October  1ft,  1902. 
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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  A  YD 
CO  VTA  GE  GARDENER. 
or,  better  still,  its  white  leaved  variety,  pulverulenta, 
Bruckenthalia  spiculifolia,  a  neat,  Heath-like  plant,  with 
upright  heads  of  pinkish  white  flowers  ;  Bryanthus  empetri- 
formis  and  erectus,  neat  plants  with  red  flowers  ;  Oxyden- 
dron  arboreum,  a  deciduous  plant  which  bears  panicles  of 
cream  coloured  flowers  in  summer ;  Daboecia  polifolia, 
which  from  May  to  November  is  rarely  without  blossoms, 
of  this  there  are  forms  with  white,  red,  and  pink  flowers  ; 
Enkianthus  campanulatus  cernuus,  and  japonicus  should  all 
have  a  place,  as  also  should  Cassiope  tetragona,  Cassandra 
calyculata,  Leiophyllum  buxifolmm,  and  the  various  species 
of  Leucothe. 
Turning  to  larger  genera  again,  our  attention  is  directed 
to  Kalmia.  Of  this  three  species  and  numbers  of  varieties 
are  in  general  cultivation.  The  largest  growing  is  latifolia. 
It  grows  sometimes  upwards  of  12ft  high,  but  is  more  often 
met  with  less  than  half  that  height.  It  is  conspicuous  by 
layan  species  can  be  grown  out  of  doors,  but  as  far  north 
as  London  very  few  succeed  in  a  satisfactory  manner  out  of 
doors.  Hardier  species,  however,  thrive,  and  there  are 
varieties  innumerable  for  all  who  care  to  grow  them.  Some 
of  the  hardiest  evergreen  species  about  London  are  cali- 
fornicum,  campanulatum,  catawbiense,  cinnabarinum, 
dauricum,  ferrugineum  and  varieties,  fulgens,  Wilsoni, 
hirsutum,  intermedium,  Smirnowi,  racemosum,  Thomsoni, 
and  others.  Deciduous  species,  such  as  calendulaceum, 
flavum,  nudiflorum,  occidentale,  sinense,  Yaseyi,  and 
viscosum,  together  with  their  progeny,  should  be  found  in 
every  garden. 
Ornamental  fruited  plants  should  be  found  represented 
in  our  peat  garden  by  Gaultheria  procumbens  and  G.  Shallon, 
and  by  the  varied  forms  of  Pernettya  mucronata.  The  list 
of  names  mentioned  above  is  sufficiently  long  to  show  what 
a  wealth  of  really  good  flowering  plants  is  contained  in  the 
Chrysanthemums :  A  Birmingham  Amateur’s  Collection.  (See  page  359.) 
reason  of  its  deep  green  Laurel-like  leaves  and  pink  and 
white  flowers.  K.  glauca  is  a  dwarf  semi-deciduous  species 
with  rosy-purple  flowers ;  while  K.  angustifolia,  a  plant 
which  grows  from  l^ft  to  2ft  high,  and  bears  red  flowers  with 
great  freedom,  is  one  of  the  gems  of  the  garden.  Of  this 
there  are  several  varieties.  All  three  species  are  North 
American. 
Ledums  should  find  a  place  in  our  peat  garden,  the  two 
species,  latifolium  and  palustre,  making  shapely  white- 
flowered  bushes.  Rhodothamnus  chamsecistus  is  a  gem  of 
gems,  and  is  worth  going  to  a  lot  of  trouble  over.  It  .  is 
quite  a  dwarf  plant,  coming  very  near  to  Rhododendron. 
It  is  of  Heath-like  habit,  and  bears  pink  and  white  flowers 
nearly  an  inch  across.  It  succeeds  best  grown  in  crevices 
between  rocks,  and  is  one  of  the  few  members  of  Ericaceae 
which  is  partial  to  a  little  lime. 
The  genus  Rhododendron  contains  so  much  that  is  good 
that  it  is  impossible  to  do  more  than  give  it  brief  notice  in 
passing.  In  the  S.W.  counties  most  of  the  lovely  Hirna- 
group  under  notice,  and  a  little  consideration  will  suffice 
to  show  how  beautiful  and  interesting  a  peat  garden  can  be 
made. — W.  D.,  Kew. 
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English  Gardeners  in  Canada  and  America. 
The  transatlantic  horticultural  papers  have  recently  accorded 
notice®  to  a  number  of  natives  of  these  Isles,  chief  among 
them  being  Mr.  Joseph  Bennett  and  Mr.  James  W.  Dunford. 
Mr.  Bennett  is  the  retiring  president  of  the  Canadian  Horti¬ 
cultural  Society,  and  was  born  at  Northwold,  Norwich,  England, 
in  1858.  He  served  as. a  gardener  at  Messrs.  Veitch’s,  Limited, 
also  at  Cutbush’s  and  Coombe  Abbey,  besides  at  Sir  H.  Tate’s 
(now  Lady  Tate’s)  place  in  Streatham.  He  went  to  Montreal 
in  1884.  Mr.  J.  W.  Dunford  was  for  five  years  with  Messrs. 
Sutton  and  Sons,  and  went  to  the  States  in  1888.  He  started 
in  business  for  himself  in  1894,  and  now  has  45,000  square  feet 
of  modern  glass  houses. 
