September 28, 1892.] 



Garden and Forest. 



461 



Lowii, being' brown, shaded vinous red, paler veined 

 green beneath. The infolded lobes are speckled crimson, 

 and the obcordate staminode is carmine and pale green. 



Foreign Correspondence. 

 London Letter. 



OUR garden and flower shows were never brighter in 

 September, though the first frost may deprive us of 

 the Dahlias and of the Begonias, which are being quite gen- 



terest was centred in the new hybrid Orchids, exhibited for 

 the tirst time. Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea, took a first-class 

 certificate for a beautiful little hybrid, a cross between the 

 scarlet Sophronitis grandiflora and Ltelia elegans, this being 

 the pollen parent. It is named Sophro-Cattleya Veitchii, 

 and in growth is intermediate between the parents, but 

 with larger flowers than Sophro-Cattleya Batemanniana, 

 being three inches across. The color of the sepals and 

 petals is a bright cinnabar-red, flushed with rose, and of 

 the pointed lip, a rich crimson, with bright yellow interior. 

 It is a plant sure to be valued by orchidists. The other 



erally relied upon for autumn color after the Pelargoniums 

 have grown rank and flovi'erless. The exhibition of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society at Westminster on Tuesday 

 was of unusual interest. Besides an extensive collection 

 of brilliant exhibits there were a large number of novelties, 

 especially in florists' flowers and Orchids. The chief in- 



Rose. — See page 460. 



hybrids were Cypripedium H. Ballantine, between the 

 elegant C. Fairieanum and C. purpuratum, partaking of the 

 character of both, and as rich in color as C. purpuratum. 

 La;Iio-Cattleya Proserpine is a cross between C. velutina 

 and L. pumila Dayana, and, though interesting, is not so 

 beautiful as many other hybrid Cattleyas. Messrs. Sander, 



