June 4, 1904. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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promise, with pale salmon flesh-coloured flowers and of large 
and conical outline. It will be popular for exhibition pur¬ 
poses. A charming new climber was R. wichuraiana rubra, 
with single deep rose flowers. Noella Nabbonand is a hybrid 
Tea with dark purple flowers, tinted with scarlet outside. The 
above are only a few of the very numerous Roses in this, group. 
We cannot overlook that peculiar garden Rose named R. rugosa 
repens alba, with white flowers and contorted stems resembling 
a Japanese tree naturally. 
Messrs. T. S. Ware, Ltd., Hale Farm Nurseries, Feltham, 
Middlesex, set up a fine collection of Roses in great variety. 
Amongst the new or little known Roses were Mrs. Oliver Ames, 
a blush-coloured sport of Mrs. Pierpont Morgan. Pauline 
Bersez had creamy white flowers shaded with canary yellow. 
It is a tery free flowering hybrid Tea. Prince de Bulgarie has 
silvery flush flowers tinted with salmon in the centre. Souvenir 
de Jean Ketten is a hybrid Tea of rosy crimson colour, shaded 
with salmon. The flowers of Peace are pale lemon, and form 
beautifully pointed buds before expansion. It is needless to 
describe such tine things as Mildred Grant, Frau Karl Druschki, 
Dorothy Perkins, and the hybrid Tea England’s Glory. A new 
hybrid Polyantha is Aschenbrodel, with peach-coloured flowers 
tinted with salmon in the centre. SplendM Roses now well 
known were Mrs. Ed. Mawley, Souv. de W. Robinson, 
Souv. de Catherine Guillot, Souv. de J. B. Guillot, Mrs. 
Lambert, Mme. Jules Grolez, Mme. Abel Chatenay, Mine. 
Antoine Mari, and others. Rambler Roses were not forgotten 
in this group, seeing that they had such as Crimson Rambler, 
Helene, Leuchtstern, Rubin, Soleil d’Or, and Claire Jacquier. 
Mr. Charles Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough, had a group 
of Boses extending across the end of the big tent. Very con¬ 
spicuous were such ramblers as Dorothy Perkins and Crimson 
Bambler. Dwarf bush plants of Mrs. R. G. Sharman Craw¬ 
ford, Juno, Souv. de Mme. Eugene Verdier, Ulrich Brunner, 
La France, Souv. de Pierre Notting, Frau Karl Druschki, and 
others of that class formed the body of a sloping bank. Amongst 
these were standards of Souv. de Pierre Notting, Maman Cochet, 
Xiphetos, Mme. Cusin, The Bride, and various others. Some 
Bamboos served to lighten the back of the group, and Japanese 
Maples and Ferns were interspersed with the Roses. 
Leopold cle Rothschild, Esq. (gardener, Mr. J. Hudson), 
Gunnersbury House, Acton, exhibited a huge vase of Rose 
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, a hybrid of Rosa rugosa, with frag¬ 
rant pink flowers. 
Hobbies, Ltd., Dereham, had a large exhibit of Roses, chiefly 
of the Rambler type. The favourite Dorothy Perkins was 
largely in evidence. The Wallflower, Blush Rambler and 
Leuchtstein were all good. Several hybrid Teas were also 
shown, mingled with Sweet Peas, Clematis, and Carnations. 
Messrs. Frank Cant and Co., Braiswick Rose Gardens, Col¬ 
chester, had a pretty and interesting exhibit of Roses near the 
main entrance in No. 1 tent. Crimson Rambler and Dorothy 
Perkins, in the form of pillars, were conspicuous at the back of 
the exhibit. The pure white H.P. Rose Frau Karl Druschki 
formed a second line. Very noticeable and handsome also was 
Bosa wichuraiana rubra, the single red variety of the species. 
Fine single varieties of other types were R. rugosa repens alba, 
Lady White, Leuchtstern, Austrian Copper, Sinica. Anemone, 
and Horace. Splendid blooms in the cut state were Marquise 
Lit’ta, Bridesmaid, Niphetos, Mme. Hoste, Lady Roberts, Caro¬ 
line Testout, Mrs. F. Cant, Maman Cochet, Souv. de S. A. 
Prince, Mrs. R. G. Sharman Crawford, Mrs. Cocker, Souv. d’Un 
Ami, Mine. Charles, William Allan Richardson, Tennyson, Kil- 
larney, Mildred Grant, Suzanne Marie Roclocanachi, and Sun¬ 
rise. 
Mr. George Mount, Canterbury, had some arches of Crimson 
Bambler and numerous pots of it along the back.' Cut blooms 
were arranged along the front, including fine blooms of Caro¬ 
line Testout, Mildred Grant, Bessie Brown, Mrs. John Laing, 
Xiphetos, Ulrich Brunner, La France, Catherine Mermet, Anna 
Olivier, Captain Hayward, Liberty, Mrs. W. J. Grant, Mrs 
Edward Mawley, General Jacqueminot, Marchioness of London¬ 
derry, and many others. Fine Ramblers were Leuchtstern and 
Thalia, 
Messrs. Ben. Cant and Co., The Old Rose Gardens, Colchester, 
occupied one end and part of the side of tent No. 1 with a bold 
exhibit of Roses, in which the ramblers were very conspicuous. 
Amongst these very fine were Leuchtstern, Dorothy Perkins, 
lush Rambler, The Garland, Psyche, Moschata alba, and 
o hers. They_ also bad very attractive pillars of Yellow Austrian, 
opper Austrian, Sinica Anemone, Felicite Perpetua, and others 
grown on tall stems or as standards. Dwarf Roses were Ulrich 
runner Mme. Chedane Guinoisseau, Fisher Holmes, Baronesse 
Kothsclnld, Mrs. Sharman Crawford, Mrs. Paul, Frau Karl 
Druschki, Jean Ducher, and various others. Blush Rambler, 
above mentioned, was one of the most conspicuous, and in the 
form of tall plants made a feature of the group with its large, 
single blush-pink flowers. 
CLEMATIS. 
Messrs. Richard Smith and Co., Worcester, had a very large 
group of trained Clematis of the hybrid C. lanuginosa types. 
The back of the group was set up by tall specimens of Crimson 
Rambler Rose, with some Clematis on poles and some trained 
in the form of flat side specimens on trellis-work. Very fin© 
varieties were Mrs. George Jackman, pure white ; Fairy Queen, 
white with a pink centre ; Gloire de St. Julien, blush ; Mme. 
Van Houtte, white; Lord Neville, very dark purple ; Sensa¬ 
tion, mauve ; Nelly Moser, reddish-purple with white edges ; 
Marie Lefebvi'e, mauve with a purple centre to each segment ; 
Enchantress, double white ; and a large lovely new pinkish 
white seedling not yet named. Various fine foliage and flower¬ 
ing plants were stood between the large plants of Clematis. 
Messrs. Geo. Jackman and Son, Woking, Surrey, setup 1 a very 
large group of Clematis in pots, and of various hybrid types. 
Fine white varieties were C. lanuginosa Candida, C. Henryi, C. 
Imperatrice Eugenie, C. Mrs. Geo. Jackman, and various others. 
C. Ville de Lyon was a, bright red variety, and C. Jackmanni 
rubra, purple-red. C 1 . Beauty of Worcester was a handsome 
violet one. A very striking double one was that named Belle of 
Woking, with large flowers and numerous, rows, of petals of a 
soft mauve. Fairy Queen, Lucie Leanoine, King Edward VII., 
and Queen Alexandra were also notable varieties. 
CACTI. 
Messrs. H. Cannell and Sons, Swanley, Kent, had a very 
representative exhibit of Cacti representing numerous genera 
and species. Highly conspicuous plants were three fine spe¬ 
cimens of the Echinocactus Grusoni. E. Emoryi, E. ingens, 
and others of that class were so spiny that they were able to 
take care of themselves. They also had numerous species of 
Opuntia, Cereus, Mamillaria, Echinopsis, and the Old Man 
(Pilocereus senilis). Other succulents included numerous 
strange forms of Euphorbia, together with Sempervivums, 
Echeverias, and a very striking Mesembryanthemum Bolussi 
having two to four very large, or rather thick, fleshy leaves. 
FERNS. 
Messrs. Edward Hill and Son, Barrowfleld Nurseries, Lower 
Edmonton, Middlesex, exhibited a very fine collection of choice. 
Ferns in a. great number of species. They had a splendid piece 
of Polypodium pectinatum super bum, having shuttle-shaped, 
finely-divided fronds ; a. very striking Asplenium was that 
named A. inequal©. They also staged Gleichenia dicarpa longi- 
pinnata, Polypodium appendiculatum, with beautifully-coloured 
young foliage.; the new American Nephrolepis. Piersonii,- with 
very strangely divided pinnae, usually having something like a 
handle, to those that are most divided. On the top of the stand 
was. a magnificent Platycerium grande, with enormous barren 
fronds about 2g ft. long. The young fronds of Lomaria 
1’Hermineri were coloured a beautiful red, forming a centre to 
the older fronds. Adiantum veitchianram was also very highly 
coloured. A very striking subject was Acrostichum crimtum, 
usually known as. the Elephant’s Ear, having fronds about T8in. 
long and 8in. broad. Other uncommon Ferns of considerable 
decorative value were Gleichenia rupestris, Pellaaa rotundifolia 
robusta, Nephrolepis. Fosteri, Davalliai assamica, and a new 
Pteris named P. Binottii, with very finely-divided fronds of 
moderate size, and used for cut work. 
Mr. H. B. May, Dyson’s Lane. Nurseries, Upper Edmonton, 
set up a fine bank of select Ferns in No. 4 tent, including well- 
grown pieces of Polypodium Ma.yi, Adiantum farleyense, Pteris 
Childsi, Adiantum! Veitelii, Pteris Summer si i, and Davallia 
fijiensis robusta. A very common Fern not unlike a Pteris was 
that named Demstaedia apiifolia. Nephrolepis Westonii and 
N. Piersoni were also well done. 
NEW PLANTS. 
The Hon. Walter Rothscliild (gardener, Mr. Dye), Tring 
Park, Tring, exhibited a very striking new plant named Gloriosa 
rothschildiana with huge carmine-red flowers, laced with gold 
at the edges. 
M. L. J. Draps-Dom, Laeken, Brussels, staged a huge 
Anthurium named A. Gustavii, with the, blade, of the leaf heart- 
shaped, about a yard long and nearly as wide. 
R. Irwin Lynch, Esq., curator, Botanic Garden, Cambrmge, 
sent up a very interesting collection of new varieties of Gerbera 
James.oni, including G. J. Sir Michael, wholly yellow ; May¬ 
flower, pink, with a shade of yellow ; Evangeline, soft pink ; 
Brilliant, rich scarlet; Canta.bridgensis, rosy pink, and many 
others of great beauty and variety. 
