The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . al, coloured deep rose or purple, as largeas a Walnut minus its husk. The colour varieswith different specimens, some are very highly atmospheric moisture is plentiful, the north sideof a wall will do equally well. The plant reachesits fullest development in places where windsare tempered, and moisture is abundant at allseasons. George B. Mallett. HOME CORRESPONDENCE. buddleia variabilis.—This Chinese plantseems to be a desirable addition to our list ofchoice shrubs. Although doubts have been summer,
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . al, coloured deep rose or purple, as largeas a Walnut minus its husk. The colour varieswith different specimens, some are very highly atmospheric moisture is plentiful, the north sideof a wall will do equally well. The plant reachesits fullest development in places where windsare tempered, and moisture is abundant at allseasons. George B. Mallett. HOME CORRESPONDENCE. buddleia variabilis.—This Chinese plantseems to be a desirable addition to our list ofchoice shrubs. Although doubts have been summer, has flower3 of a pile mauve colour, moreclosely packed on the raceme, and is muchsuperior to the type. /. J., gr., Idlerocks, NorthStaffordshire. WALL FRUIT TREE TRAINING.—Calling onMr. H. Markham, gardener at Wrotham Park,Barnet, recently, I was pleased to observe hisexcellent method of nailing and training walltrees. This took my memory back to the earlyyears I spent at Trentham, Alderley Park, andother gardens, and I may say that I haveobserved no such good examples of training for. Fig. 146.—cypripedium pubescens: a hardy species. coloured, others prettily lined and flushed, whilsta few albinos have been found among plant requires a wet situation, not necessarilyshaded, so long as the roots are screened by othervegetation; the margins of streams, bogs, andother waterings suggest themselves as ideal sitesfor plantations of this splendid plant, whilstin the West of England and in Ireland where expressed regarding the hardiness of the plantsin the North, an example growing here has comethrough the past two wintors unharmed, withoutany protection whatever being afforded, and itflowered very freely at the latter end of lastsummer. It seems to be variable in the outline of itsleaves and the colour of its flowers, and the varietyVeitchiana, which received a First-class Certifi-cate from the Royal Horticultural Society last many years. When also I consider theextent
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