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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[OCTOBER 18, 1919, 
ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
CYMBIDIUM GR АХ DIFLORUM 
Fro Í this fine old Cymbi in an 
immature condition have been s by several 
correspondents, who state that although spikes 
were produced by their plants months ago, and 
the bl developed til half natural 
size, they remain in that stage with partially- 
closed, Tr fleshy sepals and petals iid unde- 
velo 
dios mported f оар 
Himalaya ап pe Foe abe van Mes: oes 
Veitch and Sons in 1866, and from th dis 
introduction this peculiarity of the frequent 
Fic. 90.—cyMBIDIUM GRANDIFLORUM 
failure to develop its flowers has been noted, and 
attributed the climatic differences between 
its own habitat and the conditions ible 
Se iine у: Nevertheless, perfect flowers are 
pr E 
piede Mince, or, when 
o departure from the 
h used in crossing with 
ut a puro others, FP we “have never had 
grown in, or remove it to one 
Both as an ornamental plant, and as a showy 
and long: lasting flower it is one of the finest of 
Cymbidiums and well worthy of any care bestowed 
1 it to ensure the perfect development of the 
owers. The sepals petals are bright green, 
the lip light yellow, and, like the face of th 
=n ns рир ith red-purple. lant is 
o kno n gardens as C. Hookerianum. The 
strat tion з тересвв ents а single normal flower and 
a spike showing the retarded development that 
k 
may last for many weeks. 
CYMBIDIUM NOR 
FLO of a very pretty ЫДА of a new 
section, and raised between the true Соп 
Dayanum Eae: Chron., 1 0) ), and C. 
Winnianum (giganteum x Mastersii) is sent by 
: FLOWERS GREENISH, LIP RICH CRIMSON. 
W. E. Walker, gardener to G. Hamilton- 
ud Esq., Northside, — Woods, Bristol, 
who has probably th mplete ‘collection 
of hybri Cymbidiums extant 
The flower is t Is 
er hree inches sepals 
and petals are lanceolate, the pe ic tty than 
the sepals, both m white with es ight ко 
purple in the veining, and a thin purple lin 
along the € Rise ip has s distinctly divided, 
я side vee son-purple 
argins, oe Silo dios lines 
оп Ше ШАН of ‘the Tawe nanet 2 showy 
front lobe of the lip is recurv t the Ыр; 
ds is ee deep ruby red with pened markings 
the centre. The column is rather sle pied 
colour; the anthers 
The recording of this pretty hybrid recalls the 
ad that in gardens C. ip jane is confoun 
h С. eburneum, or as a 
tota 
producing its а owers ms o 
call эре of С. pendulum in a remarkable 
degree. he i ive of the Sikkim 
ES үа, СЕ was said to have been imported 
irom Assam originally by the late J, Day, Esq, 
NEW HYBRIDS. 
J. ANsALDO, EsQ., Rosebank, Mumbles, sends 
flowers аы six new vir for recording, the 
long in al between the meetings of the Royal 
Horticultur: al Society's 
va 
Orchid Committee pre- 
v ent ing him ed 
fro m show ving them as 
GABRIELE 
т 
NUNZIO. iem: between B li 
bronzy-yellow 
me s 
purple 4 spotting at the base and on the front 
lebe. 
ELVIRA.—A cross be- | 
tween B. Siue rena and L.-C. 5 
Dominiana langleyensis. It has le lilac 
to lilac in front, and the 
А very distinct. 
Г raised 
of the t the base and tinged - 
and eel with purplish rose in front, the sepals 
md petals being greenish-white tinged with 
ANSALDO. wed 
an 
nearest in shape to Li 1 
nd very broad petals are purplish rose, the mis 
Tyrian purple, shaded with с in the i 
and having some thin -= tin ana at ‘the н і 
—Raised by 
crossi "a -С. Thwaitesii peus = c. ` Ibletchleyen- 
iac Le has light gold sepals and petals tinged 
with 1 rose ‚ and a ruby- рр, E. 
crossing ; C. Tim е 
oria, is of ed Tape and purpli п 
S Both the last-named hybri oh = ye 
small plants giving immature 
VEGETABLES AT ELSTREE. 
oig 
Beckett’s skill 
etable 
essary as in any period 1 
kinds of places: - 
rowing in the fore Я 
а Celery 
t, oa 4 
to use 
Potatos assicas were 
ground of ber plantations and 
th в bet ween Asparagus beds ; р. їас 
v 
vated. Few xtent to ` ў 
the intensive cultivation of “vegetables is pret E 
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