July 30, 1904. 
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iuted, and there k not the need for the turning of them round. 
V temperate house is all that one really wants, and it is 
o be regretted that many have given up* growing Cinerarias] 
■n account of the posts alluded to contaminating other plants 
a the house ; but in how many instances this is attributable 
o growing them in, too' high a temperature it is difficult to> 
ay, but it is a fact that many either overlook that, they dq 
.ot need coddling, or fail to give them cool, airy houses, where 
hey may be brought on gradually. The fact is, concerning 
hese beautiful winter-flowering subjects', so many of usi try 
y grow plant® ini the same house needing diverse treatment, 
nd, as a consequence, Cineraria® have suffered in reputation, 
nd not a few whom I know, whilst admitting the use they 
re in winter and spring, have a strong prejudice against 
lem. To thosei who make such objections, I would ask them 
> bear in mind that, grown under cooler conditions', they are 
ot the troublesome plants as some would have usi believe, and 
iat when well grown each specimen, surrounded with broad 
e&lthy foliage and carrying good heads of bloom, is an 
2 quisition to any who have to provide decorative stuff at a 
all season of the year; but, a® I have previously remarked, 
ie comparatively new forms, which are admirable for groups 
ig, will doubtless bring these once-prized subjects into greater 
vour. W. F. 
The Promise of Sweet Peas. 
I am positive that we are in for the grandest Sweet Pea 
•ason that can' possibly be had. 
Vigorous growth, huge haulm and foliage are characteristic 
' every variety, whilst the flowers are being produced on 
ally wonderful stems, some of them, such as Duchess of 
rtherland and Janet, Scott 1 , being over 18 in. in length, 
be newer sorts promise well, Scarlet Gem pushing ahead 
pidly, but it strike® me that the colour differs somewhat 
om what I saw last, year. It may be.that when bunched 
e effect is better, but it is only just coming into* bloom. 
It is, however, quite evident that it has been developed 
om Coceinea. Marohiones® of Cholmondeley has just started 
;i monster flowers. Mrs 1 . Knight Smith is indeed' a, lovely 
ing, but, as a correspondent remarked some time since, 
juntess Spencer is still sporting, for, so far, only two plants 
e yielding typical blooms, the others being of the Countess 
ithom shade. The new Earliest Sunbeams and reselected 
irliest of All are undoubtedly the twain to> accompany Mont 
anc, for their earliness is quite startling, coming a,s they did 
thin six weeks of sowing. Among older sorts—and I sup- 
S 0 we may relegate last year’s novelties as old sorts—Jessie 
ithberbson, King Edward VII., Mrs. Wright, Dorothy Eck- 
-d, Dainty, Golden Rose, Lady G. Hamilton, Miss Willmott, 
d most other sorts are looking grand. Golden Rose, how- 
ye, is still a, doubtful quantity, for so far, none of the blooms 
} true to the raisers’ description. 
Such items one can pass over, providing the flowers are 
ad, and under the circumstances' one might have expected a 
(antic display at the Crystal Palace on, the 20th. W. A. 
lam 
The Yarrows. 
Hie species of Achillea, are very numerous, and many have 
-Ti introduced to cultivation from time to time, but few of 
1 m find acceptance except the dwarfer species for the rockery 
i 1 for botanic gardens. Amongst the exceptions are the pink 
< 1 rose varieties of A. Millefolium (which were at one time 
] >ular in certain districts of the North for exhibition pur- 
1 es), and the double forms of A. Ptarmicai. “ Flora and Sylva,” 
July gives a brief description 1 of twenty-three species, 
h a few of their varieties. Two of them have been honoured 
h a, coloured plate, namely, A. lingulata buglossis and A. 
peolata. Most of them are in cultivation, though the bold 
low-flowered A. clypeolata, is not in the Kew list. The small 
?ht yellow flower heads are produced in dense compound 
t ymbs, and would form a, suitable companion to A. filipendu- 
lina, the most frequently cultivated yellow specie®. In the 
same number the flower-heads of A. decolorans are described 
as of good clear white, but, the' plant coming under our notice 
m various gardens has whitish yellow heads. Possibly this is 
the form which G. Dou described under the name of A. anglica. 
It is reputed to have become naturalised in some parts of 
England. Though in cultivation in 1798, “ Nicholson’s Diction- 
Hybrid Tea Rose Mme. la Marquis Litta. (Seep. 611.) 
ary of Gardening ” says its native country is unknown. If the 
Swiss plant has clear white flowers, the above uncertainties 
would apply to the whitish yellow form only. The various 
scents possessed by different species are remarkable. In many 
cases this would seem to be the odour of Camomile intensified. 
That of A. Herba-rota is more pleasant, while the leaves of A. 
moschata recall the Musk. The name Sneezewort might be 
applied to various other species, however, than A. Ptarmica. 
The foliage of a large number is pretty. 
