October 6, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



753 



NEW PLANTS, ETC 



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ODOXTOGLOSSUM WOODROFFE^. 



A fine new addition to the small section 

 of 0. Ros.^i hybrids. The plant is dwarf 

 and bore two flowers of fair size. The sepals 

 and petals are brown^ with a purple tinge, 

 and irregularly barred with yellow. The 

 large flat lip is bright rose-purple, with a 

 yellow base. The parents are O. Rossi rubes- 

 cen8 and O. Queen Alexandra. We under- 



>taud the hybrid was originally raised by 

 Messrs, Charlesworth and Co. F.C.C., 



CAITLEYA LORD ROTHSCHILD 



ALIiESCEXS. 



The s7nall plant shown carried one large 

 and very beautiful bloom, with sepals and 

 petals nearly pure white, and a handsome 

 lip almost wholly yellow^ with some white 

 shading and a few purple marks. A.M., 

 R.H.S., September 24. Messrs. J. and A. 

 McBean, Cooksbridge, Sussex. 



LiELIO-CAlTLEYA HASTEDIAXA. 



Cattleya aurea and Laelio-cattleya Henry 

 Greenwood are the parents of L.-c. Kas- 

 tediana, a hybrid that i^ chiefly remarkable 

 for the size and colour of its lip. This or- 



sepals and petals are green and make a fine 

 setting for the rounded white lip, which has 

 a ro8e-purple base or disk. A distinct and 

 useful variety. A.M., R.H.S., September 24. 

 Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart, (grower, Mr. W. 

 H. AVhite), Burford Lodge^ Dorking. 



ROSES. 



George Dickson. A very fine dark crimson 

 rose, with broad petals that make up a mas- 

 sive bloom. Shapely and of fine substance, 

 this i^ a distinctly good variety. A.M., 

 R.H.S., September 24. Messrs. Alex. Dick- 

 son and Sons, Newtownards, co. Down. 



Mrs. Mackellar. — A large and beautiful 



NEW H.T. ROSE EDWARD liOHAXE. 



Flowers bright red-crimson. A.M., R.H.S., September 24. M 



CSS r.-- 



Alex. Dickson and Sons, Newtownards 



E.H.S,, September 24. Mr. E. H. Davidson, 

 Borlases, Twyford. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM NEPTUNE. 



This hybrid is the result of crossing O. 

 crispum with O. nebulosum^ and t];ough it 

 shows considerable evidence of the latter s 

 influence, the flowers are not so rounded as 

 i^iglit liave been expected. The colour is 

 ^Inte, with brownish spots and a yellow base 

 ^0 the lip. A.M., R.H.S., September 24. 

 *^lon« H, Graire, St. Fuscien, Amiens. 



gan is wide-spread, finely frilled, deep crim- 

 tion-purple, with a paler margin, and veins 

 of old gold in the base and throat. The 

 sepaLs and petals are rosy-purple, and in size 

 and pose do not compare favourably with 

 the lips. A.M., R.H.S. September 24. Mr. 

 C. G. Phillips, ITie Glebe, Seven. .ak^. 



ZYGOPETALUM MAXILLARE 



SANDER I AX A. 



A free-flowering orchid, carrying several 

 showy flowers on erect stout spikes. The 



H.T. rose, very fragrant and dLstinct. The 

 form is rather globular, the petals of un- 

 usual breadth and size. The colour is yellow, 

 of a soft and yet bright shade that is very 

 effective. This should prove a splendid gar- 

 den rose as well as a useful exhibition 

 variety. A.M.. R.TI.S. Messrs. Alex. Dick- 

 ^on and Sous. Newtownards. 



Little Dorrit. — A very pretty rose^ already 

 described and illustrated in thest^ columns 

 (see p. 724). A.:\I.. irH.S., September 24. 

 Messrs. J*aul and Son, Clie.-^luint. 



