. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. August 6, iSSi.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. i8i ST. OSYTH, AUGUST, iSSi. A DAY devoted to St. Osyth during the floralseason is sure to bring its reward in tlie shape ofmaking the acquaintance of new popular flowers, with especial care, and either ready for imme-diate distribution to the public, or probationers incourse of being developed and fixed—a process whichoften proves long and tedious, (rom fifteen to twentyyears being sometimes absorbed in accomplishing this this may be regarded
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. August 6, iSSi.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. i8i ST. OSYTH, AUGUST, iSSi. A DAY devoted to St. Osyth during the floralseason is sure to bring its reward in tlie shape ofmaking the acquaintance of new popular flowers, with especial care, and either ready for imme-diate distribution to the public, or probationers incourse of being developed and fixed—a process whichoften proves long and tedious, (rom fifteen to twentyyears being sometimes absorbed in accomplishing this this may be regarded as a strong test of constancy, asthe whole batch of plants were at the time we sawthem in full l>loom. The plant is of dwarf compacthabit, like King of Tom Thumbs, with , and flowers of a deep but brilliant crimson,many degrees deeper and richer than in the varietyjust named, from which it has probably know of nothing which comes so closely to it incolour as some of the brighter crimson forms of PhloxDrummondii, which are peculiarly rich and velvety in. Fig. 37.—lindenia rivalis : with red tube and white limb. object, as we learn from Mr. Gardner, who is & factotum at the St. Osyth seed immediate object of our visit to this establish-ment on the 2d inst. was to see the new dwarfTropa;olum majus, called Empress of India, growingin siln, and a glorious sight it was, if richness andbrilliancy of colouring are to count for anything inthis fastidious age. Mr. Gardner had here done hispart well, for in the large stretch of ground occupiedby this variety not a rogue could be seen, and veryfew indeed were the gaps in the rows indicating theplaces whence inferior seedlings had been removed ; the intensity of their brilliant colouring, We have nohesitation in saying that, as seen by us on thisoccasion, Empress of India will rank farahead of anything of the kind which has previouslybeen known. Another
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