NEW PLANTS OF MERIT.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVLI, Issue 10, 6 September 1911, Page 41

NEW PLANTS OF MERIT.

AWMIDS BY THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. PELARGONIUM LORD BUTE. > decorative variety with mediumti. dowers of deep rich maroon shade, cdp with rose. The plants are vigormi- free blooming, and carrv the flowers 111 f | al trusses. A.M., R.H.S., July 4. Mr. W. Treseder, Cardiff. SWEET PEA LADY KNOX. strong-growing variety, eream U : with rose flushing. A very pretty h R.H.S., July 4. Messrs. Dowiie and Co., Edinburgh. ’■I.ADIOLUS NANUS QUEEN MARY. ii early-flowering variety with elet spikes of soft salmon-coloured with creamy blotches on the 10.'.-r segments. A.M.. R.H.S., July 4. I Barr and Sons, Covent Garden. STRAWBERRY OLYMPIA. ; ■ late heavy-cropping strawberry de- !?. cross between Givon’s Late 1 r ' Mie and St. Antoine de Padoue. The Tmm lish fruits are of good size, bright Y" , ln d <,f finp fl avour A.M.. R.H.S., 1 Mr. Peters. Givon’s Grove, 'thernead. ROSES. ' -be Holland.—This deep glowing - iison 11. 1. variety has already been year. and it promises i a * lr "t cla>> exhibition variety. The l’< s are broad and substantial, mak'up a bol.l i|, lW er. A.M.. R.H.S., July ’ Mr. Hugh Dicksan. Belfast. „ / Uharteris Seton.—A lovely '* H-l. rose with pointed buds and !l "l"’l.v flowers that haw* slightly reflex -o petab. The colour is rosy-cerise

with purple shading. A.M., R.H.S., July 4. Messrs. Wm. Paul and Gon, Waltham Cross. Mrs. Charles E. Allan.—A charming rose of a pretty apricot-yellow shade. A.M., R.H.S., July 4. Mr. Hugh Dickson, Belfast. Mrs. Sam Ross.—A hybrid tea rose of buff colour with a basal flaming of deep gold, and a pretty flesh pink flush over the centre. A wonderful colour combination. Gold medal. N.R.S., July 7. Mr. Hugh Dickson, Belfast. Mrs. R. Draper.—A very sweetly fragrant H.T. rose of large size and full form. The pale pink of the inner surface of the petals harmonises with the darker carmine pink shade on the exterior. Gold medal, N.R.S., July 7. Mr. Hugh Dickson, Belfast. Danae.—A perpetual-flowering cluster rose with yellow flowers, blooming from June to October. In the bud state the colour is quite deep yellow, but the fullyopened flowers are creamy white. Of vigorous habit. Silver-gilt medal, N.R.S., July 7. Rev. J. H. Pemberton, Havering, Essex.

Souv. de Portland, Oregon.—This is a pretty H.T. rose with moderate-sized prettily-shaped blooms, and slightly reflexed petals. It is a fragrant variety, and of fairly vigorous growth. Silvergilt medal, N.R.S., July 7. Mr. Hugh Dickson, Belfast. Ethel.—A Wichuraiana variety with semi-double flowers of medium size, and of a lovely soft pink shade. The blooms are carried in large clusters, and are most effective. Card of commendation, N.R.S., July 7. Mr. Chas. Turner, Slough. Mrs. Muir Mackean. —A fine hybrid tea of brilliant rosy crimson shade; the flowers are of fair size, and excellent shape, broad petalled, and fragrant. Card of commendation, N.R.S., July 7. Messrs. S. McGredy and Sons, Portadown.

Nancy Williams. —A very large flowered broad-petalled H.T. rose of full size and form, and making a deep bloom. The colour is deep flesh-pink, approaching the shade of Mdme. Abel Chatenay. Card of commendation, N.R.S., July 7. Messrs. S. McGredy and Sons, Portadown. British Queen. —A hybrid tea rose of purest whiteness; the blooms are of large size, fragrant, deep, and broadpetalled. Appears to be a vigorous grower. Card of commendation, N.R.S., July 7. Messrs. S. McGredy and Sons, Portadown. _ Sunburst.—A very showy H.T. rose of deep nankeen yellow shade, with long buds and broad petals. It is sweetly scented, and of vigorous habit. Card of commendation, N.R.S., July 7. Messrs. G. Beckwith §nd Sons, Hoddesdon. Coronation. —A large full H.P. rose of silverv-pink shade; it has an excellent habit, and is of bold appearance; slightly fragrant. Card of commendation, N.R.S., July 7. Mr. Hugh Dickson, Belfast.