Sbptbmber 20 , 1913 . 
THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
707 
SUMMER FLOWERS AT THE 
I ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. 
To the uninitiated the name of the Zoo 
suggests exotic animals rather than exotic 
plants, yet for some time the Zoo has justly 
had a good reputation for the quality of its 
summer bedding. This year the reputation 
tive. The forms of Celosia pyraniidalis, for 
which the Zoo has long been famous, are up 
^ the best standards, and of other sub- 
jects with which the mixed beds are liDed 
special mention may be made of bronze 
scattered about over beautifully-kept turf, 
their attractiveness being enhanced by the 
handsome slirubs with which they are sur¬ 
rounded. Some of the combinations here 
are very striking, such as a bed of Miss 
Willmott verbena, overtopped by finelv- 
flowere<l heliotropes, and edged with Fuch¬ 
sia Golden Treasure. Another has solmon- 
ooloured clarkias dotted over a ground¬ 
work of purple viola. One that arrests 
attention by reason of its uncommon fea¬ 
tures is planted with the pink-floweivd 
Pelargonium Constance and Fuchsia Abd- 
el-Kader, above which are the feathery 
CACTUS DAHLIA DOROTHY HAWES. 
Rich rose colour. F.C C. and Gold Medal, N.D.S., September 9. Messrs. J. Stredwiek and Son, St. Leonards-on-Sea. 
' (See page 712,) 
many bright and pleas- 
comK- addition to well-thought-out 
'^^binations, may be found there, 
attmit* points in which the greatest 
the devoted to bedding plants are 
houso^*^ front of the monkey- 
^reshmA^f ^ neighbourhood of the re- 
littlA though many other bright 
and Af tender biding plants 
®»€t subjects, are to be 
thebiJ/i-* . front of the monkey-house 
ter bnf 5® nf a decidedly formal charac- 
’ at the same time remarkably effec- 
pelargoniiims, now not much used; the 
variety Black Vesuvius, which is, from a 
foliage point of view, quite a nigger in its 
way; the scarlet Paul Crampel, fuchsias, 
bedding violas, and numerous other sub- 
jects. As dot plants, Eucalyptus cordata 
is in this section freely used, and very 
effective it is for this purpose. A back¬ 
ground of taller subjects, in which holly¬ 
hocks predominate, complete this picture. 
In the neighbourhood of the refreshment 
rooms the bedding is of a less formal nature, 
but equally delightful. The beds are there 
plumes of Humea elegans, the whole being 
edged with the silvery-white variega^ 
Euonymus japonicus latifolius albus. with 
an extreme margin of thrift, which, though 
out of bloom, is decidedly effective for this 
purpose. 
An uncommon but pretty bedding pelar¬ 
gonium is the dwarf single-flowered Violet 
Hill, over which are dotted plants of Leu- 
cophyta Bi'ownei, the whole being edg.^d 
with Koniga maritima. 
Many mpre examples might be given did 
space allow, but enough has been mentioned 
