June 4, 1904. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
477 
NARCISSUS AND TULIP COMMITTEE. 
Tulip Flame. 
The flowers of this Darwin variety are crimson-scarlet with 
a yellow blotch, shaded with deep green, on the base' of each 
segment. Award of Merit to Messrs. R. Wallace and Co., Kiln- 
field Gardens, Colchester. 
Tulip Kathleen. 
A primrose Darwin Tulip with a lozenge-shaped violet-black 
blotch at the base and deeper yellow on the inner face. Award 
of Merit to Messrs. R. Wallace and Co. 
Tulip Cygnet. 
Flowers cup-shaped, pure white, with violet anthers. It 
has some general resemblance to the Darwin Tulips, but is 
classed with the May-flowering cottage Tulips, and is certainly 
a chaste and pretty one. 
Tulip Mrs. Farncombe Sanders (Darwin). 
The flowers in this instance are scarlet, with a white base, 
having a violet line between the white and the scarlet. It is 
certainly very handsome. 
Tulip Clara Butt (Darwin). 
The flowers are of moderate size, but soft rosy-pink and very 
charming, especially when seen in a mass. 
Tulip Margaret (Darwin). 
The blooms in this instance are flesh-coloured, but of a 
deeper pink inside the large cup. 
An Award of Merit was accorded to each of the above four 
shown by Messrs. Barr and Sons, King Street, Covent Garden, 
London. 
Tulip Suzon (Darwin). 
The blooms in this case are soft, pink, shaded with a. silvery 
hue on the back, deepening to rose on the middle of the inner 
face The base is light blue. Award of Merit, 
Tulip Scarlet Emperor. 
We may describe this as a very large and fine form of T'ulipa 
Dideri mauriana. The flowers are scarlet, with a yellow base, 
3i in. long, and veiy handsome. First-class Certificate. 
The above two were exhibited by Messrs. T. S. Ware, 
Limited, Hale Farm Nurseries, Feltham, Middlesex. 
Tulip maculata grandiflora. 
The above differs from T. maculata merely in size, the 
flowers being scarlet, with a black blotch on the base of each 
segment, surrounded by a. yellow line. Award of Merit. 
Tulip John Buskin 
The' flowers of this Darwin variety are oblong, yellow inside 
and on. the edges and rosy-fawn on the back. The inner face 
is more or less flushed with red at the base. Award of Merit, 
The above two were exhibited by Mr. W. B. Hartland, 24 
Patrick Street, Cork. 
Tulipi tubergeniana. 
The .above' is described as a new species, of Tulip from Central 
Bokhara. The flower is bell-shaped, contracted in the middle 
owing to the reflexing of the outer segments. The latter are 
obovate, narrowed to a point- from some distance above the 
middle. The inner segments are obovate, more rounded at 
the top, and suddenly narrowed to. a small cusp. The flower, 
as a whole, is 3-| in. to 4 in. long, brilliant scarlet, with a 
rhomboid violet blotch about 1 in. long on the base of each 
segment. There is a narrow line of yellow on the sides of the 
claw, but this, does not pass- round the top of the blotch, 
the stems are densely downy. It would thus belong to Mr. 
Baker s group of Scabriscapae. He has since, however, re¬ 
duced this group, to a mere section, of Gesnerianae. The above 
handsome Tulip received an Award of Merit when shown by 
Heir C. G. Van Tubergen, jun. 
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE 
Melon The Islander, 
• a] 18 / r . U * fc Melon is of moderate dimensions, with a 
r 4 1C 1 y J U1 „ C F °f B ne flavour. It is a green-fleshed variety 
Award of Merit to Mr. Charles Ritchings, Highlands, Catel 
vi Ucriis.0 i y i « 
A Fortnight in Cornish Gardens. 
(Continued from page 409.) 
On Tuesday, September 8th, I went to the Scilly Islands. A 
steamer leaves Penzance at 8.30, arriving at the island of St, 
Mary about 12.30. These islands are situated about thirty - 
seven miles from Penzance, and about twenty-six miles from 
Land’s End. When crossing, the steamer keeps well in to the 
Cornish coast, so that a very good view is obtained of the cliff 
scenery from Penzancei to Land’s End. Altogether there are 
about 250 islands and rocks, and the largest are arranged 
roughly in a circle enclosing a large, space of water. A few 
only of these islands are inhabited, the majority having a. 
barren look. The largest island is St, Mary’s. It comprises 
about 1,600 acres', and has a, population of about. 1,300. Near 
the landing-stage there, is a small village with a few small 
shops. On this island I saw a very large plant of Metrosideros 
robusta covered with fruits, large tracts of Mesembryanthe- 
mum edule, large bushes' of Tamarix, and a fine mass in a 
hedge of Muehlenbeckia. complexa. 
The show island is Tresco, and on this Mr. Dorrien Smith’s 
famous garden at Tresco Abbey may be seen. The island con¬ 
tains 697 acres, and has a population of about. 320. This 
island is reached from St, Mary’s by means; of small ferry-boats, 
which take about twenty minutes to make the passage. The 
gardens are very interesting, and are full of rare plants. 
Rockeries are planted with such things as Aloe®, Agaves, Cape 
Pelargoniums, Pitcairnias, Opuntias, and Mesembryanthe'- 
mums; of the latter sixty-three' specie® and varieties are grown 
In addition to most of the tilings I had previously seen, I 
saw a great many more, some of which were Albizzia lophantha, 
Casuarina. qua.driva.lvis, C. equisetifolia, Melaleuca preissiana, 
M. hypericifolia, large bushes in flower, Sparmannia, africana, 
Clia.ma.erop® humilis ; Dieksonia. squarrosa., Cyathea. medullaris, 
C. dealbata, Iris robinsoniana, a. large mass which has flowered ; 
Correas in variety, large bushes ; Araucaria, excelsa., A. Bid- 
willii, Dasylirion aero,trichum, Maurandia barclayana, Aralia 
dactylifolia., a. fine plant, with handsome leaves ; Metrosideros 
robusta, M. floribunda., Laurelia aoomarie.r, Corynocarpus 
laevigata, Bucklandia populnea, Sophora tetraptera., Meryta 
Sinclairi, Dammara robusta, Clethra, arborea., a very large bush 
in full flower; Dracaena, Draco, Furcroea, longaeva, Entelea, 
arb ores cons, Acacias in variety, Protea species, and many other 
things. In this garden there are some very fine hedges of 
Escallonia macrantha, finer than any I had seen elsewhere. 
There is also an avenue of Cordyline australis, all the plants 
being large and old. My time in this garden, I am sorry to 
say, was very limited, and I had not time to go through the 
places so well as I should have liked. Near the entrance lodge, 
in the gardens there is a verandah fitted up with a large number 
of figure-heads of ships which have been wrecked about the 
islands ; the whole had rather a, grotesque appearance. I got 
back to Penzance a little after seven, just as the fishing-boats 
had taken up their places for the night in Mount’s Bay, and 
as every boat burned one or more lights the bay had a very 
pretty appearance. 
On the morning of September 9th I went to, Trengwainton, 
the residence of T. R. Bblitho, Esq. At this place there were 
some good specimen shrubs, of which Choisya, temata,, repre¬ 
sented by a fine plant, Myrtus Luma, 23 ft. high and 12 ft. 
through, a, perfect specimen, covered with flowers ; Podocarpus 
Totara, very fine; Arundinaria ja.ponica., 20 ft,, to 25 ft. high ; 
Erica lusitanica, large bushes; Ga.rrya elliptica, very large; 
Oestrum fasciculatum, Cassia corymbosa, Anaujia, sericifera, 
Clianthu's puniceus, and a. very large plant of Azara, micro- 
phylla were the most, conspicuous. There was also a, nice wall 
garden here, and a. very fine mass of Woodwardia radicans 1 . 
After leaving this place I went to Ludgva.n Rectory, but, was 
unfortunate in finding Mr. Boscawen out. The Recto,iy is 
about, two miles from Marazion Station, and during the walk 
from the station I was very much struck with the large quanti¬ 
ties and luxuriance of Scolopendrium vulgare growing in the 
hedges. The leaves of some were nearly 2 ft. in length, and 
the plants were in very large masses. Mr. Boscawen looks 
