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June 6, 1P03. 
■ of ■•'■beautiful conical shape, tinted with orange in the centre 
and lor the rest creamy white. The colour is variable, how¬ 
ever, when grown, under different conditions, and later on in 
the open air the colours will then be even darker and more 
decided. Award of Merit, Messrs. Paul and Sons, The Old 
Nurseries, Cheshunt, (See illustration p. 489.) 
Rose Blush Rambler. 
The parentage of this Polyantha, Pose or Rambler was 
Crimson Rambler x The Garland, the resulting flowers being 
intermediate. The- sepals are more numer ous than in a. strictly 
single Rose, and of a. beautiful ro-sy pink, with golden anthers, 
fading to blush pink when fully developed, and they are of 
large size, compared with se-veral of the other Ramblers. For 
illustration of this- variety, see- page 463. Award of Merit, 
Messrs. Benjamin R. Cant and Sons, The Old Rose Gardens, 
Colchester. 
Azalea Florodora. 
The parentage of the above- variety was A. mo-lis x sinensis. 
The flowers of this plant are of large size, bell-shaped, and soft 
orange more or less shaded with red on the upper segments. 
It is a very handsome Azalea. Award of Merit, Messrs. R. and 
G. Cuthbert, Southgate, Middlesex. 
Rose Waltham Rambler 
When they first expand, the flowers of this- variety are of 
a rich rose, with a paler centre and a hue cluster of golden 
anthers in the middle, but as they become fully developed they 
change to a, beautiful pink, then blush, and, finally, almost 
white. They are very freely produced in large clusters, and 
make a most handsome garden Rose. It- is a variety of R. 
multiflora. Award of Merit, Me-ssrs. Win. Paul and Son, Wal¬ 
tham. For an illustration of this fine Rambler Rose see page 
487. 
Richardia hybrida Solfatara. 
The leaves- are arrow-shaped, much broader than those of 
elliottiana-, thinly spotted with -small white markings on a dark 
green ground. The spat-lie is creamy-yellow, with a large- 
maroon-purple blotch at the ba-se inside, and measured 4 in- 
deep by 4J in. across the- nio-uth when fully expanded. The 
spadix is much shorter than that of the better-known S. 
africana. The spathe also- differs in being much mo-re rounded 
at the a-pex, being nearly circular when in full bloom. Award 
of Merit, Mr. G. Borneman, Blankenburg, Hartz, Germany. 
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE. 
Cucumber Mortimer’s Unique. 
The fruit- of this variety shown was a-bo-ut 18 in. to- 20 in. 
long, slightly angled, and of a- rich dark green. It is perfectly 
straight, easy to grow, and a good cropper. The quality leaves 
nothing to he desired. Award of Merit, Mr. S. Mortimer, Row- 
ledge, Famham, Surrey. 
The Best Flowering Plants at Kew. 
" There are more plants in the- garden than ye wot of.” 
Chloraea crispa. 
Plants which, according to Bindley, " are the mo-st charm¬ 
ing ornaments of the sub-alpine- flora on the plains of Chili.” 
Many of them form beautiful additions- to our collections of 
terrestrial Orchids. This species produces- e-re-ct- spike® of ten 
to- twelve- flowers on a- stalk about 3 ft. long', having at its base 
four or five- medium-sized leaves-. The flowers, of a moderate 
size, are veiy attractive-, pure white, with the exception of a 
greenish tint on the -apex of the upper sepal. The sepals are 
spreading, whilst- the two- petals are inclined inwards over the 
column. The lip is- convolute and pointed, its interior being 
prettily striated with numerous hair-like- excrescences. 
Oncidium caminiophorum. 
This- small-sized species is referred to- because of the profusion 
o-f flowers it produces- on short- panicles, making it most de¬ 
sirable for introducing into-groups of stronger-growing Orchids 
to- form a- light ground work. Its flowers are about 1 in. across, 
having spreading sepals- and petals, yellow on the outer half -and 
mown at the base, and & sub-panduriform lip, yellow, with a 
chestnut-brown band in front or crest. 
Beaumontia grandiflora. 
A very handsome climbing shrub, giving great satisfaction in 
an intermediate temperature. In its native country it attains 
a considerable height, topping the tall trees; even in cultiva¬ 
tion it- will attain a. heignt or about 2U ft. Its branches are 
stout, producing numerous large coriaceous leaves and corvinbs 
of four to ten white fragrant flowers. The individual flower is 
large, bell-shaped, and of a fleshy texture. Conspicuous are 
the- stamens, having green filaments and arrow-headed anthers, 
white, with brown margins. The whole plant may roughlv be 
described as a. climbing, large-flowered Rhododendron of ex¬ 
ceptional merit. Native o-f India, 
Stigmaphyllon ciliatum. 
This, the “Golden Vine ” of Brazil, is a. species of a, genus 
rarely met- with in cultivation, though many o-f them form 
admirable stove climbers, especially tor pillars. Its bright 
yellow flowers, o-f fringed petals, with long' claws, are copiousic 
borne- on three to six-flowered axillary umbels. 
Medinilla magnifica var. superba. 
An interesting and sho-wy evergreen stove plant, most effec¬ 
tive whe-n suspended so that its- inflorescence can be observed 
when standing immediately underneath it. Its branches, are 
compressed, having bristles at the joints, and large semi-am- 
plexicaul leaves, and terminating in a panicle fully 18 in. long. 
In the bud state the panicle is clothed with rose-coloured bracts, 
which, with the- exception of the lower ones, which become re¬ 
flexed, are deciduous. The flowers, which are very abundant, 
are deep rose in colour, o-f fo-ur to five-ovate-pointed petals, and 
eight to ten stamens, showing the characteristic hooked anthers 
of Melastoinaceae. Native of Manilla, and Philippines. 
Solanum Wendlandii. 
A stout-stemmed, robust- stove climber, entirely glabrous, and 
producing variable shaped leaves. Its, lilac-coloured flowers, in¬ 
dividually large, ar e rendered specially conspicuous- by reason 
of the large cymes-, in which they are produced. Native of Costa 
Rica. 
Jacobinia magnifica (syn. Justicia carnea). 
A desirable shrub, requiring an intermediate temperature 
whilst growing, having a- very ornamental appearance. As a 
specimen, it forms a branching shrub 3 ft. to 5 ft. high, each 
branch terminating in a, dense head of rose-coloured flowers, 
produced in whorls. Of its varieties, probably camea and 
poll liana, are- the best, the- former having glauco-us leaves and 
lighter-coloured flowers. Desirable as a specimen, it can be 
usefully employed as edging plants if terminal shoots are struck 
in the- spring, and flowered as single-stemmed plants in 60-sized 
pots. Native o-f Brazil. 
Echium Wildperti. 
This beautiful new species, flowering at present in the Tem¬ 
perate House, is a most desirable and useful subject for green¬ 
house ornation. It forms a cone-shaped plant 2-1 ft, to 3 ft. 
high, terminating in, a- head of flowers 6 in. to 8 in. long, and 
6 in. through at the base. From the base- the plant is densely 
clothed with linear, pointed leaves, very hoary, those at the 
base being the longest, about, 8 in. lo-ng. They gradually de¬ 
crease in length upwards to- the apex, as in the form of bracts, i 
amongst the dowers their symmetry is maintained. The flowers, 
of a deep rose colour, are freely produced on horizontally-spread 
scorpioid cymes. Native of Canary Islands. 
Erica hirsuta. 
An erect, freely-branched, medium-sized Heath, producing 
terminal heads of medium-sized flowers, which are inflated at 
the base and constricted at the top of the tube, with a. revolute 
limb. The white form, alba, is likewise very desirable. 
Daphne Cneorum var. majus. 
This form of the “ Garland flower' ” is at present the most 
conspicuous object- in the rock garden, where a carpet-like mass 
of it is clothed with its- aggregate heads of pink, fragrant 
flowers. Native of South Europe, etc. 
