September 30, 1905. 
THE GA JDEN/NG WORLD. 
picking at an early stage, and finishing indoors. 
Birds are exceedingly destructive at this 
season, and unless the trees are well protected 
by nets the fruit will be useless. 
Morello Cherries are still in good condition 
if carefully watched, and are much prized in 
the kitchen J. Fraser Smith. 
THE HISTORY OF ... . 
Clianthus Da/apieri. 
There is no doubt that this plant was dis¬ 
covered as long ago a® the year 1699 by Cap¬ 
tain Dampier, the circumnavigator. He 
found it growing in the dry, sandy soil of one 
of the islands called.Dampier’s Archipelago,on 
the coast of New Holland, and a small piece 
of that very plant is. still preserved without 
leaves in the Sherardian Museum at Oxford. 
In May, 1818, it was found in flower,, and only 
with fruit in a young state. 
Mr. Cunningham met with it afterwards in 
the. western interior of New South Wales, on 
the shore of Regent's Lake, on the River 
Lachlan. By Mr" Eyre and Captain Sturt it 
was found on the Gowber and Barrier Ranges 
near the Darling, about 500ft. above the river. 
It has. had many synonyms, as Clianthus 
Oxleyi, a mere variety ; Donia speciosa, and 
Kenned ya speciosa. Mr. Woodward, in 
“Dampier Voyage,” called it Colutea Novae>- 
Hollandiae. 
Although so long known and admired by 
botanists, it was. not introduced among our 
obtainable plants until 1850, and we are in¬ 
debted to Messrs. Veitch and Sons for it. Its 
splendid blossoms were first seen in this 
country that year - . 
It is a stout, decumbent perennial of a 
pale aspect, covered with long hairs. The 
leaves are pinnate five-paired, with a terminal 
odd one. The angular flower stalks proceed 
from the axils of the leaves, bearing a kind of 
umbel of four or five most brilliant flowers. 
The calyx is tubular shaggy, with five 
acuminate lobes, and acute re-entering angles. 
The standard is ovate-oblong, acuminate, 
bright scarlet, with a deep purple blotch at 
the base, which is convex and shining ; the 
keel is acuminate, and, like the wings, bright 
scarlet. 
As may be seen from where it was dis¬ 
covered, the most suitable position is in a dry, 
sandy loam, with plenty of sun. I hope this 
history will interest many. Tom-Tit. 
E. Budleigh, E. Devon. 
A Handsome Chinese Lily. 
(L ilium Leichtlinii Maximowiczii.) 
The above gorgeous Lily has flowered much 
better at Kew this year than it did last year 
in a bed of Rhododendrons, near the main 
entrance. The stems, between 3ft. and 4ft. in 
height, have been much the same as last year, 
but flowers have been more plentifully pro¬ 
duced. They are as large as those of the Tiger- 
Lily, and of rich orange, spotted with crim¬ 
son on the lower two-thirds of the segments. 
In general aspect this Lily is very closely 
similar to the Tiger Lily, but there are no 
bulbils in the axils of the leaves. The leaves 
are also more slender and - twisted, being 
about 2in. to 6in. in length. Lilies of this 
handsome character are not over plentiful 
and, although it blooms in August in the 
sc-uth, it would probably continue into Sep¬ 
tember in more inland and northern parts 
of the country. 
NARCISSUS DUCHESS of 
While Duchess of Westminster is another of 
the medium crown Daffodils, it has a some¬ 
what different origin, and belongs to the race 
of the white-flowered group in this section. 
It »s one of the most useful of the varieties of 
Narcissus Leedsii, reputed to have arisen be¬ 
tween poculiformis and incomparabilis deriv¬ 
ing its white colour from the former. ’ Many 
of the original varieties have disappeared from 
cultivation as too slender and tiny flowered 
to please those who desire flowers of some size 
and substance. 
The flowers are well formed for the section, 
with more or less overlapping and taperino- 
segments of pure white. The cup or chalice 
itself is of a soft canary-yellow when first 
expanded, but the colour in all of this race 
tends to gradually disappear as the flowers 
WEST/A IN ST ER. 
become fully devet,[-ed. This chalice is some¬ 
what cup-shaped, plaited, and tapers to the 
base. It lias been recognised by a First Class 
Certificate from the R.H.S. 
Amongst flowers of this section it enjoys a 
great run of popularity for bedding purposes. 
The stalks are carried erect, so that the flowers 
have all the effect of which they are capable 
from a distance, and it is really Well suited 
for bedding purposes, and is so employed by 
those who carry out spring gardening with 
taste and on any extensive scale. It may also 
be grown in borders or in pots for early work, 
and undoubtedly its flowers are very handsome 
in the cut state, whether arranged alone or in 
association with other flowers. The illustra¬ 
tion was placed at our service by Messrs. Barr 
and Sons, King Street, Covent Garden, W.C. 
Copyright, Barr and Sons. 
Narcissus Leedsii Duchess of Westminster. 
