November 19, 1904. 
THE GARDENING WORLD . 
931 
Notes on the Illustrations in this Issue. 
Apple H. Ballantine. 
In this -week’s issue we give an illustration of an, Apple as 
above-named, the parentage of which was Peasgo-od’s Nonsuch 
x St. Edmund’s Pippin. The fruit is oblate, about 3 ini. to 
3-i- in,, ini diameter, so- that our figure shows it nearly about 
full size. The skin is pale greenish-yellow, tinted with buff 
or russet, and lightly Mashed with red all over. The eye is 
closed in; a shallow, slightly plaited cavity. The stalk is 
slender, about three-four"® of an inch in length, and seated in 
a, deep, evenly rounded cavity. The flesh is white, tinted 
with green, firm, crisp, and of rich flavour, slightly acidulated 
when'at it® best. It is reckoned a culinary Apple-, in season 
during October and November, but we think if it were no-t 
quite so large it. would make a very go-cd dessert Apple, for 
there are many Apples which have enjoyed considerable reip-utar 
tion for many years- that have less pleasing qualities to sustain 
that reputation. There are likewise many Apples in our 
market® which are greatly inferior and which are evidently 
relished by the people in London. 
Our illustration was taken at the beginning of this month, 
but the fruit is as perfect, and as- firm now as it was them, so 
that we have little doubt it will keep- to the end of the month 
if nob longer. It is also highly perfumed, even, in the uncut 
state, which may or may not be a, recommendation, to those 
in search of something good, but our experience is that Apples 
of pleasant flavour are usually decidedly fragrant with a, rich 
aromatic smack, but -more especially in the cut state. The 
specimen from which our photograph was taken, was supplied 
us by Messrs. James Yeitch and Sons, Limited, Royal Exo-tic 
Nurseries, King’s Road, Chelsea. 
Abelia chinenis. 
There are several species of Abelia in cultivation, and a 
greater number of names, but that under notice is certainly 
the finer of the two that are known, to. be- hardy in the south of 
England. Various name® have been- given to it in gardens, 
of which A. rup-estris is the m-o-st common. The plant belongs 
to- the same family as the Honeysuckle, and ha® white flowers 
mo-re or less tinted with pink. We give an illustration of a 
flowering spray fro-m the gardens of Lord Ald-enham (gardener, 
Mr. E. Beckett), Aldenkam House, Elstree, sent during Sep¬ 
tember. The flowers are borne in cluster® of -one to- three at, 
the end® of the twigs and branches that are developed during 
the growing season. 
The leaves- are small, ovate, shining green,, and not unlike' 
those of a. Myrtle, though larger than that of the common 
Myrtle. These leaves are retained- during the great part of the 
year, a® if inclined to- be evergreen. The plant is of dense 
habit, and the flowers being produced in great profusion,, it 
foams a -highly ornamental subject when it has attained, a 
height of 3 ft. to 5 ft. Owing to the nearly evergreen char¬ 
acter of this beautiful shrub, it always succeeds best- when 
grown under the shelter of a, wall, but it is well worthy of this 
attention, for no other member of the genus gives: the same 
quantity-of flowers for s-o- little atteai-tion. The leaves, are also 
more handsome than those- of any other Abelia in cultivation. 
Colletia cruciata. 
At least as many as nine different- names have been given, to- 
the above beautiful shrub, which waisi introduced to- British 
garden® fr-om Uruguay in 1824. The most common names 
given to it in gardens are C. horrida, C. spino-s-a, and C. bio- 
ton ensis. These several names- have been given to- different 
forms -of the same plant, for it is a, plant very much given to 
what gardeners would term- sporting. Usually branches- are 
very slender and very spiny, but at other times the, branches- 
are less numerous: but greatly enlarged and made up of p-a-irsi 
of spine® placed crosswise and very much thickened. This will 
give a claim to- such names as- C’. cruciata, C. arma-ta, C. ferox, 
C. horrida, C. polya-cant-ha, C. spino-s-a,, and C. sp-ino-s-simma. 
The- first o-f thes-e- names be-in-g the oldest is-, of course, the cor¬ 
rect one-, and the others having been added to the- plant by 
different -botanists when it had assumed s-ome curious form, 
may now be neglected and attention given to- the elder one. 
In its- ordinary form, such a® represented by us, the plant 
consists of numerous up-right stems with more numerous lateral 
branches', each of these latte-r being short and terminating in a 
spine. During September, when- the plant has been estab¬ 
lished for a sufficient length of time, it develops' a profusion 
of -small white flowers-, n-o-t unlike those of a Heath or Lily 
of the: Valley very much reduced. Our illustration represent® 
a spray taken from a, bush at Aldenham House- which was 
simply smothered with white blossom during September last. 
Sedum spectabile atropurpureum. 
About the middle of September last Mr. Am-o-s Perry, Hardy 
Plant Farm, Winchmor-e Hill, London, sent u-s a specimen of 
S. -spectabile, and another of A. s. atro-purpureum. The latter, 
he tells us, is an old plant,, and -one of the prettiest low-growing 
autumn perennials we have, but had become scarce in garden®. 
The flo-we-rsi are: of a muc-h darker purple than the type, judging 
by the -two- specimens sent us. If there are light and dark 
Atple H. Ballantine. 
varieties of certain- flowers in- cultivation, it is almost certain 
that the darkest one receive® the most attention from gar¬ 
deners, and certainly the two- forms sent us by Mr. Peary were 
decidedly different in colour. 
Either of thes-e two, forms- are highly desirable subjects in 
the garde-n during September, when flo-we-rs other than yellows 
are beginning to get, scarce in the herbaceous borders. It is 
also- often more appreciated as a plant for balconies, where it 
can be grown in, dry and exposed situations that would be 
detrimental to- many other subjects. It is- also worthy of a 
leading place upon -the rookery on account o-f its glaucous green 
fo-liage and large cymes o-f flowers-. Another point -about it 
which, few may know is that if the tops -of this- species- are taken 
off when- the flower-buds first show thems-elves and such cut¬ 
tings- put firmly in the ground and watered, they will no-t only 
take ro-ot, but bloom in the autumn as if nothing had hap¬ 
pened. __ 
The Mikado’s Garden Party. —The Emperor of Japan gave 
his annual Chrysanthemum garden party at Aoyarna Palace on 
tlie 11th inst. The plants exhibited carried over 1,000 blooms, 
and the display was regarded as wonderful. Over 1,000 Japanese 
and foreign guests were present. 
