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THE 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



NEW PLANTS, ETC 



JuLT 13, 1912. 



POLYPODIUM MANDAIANUM. 



A giant polypodium that appears to be a 

 form of P. aureum. It bears splendid green, 

 glaucous-tinted fronds that ar^ deeply- 

 divided and are lightly crested. For speci- 

 mens and for use in large floral arrange- 

 ments this promises to become a fine subject. 

 F.C.C., R.H.S,, July 2. Mr. W, A. Manda, 

 St. Albans. 



CA1TLEYA ARTEMIS. 



This beautiful cattleya, obtained by cross- 

 ing C. Iris with 0. Gaskelliana, has large 

 flowers and fine form. The pink sepals and 

 ipdtals form apretty setting for the large crim- 

 son-purple lip. The latter is rendered parti- 

 cularly effective by reason of its large orange- 

 yellow base. F.C.C., R.H.S., July 2. Lieut. - 

 Colonel Sir George Holford (gardener, Mr. 

 H. Alexander, Westonbirt, Tetbury. 



CATTLEYA DUPREANA. DET.L VAR 



CONQUERANT. leaves are slender 



A handsome variety, with large and beau- 

 tiful white flowers, and a large butterfly-like, 

 red-purple disk at the base of the lip. F.CC., 

 R.H.S., July 2. M. Jules Hye de Crom, 

 Ghent. 



BRASSO-CATTLEYA MARION. 



Of unrecorded parentage this orchid is not 

 less beautiful without a pedigree. It is an 

 effective form with large fringed lip. The 

 colouring is white and rose-pink with purple 

 veining on the lip. A.M., R.H.S., July 2. 

 Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, Ohelsea. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM PERCULTUM KING 



GEORGE, 



A showy variety, the large flowers having 

 a white ground and numerous large bright 

 purple blotches. A.M., R.H.S., July 2. F. 

 Menteith Ogilvie, Esq. (gardener, Mr. Balm- 

 forth). The Shrubbery, Oxford. 



ODONTONIA EDNA. 

 A charming little orchid derived from Mil- 



s 



numerous and graceful 

 o that altogether this lily has much to r 

 commend it- (See fig., page 513,) FPr 

 R.H.S., July 2. mm Willmott VMH 

 (gardener, Mr, C. Fielder), Warley PlaS" 

 Great Warley, Essex. ^ 



CARNATIONS. 

 John Ridd.— A handsome border variety be- 



longing to the yellow-ground fancv section' 

 The ground colour is bright and 

 splashed and marked with bright rose 

 R.H.S., July 2. " - 



Bookham. 



— - — g 



freely 



Mr. Jas. Douglas Great 



Jean Douglas.— A beautiful scarlet self 

 variety of exoelleut form and bright colour 

 ing. A.M., R.H.S. , July 2. Mr. 

 Douglas, Great Bookha: 



BEGONIAS. 



Jas. 



Mrs. Robert Morton. 



A glorious begonia 

 with large beautifully- formed double flowers 

 of a deep, soft yellow shade, tinted with 

 salmon. A.M., R.H.S., July 2. Mesers. 

 Blackmore and Langdon, Twerton, Bath. 

 Florence Nightingale. — A lovely white 



A magnificent cattleya, with enormous and tonia Warscewiczi and Odontoglossum Wile double begonia, of moderate size and exqut' 



G.M.3I 2 



POLYPODIUM MANDAIANUM. 

 F.C.C., R.H.S., July 2. Mr. W. A. Manda, St. Albans. 



substantial flowers that have much in com- 

 mon with C. Warscewiczi with the rounder 

 form and refinement of C. Warneri. The 

 sepals and petals are rose-purple, the lip deep 

 crimson-purple, with a brilliant yellow base 

 and throat. F.C.C, R.H.S., July 2. Baron 

 Bruno Schroder (gardener, Mr. Shill), The 

 Dell, Egham. 



CATTLEYA THURGOODIANA APOLLO. 



An effective form, with large, vivid rose- 

 red sepals and petals, and a large dark purple- 

 crimson apex to the lip. A.M., R.H.S., 

 July 2. Messrs. St lart Low and Co., Bush 

 Hill Park, Enfield. 



L^LIO-CATPLEYA RUBENS 



KAISER. 



Tliis 



THE 



is one of the hybrids from Laelia 



fmmila, and its large flowers seem all tho 

 arger by comparison with the lowly stature 

 of the plant producing them. Not only are 

 the flowers large but they are shapely; the 

 sepals and petals deep purplish-rose; lip deep 



Surple with a yellow base and throat. A.M., 

 .H.S., E. H. Davidson, Esq. (gardener, Mr. 

 Cooper), BorlaseSj Twyford, 



keanum. The branched flower spike carried 

 a number of pretty, whit^ flowers, each 

 blotched with yellow. Certificate of Appre- 

 ciation, July 2. Messrs. Charlesworth and 

 Co., Haywards Heath. 



LASTREA PATENS MAYI. 



This beautiful fern we have previously de- 

 scribed, as it gained an A.M. at the Royal 

 International Horticultural Exhibition, 

 Shown in fine condition now it has received 

 the higher award. F.C.C, R.H.S., July 2. 

 Messrs. H, B. May and Sons, Edmonton. 



LILIUM WAjRLEYENSE. 



A superb lily that promises to be an im- 

 mense success in garden decoration if it can 

 be freely propagated or imported in quantity. 

 It is a Chinese plant, and its spikes rise four 

 feet high, bearing about a score of pendant 

 blooms of great beauty. The flowers are on 

 slender pedicels that stand well out from 

 the spike. The flowers are about three inches 

 across, and the segments recurve as in the 

 Turk's Cap lily. The colour is vivid orange- 

 red, and from this ground colour numerous 

 brown spots stand out conspicuously. These 



site form, a free 

 July 2. Messrs. 

 Twerton, Bath. 



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

 Blackmore and Langdon, 



PHLOX ARENDSI. 



ted 



a strain of dwarf phloxss with flowers rang- 

 ing from palest lavender to violet. About 



. bearing heads of bloom on stiff 

 ...^j stems, these hybrid phloxes are full 

 of promis-s. The parentage is said to be P* 

 canadensis and P. decussata. A.M., R.H.S., 

 July 2. Mr. G. Arends, Rousdorf, Germany. 



A 



ROSES, 

 i-double Wichuraiana variety 



witn 



Ethel, 



with flowers of fair size, rich pink, 

 white centre. It is a fine-growing. 



free- 



sor on June 29, 



flowering rose, and was well shown at Wind- 



A.M., R.H.S. 9 Mr. 



Chas. Turner, Slough. 



Mrs. Chas. S. Hunting. — A 

 tea rose of good form and size, 

 rounded petals that make up a fine bloom. 

 Colour, deep apricot-yellow. A.M., R.H.S., 



Messrs. Hugh Dickson, Lim., Royal Nur- 



ries, Belf^stp 



July 2, 



lovely hyhrW 

 It has broad. 



