June 15, 1912* 



THE GARDENERS* MAGAZINE. 



445 



NEW PLANTS, ETC 



EL^.OCARPUS CYANEUS. 



Under the name of Elaeocarpus reticulatus 

 this beautiful evergreen greenhouse shrub 

 gained recognition. It was figured in our 

 issue of June 8, and there described. Its 

 chief beauty lies in the axillary racemes of 

 whit-e fimbriated flowers, which, as shown in 

 our illustration, are freely produced. F.C.C., 

 R.H.S., June 4. Messrs. Ja-s. Veitch and 

 Sons, Chels-ea. 



CARNATIONS. 



Queen Mary. — A beautiful, well-formed, 

 large, and clove-scented border carnation ; 

 the colour is salmon-rosc. A.M., R.H.S., June 

 4. Mr. C. Blick, Hayes, Kent. 



Attraction. — Another fine border variety 

 of large size and purest whiteness, and also 

 of excellent form. A.M., R.H.S., June 4. Mr, 

 C. Blick, Hayes, Kent. 



Margaret Tvennox. — An especially hand- 

 some border carnation^ or, more strictly, a 



understand, this is- a fixed stock. 



A.M., 



R.H.S., June 4. Messrs. Dobbie and Co., 

 Edinburgh. 



Dobbie'^ Thomas Stevenson. — A very finely- 

 formed variety of brilliant orange-scarlet 

 colouring. A.M., R.H.S., June 4. Messrs. 

 Dobbie and Co., Edinburgh. 



GLADIOLUS ROSINA. 



This good addition to the early-flowering 

 or Colvillei group of gladioli is a very grace- 

 ful form with long spikes of soft pink flowers 

 that have markings of a dark pink hue. A.M., 

 R.H.S., June 4. Mr. Blamfield, St. Martin's, 

 Guernsey. 



SILENE HOOKERI. 



A charming little plant that appears to 

 be eminently suitable for the rock garden. 

 The rose-coloured flowers are freely produced. 

 A.M., R.H.S., June 4. Messrs. T. S. Ware, 

 Lim., Feltha 



PELARGONIUM CHAMPION. 



A finely habited pelargonium that appears 

 to be especially suitable for summer bedding. 



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

 (grower, Mr. R. J. 

 Sevenoaks. 



4. C. E. Phillips, Esq. 

 Bucknell), The Glebe, 



ODONTOGLOSSUM LAMBEAUIANUJ 



PRINCESS MARY. 



A (large-flowered variety, in which the 

 sepals are white, while the white lip has 

 purple markings. A.M., R.H.S., June 4. 

 H. S. Goodson, Esq. (grower, Mr. G. Dav), 

 West Hill, Putney. 



DENDROBIUM GOLDIEI. 



A fine Australian species, hailing from the 

 York Peninsula. It is closely allied to D. 

 superbiens, but has larger rounded flowers 

 of a rich, deep rose-purple colouring. A.M., 

 R.H.S., June 4, Messrs. Sander and Sons, 

 St. Albans. 



L.ELIO-CATTLEYA APHRODITE 



COWAN^S VAR. 



A l^eautifully round<?d form of L.-c. Aphro- 

 dite. It has white sepals and jDetals, and 

 a white lip, that has a wonderfully fine crim- 

 son-purple aj>ex to the fringed front lobe. 



[Photo: F. WaUlook. 



MlfiTONIA VEXILLARIA SNOWFLAKE. 



A beautiful white variety that carried 73 flowers. F.C.C., R.H.S., June 4, Lieut .-Colonel Sir George Holford (grower, Mr. H. 



Alexander}, Westonbirt, Tetbury. 



yellow-ground fancy. The colour is rich 

 golden-yellow, with a bright scarlet margin 

 and markings on the petals. A.M., R.H.S., 

 Junte 4. Mr. Jas. Douglas, Great Bookhani. 



MILTONIA VEXILLARIA SNOWFLAKE. 



A remarkably beautiful form with large 

 white flowers. The specimen shown was not 

 less remarkable for high culture than was the 

 variety for its chaste beauty. It carried 

 thirteen spikes, and a total of seventy-three 

 flowers. F.C.C., and Cultural Commendation, 

 R.H.S., June 4. Lieut. -Colonel Sir George 

 Holford (grower, Mr. H. Alexander), Weston- 

 birt, Tetbury, Gloucester. 



SAVEET PEAS. 



ay Campbell. — A pretty and distinct 

 variety with cream ground, and a flushing 

 or flaming of rosy-carmine over the centre of 

 the standard, and some veinings of the sa 

 colour on the wings. A.M., R.H.S.. June 4. 

 M^srs. Dobbie and Co., Edinburgh. 



Debbie's Lavender George Herbert. — A fine 

 lavender variety, not entirely new. but. we 



It is a seedling from Paul Crampel, and car- 

 ries large trusses of fine pink flowers. A.M., 

 R.H.S., June 4. Mr. P. Ladds, Swanley 

 Junction, 



W AHLENBERGIA GENTIANOIDES. 



This pretty border or rock garden plant 

 closely resembles a campanula in growth and 

 flowers. It grows about a foot high, and 

 its rather large, campanulate, drooping blue 

 flowers are carried on slender, erect stems. 

 A.M., R.II.S., June 4. Messrs. Piper, Bays- 

 water. 



DELPHINIUM DUSKY MONARCH. 



This very fine delphinium grows from 8ft. 

 to 10ft. high, and bears very large spikes of 

 fine purple flowers. A most effective variety 

 of high quality. A.M., R.H.S., June 4. 

 Meissrs. J. Kelway and Son, Langport. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM THAIS GLEBE VAR. 



This handsome variety was represented by 

 a splendidly tall spike of nineteen large 

 flowers, the creamy flowers are flushed with 

 rose, and freely marked with dark red-purple. 



. is creamv- 

 a finer sub- 



A.M., R.H.S., June 4. Liverpool Orchid 

 Nursery Company, Liverpool. 



STANHOPEA PERUVIANA. 



A handsome, fragrant species with large 

 golden-yellow flowers, slightly shaded and 

 spotted' with purple ; the colum 

 white, with purple sp<>ts. It is 

 ject than S. Wardi, but, like so many mem- 

 bers of the genus, its flowers are short-lived. 

 It was discovered in Peru by Mr. Forget in 

 1907, when collecting for Messrs, Sander and 

 Sons, St. Albans. (Bot. Mag. t. 8,417.) 



STRANV.f:SIA UNDULATA. 



A very hardy shrub, that is said to reach 

 a height of 30ft., and to become a good tree 

 in Central China. Apparently the species 

 shows considerable variation, and even on the 

 same plant the lanceolate leaves run to ex- 

 tremes of form. Tlie small white flowers are 

 freely produced, but are so short-lived that 

 the plant has little value as a flowering sub- 

 ject. It is for its abundant bright orange 

 fruits that it is desirable, and no doubt the 



