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CONTENTS-Vfghan boundary, flora ofAnjrrtjecum sesqxiipedale .

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Albujn of lodian FernsDictionary of English.Plant Nampg

lafe-Hirtoriwof PlantsTobacco I Growing. &c.

Cbry»antbtarnurns, Feb-ruary flowering

Corbularia, geographicaldistribution of...

Cultural MemorandaCypripedium BoxaJJi var.

titmtaDondrobium Fytcbiajium

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Rosea 209,Societies :

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P̂Hyrobella.

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210 THE GARDENERS' CERONICLS. [FEBEUAnY 12, 1887.

Hybeid Teas.

There has, hoMrever, of late j^ears been an attemptto establish another class—what are called hybridTeas ; and this has tended to create no little con-fusion—a confusion which I can but think is liikely

to make " confusion worse confounded," The hybridperpetual Roses originated from the hybrid Chinacrossed with varieties of China and Bourbon Koses.•' The hybrid China itself owes its origin," says Mr.Eivers (than whom there is no higher authority), " tothe Tea-scented Noisette and BourbonEoses,fertilisedwith the French Provins and other summer Roses,and also to the latter crossed with the former ;

" sothat if we take any hybrid perpetual and seekfor its parentage, it would be very difficult todetermine it. In some there is a manifest evidenceof Tea blood, so that when any one commences tohybridise them with Teas, or vice versa, it is not thesame as hybridising two distinct species—the bloodis already mixed up, and the term pedigree as appliedto them is a misnomer [not necessaril}-. Ed.]. Thefirst of the so-called hybrid Teas was Cheshunt Hy-brid, a chance seedling raised by Messrs, Paul & Son

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it is by them supposed to be a seedling betweenMadame de Tartas and Camille de Rohan ; it haabeen and is a most useful Rose of a colour not be-loved by the fair sex, but most free-flowering, and asa climbing Rose valued in all parts of the world. LaPrance evidently had a good deal of Tea blood in it,

but had always been classed as a hybrid perpetualtill of late years Guillot has placed it with ReineMarie Henriette, Camoens, &c., amongst the hybridTeas.

The confusion created by attempting to make this

R separate class led to the matter being broughtbefore the committee of the National Rose Society,which had already decided that they were not to beexhibited amongst Teas; and it was by themdecided that, however called, hybrid Teas or pedi-grees, they must be regarded as hybrid perpetuals,and shown with them. This arose mainly from oneinstance of the results of the attempt to make a newclass.

^At one show a stand for hybrid perpetuals

was disqualified because it contained a bloom ofLady Mary Fitzwilliam, while a few days after theSilver Medal for the best hybrid perpetual at theprovincial show of the National Rose Society atManchester had been awarded to it. Wild Rose.

(To be continued.)

CYPRIPEDIUM BOXALLIVAR. ATRATA.

The fine variety of this acaulescent Bunnanspecies was shown by Mr. F. G. Tautz, of StudleyHouse, at the meeting of the Royal HorticulturalSociety's Floral Committee on Tuesday the 8th inst.

The habit of the plant is dwarf, as seen in the spe-cimen exhibited, the dark green foliage not exceed-ing 8 inches in height, the flower-stems topping theseby about 2 inches. The colours of the lip and lateralpetals consist of reddish-purple, associated with lightgreen; the dorsal sepal is green, black-brown speckled.The upper margin being white. The whole flowerhas the waxed appearance seen in C. villosum. Ourillustration (fig. 47) was taken from Mr. Tautz'splant.

Fruit Register.

PEACH "SURPASSE BON OUVBIER."The name indicates an improvement upon the

" Good Workman " Peach. It is a rariety describedand figured in the Revm Horticok as having smallglobular glands and small campanulate flowers. Thefruits are large, spherical, furrowed on one side,

velvety, deep ruddy scarlet on the exposed side, flesh

not adhering to the stone, yellowish-white, red aroundthe stone, melting sugary-, acidulated. It ripens atthe end of September. As a market rariety its deepcolour will render it acceptable.

IRIS GERMANICA.To grow what will really flourish in his particular

garden, instead of breaking his heart over plants

that are quite unsuited to his soil and climate, is

advice which old gardeners continually find them-selves impressing upon the beginner, I am inducedto say a few words upon the so-called German Irises,

because they are plants so good-natnred as to do wellin most pi —even in town gardens—if treated

with a moderate amount of kindness, and, when onceplanted, left undisturbed, I was told when I beganto cultivate these Irises that they were fond of damp,and though I doubted the truth of the statementthen, I have no doubt as to its untruth now ; mine, think the following list includes not more than threeat any rate, do best in the dry part of the garden. or four (and these have some other special recom-

flower I expect to be rewarded. Such a clump of itas I have seen in blossom at the York Nurseries is asight worth looking at. I, Gracchus was some timebefore it bloomed ; but now that it has grown into aclump it is very floriferous. Both of these, by-the-way, are, I suppose, varieties of I. variegata. Of I.

riorentina I may say the same as of Gracchus.Some kinds, on the other htxni—e.g,, Mme. Chereau"—will bloom in quite small pieces. Some again increasein size much more quickly than others. I find

Victorine and Jacquesiana, for example, increaseslowly: possibly in a better climate the case may bedifferent.

Opinions may differ as to particular plants, but I

Pig, 47.—CYPBiPEDicM boxalu vatt. atjrata.

In damp places the so-called germanica frequentlywaste away (that may of course be due to somethingpeculiar in the soil), and are verj- much disfiguredby slugs. I was told, too, that they would growanywhere, and this is, roughly speaking, true ; butthey will not flower well unless they are satisfied

with their home. I should say they would do wellanywhere, provided the drainage was good and theywere not too much shaded by trees. I was alsoinstructed never to divide them. This is very goodadvice on the whole, but judgment of character is.aa

necessary in Iris growing as in most other things.I have some clumps—especially in rather shadyplaces—which grow proportionately less floriferousas they increase in size, and distinctly requirebreaking up.

These plants seem to mc to yoxy very much infloriferousness. I have a clump of I. De Berghiiwhich has never yet flowered, though when It does

mendations of their own), that are*not first-rate. 1*

would be very easy to enlarge the catalogue (I

ought to say that I mention no variety which I hare

not flowered except De Berghii) :

Afghan Prince (Barr), rich bronze aud crimson

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flowers freely.

Amoldi, violet-bronze and purple.

Atropurpurea, rich dark purple.^ .

Attraction (Backhouse), apparently identical with

Princess of "Wales, white, large flower.

Aurea, yellow, very distinct, but not ft strong

grower.

Bridesmaid, white and reddish-lilac, distinct.

De Berghi, yellow and crimson, very rich.

Flavescens, primrose.

Plorentina, white., ,

Fontarabie (Backhouse), pnrple-blue, rich veming:

very distinct, plant dwarf and free.