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HORTICULTURE 



December 11, 190* 



old French friend who had a commission from a fellow 

 countryman to procure a score of the best singles for 

 introduction to the French flower-growing public. We 

 spent some time going round the show to make a selec- 

 tion and from the French point of view it is as evident 

 that the daisy, or marguerite-like single, was most in 

 accordance with our friend's taste. We think this is 

 right, as the semi-doubles, so often termed single, are a 

 long way in arrear of what we regard as the pure flor- 

 ist's type and for decorative purposes have not the light 

 artistic character of the real single. 



Among the best of recent introductions J. H. Gres- 

 wold Williams with long florets of medium width, pale 

 yellow, is a neat flower. Mrs. Colles is a single of good 

 form, old rose red, centre yellow. Florence Mountste- 

 phen is large. Freedom pure white like a marguerite, 

 florets very long, rather narrow, centre yellow. Morn- 

 ing Star very long florets, creamy white, centre yellow. 

 Eureka is purely a show flower of great size, outer flor- 

 ets white with large yellow centre. Blush Beauty is 

 very large, rosy blush pink, centre yellow. Innovation 

 is more of a decorative single, velvety reddish crimson. 

 October White is very fine; it has long white florets, 

 and a very small yellow centre. Gertrude ; medium sized 

 florets, yellow centre, pure white. White Duchess has 

 several rows of florets, pure white, centre yellow. The 

 Lion is a fine shaped typical single dull rosy red. Gladys 

 Gaywood is a flat petalled starry-shaped flower, small 

 yellow centre, florets velvety crimson. Lorna Kensing- 

 ton has very long florets thin and narrow, white tinged 

 lilac mauve. Miss George has several rows of ray flor- 

 ets, centre yellow; color pale rosy blush. 



Cattleya Wavriniana 



The above is a beautiful hybrid between Cattleya 

 granulosa and C. Warscewiczii, or C. gigas, as it is 

 usually called. This cross was first flowered by Mr. 

 Peeters of Belgium in 1900. The plant illustrated here 

 was raised by the writer of these notes and forms now a 

 valuable addition to Mrs. B. B. Tuttle's interesting col- 

 lection of orchids. Up to now four plants out of the 

 same sowing have flowered and all are equally as good; 

 all of them showing the influence of C. granulosa in the 

 shape of the flower, whereas C. gigas has given addition- 

 al size and a beautiful color towards the make-up of this 

 lovely hybrid. The sepals and petals are a deep rose 

 of a metalic hue due to the combination of the green 

 color of one parent and the lavender of the other. The 

 strongly three-lobed lip has the rose-colored side lobes 

 veined with deep purple on the inner surface; the front 

 lobe is of a rich shade of purple-magenta, growing paler 

 towards the front margin and shading off to a deep car- 

 mine on the isthmus formed between the front lobe and 

 side lobes of the lip. The yellow markings of C. gigas, 

 so conspicuous in most of its offsprings, are here almost 

 entirely cut away, only a trace of yellow being notice- 

 able along the edge of the isthmus. The flowers meas- 

 ure about 6 inches across the petals. 



The plant illustrated was exhibited before the N. Y. 

 H. S. at its recent flower show and was awarded first 

 prize for hybrid orchid. It happens to be a free grower 

 and a good bloomer, having produced five of its large 

 blooms at its first flowering. 



Cattleya Gaskelliana 



Grown In the open with shndine of bamboo twigs, at 

 "The Roses," St. Clair, Trinidad, B. W. I. 



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Naugatuch, Conn. 



