August 27, 1904. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
689 
were also noted in good health, and specimens of Thuya 
gigantea about 30 ft. in height or mom Surrounding the 
lawns on one side of the mansion is a terra,--cotta wall with 
ornamental balustrades, and -this is utilised for growing a, great 
variety of choice Creepers. Vases are arranged a,t intervals 
upon this wall and occupied with various flowering plants. 
The Rose garden is also situated in the immediate neighbour¬ 
hood of the mansion, and consists of a rectangular area laid 
out. in beds and each bed filled with one variety of Rose. Not¬ 
withstanding the unpropit.ious nature of the season, the Roses 
were flowering splendidly even, on the occasion of our visit. 
We were particularly taken with the floriferous character of 
the crimson H.P. Victor Hugo and Grus an Teplitz, with even 
morei brilliant flowers. The Hybrid Tea Souvenir de Presi¬ 
dent, Carnot was also flowering profusely. 
Before leaving this sub ject we cannot avoid paying a tribute 
to. the able management of the gardener, Mr. E. Beckett, who 
has practically made the placei since he took it in hand about, 
twenty year's, ago, and is just as, enthusiastic a,s ever. We also 
met with one of his former assistants mow superintending a 
private establishment in America, and lie also paid a tribute 
of warm respect to the memory of hisi old master and the many 
earnest, lessons which he impressed upon him while at Aldem- 
ham House many years ago.. At, present, the garde,ns every¬ 
where bear the appearance of the closest culture and attention, 
for scarcely a weed was to, he seen anywhere, while everything 
was in the best of health, even after such a, trying season on 
this estate. ___ 
Bougainvillea Maud Chettleburgh. 
(See Supplement.) 
On the occasion of the Temple show on May 23rd, 24th, and 
25th, 1900, a velry handsome Bougainvillea, under the above 
name, was. exhibited by Col. Rous, Worsted House., Norwich, 
whose gardener’s name was Mr. Chettleburgh. This variety 
was characterised by the large size of its bracts and their great 
number. These were of rich violet-rose colour, and produced 
in great profusion on, long, drooping stems. All who saw it 
at, that time were convinced that it wasi a, beautiful and free 
flowering variety, and it 'has maintained its reputation ever 
since. Small plants of it flower quite freely. An Award of 
Merit, was accorded it by the Royal Horticultural Society on 
the above occasion. 
We take it to be a variety of B. speciosa, which comes from 
Brazil, and was originally introduced in, 1861. We under¬ 
stand that it came into the possession of Col. Rous at a much 
more recent period, hut more recently still the stock has 
passed into the rich collection of Messrs. Wm. Bull and Sons, 
King’s Road, Chelsea, from whose drawing our supplement has 
been prepared. This will show the free-flowering character of 
the variety, as most of the hunch shown consists of bracts, 
the nature of which in a black and white picture can only b© 
assumed when flowers are present, as they are. shown amongst 
the bracts towards 1 the top 1 of the picture. 
Our 1 reason for placing this variety under EL speciosa is, its 
entirely different, character from B. glabra, and the fact that 
it flowers so much more freely than B. spect-abilis. The. latter 
has only been flowered by a few people in this country, and 
requires very special treatment in. order to get it to bloom. B. 
speciosa, on the other hand, is as -easily grown and flowered 
as the universally cultivated B. glabra, so that the variety 
Maud Chettleburgh may be grown, by anyone who has the 
convenience of a greenhouse. Specimens planted out and 
treated as climbers will, of course, give a greater quantity of 
blossom, but even small' specimens raised from cuttings and 
grown in pots may be easily flowered and utilised for decorative 
purposes in a variety of ways. 
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centre page. 
On the Editor’s Table. 
Oassia marylandica. 
Prom Messrs. T 1 . S. Ware, Limited, Hale Farm Nurseries, 
Feltkam, Middlesex, comes a line branch of this uncommon 
species of Cassia, which wa,si introduced from North America 
in 1723. It is the only species which has reached our shore®, 
and is considered to be a hardy perennial, the rest being shrubs, 
sometime® grown as climbers. The. stems of this one, however, 
are so hardy and woody as to, give one. tliei impression that it 
should be termed a shrub. It, has a vary large pink pith, 
however, and Messrs. Ware inform us that it die® down with 
them every year, this being the first time it has flowered since 
it was raised from seeds sown three years, ago. In a warm 
climate it would probably be more or lessi evergreen, but the 
winter in this country ha® the effect, of causing the -stems to 
die down in wilder. 
The flowers are bright yellow, with dark brown anthers, and 
Cypripedium lawrenceanum hyeanum. (Seep. 683.) 
very freely produced in short racemes in the axils of the leaves. 
The latter consist of .six to nine pairs, of oblong leaflets, the 
whole being a, rich sea-green huei on both surfaces., but most 
pronounced on the under surface, which is strongly in evidence 
when the plant goes to sleep at night until waked up by the 
sun next day. It would serve to give, variety in the herbaceous 
border, or might even be planted in the front, row of shrub¬ 
beries., where, it make® a bush 2 ft. to 3 ft. in height, perhaps 
more under favourable, conditions 1 and in seasons that, favour 
strong growth. That it should have taken, three years to 
flower from seed is. just what we should have expected in a 
plant of this character, but we have no doubt it will flower 
regularly every year after reaching this, stage. 
Along with the. above came some flowering stems of Sidaloea 
Rosy Gem, which is no, doubt a, variety of S. malvaeflora,, with 
rawer more elongated and more graceful stems, especially the 
upper and flowering portions. The flowers are of a rich rosy- 
purple-, and measure fully an inch across, these being produced 
in succession as the raceme lengthens. This 1 , together with 
the type, S. Candida, and S. Listeri, are the best, of the Sidalceas 
in cultivation. 
A veiy uncommon plant is Pentstemon spesctabilia on account 
of the sea-green hue of its leaves. The lower ones are ovate, 
