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NovEMBER 1, 1902. 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
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the most beautiful of all, colour coppery 
orange. Rosa sinica Anemone is a first- 
rate novelty, said to be a hybrid of Rosa 
levigata. One thing can be said in its 
favour, and that is it flowers freely on young 
plants. One cannot claim this much for 
Rosa levigata. The flowers of Rosa sinica 
Anemone are single, and almost as large as 
those of Macrantha. In colour they remind 
one of the Hybrid Tea La Fraicheur. Pos- 
sibly few individuals are aware of the rare 
beauty to be found in single varieties of 
Rosa indica. Let anyone procure a packet 
of Tea and China Rose seed, and he will 
obtain some delightful single varieties of 
quite enchanting colours that only require 
planting to gain for them admiration. I was 
much interested in one I saw growing at 
Kew last year, namely, Rosa indica diver- 
sifolia. Its pretty single carmine. flowers 
were a relief from the double forms aréund. 
Ihave seen some of these single Teas and 
Chinas (that always predominate when a 
quantity of seed is sown) with flowers as 
prettily edged as a Picotee. Rosa Wichu- 
riana and its very interesting hybridised 
seedlings open up visions of wonderous 
beauty in the near future; for it willbe quite 
possible to completely envelop ugly mounds 
The plants. 
running as they do along the ground, root 
like Ivy, and when once a specimen is pro- 
cured it will be no difficult matter to obtain 
any quantity of rooted cuttings. Whether 
hybridising with the Tea-scented will affect 
their hardiness remains to be seen. It is 
said to be one of the newest kinds, Jersey 
Beauty, looks like a yellow Cherokee Rose. 
If so, and it flowers freely, it will be a decided 
gain. PHILOMEL. 
POOSO OES > 
The Blue Rose. 
Mr. M’Donald, an American rosarian, has 
just brought to England a_ horticultural 
curiosity in the shape of a blue rose, of 
which he is himself the cultivator. Extreme 
precautions were taken to protect it from 
perils of the sea and salt water, etc., and to 
keep it fresh and vigorous, it being protected 
in a specially fitted, beautifully-worked 
miniature greenhouse, something like a bird 
cage in shape. Asa result, on arriving in 
Liverpool the buds were found to be in 
splendid condition. Mr. M’Donald will 
exhibit the specimen at one of the great 
forthcoming horticultural shows, and expects 
to ‘make a pile’ by its introduction into 
the gardens of England and Europe. It will 
no doubt, have a welcome from lovers of the 
curious, but it is exceedingly questionable 
whether a blue rose cut off, as it must be, 
from all the pleasant sentiment that 
surrounds its kind, will win for itself any, 
wide spread favour. Indeed from that 
point one wonders whether a blue rose is 
a rose at all. 
7SO303030 > 
Mrs. Kendal loves Roses best, and Lilie 
of the Valley next. 
Mr. Edwards’s favourite flowers areeth 
Violet and the Primrose. 
Letters 
From the * States. 
SB CSBOESGES > 
New South Wales Notes. 
. [From our own Correspondent. | 
Sydney. 
The usual monthly meeting of the Hor- 
ticultural Society was productive of an ex- 
ceptionally fine display of exhibits. The 
Roses were much admired, and, notwith- 
standing the heavy rains of the preceding 
days, were really first class. The Roses 
shown by Mr. A. Tymms, of Gladesville 
Hospital, were awarded first prize, and 
were without doubt the finest in the room. 
This exhibit included La France, Glorie 
Lyonaise, Madam Jules Grolez, Madam 
Haste, Prince Camille de Rohan, The 
Bride, Rainbow, Captain Christy, Belle 
Siebrecht, Kaiserine A. Victoria, Maman 
Cochet, and. Henri. Maynadier. A speci- 
men of a new variety—Mrs. E. Mawley— 
exhibited in Mr. J. Horton’s collection re- 
ceived a lot of attention. It is a fine flower 
of arich salmon rose colour, and of good 
shape. : 
Mr. T. Nicol exhibited a bloom of Vic- 
toria regia (Nymphoea). The natural 
habitat of this plant is the Amazon River, 
South America. It is not unusual for each 
matured leaf to measure 21 ft. in circum- 
ference and about 7 ft. in diameter. 
Amongst its pecularities may be mentioned 
that each leaf is turned up at the edges for 
about 2 inches all round, giving it the ap- 
pearance of a large, shallow frying-pan, and 
it will be found that upon turning over the 
leaf its under surface is covered with thorns. 
It is stated on authority that each leaf will 
support a child three (3) or four (4) years 
old. The flower begins to open at about 
6 p.m., and by 7 p.m. is fully expanded. 
It is then pure white in colour, and gives 
off a delightful perfume’ during the night. 
It closes up at the approach .of morning, 
but again opens the succeeding. evening. 
On this occasion it is of a heliotrope colour. 
This flower received: everyone’s attention 
and enquiry. : 
Another exhibit which received a lot of 
notice was-a_ seedling Hippeastrum 
(Equestrian. Star), shown by Mr H. 
. B. Bradley. It was of. a_ rich 
self red colour with .white stripe. It 
was a beauty, and many. gardeners present 
expressed the opinion that it was the finest 
they had seen. 
An. exhibit that attracted me was an. 
Orchid, “ Brassayola Digbyana,” shown by 
Mr. Nicol. This Orchid is one of the 
parents used in the production of the new 
Hybrid, ‘King Edward.” 
A Cactus, ‘‘Epiphyllum 
superbum,” was much admired 
men was very fine, the flowers of a delicate 
rose pink colour. It was shown by Mr. 
J. Yorke, and obtained a first prize. 
A few trays of Pansies were shown of 
good form and colour, 
Russelianum 
The speci-° 
The hat-trimming prizé was awarded to 
Mrs. Jones, whose hat was very artistic. 
Just now our florists are making fine 
window displays with Lilacs, Tulips, and 
Peonies, but of course it is well known 
that the first and last will not thrive very 
well in Sydney, although I have seen some 
first-class blooms at our Botanic Gardens 
during the past few years. The supplies . 
are nearly always drawn from our country 
gardens. 
The following is the list of prize-winners 
at the Horticultural Society’s meeting last 
month :— 
; A Division. 
Twelve Miscellaneous—Mrs. W. Sayers, 
1; T. Nicol, 2 ; J. H. Horton, 3. 
Twelve Roses—A. Tymms, 1; G. Ker- 
shaw, 2. igi 
Twelve Annuals—J. H. Horton, 1; H. 
H. B. Bradley, 2. 
B. Division. 
Six Miscellaneous—Mrs, Drummond, I; - 
N. Marks, 2. ‘ 
Six Roses—Mrs. Drummond, 1; J. Mus- 
grove, 2. 
Six Annuals—Mrs. Drummond, 1; N. 
Marks, 2. 
C. Division. 
Hat-trimming: —Mrs. Jones, 1 ;;Mrs. Hor- 
ton, 2; Mrs. Drummond, 3. 
Pot Plant—J. Yorke, 1 ; T. Nicol, 2. 
Twelve Pansies—H. H. B. Bradley, 1; 
C. Gosper, 2. : 
Non-competitive—A. Tyinms, collection 
of Shirley Poppies (very highly com- 
mended). C. Gosper, two Orchids (very 
highly commended), 
~esssessee 
Horticultural Society of 
New South Wales. 
The annual Rose Show was held in the 
Concert Hall of the Queen Victoria Mar- 
kets on Wednesday, 22nd instant. There 
has not been a finer collection of plooms 
for some years past, and the attendance of 
the public was very large. Amongst the 
flowers attracting the most attention. were 
specimens of the recently introduced 
Hybrid Teas—Gladys Harkness, Bessie 
Brown, Corallina, and Baldwin. The 
firstnamed is after the shape of La France, 
of a beautiful rosy pink color, with large 
incurved petals. Bessie Brown is of a white 
blush color, and splendidly shaped. I 
picked out as being exceptionally good 
blooms of K. A. Victoria, M. Neil, Dr. 
Rushpler, Gloire de Exposition de Bruxel- 
les (remarkably dark Rose), Muriel Gra- 
ham, Queen of Queens, Souvenir de Mad- 
ame Metral, The Bride, Paul Dupuy, Earl 
of Dufferin, La France, Madame Gabrielle 
Liuzet, Prince Camille de Rohan, and 
Maman Cochet. Mr. G. Kershaw was the 
most successful exhibitor in, this class, 
carrying off no less than five first prizes 
with excellent exhibits. Other gardeners 
who tabled excellent blooms were H. Fer- 
guson, P. KE. Ewington, Mrs. Drummond, 
E. P. Morris, and A. J. Tymms. The 
judges had really a difficult task to allot 
the places. Mrs. Drummond gained “The 
