October Ifi, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



539 



Cattleya citrina 



The picture represents the same plant which \yas 

 illustrated in Hoticulture in the issue of December 

 12, 1908. In the first picture it bore two spraj's of two 

 flowers each ; it now shows three, indicating that the 

 treatment as recommended in the article by M. J. Pope 

 in connection with the first illustration is congenial to 

 this Cattleya. A cool, airy house such as primulas, 

 azaleas, etc., are grown in ; very little water but a cool, 

 moist atmosphere at all times, is Mr. Pope's prescription 

 for success with this interesting, sweet-scented and alto- 

 gether beautiful flower. The species has the reputation 

 of "going back" after a few years of cultivation. That 

 this is due to improper cultural methods and not a fault 

 of the plant itself would seem to be the logical inference 

 from Mr. Pope's experience with it. Xo doubt this 

 eminently successful orchid grower will be pleased to 

 give, through HoRTicrLTUKE, on request, further de- 

 tailed information on this or any other topic connected 

 with the growing of orchids. 



European Horticulture 



DAHLI.i .\XD ACrUMX FLOWEK SHOW AT LEIPZIG 



The German Dahlia Society — a union of a relatively 

 few enthusiastic amateurs — is, notwithstanding the few- 

 ness of the members, one of the most active of German 

 horticultural societies. They understand how, by means 

 of their annual Journal and various exhibitions to keep 

 alive an interest in dahlias and other autumnal flowers. 

 The first exhibition was held at Magdeburg in 1898, and 

 that at Leipzig was tlie thirteenth in the series. The 

 late exhibition was held in the Festival Saloon of the pub- 

 lishing liouse and the adjacent rooms, all of them very 

 suitable for such a purpose owing to the admirable light- 



ing arrangements that allowed every object to be seen at 

 its best. The show was abundantly advertised; colored 

 posters, w-hfch, however, owing to their faint coloring 

 were not visible at a moderate distance, placards in the 

 trains, etc., made the show known to the inhabitants of 

 the city, yet the attendance was but moderate owing to 

 the rainy Sunday. 



The "Show" dahlia has had its day in Germany, and 

 the various modern forms of single, partially double, 

 collarette, etc., with stiff stems throwing the blooms 

 well above the foliage have taken its place ; so we find 

 the gigantic chrysanthemum-flowered, the American 

 Fantasie, and the enormous decorative varieties and the 

 modest little Pompons. As actually new forms of these 

 last, mention may be made of Kardinal and Puppenfee 

 Fairy Doll) the latter looking like a modern double 

 dai.?y in shape and size, and almost pure white. The 

 exhibition was astonishingly filled with German varie- 

 ties, and the names attached to them were descriptive in 

 many instances of their color. Two collarette varieties 

 were quite up-to-date, namely, Cook and Peary. 



It is impossible in a note of this kind to give the 

 names and descriptions of the varieties, or those of the 

 exhibitors, so numerous were they. 



BERBEIUS GAGNEPAINII 



The list of shrubs, natives of temperate climates pos- 

 sessing an ornamental character, lias been enriched by 

 the introduction of Berberis Gagnepainii by Messrs. J. 

 Veitch of Chelsea. The species is found in northern 

 India and western China, where it and a number of 

 allied forms are met with. The seeds were collected by 

 E. H. Wilson. The species flowered in 1907, and was 

 then identified at the Kew Botanic Gardens with B. 

 acuminata, Franchet, and figured in the Botanical Mag- 

 azine under that name. 



The typical B. acuminata has larger, coarser, thicker 

 leaves armed with stouter spines than B. Gagnepainii, 

 and there are other differences which may be due to 

 local conditions. So it is somewhat uncertain whether 

 they are the same plant. A figure of B. Gagnepainii 

 showing foliage and fruit, together with a descriptive 

 note by W. Botting Hemsley, appeared in The Garden- 

 er's Chronicle for October Snd. 



APPLE ST. EVERARD 



This variety is the result of a cross of the well-known 

 Cox's Orange Pippin with Margil, a medium sized 

 delicious variety. The fruit of the new comer is of 

 middling size, roundish, and with the distinctive red- 

 dish stripe of Margil. Its flesh is of a rich flavor and 

 juicy — an excellent dessert apple. The variety was 

 shown by J. Veitch and Sons at the Eo.yal Horticultural 

 Society's meeting at the Vincent Square Hall on Sep- 

 tember 28, and received a first class certificate from the 

 Royal Horticultural Society. 



AX AXGLO-.JAPAXE^'E EXHrBITIOX IX LOXDOX, 1910 



It is announced that an Anglo-Japanese exhibition 

 will be held at Shepherd's Bush next year, in which 

 tliere will be gardens in Japanese style, laid out by 

 gardeners from the Island Kingdom. We have seen 

 such gardens before, but doubtless the projected gardens 

 at the White City will be laid out in a more ambitious 

 manner than those. At the Vienna International exhi- 

 bition in 18T3, an extensive garden with stone lanterns, 

 bridges, streams of water, flat stepping stones as paths 

 and fords was a greatly admired object in the grounds. 



