September 20,1913. 
713 
THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
I v^ar, and in the corresponding month of 
* 1912 ! The flowers are rather large, the 
sepais and petals soft yellow, the reverse 
giwnish-yellow freely spotted with red, the 
I Up yellow, white, and orange. Bot. Mag., 
I t. 8^7. 
j CENTAUEEA CRASSIFOLIA. 
[ A distinct and attractive species, endemic 
in Malta, where it is met with mainly in 
the central portion of the island. The intro- 
! duction of this composite to British collec- 
\ tions is due to Professor Rev. G. Henslow, 
I V.M.H., who sent a plant to the Cambridge 
I Botanic Garden as far back as 1894. At Cam- 
{ bridge it is grown in the succulent house, 
duws its cream-white flowers in great pro¬ 
fusion. The species is not hardy in the open 
in most parts of the United Kingdom, but in 
the Royal Botanic Garden, Glasnevin it 
thrives against a sunny w’all and blooms 
freely. Bot. Mag., t. 85()9. 
GREVILLEA PINNATIFIDA. 
This handsome species is a native of rocky 
localities in the neighbourhood of the Swan 
River, and, with reference to its merits, it is 
said that ‘'among the many species of the 
genus in cultivation in Europe it is one of 
the most ornamental, not only on account of 
the beauty of its flowers, but also l>ecause of 
the charm of it% foliage,” ^M ie flowers are 
prominent veins, and the pale blue flowers are 
produced in erect spikes, the plants blooming 
freely throughout the winter months. Bot. 
Mag., t. 8511. 
THINNING GOOSEBERRY 
BUSHES, 
M hen all the fruitvS have been gathered 
and the nets removtHl, it is a goml plan 
to give gooseberries a thorough clean up, 
at the sjime time removing all suckers. 
If the hushes are too dense to admit air 
and light thin them out rather freely; 
the young fruiting shoots will tlien have 
the ^i*ider much the came condit 
3hout an ' The flower heads 
purple.j.a«i*^^ ^li^meter. and the colon 
Pl^-^ose. Bot. Mag., t. 8508. 
broom is a native of 
described by Dr. Sch< 
^?ion of T.''^'**:^c^®ristic plant of the A1 
6 it is abundant 
l«V€l. 9,000 feet above the 
globular it forms a comp 
i^^i&ht an/I teet in diameter, an- 
^ lender favourable conditions 
EYTISUS supranubius. 
produced in elegant terminal racemes, are 
light red, and the leaves are elegant, and. 
as indicated by its specific name, distinctly 
pinnatifid. Bot. Mag., t,8al0. 
SOLENOSTEMON GODEFEOY^. 
A pleasing species, first discovered by Mr. 
and Mrs. Monteiro in 1873 about fifteen 
miles from Ambriz in Angola, but was not 
distinguished from S. ocymoides. Thirty 
years later it was found in the Congo State 
by Mr. Godefroy Lebeuf, who introduced it 
to cultivation and placed it in the genus 
Coleus. The leaves are dark green with 
a much better chance to grow^ firm and 
sturdy. I know only too well that in most 
gardens there is very important and press¬ 
ing work to be done just now, consequently 
the bushes are very apt to be overlooked, 
but if time and labour will admit of its 
being done give the bushes every attention. 
All ours will receive at least two good 
soakings of liquid manure to assist the 
formation of strong healthy buds by tho 
end of the season. It is surprising how 
beneficial is such assistance after the fvuit 
has been gathered. H. Markham. 
