The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . P. montana, Abies amabilis,A. magnifica, A. pichta, and the rare A. Pinsapoglauca, as being in this fine collection, whileCephalotaxis pedunculata, Torreya grandis, andTaxus japonica were also shown in good form. The Scone collection from the Earl of Mansfield,was particularly good, and amongst the less commonkinds we might include the curious Fitzroya pata-gonica, the little known Pinus aristata, Retinosporaobtusa (Club-moss like), the most curious and dis-tinct abnormal ^form of Conifer that we have
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . P. montana, Abies amabilis,A. magnifica, A. pichta, and the rare A. Pinsapoglauca, as being in this fine collection, whileCephalotaxis pedunculata, Torreya grandis, andTaxus japonica were also shown in good form. The Scone collection from the Earl of Mansfield,was particularly good, and amongst the less commonkinds we might include the curious Fitzroya pata-gonica, the little known Pinus aristata, Retinosporaobtusa (Club-moss like), the most curious and dis-tinct abnormal ^form of Conifer that we have everseen, the Umbrella Tree (Sciadoopytis verticillata),and Juniperus rigida. Mrs. Malcolm, The Cairnets, Perthshire, contri-buted a large number of Silver Firs (Abies), but themethod of naming was most objectionable, and wouldnot permit of the scrutiny of the well-grown andhealthy specimens. Sent by Messrs. Dicksons of Chester, was a neat andmost interesting collection of twigs and cones,mostly collected at Penrhyn Castle in Wales, andincluding large fruiting branches of Abies Webbiana,. i,ill _L •in so ll :. 57. — PLAN OF THE CONIFER OARDEM AT CHISWICK. (SBE LFADEB PAOP.) blue, 11 inch in diameter; A. Maacke, lilac,bright-yellow disc; A. versicolor, pink and whiteflower; A. vimineus, numerous white flowers, inpendulous racemes; A. Bigelowi, bright purplish-blue, with a relatively large brown disc. Boltoniaasteroides, var. decurrens has pink-coloured rays,and a yellow disc. Other plants in this exhibit wereCosmos bipinnatus, a Mexican plant, with brightpurple single flowers, which are terminal; Lobeliatupa, a tall spike of sparsely-disposed red speciosa, R. purpurea, and R. bicolorwere present, the first and last yellow, the otherpurplish-rose coloured rays ; Helianthus giganteus,II. multiflorus, and Silphium perfoliatum, a robustplant, with a tall spike of orange and yellow flowers. From Mr. W. C. Duds garden, Malpas, Cheshire,came a good collection of
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