THE GARDENING WORLD. 
September 19,1903. 
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The Best Flowering Plants at Kew. 
“ There are more plants in tlie garden than ye wot of. 
Miltonia Candida. 
An erect robust form, ranking as one of the most desirable 
of the genus. On the summit of an ovate pseudo-bulb it pro¬ 
duces two bright, green narrow leaves. The radicle scape bears 
five to six showy flowers possessing yellowish sepals and 
petals', which are spatted with rich brown, whilst the remark¬ 
ably undulated or wavy lip is white, tinged with rose. The 
variety grandiflora. possesses larger flowers, having a purple 
column and white lip, whilst the column and lip of the variety 
flavescens are yellowish. 
Habenaria carnea. 
Though of a small size', this isi an attractive and beautiful 
plant, flowering freely in 60-size pots. The maculate leaves 
are spreading and nearly prostrate, whilst the flower-spike is 
erect. The individual flowers are exceptionally large, entiie y 
flesh-coloured, and possessing a prominent three-lobed lip, the 
frontal lobe having an apical notch. 
Laelia xanthina. 
A pleasing species', with clear golden-yellow flowers - m. to 
3 in. m diameter, having a whitish lip with 
orange streaks on disc. The scapes are erect, 
with five to six flowers!, and the leaves are 
usually solitary. 
Kleinia Galpini syn. Senecio Galpini. 
A dwarf tufted species admirably suited for 
greenhouse decoration. It forms a tuft of short 
barren stems with fleshy, oblanceolate whitish 
leaves. The leafy flower-stem attains to a 
height of 9 in. to 12 in., terminating in a lax 
corymb of brilliant orange-coloured flowers in 
large heads. Transvaal. 
Begonia carminata. 
A medium-sized form with an erect branching 
habit, which, however, has proved amenable to 
basket culture', forming as such a highly de¬ 
corative plant.. It is a garden hybrid derived 
from B. coccina x B. Dregei, resembling its seed 
parent in the size', shape, and profusion of its 
leaves', which, as its name implies, are carmine 
coloured. 
Gladiolus princeps. 
An. exceptionally large-flowered form, with 
broad furrowed, slightly glaucous sword-shaped 
leaves, and a compact, spike of handsome deep 
crimson, flowers, which have a. white blotch at 
the bases of the three anterior petals. 
a wall, where, even when not in flower, it is an object of 
admiration. North America. 
Tamarix Pallasii var. rosea : syn. T. hispida, var. 
aestivalis. 
For ornamenting shrubberies, especially in seaside gardens, 
or for planting in sandy soil, this is a very desirable plant. It 
forms a neat shrub, with erect, gracef ul branches clothed with 
minute decurrent leaves, and terminating in a. feathery in¬ 
florescence of rose-coloured flowers. Eastern Europe to Afghan¬ 
istan. 
Kudbeckia laciniata. 
A handsome perennial plant, which, given a position towards 
the rear of the herbaceous border, has a splendid effect. It 
attain® a height of . 5 ft. or more, producing large yellow flowers 
having a cone-shaped centre and broad recurving ligulate 
ray florets; in the axils of its uppermost leaves. The var. 
nitida isi especially desirable', being of a more compact habit. 
North America. 
Rniphofia Leichtlinii. 
As; cut. flowers, the racemes of this species are, for general 
purposes', the most desirable of the genus, being about. 31, in. 
Nardostachys Jatamansi or Indian Spikenard. (See p. 792.) 
Hunnemannia fumariafolia. 
A very pretty herbaceous plant, 14 in. to 16 in. 
high, belonging- to the Poppy family. It is of a 
compact branching habit, producing in the axils of its leaves 
large bright yellow solitary flower® on an erect foot-stalk of 
moderate length, the beautifully crumpled petals enclosing a. 
mass of orange-coloured anthers. This, a plant of recent in¬ 
troduction, forms 1 a. welcome addition to our autumn-flowering 
plants, and is suitable alike for bedding or the herbaceous 
border. California. 
Hemerocallis Minor. 
A somewhat diminutive form, with spreading linear leaves, 
and producing on a long footr-stalk its medium-sized bright, 
yellow flowers. The slender flower-stalk and freedom of- 
flowering rank it for decrat-ive work, as one of the most de¬ 
sirable of the genus. China and Japan. 
Magnolia grandiflora. 
A handsome evergreen species with large oval-oblong 
leathery leaves, glossy green above/ and ferruginous tomemtose 
beneath. Its large 1 creamy white flowers are composed of nine 
to ten obovate expanding petals. This, a large tree in its 
native habitat, gives most satisfaction here when trained on 
long and U- in. in diameter, and borne on a slender scape. 
The pendulous yellow and red flowers have the peculiarity of 
opening first at the top, the lower ones being the last to unfold. 
A very free-flowering plant, which requires protection during 
xvinter. Abyssinia. 
Late Strawberries. —On Tuesday, at Atwick, Hull, Mr. 
Aaron Morfitt pulled 51b. of Strawberries from a bed in his 
garden. The fruit was ripe and of good flavour. 
A Famous Elm Tree. —The famous Sully Elm, which was known 
to be over three centuries old, and stood in the vicinity of the 
Church of Saint. Jacques dii Haut Pas, had recently to be cut 
down oxving to its decayed condition. The wood was cut into 
logs and offered for sale. There was keen competition to secure I 
the historical wood, which was eventually purchased by a gentle¬ 
man, who, amid laughter, gave his name as M. Du Bois. The 
famous Elm lias, however, not been entirely destroyed. The dead 
trunk, to the height of about 30ft., has been left standing, and, 
the top will he covered with a layer of cement to preserve it from 
the weather, and an inscription setting forth the historical asso¬ 
ciations of the tree will be affixed to it. 
