May  22,  1902. 
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By  WALTER  P.  WRIGHT, 
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CLIBRANS 
CHOICE  PLANTS 
For  the  GREENHOUSE— 
AC&CIA  PUBESCENS,  a  rare  and  beauti-  Each, 
ful  species :  flowers  a  lovely  yellow, 
foliage  highly  ornamental . 6/-  to  10/6 
BEGONIAS  (Tuberous),  Clibrans’  new 
choice  named  varieties  for  1J02,  as  per 
Catalogue  .  3/6, 7/6 
CALLA  ELLIOTTIANA,  the  lovely  Golden 
Calla  ;  foliage  beautifully  spotted  white; 
strong  plants  to  bloom  . 10/6, 15/- 
,,  ‘‘The  Godfrey,”  a  new  variety  of 
jEthiopica,  spathes  pure  white  ;  compact 
habit,  very  free  . 2/6  &  3/6 
CALADIUM  “New  Century,”  a  new 
variety  of  strong  aiid  vigorous  growth  ; 
produces  large,  white,  fragrant  flowers  7/6 
CLEMATIS  INDIYISA  and  LOBATA, 
flowers  creamy  white,  dark  green  glossy 
leaves  ;  a  grand  cool-house  climber  . .  1/6  to  6/- 
COLEUS  THYRSOIDEU8,  produces  a 
multitude  of  spikes  of  a  lovely  blue 
colour,  from  early  in  the  year  until  well 
into  the  summer  .  1/-  &  1/6 
CUPRESSUS  FUNBBRIS,  one  of  the  loveli¬ 
est  of  the  Cypress  for  indoor  decoration  16  to  3/6 
,,  extra-sized  .specimens,  grand  plants..  6/- &  7/6 
.,  macrocarpa  lutaa,  a  lovely  golden 
variety,  of  great  beauty . 1/6  to  3/6 
DRAC.£NA  PARREI,  this  variety  retains 
its  lower  foliage  much  longer  than  any 
other  Dracaena  ;  excellent  for  decoration  3/6  &  6,  - 
FERN  BALLS,  (Davallia  bullata),  one  of 
the  latest  and  prettiest  Japanese  novel¬ 
ties  ;  balls  or  wreaths  covered  with  fronds  3/6  &  5/- 
HIDALGOA  WERCKLEI,  flowers  brilliant 
scarlet,  inches  across  ;  foliage  beauti¬ 
fully  cut ;  a  grand  climber .  1/6  &  2/6 
KALANCHOE  FLAMMEA,  a  new  and 
lovely  plant ;  flowers  produced  in  large 
heads  of  a  lovely  orange-red  colour  ..  2/6  &  3/6 
PELARGONIUM  “Mr.  H.  H.  Thomas” 
(New),  lower  petals  light  peach, 
streaked  and  spotted  red  ;  upjier  petals 
dark  velvety-maroon,  paling  towards 
the  margin  .  2/6 
,,  Oldfleld  Defiance,  lower  petals  pale 
heliotrope,  with  a  ruby-cafmiue  blotch  ; 
upper  petals  warm  purple-maroon,  with 
a  heliotrope  margin..  ,,  ..  ..  1/6  &  2/6 
For  the  STOVE— 
ANTHURIUM  FLETCHERIANUM,  a  grand 
variety  belonging  to  the  Andreanum 
section ;  spathe  a  rich,  dark,  glossy 
crimson.  5Jin  across,  7iin  long  ..  ..  10/6  to  21/- 
URCE0CHARI8  CLIBRANI,  a  wonderful 
bi-generic  hybrid  ;  flowers  intermediate 
between  Eucharis  and  Urceolina ; 
blooms  profusely  ;  inv.sluable  for  cutting  8/6  to  10/6 
DIPLADENIA  BREARLEYANA  — We  have 
a  grand  stock  of  this  lovely  climber ; 
flowers  of  a  rich  crimson  colour,  pro¬ 
duced  with  the  greatest  of  freedom  ..  3/6  to  5/- 
MISCELLANEOUS— 
ARABIS  ALBIDA,  fl.  pi.,  one  of  the  love¬ 
liest  of  rockery  plants  ;  (he  flowers  are 
of  the  purest  white,  produced  with  free¬ 
dom  ;  excellent  for  cutting.  .4/.  per.  doz  6d. 
AUBRIETIA  “Dr.  Mules,”  rich  puiple- 
violet  flowers ;  the  finest  of  all  the 
Aubrietias  . .  . .  4/6  per  dozen  6d. 
LOBELIA  “  Mrs.  Cllbran,”  the  loveliest 
variety  extant ;  the  flowers  are  of  the 
deepest  blue  colour,  with  a  small  white 
eye . ■  . .  6/-  per  dozen  6d. 
HUMULU8  LUPULUS  FOLIIS  AUREIS 
(Golden  Hop),  a  rapid  and  lovely 
climber  ;  foliage  of  a  rich  bright  golden 
colour .  1/-&1/6 
POLYGONUM  BALDSCHUANICUM,  a 
lovely  climber,  flowering  with  the 
greatest  of  freedom . 2/6  to  3/6 
YITIS  COIGNETI.®,  leaves  often  lOin 
across,  become  of  a  rich  crimson  in 
autumn .  .  ..  ..  2/6  &  3/6 
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Jfltti[nd  Jif  §(rrtii[«Ittti[C. 
THURSDAY,  MAY  22,  1902. 
The  Season  of  Blossom, 
RUIT  lands  and  orchards  are 
very  beautiful  just  now  with 
their  mantles  of  pearly  white 
blossoms  contrasting  vividly 
with  the  bright  green  of  burst¬ 
ing  growth  on  every  side.  Pro¬ 
spects  are  being  freely  discussed 
and  though  it  is  not  wise  to  speculate 
too  hopefully  on  what  the  crops  irill 
be  simply  from  the  quantity  of  bloom  on  the 
trees,  still  there  are  reasons  for  being  san¬ 
guine.  To  appreciate  the  flowering  season 
fully,  in  more  ways  than  one,  it  is  necessary 
to  move  about  in  districts  where  fruit  is 
extensively  grown  for  commercial  purposes. 
In  such  places  blossoming  time  brings  hopes, 
and  doubts,  and  fears,  and  questions  are 
freely  asked  as  to  what  sort  of  a  fruit  year 
we  are  going  to  have.  The  bloom  is  primarily 
essential,  but  it  is  not  everything,  as  a  killing 
frost  or  a  scourge  of  blight  may  quickly  dash 
the  brightest  hopes  to  the  ground. 
As  I  write  the  Plums  and  Damsons  are  at 
the  fulness  of  their  floral  beauty,  and  the  hill¬ 
sides  where  these  fruits  are  grown  in  quantity 
represent  masses  of  snowy  whiteness.  Accord¬ 
ing  to  a  local  theory  this  should  not  be  a  good 
season  for  Plums^  on  account  of  the  heavy 
crop  last  year,  but  if  half  the  blossoms  develop 
into  fruit  there  need  be  no  fear  of  scarcity. 
The  growers  have  their  doubts  just  now  in 
two  ways.  There  is  no  profit  in  fruitless  trees, 
and  they  look  with  anxiety  till  the  flowering 
time  is  over  and  the  fruit  is  set  and  swelling. 
On  the  other  hand,  they  have  vivid  recollec¬ 
tions  of  recent  seasons  of  glut  when  the  trees 
were  bent  to  breaking  point  with  the  weight 
of  fruit  that  could  not  be  disposed  of  at  a 
profit.  I  do  not  pretend  to  account  for  it 
here  why  it  should  be  so,  but  the  fact  remains, 
and  though  you  may  call  the  grower  a  par¬ 
ticular  iudividual  who  is  hard  to  please,  he 
Readers  are  requested  tD  'send  notices  of  Gardening 
Appointments  or  Notes  of  Horticultural  Interest, 
intimations  of  Meetings,  Queries,  and  all  Articles  for 
Publication,  officially  to  “  THE  EDITOR  ”  ,  at 
12,'  Mitre  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  Street, 
London,  E.C.,  and  to  no  other  person  and  to  no  other 
address, 
Na  1143.— VoL.  XLIV.,  Third  Series. 
