874 
THE GARDENING WORLD , 
October 17 1903. 
beautifully clouded with blue of some shade, usually on. the 
upper petals. In other cases the top petals may be white, 
or some pale shade. 
New varieties we selected were Led a, white, with a broad 
soft sky-blue margin; Rose, with large rose flowers; Tit, 
white, with a lilac-blue edge; Prometheus, yellow, with bronze 
rays;’ Vera, Colville, primrose-yellow and rayless; and Major 
Gough, deep, purple', with a, soft purple-blue shade at the top. 
Several of the above have very large flowers. 
Cactus Dahlias are very extensively represented here by 
all the best and most suitable varieties, either for decorative 
purposes or exhibition. Some of these we note, in, order to 
n-ive an idea of the nature of the collection. Britannia has 
larse buff-salmon, flowers; Coronation, brilliant scarlet, and 
miniature in size: Cornucopia,, orange-scarlet, with paler tips, 
and very handsome for exhibition ; Charles Woodbridge, purple 
with a'scarlet, centre; Exquisite, bright orange ; Vesta,, soft 
rose ; Gallia,id, fine scarlet ; Aunt Chloe. dark purple; Ajax, 
soft orange ; Columba,, scarlet, and white, half and half ; Hetty 
Dean, a very bright buff-salmon, ;.Sea Queen, scarlet and violet- 
tipped ; and Winsome, a new variety. 
A fancy Cactus variety is: that, named Alpha, the flowers 
beino- flatbed and mottled with purple on a white ground. 
Genista is a. yellow flower, shaded with buff, and throws up its 
flowers well,‘making it highly useful for decorative purpose-? 
in the garden. Honeysuckle is another fine fanc-v yellow,. and 
edo-ed or backed with red. Gabriel is a white variety, with a 
red edge to the florets, and is very handsome for exhibition. 
.T F Hudson is soft rose, on a yellow ground. .T. H. Jackson, 
is' a very dark maroon flower, making a -strong contrast- to Lord 
Roberts, which Is white. Other first-class varieties .-are Im- 
perator, crimson; Loyalty, orange-scarlet ; Mrs. J. J. Crowe, 
clear yellow ; Mars, brilliant scarlet: Magnificent, soft buff- 
salmon ; Mrs, T. Cherry, salmon and striped crimson ; Pro¬ 
genitor,’’ scarlet and slightly fringed at the tip ; R. H. Hamill, 
s-lmon-red, with a pale tip; Uncle Tom, maroon-purple; 
Radiance, orange-scarlet; Starfish, similar in. colour; Up to- 
Date, soft salmon-red ; Princess, soft-purple ; Mrs. Carter Page, 
brilliant crimson ; Sailor Prince, similar ; and Liberty, crimson. 
Prince of Orange is a new buff-yellow variety that promises 
well. Very pretty is that named Florence, Webb, shaded with 
soft salmon on a yellow ground. 
Pentstemons are largely raised here from seeds, and amongst 
the plantations we noted heavy spikes and large flowers ot all 
the t-voes usually seen in this class of plants. Very few ot 
them are named, but R. G. Hepburn is- an exception with 
huge crimson-purple flowers. We were very much pleased 
with the graceful and decorative appearance of that, named 
Scarlet Bedder, which is quite hardy, having stood out here 
.for two years. The dark stems are. very slender, and bear a 
profusion of tubular, scarlet flowers gracefully suspended tronr 
the arcliing stems. We think this variety well worthy ot 
attention for bedding purposes and for producing fine effects 
by planting large clumps of it in mixed herbaceous borders, 
*A stock of herbaceous plants.is being.worked up ot sort-s 
suitable for cut-flower purposes. Gaillardias are very use.tu 
here, something like 100 varieties of them being grown. Ice 
land Poppies are still in bloom, and early flowering Chrysan¬ 
themums, rapidly passing into that stage, A fine effect was 
produced by the gollden-ye-llow leaved Dactylis glomerate, 
cure,a. Arctot-is grandis 1 , with white flowers and blue cm tie- 
reverse, lias found its way here, and was flowering free y m 
the open, air, though we should not consider it ca-pa-ble of stand- 
ins- the winter outside. Amongst the early flowering Chry¬ 
santhemums very fine, were Horace Martin, and Mychet White. 
An interesting blue flower is Crryopteris Mast-acanthus. In the 
frames-were collections of such choice things as Primula sik- 
kimensis, Origanum Tcurnefo-rtii, Auriculas in variety, an 
several others, such a-s-Primula nivalis, P. intermedia, P. ro-sea, 
P. r. grandiflora, P. farinosa, and P. frondosa. 
A collection of Alpines of a useful character is being 
together, includin? Saxifragas, Sedums, Campanulas, Silenes, 
Helianthemums, Onosma tauricum, Veronica balfouriana, etc. 
A very representative collection of trees and shrubs and 
Conifers for all purposes is grown. For instance, amongst 
false Acacias- were such as Robdnia Pseudacaeia mermis, R. P. 
semperflorens, R. P. toituo-sa, R. P. decaisneana, and R. P. 
bessoniana. Maples are equally well represented, a large 
number of species and varieties being grown. The collection 
of Conifers is very full, including the finest varieties of Cu- 
pressus, Thuya,s, Junipers, Maidenhair Trees, Thuyo-psis, Wel¬ 
lington ias, Retinosporas-, and many others. 
Deciduous trees and shrubs of all classes are also abundantly 
represented, a. fab’ proportion, of them being valued chiefly for 
the sake oftheir flowers. Amongst- the latter we might men¬ 
tion Caragana, arboresoen® pendula, the hardy Orange, Aesculus 
Plantierii, a new Horse Chestnut ; Hedysarum mutijugum, 
variegated Weigela, Crataegus semperflorens, still in flower 
in the middle- of September; Po-temtilla frutico-sa, Lespedeza, 
bicolor, Clerc'dendron trichotomum, Buddle-ia variabilis, B. 
Colville!, Ta.rna.rix africana,, with red stems. Hibiscus, syriaeus. 
Rhus Cot-inus, X ant hoc eras sorbifclia, Cliimonathus fragrans. 
and Koelreut-eria panicula-ta. In t-liis category also may be 
Maranta INSIGNIS : STOVE FOLIAGE plant. (See p. 807). 
placed the shrubby New Zealand Veronicas, of which a large 
number have been got- together. A very uncommon-looking 
Elder is that- named Sambucus maxima, with huge corymbs of 
white flowers and large leaves 1 like a, Walnut. Shrubs with 
coloured foliage are also 1 grown- in large numbers, and weeping 
trees are not neglected. 
Recently the- firm has acquired a new nursery in the neigh¬ 
bourhood, consisting of 12 acres of land, chiefly utilised as 
a fruit t-reei nursery. A Black Currant named J ictoria is 
notable for producing a- fine big berry, and the stock is quite 
clear o-f mite. Apple®, Pears, Plums-, Cherries, and Goose¬ 
berries- are also- grown, in quantity. During tlie past- season 
20,000 Rose trees were budded. In the way of forest trees. 
Larches and Scotch Firs are grown in considerable quantity. 
Other subjects here are Laurel Cherries, Hollies, oval-leaved 
Privet, Rhododendron, pomticum, and Conifer cuttings. 
Passing into the houses, we noted a good display of Crotons, 
something like fifty of the best varieties being grown. Me 
need only mention such as Golden Ring, Aigburth Gem. 
Warreni, Ree-dii, Chelsoni, Countess, Prince of Wales, Lucy, 
and angustifolium, the most popular of all. 
All the newer sorts o-f zonal Pelargoniums have been gathered 
together along with the best of the older ones, and s-eveial goo 
