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December 7, 1912. 



NEW PLANTS AND 



FLOWERS* 



CYPBIPEDIUM LATONA, 



A neat and shapely hybrid, with green 

 and brown sepals, petals, and lip, and a wide 

 wliite, green-based dorsal s^pal^ with rows 

 of purple spote. The parent^ are C. Niobe 

 and C. Alcibiades. A.M., R.H.S., Novem- 

 ber 21. Lieut. -Colonel Sir George Holford 

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

 Tetbury, Gloucester. 



L^LIO-CATTLEYA SCYLLA. 



A charming hybrid derived from L.-c. Cap- 

 pei and Cattleya Lord Rothschild. The 

 flowers are of fair size and several are car- 

 ried on a spike. The sepals and petals are 

 rich golden-buff, the lip being more yellow, 



Crimson Queen. — A showy single variety, 

 medium-sized, and with regular^ blunt-ended 

 florets. The colour is vivid wine-crimson, 

 with a very narrow yellow ring round the 

 disk. Commendation, N.C.S., November 21. 

 Messrs. Cragg, Hai^rison, and Cragg, Meri- 

 vale Nurseries^ Heston, Hounslow, 



Snow Queen. — This beautiful anemone- 

 centred pure white single variety was figured 

 on page 871 of the Gardeners* Magazine of 



November 16. F.C.C., N.C.S., November 21. 

 Messrs. Cragg, Harrison, and Cragg. 



Elfrida. — A 



very pretty 



large-flowered 



single variety that appeared to lack some- 

 thing of substance. The deep apricot shade 

 was very beautiful and effective. Commenda- 

 tion for colour N.C.S., November 21. Messrs. 

 Cragg^ Harrison, and Cragg. 



Portia. — A very beautiful 

 of reddish terra-cotta hue. 



single variety' 

 and yellow re- 



A 

 A 



CYPRIPEDIUM LATONA. 



[Photo: J. Waldoek. 



very fine hybrid, with white, brown, and yellow-green markings, and purple spots 

 M., R.H.S., November 19. Sir George Holford (grower, Mr, H, Alexander)* 



We>.tonb:rt. Tetburv. 



with light rose markings. A.M.^ R.H.S., 

 November 19. F. Menteith Ogilvie, Esq., 

 Oxford. 



CARNATION MARY ALLWOOD. 



A very fine perpetual-flowering carnation 

 that has many good qualities. It has a very 

 sweet clove-like fragrance, large salmon-red 

 or rosy-cerise flowers, broad pi?tals. and a 

 stiff stem. We previou>]y descrilied this 

 variety^ when Me-srs, All wood Jirotiiers, of 

 \Vivelsfield, Hay ward's Heath, gained an 

 Award of Merit "for it from the Royal Hor- 

 ticultural SocK^ty. and we now liave'^plea.sUK- 

 in illustrating it. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 

 Audrey — A sliowy. large-flowered .single 

 variety, witli three row^ of flat deep yellow 



A.M., R.H.S., November 19. The 

 Manor House Nurseries, Cardiff. 



verse. The flowers are large and elegant, 

 the florets being somewhat pointed. As it 

 has good substance fine stems and foliage 

 this is in every way a good variety. It 

 gained the special award the best new 

 seedling single variety shown at Essex Hall 

 on November 21. F.C.C., N.C.S., November 

 21 Messrs. Cragg, Harrison, and Crao^e 



Thorp^s December Pink. - A beautiful 

 medium-sized Japanese variety thait pr"-* 

 well as_ a market and decorative sort. 



The 

 Tlie 



florets incurve a very little at the tip«. me 

 colour IS warm pink, a lovely and effective 

 .hade. F.C.C., N.C.S., December 2 Mr H 

 \V. Thorp, Worthing. * 



Marion.—A large ^in^le variety with about 

 lour rows of florets. The flat florets lay out 

 grac^fulW and their colour is deep rich ro8e 

 ( ommenrfation N.C.S., December 2. Mr. h' 

 \\ . Ihorp, uorthmsr. 



Bronze Cheer. — A neat and solid flower of 

 the Source d'Or class. Tlie name was called 

 into question, as it suggested the variety 

 wae a sport from Winter Cheer. The colour 

 is golden-bronze, very warm and pka-sing. 

 Commendation^ N.C.S., December 2 Mr 

 H. W, Thorp, Worthing. 



W. Head. — A verv prettv 



of 



—A very pretty Japa 

 size, but not 



good size, but not exceptionally large. 

 The fairly broad florets droop gracefully, and 

 curl and twist a little. The colour is' rich 

 golden-yellow, with paler yellow reverse 

 F.C.C., N.C.S., December 2. Mr. H. 

 Jones, Ryecroft, Lewisham. 



Arthur Pickard. — Thisi handsome Japanese 

 variety has large blooms, with flattish re- 

 flexing florets. The colour is light ehestnut- 

 crimson over a yellow ground, and there is 

 a yellow reverse. F.C.C., N.C.S., December 

 2 . Messrs . J . St red w ick and Son, St . 

 Leonards. 



Miss A. Brooker. — -A useful and effective 

 late-flowering variety belonging to the in- 

 curved Japanese section. It is of decorative 

 size, and the colour is bright cbestnut-red^ 

 with dull gold reverse; very showy. F.C.C., 

 N.C.S., December 2. Messrs. W. Wells and 

 Co., Merstha] 



Autocrat. — A pearly white Japanese variety 

 of excellent substance. It is of medium size, 

 and probably of far more value for market 

 and general decoratiou than for the exhibi- 

 tion table. Of refined appearance ^ and with 

 slightly reflexing broad florets.' F.C.C., 

 N.C.S., November 21, Messrs. Low and 

 Shawyer, Uxbridge. 



Ruby, — A useful small Japanese variety of 

 decorating style. The reflexing florets are 

 rich ruby-crimson, with bronze reverse. A 

 very effective flower with good stem and 

 foliage. Commendation ^ Decem^ber 2. Mr. 



Walter Jinte, Thames Ditton. 



Eric Wild. — A charming single variety of 

 fair size and excellent substance. It is of 

 first-claee form, the florets laying out regu- 

 larly. The colour is soft eatiny-pink with 

 a narrow white zone round the deep yellow 

 disc. The flowers have three rowg of florets. 

 F.C.C., N.C.S., December 2. Mr. G. W. Mile- 

 ham, Leatherhead. 



Marguerite de Quincey. — A large single 



variety of good form, and with resrular, flat 



florets of a light blush colour. The disc is 



a trifle large. Commendation, N.C.S., De- 



Avonhurst, 



cember 2. 

 Chklehurst. 



Mr. E. W. Read, 



JASMINUM PRIMULINUS AS A 



STANDARD IN A POT. 



This lovely large-flowered jasminum is 

 not suffieiently -hardy to plant in the open 

 air, either as a wall or a pillar plant. In 

 a glass-covered' verandah or a greenhouse or 

 conservatory it does remarkably well. 

 There are, how^ever^ not always convenient 

 and suitable spaces under glass for speci- 

 mens trained on walls or trellises. As stan- 

 dards the species is charming during the 

 months of March, April, and May. If a 

 strong stem be made secure to a stake 5ft. 

 long, a number of top branches will soon 

 grow and form a pendulous head of great 

 beauty. Plants so treated need only be 

 placed under glass from November to 

 June ; the remainder of the season they 

 should be grown in the open air, and this 

 exposure is best for them, as the wood ma- 

 tures and flmver buds form freely enough. 

 Even one well-grown, weeping standard 

 will bo found a striking and beautifnl 

 object in a conservatory. G. B. 



Pernettyas Not onlv are the vari- 

 ous coloured berries of these "^neat evergreen 

 shrubs much appreciated when in the open 

 ground, but lliey are aho very attractive 

 and valuable for 'various decorative purposes 

 w'hen erown in ]>;>ts. In the cool greenhouse 

 they form a pleasing winter feature, and 

 under such conditions retain their brightness 

 for a considerable time. Having the dense, 

 fibrous roots common to most ericaceae, they 

 can be lifted with but little check.— K. 



