THE GARDENING WORLD 
October 1, 1904. 
788 
Scilly White Narcissus. 
The. above isi one of the Polyanthus Narcissi, and being a 
small -white - flowered form might he placed amongst the 
Paper White Narcissi, tire type of which has been named Nar¬ 
cissus papyraceus in the “ Botanical Magazine,” t. 947. Tliis 
name was applied to a slender-growing, early-flowering form 
of Narcissus Tazettia, Most of the pure white forms are early 
flowering, and this might be duel to itheir Local distribution 
in the wild state in warm situations and the shelter of sur¬ 
Last year it had 150, the year before 175. Tins year it had 
a good many more buds 1 , but Mr. Bateman, the gardener, 
picked off any that were the least unshapely or badly placed. 
This plant started about ten, years ago with a single bulb. This 
year, I had a plant of L. aura turn platyphyllum with two stems 
carrying thirty-five very large flowers. I got the bulb three 
years ago. C. Blair. 
Lonicera Heckrotti. 
roundings. 
The Scilly White and the Scilly Yellow are stronger growing 
varieties of this type, now used veiy extensively in the Scilly 
Islands for the production of flowers for (’event 
Garden Market about Christmas or soon after, 
according to the favourable: character of the 
weather or otherwise. In the Scilly Islands, 
however, the cultivators are favoured by an 
equable climate at all times of the year 1 by com¬ 
parison with the mainland of England, so that 
the cultivators are enabled to bring their Daft'o- 
dilsi into bloom at an early period at much 
less cost, than cultivators inland, who have 
always to contend with a. much lower tempera¬ 
ture, and about. London and other large towns 
an uncertainty in the matter of light. The 
accompanying illustration, for which we are in¬ 
debted to Messrs. James Carter and Co., High 
Holborn, London, shows! the form and colour of 
the 1 flower as grown by the cultivators in Scilly 
in such large quantities for our markets. 
A very interesting hardy Honeysuckle has been flowering 
for some time past in the collection a.t Kew. Judging from 
the form and colour of the flowers, as well a.s the habit of the 
Copyrighted by J. Carter <k C . 
Narcissus Tazetta Scilly White. 
bush, it would appear to be a. hybrid, possibly between L. 
sempervirens and L. Periclymenum. Probably it originated 
in the Arnold Arboretum of the United States, but. at all events 
it was sent from there to Kew in 1897. This has given the 
plant time to develop and show its characteristics, which are 
rather peculiar if it really arose from the parentage above 
given. The plant is only yet about 18 in. high, and is self- 
supporting, forming a, small branching bush and flowering at 
the end of every shoot. The. flowers are produced in umbel¬ 
like heads, and are red externally and yellow internally. In 
form and arrangement they are very similar to those of the 
Dutch Honeysuckle L. Periclymenum se-rotina, but they are 
more decidedly of a. red hue, owing to much less of the in¬ 
terior yellow hue being shown. The blossoms are very a.gree- 
Letters to the Editor. 
British Gardeners’ Association. 
To the Editor of The Gardening World. 
Sir,—At a meeting of the committee of this 
association, held on the 23rd inst., it was decided 
to 1 send delegates of the committee to address 
public meetings of gardeners in some of the 
large towns and centres, and to take- immediate 
steps for the formation of local branches of the 
association. 
It was also decided to print at once a certifi¬ 
cate of membership 1 and list of rules to be sent 
to all accepted candidates, and that annual sub¬ 
scriptions paid tliis year will be counted as for 
next year, before when the association will not. 
be in proper working order. Up to the present 
over <£160 has been received as subscriptions! 
and donations, and about £70 more has been 
promised. All who are interested should care¬ 
fully read the prospectus accepted by the great 
meeting held in Essex Hall in, June last, for it is 
clear that most of the criticisms and suggestions 
made through the Press; and by correspondence! 
have been made in, ignorance of the real char¬ 
acter and aims of the association. Copies of 
the prospectus and forms of application for menu, 
bei'shipi may be had from the secretary, W. Watson, Kew 
Boad, Kew. _ 
A Pine Lilium. 
To the Editor of The Gardening World. 
Sir,—I happen, to be greatly interested in Liliums, and so 
read with much interest the description by Mr. Hatch of one 
growing in the south of England in your impression for Sep¬ 
tember 1 24th. 
Would Mr. Hatch, be kind enough to state whether these, 
ninety-eight buds 1 were on one stem 1 If not, how many stems 
were growing in the; one pot. There has 1 just gone out of flower 
in the greenhouse of Mrs. Fergusson Turnbull, of Poldrate, a 
plant of Lilium aura-turn carrying 125 large flowers. 
