584 
THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
August 2, 1913. 
JAPANESE HARDY 
ORCHIDS.-II. 
Goodyeras, with their creeping stem- 
rooting growths, are fairly easy, and should 
be given a peaty soil intermixed with 
broken stone. G. repens I have noted, but 
there are others of intense interest. G. 
bifida is well scattered among the mountain 
tree belts. It is evergreen, with rich green 
leaves, one at every joint of stem. The 
flowers are whitish, with a mauve shading, 
and are closely set upon the stem. 
white-margined foliage), are even better arranged under the dense shade of wide- 
than the typical B. hyacinthina. spreading plane trees, which as a matter 
Other orchids are in evidence, many of of course, render the successful cultivation 
them being lowland forms, and some not of alpines an impossibility. But perhaw 
hardy in English gardens. It may be pos- the trees were quite small when the rwkerr 
sible to refer to some of these at a later was oonstruoted, and, if so, they should 
date, but space forbids their inclusion in have been allocated sites at a respecUble 
these notes. P. S. Hayward. distance therefrom. 
_ On the other hand, I raise my hat to 
the gardener who conceived and planted 
the glorious masses of rhododendrons. 
Away down in the valley notice boards an¬ 
nounce “The American Garden,” * ‘ 
FINSBURY PARK. 
The words of the Rev. D. R. Williamson 
Cwering. .ia luge ",etSiSg“o”o “glu“t™‘RiSb!!?j ’’rt 
£r5if"Erer.ur'’',Ca'e.‘ie 
cr.;trC: k. v i. ■srjir'rr s: 
along the recurving stem. The flowering¬ 
time in August, and the leaves are narrow 
and ri'hbon-like. C. Schleetendaliana, from 
Central and Southern Japan, is August- 
flowering. In this plant tihe leaves 
land, and a thousand and one cherished 
beauties are wiped out of existence, and 
of towering specimens, backed by trees of 
fine growth. Overhead, birds in variety 
warble their sweet melodies, and one 
might well imagine himself to be far re- 
oeauuies are wipea ouu or exisxence, anu ^ r x -x.. 
swept to desolation by the remorseless moved from the great city 
blaste. Such a visitation tends to paralyze, Surely such an exquisite spot mu^ V 
but not to demoralise, and we are consoled ^*g'Wy o iT „;i? ^ T^nnilonitliiil 
by the fact that embryonic life and poten- and neighbourhood! I unders^ 
flowering in ^nis piani, we .eav^_ tial loveliness remains hidden in the army f 1 
broad and prettily variegated with silver, escaned destruction ” inflicted upon the shrubs by children o 
and the blue and white blossoms are , Nature in on^ of her imnetuous ’tender age, and that it has been found 
tively arranged upon fine tall stems. G. wrought SuX mLohie" iiTS": necessary 4 prevent them ontenng tb. 
velutona, which favours tj*.® f in NoHh London and elsewhere ol Wed- garden unless accompanied by a respomiM. 
and blossoms at the same time as the pre- ^ t i q a hnilstorm of unusual pe-rson. . , - , 
ceding, has flowws of a distinct, bronzy hue. ^ excerieiioed and Finsburv One finds plenty to admire in the floril 
Th.f<«y.».«,y a.*gr~n ?a™T.,rb.lljT£t.in:JrS S .rmng.m.nt. n.». .nl ri*. i. » 
omnge d^n the centres The ^s aie ^re the wlonies of cannas but, being of bination, standard Pf’’ Crampd 
tall (but the flowers are not so regular as in growth, they will speedily recover, niums with Veronica Andersom vanept* 
schlectenda lana. i^nown sepals were torn from the fuchsia blos- 
Arethu^ japonica ^ niwr,v«4 at! soms; the graceful, but fragile, clarkias 
and its simple scar et nrl^Tnlv could not withstand the onslaught; while 
tract notice. It flowers m Jime and July, Crampel geraniums 
and inhabits the high mountain swamps destroyed for the nonc^. “The flat- 
around Nikko ai^ Iw^hiro. J^eai to the succulents, such as eoheverias and 
last-named is Ppgoma japonica, ivhioh ,^„,p^rvivums are pock-marked, more or 
mums - .. 
in similar form; acers and margnemw. 
with May’s Pink pekrsenium create a light 
and graceful effect, while clarkias strik^ 
distinct note in company with fibrous be 
gonias. Glorious masses of ten-week stocks 
scatter fragrance for some distance aronw. 
and in their neighhour'hood ckuiwrinp 
lasL-uamtfii sempervivums are pock-marked, more or and in their neigniwurmwa tuuu.-^ 
^mes fr^ the high sphagnum ^ less deep indentatioi^ being not^ over the masses of Traveller’s Joy (ClWis vite M 
r ""3 entire surface of the ex^ed leaves, A completely hide all traces 
—*- - -IT- -: A^^rn;r^cr ^nuire suriaoe or tne exposea leaves. 
and prodaiced singly on grassy stems during ohrysaMhemums, 3, 
completely hiue an Liauxvs - 
etc. A picturesque spot! 
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in number, did not escape, the more tender heliotropes are freely represent^, 
Ordhis aristata is a fine grasstliand or^id foliage being rent in twain. The storm space will not permit of further ae ai 
from central and northern districts. Ine ^jg^ mark upon the spacious and to bedding arrangements, and „ 
foliage is long and narrow, and the pr(etty finely-kept roads and paths, and the mate- fice to say that there is abundant evi 
sdPt-pink flowers are earned lUi numbers ij^ent to make up a smooth and on every hand of artistic perception a 
upon tall stems. It is at its best in July, surface was conveyed with wonderful loving care. ’ 
Then one naust note Pergamena uniflora^ rapidity to a low level, and, in some in- Touching upon out of door games, th 
with its oval-shaped leafage, and pink and stances, into the public thoroughfare. a hie demand for accommodation, whifj 
white blos^ms with green wings. It is an T^is is only one of the penalties those ^ ^ -- *” 
exquisite little orchid and grows in the upon to pay who reside in hilly 
woods of Central and South Japan, coming districts, or where the ground is of a very 
into beauty in June and July. Myrmechis undulating character, but I found Mr. F. 
japonica, from the tr^ and shrub regions Wright, the superintendent, in an equally 
of Nikko and Ontake, has small leaves upon philosophical frame of mind, as was the 
creeping, Tradescantiar-like stems, «”»*- « . - . . , , , 
mounted by small white blossoms. 
means , - , 
of which are freely bestowed. ^ 
It mav he added that the ^ 
at Finsburv is a very unkind oharaci - 
A barren kind of olay, but this, as 
possible, nnd as ^ means ^ 
Scotch enthusiast, and while he deeply re- Dossi e, ^TTinshurv Pa^l^ 
grets the onslaught on his work, h! fooks 
In Epipactis latifolia, var. papillosa, we forward with confidence to all traces of 
meet the Japanese form of a typical British damage being obliterated in two or three 
HPin^ reTnea-iPfli. x - ^ «,onj»ce 
likelv to suffer under its " 
Walter H. Aoorrr. 
orchid. It is a lover of moist, shndy nooks, weeks. He also derives consolation from 
and is chiefly confined to the tree belt of the fact that matters would have been in- 
Fuji-Yama, Nikko, and the Hokkaido. The finitely more serious had it occurred a 
blossoms are green and bronze, produced month later. 
upon tall, well-foliaged spikes. Ephippi- It is^worthy of note that a big improve- 
Perennial Delohlniums 
««eed<i. — Wher^ there „„,ntit» 
flowered perennials are needM m 
they can he readilv 
'aved frbm a good collection. 
dowers will result fherefrom, eve 
are not quite nn to the standard of 
varieties.—S. W. . 
Late Vineries, which 
varieties that have been extra ‘ of 
for keeping through the damp xj- 
November and December, will ^ f 
nrovWl if vAneive Muscat tr _-fiirf. 
from the Ontake, Hayachine, and lide the flower garden proper, and no less than 
mounteins, flowers in August, and is thirty-six beds have been removed, while 
notalble for its pale green leaves witli a number of the remainder have been en- 
red undersides. Two little-known and larged, in order to allow for the effective 
rather unattractive orchids are Pery- display of plants of large growth. 
stylis viridis and Microstylis mono- This treatment has allowed a fine setting ^.^, vxxxx^cx «xaa,xx ___ , 
phyl/lus. Both are shade lovers, the of turf, which, from an artistic standpoint, proved if they receive Muscat trea^ 
former producing glaucous-green, leafy is a necessity, and, incidentally, Mr. pecially during a continuance of 
stems and green and bronzy-purple bios- Wright has designs upon another portion The^ varieties do best thron||^ 
soms, while the latter has one large stem- of the park devoted to flower beds and at night, ^^<1 very freely ve abJ 
clasping leaf, and a slender spike of minute borders, and if his ideas materialise a less the day. By keeping allowing ^ 
greyish flowers. Both are practically con- cramped arrangement will obtain. warm towards x iw scaldii^^ 
fined to central and northern districts. Ble- What is known as the wild garden lacks l^mperature to rise g ^ iittle war®^ 
tias are so well known to most readers that breadth, and one instinctively feels, in pass- 
there is little need to go into their charms, ing through this feature of the park, that 
They are common alike to China and Japan, it requires pushing out, and if the oppor- 
the type being a favourite with growers of tunity presents itself, it will, I believe, 
hardy orchids. The varieties alba (white), receive attention. It was a pity, too, that 
temperature to rise ffvauuaxAj. ^ 
reduced to a minimum. A very 
in the pipes will produce 
at this season/; it prevents 
moisture, and also increa^s /lou'blc ^ 
colour of the berries, 
amount of heat will not do later 
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rosea (pink), and albo-marginata (with a spacious rockery should be built up and Jordan, Warter Priory Garae 
