JANUARY 2" 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



37J 



staminode is similarly marked with a 

 central shade of bright yellow. 



A flower of this exquisite and most 

 valuable orchid figured prominently in 

 the Royal Diamond Jubilee bouquet 

 presented to the queen by Messrs. P. 

 Sander & Co. For size and beauty it 

 undoubtedly has no equal. The clear 

 purity of color, one of the greatest 

 charms in the original, has very much 

 deteriorated in our figure. 



A. Dimmock. 



Group of Vanda Coerulea. 



est part; have a well defined medium 

 line of dark purple and suffusions of 

 a lighter tint. The pouch is two and 

 one-half inches in length, broad and 

 blunt, tending to coarseness, as it lacks 

 finish. It is like comparing the wood- 

 en sabot with the finished shoe of to- 

 day. The parents of this giant were 

 Harrisianum and villosum, but good 

 examples of either are dwarfed in com- 

 parison of this one of their offspring. 

 A.Herrington. 

 Madison, N. J. 



CYPRIPEDIUM LEUCOCHILUM 

 GODSEFFIANUM. 



It may be that from a botanical view 

 this variety resembles the typical C. 

 Godefroyae. Its superiority is, how- 

 ever, so absolute, the coloring so per- 

 fect, while the size is simply colossal, 

 that Mr. R. H. Measures, the fortunate 

 possessor, has described this wonder- 

 ful form under the varietal name of 

 C. leucochilum GodseflSanum, and has 

 refused $5,000 for the plant, preferring 

 to keep and increase it in his collection 

 at Streatham, England. 



The blossoms measure four and one- 

 half inches across, are beautifully pro- 

 portionate, the coloring leaving noth- 

 ing to be desired. The shell-shaped 

 dorsal sepal is a soft creamy white, 

 heavily splashed with purple-red and 

 maroon; the lower sepals repeat these 

 colors, while the petals are white at 

 the base, with a cream shading, pro- 

 fusely studded with deep maroon. The 

 giant labellum is of a pure shining 

 ivory white on the exterior, the inte- 

 rior being spotted with purple. The 



AZALEAS FOR CRISTMAS. 



Mr. August Jurgens, Chicago, finds 

 Vervaeneana, Mme. Van der Cruyssen 

 and Simon Mardner the best sellers at 

 Christmas, and would confine his stock 

 for holiday sales to these three varie- 

 ties if he could. He confines his orders 

 to these three sorts, but the Belgian 

 growers always work in other varie- 

 ties. The Belgians who seek American 

 trade should propagate more largely 

 the three varieties noted. 



Deutsche Perle is all right, but 

 white-fiowered plants are little wanted 

 at the holidays. 



Mr. Jurgens would strongly recom- 

 mend the variety President Adolph 

 d'Haene, if it were not so difficult to 

 obtain. It is a fine double flower, of 

 a deeper red than Van der Cruyssen, 

 and the blooms last well. The Belgian 

 growers would do well to grow this 

 variety largely for the American trade. 







Cypripedium Leucochilum Godseffianum. , 



