February 13, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



207 



European Horticulture 



XOVKLTIES IN OHCIUDS IN 1908 IN ENGLAND. 



As regards orchids of great splendor the hybridists ap- 

 pear to lead tlie way, for not many new species have 

 been imported. It is gratifying to note tlie recognition 

 enjiiyed by the so-called botanical species, and which is 

 their due. Sir Trevor Lawrence, President of the Koyal 

 Horticultura) Society, gardener W. II. White, exhibited 

 at tlie society's meetings and showed a good number of 

 showy novelties. Among tlieni Cattleya Mossias Goos- 

 sensiana and Odontoglossum Wiganianum superbum 

 obtained first-class certificates; and Cattleya Maronii 

 aurea, ("atasetum Kussellianum, Cirrhopetalum Wend- 

 landiannm, Augrtecum angustnm, A. Germinyanum, 

 Dendrobium, Jerdonianum, Odontoglossum platychei- 

 lum superbum, and Epidendrum virens obtained 

 awards of merit. 



Sir .1. (.'nhnan of Gatton Park, gardener Mr. 

 Collier, icccived awards for a number of hybrids 

 raised at that place. Of these mention may be 

 niadi': Cynibidium Gattonense (C. Tracyanum x C. 

 Lowianum), C. Lady Colman (C. eburneo-Lowianum x 

 C. Tracyanum), both graceful hybrids; the white 

 Diacattleya Colmana-, Dendrobium Cybele Gatton Park 

 variety, D. Thwaitesise Bound's variety; the Gatton 

 Park variety of D. Chessingtonense ; the yellow D. 

 Brymerianum, and the singular looking Bulbophyllum 

 minim. Mr. Collier succeeded in flowering for the first 

 time the interesting B. lemniscatoides. 



Lieut. -Col. G. L. Holford, of Westonbirt, Gloucester- 

 shire, gardener Mr. Alexander, had as in former years 

 the larger number of hybrids, all of whicli were raised 

 in his garden. The Royal Horticultural Society first 

 class certificates were awarded to Cypripedium Sultan, 

 C. Helen II. and C. Actaaus Bianca, all of them fine 

 flowers: to Brasso-Cattleya Heatonensis, Laelio-Cattlej'a 

 Elva, L. C. Clive magnifica and the fine Cattleya 

 Schroderffi "The Baron," a splendid variety of F. Sander 

 & Son's importation. Lieut.-Col. Holford received 

 awards of merit for numerous Laelio-Cattleyas and 

 Cattleyas, C. Enid magnifica being an extremely fine 

 variety : Cypripedium Possettii a very beautiful yellow ; 

 Sophro-Laelio-Cattleya Danas and S. L. C. medea 

 vinicolor ; Cypripedium Antinons, a handsome flower. 



Mr. J. Gurney Fowler obtained a first class certificate 

 for the scarlet colored Sophro-Cattleya Doris one of the 

 brightest colored novelties of the year. Other fine 

 novelties exhibited by him were Odontoglossum per- 

 cultum J. P. Roberts, Od. Ossulstonii Glebeland's 

 variety, Cypripedium Ernest Read and Catasetum 

 maculatum. 



The finest Cattleya Mendelii, His Majesty The King, 

 shown by Mr. Francis Wellesley, of Westfield, Woking, 

 received a first class certificate. The smaller exhibits of 

 new orchids, and tliose of nurserymen will be given in a 

 subseqvient issue. 



A NEW in-BI!ID NEPENTHES 



Under the name of N. Dr. John MacFarlane, a hy- 

 brid Nepenthes was shown by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons 

 on September 29 last, which had been raised by them 

 from a cross of N. Curtisii and IST. sanguinea. The 

 pitcher is 7-8 inches in depth, and is of a brownish-red 

 tint splashed with a deeper tint, and in the upper part 

 of the interior, just beneath the operculum or lid curi- 

 ous markings of dark purple color stand out strikingly 

 from the bright green walls. The keel is furnished 

 with two rows of stiff bristles. The operculum barely 



sufiices to cover the entrance to the pitcher. The leaves 

 measure 5 to 6 inclies in breadth. The plant when 

 shown bore five large pitchers and several smaller ones. 

 It was awarded a first-class certificate. 



Sweet Pea Novelties in England 



There is apparently no wane of the sweet pea '•boom" 

 which has now stood the test of several seasons. The 

 supply of new varieties is well maintained; the diffi- 

 culty is that nuisei3fmen's catalogues are getting over- 

 crowded with vai'icties, and this causes a good deal of 

 perplexity to the amateur in making a selection. There 

 is evidently a weeding out process needed, with the view 

 of getting rid of some of the obsolete kinds which have 

 been superseded by more attractive forms of a similar 

 tint. The following are among the chief novelties now 

 being oft'ered: Mrs. Henry Bell, soft pink, on an 

 apricot ground ; St. George, fiery orange; Mid Blue, 

 deep i)lue; Menie Christie, purple mauve standard, with 

 wings of a lighter tint; Queen Victoria flushed with 

 rose, on a background of deep primrose ; Apple Blossom 

 of a tint the name indicates ; Mrs. Charles Masters, rosy 

 salmon standard with pure cream wings ; Dodwell P. 

 Browne, bright crimson ; Mrs. AVilcox, striped ; Sunrise 

 orange pink ; Miss Frills, pale blush. The National 

 Sweet Pea Society, which has done so much to further 

 popularise the flower, will continue their trials this sea- 

 son at the University College, Beading, where the best 

 conditions are obtainable for securing reliable results. 

 In addition to the show and trials the society also are 

 rendering a useful service in issuing a "Year Book," 

 which gives the novice the fullest guide in selecting the 

 best varieties, and in attaining the highest cultural 

 efficiency. 



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Phalaenopsis Aphrodite 



Our cover [lagc picturi' represents a good specimen 

 of Phalaenopsis Aphrodite in tlie collection of Mrs. 

 B. B. Tuttle of Naugatuck, Conn. It shows what the 

 species is capable of under cultivation. This panicle 

 produced forty-five flowers, five of them having dropped 

 off when the picture was taken. However one does not 

 get such grand spikes on all plants, from eighteen to 

 twenty-five being considered a good crop. Some plants 

 will invariably throw up branched panicles with many 

 flowers, while others will produce less, but much better 

 and larger flowers. 



This plant, like many others in the collection has 

 l)een growing in osmunda fibre for the past three years 

 and they evidently seem to like to grow in this material. 

 An occasional feeding with weak liquid manure helps 

 to build up good strong leaves and flower spikes. The 

 plants must be well ripened off in the fall by keeping 

 the house a little cooler and dryer and by giving the 

 }ilants plenty of fresh air and all the light available 

 without scorching the leaves. Keep a sharp lookout for 

 tlirips and other insect pests 



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