THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
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^ - Oxalis enneapliylla (C- 
... horn ‘-he Falkland Isla,nd 8 , is 
' .t,. wk garden plant of great 
•r its soft rose-coloured flowers 
■ freely produced in early summer. 
- i &n (T. S. Ware), a lovely 
", - .nred Catchfly, flowers during June. 
- a charming plant. Under the name of 
r'-r .trends! (.trencb) we have a quite new 
‘ - of hardy flowers of varied colouring, 
a is said, from P. canadensis and 
^ . these ’vere shown last July amd 
.iUictcd a ereat deal of attention They 
-M certainly be ‘‘made a note of. 
f Howelli (M. Prichard) is a rarity, 
L; ititiee-like spikes of greenish-yellow 
£ Hen rising from a rosette of dwarf stout 
^ • it will need careful handling. Cel- 
. 5 ^tabilis argentea (Bees, Lim.) is an- 
plant needing special care, and in most 
parts of the country it will need the pro- 
!. t::ii of a frame; its white flower-heads 
r-a three inches across. 
is satin-white, with crimson centre. Pyre- 
thrum Queen Mary (Miller), double, pink, has 
been shown so often that most people already 
know its worth. 
The new lilies include a splendid addition 
in L. Warleyensis (Miss Willmott), a tall- 
growing kind, with numbers of orange, 
brown-spotted flowers on a fine spike. L. 
myriophyllum (R. Wallace and Co.), with its 
elegant leafage and large, white, yellow- 
throated flowers, was greatly admired at the 
International Horticultural Exhibition, and 
on the same occasion L. davuricum luteum 
(A. Perry), bright yellow, with brown spots, 
was very much in evidence. Kniphofia 
Unique (Wallace) and K. John Benary (J. 
Veitch and Sons) are two fine members of 
the Red Hot Poker family. The former is 
rich ooral-red, but J. Benary is deep and 
brilliant red, and is one of the giants and 
a late-flowering member of the group. The 
new Montbretia Star of the East (Davison) 
is far and away the finest of its family, its 
rosea superba (Whitelegg and Page), fre¬ 
quently shown in large masses early last 
year; its name suggests its colouring. 
Turning to, and concluding with, the pri¬ 
mula family, it is noticeable that Chinese 
species were fewer tb^n usual; one, however, 
P. Knuthiana (J. Veitch and Sons) came from 
the Far East, and was collected by Mr. Pur. 
dom; it has rosydilac flowers, borne above 
neat rosettes of mealy leaves. P. Juliae (W. 
Baker) hails from the Caucasus, and its pur¬ 
ple-mauve flowers are very like those of the 
common primrose, except in colour. P. War¬ 
leyensis (Miss Willmott) is a tiny little plant, 
barely two inches high, but it bears purplish- 
lilac flowers quite freely; possibly it will 
have to be treated as an annual or biennial. 
P. Mrs. Douglas (J. Douglas) has handsome 
urple-blue flowers, and is of auricula-like 
abit, while Auricula Roxburgh (J. Douglas) 
is a" delightful Alpine auricula, bearing 
fine trusses of purple-blue, white-centred 
blooms. 
SAXIPRAOA ROSEA SUPERBA. 
remarkably effective variety with rich rose-red flowers, that has been well shown by Messrs. Whitelegg and Page, 
Chislehurst. 
favoUTit 
' P- FoWord 
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'V tea mutabfl5, 
W of disi 
P®rry) and”*P PpPP'®® 
- --»t be rrff. Perry’s W] 
frinld I**Thefoi 
>»ged flowers; and tt 
yard-high spikes bearing yellow, orange suf¬ 
fused blooms, four inches across. Several 
new gladioli have appeared, but gladioli 
haye to be very fine or distinct nowadays to 
secure awards. Crown Jewel (Kelway) is a 
lovely pink and yellow variety; Innocence 
(T. W. Le Page), pure white, belongs to the 
early or Colvillei set; Queen Mary (Barr and 
Sons), rich pink, white blotches, is also of 
this class, and so is Cardinal (E. H. Whea- 
don and Sons), a large salmon-red variety; 
Rosin a (IBlamfield) has soft pink flowers, and 
appeared in June last- 
Yellow-flowered Eremuri increase, and two 
were added to them in 1912, i.e., E. Tubergeni 
(Wallace), a sulphur-yellow form of great 
beauty, rising about 4ft. high; and E. Golden 
Queen (J. Veitch and Sons), a charming 
lemon-yellow form obtained by crossing E. 
Warei with E. Bungei. One Nymphaea ap¬ 
peared last year, N. Attraction (L. de 
Rothschild). A good showy Saxifrage is S. 
It may be added that all the foregoing 
novelties have gained an award at the R.H.S. 
or other prominent exhibitions. 
Prunus triloba.— In the open ground 
the flowers of this showy member of the 
plum family sometimes suffer severely from 
late spring frosts, for which reason it is 
often trained to a wall. In this way the 
flowers develop unchecked, and whe-n in good 
condition it must be regarded as one of the 
finest of wall shrubs, while it holds a similar 
position among those available for forcing, 
as under glass the slender shoots clothed 
with their charming semi-double pink blos¬ 
soms, are very beautiful. Beside the num¬ 
bers that are grown in this country great 
quantities are sent here from Holland and 
Belgium for flowering under glass. The 
allied Prunus or Cerasus sinensis or japonica, 
a smaller grower than the preceding, is also 
much valued for forcing.—W. 
