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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
Maich-7, 1903. 
Veltheimia viridifolia. 
A useful class of bulbous plants for greenhouse decoration 
during the winter. This, the best of the three species, is 
readily distinguished from glauca, the other form in cultivation, 
by its green leaves and longer perianth. Native of South 
Africa, 
Prunus subhirtella. 
A small, hardy tree belonging to the Cerasus or Cherry 
section, which bears a profusion of white flowers in fascicle® of 
three to five at every node of the slioit sub-erect lateral 
branches. Of recent introduction, this Japanese species is veiy 
effective in the greenhouse when gently forced. 
Acacia hastulata (syn. cordata). 
A slender-stemmed plant with arching branches, bearing 
numerous globose heads of lemon-coloured, fragrant dowers, set 
amongst small, pungent, pointed leaves jjphyllodia). Plants' 
grown in 4 in. or 5 in. pots with from 12 to 15 annual 
branches arising from near the base to a length ol 18 in. aie 
so graceful that we advocate it as a desirable subject for market 
cultivation. Native of Australia. 
Primula kewense 
One of the gems of this fascinating family, derived from ver- 
ticiltafa srmonsis x floribunda. The light green leaves, pro- 
ScoLOPENOiutJM vulgar® ciusi’TTM fimiuuatum '(see page 20G). 
duced in a rosette, are all radical and r in. to 5 in. long. Scape 
reddish, erect, about 12 in. high, bearing four or five whorls of 
rich yellow flowers. The individual flowers consist of a- pale 
tube, 3 in. long, and a yellow limb nearly 1 in. across, A 
meritorious greenhouse plant of easy culture, resembling ver- 
ticillata in its robust habit, and floribunda in its extreme flori- 
ferousness. 
Thyrsancantlnis rutilans 
A cool-stove plant attaining a height of 2 ft. to 3 ft., pro¬ 
ducing at the ends of the branches' slender branching racemes, 
with a drooping habit, bearing many rich crimson, tubular 
flowers. In the cut state- they are very effective arranged 
around the- edge- of an epe-rgne, from which they hang gracefully. 
As pot plants they require to lie arranged with a gro-und-work 
of dwarf plants. Native of Colombia, 
Pitcairnia corallina. 
Grown as specimen, plants, this is excellent for stove decora¬ 
tion, where its lanceolate leaves, 4- ft. long, with white furfura 
ceous backs-, would mark it as- a foliage- plant. It lias deflected 
racemes of many red flowers, e-aclr 3 in. long, the petals having 
a white margin. Native of Colombia. 
Narcissus pallidus praecox 
To supply the demand for cut flowers at this season is fre¬ 
quently no small task, but a drain cm the gardener’s resources. 
To meet this demand no- better plant could be desired than, this 
early-flowering form of the Daffodil. A member of the Major 
group, the flowers: are large and handsome, with segments and 
trumpet of a sulphur-white colour. 
New Roses. 
The Bullettino clella > lioyala, Societa Toscana di OrticuUura of' 
December last gives a list of new Roses, of which we translate 
the descriptions. They embrace several sections, including some 
varieties raised by well-known growers. 
Teas. 
I<'rau Louise Humbser (Ketten Freres).—-Flower large. | 
sweet scented and orange-salmon tinted with vermilion, and 
silvery rose round tihe edges. Derived from La Sylphide x 
President Constant. 
Leon Leoux (Ketten Freres).—Flower very large and very 
double, cup-shaped, rose-lake tinted with, carmine, and carmine- 
yellow at the base. Parentage Gloire de Deventer x Luciole. 
Madame Adele Hameau (Ketten Freres).—Flower large cup- 
shaped. magenta-carmine with a yellowish reflection, and silvery 
rose round the margin. Parentage Madame Caro x Luciole. 
Peace (W. Piper).—Flower solitary, sweet scented, and of a 
fine salmon yellow. 
Jules Yacherot (Leveque).—Flower large and very beauti¬ 
fully formed, of a blood-red colour shaded with brown and washed 
with white. 
Marguerite Jaffelin (Em. Buatois).—Flower of the colour 
of the China Rose, and the petals lined with lively carmine. 
Marguerite Gigandet (P. et C. Nabonnand).—Flower very 
large and very double, yellow with a golden reflection. Obtained 
from Francesca Kruger x Rhine Emma des Pays-Bas. 
Marie Segond (P. et C. Nabonnam*—Flower of medium 
size, of beautiful form, rosy-flesh or lively rose, tinted with 
fuscous rose, with the claw of the petals carmine. Brilliant 
externally and golden internally. Obtained from Comtesse des 
Leusse x Lazarine Poiseau. 
Professeur d’Andre (P. et C. Nabonnand).—Flower very large, 
not very double, rose washed with carmine and marbled with 
white. Obtained from Papa Gontier x Gloire de Dijon. 
Yvonne des Buffards (P. et C. Nabonnand).—Flower large 
double, very full, rosy-porcelain-flesli, with the margins of the 
petals lined with carmine ; centre amber colour. Obtained from 
Homere x Papa Gontier. 
Hybrid Teas. 
Edmee et Roger (Ketten Freres).—Flower large, flesh-white 
with the centre rosy flesh-shaded salmon. Obtained from 
Safrano x Caroline Te-stout, 
Isabelle Lejeune (Ketten Freres).-—Flower whitish rose in 
bud, round the periphery rosy white, and later on rose-tinted 
orange with claw golden coloured. Obtained from Marie Louise 
Poiret x Madame Ravary. 
Souvenir d’Anne-Marie (Ketten Freres).-—Flower salmon- 
flesh with a, yellowish cast, round the periphery creamy white. 
Obtained from Lafran x Caroline Testout. 
Madlle. Aino Ackte (Leveque).—Flower large of very beauti¬ 
ful form, and very deep rosy flesh, after the style of Grace 
Darling. 
Depute Debussy (Em. Buatois).—Flower very large and very 
double, satisfy rose shaded with yellow and having a yellow claw. 
Madeleine Faivre (Em. Buatois).—Flower of enormous size, 
very double, and of a flesh-white colour and a yellow claw. 
Lady Waterlow (P. et C. Nabonnand).—Flower large, not 
very full, of an elegant form, salmon-rose, with the margin of the 
petals carmine-lake and the centre golden. Obtained from La 
France ’89 x Marie Lavalley. 
Hybrid Perpetuals. 
Arsene Lefebre (Leveque).—Flower large, of perfect fora, 
brilliant rosy vermilion. 
Marthe Dupois (Leveque),—Flower double, of a beautiful 
lively rosy colour, shaded with light flesh colour. 
Vicomte Peluifo (Leveque).—Flower very large and very full, 
of a light rose colour, shaded with copper. 
Ramblers. 
Waltham Rambler (W. Paid).—This English Rose is very 
Auriferous, and blooms in July and August ; -the flowers are rosy 
flesh, a little paler in the centre of the flower. The centre of the 
flower is a. mass of yellow stamens. 
England’s Glory (Wood and Son).—Flowers large, externally 
of a yellow shade, and internally satin-rose, sweet scented. It 
is a hybrid Tea, derived from Gloire de Dijon x Mrs. W. J. 
Grant. 
Dwarf Polyantha. 
Lily et Margot (Ketten Fibres).— Flowers- rosy-magenta, 
hut somewhat flesh-coloured round the edges ; the petals are 
lined with white in the centre. Obtained from Petit Constant x 
Frau Lynidica Roeloffs. Axgiolo Pucci. 
