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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
October 24. 1903. 
Plants Recently Certificated Round the Nurseries. 
By the Royal Horticultural Society. 
October I3th. 
Windlestrawlee Nursery, Edinburgh. 
ORCHID COMMITTEE. 
Laeliocattleya Norba, superba. 
The parentage of this bigeneric hybrid was C. Mo-ss-ia-e x 
L. xanthina. The sepals are of a clear yellow, while the petals 
are considerably broader and paler, being of a size intermediate 
between the two parents. The lamina, of the lip is marbled 
with soft purple, except at the margin, which is white. The 
throat! of the lip is golden, yellow, and the tube pale yellow on 
the outer face. it, is a very distinct, and pretty hybrid. 
Award of Merit to Messrs, d. Veiteli and Sons, Limited, King’s 
Road, Chelsea. 
FLORAL COMMITTEE. 
Nephrolenis Mayi. 
The pinnae of this Fern are 2 in. to 3 in. long, twisted and 
heavily crested in a, varying fashion, like other strange things 
which' have been raised and exhibited before tire public re¬ 
cently by Mr. H. B. May, Dyson’s Lane Nurseries, Upper 
Edmonton. First-class. Certificate. 
Early one morning last month we paid a, visit to the nursery 
of Mr. David Thompson, 113, George Street, Edinburgh. The 
Windlestrawlee Nursery is, situated in the Granton Road, and 
is easily reached by tram-car from Princes Street, or by train 
from the Waverley Station to Granton Road. 
The nursery isi chiefly devoted to forest and ornamental 
trees and evergreen and flowering shrubs for the adornment 
of parks and gardens 1 . The nursery is of considerable extent, 
and laid out in regular squares or breaks for the accom¬ 
modation of the different subjects which require regular culti¬ 
vation and frequent transplanting. For a nursery of this 
character everything is kept neat and trim, and the visitor can 
soon be placed where lie will see what he wishes. 
On the occasion, of our visit, Spiraea, Douglasii was flowering 
freely in bushy plants 2 ft. high. The same might be said 
of S. nobleana and S. Watered, both of which make very 
dwarf, bushy, and late flowering specimens. The white Broom 
is also largely cultivated. Very choice shrubs are Hydrangea 
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE. 
Apple Middle Green. 
This is’described as having originated from 
Frogmo-re. Prolific x Blenheim Orange. The 
fruit is globular and mostly yellow, streaked 
with red on the' sunny aspect. The eye is closed 
and seated in a, shallow cavity. The flesh is 
soft, crisp and of good flavour, for which reason 
it, is probable that it will take its- place as ,a 
dessert- Apple when better 1 known. Award of 
Merit, to- Messrs. J. Veiteli and Sons, Limited. 
Melon Barnes’ Fiscal Problem. 
The fruits of this Melon, are globular, of fair 
average- size, Avitli a, yello-w skin, and much netted 
with grey lines. The fle-sh is, scarlet, juicy, and 
of excellent flavour, especially when co-nsider'ed 
from the unfavourable character o-f the past 
season. Award of Merit to A. F. Walter, Esq. 
(gardener, Mr. W. Barnes), Bearwood, Woking¬ 
ham, Berks. 
Rose Zephevine Drouet. 
In September last, on the occasion of the 
autumn show of the Royal Caledonian Horticul¬ 
tural Society, we noted a, veiy sweetly-scented 
and little-known Rose- in. the miscellaneous ex¬ 
hibit, of Messrs. James- Cocker and Sons, Union 
Street, Aberdeen. The flowers are- of a. rich rose flushed with 
scarlet when, opening, and fading to- a ro-s-e-pink when fully 
expanded. It, is 0 -pen in, the centre ultimately, being, indeed, 
described as a semi-double, climbing hybrid Tea,. The mo-st 
important point, about the variety is that the flowers are as 
sweetly scented as- the old R. gallica. The flowers appear most, 
handsome, and prove most useful, however, when cut in the 
half-opened state. The stems, are- almost, or quite, without 
thorns. Hie name is liable- to be s-pelt, in different, ways, the 
above representing what we copied from the label. It is- also- 
spelt. Zephe-rin Drouot. Other ways of spelling it are Zephy- 
rine Dro-uhin- and Ze-phyrine Dro-nhis. It wa.s raised by Bizo-t 
in 1873, and probably the correct name would be Zephyrine- 
Dro-uhin. 
Apple Exports feom Nova Scotia.— The steamer “ Gulf of 
Venice” sailed from Halifax (N.S.) on the 4th inst. for London 
with 23.000 barrels of Apples, making o5,000 barrels for the 
season so far. The total quantity for export from Nova Sco-.ia 
will be 400,000 barrels. Cables reported prices in London as 
15s. to 21s. for Gravensteins, and 20s. to 25s. for Ribstons. 
On board the steamer was a lot of 10 barrels and 14 cases for¬ 
warded for exhibition at the Crystal Palace. 
Tillandsia massangeana, a stove FOLIAGE plant. 
panieulata gran,diflora, Olearia Ha-astii, mid the purple-leaved 
Barberry, in beautiful specimens 12 in. to 18 in. in height. 
The Cotoneasters. do well here, including C. Simonsi and C. 
frigida, the latter being highly ornamental whether in flower 
or fruit, owing to- the large- size of the trusses and the freedom 
with which the- red berries are produced. Sweet. Briers for 
planting are extensively cultivated here. The common Holly 
is a very popular subject for planters, and a, large stock of it 
is always, on hand in this- nursery. Other subjects for the 
pleasure grounds are the Golden Poplar, English Yews, and 
Rosa rugo-sa, all in, various sizes to- meet, the requirements. 
Rhododendrons thrive practically everywhere in the North, 
and immense, numbers have to be in readiness to meet the 
demand. Something like 10,000 will be on, sale this year, and 
in passing through the nursery we noted various breaks of 
plants varying fro-m 6 in. to 2-1- ft. in, height. A large number 
of ornamental Thorns are- grown, including the- scarlet, white 
and pink double- varieties, forming nice round-headed trees 
5 ft. to 6 ft. in height, and others of younger age. Abo-ut 
2,000 of them are grown. The purple-leaved Plum (Primus 
Pissardi) and the golden Elder are two subjects frequently in 
request for producing fine foliage effects- in, the pleasure 
mounds. A collection of double flowerino; Cherries is also 
kept. 
