January 9, 1904. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
29 
Notes on the Illustrations in this Issue. 
Lysimachia Henryi. 
The above is a near relation of Creeping Jenny, so well 
known in almost every garden and utilised for a great variety 
of purposes, being, in fact, grown as a bedding plant and as a 
substitute for Ferns in shady places, especially in the dark 
windows of London and other large towns. Although some¬ 
what similar in habit to the above, the newcomer, L. Henryi, is 
very different in general appearance, being at a casual glance 
very similar to Sedum kamtsehaticum. The stems are pro¬ 
cumbent, not very long, and rise at their tips, so that a well- 
grown plant represents a dense cushion of leaves. These 
leaves are opposite', lanceolate 1 , but towards the top of the 
stems they are more or less crowded, forming a false rosette, 
and are shortly stalked. Only one flower develops in the axil 
of each leaf, but as the leaves at the top of the stem are very' 
numerous, so the flowers develop 1 in proportion, and give the 
plant a rather pretty effect. They are 1 bell-shaped, fivedobed, 
and erect, so that they show themselves oft' amongst the upper 
leaves owing to the spreading habit- of the latter. 
Our illustration represents a- plant growing on the rockery 
at- Kew, and which flowered profusely last summer. It is a, 
new species introduced from Central China by Messrs. James 
Veitch and Sons, Limited, Chelsea, the speci¬ 
men having been received at Kew in, 1902. 
Something like sixty-five species of Lysi¬ 
machia are known to science, a. very large pro¬ 
portion of which are hardy, but the relative 
hardiness of the plant under notice has scarcely 
had time to he determined, seeing that the 
winters in London have not been very severe 
since its introduction. At the top of the picture 
readers may notice' two 1 small plants of Corv- 
dalis tomentosa,, another introduction, from the 
same country. 
Clianthus Dampieri tricolor. 
In its native countiy Clianthus Dampieri is 
a herbaceous perennial, but under the old 
system of cultivating it, the seedlings w'ere very 
liable to damp' off at any period of their exist¬ 
ence, and the plant was almost certain to die 
after having flowered. That difficulty has now 
been overcome 1 by grafting seedlings upon seed¬ 
lings of the bladder Senna (Colutea arborescens). 
The plant used to' be the terror of all gardeners 
who were called upon to grow the Glory Pea of 
Australia. 
We are now in a position to illustrate a very 
beautiful and distinct variety of it under the 
name of C. I), tricolor, a variation which has 
been derived by seed sowing. The standard is 
white at the base on the outer face, but the inner face is of 
the usual bright red, with the large black blotch at the base. 
The wings are white, except the tip and the lower edges, 
which are red, so that we have a, strange and striking contrast 
of deep red, black, and white. The leaves are pinnate and 
hoary, while the stems are flexuous and drooping. For this 
reason the plant is admirably adapted for basket work, and 
now that it, becomes a perennial shrub of easy culture, we 
should see it in, every well cared for conservatory in, the land. 
The upright stick shown on the right of the picture has no 
connection, with the plant, and was only accidentally included 
in the picture. 
Apple Wagener. 
The fruits of this Apple are of medium size, oblate, and 
bright scarlet. The flesh has somewhat of the Quince flavour, 
and is very solid, on which account it keeps well, being in 
season from April to June. It may therefore be classed as 
one of the latest keeping varieties of Apples, and was intro¬ 
duced from America. The tree is a good bearer, as may be 
seen by reference to our illustration, which represents a pot 
tree taken in the nurseries of Messrs. Qeorge Bunyard and Co., 
Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, in September last. This small 
specimen should serve as a plea in favour of cultivating hardy 
fruit trees in pots, so as to make sure of a supply of fruits in 
bad seasons like the past, when many of the orchards were 
practically fruitless. The tree in question carried about two 
dozen, fruits, possibly more 1 , as we can. only refer to those 
shown by the camera. The tree is of easy growth, and a great 
bearer, so that this variety might very well be added to col¬ 
lections for a supply of late-keeping, good cooking Apples, 
Chrysanthemum Winnie Wells. 
Our illustration of this new single variety was taken in, the 
nursery of Messrs. W. Wells and Co-., Earlswood, Redhill, 
Surrey, early in November last. The flowers are somewhat 
similar in style to those of Mary Anderson, or its sport, Annie 
Holden, hut are of a bright, golden, yellow. The plant flowers 
freely, producing a, great- number of branching stems, each 
bearing a number of heads in, different stages of advancement, 
and these branches being produced freely, they may he cut 
of any length for home, decoration. It might also be em¬ 
ployed for exhibition, purposes, and would come in the same 
class as Mary Anderson, which we consider much more orna¬ 
mental and elegant for cut-floaver purposes, and also more 
suitable than single?, having blooms I in. or 5 in. across. The 
Lysimachia TIenuyi : Flowef.s deep yellow. 
illustration merely represents the 1 top of a. small spray taken 
from a, large plant. Its cultivation, is of the easiest-, present 
ing no difficulty whatever. 
Single Chrysanthemums. 
Everyone who grows Chrysanthemums at all should include 
some of the above in their collection, for of their beauty and 
ue-sfulness for all purposes there is not a doubt, and as many 
of our leading nurserymen are now making a, special feature 
of them, it- is easy to make a, good selection. They may be 
grown on precisely tlie same lines as advised for decorative 
varieties, as regards cuttings, pinching, soil, etc. For table 
decoration and arranging in vases they are most useful, many 
of them being exceedingly light and graceful. I will not enter 
into any details of their culture here 1 , but- will endeavour to 
name a few good varieties which, I am sure, will give satis¬ 
faction. One of the best I have seen is Ethel Wynne, a rosy 
white flower, with fairly long twisted florets. The blooms are 
produced singly about half-way down the stem on long stalks, 
