THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE [Бкрткмвив 28, 1895, 
360 | 
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М, Deabois Vene that his plants corresponded to а Maspevatuia Lowu. eai gp 5 belonging to it ar | 
specific type of A. (Spirea) Fin il "ih the This still remains one of the rarest, ав it is also one ЖО; r td t; v. wa а 
originally introduced under this Was an of the most striking, of Masdevallias. Belonging to И соне E Ne o — | 
Chimæra section, ita flowers bear little resem- 
lant 
го» variety of the same type We "thik that, m wee лена! in 1891 by Messrs, Linden n ol A 
ntrary, his plant waa a ы hybrid between plance to any other member of the gro 
З : 4 sels, through Mr. John Noezli, after whom it i 
ЖЫЙРА, алй A. (S) раје, pbi — n ö rin named. It isa most welcome addition to 
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vated at a little space apart one from th to M. tri a. A healthy plan pos- 
his garden, and easily crossed by the insects of all sessi ete ozen leaves is in bloom in th qe —— à н ia fo i Moreover, the 
kinds which пи peau Юү ЖАН (реве Пожеге. . Collection of R. I. Measures, Hsq., Cambridge vw is very little represented in the Orchid family I | 
believe this reas : the first is that A, — was well-displayed flowers have long а ОВО donls haer Ga J. 1а 
(9) astilboides, trom seedling plants sold by thefrm triangular equal sepals of a greyish-white tint, pro- à 
Jacob Makoy e S Ote] were exactly similar to the fusely spotted with red-purple except at the tips, having hates oblong, уадени апіс a 
type; the second reason is, that we have artificially and bearing = the base of each two or three purple long, narrow sani Pan є р IM produced from the 
crossed Astilbe I with A. (S) astilboides ines, The small, almost flat-shaped, dark purple pn of ү iden ete нереда 
ч s " of interme- It illustrated owered, in e í e | 
floribunda, and me obtained a 5 а labellum is a ben peculiar feature. was illus 1 s diameter, and of a aoh AA ; 
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diate forms, many of them and superior jn the Gardeners’ Chronicle, Sept. 6, 1890, p. 268. 
to both paren "edid The d hybridlation just orange-scarlet ; the lip is trifid, of the ваше colour 
mentioned is therefore possible, As these varieties Onchips AT Messrs, Jas, Verrcu & SONS. as the sepals id petals, with a golden- -yello die, 
have been y studied, and as they In the Royal costi el King's Road, Chelsea, The column is bright violet-purple, which Produces 
are not yet re-named, we will refrain for the the waning show of Ojontoglossums, Masdevallias, a ae gi with the scarlet of the remainder 
present from speaking of them. We will, on and other Sect idas Orchids, is succeeded by the of the flower. The flowering period is May ani 
the contrary, say а few words about another occupants of the warmer houses, the Cypripediums, экое po for this reason it should be found valuable 
hybrid, Astilbe & Lemoinei, the production of ich are more or less represented here every day er exhibition Orchid. е flower 1 
which tends to confirm the theory advanced above, in the year, making an exceptionally good display, e beri and been able to we 
namely that Astilbe Thunbergii, Hoteia japo- and the house in ugs they are arrangedis gay with the same plant at кета] exhibitions, We | 
nica, and Spirsa astilboides are те Horas of the their varied blooms. Among the prettiest are C. x found it succeed best grown in baskets, in a com 
same genus and should be classed аз Astilbe.* We H. Ballantine” (p esed х purpuratum), a of peat and sphagnum-moss, with nage, 
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owe this novelty to а cross effe " “between A. charming and neat hybrid, as are all the other 
Thunbergii and A. (S) astilboides floribunda. Here hybrids of Fairieanum ; C. x tesselatum porphyreum zupply of water. 
is the description :—foliage еу oe с to (eoncolor x Бибайша); ап pe but handsome and the pseudo-bulbs, Orchid Album, vol. xi., part 128, 
19 inches in height; long ramified petioles; large till rare variety; and C. x Clinkaberryanum (philip- 
folioles broadly oval, dentate, goffered, fur- pinense Roebelinii X Cartisii, a pei fee Оног ониттновтноном 1 
nished with very bright green hairs and with was illustrated in the Gard. Chron , 1893, July 22, p. 88. Was first flowered by the late John Day, Enq, of 
a satiny look. Immediately above rise broad Among others also we noted C. X X Morganise, still a 
ramified panicles borne on firm peduncles, and leader in ite section; C. x Chas. Canham, a noble 
Tottenham, a most enthusiaatic Orchid grower, and 
whose collection was one of the largest and most 
complete ever ea together in this country, but 
on the 
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forming plumy inflorescences 19 inches high; flower ; C. X enanthum, and its variety superbum, 
the flowers have five white petals, ten rosy stamens, in many чч: and the forms of C. x Ashbur- fortunately was dispersed some years | 
and two carpels, and are extremely numerous, and tonim, equally numerous; C. x Bal С death of its owner. This riae 5 in the habit oo | 
the general appearance is of white, slightly гову. Carnusianum, С. Ж Youngianum, C. x conchiferum, 
its growth similar to the type, and is quite as flori- 
of A.(S) astilboides floribunda, as C. у Io grande, C. x polystigmaticum, C. tonsum = 
ferous as the species, its — white flowers 
. Shown in the photograph, the new plant is seen to be Cham produced, in some cases, several together from the 
twice as high, the time of its flowering is inter- С x ate эчи 1 goo base of the leaves, and are pure white, saving the 
iate between the times of its two parents; it and staged with them was a grand form of Vanda Vellow calli at the base of the lip. It is a vey ` 
blooms in the course of July, some hus before A. MEM and other rare specie useful subject for cutting purposes, and on that 
Thunbergii, one of the latest of the genus, Last tiy, In another house, with 8 Massangeana account shou e eagerly sought after by col- 
Astilbe Lemoinei is absolutely маб, and as well and Sh species in flower suspended overhead lectors. 16 should be grown in a compost of 
adapted for forcing, as is A. Lees vom it excels д well- flowered batch of the pretty white Dendrobium Peat and sphagnum-moss in а basket, and placed in 
from every point of view. Emile Lemo Darei, D. formosum giganteum ; the glowing rosy- the Cattleya-house at ie shady end, a liberal supply 
; of moisture being required during the growing 
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ORCHID NOTES AND G LEANINGS, and great variety; D. bigibbum, D. superbiens, a ‘ould be given to keep the pseudo-bulbs from 
саа s ivelli i l e grown in the 
se, but we prefer the раа having 
reise that it does better there, It is propagated by 
Tuts unique form of what is popularly known as а z a very Dap of the pseudo-bulbs. The tomer ГА мет 
effective and ah display of the soft s uced during the summer months, and las 
white C. gigas is now in flower at Stand Hall. The Habenaria хага и ; ths RU i Jum siderable time in perfection, Orchid Album, vol. xi» 
last year, has been militaris; the flesh-coloured Н. carnes, which hag Раг 128. 
lecea are now in flower—one 180 prettily-marked leaves; and of H. с, 
d 
CATTLEYA WARSCEWICZII, : a a 
COUNTESS OF DERBY, violacea Sehroderii, Angraecum eitratum, &e, In 
М, VvuvyrsrEkE ' s Oncuips. 
, the other That which itg pure white form, which h lain green Sus Among. these I noted Miltonia Empress Angusta 
strikes the orchidist most is the distinctae of the = a plant of the pretty. nt coer pulchrum, Victor ria, of unusual habit, bearing a flower of over 
| padi дине 1 I uM h bronzy leaves and curiously- ошар flowers; 4 inches (10) cen.) in height, by 3} inches uen 
8 — sociare ен d other species of botanical interes across; the two lateral sepals are each 4 pues 
the е which of ne In the Rockery-house, where а s. of Orchids is long; the lip measures 3 inches wide by 24 in „ 
always maintained, the most striking plants in in height. The colouring of this flower is admirable, | 
hi * ; : flower were fine specimens of Vanda tricolor and V, peculiarly dark rose; the divisions are mo 5 
a ite [T Ki Sower 4 suavis, soft cinnabar-scarlet tinted Epidendrum than those of the type. I would mention also á | 
hyllum Ferz!i plant of Cattleya gigas, the very large flowers f 
abarinum ; Grammatophy anum, 
y species and Sobralia Lucasiana, Oncidium microchi um, and which had spreading divisions of an exceedingly | 
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d lip, too, а Т forms two- other species of Oncidi ium; Miltonia Clowesii and delicate colour; the handsome dark lip is about E ! 
thirds of the outline of a circle, and the lo h M. spectabilis radians, Paph hinia rugosa, Odonto- 4 inches long by 3 inches wide, Th ing 
overlap one another, Truly this is one of the petu d ee О. M nense and О. B. album, Odontoglossum before noticed —2 to thrive. 
grandes: of Cattleyas, and it is to be hoped that the ‚ Roe and s some fine coloured Vitae of I t 2 fine form of Cypripedium Charles eed 
numerous importations will give i m s the are ботен bypé of Miltonia vexillar m, good flowers of C. utimur rr 
lets da te Cattleya-house, tho: forma of Cat ttleya ristionsie, and other varieties, Ch. De Bosschere: — — — 
ants are growing in cylindrical baskets os 
from th x" unt and re de the best of p r s 
indeed, Ir. Statter's Cattleyas under di 
son's care are in exceptional са oe intermedi = iate-house лаганда; аге ed тете TR EES A AND 8 0 SHRUBS. d 
"m actory crops dendron — displayi 
th ; 
pink, and white lors orange, yellow,  CUPRESSUS (RETINOSPORA) SQUARROSA. | 
bus ана plants 
and 
Arms plant of this Conifer, seen at Linton ^. ni | 
Boge 1 Со, near Maidstone, and others а trifle smaller, in Yos 
3 genus is closely allied to Odontoglos- shire, a few days since, remind one of its W 
and the old Mesospinidium, which is now beauty and distinct silvery appearance, and P 
