August 24, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



651 



l.^:lio-cattleya glaucus. 



A very fine orchid, the parents being Lselia 

 purpurata and Laelio-eattleya ruhens. It is 

 a stately hybrid with large flowers; the 

 sepals and petals deep rich purple, and the 

 lip dark crimson. F.C.C., it.H.S., Anonst 

 13. Lieut. -Colonel Sir Georfi^e Ilolford 



Walton Grange variety of Laelia tenebrosa 

 was one parent of this effective hvbrid. 

 A.M., R.H.S., August 13. Lieut. -Colonel Sir 

 George Holford, Westonbirt. 



KNIPHOFL\ UNIQUE. 

 A comparatively dwarf, neat-growing 

 variety, with spikes of coral-red flowers, eaeh 



flowers resemble those of a dainty white 

 single dahlia, and they are set amid graceful 

 foliage. A.M., R.II.S., August 13. Messrs. 

 Dobbie and Co., Edinburgh. 



RHODOSTACHYS AXDINA. 

 An interesting Chilian bromeliad that was 



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A finely selected form, with regular an 



COSMOS AVHITE QUEEN. 

 J dainty flowers of purest whiteness. A.M., E.H.S., August 13. Messrs. Dobbie and Co., 



Edinburgh. 



(grower, Mr. H. Alexander), Westonbirt. Tet- 

 bury, Gloucester. 



L^LIO-CATTLEYA LUMINOSA 



MANDARIN. 



An unusually showy variety, with large 

 flowers. The sepals and petals are deep 

 rich yellow, and the lip dark purple. The 



tubular blossom in the poker-like head being 

 quite self-coloured. A.M., R.H.S., August 

 13. Messrs. R. Wallace and Co., Colchester. 



COSMOS WHITE QUEEN. 



Of good form and purest whiteness, this 

 variety is certain to make the Cosmos family 

 more *i)opular than it is at present. The 



It has 



orey- 



introduced into England about 1850. 

 a dense rosette of arching?, narrow, ^ , 

 green, spiny leaves, and in the centre of the 

 rosette is produced the gTobose head of small 

 rose-pink or rose-red flowers set amid silvery 

 bracts. A.M., R-H.S., August 13. J. T. 

 Bennett Poe, Esq., Y.M.IL, Holmwood, 



Cheshunt. 



