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EDITORIAL NOTES. 
zalea indica Hexe. 
Under the above name a beautiful variety 
Azalea has been honoured with a coloured 
lustration in the “ Revue de l’Horticulture 
elge ” for March. The parentage will very 
largely describe it when we say that, it was 
raised from A. ainoena forsteriana x A. in¬ 
dica Due Adolphe de Nasseau. Readers 
will remember that the widely cultivated 
A. amoena is characterised by having sepals 
enlarged and coloured like the corolla. 
Several improvements have been made in 
this country by different cultivators and 
raisers, and, whatever they have been named, 
all are characterised by a coloured calyx 
and corolla, thus making them hose-in-hose 
Azaleas. The main features of this new 
hybrid are larger flowers of a rich dark 
cerise colour. The plant is exceedingly flori- 
ferous and blooms early like the typical A. 
amoena. The new comer also retains the 
dwarf habit of the latter, and produces flower 
buds in clusters rapidly and abundantly. 
The leaves are of small size, and rich dark 
green colour. AVe may say that A. amoena, 
otherwise Rhododendron indicum amoenum, 
is perfectly hardy in the southern counties 
of England when planted out in a moderately 
sheltered position in peaty soil, and we hope 
that the new hybrid will prove to be equally 
hardy when it finds its way into this country. 
The evergreen leaves are somewhat against 
the hardiness of these plants, but in A. 
amoena they are of small size, leathery in 
character, and comparable- to those of the 
Box for size, and for that reason the leaves 
escape during wind and frost, whereas ever¬ 
green leaves of larger size would be injured. 
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Tulipa tubergeniana. 
A splendid Tulip under the above name 
was exhibited at a. meeting of the R.H.S. last 
year. A coloured plate of it now appears in 
Flora and Sylva for April. The flower 
has evidently been opened artificially for 
the convenience of the artist, but although it 
shows the various parts of the flower and 
their respective colours, it does not show the 
beauty of the flower when opened by sun¬ 
shine. Owing to' the way in which the seg¬ 
ments roll up firmly it is veiy difficult to 
open a Tulip without injuring it. Never¬ 
theless, the picture shows a bloom in the 
closed stage and another that is fully ex¬ 
panded. Both surfaces are of an intense 
scarlet, and the inner face shows an elliptic 
black blotch at the base of each segment. 
The anthers are also very dark and seem to 
correspond to the other parts of the flower. 
The species was collected on high mountains 
in Central Bokhara, in the spring of 1901 by 
collectors sent out by Mr. C. G. A'an Tuber- 
gen, of Haarlem. The bulbs had been cul¬ 
tivated for three years, and are now 
reckoned to have readied full size, and 
whether that is the case or not the Tulip is 
certainly one of the largest of the wild ones. 
The blo-om has not the spreading bulk of T. 
Greigi, but the segments are of great length. 
The stems and broad sea-green leaves also 
show that it is a Tulip of great vigour, and 
judging from appearance it has al-o m o l 
const itut ion. 
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Sand for Tree and Shrub Planting ■ 
These who have stiff cold soils that prove 
very untractable, especially when wet, would 
do well to adopt the system often employed 
in the United States as advocated by Joseph 
Meehan in “The Florists’ Exchange.” He 
says that owing to the fact, in transplanting 
trees and shrubs, the soil does not closely 
surround the roots when pressed around 
them in a wet condition, and that such 
trees or shrubs show the ill-effects after 
wards. The method of using tlie sand is to 
set the tree in place after a proper hole lias 
been got ready for the roots. Sand is then 
placed over and amongst the roots, so that 
all the cavities will be filled by gently shak¬ 
ing the tree in this position. The losses 
during the heat of summer are greatlv 
minimised by the use of sand in this mariner. 
I he latter lias also a good effect in encour¬ 
aging the production of young roots until 
sufficient sand is used to ensure that all the 
spaces or cavities amongst the roots are 
tilled. The natural soil is then placed over 
the roots and trodden down firmly. The 
author speaks about a hedge of Hemlocks 
that had been planted when the trees were 
about 4 ft. in height. Most of them were 
almost dead late in the season, and when 
dug cut it was shown that the soil had never 
come in direct contact with their roots. The 
use of sand is well known to nurserymen 
when heeling in stock temporarily, and it 
has also been proved equally suitable in per¬ 
manent planting. 
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Violets and Cancer. 
Some two or three years ago we had a 
note relating to this subject about the time 
it was being discussed. A lady in Kent had 
a serious affection in the throat; a portion 
of the swelling was removed, and after being 
analysed by the Clinical Research Associa¬ 
tion, it was stated to be cancer. Her con¬ 
dition became worse until her friend sug¬ 
gested an old woman’s cure made from 
A'iolets. The relief was said to be almost 
immediate, and in the course of a week the 
swelling had gone down, the tonsils being 
practically healed. The recipe for the 
remedy was to make an infusion of A'iolet 
leaves. About a pint of boiling water was 
poured over a handful of fresh leaves, and 
then allowed to stand for twelve hours until 
the water was green. A piece of lint was 
put into the infusion while warm, and this 
was placed over the seat of the malady. The 
lint was then covered with thin mackintosh, 
flannel being used for an open wound. The 
infusion must be made fresh every second 
day. When the malady is internal, the in¬ 
fusion may be drunk. Some authorities 
advocate a greater use of medical botanical 
research. 
