. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . oscillas before, and had found thesame results as have been given me in my grow-ing the seedlings from his seed. They are amost singular lot altogether. In general themajority hark back to the Scillas rather than tothe Chionodoxas, but a few are true Chionodoxas,while still fewer have followed the seed-bearerand are Chionoscillas. What one is surprised at,however, is the large proportion of poor Scillasamong these seedlings. Instead of gaininggreater vigour, these have become depauperated. GREENHOUS
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . oscillas before, and had found thesame results as have been given me in my grow-ing the seedlings from his seed. They are amost singular lot altogether. In general themajority hark back to the Scillas rather than tothe Chionodoxas, but a few are true Chionodoxas,while still fewer have followed the seed-bearerand are Chionoscillas. What one is surprised at,however, is the large proportion of poor Scillasamong these seedlings. Instead of gaininggreater vigour, these have become depauperated. GREENHOUSE-FURNISHING. The illustration (fig. 45) gives a fair exampleof a greenhouse furnished with flowering plants,among which Hydrangeas take a prominent part,along with Ivy-leaved Pelargoniums, Campanulaisophylla, Crassula, show Pelargoniums, and manyothers, showing what may be done in a mixedcollection. The view was taken in the gardens atArundel House, Maxwell Town, Dumfries. VEQETABLES. NEW EARLY many novelties in Peas there were somevery fine samples, and this has been a season. Fig. 4.).—gkeenhodse at aeuxdei, , Dumfries. stout stems, although it droops a little when inhloom. It was raised by Mr. James Allen. Chionoscilla Abundance. Well named ! is ones thought on studyingthis charming hybrid plant, for it blooms freely,while its flowers are in good nximbers on each;3tem. They are a brighter blue than those ofPeniyi, and the small white eye is quite an?ornament to the blooms. Then the flowers arewell up to the eye, and my small group offlowers from a bulb sent me by Mr. Allen inMarch, 1902, will please one any time one may bepassing the border in which this Chionoscilla isgrown. These Chionoscillas are delightful littleplants, resembling more the Chionodoxas thanthe Scillas. and are not worth keeping except for the purposeof practical illustration or experiment. On theother hand, some of the Scilla-like varieties arereally pretty, and the diversities are q
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