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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
June 4, 1904. 
as to the infinity and variety of variation, the' strain being a 
very fine one indeed. Amongst herbaceous Calceolarias were 
sell-coloured golden yellow, red and crimson varieties. The 
spotted varieties were most numerous, including a very intricate 
tracery of lines and spots of every conceivable form of variation. 
The plants were dwarf, well flowered, and in some cases with 
blooms of enormous size. Their group of Cineraria stellata 
consisted of plants about 2-JJt. high, with rounded: dome-like 
heads, and most profusely dowered, the foliage at the top of 
the plants being completely hidden by the flowers. Some' Palms 
and Maidenhair Ferns formed an outline to the group, but 
otherwise they would have been, completely lost. (See our illus¬ 
tration of Messrs. Webb’s Cinerarias, which will give some idea 
of their flcriferous character. 
CARNATIONS. 
Messrs. William Cutbush and Sons, Highgate, London, ex¬ 
hibited a large number of varieties of Carnations in the corner 
usually occupied by them. As far as we were able to see for 
the people, most of them consisted of Malmaison varieties. 
Charming varieties were Calypso, blush ; Baldwin, pink , 
Princess May, rich scarlet ; Lord Rosebery, scarlet ; Florizel, 
rose ; Mercia, rosy-scarlet ; and many others, including the 
Duchess of Westminster, with beautiful shell pink flowers. 
Amongst the varieties of other types we noted Cecilia, one of the 
best yellows, in very good form. This was essentially a Car¬ 
nation group, although one of the most conspicuous features of 
it was several little groups of Rose Dorothy Perkins on pillars 
10 ft. to 12 ft. high, and flowered throughout. Palms and Lilies, 
etc., were also used to set off the group. Richardia elliotiana 
was also in very fine form with large golden yellow spathes. 
Messrs. Geo.Boyes and Co., Aylestone Nurseries, Leicester, 
had a pleasing selection of Carnations, some in pots and other as 
cut specimens in water. The best were Dr. W. G. ^Grace (a 
grand dark), Hon. A. Lyttelton, Mark Twain, Lord Kitchener, 
A. G. Steele (a brilliant scarlet), Duchess of Fife, and Alma. 
INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS. 
In their large group of stove plants in the big tent Messrs. J. 
Yeitch and -Sons had a small but very interesting collection of 
Nepenthes, notable for the enormous size of their pitchers, not¬ 
withstanding the early period of the year for this class of plants. 
It would be difficult to say which was the finest, but N. 
sanguinea, with large dark red pitchers, is ceitainly the most 
uncommon. N. mastersiana is one of the hybrids from the last 
named, and a splendid plant of it was shown bearing immense 
crimson-red pitchers. Another decidedly handsome form was N. 
Tiveyi, named -after the grower who is so successful with this 
class of plants. The huge pitcher is blotched with crimson 
with a broad brown collar! Another decidedly tine one was N. 
mixta, with long pitchers, blotched with crimson on a pale red 
ground. N. Burkei has light green pitchers blotched with red 
near the top, while N. Burkei excellens is blotched with red 
mostly all -over the pitcher. Both of them are strongly con¬ 
tracted in the middle like dumb-bells. 
Mr. A. J. A. Bruce, The Nurseries, Edge Lane, Chorlton-cum- 
Hardy, had a very fine collection of insectivorous plants, con¬ 
sisting chiefly of Sarraceni-as. Yery finely coloured were S. 
sanderiana, S. Farnhamii, S. chelsonii, S. flambeau, S. Pater- 
sonii, 'S. mitchelliana, S. Wilsonii, and others. S. Fildesi was 
remarkable for the enormous size of the lid of the pitchers, which 
were wreen on the outside and marked with crimson lines on the 
innerface. He also had the Australian Pitcher plant, Sundews, 
Butter worts, Venus Flytrap, and -some other insectivorous 
plants of that class. These were mixed with Maidenhair Ferns, 
and the pots -along the front were covered with moss. 
CANNAS. 
A large- and gorgeous- bank of Gannas was exhibited by Mes-srs, 
H. Cann-ell and Sons, Swanley, Kent. They were arranged in 
a sloping bank, sloping at the sides and -edged with Ferns. 
Grand varieties were- Black Prince-, crimson ; Elizabeth Ho-s-s, 
thickly spotted scarlet on ye-llow; Amy Beney, deep salmon- 
red ; Oscar Da-nnecke-r, orange and yellow -edge ; Hes-perid-e-, 
orange; Comtesse de Bouchaud , Duke Ernst, scarlet-ied , 
Niagara, scarlet-red, laced golden yellow ; R. Wallace, clear 
yellow ; Mile. Be-rat, salmon-rose; Eastern Beauty, salmon 
dink ; and Jean Tiss-o-t, a brilliant scarlet of grea-t b-e-a-uty and 
valued for bedding purposes. 
HARDY HERBACEOUS AND ALPINE PLANTS. 
Messrs. T. S. Ware, Ltd., Hale Farm Nurseries, Feltham, 
Middlesex, had a varied and interesting collection of hardy 
herbaceous and alpine subjects. The species of Eremurus con¬ 
stituted a special feature, E. Elwesii being particularly fine. 
The flowers are pink, with a green rib and orange anthers ; tht 
leaves are very broad, keeled and green, thus differing froir 
E. robusta, which has glaucous leaves. E. himalaicus has als< 
bright green leaves, but the flowers are pure white, with tht 
excejition of a green rib on the back of each segment, but this 
is not visible in looking at the flowers. (See our illustratior. 
of Eremurus, the two tall spikes of which are E. Elwesii, and 
the short middle one E. himalaicus. This shows the relative 
heights of the plants as they grow.) Very striking was 
Sarracenia flava, with a huge yellow flower on a plant about 
2^ ft, high. The above are tall-growing plants, and the same 
might be said of the Irises, of which they had a varied lot cut 
from the open ground. Amongst dwarfer subjects, very pretn 
and interesting were Asperula suberosa, A. Gussoni, Achillea 
rupestris, with wonderfully large white flowers, Phlox stellaria, 
P. sublulata Vivid, P. s. Fairy, and several Saxifragas of the 
incrusted types. Very brilliant were the scarlet flowers of 
Ourisia coccinea, while Papaver alpinum has now been developed 
into many beautiful and subtle shades of colour. Cheiranthus 
alpinus major has larger and darker yellow flowers than the 
type, often streaked with brown. Very interesting were Chamae- 
Msssrs. J. Carter & Co.’s Gloxinias. (See Gretnhou e PlaLts). 
lirion carolinigjium, Viola pedata, Ramondia pyrenaica, 
Androsace lanuginosa, Arenaria gramliflora, and A. purpu- 
rascens, the former being white and the latter pink, with the 
habit of the Cushion Pink. Numerous hardy cypripediums 
served to render the group exceedingly interesting, and amongst 
them we noted C. Calceolus, C. pubsecens, C. candidum, and C. 
montanum. Many other things we also found noteworthy, did 
space allow'mention of them. 
Messrs. J. Veitcli and Sons, Ltd., had a large and striking 
groujD of Irises in the open air, with a fine background of the 
Japanese Umbrella Pine. Amongst the Irises were I. ger- 
manica, I. liybrida, I. japonica, I. lutescens, I. neglecta, I.| 
pallida, I. pumila, I. sibirica, I. squalens, I. variegata, 1.1 
versicolor, and other hardy species. Of each of these species, 
however, they had in nearly all cases a large number of garden 
varieties, so that the collection was a very representative one. 
Primula japonica was also noticeable in this group, being very 
finely grown. The whole of the above plants formed the ground¬ 
work, as it were, in which the species of Eremurus 
were dotted, including E. Bungei, E. Elwesii, E, Olgae, 
and E. Robustus. Ghltonia candicans was' also m 
fine form, and served to set off the group. We may: 
here mention Watsoniana meriana Ardemei, shown by. 
Messrs. Veitch in their group of trees and shrubs in the big 
tent. The tall branching stems, the sword-like leaves, and 
the pure white flowers of this iridaceous plant attracted a great 
