May 7, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
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We are unable to lay before our readers a full 
account of this exhibition, to gain an adequate 
idea of which they should pay a visit to Chelsea 
and see for themselves, 
On entering the house devoted to this exhibition 
weeks there is ап entirely different display to 
captivate the attention. We made particular note 
everal flowers, and were especially struck on 
entering with a fine piece of Cymbidium Lowia- 
num var, atro-purpureum, with two very long spikes 
Fic. 116.—nBERBERIS WALLICHIANA, 
the first feeling is one of astonishment, which gives 
place to interest, which grows till, when the visitor 
of leaving, it is with a wish that he 
E return. And herein this exhibition 
differs from many, as daily 
added and others removed, so that in two or three 
of bloom, shown off 
by а bank of Odon- 
we may mention 
parenthetically that 
there were altogether 
in the house about 
900 spikes of this Odontoglossum. But the C 
are a rich green, while the 
on the lip is scarlet-lake—a splendid con- 
This variety is certainly one of the best, if not 
the very best, о is Orchid. 
noticeable feature in the arrangement is the group- 
i ther of several plants of one variety or 
whic 
effects are ob- 
ing out well in such a case. у possesses 
two beautiful varieties of this Cattleya, one called 
C. L. rosea, the other i i 
ulata: rosea 
th 
which is well thrown up by the 
rest of the flower, which is long, of an elegant form, 
and of good substance; the two в 
, and are inclined inwards. 
variety of Cattleya Mendelii is distinguished as 
insignis, with a very long lip with as deep a 
colour as in Rex, the sepals and petals bei 
almost white, and thus there is contrast. 
Mendelii Alexandre also has a 1 i 
is much fringed, the margi 
as it is thrown back on the lip itself, which is deep 
in colour, looks very i 
е 
n coloration, some fo 
amabile a plant bearing à 
large spike of fifteen flowers, and when seen in a 
suitable light is noticed to be pale in the centre, and 
the outer part of the flower; O 
Coradinei hemileucum, yellow, flushed with brown ; 
О. (Miltonia) Roezlii splendens, well marked; О. 
decorum, O. polyxanthum, several named varieties of 
O. erispum, of which purpurea, with large round 
p rose colour, is one of the best; and 
ood 
pediums there are some 
for instance, C. gemmiferum, wh 
lar, 
L.. p.. atro-sanguinea, w 
an intense lip, is likely to find admirers. It is 
very distinct from the type. 
There are beyond these many interesting Orchids ; 
we have mentioned only the most exceptional, and 
more than this we cannot do, 
BERBERIDS. 
Тнк Berberids have gone a little out of fashion, 
nevertheless for decorative i i 
purposes in shrubberies 
h 
n bloom. so e- 
as B. Darwinii, or the beautiful hybrid between it and 
B. empetrifolia, known in gardens as D. stenophylla x, 
В. japonica (fig. 117) is a fine species, with an erect 
unbranched trunk like a small tree, with fine bold 
Chinese form, B, 
= 
ol. xxii, р. 428, & a 
japonica is not really native to, but only cultivated 
1 i Forbes and Hemsley refer 
allichiana, as our figure, a speci- 
furnished by Mr. Hartland, shows (fig. 116), 
in the Botanical Magazine, 
56. and it is described in our columns, 1869, p. 
710, B. heterophylla is somewhat similar; its 
leaves are of a rich bronze or coppery colour, 
