* October 4, 1913. THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
found that the spores of fungi, and also 
some kinds of bacteria, are, as a rule, killed 
bv an hour’s immersion in hydrogen per¬ 
oxide; no spores experimented with ger- 
miiiatU after similar treatment for two 
hours. In nearly every instance the germi¬ 
nation of seeds immersed in hydrogen 
peroxide was retarded, and the plants 
raised from seed immersed for four hours 
were one or two days later in making their 
appearance above ground than those raised 
from untreated se^. Seeds immersed for 
twenty-four hours were retarded from two 
to eight or killed outright. After treated 
seeds have germinated the growth of the 
plants is very rapid. For all practical pur¬ 
poses soaking seeds in hydrogen peroxide 
for three hours will kill all superficial 
fungus spores without injury^to the seeds. 
This method is, according to Miss Massee, 
preferable to fumigation, which, as a rule, 
does not kill fungus spores, unless con¬ 
tinued for such a time as to damage the 
seeds. 
NEW PLANTS, FLOWERS, 
AND FRUITS. 
CATTLEYA CYBELE. 
A very beautiful cattleya with blush-white 
sepals and petals, and white lip, finely 
marked with bright violet-purple, especially 
close to the apex. A.M., R.H.S., September 
23. Mr. E. H. Davidson, Orchid Dene Twy. 
ford, Berks. 
LiELIO.CATTLEYA ARMADA. 
This very handsome orchid is the result of 
crossring L.-c. luminosa with C. fulvescens. 
It has flowers of fairly good size and form, 
and of distinct colouring. Tlie sepals and 
petals are cream-coloured, tinted with purp¬ 
lish-yellow, while the lip is yellow with 
markings of purple towards the apex. A.M., 
R.H.S., September 23. Lieut.-Col. Sir G. 
A free-flowering carnation of great merit. 
A.M., R.H.S., September 23. Messrs. Stuart 
Low and Co., Enfield. 
PERENNIAL ASTERS. 
Beauty of Ron.sdorf.—A showy variety of 
the Amellus section, dwarf, free, and bearing 
large flowers of a very attractive shade of 
light violet.blue. A.M., R.H.S., September 
23. Messrs. Thos. S. Ware, Lim., Feltham. 
Mrs. Frank Penn.—A brilliant rose-purple 
variety of the NoW-Belgi group, bearing its 
abundant flowers in large, elegant clusters 
on wiry, dark stems, with dark foliage. 
A.M., R.H.S., September 23. Mr. H. J. 
Jones, Ryecroft Nursery, Lewishaan. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
Olive.—A very useful early variety, with 
medium-sized flowers, carried in "ele^m 
sprays on stiff stems. The colour is bright 
chestnut-red, with yellow reverse, and very 
Professor W. Bateson, F.R.S., 
has been elected president of the British 
Association for next year, when the meet¬ 
ing will be held in Australia. Mr. Bateson, 
when occupying an important position in 
the Cambridge University, became a pro¬ 
minent exponent of the Mendelian theory 
of heredity, and mainly as the result of 
his researches in connection therewith he 
was appointed to the newly-created Chair 
of Biology. This he occupied until he was 
appointed the first director of the John 
Innes Horticultural Institute at Merton. 
The Veitchian Orchids.— AYe are 
informed that Messrs. Flory and Black have 
purchased the whole of the orchids, in¬ 
cluding the home-raised hybrids, belonging 
to Messrs. Jas. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. 
This collection has been cultivated at the 
Langley Nurseries, and the purchasers have 
also taken over the orchid houses, private 
house, and immediate surroundings at 
Langley, and will carry on business there 
under the title of Alessrs. Flory and Black. 
Mr. Flory, nephew of the late Mr. H. A. 
Tracy^ has bad a long experience at his 
uncle’s nursery at Amyard Park, Twicken¬ 
ham, which he still controls; and Mr. 
Black has for many years been a very suc¬ 
cessful grower and raiser, in charge of the 
collection of R. G. Thwaites, Esq., at 
btreatham. Every good wnsli will be ex¬ 
tended to these gentlemen in their new' 
enterprise. 
The Scettish Thistle _There is 
**'°“*’*® because someone has found 
at a Kew' Hand List gives Onopordon 
canthium as the Scottish Thistle, whereas 
cotsinen think the national emblem is Car- 
Cnious lanceolatus, w'hich Kew de- 
or degrades, as the Burr Thistle. 
* any common British plants have more 
nan one popular name and probably this 
trouble, but if ‘‘the 
Burns is the true 
1 . there should be no difficulty 
point. But who is to be 
that shall decide betw^een 
Cnicus? AVho better than 
Balfour, of Edinburgh 
point I^aidens, to decide this thistly 
ASTER BEAUTY OF RONSDORF. 
Flowers very large, the colour violet-blue. A.M.. R.H.S., Septeniiber 23. 
Messrs. T. S. Ware, Lim. 
Holford (grower, Mr. H. Alexander), Weston- 
birt, Gloucester. 
ROSE MOONLIGHT. 
We have previously referred to this hybrid 
tea semi-double rose, which produces its 
creamy flowers in large elegant clusters. 
A.M., E.H.S., September 23. Rev. J. H. 
Pemberton, Havering, Romford. 
p, mg 
‘■'I 
Mildew. 
differtn+^^^^ since three fruit-grow'ers from 
“^nned at sum- 
^arintr Street Police Ck)urt for 
summer caused to 
<luanti^ r Covent Garden a 
AmenVo gnfoseberries affected with the 
with costs, were im- 
CARNATIONS. 
Fairmount.—A new American perpetual 
variety of large size. It is apparently a good 
oTower. The colour is soft heliotrope with a 
French-grey suffusion. A.M.. R.H.S., Sep¬ 
tember 23. Mesrs. Allwood Brothers, Wivels- 
field, Sussex. 
Salmon King. — A beautiful home-raised 
perpetual variety with very shapely, bright 
Llmon flowers, that are sweetly-scented and 
have petals so smoothly edged as to bring 
the variety almost up to florists’ standard. 
effective. It is classified as ; Japanese, sub¬ 
section 1 c. F.C.C., N.C.S., September 
22; A.M., R.H.S., September 23. Messrs. 
W. Wells and Co., Merstbam. 
Susie.—A very bright and distinctive early 
single variety, bearing its flowers in great 
profiisdon on stiff sprays. The colour is 
charming, and may be best described as sal¬ 
mon-buff Class: Single, sub-section 2 b. 
Commendation, September 22. Messrs. W. 
Wells and Co., Merstham. 
Golden Firebrand.—A single variety with 
several rows of florets. It is golden-yellow, 
and the flowers are borne in large sprays 
and on very long, wi^ black stems. If any 
fault can be found it is the dearth of foli¬ 
age on the flower stems. The variety is a 
-s^rt from the crimson Firebrand. Class; 
Single, sub-section 2 a. Commendation, 
N.C.S., September 22. Messrs. W. Wells and 
Co;, Merstham. 
