September 24. 1904. 
THE Q A R DEN l NO WORL D 
Notes on the Illustrations in this Issue. 
Erica propendens. 
A glance at the accompanying illustration will be sufficient 
to show that this South African Heath blooms very profusely. 
It will be unnecessary to tell this to those who have seen the 
plant as exhibited by various people at the London shows 
during the past two years, but many of our contemporary gar¬ 
deners can only remember a few of the many Heaths that used 
to be cultivated so superbly in many gardens, while the 
younger- generation can have little notion at all of the many 
handsome species which have been introduced from the Cape at 
one time or other and now seldom seen outside botanical 
gardens, if irrdeed they exist in, this country at all. That 
under notice is not one of the larger growing kinds which used 
to be so popular at the principal exhibitions throughout the 
country, but is only about 12 in. to 15 in. high when in good 
form. It is, therefore, well adapted for extensive cultivation 
in gardens vdrere space is too limited for the accommodation 
of big specimens, but where a cool conservatory has to be kept 
going during the spring months. 
The flowers are relatively of large size, bell-shaped, drooping, 
and rich purple, or varying to a shade of deep red-purple. 
These flowers are; produced in clusters of one to three at the 
end’s of the very numerous small twiggy branches, so that in 
the aggregate they form a dense mass covering the greater- 
part- of the plant. In the course of our journeys through the 
country we meet with many gardeners who lament the loss of 
the Heaths of those olden times, and declare that the cultiva¬ 
tion of Heaths is becoming a lost art. It may be that few 
young gardeners- in this country have anything like an 
adequate knowledge cf the requirements of a Heath, but we 
have no doubt that the British gardener would be equal to 
the occasion yet, as were his forbear's, provided the Heaths 
were again to become 1 popular subjects in the eves of their 
employers. 
There are numerous species which can be grown in an equally 
small state as that which- we illustrate, so that even: a- small 
Heath house can be made to accommodate a large number of 
them. Even, those who- desire a supply of cut flowers 1 may be 
able to have them from the more soft-wooded species of Heath 
which are required t-o* be cut down in any case after they have 
done blooming. This practice in itself would serve to keep 
the- bushes in a small state. They require only a, minimum of 
heat during the winter months, provided the fro t is merely- 
kept out. They can also be kept- healthy by close attention 
to the matter of water, arid by keeping the house in a free 
and airy condition at all times. Our illustration was prepared 
from a photograph which we had taken in the nursery of 
Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Limited, Chelsea, about the middle 
of April last. 
Sedum Sieboldi 
By the use of the many Sedums, including the Stonecrops, 
Rose Roots and Orpines, we can get a varied display from 
April or May to the end of September. That which we figure 
blooms in the month of August as a- rule, though it may even 
he later than that in the northern parts of the country. Most 
of them are valuable for existing in dry situations, whether 
that Ire sandy, gravelly, or rooky. Under cultivation it- may 
be convenient to treat them more liberally for the sake of the 
finer foliage and larger flower trusses. At the same time, they 
may be grown under conditions that would be adverse to 1 a 
Targe number of garden plants. 
Tire specimen here represented was grown in a, cocoanut 
shell, having a limited amount of soil. It is also an admirable 
pot plant, and is so very nearly hardy that- it can be grown in 
any part- of the country in a house from which the frost is 
merely excluded. We- have also seen; it making good growth 
in the open in southern counties. It somewhat- resembles S. 
Ewersii, but is a much neater plant, never inclined to run, but 
always throwing up its 1 slender and elegant stems from a crown 
of compact and moderate size. It is, therefore, well adapted 
for cultivation in pots, either for the decoration of the alpine 
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house, glasshouse or conservatory. Under whatever conditions 
it may be placed, it should always be kept cool and well ex¬ 
posed to; light and air, which gives the stems their wiry char¬ 
acter and the leave® their- beautiful sea-green tint, which is 
much liner and more pronounced than that of S. Ewersii. 
It- is readily distinguished from all its near allies by having 
three nearly orbicular leaves in a whorl, shallowly notched 
along the outer margin. Some years ago there were at least 
two beautiful variegated forms in cultivation, one having the 
creamy-yellow colour confined to the margins, while S. S. 
med i o-variega-turn had a large creamy-yellow blotch confined 
to the centre of each leaf. All of them have been much neg- 
Erica propendens: Flowers rich purple. 
lected in recent years, but are well worth restoring to their 
former places in the garden. 
Gloritsa superba. 
The species of Gloriosa are sometimes mentioned under the 
name of climbing Lilies, but although they are not Lilies 
(Lilium) in the strict sense of the term, they, nevertheless, 
belong to the- Lily family. That under notice was introduced 
as long ago a-s 1690, and must have been neglected for a 
period' of time until gardeners again- discovered its beauty and 
the ease with which it might be cultivated and flowered in 
glasshouses. Being a- climber, the artist who took the photo¬ 
graph has not- treated the. plant very kindly by crowding the 
flowers so much and thereby hiding the graceful character of 
the stems which bear them. The segments are reflexed like 
those of an Erythronium, but they are further disguised by 
