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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
March 25, 1905. 
head are cut up into twelve to sixteen or eighteen .narrowly 
linear segments. The flowers themselves consist of six oblong- 
spathulate, slightly concave and clear yellow sepals. The 
petals, properly speaking, are very small, green, and closely 
similar to those of a Christmas llose. The anthers are light 
yellow. The ovaries or carpels vary from ten or twelve to 
twenty. The stems and young bracts are brownish-purple, but 
later on become bright green when fully developed. 
To those looking for distinctions between the newcomer from 
Asia Minor and the older and better-known Winter Aconite 
from Europe, we should say it would be found in the coloui of 
the young stems and bracts, but more particularly in the fine¬ 
ness and number of the divisions of the large bracts sun mind¬ 
ing the flower. The ovaries in E. hyema-lis vary from live to 
nine, and the bracts are less deeply divided and number only 
seven to nine, while each piece is very much broader than in 
E. cilicica. Our illustration of the latter was prepared from 
a, pflant furnished us by Messrs. Wm. Cutbush and Son, High- 
gate, London, N. __ 
Corylopsis. 
This is a small and interesting Asiatic genus of Hamameli- 
daceae, composed of a few species only, four having been de¬ 
scribed—that is, C. himalayana, C. multiflora, C. paueiflora, 
and C. spicata. Of this number, C. spicata is most frequently 
met with in English gardens, though that cannot be said to- 
be common. Ail are of shrubby habit, and are met with here 
but a few feet in height., though in their native countries some 
are said to grow 20 ft. high. The leaves are in all instances 
delicately tinted with bronze when they first- develop, this 
colouring being retained for several weeks. The flowers are 
usually Primrose-yellow and attended with bracts of the same 
shade-, a contrast being afforded by the- red anthers. 
They prefer a-rich but light soil, and should always be given 
а. sheltered place. Except- in the warmer parts of the country 
it- is advisable t-o give the protection o-f a wall, for they blossom 
and commence to grow early, and are sometimes damaged by 
late frosts. They rna-y be increased by layering or cuttings, 
and can be rooted in summer. The following descriptions are 
given of the four species : — 
C. himalayana.—This is found in the Eastern Himalayas, 
and was discovered by Mr. Griffith in Bhota-n, north of Assam, 
at- ele-vat-ions of from 5,000 ft. to 8,000 ft,, and afterwards in 
the Khasia mountains at elevations of from 4,000 ft. to 
б, 000 ft. It is there -said to be found as a, small Hazel-like 
bush or a tree 20 ft. high. The leaves are from 4 in. to 6 in. 
long and 3 in. to 5 in. wide. The young branches and leaf and 
flower-stalks are clothed with fine hairs, which form quite- a 
thick covering. The flowers are primrose coloured and fra¬ 
grant, and are borne in axillary racemes 2 in. to- 3 in. long in 
March. It was introduced to cultivation in 1879, Dr. King 
sending seeds to Kew in that year. 
C. multiflora is found in China, and is said to closely re¬ 
semble the former, except that it lias narrower petals. I have 
not seen cultivated plants. 
C. paueiflora-—This has only been brought into prominent 
notice within the- last- few years. It is of Japanese origin, and 
is the tenderest of the set, being more at home about London 
in a. cold house than it is out of doors. It has not been happily 
named, for it is an exceptionally free flowerer, and is a very 
ornamental plant. The habit is light- and graceful, the leaves 
dainty and pretty when young. The flowers are pale prim¬ 
rose-, and borne during March. It is a good thing for pots for 
conservatory decoration, and should be- kept indoors until 
growth is matured. 
C. spicata,—This is the commonest of all. It is a Japanese 
shrub, growing 3 ft. or 4 ft-, high, and of rather dense habit. 
The flowers are yellow, with reddish anthers and borne during 
March. When undamaged by frost, it forms a showy object, 
almost every axil producing its catkin-like inflorescence. The 
leaves, which appear in April, are prettily marked when young. 
Large plant-s in pots make excellent subjects for forcing, and 
they may be used several years in succession. W. D. 
Round the Nurseries. 
Ware’s Nurseries, Feltham. 
(Concluded from page 228.) 
Very interesting and pretty are the forms of Cyclamen 
ibericum, C. Coum and C. Atkinsi, now flowering freely by the 
side of a thin hedge in the open air. baxifraga apiculata, with 
a- profusion of primrose-yellow flowers, is quite distinct from 
S. sa-ncta, with deeper yellow flowers of a different form, and 
both striving to be earliest in the field. I lie various forms of 
S. burseriana are- both interesting and handsome. Particu¬ 
larly notable is S. b. grandiflora, with very large white flowers 
more or less crenate or wavy on the margins. An interesting 
plant also is Ramondia Heldreichi'i, sometimes named Jankaea 
Heldreichii, a native of Thessaly. Another plant which may 
be considered both interesting and curious is beoliopus 
Bigelovii, but we cannot give the same compliment with regard 
to- the odour of the flowers, which is peculiar, attracting and 
repelling the beholder, paradoxical as it may seem. 
In the open air Adonis amurensis has been flowering for 
some time. It is being followed by A. walziana, which comes 
in between the first named and A. vema-lis. At present the 
flower-stems are very dwarf, but before the end of the season 
the plants will be 18 in. or 2 ft, in height. The petals are 
yellow, more or less striped with bronze on the back, and the 
calyx is also bronzy. Very handsome are the blue Primroses 
raised from seed, amongst which we noted a- bright clear blue 
almost like a Gentian, and another with large dark violet 
flowers named Primula acaulis violacea. It is a pity, these 
blue Primroses do not succeed within the boundaries ol 
London. Handsome also is Anemone blanda- atroca-erulea, 
with large bright blue flowers. The Hepaticas, in a great 
variety of forms, are also flowering profusely in the open 
ground, including blue, pink, red and various other shades of 
single flowers as well as the beautiful double red form. 
Hardy Herbaceous Plants. 
Very few of what are usually termed hardy border plants are 
yet- in bloom of any height. Early spring-flowering subjects 
are usually very dwarf. ~ A few of them, however, are either 
being forced or they are kept- in moderately warm houses to 
- bring them into flower early for a particular purpose. Amongst 
these is the beautiful Dicentra spectabilis, popularly known 
as the Dutchman’s Breeches, which we mention here in order 
to record the flowering of the scarce- albino of this plant D. s. 
alba, which has white flowers becoming faintly tinted with 
pink as they get old. It is, however, an albino, as the gieen 
leaves and stems amply testify by comparison with the purple 
tinted young stems of the ordinary form. 
Spiraea palmata has also been forced, and shows that it is 
admirably adapted for t-hi’s purpose if the. temperature is not 
too high. I 
Close by we noted a splendid collection of the border 
Lobelias, with blue, purple, and scarlet- flowers, including such 
varieties as L. Gerardi, L. Rembrandt, L. t-riumphans, and 
various others. Artemisia arborea has its leaves two or three 
times cut down into slender linear segments covered with 
hoary down. The plant grows to a- height of 4 ft, or 5 ft., 
making a large bush that- is effective by contrast with green- 
leaved plants in the border. Several others of the Artemisia;- 
practically belong to this same category. A very fine double 
variety of Wallflower is that named Double Scotch Yellow 
The flowers are of large size, .orange-yellow, of good form, an 
perfectly full, so that- the plant- can only be propagated from 
cuttings. It is, nevertheless, -well worthy of this little- extm 
trouble. An interesting plant is the tree I’oppy (Dendromej 
con rigidum), having golden-yellow flowers and orange ant-hen 
that last good for a week. Mertensia paniculata placed n 
pots is now in bloom. The blue-purple flowers make a u f 
contrast with the gla-ucous leaves, which are tinted with bronzt 
in the early stages. Various forms o-f Lenten Roses have- beei 
flowering for a long time past, including Helleborus abchasicm 
ruber, with very large, widely cup-shaped flowers of two oi 
