October 21, 1888.] 



THE GABDENEBS' CHBONICLE. 



473 



VARIETIES CERTIFICATED. 



The following is a list of the varieties to which 

 Certificates of Merit were awarded. The numbers 

 in parentheses refer to the number of times the 

 variety was Certificated ; these numbers thus afford- 

 ing evidence of the degree of merit of the particular 

 varieties, as exhibited on this occasion, from various 

 localities. 



Adam's Pearmain (2) 

 Alexander (2) 

 AlfristOD ' 1 ) 



Alma Pippin (1) 

 Annie Elizabeth (2) 

 Bauunuin- Red Reinette (2) 

 Beauty of Kent (2) 

 Bismarck (2) 

 Blenheim Orange (3) 

 Bramlev's Seedling (5) 

 Cellini (5) 

 Cockle's Pippin (3) 

 Court Pendu-Plat (1) 

 Cox's Orange Pip; 



„ Pomona (5) 

 Domino (2) 



8 of Oldenburg (2) 

 Ecklinville Seedling (3) 

 Egremont Russet (2) 

 Fearn's Pippin (1) 

 Frogmore Proline (1) 

 Gascoigne's Seedling (1) 



„ Scarlet (1) 

 Golden Noble 1 1 1 



.. Spire (1) 

 Gospatric (2) 

 Gravenstein (2) 

 Grenadier (3) 

 Herefordshire Beaunn (1) 

 Hormead's Peanuain (2) 

 Kerry Pippin (1) 

 King Harry (1) 

 King of Tomkin's County 



(1) 

 King of the Pippins (1) 

 Lady Henniker (3) 

 Lady Sudeley (2) 

 Landsberger Reinette (1) 

 Lane's Prince Albert (2j 

 Loddmgton House I - > 



Autumn Bergamot (1) 

 Baronne de Mello (2) 

 Berganiotte l-:-p, ren (2) 

 Beurre d'Amanlis (9) 



„ d'Anjou (1) 



,, d'Aremberg (1) 



,, Bachelier i - 1 



„ Baltet Pere (2) 



„ Bosc (5) 



,, Clairgeau (1 1 



„ Diel(o) 



„ Hardy (5) 



,, Ranee (1) 



,, Sterckmanns (2) 



,. Superfiu (3> 

 Catillac (3) 

 Clapp's Favourite 1 1 ) 

 Comte de Lamy (2) 

 Doyenne d'Alei con (1) 



,, Boussocb i 7 i 



,, du Cornice (7) 

 Durondeau 1 1 i 

 Dr. Jules Guyot I 1 , 



Duel - d'Angoul 



Easter Beurre i i I 

 Emile d'Heyst 1 1 1 

 Fondante d Automne I 1 1 

 Hansel's Bergamot (3) 



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Lord Derby (2) 

 Lord Grosvenor (2) 

 Lord SulEeld (6) 

 Mahbott'sPearmain (1) 

 Mannington Pearniam (I ) 

 Melon Apple (1) 

 Mere de Menage ( 1 ) 

 Mother (2) 

 Mrs. Barron (2) 

 New Hawthormh-ii (-> 

 New Northern Greening (_' I 

 Niton House (1) 

 Northern Dumpling (1) 



,, Greening (improved) 

 (1) 

 Okera or Altera (3J 

 Peasgood's Nonsuch (51 

 Potts' Seedling (5) 

 Reinette du Canada (1) 

 Ribston Pippin (5) 

 Rosemary Russet (1) 

 Scarlet Nonpareil ( 1 ) 

 Scarlet Pearmain (1) 

 Schoolmaster (2) 

 Seaton House (1) 

 Small's Admirable (1) 

 Stirling Castle (6) 

 Stone's (1) 

 Striped Heauliu (1) 

 The Queen 1 1 1 

 The Sancriogham (1) 

 Tibbett's Incomparable (1) 



,. Pearmain (2) 

 Tower of Glamis (1) 

 Tyler's Kernel (3) 

 Warner's King (10) 

 Wellington (1) 

 Winter Hawthornden (1) 

 Worcester Pearmain (5) 

 yellow Ingestrie (li 



General Todtleben (I) 



Glou Morceau (3) 



Gratioli of r 



Grosse Calibasse(l) 



Hessle (1) 



Josephine de Malines 1 1 ) 



King Edward (]. 



Knights Monarch (2) 



Louise Bonne of Jet 



Madame There-e (1) 

 Maivehal t-- la Coin - ■'•> 

 Marie Benoist (1) 



„ Louise (a) 



,, ., d'Ucclett) 

 Nouvelle Fulvie 1 3) 

 Passe Colmar (1; 



l'ill'll:l-'i.n 11;:. I.. - ', 



President d'OsUiondville il ) 

 Seckle (2) 



Souvenir du Oongres 1 

 Thompson's 1 1 ) 

 Triomplie de Vienne i I » 

 Uvedale'sSt. Germain I li 

 Van lions Leon Leclerc 1 1 1 

 Verulam (1) 



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New or Noteworthy Plants. 



CATTLEYA FLAVEOLAx (INTERMEDIA -.< 

 GUTTATA ? ), n. h,jb., Angl. 



Mn. F. Tactz, Studley House, 289, Goldhawk 

 Road, London, YV., has kindly sent me the fine Bower 

 nfthis hybrid, which I am informed was raised by 

 Messrs. Backhouse, Holgate House, York. 



The flower gave me at first the impression of a 

 yellow La»lia elegans. It is equal to a middle-sized 

 flower of that species, and has ligulate, rather 

 acuminate sepals and petals, broader in the middle, 

 all of a pale clear yellow, coming very near to the 

 lightest sulphur colour. The lip has much the shape 

 of that of a Cattleya guttata. The side laciniav are 

 semi-cordate at the base, oblong, prolonged into a 

 long semi-lanceolate apex equal to the narrow claw 

 of the mid-lacinia, which extends into a transversely 

 oblong emarginate, crenulate rugose mid-lacinia. 

 The whole mid-lacinia is purple as on the tops of the 

 white side lacinite, both inside and outside. The 

 column is very plump, White, purple at the top. 



Cattleya picturatax, Rchb. f., may be compared 

 to it from its origin, but it is widely distinct in its 



smaller blunt flowers, and totally distinct lip. My 

 typical specimen has thirteen flowers. It is also 

 called " hybrida picta." Cattleya flaveola is ex- 

 ceedingly elegant to my taste. It is also near Cattleya 

 sextus, but that has much broader blunt acute sepals 

 and petals. //. G. Eel,':/. 



Catasetum fcliginosum, Lindl. 

 Another species of Catasetum is revealing the 

 little secret which some of the species, at least, seem 

 so well able to keep. For a considerable time it has 

 been noticed that a plant in the Kew collection was 

 throwing up two quite different kinds of inflores- 

 cence, one on either side of the same pseudobulb, 

 and this plant has in consequence been watched with 

 an unusual amount of interest. The difference 

 between the two gradually became more apparent ; 

 the one raceme was erect, with but few short and 

 very stout buds near the apex, the other much 

 longer, gracefully arching over, and bearing a large 

 number of much more slender pointed buds for the 

 greater part of its length. At length the flowers 

 expanded, so totally diverse both in shape and 

 colour, that nothing short of their being borne by 

 the same plant would lead one to suppose they had 

 anything to do with each other. Such, however, is 

 the case — they are simply male and female flowers of 

 the same species, and the plant forms an object of 

 interest unsurpassed in the whole collection. A 

 name was next wanted for the plant, and as far as 

 the male flowers are concerned I was totally unable 

 to find one, or to match them with any dried specimen 

 or figure. The female flowers, on the contrary, seem 

 perfectly identical with those of a plant which flowered 

 with the Duke of Northumberland at Syon House 

 in 1841, and which was named by Lindley C. fuligi- 

 nosum (Bot. Beg., xxvii., Misc., p. 78). This Lind- 

 ley guessed might be the female (male by a misprint) 

 form of C. atratum, or some such species. " This, 

 however," he remarks, " must remain for future 

 inquiry." So exactly does the Kew plant agree with 

 Lindlev's dried specimen that I have no doubt of the 

 identity of the two. These female flowers are green, 

 with dull purple-brown spots and splashes, especially 

 on the lip. The spreading segments are oblong and 

 acute, and the very fleshy hood-shaped lip upper- 

 most, the column very short and scout, stigma and 

 ovary perfect, while the anther is reduced to a mere 

 abortive rudiment. The male flowers are very 

 similar to those of C. callosum, though quite distinct. 

 The sepals are narrow and concave, a little incurving 

 at their tips, the petals a little broader, flatter, and 

 a little reflexed. Both are of a lurid purple-brown, 

 the former faintly, the latter distinctly freckled with 

 spots of a darker shade. The lip is pendulous, not 

 uppermost, as in the other sex, of a dull green, 

 densely covered with very dark or nearly blackish 

 spots, "oblong in shape, narrowing a little upwards, a 

 little and irregularly toothed on the margin, slightly 

 tridentate at the apex, with a shallow cavity behind, 

 on either side of which are situated the two equal 

 cirrhi ; finally, the slender column has the anther 

 alone perfectly developed. C. deltoideum, Lindl., is 

 very similar, but readily distinguished by the very 

 broad-based lip. Such is this marvellous plant— a few 

 more freaks, and Catasetums should become popular. 

 It was received at Kew from Mr. F. Sander, of St. 

 Albans, having been obtained by him from British 

 Guiana. B. A. Rolje. 



ASPAEAGUS PLUMOSUS. 



This handsome evergreen species is, without doubt, 

 one of the most ornamental plants which has been 

 introduced of recent years, its slender branching 

 foliage being very useful for cutting purposes, lasting 

 a long time without flagging; it is also a capital 

 subject for growing in pots for general decorative 

 uses, and when it is intended to use it in this way it 

 may be had either dwarf or tall as desired ; if the 

 latter, then insert a stake or other support in the 

 pot of the required height, and top the shoots at this 

 lev,!, which will induce them to break lower down 

 and form well-furnished specimens. If very dwarf 

 plants are required then it is enough simply to pinch 

 the young growths when a foot high, and bright Fern- 

 like plants may be produced in this way. Another 



useful method of growing the plant is to train a few 

 shoots up a piece of twine, which, when required, 

 can be taken down and used in a variety of ways ; but 

 especially is this form useful in house decorations, 

 where they may be twined wreath-like round 

 any object or along the edges of stands and baskets 

 of plants ; and in warm rooms, with a fair amount 

 of light, it is surprising how long the Asparagus 

 lasts in good condition. It is also a good rafter or 

 pillar plant for the greenhouse, and in which place 

 and position it is better to grow the plant for cutting 

 from. The lighter and airier the position is the 

 better, and a winter temperature, not falling below 45°, 

 suits it well. A free, loamy compost is proper, and the 

 richer it is the more luxuriant will be the growth. 



There is more than one variety of the species, and 

 that known as A. plumosus nanus, with its flat 

 Fern-like branches, is the one usually illustrated in 

 catalogues, and which by some is considered the best 

 variety ; but the variety originally introduced under 

 the name of consanguineus, and generally met with 

 as tenuissimus, is probably the most accommodating, 

 and it is easily distinguished from the other by 

 being of a more scandent habit ; it has a less 

 prickly stem, its branchlets are arranged in a 

 more verticillate manner, and the whole plant 

 is usually of a lighter green colour. This variety is 

 easily increased by cuttings, whereas the other, for 

 some reason which I do not know, is not easily 

 increased in this way. All species of Aspa- 

 ragus are, however, easily multiplied by divi- 

 sion of the rootstock and also from seeds, which 

 they sometimes produce in quantity. In pro- 

 pagation by means of cuttings, rather stout 

 pieces, from 4 to 6 inches long, should be chosen ; and 

 after making them in the ordinary way dibble them 

 firmly into small pots filled with a sandy compost, 

 and 6tand them in the propagating or other moist 

 house where the temperature is kept at from 60° to 

 65°. Give a good watering to the cuttings when they 

 are put in, and this, with an occasional moistening 

 with the syringe, and a slight shade from bright sun- 

 shine, will be generally sufficient until rooted, when 

 they should be potted on intact. When single plants 

 are desired it is necessary to single out and pot on 

 the strongest plants in the usual way, but this last 

 method requires patience and time to make nice bits ; 

 moreover, more care is required in potting off single 

 plants, the young roots being easily broken off. 

 F. Boss. 



Florists* Flowers. 



AMARYLLIS. 



It is the resting-time with Amaryllis— or, at least, 

 what is regarded as the resting period — but no bulbs 

 are at any time in a quiescent state; leaf and bud 

 are even now in course of development. The com- 

 post should be prepared for repotting them in 

 January, and should consist of loam, two parts ; 

 peat, one part ; decayed manure, one part ; leaf- 

 mould, one part ; and some sharp sand added to 

 make the soil porous. This should be laid up out- 

 of-doors, and need not to have protection from rain 

 unless there is some danger of its becoming too wet. 

 Some small pieces of charcoal are mixed with it 

 when potting the bulbs — not before. The leaves of 

 the Amaryllis began to decay rather early this 

 season on our plants, and were all removed from 

 the plants by the middle of September. There is 

 always a certain quantity of decayed and decaying 

 material at the crown of the bulbs. We have 

 removed all this, as it too often contains the insects, 

 or the larva; of insects, which injure the plants. 



To make certain there is no insect in hiding, the 

 crowns are also well dusted with tobacco-powder. 

 The house is kept cool now, with just enough 

 artificial heat to keep out the frost, and the atmo- 

 sphere of the house should be as dry as it is possible 

 to keep it. The crowns of the bulbs, especially 

 those of large size, are easily injured by damp; in 

 fact, they ought to be occasionally inspected to see 

 if decay has appeared. The plants raised from seeds 



