No vein !> r.26, 1904. 
THE GARDENING WORLD , 
951 
Ke-ntlas 1 , including- K. belmoreana. and K. fosteriana. A very 
uncommon looking Dracaena was D. canna-ef-o-lia, having broad, 
stalked leaves. In another structure Palm seedlings in boxes 
were coming up by 'the thousand, while larger plants were 2 ft. 
to 3 ft. in height. Very distinctive in its way was a seedling 
of Ivemtia helm ore-ana,, with a distinct yellow .stripe on each 
side of the midrib of the pinnae. A large cool house was 
tilled with an immense, variety of subjects requiring merely 
a greenhouse temperature. Japanese Maples were located here 
in great variety as well as Ampel-opsis Veitchi, and pot lines 
ripening off good canes. A house close by it contained tall 
plants of double zonal Pelargoniums, -grown for the sake of 
cut flowers; in 'winter. These were, of course, trained against 
the back wall of the houses and gave a greater profusion of 
flowers than young plants grown in pots. An importation or’ 
Odonfcog-lossum crispum is now well established, nice little 
plants being made. One house contains a collection, of 
Cypripedium, including C. harri-sianum, never oust of flower, 
C. insignia, C. c-enanthum .superbum, C. la-wrenoe-aniun, and 
others winch are grown for the sake of cut flowers. One 
house contains a, healthy lot of plants of Imantophyllum. 
A fine lot of Coelogynes also furnishes a lot of useful flowers. 
Hardy Trees and Shrubs. 
Tire collection of Conifers is too replete here to give any¬ 
thing like an adequate notice of the different kinds, so that 
we reserve our attention chiefly to the choicer and lass-known 
varieties 1 and species. A very exhaustive collection of them, 
but. particularly of varieties of Cupressus, is grown on either 
side' of the middle walk, leading front the. main road up to the 
glasshouses'. This is particularly useful when visitors have 
little time to go far, but can make their selection from this 
collection bordering the walk. 
A very handsome variety was Cupressus lawsoniana, Drum- 
mon-di, raised in Stilling. The tree is of more pyramidal 
habit than. C. 1. erecta viridis, and the branches more feathery 
and glaucous. In the same category we should place C. 1. 
Allurni, which has deep blue foliage, but the tree is wide at 
the base by comparison with C. 1. Fraseri, another very hand¬ 
some Cypress with light sea-green foliage. The last-named is 
more rigidly columnar in habit, than C. 1. Allurni, at least in 
the earlier stages of growth. All three of them are very neatly 
growing trees that'take up but little space and should be 
planted in positions where: something of upright habit is 
necessary, without occupying much space. Another variety of 
pyramidal habit is C. 1. caerulea. compacta., which is of alow 
growth and compact, but does, not assume the narrow habit of 
the three previously named glaucous, varieties. A strong con¬ 
trast to, this is furnished by C. 1. lutea, which always retains 
a deep 1 yellow colour and is among-st the hardiest and most de¬ 
sirable of the yellow Cypresses. 
Besides, those, abovei mentioned we noted several other blue 
varieties of C. lawsoniana. One: of the most important, of the 
Dutch varieties is C. 1. Triomphei de Boskoop, of pyramidal 
habit and deep blue colour. C. 1. filifera glauca has slender, 
cord-like twigs and glaucous foliage. A very striking variety 
is; C. 1. monimientalis, of decidedly columnar habit, as implied 
by the, varietal name, and also: glaucous. 
A very distinct variety is C. 1. A isseli, which ha® short, con- 
gei-ted branches recalling- to some extent the, growth of Lyoo- 
podium alpinum in form, but, of course, of more upright habit. 
A weeping one is* found in C. 1. Barlowi pendula. with drooping 
branches:. Several of them are characterised by a silvery 
variegation, including- C. 1. versicolor and C. 1. We.termanm . 
while- the whole of the foliage of C. 1. Silver Queen might be 
described as silvery. It keeps this, colour throughout the: year, 
and is. regarded as the finest, of the silvery varieties. Another 
silvery one is named C. 1. alho-Kessen. C. 1. intertexta is 
characterised by having very strong twios,, while C. 1. patula 
has 1 branches which spread loosely. A di tinct silvery variety 
belonging to another species, is 1 that, named Retino®pora fib fern 
argente-a. A fine companion to the last named is 1 R. f. a,urea, 
with deep yellow twigs and foliage. 
Quite another hue Is met with in R. squar-nosia. Veitchi sul- 
phurea, which has foliage of quite a, silvery hue during spring 
and early summer. A slender- twiggy and dense bush is formed 
by C. lawsoniana filiformis pendula, C. 1. darleyensis is also 
characterised by a silvery variegation, but it is not so fine as 
Silver Queen. Still another form is met with in C. 1. stricta 
Backhouse!, which is of pyramidal habit and glaucous hue. 
Amongst -other Cypresses we noted C. nutkatensis lutea., 
having bright yellow foliage and quite a distinct habit from 
that of Lawson’s Cypress. Equally handsome in its way and 
quite distinct is C. o-btusa Crippsii, with decidedly golden 
foliage. The brightest yellow of the Yews is Taxus baccata 
erecta semperaurea, with go-ldenyellow foliage at all seasons. 
Thuya, occidentalis lutea, and the recently introduced T. Lo-bbii 
aure-a have als-o- bright yellow foliage. A distinct, -but not very 
common, form of the- Redwood is Sequo-ia sempervirens albo- 
spica, with white tips to the branches. The Umbrella tree 
(Sciado-pitys) was- represented by a fine specimen 10 ft. high. 
A very uncommon Conifer ini collections is Arthro-taxus don- 
niana, with very strong twigs unlike anything above men¬ 
tioned.. The nearest approach to it-, however, is, the rare Fitz- 
l-oya patagonica, which has more slender twigs and two- silvery 
line® -on the leaves. 
Trees and shrubs with sea-green foliage are als-o- represented 
by Cedrui atlantica glauca, Prumno-pitys elegans, Pieea pun- 
gens glauca, P. p. g. pendula, Ce-drus Deodara glauca,, and 
etbeirs-. Silvery foliage is characteristic of Jundpe-rus elegant- 
isis-ima and J. Virginian a Richardsoni. A pigmy old Spruce, 
reckoned to be about- forty year's old and only 2 ft. high, is 
Pieea. e-xceilsia, pygm-aea, which must have seen a good many 
young men pass through the nursery. Taxus ba-eoaita- Dovasto-ni 
has- yellow foliage with a, creamy edsre. Amongst Hemlock 
Spruce® we- noted T'su.ga Sieboldi, T. albe-rtiana, and others-. 
Distinct, and useful Junipers are J. chiuens-is au-rea and J. 
Sabina, fast-igiata. A silver Fir named Abies polita, has pointed 
and s-piny leaves. 
Deciduous subjects are well represented, and amongst dis^ 
tinctly variegated ones- we' noted 1 Acer 1 platan-o-ide-s Drummoudi, 
Acanth-opanax sp-inosa- varie-gata a.nd 1 Go-lde-n King Holly, the 
latter having very broad leaves. Sa.mbucus racemo-sa laeiniata 
nigra and Lyceste-ria forme,sa are' shrubs that might mo-re often 
be- cultivated. We also- noted a fine collection of Ivies in p-ots.. 
Some of the other nursery grounds- lying between the great 
western, road and the railway are devoted to- fruit trees, 
Larches 1 in all -stages -of growth -for planting, and other forest 
trees. The new Glebe Nursery at Corstorphine runs t-o- five or 
six acres, and isi largely planted with Hollies in variety, as well 
as Rhododendron p-onticuin. Apple®, Pears and Plums, are also 
largely cultivated here. Forest trees find a, place, including 
the Scotch Fir in! various stage's of growth, as well as English 
Yews 4 ft. high, and purple- Beeches'. 
Linden Park, Hawick. 
About the middle -of September last we 'had a. run through 
the beautiful garden and grounds of John La-ing, Esq., Linden 
Park, Hawick. The garden was commenced early in the 
eighties', and sine© then it ha® been gradually developed to its 
present stage of beauty. The garden itself is situated o-n 
sloping ground, and in, the valley below is a small stream 
which has been, taken' advantage of for the making of a 
natural looking pond, more, -or less hidden from the grounds 
immediately above by means of large undulating banks planted 
with trees and shrub®. 
The- portion of the garden, devoted to flowers is not very 
extensive-, but was well filled with a great, variety of useful 
subjects. Dahlias were in full bloom, as were Love-lies-bleed¬ 
ing,’ Stocks', Calceolarias, China, Asters, and maroon-crimson 
Antirrhinums. 
In the grounds on the steeply-sloping -sward, in front- of the 
bous-ei, was the- flower garden containing a- mixed arrangement 
of Calceolarias, Tro-pa-e-olums, Lobelia Queen Victoria, Yucca 
aloe-folia, variegata-, and Grevillea ro-busta, the two latter being 
used ehie-fly as dot plants to- relieve the monotony. Other 
bed-s contained crimson Antirrhinums, Ageratums, Pelar- 
