174 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Octopen 4, 1919, 
hose who entertain any lingering doubt as to Una Wallace (see Fig. 79) is to be found in its хет, їв es influenced by the Sophronitis 
me horticultural Mersin of е Сене apr rich, glowing colour, which is best des iini d as pa is reduced in width and has a 
dendrons will be interested to read “It bright rose-pink, approaching cerise. narrow ‘ron lobe which is forn med like S. grandi- 
as been remarked tha sin the ка егв ої he ‚ West autumn exhibition of the National Rose пау flora though larger. ip is orange colour 
Chinese Rhododendrons do not as a rule rival in оп September 9, a - rge vase of this novelty was w with a markings at EUN base, the fro bein: 
form, in consistence and ny depth yen intensity pg with gh Be eedlings for pa and it rplish crims е 
of colour Himalayan species such as ЁЛ. T'hom- = опо compelled Powers for the flowers were и СЕА 
soni, Rh. fulgens, Rh. barbatum and the like. scale beautiful, and althou gh the colour 1s SOPHRO-LAELIO-CATTLEY A VIVID, 
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the contrary and to ма made known and in- their Уру 18 Кы, ing арса all the younge um ESI 1 bei binind : 
troduced to our gardens these lovely plants which flowers. The pens datis ed йез National Rose тда. Ass i nee uie edo 
will be amongst their greatest glories in the future ^ Society's Certificate of Merit on the date men- „пў tees Ce Rubens (C pat aes x a) 
should be some reward to “a араван for all tioned, as recorded in the ee for September - suia praest, ns). The flow Vs ДА з ^ 
the labour and hardship of e has 1 ir dur Lua ue ба I 
devoted to the explorations whith ‘Ga secured This new variety, like so many pec new wit age ane ot Web pees X^ 2 
Of the forty-five species enumerated, Roses, of Iri a origin, and was raised and ay idc idea ot deuda libus UPS de 
Wi one, R. orthocladum, is reported as growing exhibited by Messrs. S. McGredy and ce of тайса жа d dd dine ] xs tpi T 
xe Piet Jin Haste corate lagonal lines of the same colour. 
SOPHRO-LAEL HEOATTEEA PALLAS. 
THIS hybrid was raised bet ay -L. Psyche 
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lated margin, derived from the L. cinnabarina 
n §.-L. Psyche, are interesting features 
TREES AND SHRUBS. 
DIPTERONIA SINENSIS. 
DIPTERONIA SINENSIS, an interesting shrub o 
small tree belonging to the order Aceraceae, is 
now carrying a heavy crop of its fruit at Alden- 
ham. Collected by Mr. E. H. үр Ao w 
travels through o rn Hupeh Wes 
Szec дшш їп 1897, was Frisch d a Меен, 
Jas eitch and hate about three years later. 
At А enham it has formed a very orname: 
us ll tree, about 12 to 15 feet high, the 
foliage, consisting of leaves about 1 шл long 
and hal road, ре of leaflets Б. 
tapering toward the base, where € they are joined 
the stalk. 
"The species has proved quite hardy at + Alde me 
gan, and is easily increased bye c inserte 
n Jt uly, or by layering. is year we hope to 
raise "plants tóm seed. Zdwin "Beckett, Alden- 
ham 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
HE “DAHLIA. 
Tne extreme and easy variability of bs 
Dahlia Бмс бк to a large extent, for ihe e 
tudinous fme Ss as assumed. Nev 
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Fic. 79.—ROSE UNA WALLACE: COLOUR BRIGHT PINK. 
THE ROSARY. ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
ROSE UNA WALLACE. 
8 АА E Mou ME these forms multitudinous а os 
Prnx Roses are p and they include Окы CA ETEEEA DESDE бое. Шап “they are to-day. Even К es 
many prime favourites amongst the most glorious A FLOWER of the € iiec s bloom in a batch 2 garden effect nothing сап уе when 
flowers of our gardens. In some the form of the Book in x the collectio of Sir Mervyn Buller some of the old Show varieties pe 
bloom gives a special charm to the variety, Bart., at Broomhill, "Spration, Northampton- readies to grow naturally, but for use be те- 
others possess such delicate tones as to attract sbire, between Sophronitis grandiflora and flowers they are almost jani. E The Cactus 
by their charming colouring, whilst still others Cattleya Suzanne Hye de Or m  (Mossiae mark applies equally to e exhibition, d by 
are so good natured as to bloom with freedom Wageneri x Gaskelliana alba) is t by Mr Dahlia. That nd t as been rum? b ab 
in almost any soil or situation. It is well recog- C. Kench, the gardener. It is a pretty flower, wires on the sow eae in London. . d 
nised that some of the finest Roses for garden four inches across. The sepals and petals, which ^ has not ре, beyond теран 
purposes are found amongst the pink sorts, = аге formed ше the Cattleya parent, have a proved by e plants ts which I saw in A MS 
that a new variety of that shade must posse white ground tinged with salmon-pink, the only ^ Dobbie's M art in Edinburgh. prt ociated 
some outstanding merit to be considered Bere evidence of Е the scarlet Pinos onitis parent being G. M. Di ckson, who has so long ment 
or even the pec = Е, enin. in cultiva- seen у се reddish gold ook on the petals, and with Mr. Ен ein the Dahlia growing аө di 
tion. The new variety in a less degree on the The lip, how- oi that Wall: Mos firm, has been for some 5 
