. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. ertainly would make a noble plantfor massing in beds, singular in form and attractive incolour; a single plant will cover more space thana dozen Echeverias, equally handsome and far frombeing so commonplace ; it is of the easiest possibleculture, hardy and evergreen, or persistent in itsfoliage. Those who indulge in making carpets withplants should look out for this. Thomas UiliianiSyOrmskirk. Autumn-flowering Iris.—Accompanying I sendyou a plant of Iris ruthenica, with a flower on it,which has been
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. ertainly would make a noble plantfor massing in beds, singular in form and attractive incolour; a single plant will cover more space thana dozen Echeverias, equally handsome and far frombeing so commonplace ; it is of the easiest possibleculture, hardy and evergreen, or persistent in itsfoliage. Those who indulge in making carpets withplants should look out for this. Thomas UiliianiSyOrmskirk. Autumn-flowering Iris.—Accompanying I sendyou a plant of Iris ruthenica, with a flower on it,which has been blooming for some time freely at raygrounds at Tooting ; at the same time last year itflowered in the same position. Paxton gives it asflowering in May, but it is evident that in this countryits time of flowering is in September. It is aremarkably distinctive plant, forming a circle of fan-shaped foliage, and from the heel of each fan comeone, two, or three flowers. We have had this plantin our possession for many years, but only succeededin flowering it last year and the present, having. Fig. 75.—THE MANOR HOUSE, ROTHAMSTED. Marie Louise, of which there are here several veryfine healthy trees, there are very few fruit. Apricotshave not been so scarce in this neighbourhood forsome years. Peaches are also scarce here ; there arethree trees that have a moderate crop—one WalburtonAdmirable (or what I have as that sort), the othertwo sorts I do not know. Plums, with the exceptionof Victoria, are very scarce ; here there are severaltrees of Green Gage, and I cannot see a single fruit onany of them. The present and last year have beenvery bad ones for fruit growers in this is dear, the crops have been light, and theimportations from the Continent have been immense quantities of foreign fruit that come intothe market keep down the price of home-grown, tothe benefit of the consumer but to the detriment ofthe grower. M. Saul, Stourton^ Yorkshire, Lil
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