JuLT 27, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



571 



NEW PLANTS, ETC. 



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CATTLEYA WAESCEWICZI ALBA VAE. 



FIRMIN LAMBEAU. 



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This unique and extremely beautiful orchid 

 appeared first in the United States, and there 

 created a great sensation among orchid 

 lovers. Quick to appreciate its beauty and 

 worth, Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., of En- 

 field, purchased it, and eventually sold it to 

 Monk Firmin Lambeau, whose gardener, 

 Mons. Be Munter, has cultivated it most 

 successfully. A figure appeared on p. 549 of 

 our issue of July 2(). The specimen carried 

 three large flowers, wholly pure white eave 



GLADIOLUS LANG-PRIM STEAIN. 



By crossing the soft yellow Gladiolus pri- 

 mulinus, which haiU from the falls of the 

 Zambesi, with forms of Gladiolus gandaven- 

 sifi, etc., the Langport firm has evolved a new 

 strain of graceful habit and form. The new 

 varieties show in a marked degree the in- 

 fluence of G, primulinus, and, as we have 

 already noted, Ella Kelway, Wraith, and 

 Queen of Fairies are particularly good varie- 

 ties of this new strain. A.M., R.H.S., July 

 16. Messrs. James Kelway and Son, Lang- 

 port, Somerset, 



NEPHROLEPIS EXALTATA MUSCOSA. 



Many of the newer plumose forme of 

 Nephrolepis exaltata differ so little from each 



den. It is of lowly growth, the palmate or 

 trilobate leaves rising but a few inches above 

 the ground. The small clear yellow flowers 

 arc produced in branched, flattish corym.bs, 

 and are fairly numerous. A.M., R.H.S., 

 July 16. Miss Willmott, V.M.H. (gardener, 

 Mr. C. Fielder, V.M.H.), Warley Place, 

 Great Warley, Essex. 



CROSSANDRA UNDULAEFOLIA. 



rarely seen in sucn 

 fine condition as shown from the Burford 

 Lodge Gardens. It is easily grown, and pro- 

 duces fairly large, brilliant salmon-colouret! 

 flowers in succession along an erect spike. 

 Such a useful summ?r-flowering stove plant 

 deserves wider cultivation. It is u native 



NEPHROLEPIS EXALTATA MUSCOSA. 



eVn elegant dwarf variety, with sturdy, somewTat erect, Ught green fronds. F.C.C., R.H.S., July 16 



^ * ^ Upper Edmonton, 



Messrs. H, B. May and Sons^ 



for pale lemon-yellow shading in the throat 

 of the lip. First-class Certificate and Gold 

 Medal, R.H.S., July 16. Mons. Firmin Lam- 

 beau, Brussels. 



PLAGIANTHUS LYALLI. 



This beaut iful summer-flowering shrub, 

 also known as Gaya Lyalli, is hardier than 

 many people imagine, and this year it appears 

 to be flowering with unusual freedom. As 

 the illustration shows, the white, semi-pendu- 

 jous^ hibiscus-like flowers are crowded to- 

 gether. Eaeh bloom is about an inch and 

 a half across, and saucer-shaped. A note on 

 the cultivation of this New Zealand plant 

 appears elsewhere in this issue. F.C.C., 

 R-H.S., July 16, Messrs. Rol^ert Veitch and 

 Son, Exeter, 



other that only experts can distinguish them, 

 but this new-comer is very distinct, and pro- 

 mises to take a placa among the very best of 

 the long series of varieties we now have. 

 It is of dwarf, compact habit, its light green, 

 stiff fronds being well divided, but not so 

 finely cut up or so soft to the touch as in the 

 case of many other forms. If it maintains its 

 present habit it will be very useful, as there 

 IS room for a small and beautiful tern that 

 will last a long time in the liout^, as well as 

 for the larger fronded sorts. F.C.C., R.H.S., 

 July 16. Messrs. H. B. May and Sons, Lpper 

 Edmonton. 



PATRINIA PALMATA. 



An interesting hardy perennial that pro- 

 mises to be a useful plant for the rock gar- 



of India and the Malaya. A.M., R.H.S., 

 July 16. Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart, (gar- 

 dener, Mr. W. Bain), Burford Lodge, Dork- 



ing. 



ASTILBE 



A pretty variety obtained by crossing A, 

 Aiendsi Cere^ and A. Queen Alexandra. It 

 l^ears elegant, erect spikes of pink flowers, 

 the tiny petals l^eing violet-purple at the tips. 

 A.M.. R.H.S., July 16, Mr. W. Profittlich, 

 Twickenham. 



NYMPH^AS. 



Attraction.— A very fine water lily with 

 flowers fully nine inches across, bright crim- 

 son, shading to deep rose at the tips, and 

 v;ith a central cluster of orange stamens. 

 A M.,R.H.S., July 16. Leopi^ld de Rotbnchild, 



