150 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[SEPTEMBER 20, 1919. 
cate at the Royal Var pue Society's meeting 
in 1908 in its produc 
"The flower, which is wax-like in substance, has 
equally broad, pure white segments, with a 
sulphur-yellow shade on the disc of the lip. 
"There are now several good white crosses wish 
C. O'Brieniana alba, aud in flowers 
n fresh for a ания 
ORCHIDS FROM WARNHAM COURT. 
A charming selection of flowers of ‘hybrids 
chiefly raised in his collection is sent by C. J. 
Wee | 
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A 
Fic. T71.—ACONITUM HEMSLEYANUM; A 
Lucas, Esq., Warnham Court, Horsham Ec] E 
m сате Sunset, ket 
Do Tankervilliae Hed ic 
Rex), is Ny Ner foie apricot-yellow flower with 
showy labellum, the base and elongated 
— bearing ge lines. C. Tankervilliae. 
with canary-yellow flower, having the front of 
‘he’ ир purplish ose, ent to shew the ex- 
traordinary manner in which the C. bicolor in 
h 
боба but it 
L.-C. Gottoiana 
5 
of 
2E 
z 
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in {ос Тһе jeg pala а b petals 
coloured, and the fatali эше: якой dii 
CLIMBING SPECIES WITH BLUE FLOWERS. 
claret colour. Laelio- T porong Strachan 
Eldorado x С. na), ood L.-C. 
L j and a richly- 
Сабох а sent. The last 
of unusual colour- 
pals pi State p red orange тоа 
EA t halt моа whilst the lip is s purple changi 
to violet in the fro: 
NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PLANTS. 
ACONITUM HEMSLEYANUM. 
A CLIMBING SPECI OM CHINA. 
a the branck 
twining, wed the yor become sensitive 
as to act as tendri One of them, А buenos 
this co untry. t was r. 
Pritzel fin mee Bot. Joli. xd 
529), and named after Dr. W. Botting Hemaloy 
Aconitum He ee з reproduces itself after 
the fashion of A. Napellus from bien e 
They are relatively small, half ch long, апа, - 
te oduce the | 
acteri: of the poisonous species 
section Eu-Napellus e slender stems twine 
pua А pod a (clockwise) in tall ie 
i sometimes 
up $ 
ris. 
‘They З. ik the whole plant eet oe parts | 
of the flower), leaves below - 
ШЫ Селге, / eMe inb ON 
rati ome по 
the Я іп А. ai the middle e 
being rhomboid, conspicuousl: pags om hel 
boldly crenate 'or doubl y cre above 
cunate base, while the lateral, although similar, 
are asymmetric and oblique and united higher d 
nate, e pendulous panicles are ofte 
1 ft. long, with the slender pedice 
curving so that the flowers are alway: 
or less erect position. The latter are 
fully blue, and in good specimens 
lo wee glabrous hood is 3—1 in 
wp wi the dorsal 
aA. and the frontal slightly sloping р 
short, or almost obsolete beak. The latera! ЭЛ 
seeds are, neatly marked with wavy, а апзуе 1 
ын О. Stapf. 4 
