The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . plendid plant for the back of a Thistle-like Stobsea purpurea, with whitishflowers and purplish disc; Chrysogonum vir-ginianum, a yellow flower, which we were in-formed is scarcely ever out of bloom and growsas well in shade as in sunshine; CoreopsisEldorado, an improvement on grandiflora; SAXIFRAGA AIZOON. Mr. Farrer asks (see p. 213) if other travellerswill compare notes with him as to whether thisvery variable plant is chiefly a lover of lime-stone or of granite or sandstone; for thoughh
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . plendid plant for the back of a Thistle-like Stobsea purpurea, with whitishflowers and purplish disc; Chrysogonum vir-ginianum, a yellow flower, which we were in-formed is scarcely ever out of bloom and growsas well in shade as in sunshine; CoreopsisEldorado, an improvement on grandiflora; SAXIFRAGA AIZOON. Mr. Farrer asks (see p. 213) if other travellerswill compare notes with him as to whether thisvery variable plant is chiefly a lover of lime-stone or of granite or sandstone; for thoughhe now realises that S. Aizoon does not avoidlimestone altogether, and rightly says the plantis too universal, yet he has observed it morefrequently and finer on granite, and capable,here only, of yielding varieties worthy of recog-nition. Then he asks, Will someone record afirst-class Aizoon from the limestone? If it were not for the fact that several per-sons, including myself, have stated that thisbeautiful Saxifrage is calcicole by choice, Ishould have thought enough attention had been. Fig. 112.—begonia socotrana.(See note on Coloured Plate, p. 307.) Salvia patens, a magnificent shade of blue;two choice varieties of Lobelia cardinalis—Gloirede St. Amies scarlet, Andrew Barlowsalmon, and Aconitum Fischeri, bright blue,are all worthy of notice. We can only referin passing to the stocks of Irises, Paeonies,Spiraeas, Poppies, Clematis, Ivies, Roses, Be-gonias, Antirrhinums, Delphiniums, , Violas, and Violets. There are severalacres of Dahlias and a number of glasshouses. New Secretary of the National SweetPea Society.—Mr. Henry D. Tigwell, whowas appointed secretary of this society at therecent annual meeting (see p. 297) requests thatall communications relating to the societyshould therefore be addressed to him at HarrowView, Greenford, Middlesex. given to the matter, but I must admit franklythat in both my books on Alpine plants I appearto have gone sligh
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