290 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[June 14, 1919, 
ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
meus tg: ur uoi ME 
ITT’S VARIE x 
AT the Be of the ы Horticultural 
Society’ s Orchid Committee, on May 27, H. T. 
E 
Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. 
Thur good) , Was awar t-Class Certifi- 
[ z Th 
"d 
harveng- 
crispum 
e name of O. 
sted 
be a disi oid. ева О. crispum апа О. 
triumphans, the latter species having been 
found growing with О. crispum. , One of the. 
more acuminate segments. The colcur is deep 
a light, golden shade. 
carlet with 
осна DA FRED SANDER ( nia Warsce 
wiezii x Odontoglossum элет эгини The 
т 
cre org 
gem Ке Fan NTAISIE жо Warscewiczii 
x Odontoglossum  crispo-Harryanum). The 
lanceolate sepals and petals are tinged with 
рї БЫ е lip also is purple, but with a white 
ont 
"OoNTIODA Macat1 SANDER Lo Charles- 
x Odm. Ma vm Sander A large, 
-formed flower of rich vinous- purple 
> аы ia whitish ops i the lip 
[ышк m ckled with colou: 
0-CATTLEYA Wie San A pretty 
lar ойле by crossing Cattleya Мыл 
ty a 
Reineckiana Forget’s variety and Laelio-Cattleya 
Phryne (C. Warscewiczii x L ina). The 
flower, which is larger than the С, Mossiae 
parent, has white sepals and petals, with a very 
faint yell sh rived fr hina, 
the broad lip -being bright Pe shading n 
se purple towards th» ma 
Fig. 144. Ооо ае ug HAR VENGTENSE 
(в.н.з. RTIFICATE, MAY 27, 1919). 
T-CLASS CE 
earliest plants to flower bloomed in the estab- 
— aa of M. Chas. Vuylsteke, н осы, 
Ghent, and was lo styense a 
ich was y used in 1: col- 
lections until the name now g was estab- 
right of priority. 
CHI ROM ST. ALB 
- SANDERS, St. Albans, send, for record- 
ing, flowers of the mendi. fine novelties :— 
NTOGLOSSUM SIREN (nebulosum x Fascina- 
ex ) very dintinet hybrid, indir closely 
k ерин um in m, = ith broader 
net i The flow are whi ith 
te 
rens ‘of жегет, sh jeg spots Ж thoi inner үш 
of the segments, and around the fleshy, yellow 
st. 
DoNTOGLOSSUM RossrNaATOR (Rossii majus x 
The ground colour of this hybrid is 
г ; the sepals are spotted M claret- 
red, the petals having similar markings at the 
base. ae lip is ioter blush. white, with a 
анне SANDERAE (ton а Sanderae x 
Oncidium macranthum). атым сотра tee to 
the brilliant O. ia d with longer and 
yellow cres 
PITT'S VARIETY 
TREES AND SHRUBS. 
E nao ULMOIDES. 
I y be est to record the fact that a 
pecimen powe bove Chinese tree 
in cultivation in this country—produced 
flowers Rene ар" X ring for the first ae 
ly pos 
УНО, ie Ta a girth of eleven а 
would 
d à height of заи бн. feet. , no 
doubt, have been bigger all round E it had not 
пай to submit to some pruning to it within 
bounds, as unfortunately it has been put in 
part of the garden unsuitable fo: p ent 
ree; consequently it may have to sacrificed 
shortly. This tree is not 5h ud b meet with 
Í kits in gardens, as its flow very incon- 
spic and its ‘foliage оса. 3 particular 
abrsetion. It is of interest, ho Pe er, botanically, 
bo +e on acco - of belong in mo: pr ty э 
” threads 4 
ух Blaithwaite, 
Wig Seed Cumber, 
AN ALLOTMENT GARDEN IN INDIA, 
Tue following notes on an allotment etal 
for our depót in India may pr 
The allot started by 
е 
А 
E 
p 
Ё 
s prove 
be prone on a lar „а И 
um is in the Deccan, 
ne y the Ghats. 300 miles аф ot Bomba у. 
The altitu de is little under 3, fest, all it 
th ; 
н ес wa, 
qr Ronse 
only 
o that 
n peal сус in more ways than 
"e seeds were obtained from t ihe mun nicipal 
gardens, Poona, the 7-б 
к сз India, and compri 
f French Runner Beans, 
Se nae 
ham Scarlet), ma 
pee pads to fill the puni. an 
with авй 
" m the bat 
be: ro. ow from 
ted, it was t0? 
е any 
wad S hodian up in r 
which the wa 
allowe 
SAE was was 
pns for & permitted to use 
overflow water. 
Е emi January 24, when e к 
"canoe, Onion and bor a 
25th, ria ot, Lettuc 
ow у 
and Cauliflowers were showing 
ев were followed by Beans оп 
2 ebru the Beans were doing we i» 
w Carrots po Tomatos were show ing; 
es really a case of Peas and Radishes first, м 
t nowhere. E 
ишка now appeared amongst the a be 
which had Des wp well. They se у: 
“* damping off, re d the wat siae 
Before the aa of the month they had comp ae 
f distre 
this time the Radi: “ы were almost “fit for 
By 
eating, and both the Pea an Е: a 
looked fine. y Парвои and li at vn 
doing well, too, in a steady, unostentatious 
the Seeks of these last h een 80 
у, ra esaet Р well "di Le 
rapidly rocovered. The T: 
all that was expected o m 
ot so the Carrots and Lettuces 
small portion of these germinated, ‘and 
Only а 
they 
