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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



January 6, 1912. 



D. Victoria Regina, the ''^blue'' dendro- 

 biunij wliiotli was so finely shown from 

 the Burford Lodge collection by Mr. W. H. 

 White^ on July 5. Epidendnim Lauchoa- 

 num, the only other member of its genus to 

 gain recognition, also came from Sir Trevor 

 Lawrence's collection. Dia-cattleya San- 

 derse (Sander) is a very interesting hybrid 

 between Diacrium bicornutum and Catt- 

 leya Mendeli ; Houlletia, Wallisi (Charlos- 

 worth), a rare species; and Trichopilia 

 Lehmanni (Lawrence), are three very in- 

 tere<sting additions. Very distinct and 

 beautiful is Vanda cserulea Sanderse in 

 whicih a light shade of rose takes the place 

 of the usual blue colouring. M. Lam- 

 beaus Miltonia Bleuana Laeken gives \\s 

 the deepest colouring yet seen in this popu- 

 lar hybrid. 



The important position occupied by Ipelio- 

 catt^eyas has been strengtihened during the 

 year. I must own to a great weakness for 

 the yellow and orange-coloured hybrids that 

 floweir rdurinf^ the wiivter months, even 

 though the blooms be not so fine in siz 

 and form as those that flower at other 

 seasons. L.-c. Prince of Orange, figure<l 

 in tlie present issue, is a first-class orchid, 

 strong-growing, free-flowering, and very 

 bright; this and L.-c. Cranstounse Weston- 

 birt var., are from Sir George Holford's 

 collection. L.-c. Morningtonije, shown by 

 Mr. F. Wellesley, of Westfield. Woking, is 

 very chaste and beautiful, while L.-c. 

 Sylvia, from Messrs. Charlesworth a.nd Co., 

 is a sumnior-flowering yellow and red 

 hybrid. Jj.-v. ^'elhi, shown by Messrs. Jas. 

 Veitch and Sons, on December 19, is also 

 a really fine addition. 



Sophro-cattleya Doris, Cobbs' var., from 

 Mr. Walter Cobb, Rusper, is very beautiful, 

 and one of the finest of its race. Three tri- 

 generic hybrids were brought forward, and 

 the best was Sopliro-lselio-cattleya Jeanette 

 (■Charleswoi tli). while S.-l.-c. Alth^e a.nd 

 S.-l.v. GfKxlsoni, both from Mr. H. S. Good- 

 son, Putney, wero pretty. 



Cattleyas have been scarcely so prominent 



as usual ^ and I think only one, C. Rhoda 

 illuminata (Charlesworth) has gained a 

 F.C.C. C. Mrs. Frederic Sassoon, from 

 Westfield ; and C. Mossise alba Queen 

 Mary, from Messrs. Mansell and Hatcher, 

 Leeds, are others that possess great beauty 

 and distinction. No fewer tlian four new 

 hybrid cymbidiums were shown, and three 

 of them— C. Alexanderi (Holford), C. Got- 

 tianum (Sander), and C. Lawrenceanum 

 (Pauw^els), all own the comparatively new 

 C. insigne as one parent. The fourth, C. 

 Veitohi (Veit-ch), from C. Devonianum and 

 C. Lowianum, is very distinct. These 

 hybrids from Cymbidium insigne show per- 

 haps more than anything else could how 

 keen and quick raisers are to take advan- 

 tage of any new orchid that is introduced 



and dark-hued O. Black P 



rince 



Dell 



variety, from Baron Schroder s collec- 

 tion; O. illustrissimum Queen Mary, a fine 

 maroon, white-and-gold coloured flower 

 from Mr. W. Thompson, of Walton Gra.n*re' 

 0. Jeanette, and the fine form of O. Ossul- 



from 



T.;?Jr^-v' ''^^ff^^^^^^^^l very parentage, but doubtful antecedency'do;; 



much ahke^ but practically all of them are not detract from the h*.«i.iv M 



prod 



so-cattlej 



stoni named The Shrubbery var. 

 Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. ; O. Rose- 

 fieMiense— a glorified 0. Lambeauianum^ 

 from Mr. De Barri Crawshay ; the ma- 

 hogany-red and yellow O. Swieteni-color 

 from Sir Trevor Lawrence; the heautiful 

 O. crispum Aleyone shown at the last meet- 

 ing of the year by Mr. J. Gurnev Fowler; 

 and two famous hybrids from Mr. W, ll! 

 Lee, Plumpton Ha.l!, Manchester, namely, 0 

 Thais and 0. Chione, both of which gained 

 the higher aw^ard on November 21. 0. 

 Thais, figured herewith, is of unrecorded 



very beautiful, the large and wonderfully 

 fringed lip always attracting attention. 

 Two new ones call for special mention, i.e., 

 B.-c. Digbyano-Mossise Holford's var., and 

 B.-c. Senateur de Bast, the former from 

 Westonbirt, and the latter from M. Pau- 

 wels, of Ghent. B.-c. Senateur de Bast is 

 a particularly fine orchid derived from 

 B.-c. Digbyano-Mossise and B.-c. Mrs. J. 

 Leenian. 



The grace and general beauty of odonto- 

 glossums always appeal to visitors to flower 

 ehows, but the expert requires size and 

 good form as well as distinctive colouring, 

 and these are not so easy to obtain as was 

 once the vase, at least, it is becoming in- 

 creasingly difiicuH. to improve on the fine 

 forms of O. crispum, O. Pescatorei, O. an- 

 dentissimum, 0. Lambeaueanium, etc., 

 already in collections. The most striking 

 new hybrid of the year in this class is 0. 

 Hardwoodi, that is itself surpassed in some 

 measure by O. H. Shrubbery var. Both 

 w^ere raised by Messrs. Chariesworth, the 

 colours, bright orange-yellow and dark 

 red-brow^n, make the flowers very eff'ec- 

 tive. Other good things include the large 



not detract from the beauty of its blush, 

 purple-b Notched flowers. 



There w^ere obviously many beautiful or- 

 chids besides those mentioned, to which the 

 hall-mark of the Ptoyal Horticultural So- 

 ciety was attached, but those referred to 

 have special claims to notice. One other 

 also deserves mention, and it is the pure 

 white Calanthe Cooksonise gigantca shown 

 by Mr. H. J. Chapman, gardener to Mrs. 

 Norman Cookson, Oakwood, Wylam-on- 

 Tyne,^ on November 8 ; it is the finest of 

 the white oalanthes. 



Chas. H. Curtis. 



Exacum macranthum. — This 



showy member of the Gentian family, which 

 has come so prominently forward within 

 the last f.9w years, seems to have no set 

 period of flowering. The Messrs. Veitch 

 showed it in fine condition at Olympia in the 

 summer of 1911, and its rich purple-blue 

 flowers formed on-e of the most conspicuous 

 features of a group from the same exhibitors 

 put up in the Horticultural Hall at the lafit 

 meeting of the year 1911.— W. T. 



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A fine hybrid of unrecorded parenta 



Orp 



ODONTOGLOSSUM THAIS. 



flowers blush, blotched with rose-purple. Awarded 

 W. R. Lee, Esq., Plumpton Hall, Manchestar. 



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F.C.C., R.H.S., November 21, 1911 



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