August 
THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 
637 
23 , 1913 . 
Belgians has yet to be beaten. At a little 
distance the strange orange tint of the 
variety Maxime Kovale\^ky is somewhat 
of a puzzle to the uninitiated. It fills a 
largeW with a few tall plants of Leiieo- 
phvta Brownei raised a^bove it. Of iyy- 
Vavod pelargOiiiiims those two old varie¬ 
ties, Galilee and Souvenir de Charles 
Turner are, in their way, unsurpassed. The 
pale mauve-tinted Baden Powell is ad¬ 
mired bv some, and its growth seems to be 
on the mcrease. Its fine large flowers are 
certainly very effective. 
No flower garden seems to be complete 
without a selection of fuchsias, and though 
at Hampton Court they are not grown to 
the siime extent as in some places, there 
is quite siifl&cient to form a fine display. 
Prominent among them are the varieties 
Ballet Girl, Alice Hoffmann, Mrs. Mar¬ 
shall, Mrs. Rundle, Scarcity, Annette, 
Rose of Castile, Madame Cornellison, Ric- 
cartoni (a good hardy kind). Erect a 
Another bed suitable for a similar position 
has also a carpet of koniga, but the bego¬ 
nia employed is apparently of local origin, 
the name of Hampton Court being applied 
to it.* It is a dwarf variety, with large 
double flowers of a pleasing shade of 
cherry-red. The dot plants are Phlox Com- 
tesse de Jarnac, Kochia scoparia, and Cen- 
taurea candidissima. 
Another pretty 1ml is planted with the 
upright-growing, orange-scarlet Begonia 
Bertini, springing from a carpet of koniga. 
A few* plants of variegated grass and Leuco- 
phyta Browmei complete the bed, which is 
edged with Echeveria secunda glauca. A 
bold effect is produced by a bed of cannas 
well overtopped by Humea elegans and 
Campanula pyramidalis, and e<lged with 
wdiite violas, be<ls of sw^eet peas grown in 
pots are very striking, while an unex¬ 
pected floral display at the end of July 
w’as a bed of Aubrietia Dr. Mules laden 
with blossoms. 
GALTONIA CANDICANS. 
The Cape hyacinth, which was formerly 
stylecl HyacMiithus camlioans, is one of the 
most decorative plants for the embellish¬ 
ment of the garden. It is of the <fisiest 
possible culture, and bulbs may now' be 
procure<l at a remarkably cheap rate, while 
anyone j)ossessing ])lant8 may ixuulily in¬ 
crease their number by sowing seeds, which 
will produce flowering plants within three 
or four years. The see<ls should be sown as 
soon as ripe, in j>ans of iK>rou8 soil, and 
placed in a cold frame, wnile, since it re¬ 
quires no heat, it may be raise<l by ama¬ 
teurs not having a greenhous<\ In their 
stH'ond year the stmllings shouhl l>e plnnte<l 
out in a prepare<l bo<l, and transfcrre<l to 
their permanent quarters after they have 
become dormant the following autumn. 
Early in August the Cni)e hyacinth is at 
its be^, its tall flower-spires, with pen¬ 
dant, ivory-white bells rising, in the case of 
AN EFFECTIVE BORDER OF SUMMER FLOWERS, HAMPTON COURT. 
Both hardy and half-hardy plants are utilised in theJtonishing of this border. 
and tv,’ for its upright flowers, 
namelv '"“I'iegated-leaved forms, 
OthI’ variegata and Sunray. 
alwavs'^ subjects include Humea elegans, 
LantaL''n‘ Hampton Court; 
■ ‘‘“'a lila/^^ bi. delioatis- 
i ^‘■■epUolen I”cendie, scarlet; 
^ cannas, verbenas, 
■ >gnea ^ J ^ brownei, in all sizes ; Cuphea 
1 ®umerous'^others^^^^^^^^ begonia, and 
‘ ‘he permits mention of a few of 
^Rihinafcasing or more uncommon floral 
of not» many 
particularly suitable 
' ^ windows is 
^ <iottef] maritima, over which 
A pretty pink Begonia Major 
P^yta ^ slender plants of Leuco- 
^inplete the bed except for 
ot Echeveria secunda glauca. 
This notice might be indefinitely ex¬ 
tended, but enough has, I think, been said 
to show that the condition of the gardens 
and their surroundings is such that the 
superintendent, Mr. W. J. Marlow, is justly 
entitled to feel proud of it. 
W. Teuelove. 
The Golden-leaved Elder.— It is 
a well-recognised fact that the common elder 
will hold its own in poor, dry, stony soils, 
a remark that applies equally to the golden¬ 
leaved kind. It is, in fact, under such con¬ 
ditions that it is seen at its best, Tor in 
moist spots it does not acquire that richness 
of colouring which it does under less liberal 
conditions. The colour intensifies by expo¬ 
sure to the summer’s sun, instead of being 
burnt up as some of them do. The beauti¬ 
fully variegated Cornus Spathi is another of 
this class.—S. W. 
vigorous specimens, to a height of five feet 
or more. Associated w ith the det'p blue 
Salvia patens or the scarlet Gladiolus 
Brenchleyensis, the effect of this galtonia 
is especially striking while it is equally 
valuable when planted among low-grow ing, 
fine-leaved subjects, such as the funkias. ¥. 
Sieboldi, with its cordate, glaucous foliage, 
interspersed with the lofty shafts and 
graceful flower-heads of Galtonia candi- 
cans, presents a satisfying picture, but 
of a subdued colour scheme, that, though 
lacking the vivid contrasts afforded by the 
salvia and gladiolus before referred to, is 
restful to the eye. 
As a cut flower the Cape hyacinth yields 
to few in excellence, the lofty bloom-scapes, 
with their white blossoms poised at the 
extremities of the long foot-stalks, creat¬ 
ing a stately effect when arranged loosely 
in vases. Wyndham Fitzheebert. 
