THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[May 31, 1919. 
266 
ingtony Den ше obium Thwa. (D. 
/Wigeniae АЫ x D. d ines) 
- which, when shown ‘bere the Royal Horticul 
al Societ. , Was 
n- Award of Merit b; 
ile one of our fi 
sS that "beautiful, golden- -yellów 
hybrid, which „was obtained from Laelio- Cattleya 
Ө i d B ttle eemaniae, both of 
n 
2 
` It is an outstanding fact that Orchid growers, 
“both amateur and ресей, аге givers ready 
o better 
а S and а novice 
гапа ж. Жау with thos expert, and 
~ thus ДУЛУ a great deal of helpful aorta: 
t tle later period white 
n demand, and we at Chessington 
тга 
. them from seed. rst success was the sult 
oe Эш sing ^ Dendrobium nobile virgin: ale, All 
. the plants jn seg Sine eet “parent proved true to 
пате за, they flowered 
Cattleya labista. Amesiana (white, with a mauve 
lip) with С. labiata R. I. Measures: (white, 
_ with coloured lip) in the hope of raising plants 
. which would give white flowe vith. ur 
- lips. sult was exceedingly disappointing, 
for a had - “yer y pale mauve on the 
iments were renee with 
bon , various , theories 
f.white Orchids, the 
n h 
r that many reputedly 
е, і заа АЙ ec Ae 
АА idg 
nce 5 Jul 5 B.C. 
bet TE. ate Ne that. 
ve any ol ge d 
that whi А е birth. ot: the 
Provided ons 
AL of Orchids, from the ong af 
purchased to the lates production n 
ting 
A NEW 
time I publish ed the ай n oft the 
Chinese pne v o Gibbsii* I was s vehe that 
a closely allied form had ^in cultivation 
ved some eye 5: under the name of Р. crenulata 
nsis Mottet. 
е 
r. yun 
in the Crataeges 
specim ded which. came 
an feet high 
! Меке, Chena: a 
This Thorn resembles P. crenulata var. Roger- 
siana in its к унше, һгапсһез 
4 30, 1916, 
80! 
tend. exhibitions М 
ts to тойс intelligently, pn 4 
VARIETY OF PYRACANTHA E. 
GÍBBSIL . 
M Pus acquaintance i 
collection at Kew, eie 4 dor x 
at Опса in miri n 
es, but is meal 
more robust in habit and the foliage is мо, vs lant; the fruits C Slightly "AL on 
different. From Gibbsii, however, it orter ae and of a much mo vid coral 
hardly be separated except by its ЖОШ УНА eg and last well into. Sas my "Mot 's 
more spiny branches and obovate or ,oblong plate shows very effectively the decorative 
spathulate leaves, which ке Sannn and often character of the fruiting plant, but th 
Me crenate or even e leav eaves are represen as spathulate in shape 
P. Gibbsii are generally Sovita: oblong or with crenate margins, just like the plant named 
slip in outline and entir ыз. serrate in yunnanensis at Kew, and not elliptic lanceolate - 
the r two-thi ruits ar "i ve. I have often seen elliptic 
ibid much later than in P. Gibbsi ws sting n leaves on plants of ib W- 
any rate this year until the mid 7 P March, ever, the foliage of individua] plants showing 
the fruits of Gibbsii, having disappear réat variation in this respect. This ence in 
me weeks previously. latte рага eaf form is well shown in Mr. Spooner’s drawing 
however, requires testing over a mber of (Fig. 132 and B.). Wild specimens of Pyra- 
seasons. son ныша up the ашпа. description cantha preserved in herbaria exhibit. the same 
of P. c yunnanensis e Horti- degree of variation as regard foliage, hardly any 
cole for "May, Is, М сору of shi F4 in kindly wi Herm appearing to be alike, so that one 
cou vem ier re „еп to be 
x oth nce written to 
from Glasnevin specim: ns fro: if 
ni. plants of P. Gibbsii whielt E consider 
ap. 
var. typica. 
{ eaves, ovate to ‘oblong in sl shap 
m: 
степай 
No. 4, labe 
ay tire or  spathulate lea ‘lea: 
oh ‚ but with mu och. s 
ameter ; 
Sari ty ica Sobahi occur. 
-j &yno: Me i^ 7 занон ‘under discussion An 
doge ene stand as follow: 
yracan А 
6: Р. үп de» 
(поп Roxb.) pro ; 
eaves obovate- oblong ud 
in outline, wis obscure! 
margin, often mucronat 5 
Patian Gibbsii var. yunnanensis Osborn x 
elliptic lanceolate 
or finely serrate in 
den, 1919, p. 138. 
Wc y" Sen а таг peer Mottet (emend), 
Rev. Hort., 1913, p- 204, with Fig ; 
P. crenulata ; t. pro parte 
Р. crenulata var ic ied Hort, Newry. 5 
Leaves obovate long-spathulate, соате 
or e 
crenate or occasio nally ae dos Jackson. 
Tus 132.—A, LEAVES OF P. GIBBSII VAR, YUN- 
NANENSIS, NAT. SIZE; B, NM OF P. савази 
VAR. TYPICA, NAT. SIZE. 
— x 
 CONFESSIONS OF A NOVICE. 
sent me by Messrs. Chenault, I find that its 
rote ай lake from: 1906, ets seeds col- 
э d in eh 
will be. memorable to 
by. -D 
tributed by the late Maurice de Vilmorin under THE present year the fact that (1 j 
umber In the British Museum Herbariam beyond all years by reason i г 
there is а plant with very similar foliage (Мо. |, have rediscovered the beauty of ЭРИШ. 4. their | 
10628), ected at Men Yunnan, by ° е. опр years of war the seasons та strain: 
ae Н анга шей by Wilson tedious procession before ге, and were av 
rm A ит am е ЕЛ N T 
e and 2985 pho Roe. E als casui; bui this year the aw ө 
: E id, it zr Ъ real and welcome абыл, аге. 
‘of those who care for the cece "ач 
_ delighted to discover Ot mac he mere Temen 
Vrae dis of spring at 
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