January 20, 1912. 



THE 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



45 



NEW PLANTS, ETC 



ELIO-CATTLEYA BELI 



VARIETY 



ALBA, DELL 



This is a superb orchid, and it wag ex- 

 hibited in fine style, the plant carrying six 

 larffe and beautiful flowers on one spike. 

 The sepals and petals are pure white, the 

 large lip l>eing dark, rich crimsou-purple, 

 vnth soine lighter lines in the throat. F.C.C, 

 ; : .H.S., Jan 9. Baron Bruno Schroder 



' , Mr. J. E. Shill), The Dell, Egham. 



-CATTLEY 



A very beautiful hybrid, derived froon 

 [..-c. Haroldiana and Laelia lana nigricans. 

 It has a shapely flower, and is very effective, 

 the sepals being deep yellow, and the broader 



rose. A.M., E.H.S., 

 Esq. (gardener. Mi . 

 hurst, Eusper. 



Jan. 9. 

 C. Salter), 



Walter Cobb, 

 Norma n- 



CYPEIPEDIUM JUCUNDUM. 



A most distinct hybrid, the parents being 

 C. alcidiades and €. veronica. The large 

 flower has a white dorsal sepal of consider- 

 able size, with a small green area at the 

 base and some delicate lines oi" rosy^purple 

 dots. Tlie petals are also white, with deli- 

 cate puiple markings, but the lip is of a 

 creamy shade, tinged with purple. A.M., 

 E.H.S., Jan. 9. Messirs. Sander and Sons, 

 St. Albans. 



cattleya maggie eaphael 



oechidhue;st vae. 



Tlie parents of this variety of a popular 

 and beautiful hybrid were evidently well se- 



of the 



Leonidas superbum. The influence 

 first-named parent is very marked, the bright 

 rose-purple marki ngs, the sheen , a nd the 

 white apex to the dorsal sepal all being con- 

 firmative evidence, llie lip and petaJe are 

 greenish-vellow, with puq^lisIl shading. 

 A.M., E.H.S.. Jan. 9. The Duke of Marl- 

 borough (gardener, Mr. Hunter), Blenheim 

 Palace, Woodstock. 



CARNATIONS WIVELSFIELD WONDER. 



A handsome fancy ]:)erpetual carnation, 

 long-^stemmcd and with an excellent calyx. 

 The flowers are of large size, white freely 

 and delicately marked with red. We figured 

 this variety in a recent issue, A.M.. RJI.S., 

 Jan. 9. Messrs. AUwood Brothers, A\'ivel.— 

 field, Havward\s Heath. 



CYPRIPEDIUM NITEXS-BEEKENSIS. 

 Ono of the largest of cypripediums, itc* 



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L.ELIO-CATTLEYA BELLA ALBA, DELL VAE. 



>eautiful variety, with pure 



white sepals and ipetals 

 Schroder (grower, Mr. 



and crimson-purple lip. 

 J. Shill), The Dell, Egham. 



F.C.C., E.H.S., Jan. 9 



Baron Bruno 



I'^fi ^^i^liter, and glistenfng yel- 



: ""l^^ some purple mottling^ on the upper 

 Caf" tT^ ^^^^y bright crimt>on^purple. 



Jan. 9. F. Wellesley, Esq. 



' gardener, 

 Woking. 



Mr. W. 



lected, fine forms of C, Trianse alba and C. 

 Dowiana being used. The result is a fine 

 batch of seedlings remarkably true in form 



^, ^. and colour, the sepals and petalis being white 



Hopkins), West-field, and the lip purple with gold veins. A.M., 



R.H.S., Jan. 9. Messrs. Armstrong and 

 Brown. Tunbrid^e Wells. 



cm l f .van^-ty of a well-known or- 



^^•liito V tl '^"'""^ <lorsal sepal is 



^^■liilo t . purpli^li spots, 



Ksf, 1 ' Jan. 9. F. AVelles- 



WokS^""''^' Hopkins), We«t- 



^''DOXTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM QUEE 



FIELD VAR. 



THE MORN. 



X OF 



al formed and very pretty variety, 



owers beino. almost 



t ip K,.^ J --''"jfu ana v 



shad 



CYMBIDIUM ROSEFIELDIBNSE. 

 An excellent addition to the hybrid cvm- 

 bidiums, the parents in this instance being 

 C. grandiflorum (Hookeri) and C. Traeey- 

 annm. The flowers are of large size, and 

 the broad bright green eepals and petals are 

 regularly spotted with light red, while the 

 large lip is cream-coloured, with red-^brown 

 spatting. A.M., R.H.S., Jan. 9- De Barri 

 Crawshay, Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. Stables), 

 Ro^sefield, Sevenoaks, 



CYPRIPEDIUM CATILINE. 



A large and showy cypripedium obtained 

 by crosising C. Mrs. W. Mo.styn with C. 



parents being C. nitens and C. Beekmanni. 

 It has a big, rounded dorsal sepal, white, with 

 a gi-een base, and heavy spot;s of bright pur- 

 ple. The lip and ,petalc> are yellowisli-green, 

 shaded with purplish-brown. A.M., R.H.S., 

 Jan. 9. J. Gurney Fowler, E^q, (gardener, 

 Mr. J. Davis), Glebelands, South Woodford, 



PEAR MRS. SEDEX. 



A handsome, rounded pear, of ample ^ize 

 for deissert purpovses, and of special value he. 



of its excellent quality at a late date. 

 This newcomer is the 



suit of crossing Seckle 

 with Bergamotte Esperen, and it has the 

 shape of the latter wdth the finer flavour ot 

 the Seckle. The skin is dtill greenish-yellow, 

 with crimson streaks or shading on the sunnv 

 side, and the whole i^ covered with a fine 

 bl oom . 



The flesh is melting, not gritty, and 

 of pleasant and good flavour. 

 Jan. 9. 



Chelsea. 



A.M., R.H.S., 

 Me^ssrs. James Ve'itch and Sons, 



