July 18,1903. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
619 
Kalmias and Rhododendrons at Regent’s Park 
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For more than a month past a fine display has been kept 
up by Messrs. John Waterer and Sons, Bagshot, Surrey, in 
the Royal Botanic Society’s Gardens, Regent’s Park, by means 
of Kalmias and Rhododendrons. The broad-leaved Kalinin, 
or Calico Bush (K. latifolia) is notable for the handsome char¬ 
acter of its curiously and beautifully shaped pink flowers. A 
ring of cavities on the corolla serves to keep the stamens in 
position during the earlier stages of the flower, giving the 
latter the appearance of an inverted umbrella.. Though the 
ordinary form of the flower is pink, various intermediate 
shades were exhibited by the above-mentioned firm, some of 
the plants having pure white flowers. 
Our illustration shows a bed of these Kalmias in the f'ore^ 
ground, and will also give an indication of the free flowering 
character of this species. 
The background of the picture shows the Rhododendrons on 
the high bank, concerning which we made some mention in 
last week’s issue. We now return to the subject in order to 
describe some of the finest varieties 
in bloom during the first week of 
July. The display having been kept 
up for some weeks, those in bloom on 
the occasion of our visit may be reck¬ 
oned as late varieties. 
Beauty of Bagshot has large, 
delicate blush flowers, with a blotch 
of brown or purple spots on the upper 
segments of the flowers. Very choice 
was that named Maggie Hayward, 
with delicate blush flowers and an 
orange blotch on the top petal. The 
flowers of Miss Hilda de Trafford are 
of a beautiful shell-pink, with a large 
blotch of • yellow spots on the top 
petal. The contrast which these spots 
make with the delicate colouring of 
the flower serves to show them up 
with a wonderfully fine, effect. A very 
choice variety is that, named Mum, the 
flowers being white, with a. cluster of 
yellow spots on the upper side. A 
bush of this is remarkably floriferous. 
Lady Hillingdon has large blush 
flowers w r ith yellow spots forming a 
blotch. Mme. H. Croux has blush 
flowers, with a large chocolate or 
black blotch on the top petal. Some¬ 
times the lighter-coloured part of the 
flower is white, so. that the contrast is very fine indeed. 
Princess Christian is a dark Picotee variety, having a broad 
pmk edge on a white ground, and greenish-yellow spots on 
the upper side. Duchess of Connaught has. large white flowers 
with a massive-looking greenish-yellow blotch. 
One of the latest varieties to flower is John Spencer, having 
a deep rose edge and paler centre. The segments are also 
undulated or wavy, giving the flower an additional attraction. 
.. Another richly coloured variety is Viscount Powerscourt, 
having dark rose flowers, with a large blotch made up of 
black spots. 
Much larger flowers are produced by Princess Ho-rtensis, 
the flowers of which are lilac-pink, with a cluster of black 
spots. Marchioness of Lansdcwne has larsre soft rosy flowers, 
with a crimson-black cluster of spots. The trusses of Con- 
cessum are of large size and very compact, with bright carmine 
lo.-.e margin and paler centre. Mme. Carvalho hasi delicate 
lush white flowers, with a cluster of green spots. Those of 
Baroness Henry Schroder are soft, pink, with a large crimson 
bictch, making the variety both delicate and choice.. Sir 
Henry Mildmav has rosv-scarlet flowers, with a crimson 
blotch. 
Very different from either of the above was that, named 
c oratum, having pink-edged white flowers, emitting a power. 
ful yet agreeable fragrance. In the case of R. myrtifolium, 
the flowers are narrowly bell-shaped and pale pink or blush 
coloured. It is of garden origin, and supposed to. have been 
produced from R. hirsutum x punctatum. 
The above merely constitutes a select few of the collection, 
representing various types, and all of them late flowering. 
About. 2,000 plants were planted in a space of about half an 
acre. 
Culture of Angelica in London. 
A writer, speaking of the use of the above plant in con¬ 
fectionery in “ The British Baker,” alludes to the difficulty of 
finding it in London gardens about seventeen or eighteen years 
ago, and says that he was responsible for its introduction to 
this country since that time, owing to the inquiries he then 
made in various quarters, including the gardens of the Royal 
Botanic Society. He may have been instrumental in re¬ 
viving an interest in this old-fashioned subject, for it must 
have been cultivated in Britain at a remote period, in order 
to furnish the opportunity for its becoming established in 
various parts, of England. It is recorded in British floras and 
in many dictionaries and other gardening books as a native 
of this country. Such being the case, the date of its oiiginal 
introduction to cultivation is entirely ignored. 
The principal point at. issue at the present time is that some 
enterprising gardener (a market gardener, we presume) should 
undertake the culture of this plant, so that we might “ soon 
have cakes, etc., decorated with Angelica grown in London ” 
instead of getting it from abroad. There should be no difficulty 
in this matter, seeing that the plant is a biennial of the easiest 
culture in any ordinary garden soil. The plant is not the 
common wild Angelica sylvestris, but the cultivated species, 
Archangrelica officinalis, a. native- of Continental Europe, Siberia 
and other countries. The writer states that since he com¬ 
menced inquiries concerning this plant he. has found it in 
various parks and gardens about London, but not further 
north than Finchley, nor south of the Thames. This surely 
is a mistake, for it has been grown at Kew for manv years, 
and its culture in gardens for private use has been advocated 
in gardening books for many years past. 
Kalmias and Rhododendrons at Regent’s Park. 
