The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . hose who have on any single occasionsucceeded in flowering it in pots. On the Continentit is said to flower very freely, but to sec it in flowerin this country is rather the exception than the rule, sothat any information which may be forthcoming will, Idoubt not, be very acceptable to many of your readers,as well as to J. Norse/ielJ, Heylesbury. Saxifraga Burseriana.—I seem to have omittedthe name of this Saxifrage in my remarks on Nursery, York. They had a largequantity of plants i
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . hose who have on any single occasionsucceeded in flowering it in pots. On the Continentit is said to flower very freely, but to sec it in flowerin this country is rather the exception than the rule, sothat any information which may be forthcoming will, Idoubt not, be very acceptable to many of your readers,as well as to J. Norse/ielJ, Heylesbury. Saxifraga Burseriana.—I seem to have omittedthe name of this Saxifrage in my remarks on Nursery, York. They had a largequantity of plants in flower at the time of my visit,and the large pure white flowers, freely produced,were very beautiful indeed. It is the earliest toflower, as well as the best of the white D. Begonia Davisii var. superba — Thisfine variety, which was exhibited at South Kensing-ton last week, and obtained a First-class Certificate,marks the greatest advance that has yet been madewith the double-flowered forms of the tuberous-rootedBegonia. The annexed illustration (fig. 122) well. FiG 122. —DEGONIA DAVISII VAK. SUlERDA pourtrays the style of the flower, which measured z\inches in diameter, while its bright crimson-redcolour was very attractive. The plant, which inhabit is the counterpart of B. Davisii, was, webelieve, raised by Mr. V. Lemoine, of Nancy, fromwhom the stock was obtained by Messrs. John Laing& Co., of Stanstcad Park, Forest Hill. Primula luteola.—Will any correspondent tell uswhether P. luteola, afler being out all winter, hasflowered well this spring ? I enclose some crownsfrom mine, which broke well early in March, but havemade no progress since. They seem to have beenkilled by frost. Some of my pfants of P. japonicaand Meconopsis Wallichii behaved in the same way,the latter after retaining leaves uninjured through thewinter. These plants, from Eastern Asia, cannotunderstand caution in starting into growth, and I amafraid they will never bec
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