June 15, I 9 ° 7 ’ 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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aladium Thomas Tomlinson. 
Compared with many of the CaLadiums 
ised for exhibition purposes, the leaves of 
lis one are moderate in size, carmine- 
3 d in the centre, marbled with white, and 
It off with a deep green edge. Award 
f Merit was given it at the Temple 
,how when exhibited by Messrs. J. Veitch 
nd Sons, Ltd. 
zalea Mme. Anthony Koster. 
The flowers of this form of A. mollis 
re soft yellow with a group of Apricot 
pots on the upper part of the flower, 
'wo or more of the segments are beauti- 
ully tinted with rose at the tips. An 
iward of Merit was given it at the Temple 
,how when shown by Messrs. R. and G. 
luthbert. 
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Coleus 
For . . . . 
Exhibition. 
Having grown these beautiful plants for 
xhibition, and for conservatory work, I 
dll venture to pen a few remarks on the 
hove subject, which I hope may be useful 
0 amateurs. 
Coleus grown for exhibition can be 
rained globular or pyramidal, to suit the 
mateur's wishes. I recommend a good 
ompost of well-rotted turf, one-fourth, 
horoughly rotted cow manure, leafsoil, 
nd some sharp river sand, in equal pro- 
lortions. The plants should be potted 
roderately firm, and watered freely as 
oon as growth has commenced, and 
denty of air and light must be afforded 
iuring summer, in order to keep the 
ilants strong and short jointed. Care 
nust be especially taken that they do not 
uffer for want of water, or the lower 
eaves will be found to drop off, causing 
he plants to become leggy and unsightly. 
Ve have a very keen competition every 
ear at the Henley Horticultural Show, 
aid the prizes being rather small, I often 
tender that it pays exhibitors to cultivate 
his plant for show purposes. The usual 
lumber, I think, is six, and a little fore- 
Jiought on the part of the cultivator 
hould be exercised in order to get the 
ilants all of one height, as that is an im¬ 
portant point in judging, and globular- 
rained plants are undoubtedly the best 
hape. 
When grown for ordinary conservatory 
>r greenhouse decoration very useful 
ilants can be obtained, and the colours 
n the leaves may be more highly de- 
'eloped by growing them in small pots. 
was surprised the other day on visiting 
1 small single-handed place to find in a 
jttle greenhouse a shelf close to the glass 
nil of Coleuses in thumb pots, coloured 
most excellently, which the gardener told 
ne he used for table decorations. He in¬ 
formed me that as the pots became full 
rf roots he fed them with a little Clay’s 
fertiliser, which he highly recommended 
or their colouring, and in my opinion 
here are many professional gardeners 
;vho might learn a lesson from the ama- 
eur. 
An Iris from Palestine- 
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(Iris Haynei ) 
The above belongs to the section of Iris 
known as Oncocyclus, a name given to 
the group on account of the raised and 
velvety patch of down upon the falls. 
Usually the falls in an Iris are the most 
striking and showy, but in most of this 
group coming under our notice the stan¬ 
dards are the most striking, both on ac¬ 
count of their colour and size. In this 
particular species the falls are dark 
brownish purple, while the standards are 
light purple, beautifully netted in an in¬ 
tricate pattern with darker purple veins, the 
contrast being well marked. These stan¬ 
dards are also of remarkable size, not 
only in this species, but in its allies, being 
usually nearly orbicular and forming an 
arch over the' top of the flower. 
About a decade or two ago this class of 
Iris was regarded as amongst the most 
difficult to cultivate, that is, to keep alive 
and bloom. Since then, however, culti¬ 
vators have been much more successful. 
In general, the requirements are a fair 
amount of moisture while the plants are 
making their growth, and to be practically 
baked when resting, by keeping them dry. 
It is not always easy to accord these con¬ 
ditions in a situation where the German 
Iris would thrive, but narrow borders 
under a south wall can often be found 
where rain from the north and north-west 
can be kept off the border in winter. 
During April and May, when the plant 
is making its growth, it will stand a con¬ 
siderable amount of rain, and does not 
Oxon. 
J. Nibbs. 
Iris Haynei. 
Maclaren and Sons. 
