B. 
reticulata, and B. Veitchi, a very representative trio 
of the broad-leaved type. The best of the Arundin- 
arias was A. nitida, a handsome dark and rich 
green-leaved species. A. Hindsii and A. H. 
graminea were quite of a different habit of growth, 
being upright ; while A. anceps was dwarf and com¬ 
pact, being one of the choicer small ones. The 
golden A. auricoma was equally choice in its way, 
the spring leaves being richest in colour. The best 
of the species of Phyllostachys for a Bamboo 
garden was P. Henonis, on account of its graceful 
habit. P. Quilioi was scarcely inferior, being a 
handsome species. Very singular were the curiously 
jointed, and spirally twisted stems of the Tortoise¬ 
shell Bamboo (P. heterocycla) P. aurea, the 
golden-stemmed Bamboo, is always a popular 
subject. 
Messrs. Carter also showed in the grounds a most 
interesting collection of curiously cut trees, dwarfed 
Japanese shrubs in china pots, and two grotesque 
elephants made of living Ferns, with many thero 
fanciful designs in fernery. 
Pigmy trees from Japan are greatly increasing in 
favour in this country. Messrs. Barr & Sons exhi¬ 
bited a large group of them in ornamental vases and 
pans. The accompanying illustration (p. 622), repre¬ 
sents nine plants picked out as examples and photo¬ 
graphed. Oh the right-hand corner of the back line 
is an antiquated specimen of Larix leptolepis, sixty 
years old, and 18 in. high. On the left of it is 
Cupiessus obtusa, 100 years old, and 20 in. high. 
An Oak, forty-five years old, occupies the extreme 
left-hand corner. At the right-hand corner of the 
front line is a tree of Pinus pentaphylla, ten years 
Old. Proceeding to the left, and back from the front 
is Acer polymorphum, thirty years old. Then 
comes a diminutive Pinus pentaphylla, eight years 
old, and to the left of that is a diminutive forest of 
Acer polymorphum, 20 in. high. Another pigmy 
growing on the top of a rock is Pinus pentaphylla, 
eight years old, and 3 in. high. On the extreme left 
is a much contorted tree of Pinus masoniana, 
eighteen years old, and showing a great contorted 
knob on the stem. In the same group were larger 
trees of Cupressus obtusa, old and hoary, as well as 
of Larix leptolepis, including one termed the king, 
A very old Lagerstroemia indica had suffered much 
abuse from its Japanese cultivator ; but it is really 
astonishing what tortures vegetable tissues may go 
through, and yet survive. Tbere was also a forest 
of Pine trees. The Umbrella Pine (Sciadopitys 
verticillata) was strongly in evidence in its natural 
form. Other pigmy trees were Crataegus cuneata, 
Zelkowa Keaki, Styrax japonica, many Japanese 
Maples, Pinus densiflora, Thuya pendula, Prunus 
Mume (an early flowering Japanese Plum), and 
various others. The Japanese vases, in which 
many of them were grown, were of an ornate 
character as one expects to see from that country. 
Messrs. W. Cutbush & Son had, as usual, a large 
and unique collection of clipped trees and shrubs. 
These were very interesting specimens and well 
managed, and which must have entailed a deal of 
labour in their formation. There is no feature of 
gardening, however, but the British gardener can 
master provided his employer approves or desires it. 
These objects of topiary art at one time prevailed 
largely in this country, and seem to be on the 
increase at present. Amongst the designs we noticed 
the familiar peacocks, swans, ships, &c. 
Messrs. Fisher, Son & Sibray, The Royal Nur¬ 
series, Handsworth, Sheffield, had a 100 ft. run on 
the grass of variegated and other Maples, Golden 
Oaks, Golden Cornus, tree Ivies, Diervillas, Piceas, 
Dracaenas, Phormiums, Aralia pulchra, Elaeagnus 
and the rare but well-known Rubus australis. 
Messrs. Cheal & Sons, Lowfield Nurseries, Craw¬ 
ley, exhibited a large and varied group of flowering 
and ornamental trees and shrubs, including Acers, 
Lilacs, Golden Dogwood (Cornus Spathi), Diervillas, 
Kerrias, Choisya ternata, Laburnums, Deutzias, 
Daphnes, Wistarias, Ceanothus, &c. In addition to 
these was an interesting group of Box plants cut into 
the fantastic shapes of topiare gardening. 
Messrs. R. Smith & Co., Worcester, exhibited a 
group of Conifers, Japanese Maples, Tree Ivies, 
Berberis, Bamboos, and the rare Griselinia macro- 
phylla, an excellent shrub for southern localities. 
Among the Conifers may be mentioned Thuya 
Lobbl aurea, a golden form, and Cupressus macro- 
carpa lutea, which, as the varietal name suggests, is 
of a golden tint, and also a graceful habit. 
Mr. John Russell, of Richmond, Surrey, staged 
an attractive group of miscellaneous trees and 
shrubs, in which Japanese Maples, Bamboos, 
Azalea mollis, Euonymus, Skimmias, Hydrangeas, 
Wistarias, cS:c., were well displayed. 
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NOW IN bloom: 
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