THE GARDEN ALBUM AND REVIEW. 
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NEW PLANTS, &c. 
Two New Carnations.—At the R.H.S. 
meeting on Dec. 19 last, the Floral Committee 
gave an Award of Merit to Carnation “Aurora” 
shown by Mr. H. Burnett, St. Margaret’s 
Vineries, Forest Gate, Guernsey. It is a 
long-stemmed variety, with salmon buff 
fringed petals, flaked with bright crimson. A 
similar award was made to Carnation “ Fair 
Maid,” shown by Mr. S. Mortimer, Rowledge, 
Farnham, Surrey. This is a grand Tree 
Carnation with a delicious scent, and fringed 
flowers of a beautiful rosy-pink colour. 
A Decorative Orange.—Some well-fruited 
plants, of a variety of Citrus japonica, shown by 
Messrs. Veitch at the R.H.S. on Dec. 19, 
attracted a good deal of notice, owing to their 
dwarf size, bushy habit, and numerous oval, 
yellow, dotted, fruits, each about the size of a 
pigeon’s egg. The Committee’s appreciation 
found expression in an Award of Merit, and as 
a winter fruiting plant for the decoration of 
the greenhouse, the variety is to be highly 
commended. 
Chrysanthemum “ Dr. Engelhard.”— 
This pink-flowered variety was shown at the 
R.H.S. on Dec. 19 last, by Messrs. R. H. 
Bath & Co., Wisbech, and received an Award 
of Merit from the Floral Committee. The 
variety originated in France, and has already 
been received with favour in the United States. 
It appears to be free in blossom and bushy in 
habit, and excellent for cutting purposes. 
Chrysanthemum “Miss Ellen Willmott.” 
—A coloured plate of this fine white-flowered 
Japanese variety is given in the December issue 
of the Revue de VHorticulture Beige et etrangere. 
The variety was put into commerce by M. 
Auguste Nonin, of Chatillon-sous-Bagneux, in 
1905, and at the November meeting of the 
Chambre Syndicale des Horticulteurs beiges, 
it was unanimously awarded a Certificate of 
Merit. 
Nephrolepis exaltata superba.—This is a 
fine, crested form of a well-known Fern. It 
was raised by Mr. H. B. May, of Edmonton, 
and exhibited at the R.H.S. on Dec. 19, when 
it received an Award of Merit. The plant 
presents a graceful feathery appearance, owing 
to the division and sub-division of the pinnae. 
Sarracenias.—The last issue (Dec. 1905) 
of the Wiener Illustrirte Garten-Zeitung contains 
a coloured plate of these peculiar trumpet¬ 
leaved plants, the varieties shown being S. x 
Cookeana and A. X Conrti , with forms which 
have resulted from crossing these two. The 
subject of Sarracenias or “ Trumpet-leaved 
Pitcher Plants ” as they are called, is ex¬ 
haustively dealt with in the November issue of 
“Flora and Sylva,” by the late Mr. F. W. 
Burbidge, M.A. A beautiful coloured plate of 
S./lava is given, and 7 species and 41 hybrids 
are described. The only one who makes any¬ 
thing like a speciality of these plants nowadays 
is Mr. A. J. Bruce, of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, 
Manchester. 
Begonia X longicyma.—This is a new 
hybrid Begonia described and figured in the 
Revue Horticole for December last. It first 
flowered in 1904, having been raised from 
B. Schmidtiana and B. semperflorens atropuvpurea. 
The cross was first made in the year 1900, and 
selections were made the three following years 
before the hybrid as now known became estab¬ 
lished. It is a bushy tufted plant with reddish 
stems, and grows 12 to 18 inches high. The 
leaves resemble those of B. gracilis , but are 
somewhat smaller and of a deep green in the 
pink variety, and of a more or less bronzy 
green in the red variety. Judging from the 
illustration B. longicyma appears to be a very 
free-flowering plant, and ought to prove an 
acquisition to the winter-flowering section. 
Senecio Veitchianus.—A full-page supple¬ 
mentary illustration of this remarkable plant 
is given in the Gardeners' Chronicle for Dec. 
30, 1905. It is a new species belonging 
to the Ligularia section, and was introduced 
to Messrs. Veitch’s nurseries by Mr. E. H. 
Wilson, from Central and Western China. 
There it grows in moist and marshy places, 
4,000 to 8,000 feet up the mountain sides, 
and is particularly abundant near the 
margins of mountain rills and streams. The 
lower leaves are broadly triangular heart- 
shaped, 10 to 24 inches wide, 8 to 20 inches 
long, sharply toothed on the edges, and having 
stalks ij to 2 feet long, deeply channelled on 
the upper side. The bright yellow flower- 
heads—each about 2-J- inches across, like large 
Marguerites or Single Chrysanthemums—are 
borne in a dense pyramidal cluster, on a stalk 
often more than feet long. The plant 
received an “ Award of Merit ” at the R.H.S., 
when shown on July 18 last. It seeds freely, 
and will probably prove useful for planting at 
the margins of ponds, streams, marshes, &c. 
Astilbe grandis.—A full-page supplemen¬ 
tary illustration of this new species is given in 
the Gardeners Chronicle , December 16th. It is 
described by its discoverer, Mr. E. H. Wilson, 
who introduced it to the Veitchian Nurseries. 
It is a native of Central China, where it occurs 
sparingly on the mountains at an elevation of 
6,000 to 7,000 feet. In a wild state it often 
grows 6 feet high. It is similar in habit to 
A. Davidi, having twice or thrice pinnate 
leaves, and feathery panicles of white flowers 
from which the stamens protrude in a con¬ 
spicuous manner. Mr. Wilson recommends 
rich soil with plenty of moisture during 
growth. It is interesting to note that there are 
11 stamens in the flowers of this species, as 
shown in the “ Chronicle” drawing. We believe 
the maximum number for the genus is ten. 
