November  12,  1903.  JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER.  033 
The  Palm  House  at  Kew. 
Miss  Olive  Miller,  a  dainty  lavender  pink,  with  broad  petals 
arranged  in  showy  form.  About  the  prettiest  pink  that  we  have 
seen  at  this  date  (mid-October).  Be.sides  the  above  they  have 
liad  excellent  blooms  of  C.vrrie,  Mr.  Wells’s  early  yellow,  which 
came  into  flower  by  September  lo.  The  colour  and  form  are 
fine.  It  is  of  medium  size  and  a  nice  grower,  but  very  bright 
in  colour.  Where  an  early  red  is  needed,  Goocher’s  Crimson 
will  be  valuable;  it  is  free  and  a  nice  grower,  has  a  rounded 
Daldia-like  flower,  and  would  not  “  burn  ”  if  set  on  fire. 
By  November  1  Lord  Hopetoun  will  be  fully  finished  (it  is 
beautiful  to-day,  October  19,  but  not  ready  to  cut).  It  is  larger 
than  last  year,,  and,  if  anything,  the  colours  are  more  intense — 
bright  scarlet  and  pure  gold. 
S.  T.  Wright  is  not  quite  so  far  along  but  promises  a  large 
.size  and  deeper  shades  of  both  gold  and  yellow. 
Trees  and  Shrubs. 
ORNAMENTAL  FRUITED  KINDS. 
The  following  is  from  Weathers’  “Beautiful  Flowering  Trees 
and  Slitubs  ”  (Simpkin,  London) ; . — Apart  from  the  blossom  or 
foliage,  there  are  many  plants  that  attract  more  attention  during 
the  fruiting  stage  than  at  any  other  period  of  their  cycle  of 
growth.  Some  kinds  are  fortunate  enough  to  be  considered 
ornamental  in  the  foliage,  flowers,  and  fruits  ;  some  in  the  flowers 
and  fruit;  some  in  the  leaves  and  fruit;  and  others  in  the  fruit 
only.  In  this  paragraph  it  is  unnecessary  to  refer  to  either  the 
leaves  or  the  blossoms,  as  one  or  the  other  or  both  are  frecpiently 
to  be  met  with.  But  it  may  be  useful  to  have  a  list  of  the  tree.s 
and  shrubs  that  are  particularly  handsome  when  in  fruit,  and  the 
following  may  serve  :  — 
Arbutos  Unedo,  Aucuba  japonica  (foemina),  Benthamia  fragi- 
fera,  Berberis,  Cerasus  (Cherry),  Clematis,  Colutea,  Cotoneaster, 
Crataegus,  Daphne  Mezereum,  Euonymus  europmus,  Gaultheria, 
Hippophae  rhamnoides,  Hymenanthera  crassifolia.  Ilex  (Holly), 
Ligustrum  vulgare  (Privet),  Myrtus  (Myrtle),  Pernettya, 
Phillyrea,  Pyrus,  Ro.sa,  Rubus,  Sambucus  nigra,  Skimmia,  Sym- 
phoricarpus,  Vaccinium,  Viburnum. 
The  Scarlet  Oak. 
This  is  the  se’ason  of  the  year  to  be  looking  out  for  acorns  for 
sowing,  to  keep  up  a  stock  of  good  kinds.  There  are  a  half  dozen 
or  more  sorts  always  called  for  in  larger  quantities  than  others. 
The  Scarlet  is  one  of  them.  Not  only  does  it  make  a  large  and 
handsome  tree,  but  it 
also  has  the  brightest 
foliage  of  all  Oaks  in 
autumn,  and  because 
of  this  it  is  always 
called  for  when  an 
Oak  of  brilliant  fall 
foliage  i  is  required. 
Its  common  name 
Scarlet  Oak,  is  well 
deserved.  A  singular 
feature  (observes  Mr. 
Meehan,  in  the  “Flor¬ 
ists’  Exchange”)  in 
regard  to  the  eolcui’- 
ing  of  the  foliage  in 
autumn,  is  that  it  oc¬ 
curs  very  late  in  the 
season.  Many  other 
Oaks,  and  other  trees, 
colour  before  it,  and 
while  the  foliage  of  the 
Scarlet  is  still  green. 
In  woods  this  Oak  can 
be  told  a  great  dis¬ 
tance  away  by  ■  its 
bright  green  foliage, 
so  prominent  is  it 
among  the  changing 
hues  of  surrounding 
leaves.  Suddenly,  and 
at  last,  the  change 
comes,  and  we  have 
the  brilliant  scarlet. 
The  acorns  of  tlie 
Scarlet  Oak  have 
white  flesh, — a  means 
of  determining  the 
kind  when  there  is 
doubt. 
Built  in  1848 — the  year  in  which  “  our  Journal  ”  was  estab¬ 
lished — this  huge  tropical  stove  was  the  first,  we  believe,  in 
which  iron  was  employed  in  such  .structures.  It  is  3G'2ft  long, 
100ft  wide'  in  tlie  centre,  and  OOft  high.  The  wings  are  50ft  wide 
and  30ft  high.  The  mileacre  of  hot  water  pipes  we  forget.  The 
site  had  been  chosen  with  a  view  to  giving  the  best  possible 
effect,  and  on  the  sunny  south  side  there  is  a  beautiful  geome- 
‘  trical  flower  garden,  a  treat  to  behold  in  spring,  when  the 
•  bulbous  plants  present  their  gorgeous  blossoms;  and  summer 
does  not  lessen  the  variety  or  the  brilliancy  of  the  outlook. 
Mr.  John  C.  Willis,  in  his  invaluable  book  entitled  “  Flower¬ 
ing  Plants  and  Ferns,”  supplies  the  following  diagrammatic  re¬ 
presentation  of  the  different  beds  in  this  house,  which  we  think 
'  might  be  given  here.  The  numbers  signify  the  beds,  the  letters 
the  window  benches. 
Door 
Bench  P 
Bench  B 
Bench 
G 
ft 
.  Bench  C 
Door 
15  14  11 
3  6  7  8 
Bench 
H 
9 
j  Bench  D 
Bench  E 
Bench  A 
Main  Door 
Each  bed  and  stage  contains  certain  genera,  as,  for  instance, 
Pandanales  (the  Pandus  tribe)  in  1,  2,  8 ;  Cycadales  (Cymas, 
Zamia,  Dion,  &c.)  in  12  and  13,  and  elsewhere  ;  Mu.sas  in  11; 
while  in  the  central  beds  (we  write  from  memory)  are  .some  very 
fine  .specimens  of  the  following  Palms :  Cocos  nucifera,  the 
Cocoa-nut  Palm,  which  grows  on  tropical  shores,  and  always 
with  a  bent  trunk;  Sabal  umbraculifera,  one  of  the  most  useful 
of  Palmae.;  the  Calamus,  or  Rattan;  Phytelephas  macrocarpa, 
whose  seeds  yield  vegetable  ivory,  and  a  visit  to  No.  2 
Museum  near  the  alpine  garden  will  convince  one  of  the  com¬ 
mercial  importance  of  this  remarkable  product.  One  need  not 
mention  others ;  the  ILst  is  a  very  wide  one,  and  possibly  only  a 
few  are  generally  known.  However,  should  any  distant  reader 
visit  London,  let  us  suggest  Kew  as  one  of  the  places  for  vi.sita- 
tion,  and  he  or  she  may  be  .sure  that  the  numerous  features  of 
the  Royal  Gardens  there  will  afford  unbounded  delight. 
A  Monster  Cabb.lge - A  Cabbage  grown  on  Penylan  Hill, 
Cardiff  (according  to  the  “  Western  Mail),  measured  5ft  across 
before  the  outer  leaves  were  removed,  and  weighed  44^Ib.  The 
owner  has  refusd  Ijd.  per  lb.  for  it. 
The  Palin  House,  Royal  Gardens,  Kew.. 
