March 9, 1912.] 



THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 



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Sir George L. Holford, K.C.V.O., Weston- 

 birt, again staged one of those splendidly- 

 arranged groups of superbly-grown Orchids for 

 which his collection, since it has been in the 

 charge of Mr. H. G. Alexander, has been noted. 

 The Society's Gold Medal was awarded. Fine 

 forms of Cattleya Trianae were a feature in 

 the group, and they comprised the hand- 

 some C. T. Hydra, illustrated in the Gar- 

 deners' Chronicle, February 18, 1911, p. 1C8, 

 with 60 flowers; C. T. Imperator, a noble 

 variety, of fine shape ; C. T. Mooreana, still one 

 of the best ; C. T. Mrs. Ed. Sondheim, a good 

 white ; C. T. Colossal, of great size and of uni- 

 form soft-rose colour; C. T. ' ' Westonbirt 

 variety/' very distinct; C. T. Prince Bupert, of 

 rich colour; C. T. Perfecta ; C. T. Clinka- 

 berryana; C. T. Ralph Sander; C. T. Madame 

 de Hemptinne, all of great merit, and others. 

 Other Cattleyas noted were the white C. Dussel- 

 dorfei Undine, and its hybrid, the still more 

 beautiful C. Brenda (Dusseldorfei Undine x 

 Gaskelliana alba), which received an Award 

 of Merit, February 20 ; C. Maggie Eaphael var. 

 Flambeau, of rich, bright, rosy-crimson colour; 

 forms of C. Percivaliana, including alba, the best 

 white, and "Westonbirt variety," one of the 

 best and largest- coloured forms; and other 

 showy Cattleyas. Brasso-Cattleya Thorntonii 

 striata and B.-C. T. Colossal were grand forms 

 of an old hybrid; B.-C. Madame Hye, B.-C. 

 Euterpe and its larger "Westonbirt variety," 

 B.-C. Digbyano-Trianse, B.-C. Digbyano-Wars- 

 cewiczn, and other Brasso-Cattleyas were also 

 shown. Laelio-Cattleyas comprised fine varieties 

 of about a dozen forms, the best being L.-C. 

 Cranstouniae " Holford's variety," a canary-yel- 

 low flower, with white lip; L.-C. Arbaces, a 

 new form; and L.-C. Elva "Westonbirt 

 variety." White forms of Laslia anceps were 

 well displayed; showy Odontoglossums, includ- 

 ing some charming forms of O. crispum, 0. c. 

 Brutus being the best, O. Canary Bird (a clear 

 yellow), and O. ardentissimum Norman Cookson 

 (a fine colour). Various Sophro-Cattleyas and good 

 Phakenopsis Schilleriana, the best spike having 

 84 flowers, were also noted. 



Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge 

 Wells, came next in order of merit, their grand 

 group, with a frontage of 38 feet, securing a 

 Silver-gilt Flora Medal. The middle of their 

 group was composed of showy Dendrobiums, 

 with a number of the pure-white form of 

 D. nobile, and a new and better variety, 

 named D. n. virginal a -maornifirnm which 



appears to 

 D. nobile 



white, 

 most 



n. virginale magnificum, 

 be the largest pure 

 _ Armstrongiae, one of the ,u W 

 beautiful, its large flowers being pure white, 

 with a violet blotch on the lip, and other forms 

 were also shown, and a good selection of yellow 

 Dendrobiums, including forms of D. Melpomene 

 and D. chessingtonense. A good show of Odon- 

 toglossums, both species and hybrids, a grand 

 form of Miltonia Bleuana, hybrid Cypripediums, 

 Brasso-Cattleyas, including a very charming new 

 hybrid between C. Schroder^ and B. glauca, 

 were also shown, together with some species of 

 Masdevallias and a specimen of the fine white 

 Cymbidium Bellianum "Armstrong's variety." 



Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons, Royal Exotic 

 ^ursery, King's Road, Chelsea, were awarded a 

 Silver Flora Medal for a good group, principally 

 Lattleyas, Odontoglossums, and Cypripediums. 

 Among the forms of Cattleya Trianae, an in- 

 teresting exhibit was the true C. T. Courtaul- 

 diana, which, with its thin, richly-spotted sepals 

 and petals, caused a sensation at the Ghent 

 Quinquennial Show, but which never after came 

 m the same form, so far as colour goes. A good 

 white Brasso-Cattleya Digbyano-Mendelii, a 

 clear-rose B.-C. Digbyano-Warscewiczii, several 

 ot the richly-coloured Lselio-Cattleya Violetta, 

 the new, dark-coloured L.-C. Orama (Dominiana 

 X bletchleyensis), and some other Laelio-Cattle- 

 yas; a batch of hybrid Odontoglossums, 

 \>pnpedium macrochilum, some good forms of 

 the showy C. Countess of Carnarvon, C. JEmn 

 Riganteum, good Lycastes, the scarlet Odontioda 

 -uiana, and other plants, including a specimen 

 ot Disa sagittalis, with eight spikes of pretty 

 wnite flowers, were also shown. 



Messrs. J. Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, were 

 awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for an effective 

 sroup, m which good forms of Dendrobium 

 £obile^and hybrids, Cymbidium eburneum, hy- 

 brid Cypripediums, including a very fine form 

 °i U Miss Louisa Fowler; Odontioda Cooksonia?, 



and other Odontiodas and Odontoglossums, the 



large, fleshy-flowered yellow and purple Masde- 



vallia gargantua, and other Masdevallias ; Angrae- 



cum citratum, Dendrobium aggregatum, Zygo- 



petalum crinitum and some Lvcastes were well 

 shown. 



Messrs. Sander & Soxs, St. Albans, were 

 awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for a good 

 group of Phaiamopsis, Odontoglossnms, Cattle- 

 yas, Cypripediums, &c. The forms of Cattleya 

 Trianae were good, and specially interesting 

 species noted were the white Houlletia Sanderi, 

 Megachnium maximum, Eulophia lurida, Den- 

 drobium velutinum, Trichopilia suavis, Renan- 

 thera Imschootiana, the old Ccelogyne flaccida 

 (very well flowered), Maxillaria porphyrostele, 

 and other Maxillarias. 



Messrs. Stuart Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, 

 secured a Silver Banksian MedaJ for an effective 

 group, in which were six distinct forms of Catt- 

 leya Schroderae, one fine plant being of the white 

 variety. A good specimen of Ccelogyne pandu- 

 rata (with seven flowers), the rare Polystachya 

 Laurentii, and the pretty orange-red P. panicu- 

 late from Uganda, good Phalaenopsis Schilleriana, 

 Cattleya Trianae, Dendrobiums, Renanthera Im- 

 schootiana and Cymbidium insigne with two 

 spikes. 



Messrs. Hassall & Co., Southgate, were 

 awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for a very in- 

 teresting group, the centre of which was of 

 several splendidly-grown Angraecum sesquipe- 

 dale, bearing between them 25 f\ne, wax-like 

 white flowers. Arranged with them were good 

 forms of Cattleya Empress Frederick and other 

 Cattleyas, a selection of very fine hybrid Odonto- 

 glossums,. including O. Ianthe, 0. Cooksonia*, O. 

 eximium, and 0. ardentissimum, of the best dark 

 tvpe. Several good Miltonia Warscewiczii and 

 Cattleya, Mendelii Diana, a good white with 

 slight pink tint on the lip, were also included. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., V.M.H., Gatton 

 Park, Reigate (gr. Mr. Collier), was awarded a 

 Silver Banksian Medal for a pretty group of 

 hybrid Dendrobiums, including three forms of 

 his handsome D. Golden Ray, for one of which 

 see Awards. D. Lady Colman appeared as one 

 of the handsomest of hybrid Dendrobiums. D. 

 Margery Tyrrel Giles (a large white flower with 

 violet eye), D. Cybele " Gatton Park variety/' D. 

 rubens, D. delicatulum, and others were also 

 shown. 



Messrs. W. Baylor Hartland & Sons, Cork, 

 staged a small group of Cymbidiums, Cattleyas,' 

 Cypripediums, and Odontoglossums, the most in- 

 teresting of which was Odontoglossum Brayanum 

 (Groganiae x Harryanum), a pretty, reddish- 

 purple flower, with white tips and margins to the 

 segments. The cross showed little of the 0. Uro- 



the parents of 0. 



de Hemptinne, St. 



showed Cattleva 



Skinneri and O. Edwardii, 

 Groganiae. 



Mons. C. Comte Joseph 

 Denis-Westrem, Belgium, 



Trianae alba " Edelweiss/' a very large, pure 

 white flowers of fine form. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford (gr. 

 Mr. W. H. White), sent a grand specimen of 

 Cymbidium Colmaniae " Edenside variety," with 

 several spikes. 



The Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim (gr. Mr. 

 Hunter), sent a pretty hybrid between Cattleya 

 Miss Harris and Laelia purpurata. 



Mr. E. V. Low, Haywards Heath, showed 

 Odontoglossum The Premier, of unrecorded 

 parentage, a large, finely-blotched flower. 



Messrs. J. and A. A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 

 showed a selection of Odontoglossums and the 

 pretty Dendrobium amethystoglo&sum. 



H/S. Goodson, Esq., Putney (gr. Mr. G. E. 

 Day), sent Odontioda Diana'"Goodson's variety," 

 and other brightly-coloured Odontiodas; Odon- 

 toglossum ardentissimum Oayanum, of claret 

 colour all but the margins and tips of the seg- 

 ments ; and other rare Orchids. 



F. Menteith Ogilvie, Esq., The Shrubbery, 

 Oxford (gr. Mr. Balmforth), showed Cypripedium 

 Euryades rubriim, of dark colour, and a bright 

 hybrid Odontoglossum between O. cirrhosum and 

 0. ardentissimum. 



The Hon. Lady Neeld, Grittleton, sent Odonto- 

 glossum percultum " Carmania," a large white 

 flower with purple spotting. 



Messrs. Charles worth & Co., Haywards 

 Heath, staged a small group of exceptionally 

 good things, including the white Brasso-Cattleya 

 Queen Alexandra, Miltonia Bleuana nobilior, 

 Cattleya Trianae alba floribunda, C. Octave Doin, 

 and Laelio-Cattleya Ixion (C. Octave Doin x 



L.-C. Myra), of a clear yellow colour; and a 

 good selection of Odontoglossums. 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, S. 



Woodford (gr. Mr. J. Davis), sent Cattleva 

 Schroderae Louisa, a pretty pink form, with 

 crimson blotch on the lip, and very distinct from 

 the ordinary type. 



AWARDS. 



Awards of Merit. 



Odontoglossum Jasper (crispum, spot ft,, 

 variety x amabile), from J. S. Moss, Esq., Win- 

 tershill, Bishop's Waltham (gr. Mr. Kench). A 

 very attractive flower, of good shape, the ground 

 colour being pale pink, the surface uniformly 

 spotted with reddish-brown. The cross is very 

 variable, but always pretty. 



Dendrobium Golden King supcrbum (Othello 

 Colmance x signatum aurevm), from Sir 

 Jeremiah Colman, Bart. (gr. Mr. Collier). An 

 abnormally fine form of the handsome yellow 

 hybrid raised at Gatton Park. In this varietv 

 the buttercup-yellow flowers are tipped with 

 rose, and the base of the lip is deep claret. 



Cultural Commendation 



To Mr. J. Carpenter (gr. to Fred. C Stoop, 

 Esq., West Hall, By fleet) for a grand specimen 

 of Angraecum sesquipedale, with 12 flowers ex- 

 panded, and five buds. 



To Mr. Collier (gr. to Sir Jeremiah Colman, 

 Bart., V.M.H.) for a well-flowered specimen of 

 Cymbidium grandiflorum. 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee. 



Present: J. Cheal, Esq. (in the Chair); and 

 Messrs. W. Bates, A. Dean, J. Gibson, W. Pope, 

 W. Fyfe, J. Willard, W. E. Humphreys, A. R. 

 Allan, A. Bullock, Fred. J. Treseder, G. Rey- 

 nolds, J. Davis, W. H. Divers, W. Crump, G. 

 Wythes, J. Harrison, 0. Thomas, A. Grubb, 

 A. W. Metcalfe, F. Perkins, and G. Keif. 



The Duke of Rutland, Belvoir Castle, Gran- 

 tham (gr. Mr. W. H. Divers), exhibited 40 dishes 

 of Apples. All the fruits were remarkably good, 

 especially considering that the Grantham dis- 

 trict is not regarded as a good fruit locality. 

 The varieties included King of Tompkins County, 

 Belle de Boskoop, Sandringham, Belle Pontoise, 

 Lincoln Holland Pippin, Castle Major, Belle Du- 

 bois, Hormead Pearmain, Russian Transparent, 

 Bedfordshire Foundling, Winter Quarrenden, 

 Newton Wonder, Barnack Beauty, Hoary Morn- 

 ing, Ribston Pippin, Cox's Orange Pippin, Ameri- 

 can Mother, and Allington Pippin. (Silver-gilt 

 Knightian Medal.) 



Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading, again pre- 

 sented one of their excellent collections of vege- 

 tables and salads. In the centre of the group 

 were numerous heads of variegated Kales, which 

 showed not merely beautiful colours, but also 

 finely-cut leafage. Charming as these Kales are 

 for garden decoration, they are quite tender and 

 delicious when cooked. There were also baskets 

 of Early Paris Cabbage Lettuce (well hearted), 

 large-leaved Dandelion, and fine Chicorv, the 

 Dandelion and Chicory being well blanched. 

 Mushrooms, French Breakfast Radishes, Mustard 

 and Cress, Seakale, The Sutton Rhubarb, and 

 several mounds of the Superb Early White Broc- 

 coli were also presented. Remarkably firm, 

 white hearts of Harbinger Cabbage showed the 

 value of this variety for an early supply. (Silver 

 Knightian Medal.) 



Mr. H. Becker, Five Oaks, Jersey, exhibited a 

 somewhat elaborate machine which, in working, 

 was rather noisy, for the cleaning of fruit, To- 

 matos, Potatos, and similar produce. The ma- 

 chine was inspected by the Committee, and the 

 exhibitors were asked to send one to the Holland 

 Park summer show, where it could be seen in 

 operation, and, if there considered satisfactory, 

 it would be sent to Wisley Gardens for further 

 trial. 



LINNEAN SOCIETY. 



February 15. — At a meeting of the Linnean 

 Society held on this date, Mr. Robert Harold 

 Compton, M.A., read a paper, communicated bv 

 Prof. A. C. Seward, F.R.S., entitled "An 

 Investigation of the Seedling Structure in the 

 Leguminosse," in the course of which he sug- 

 gested that the tree habit is primitive in the 

 Leguminoeae, and the herbaceous habit is derived 

 from the tree type. 



The reading of the paper was followed by a 

 discussion, in which the following members took 



