September 4, 1889. J 



Garden and Forest. 



425 



and with sipiilar flowers of a brilliant orange-scarlet, and 

 the rare little Oiicidiiun triqiietriiin, with modest little flowers 

 of no great beauty. The Marquis of Salisbury's gardener con- 

 tributed about a dozen spikes of Saccolabiiim Bhiinci, from 

 eighteen inches to two feet in length, with glorious wreaths of 

 tiny blossoms of lovely color and form and delicious fra- 

 grance. On seeing such Orchids as these one can under- 

 stand how eaptivating they are to the public, who value flowers 

 for what they are, and not for their rarity or money value. 



so tasselled at the points as to makes it quite different from tlie 

 well-known old favorite. It received a first-class certificate, 

 and it well deserved it. 



Among the large number of florists' flowers, only those of 

 superlative merit received awards. Most interest centred in a 

 splendid collection of new Gladioli of M. Lemoine's raising, and 

 shown by Messrs. Veitch. In addition to the hybrids raised 

 by intercrossing G. purpitreo-auratus and G. Gandave^isis, 

 IVI. Lemoine has now some crosses from G. Saundersii, a Cape 



Kis^. 126. — Crat;igiis tomenlosa. — See page 423. 



An extremely handsome new Pitcher plant nan^ed Nepenthes 

 Curtisii siiperba was shown by Messrs. Veitch, who won for 

 it a first-class certificate. The pitchers are of bold yet elegant 

 shape, with a broadly recurved, grooved rim of dark crimson, 

 the rest of the pitcher being of the came color, copiously 

 marked with irregular l:)lotches of very pale green. Some of 

 the pitchers measured nine inches long, and the plant is a vig- 

 orous grower. A good market Fern will probably be found 

 in the new Pteris tremula Smithiana, which has every frond 



species, having large flowers, with lioodcd sepals of a bright 

 scarlet. It is as hardy as G. purpureo-ajirahis, and, therefore, 

 was well calculated to yield progeny possessing vigor of 

 growth and hardiness. These Saundersii hybrids he has 

 named G. Nanceianus, and two sorts were considered worthy 

 of awards of merit. One was called President Carnot, with 

 flowers four and a half inches across, and of a bright scarlet- 

 red, the other, Comte Horace de Choiseul, with crimson flow- 

 ers, freckled with white. Both are superb varieties, and will 



