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NovemBer 15, 1919.] 
NEW MR NOTEWORTHY PLANTS. 
KNIPHOFIA SNOWDENII. 
Tue plant here illustrated (Fig 113) i 
new species yes Mt. Elgon in Uganda 
it y was first found by Mr. Snowden, after who 
owing in short grass and staall 
n elev from „800 ft. to 
Seeds were received at Kew in June, 
Dummer, who эре them in 
These germinated well and 
long, pro 
pon, в н rte stout stems, ea 
3 ft pe high. In colour, the curved, pubes- 
wers, 1i in. long, vary from 
Я spikes “being P yellow 
have ‘all гей йоу he 
over a lon peri 
produced g iod and 
eventually the “pike See a length of bets een 
two and t at the end As 
of October. 
ring 
winter nothing is known of its hardiness, but it 
should be as hardy as mo f the other kinds 
from "ye ona and S frica. "The plants 
uth 
re flower were kept- during last 
winter in a cold frame and planted out in early 
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ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
— 
BLUE ORCHID 
IN the Gar pd. Chron., in 4, 1919, p. 1, 
Sir Jeremiah ш. Bart, Chairman 3 the 
Orchid Comm of Кз ie voy al НОННА 
у, ау = cof уа notes 
B sw (ith re reference t to the fine 
collection of blue-tinted as and E 
Vincent Squar est ter. Th ] 1 
be arran so as to т 
у and also their decorative effect 
of the opportunity о 
ese сонета ыу 
rare and "beautiful Orchids. 
E o RAINBOW. 
Panta  RarLr, Esq., Ashtead Park, urrey 
(Orchid grower, Mr. eet sends a beauti- 
ful flower of this t successful cross 
between Cattleya Dowiana and. S.-L.- de 
Vere Beauclerk (L.-C. bletchleyensis x 8.- 
heatonensis), which is a decided advance in 
section in ever t. The flower approaches 
an ry © iana in size, «d = р 
firmer texture, and more openly ex ed. 
Sepals and petals are bright SEDE cand 
With a slight purplish tint on the backs of the 
Sepals. The lip also follows С. Dowiana, but is 
rather smaller and more c mpact; its colour is 
bright rosy mauve with thin gold lines on the 
lower half and dark claret, iris I nS lines 
extending from the centre to the 
LAELIO- чен ендер PERICLES. 
PRICK J. HaNBuRY, Esq., Brockhurst, 
stead, sends a Чеп hybrid between 
Empress “Frederick and Laelio-C. puc aioe уа 
legge (С. Hardyana x L.-C. с. 
ssa). The sepals and petals are whit Ж 
with lilac, the lip bri ight Tyrian- ООО “with 
Yellow disc and lines from the base. 
eee NEBULA. 
Ү also sends flower of a cross 
à » a "Pallas e С. Баи. ot good 
Size and wy d fir ит substance, the se vals and 
Ths ео white, = uded with rose- pink. 
: ра bright purple with very 
slight’ n lines beneath the pure white 
column, 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
247 
Soak ale EYA ROMEO. 
NSAL th bank, Mumbles, 
ross ie "Que of Sheba 
Th 
. gran iHora) th intensely 
sepals and pet tals, and neatly- 
eep crimson EE bii ae usual yellow 
pra on a reddish base. Th a Qu d hybrid. 
IET. 
oc hocoensis 
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SSO-CATTLEYA JUL 
THI ий: raised between С 
alba p i MES d. Leemann, 
by Mr. one ig The flower, 
eg is white, the broad-fringed lip ha aving a 
small purple base and clear yellow centre. 
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Fic. 113.—KNIPHOFIA SNOWDENII : 
PLANT NOTES. 
DICHORISANDRA THYRSIFLORA. 
THE Dichorisandras form a small genus of 
warm e eenhouse ете е belonging to the "end 
Commelinaceae of them are remarkable 
for ir ser n I : = 1 
аге borne packs the Tats autumn and early 
win 
This species of Dichorisandra forms a mass of 
ШК; ree слое from whence arise stout 
stem ё succulent nature that reach 
a height p an Dues feet. The broad, fleshy 
leaves are of an uniform green tint. Each stem 
hyrse, from 
зом 18 
The 
"s ered t 
8 how "y 
с si di able 
rellov 
is конш by a densel 
a — of 
de eloped ias) ome 
bright 
ithe and eid ut 
m ily r» ich fies background of the 
oral segments ichorisandra thyrsiflora is a 
native of Brazil, and was introduced to this 
country so g ago as 1822, but it never 
same such a general favourite as i nerits 
leserve At the present time it ss fre- 
quently met with n -— and, except 
in botanie gardens, ery rarely seen. ern 
cultivation of this Кей? "P" is 1 al 
not 1 
difficult as it will thrive in a mixture of. des 
and leaf-mould lightened with a little sand. 
iffective drainage is very necessary as the roots 
A NEW SPECIES FROM MT, ELGON. 
need ample os of water during the grow- 
ing season, with an occasional Оке When 
the pots ae well furnished with roots. Pro- 
be carried As by f 
agation ay 
cu ttings formed of the weaker shoots and in- 
serted dur the spring. re ey UK de put 
ir de А ropagatin se until me 
plant may also be increased by divisi tha 
season. rOcera is à name and which 
D. thyrsiflora was known on the Continent. 
Dich D s var niensis, with 
blue and white flowers, and rich green leaves 
striped wi ilver, was a promir plant 
at the in 1888 (see Gara Сок 
Fig. 75, May 5, 1 
plante were "jar more popular ins at presen 
Ww. T, 
