М№Мотемвев 16, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
577 
London County ed ehem etn in 1894, of Ан, 
W. J. Evelyn, a s consisting of seventeen acres 
this apace is r De west of Sayes Court, 
eed the Grand — Canal. The price paid 
d the place is nm rapidly 
"ж formed into a publi park, Bat thie piece of 
ground formed no portion of the мачо ” which 
John Evelyn во бонке, ‘heads it has he 
property of the — n family since they нн 
the estate, v. Rober 
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NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PLANTS. 
MASDEVALLIA ECLYPTRATA, Kral, m. ap.* 
Tus is а very singular-looking plant. The bright 
green leaves have petioles of about the same length, 
The flower-stalks bear on their summit a very !arge 
Fie, 98.—vigWw IN THE EVELYN PARK AT DEPTFORD, 
sheathing bract, which includes the basal half of 
the calyx. The dorsal 1 is махд short, the 
lateral ones are united except at the very top, and 
exceed 2 — сл ond its length, or even тоге; 
all are c filiform tails of 2 to 35 cm. 
in le MM, "ho буи of the principal part of the 
flower is a rich orange-yellow, more yellow at the 
2 
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* Masdevallia calyptrata, Krzl. n., sp.—Foliis lanceolatis 
apice obtusatis in petiolum. :equilongum — scapis 
unifloris folia sequantibus . brevio ribus ийаш 
отар; sb hast thi t 
pa cyatho 2 em. longo „сот presso antice subclauso, labio 
filiformem 3:5 cm, longam protracto, labio inferiore (v. sep. 
zd multo on: 3 is apice tantum liberis ibi triangulis 
in caudas 
; ре 
erosulis tranesectis triangulis ; 
rhomteo, antice obtuse acutato incrassato ; gynos mio | 
longo, margine audrociinii profundo integro. F. Krümzlin. 
—— this very auperficial affinity, all the main 
as possible, Not even the 
реши and he i aro dnd though those parts 
never show su ariation 
The Royal Garden 4 Berlin flo 
Angust of 
sepale. 
owered the plant in 
is year, About the home of the plant 
qu — aure, and I — м. зд дка to 
оа my ignorance on а poi espon- 
sible for, than to publish Ае e ao] 
F. Kránzlin, 
KEW NOTES. 
Gustavia PTEROCARPA.—This is one of the hand- 
somest of the dozen species of Gustavia, a genus of 
tropical American se, remarkable for its large 
eaves and handsome flowers, sometimes 
6 inches across, and not unlike the Magnolias, С, 
pterocarpa was introduced about thirty years ago, 
and distributed under the garden name of G, 
(sge Р, 576) 
Leopoldi, A plant of it hae long been in the Palm- 
house at Kew, where it ona page g ч їп 
sep "gre It is a shrub 
straight, woody stem, rise wedia 2 ы 
with pre leaves 18 inches long by 6 inches 
width, The flowers are borne in terminal 
clusters, & dozen in each cluster, and they expand in 
slow succession, l are in the form ы a shallow 
cap 4 inches in diam posed of four fleshy, 
==, 
з 
тае Ir wei mis 1 "ed and a 
ring of ve ii stamens, 
They are deliciously 
spseies with linear leaves and тий flowers, 
was in flower in the same house a few weeks ago. 
PIPE CHERIMOLIA, 
A plant 4 feet high, in a pot, has this year 
ripened several fruits in the Palm-house at Kew. 
are t the size of an 
brown in colour, their pulp being penes and 
as any on 
could s Peaches, for instance, are 
grown, and would fruit "ndi; could fail 
to become popular, It is largely cultivated in 
tropical countries, the Creoles counting it the most 
delicious of all fruite, and they ought to be jadges. 
Diosry Karı, 
Ripe fruite of this, the Chinese Date Plam, may 
be seen on two plants in the succulent: house at 
as large as good-sized Oranges 
were plan n 
the Agaves, where they get plenty of air and 
ama i 
Lxoomis AU. 
he handsomest bulbous plant in flower at Kew in 
November is this Lycoris, of which there are about а 
5 bearing three 
but they are three or four as large as 
largest Nerine, their prod — rich golden- 
yellow. At Ke grown in an 
inte -h ч ds and spring, and 
nation to go to rest, they 
are stood outside in full sunshine, where they get 
ment rain falls, In October they are removed 
to induce them to flower early. Thus treated the 
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= 
In a tropical climate like chat of Hong-Kon 
treedom as Daffodils do here, V. W., Kew 
ORCHID NITES AND G LEANINGS, 
ODONTOGL iLOSSUM MACULATUM. 
Wirn referenc remarke under Odonto- 
ossam crispu ‚аё 503 of the - 
er ser М а in bloom a plant of 
Odon maculatum bearing three fiae flower- 
spikes out ot o one bulb, two beiag on the apex, and 
one on the si ias, Worthi 
Orcuips AT te Dett, Eouam, 
With the older plants of this grand collection of 
Orchids in unabated vigour, and the inclusion of 
miner worthy new plant, either species or hybrid, it 
that Baron Sir Н, yore at The 
Di Egham, attracts the gardener and the botanist 
from all parts of the world, 
In the large commodious plant-houses a succession 
of floral dieplays is to be found, the com 
year we recall the splendour of the groups of 
vallias and w e beg money- 
alue would re t a m ortune; then, a 
each class of plant represented in such beauty and 
completeness as to leave a strong impression on the 
age the beholder. 
тое time it is needless to ау that the 
the —— Cattleya labiata, and the 
which everyone regards as bein, ng among 
introductions to gardens ever so 
tleya labiata, one of new 
their glowing warm rose crimson flowers, 
nd two of which, it may be remarked, are 
Among them is а very beautiful 
of sn 
the labellum, the disc of which is pale pink or blush- 
white, Ia the same house аге some plants of The 
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