January 28, 1905. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
71 
Cclmisia Coriacea. 
Though scarcely at all known in this country, except as 
dried specimens, at least as many as thirty-three species are 
known to science, and another has been named as coming from 
Peru, though that is rather doubtful. They belong to the 
order Compositae, and are natives of New Zealand, with the 
exception of one species from Australia, and another from the 
Auckland Islands. 
At present we are chiefly concerned with C. coriacea, 
which is best known in this country, though that does not 
imply much. Hitherto only the more enthusiastic cultivators 
have added it to their collection. This is 
probably due to the fact that many plants 
coming from New Zealand if at all from dry 
situations do not prove easy of preservation 
in the open air in this country on account of 
the rainfall we usually get in winter, to say 
nothing of snow, which keeps the foliage and 
the crown of the plant in a sodden condition 
when they ought to be perfectly dry. 
In all probability a number of them would 
prove relatively hardy provided the rain were 
kept off them in winter. It would certainly 
be worth while to try them in the more 
favoured parts of this country, planting them 
in elevated positions on rockwofk, where the 
roots would be kept relatively dry in winter, 
and the tops as well by means of a bell-glass 
or simply a pane of glass elevated over them 
by means of pegs. 
Our illustration refers to a plant which was 
flowered on the rockery at the Royal Botanic 
Gardens, Glasnevin, where Mr. F. W. Moore, 
the curator, gets together a great variety of 
subjects not usually to be found in private 
gardens. The equable climate of Glasnevin 
is no doubt more favourable to plant life than 
many parts of Britain. Notwithstanding 
this, gardeners cannot be otherwise than in¬ 
debted to an enthusiast who is always secur¬ 
ing new plants to test their capabilities for our 
climate, and places them where they will be 
seen by the public. The photograph was 
placed at our disposal by Mr. Leo. Farmar, 
now at the Herbarium, Royal Gardens, Kew, 
who is also an ardent plautsman and amateur 
photographer. 
The plant forms a small tuft of leaves, from 
which the flowering stems rise to a height of 
9 in., and produce a single head of bloom 
each, with white rays, and the central 
yellow disc measuring 1^ in. to 2 in. across 
the head. The leaves are lanceolate, leathery, 
hairy above and felted with white tomentum 
beneath, and produced in crowns from the 
root-stock. It will thus be seen that the plant 
is of dwarf compact habit, taking up but a 
small amount of room, and we must add that 
it grows very slowly, as leathery-leaved 
plants usually do. If it can be proved by 
experiment that this can be grown in the rock garden with the 
slight protection named, it would prove an exceedingly in¬ 
teresting and uncommon plant of long duration. The cottony 
character of the leaves is one of the chief reasons why the 
plants should be protected from our filthy atmosphere in 
winter. We may say, however, that it was bloomed on the 
rockery at Glasnevin without any other protection than that 
of a pane of glass placed over it. 
At least two other New Zealand species of Celmisia have 
been introduced, namely, C. Munroi • and C. spectabilis. The 
last named produces from one to five stems from the crowns 
of the plant about 3 in. to 4 in. high, and closely covered with 
cottony hairs. The flowers are similar to those of C. coriacea, 
having white rays and a golden-yellow disc. The leaves are 
shorter, lanceolate, 2 in. to 3 in. long, cottony above, and felted 
with a white down beneath. As tire leaves get old the white 
felt changes to a creamy or yellow hue. 
All these plants may usually be cultivated in pots by those 
who desire to add them to their collections, because the pots 
can always be placed in a glasshouse during winter, where the 
atmosphere is sufficiently diy to make the plant safe from 
the effects of damp in the ground. No fire heat would be 
necessary, so that those who have a house of this character 
would have no difficulty in preserving the plants. 
Celmisia coriacea flowered at Glasnevin. 
Rose Mhe. Antoine Mari.— A coloured plate of a recently 
raised Rose appears in the November number of " Rosen- 
Zeitung.” A number of Roses have been raised in Italy by the 
firm of Sig. Ant. Mari. One of them is the Tea Rose above 
named. In the bud state the flowers are conical, elongated, 
white, tinted with rose to some extent on the back of the petals. 
As these gradually expand the broad outer petals become revolute 
around a firm centre, and the colour changes to a creamy-yellow 
more or less flushed with rose on the back of the petals. If 
this variety can always be brought to the same perfection as 
shown in the plate, we should think it would prove a beautiful 
exhibition flower for cultivation in this country. For cut flower 
purposes there can be no doubt about its value, especially when 
cut in various stages of development and accompanied by some 
of its own foliage. The young leaves are tinted with red. 
