The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . velpallidissime purpurea. Stamina valde staminlbus brevior; stigma didymuui. UgandaProtectorate, legit J. Mahon, 83. 258 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. TApbil 25, 1903. at Kew, which grow erect, have commenced tobear flowers when only 4 inches high. The leavesare oblong, obtnse at both ends, glabrous above,and borne on petioles about 9 lin. long. Theflowers, which are over 3 inches in diameter, aredeep reddish-purple in the corolla-tube, graduallygetting paler on the midribs upwards; while
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . velpallidissime purpurea. Stamina valde staminlbus brevior; stigma didymuui. UgandaProtectorate, legit J. Mahon, 83. 258 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. TApbil 25, 1903. at Kew, which grow erect, have commenced tobear flowers when only 4 inches high. The leavesare oblong, obtnse at both ends, glabrous above,and borne on petioles about 9 lin. long. Theflowers, which are over 3 inches in diameter, aredeep reddish-purple in the corolla-tube, graduallygetting paler on the midribs upwards; while thegreater part of the limb is white or slightlysuffused with pink. C. H. W. discovered by Dr. A. Henry, and was describedby the writer. (Journ. Linn. Soc, xxiii., p. 225,t. 6) under the name of Spirjea Henryi. Itforms a densely-branched shrub, 6 to 7 feet high,with obovate or oblong leaves ^ to L§ inch long,and usually toothed above the middle. Theflowers are white, and borne on very slenderstalks. Judging from numerous dried specimenscollected in various localities in the provinces of. Fig. 102.—bilbeegia foegetiana, hoet. sandee: new plant shown at giient.(See Eeport of Ghent Quinquennial, p. 266.) Two New Spiraeas prom Messrs. James Veitch & Sons numerousintroductions from China through Mr. Wilson,are two exceedingly neat, shrubby species ofSpiraea, both belonging to the same group as theIndian S. canescens, and characterised by havingthe flowers in compojnd corymbs, terminatinglateral brancblets. Dried specimens were ex-hibited, with numerous others, to illustrate Nicholsons lecture on Hardy Trees andShrubs, at the meeting on April 7 of the RoyalHorticultural Society. One of them was originally Hupeh and Szechuen, this will prove an elegantshrub of a highly floriferous character. The second one, which I propose naming Spir«:aVeitchi,* is a closely allied species, and is also * Spinea iSSpiraria) Veitchi, Hemsley.—Species novaex amnftate S cancscenti
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