October 5. 1918 



HORTICULTUIJE 



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NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 

 First-class Certificate. 

 Cattleya Hardyana alba President 

 Wilson. — A very bandsome form in 

 which the petals and sepals are of 

 glistening white, the rich purple lip 

 being relieved by golden blotches on 

 the side lobes and free markings of 

 gold at the base. Prom Messrs. Flory 

 and Black, Slough. 



Awards of Merit. 



Cattleya Iris Ansaldos var. (C. bi- 

 color X C. Dowiana aurea). — The 

 sepals and petals are of greenish hue, 

 tinged with rose; the lip of an intense 

 velvet crimson of quite exceptional 

 color. Shown by J. Arnolds, Esq., 

 Rosebank, Mumbles. 



Catileya ^neas (C. Venus x C. 

 aurea). — The sepals and petals of this 

 lovely hybrid are of rich golden color; 

 the brownish crimson lip very distinct. 

 From Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., 

 Hayward's Heath. 



Gladiolus Prophetesse. — A very beau- 

 tiful variety in which the ivory white 

 of the upper parts of the flower is In 

 striking contrast to the crimson brown 

 blotches below. Shown by Mr. J. G. 

 Parker, Upton Cheyney, Bitton. 



Montbretia Queen Alexandra. — An 

 erect-habited sort with well-displayed, 

 somewhat reflexing flowers colored a 

 light golden orange, the crimson base 

 showing at both back and front of the 

 flower. 



Montbretia Queen Mary. — The spike 

 is slightly arched at the tip. A won- 

 drously fine variety in orange and 

 crimson. 



Montbretia Nimbus. — The slightly 

 grooved or incurving petals are of 

 orange gold, ringed by crimson within, 

 and having a golden yellow base. Very 

 beautiful and distinct. These superb 

 novelties were shown by the raiser, 

 Sydney Morris, Esq., Earlham Hall, 

 Norwich (gardener, Mr. G. Henley). 



Lilium Parkmanil Hayward's Variety 

 ( L. speciosum maculatum X L. aura- 

 turn macranthum). — A remarkable hy- 

 brid having flatfish inclined flowers 

 with reflexing tips. The dominant color 

 tone is that of the rich crimson L. 

 speciosums, with a fragrance leaning 

 to L. auratum. Shown by Mr. P. S. 

 Hayward, Pearls Farm, Great Clacton, 

 Essex. 



Lobelia Mrs. Humbert. — A variety of 

 L. syphilitica and a welcome addition 

 to tall herbaceous sorts. The color Is 

 rosy carmine. From Mr. B. S. Lad- 

 hams. Southampton. 



These were shown before the Royal 

 Horticultural Society on the 27th ult. 



New Dahlias. 

 Marion Walton (Decorative). — Of 

 medium size with pointed florets and 

 colored a lovely shade of clear pink. 



A NEW HARDV PRIVET. 



Sim print direct from nature showing how closely tile two types resemble each other. 



Two branches are the New Hybrid falifornia Privet No. 22, and two 



branches are the regular California Privet. 



The accompanying print comes 

 from .Mr. Coe of the Elm City Nur- 

 sery Company and will, no doubt, be 

 of interest to the thousands of our 

 readers who have been "stung" with 

 the unreliable California privet. Ac- 

 cording to the description the new 

 privet ought to be a "best seller." 



The enclosed is a direct sun-print 

 of two branches of the Hardy Hybrid 

 California privet (No. 221 and two 

 branches of the regular California 

 privet. The resemblance is so close 

 that it is difficult to tell one from 

 the other. This holds equally true 



of the two forms character of growth, 

 with the advantage favoring the new 

 hybrid, of a pronounced tendency to 

 branch more freely from the ground. 

 This new hybrid (L. ovalifolium X 

 ibota) is quite as hardy as L. ibota is 

 known to be. 



The original plant is eight years 

 old. .A^ stately specimen. Both the 

 original and plants propagated from 

 it have never suffered in the least 

 from winter injury, though exposed 

 under the same conditions that killed 

 California privet to the ground last 

 winter. 



Purple Emperor (Decorative).— 

 Crimson and richest purple are com- 

 bined in this strong-stemmed, erectly 

 held variety. 



Pennant. — A beautifully refined var- 

 iety of deep shrimp pink tone. 



Meridian (Cactus.— The color is pale 

 straw yellow: the variety beautiful 

 and refined. These four were shown 

 by Messrs. J. Stredwick and Son, St. 

 Leonards. 



President Wilson (Decorative). — One 

 of the giants of the race, colored scar- 

 let and shaded with orange. An im- 

 posing variety. From Mr. J. West, 

 Brentwood. 



Southern Star. — One of the new 

 "Star" section. The dominant color 

 tone is orange with scarlet base, the 

 tips of the florets of a cerise shade. 

 Shown by Messrs. J. Cheal and Sons. 

 Crawley. 



Pink Apollo (Paeony-flowered). — The 

 color is a lovely rose pink self; the 

 variety an acquisition. 



Star of Mons (Collarette).— The 

 ground color is reddish scarlet, with 

 yellow collar. 



Evelyn (Collarette. — Of reddish ma- 

 roon shade with creamy colored florets. 

 These three were from Mr. J. A. Jar- 

 rett, Anerley. 



The above-named Dahlias, having 

 been adjudicated upon by a joint com- 

 mittee of the Royal Horticultural So 



ciety and the National Dahlia Society, 

 carry the award of merit of the former 

 and the first-class certificate of the 

 latter. The foregoing list is aa pub- 

 lislied in The Garden. 



A NOTABLE DAHLIA. 



The sensational new dahlia Mrs. 

 Frederick Grinnell has now been 

 placed on sale for the first time since 

 it started out on its phenomenal ca- 

 reer as a prize winner. Its color is 

 the finest pink in dahlias, its fra- 

 grance, shipping qualities, its effect in 

 artificial light are all among its fine 

 points which will make its introduc- 

 tion at this time, when so much rub- 

 bish is flooding the country, a boon to 

 the trade and the public and a credit 

 to the introducer, whose offer appears 

 in this issue of Horticulture. 



Syracuse, N. Y.— Prof. C. C. Carpen- 

 ter, formerly supervisor of agricultural 

 and school gardening courses in the 

 public schools of St. Joseph, Mo., will 

 become head of the Department of 

 Horticulture at the Joseph Slocum Col- 

 lege of Agriculture, Syracuse Univer- 

 sity. Professor Carpenter assumes the 

 post left vacant by the resignation of 

 Prof. Hugh Findlay, now superinten- 

 dent of war garden work in Washing- 

 ton. 



