226 THE GARDENERS MAGAZINE. mabch 29, mj. 
Perry, comprise several distinct shades of tained from cross-fertilisation and selection, ably P. Bulleyana, P. Forresti, and th 
colour* as the salmon Edna Perry, the terra- they by no means exhaust the activities exquisite P. Littoniana intr^uoed 
cotta Lady Roscoe, and Perry’s White, of those engaged in the hardy plant in- Messrs. Bees, Lim., P. pulverulenta and I*' 
The garden pinks, raised, for the most dustry that have had for their object the Knuthiana, introduced through M^rs J 
part, by the late Mr. James Douglas increase in the number of forms deserv- Veitch and Sons, and now generally grown 
and Mr. B. Ladhams, include several ing of general cultivation. Within a short Some important additions have bwn made 
to the hardy primulas by the exercise of 
the hybridist’ art. 
There not wanting hardy plantsmen 
the a nursery 
devoted wholly to favourite 
flowers as a pleasant pastime. Pleasant 
he, but it can hardly be described as 
a pastime. An ordinarily good collection 
include about two thousand species and 
varieties, and of a large proportion of 
these the stocks will consist of many hun- 
I dreds of plants. To keep a collection oon- 
I talning large number units in such 
W order that the risk is reduced to a 
Jw ^ mum of the different kinds becoming in- 
termixed, requires a well^evised system 
and constant wa^^ohfulness. Not less neces- 
sary is it to exercise such care that the 
several classes of plants are placed under 
the conditions favourable to their healthy 
growth, and the difficulties there may be 
|| somewhat accentuated by the plants 
having to be grown in small pots to meet 
^-'>*dj S S H B|^HSjill hhe requirements of business. 
Rock 
Alpine 
aN attractive rockery arranged with choice ALPINES OF MODERATE 
GROWTH (LEONARDSLEE). 
Gardening: and 
Plants. 
One of the most interesting features in 
the growth of the hardy plant industry 
has been the remarkable development of a 
taste for alpine and other plants that 
thrive on well-planned rockeries. At no 
period in the history of gardening in this 
perpetual varieties, as Ernest Ladham time of the industry having been placed country has the interest in the exquisitely 
and Progress. The spring-flowering alpine in a position that promised well for its beautiful flowers of the Alps been so great, 
phloxes, of which many originated with the future, plants of known merit that had not or such strenuous endeavours made to cul- 
late John Nelson have been so greatly been introd uced to this country in any con- tivate them with a full measure of su^ 
improv^ed as to form an important siderable numbers were obtained from other oess as at the present time. No longer is 
group of rock plants. Many well- parts of the world as quickly as possible, it assumed that anyone who has some know- 
marke<l varieties of species of cam- and multiplied as rapidly as the art of the ledge of gardening can construct a rocke^ 
panulas and other plants have been oh- propagator would permit. Colleotors were adapted to the requirements of a wide 
taineil by selection, and gr^tly enrich col- sent in quest of choice alpine plants to the range of plants from mountainous regi<JJ}* 
lections. The early-flowering chrysanthe- mountains of Central Europe, the Cauca- as was the case in the olden days. This 
mums that now form so valuable a group 
of hardy plants for beautifying the garden 
in September and Ocftober may be said to 
have had their foundation laid by the late 
Mr. Piercy, who raised a few, but the chief 
value of his w ork consisted in the persistent 
efforts he made to keep them before the 
gardening community. Especially note¬ 
worthy among these being Carrie, Goacher’s 
Crimson, Madame Marie Masse, and its 
numerous colour sports. Montbretias, as we 
now know them, are quite modern intro¬ 
ductions, and the finest of the varieties we 
now have were raised by Mr. G. Davison, 
of Westwick, his most noteworthy -produc¬ 
tion being the orange-yellow* Star of the 
East. 
M^ith the introduction of new* and little- 
known plants from abroad, the improve¬ 
ment of certain genera by cross-ferti¬ 
lisation, and the prominence assigned 
to the finest kinds at the exhibi¬ 
tions, the development of hardy -plants 
proceed apace, and it has now 
assumed proportions of which but few 
have an adequate idea. It is not possible 
to set out in detail the number of nur¬ 
series in which hardy plants form a spe¬ 
cial feature, the area devoted to them, 
or the number of persons engaged in the 
industry. It can only be said, and that 
will probably be sufficient, that hardy 
plants grow*n for sale must, at the present 
time, occupy an immense area, and that 
those engaged in looking after their needs 
and dispatching them to purchasers would 
make 
AN INTERESTING WALL GARDEN (NUNEHAM PARK). 
sias, and the Pyrenees, and, as the 
result of their activities, immense num¬ 
bers were annually sent to this country. 
In addition a large number of new Chinese 
plants of a quite distinct character have 
taste, a knowledge of the conditions 
which the several classes of plants . 
and experience in the building c* those 
Accordingly this is now entrust^ y 
piauu» oi a quii^e aisT>inci> onaracter nave Acoorcungly tnis is now cuti — their 
ake a respectable army. be^ introduced to cultivation, of especial who have afforded ample proof or 
Important as have been the results ob- interest being the beautiful primulas, not- ability in dealing with it, and the b 
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