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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[January 6, 1912. 



L.-C. Sylvia, L.-C. Martinetii King George 

 V., Odontioda Euterpe, Sophro-Laelio-Cattleya 

 Jeanette, and Sophro-Cattleya Lotte Miiller, 

 all of fine colour, the last-named being 

 one of the prettiest and brightest yet shown. 

 The Awards of Merit were for Odontoglossum 

 Olympia, 0. Maris© (Uro -Skinneri x Queen 

 Alexandra), a very attractive hybrid, Cattleya 

 Dupreana, C. Rhoda illuminata, Cypripedium 

 Actseus Durbar, Trichopilia Gouldii, a pretty 

 and fragrant white flower spotted with pink; the 

 neat little bigeneric hybrid Oncidioda Cybele, 

 and to prove that interest in fine species has not 

 waned awards were given for the rare Houlletia 

 Wallisii, Gongora leucochila, and Miltonia War- 

 scewiczii picta. 



Mem. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, are among 

 the most frequent exhibitors of good plants, their 

 Orchid collectors ensuring a good proportion of 

 new species, while their extensive operations in 

 Orchid raising keep that department a source of 

 interest. Their First-class Certificates in 1911 

 were for Oncidium corynephorum var. Mulleri 

 and Odontioda Lambeauiana at the Temple 

 Show ; Cattleya Ashtonii alba, a pure white 

 form out of an otherwise coloured batch ; Odonto- 

 glossum ardentissimum Queen Mary, and at the 

 last show of the year Cypripedium Royal Sover- 

 eign, a large, showy and distinct flower. Messrs. 

 Sander's Awards of Merit were for Cymbidium 

 Gottiamim, a C. insigne cro Dia -Cattleya 

 Sander®, a beautiful white flower; Odontioda 



Cattleya Venus lutescens and Brasso-Cattleya 



Leucothcea. 



Messrs. Mansell & Hatcher received Awards 



for the white Cattleya Mossise Queen Mary and 

 Vanda Kimballiana alba, and Botanical Certifi- 

 cates for Grobya fascifera and Eria flava. 



Mr. E. V. Low gained an Award of Merit for 

 Cypripedium aureum laekenense ; Messrs. Has- 

 BALL & Co. for Cvpripedium Carola (Thompsonii 

 X Euryades); and Mr. W. J. Biggs for his dis- 

 tinctly-coloured Laelio-Cattleya \V. J. Biggs, 

 whose derivation is a problem. Gongora Tracy- 

 ana is recorded from Tracy's Nurseries, 



Twickenham, and other exhibitors have shown 

 promising novelties which only require develop- 

 ment. 



Continental Exhibits. 



The Awards to Continental exhibitors have 

 been few. Orchidists look for Monsieur Chas. 

 Vuylsteke, of Loochristi, Ghent, to show them 

 his newest and best at the Temple Show, and 

 they are never disappointed. Last year he had 

 some specially good Odontoglossum and Odon- 

 tiodas, the fine new Odontioda Coronation secur- 

 ing a Fir6t-class Certificate. 



Monsieur Firmin Lambeau, the leading ama- 

 teur on the Continent, secured First-class Certi- 

 ficates for Cypripedium Vogelsang and Miltonia 

 Bleuana Peelersise, two superb novelties. 



Monsieur Henri Graire, Amiens, has shown 

 some pretty hybrids of Odontoglossum Rossi i and 

 Odontiodas, the brightly-coloured 0. ignea 



Laelio-Cattteva Fascinator-Mcssiae, July I, p. 422. 

 Laelio-Cattleya German ia, May 27, p. 32j. 

 Laelio-Cattleva Martinetii King George, July 15 p. 25. 

 Laelio-Cattleya Nella, Dec. 30 p. 474 



Lvcaste Locusta, April 29, p. 280. , 



Masdevallia pachyura, Feb. 11, p. 89. 

 Miltonia Bleuana Ptetersiae, May 6, p. 2/4. 

 Odontoglossum Ceres magnificum, Jan. 7, p. 12. 

 Odontoglossum Chione, Dec. 9, p. 411 

 Odontoglossum cnspum Coronation, May _0, p. 315. 

 Odontoglossum crispum Peacock, Feb. 11, p. 92. 

 Odontoglossum Groganife (Supp.), Feb 4. 

 Odontoglossum Harwoodn, Feb. 18, p. 98. 

 Odontoglossum Harwoodii ' The Shrubbery variety," 



Sept. 30, p. 245. 

 Odontoglossum illustrissimum Queen Mary, June 10, p. 363. 



Odontoglossum Jeanette, April 1, p. 194. 



Odontoglossum Black Prince, The Dell variety, May 27, 



p. 332. 

 Odontoglossum Swietenicolor, April 8, p. 210. 



Odontioda Rosefieldiensis, May 20, p. 308 

 Odontioda Vuylstekeae Lady Oolmaji, April 8, p. 213. 

 Orchia italica, Aug. 26, p. 153. 

 Sophro-Laelio-Cattleya Jeanette, Sept. 23, p. -9. 



(To be continued.) 



NEW OR NOTEWORTHY 



PLANTS. 



TWO NEW CHINESE COTONEASTERS. 



In the autumn of 1899, when collecting in the 

 neighbourhood of Mengtsze, Yunnan, for Messrs. 

 James Veitch & Sons, Ltd., I had the good for- 

 tune to secure ripe seeds of two ornamental 

 Species of Cotoneaster. Plants raised from these 

 seeds flowered during the summer of 1902 in the 













FlG. I. — COTONEASTER AMCENA (SP. NOV.), 



Bradshawiae " Sander's variety " ; Odontoglos- 

 BUIB mirum Bruggense, O. eximium King George, 

 O. amabile The Queen, 0. amabile Empress of 

 India; and Cypripedium Charles Sladden, a 

 worthy hybrid between C. bellatulum and C. 

 glaucophyllum and the first cross obtained from 

 the latter species. 



.Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, were 

 awarded a First-class Certificate for Cymbidium 

 langleyense (Lowianum x Devonianum), a re- 

 markable cross between two distinct sections of 

 the genus; and at the last meeting in the year 

 a similar Award for Laelio-Cattleya Nella (L.-C. 

 Dominiana x C. labiata), florally one of the best 

 and finest coloured hybrids. 



Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge 

 Wells, secured a First-class Certificate for Cypri- 

 pedium Royal George (Harrisianum superbum X 

 Minos Youngii), a large and perfect flower, 

 and an Award of Merit for C. Duke of 

 Connaught (Beryl x nitens " Ball's variety "), a 

 stately flower of distinct colour. Among the 

 many hybrids of C. Fairrieanum shown by the 

 firm C. Capt. Spender Clay (villosum auriferum 

 X Fairrieanum) and C. Mrs. Spender Clay 

 (Actseus X Fairrieanum) were the most remark- 

 able, being novel in form and distinct in colour. 

 Odontioda Cupid and Laelio-Cattleya Phyllis were 

 also good novelties. 



Messrs. J. & A. A. McBean secured the 

 highest award for Laelio-Cattleya St. Gothard 

 M McBean'a variety," and Awards of Merit for 



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taking an Award of Merit; Monsieur Theodore 

 Pauwels secured a First-class Certificate for 

 Brasso-Cattleya Senateur de Bast, and an Award 

 of Merit for Cymbidium Pauwelsii. Monsieur 

 Maurice Mertens, of Ghent, has shown regu- 

 larly, but has seldom entered any plants to go 

 before the Committee. 



The following new and rare Orchids have 

 been illustrated in the Gardeners Chronicle in 

 1911 :— 



Vngraecum pellucidum, Jan. 14, p. 18. 

 Brasso-Oattleya Digbyano-Mossiss " Holfords variety, 



Dec. 2, p. 393. 

 Brasso-Cattleya DigbyanoMossiae " Westonbirt variety, 



(Coloured Supp.), Jan. 7. 

 Brasso-Cattleya Senateur de Bast, March 4, p. 137. 

 Bulbophyllum cylindraoeum, Jan. 7, p. 3. 

 Bulbophyllum tremulum, May 13, p. 291. 

 Oa Ian the Oooksoniae, Nov. 18, p. 350. 

 Gattleya Trian® Hydra, Feb. 18, p. 108. 

 Ccelogyne burfordiensis, May 27, p. 331. 

 Cymbidium Gottianum, Mar. 25, p. 180. 

 Cymbidium langleyense, Mar. 11, p. 146. 

 Cypripedium Chapmanii " Westonbirt variety/' Dec. 16, 



p. 431. 

 Cypripedium Chas. Sladdin, Jan. 28. p. T>0. 



Cypripedium Duke of Connaught, Feb. 11, p. 83. 

 Cypripedium Lucifer, Oct. 21, p. 293. 

 Cypripedium luteum, June 24, p. 402. 

 Cypripedium Royal George, Oct. 14, p. 281. 

 Cypripedium Sibyl superbum, Nov. 18, p. 351. 

 Cypripedium 6pectabile at Oork, Nov. 4, p. 315. 

 Cypripedium tibeticum, June 24, p. 403. 

 Cypripedium Vogelsang, May 20, p. 309. 

 Dendrobium aggTegatum at Rangoon, Aug. 5, p. £2. 

 Dendrobium Goldiei, Jan. 21, p. 36. 

 Dendrobium Victoria Regina, July 22, p. 57. 

 Dia-Cattleya Sanderae, May 13, p. 290. 

 Houlletia Wallisii, Sept. 2, p. 177. 

 Laelia anoeps Chamberlainiana. Feb. 4. p. 78. 

 Laelio-Cattleya Cranstounie " Westonbirt variety," Jan. 14, 

 p. 27. 



Coombe Wood nursery, and were identified with 

 the then little-known Cotoneaster Franchetn, 

 Bois, and C. pannosa Franch. also from Yunnan. 

 These were already introduced to Monsieur 

 Maurice Vilmorin's famous garden through 

 the agency of Roman Catholic priests, and have 

 since become distributed. A more intimate 

 knowledge proves them to be quite distinct from 

 those I secured for Messrs. Veitch, and these 

 latter have now received specific rank under tne 

 names of C. amcena and C. Harroviana. 

 Cotoneaster amcena* is allied to C. Franc* 1 " 



etii. but is easily distinguished by its twiggy 

 more dwarf, compact habit, smaller leaves an 

 aristate sepals equalling the petals in length. 1 e 

 fruits are closely clustered together, ovoid, a" 1 

 red on the exposed side, yellowish on the other , 

 the foliage is retained until late in the year. In a 

 wild state this plant grows 3 feet to 5 feet hign- 

 The fruits are scarlet on one side and orang 

 yellow on the other. 



The illustration (fig. 1) is from a spray cut dur- 

 ing the last week in October from a plant fruitu 

 in the Cotoneaster collection in Kew Gardens 

 Unfortunately the birds had taken some of tft 

 fruits before the photograph was obtained. 









* Cotoneaster amcena. — E. H. Wilson in 

 Wilsonianae " (ined.), Hott. Veitch et Hort. Kew. 



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