January 9, 1909. 
THE GARDENING WORLD . 
21 
Garpatioi? 
( Hita. 
The above is a new Carnation belong- 
g to the American race, now frequently 
oken of as the perpetual flowering Car- 
ition. for the simple reason that it 
■longs to the race of tree Carnations, 
. d while one shoot goes out of bloom 
■other is being thrown up that will in 
,.e time bloom and thus a succession is 
pt up. Not all of the varieties bloom 
th equal freedom, but that is a trait 
lich is common to many other plants. 
>th the American Carnations, tree Car¬ 
bons and Malmaisons are tree Carna- 
>ns which bloom, in many cases, more 
an once a year. Those which throw 
1 stems and bloom a second time are 
•med remontant, while those that bloom 
the same plants at- any period of the 
rr are spoken of as perpetual flowering 
irnations. The Malmaisons do not 
operly belong to either, as they flower 
c.ly once a year, but at the same time 
ey continue growing practically all the 
ar round according to the temperature 
which they are kept,"and in the course 
■ a year or two they attain a consider- 
le height. 
The new variety under notice was 
ised from seeds by Messrs. Hugh Low 
d Co., Bush Hill Park, Middlesex, 
nsequently, although it belongs to the 
nerican race, it has been raised in this 
untry. As the illustration will shoa 
e flowers are very dark in colour, being 
• a rich velvety crimson, yet brignt and 
tensifying towards the base. Possibly, 
aroon-crimson would be a better term 
r the colour. The petals are not so 
•eply fringed as'many of the American 
rieties, being merely toothed on the 
■ter edges. The calyx is well-formed 
out 1 in. long and constitutes a good 
pport to the flower. When in bloom 
■sse Carnations keep a long time in 
iter—say, about a week, if kept in a 
■ol place. Their size and brilliancy of 
ilour places them in the front rank for 
■t flowers during winter, so that with a 
, od stock of this race no private estab- 
hment need be without flowers during 
nter by all those having greenhouses 
Mntained at a temperature varying 
>m 48 degs. to 55 degs. according to 
L variety. Some require more heat, 
yers less. This is by no means a high 
’nperature when we consider that the 
hrnation from which they have all been 
<rived blooms naturally in the open 
rder in July when we may have a 
■nperature of anything from 70 degs. 
'■ 85 degs. Under glass, how'ever, the 
■ndition? are somewhat different and 
’ire is no object in producing a higher 
< nperature than is necessary to enable 
flowers to open freelv. 
-4~M>- 
I He Fuchsia rvas introduced by Dr. 
chsius, after whom it is named. This 
ebrated gardener and herbalist was in 
‘ a JS e °f the great gardens which were 
ide at Syon, after the dissolution of the 
mastery, by Protector Somerset. 
lonopsidium acaule. 
Maclaren and Sons. 
Carnation Rita. 
A Violet-like 
Crucifer. 
(lonopsidium acaule). 
Amongst the members of the Wall¬ 
flower family we have plants of very 
varied habit. That under notice is one 
of the dwarfest, as it does not exceed 
3 in. m height, while the average is only 
2 in. The leaves are not unlike those of 
the Chickweed, very small, placed closely 
together and in the axil of each one a 
flower stalk arises just clearing the foli¬ 
age and bearing a bloom of a pale lilac 
hue, sometimes tinted with violet and 
occasionally white. The most prevalent 
colour is lilac and when a plant is cov¬ 
ered with its myriads of flowers it is very 
interesting and pretty. The accompany¬ 
ing illustration will give some idea of a 
small tuft of plants grown in a pot. 
The plant is very easily accommodated 
and as it blooms in a very short time 
from seed it may be grown in quite a 
variety of ]>ositions; in the borders to 
form panels in spring bedding, or, if 
sown at various times during the sum¬ 
mer, it may be had in bloom practically 
when the cultivator desires it. If sown 
late and grown in pots it may be had 
