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Garden and Forest. 



[Number 184. 



character between the parents, the flower being- of the 

 same size as C. superb/ens, with a similar pouch, but the 

 lateral sepals are much deflexed, as in C. Philippinense, 

 but shorter and. broader, and are copiously dotted with 

 minute black spots on a purplish ground. This is the 

 nearest approach to the rare C. Morgana that I have seen. 

 Cleola is a cross between C. reliculatum and the little C. 

 Sch/wiii album as the seed-bearing parent. The progeny 

 recalls the beautiful C. caudatum of the Sedeni group, but 

 the flowers are smaller and whiter; indeed, there is only a 

 suggestion of pink to mar the chaste purity of its ivory 

 whiteness. The form of the flower is exquisite. It is of 

 vigorous growth, inheriting that character from C. Schlimii 

 album. C. macrochilum is a remarkable hybrid, as it is the 

 first instance of the strange Uropedium Lindeni being 

 crossed with a true Cypripedium, the parent being C. 

 longifolium, which gave us the Sedeni hybrids. At first 

 sight one would think the hybrid a large-tipped form of 

 C. caudalum, so alike are the flowers in general appear- 

 ance. The lateral sepals are pale purple, long, and hang 

 like strings ; the back sepals are green striped, as in Uro- 

 pedium, but the lip is different, being large and long, of 

 similar color to that of C. caudalum, and the inturned edges 

 at the top have the same ivory appearance. This hybrid 

 tends to prove what some specialists have always main- 

 tained, that Uropedium is but a deformed variety of Cypri- 

 pedium, possibly of C. caudaiujn. It is singular that, from 

 the result of intercrossing, it should have so completely 

 recovered its lost pouch. Other Orchids of interest shown 

 were Odonloglossum Hennisii, a new species which Mr. 

 Rolfe describes as having affinity with 0. odoratum, but 

 cultivators will compare it with O. constrictum and 0. Lind- 

 leyanum, from its general appearance ; but it is different, as 

 may be seen by the much broader lip. The plant shown 

 was a poor representative of what Mr. Shuttleworth con- 

 siders a really pretty cool Orchid. The splendid new 

 Dendrobiian Statterianum is a gain and won much admira- 

 tion. It may be described as having the growth and 

 flowers of D. cryslallhium, with the color of D. crassinode 

 Barberiamim, and the flowers are as thickly set on the 

 slender stems as in that variety. As a late summer-blooming 

 Dendrobium it has no rival. Phajus Humbloti rubescens 

 possesses, as its name implies, a deeper color than the 

 type, and is a first-rate Orchid. Lcelia elegans Turneri, the 

 best variety of the species, was shown finely, and so was 

 Angrazcum Ellisi, with spikes a foot long. Besides these 

 was a grand group of Disa grandiflora from Chatsworth, 

 where its cultivation is plainly well understood. Some of 

 the spikes bore ten open flowers, which, as every orchid- 

 grower knows, are produced only on strong plants. 



Among the new Caladiums was a remarkable group 

 shown by Mr. Bause, well known in earlier days as a raiser 

 of Coleuses and Dracaenas. But most of his Caladiums had 

 their origin in France, and the raisers there have apparently 

 turned their attention to the production of those sorts only 

 that have very rich-colored leaves, for most of the new 

 ones have pink, carmine and crimson foliage. There were 

 quite half a hundred shown, and a dozen of the best 

 I picked out were Madame Leon Say, M. Leon Say, 

 Comte de Germiny, Raymond Lemoinier, Ibis Rose, 

 Madame Alfred Magne, Comtesse de Brouses, Marie Free- 

 man, Oriflamme, Mrs. Harry Veitch, Louis Van Houtte and 

 Le Nain Rouge (dwarf). All these are first-rate. 



Among new Roses shown by Messrs. Paul, of Cheshuiit, 

 the finest were Charles Gater, a brilliant scarlet-crimson, 

 good in form and luxuriant in foliage ; T. B. Haywood, 

 combining the qualities of the old Alfred Colomb and the 

 brilliancy of the Duke of Edinburgh ; Duke of Marl- 

 borough, in the way of Auguste Mie, but more powerfully 

 scented, and Kaiser Friedrich, one of the Gloire de Dijon 

 type, but with a more conical and better-shaped flower in 

 the open state. None of these novelties, however, took 

 the fancy of the committee shown in their present condi- 

 tion after such rain-storms as we have had. 



A new race of the annual Chrysanlhemum carinatum was 



shown by the Messrs. Hurst. The flowers are as double 

 and as large as double Pyrethrums, and varying in color 

 from bright golden yellow through deep bronze maroons 

 to the richest crimsons. These beautiful varieties are 

 destined to become popular as they are so easily grown, 

 and no doubt they will be improved upon still further now 

 that a distinct break has been made. 



Dahlias have made their appearance at the show-table, 

 and Messrs. Cannell showed some Cactus varieties of the 

 true Yuarezi type, not the spurious kinds which sometimes 

 pass for Cactus Dahlias. The best were Panthea, orange- 

 scarlet ; Oban, bronzy crimson, and Duke of Clarence, deep 

 crimson. These, together with Cannell's double Begonias, 

 which look more like double Hollyhocks in size and form 

 than the Begonias of a few seasons back, made a brilliant 

 display. 



London. 



W. Goldring. 



Cultural Department. 



Midsummer Flowers. 



China Asters. — The flowering of these plants marks the 

 culmination of the summer garden. At this time the annuals 

 have about reached their best state ; the summer-flowering per- 

 ennials are making their second growths, and the first of the 

 multitude of fall-flowering composites are rapidly coming into 

 bloom. Each season brings its novelties, and among the spring 

 offerings of the seedsmen few are usually so well worth 

 trial as the Asters. Easily grown, they produce a large crop 

 of the most useful and lasting flowers, such flowers as are 

 never in too great abundance in any garden. Not all the varie- 

 ties are improvements on the old favorites, but each year 

 there are found some kinds with valuable distinctions entitling 

 them to a permanent place in the annual border. The Comet 

 Asters of the last few seasons were a great acquisition, the 

 Rose variety being especially charming. This season we have 

 a new strain in the Jewel Asters, which prove to be finely 

 formed flowers, well incurved, though I have grown no nine- 

 inch specimens, which size they are said to attain. The 

 Apple-blossom is of the faintest flush of pink, and yery at- 

 tractive. The Deep Rose, as its name implies, is dark pink 

 and of the same form. The Snowball and other white Asters 

 do not seem to be any distinct advance on old forms. One 

 cannot have too many white and pink flowers in a garden 

 where flowers are in demand. For some reason, I suspect 

 not unconnected with the prevailing shades of dress goods, 

 there has been a rather unusual draft on my pink flowers this 

 season. I grow during the year a fair number of flowers, but 

 until this experience I had not noted specially the comparative 

 scarcity of good pink flowers of a satisfactory shade. 



Hardy Sunflowers. — Among the single flowers of these I 

 have seen none more satisfactory, in substance, form, and color, 

 than Helianthus rigidus. They are about three inches in di- 

 ameter, a rich golden yellow of pure tone, with a dark- brown cen- 

 tre. The plant has a stiff habit, with sparse foliage. It has an 

 objectionable way of spreading through the borders by under- 

 ground stolons, the old crowns dying off. Unless one is famil- 

 iar with this habit he may think the plant is lost, or he may lose 

 it by digging up the border around old crowns. H. Japonicus 

 (or pro- cox) is a form of H. rigidus sent out by Ware, but it does 

 not seem distinct enough for name, especially for a misleading 

 one — Japan, I believe, not having any species of Helianthus. 

 With me it is no earlier than H. rigidus. After, or with H. 

 rigidus, I should say that H. latiflorus is the most satisfactory. 

 This has more abundant foliage, the same root-action, and the 

 flowers are perhaps a trifle deeper in color, with yellow eyes. 

 The petals are also more abundant, and the flowers are 

 sometimes semi-double. I have a third variety, the name 

 undetermined, which came from seeds supposed to be of H. 

 rigidus. This has flowers of a lighter yellow, and is not a 

 wanderer at the root. My double Sunflowers have mostly 

 drifted into my neighbors' gardens, where I enjoy them. They 

 are fine bits of color at a distance ; near by they are a trifle 

 lumpy, and the leaves gather all the floating mildew. 



Clematis paniculata and Schubertia grandiflora. — 

 These two plants, now in bloom on the same trellis, form a 

 charming picture. The large glossy leaves and clusters of 

 large waxen white flowers of the Schubertia enhance the grace 

 of this most lovely Clematis. The figure of a flowering branch 

 of this plant in Garden and Forest, although accurate, did 

 but scant justice to its graceful, dainty, spray-like blooming 

 habit, which can only be shown by the entire vine. In any 

 stage, the plant is one of the most valuable climbers of recent 



