Apkil i 6, 1898' 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



241 



New Plants and Flowers. 



EULOPHIELLA PEETERSIANA. 



A magnificent orchid, the spike carrying over two dozen flowers and buds ; it 

 is from three to four feet long, and each flower measures three and three quarter 

 inches across. The segments are equal, spreading, rounded at the apices, broad, 

 and of a rich but soft purplish-rose colour ; the tips of the sepals have a crimson 

 flush at their centres. Lip white inside and whitish underneath, the side lobes 

 rosy at the outer tips, and the front lobe also coloured soft purplish rose. In the 

 throat are six long lines of dull brownish yellow, terminating in several tooth-like 

 prominences at the base of the apical lobe. This is a Madagascar orchid discovered 

 by M. Ilamelin, and to Sir Trevor Lawrence belongs the honour of first flowering 

 it in cultivation. F.C.C., R.H.S., April 12. Mr. W. II. White, orchid grower to 

 Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart.. Burford Lodge, Dorking 



Cypriprdium Olenus magnikicum. 



A superb cypripede, and, no doubt, the grandest of the hybrids in which 

 C. bellatulum has been a parent. It is the result of crossing C. bellatulum with 

 C. ciliolare. The flowers measure five inches across. The dorsal sepal is hooded, 

 orbicular, pointed, white-ground, but this almost obliterated, especially in the 

 centre and base, by the intense claret-purple veins and shading. The broad 

 petals have rounded apices ; the ground colour is white, tinged with rose, but 

 this is only noticeable towards the apex owing to the shading, spotting, and 

 veining of claret-purple, the latter colour almost covers the basal half, and is very 

 bright and polished. Foliage, strong, light green, mottled and tesselated with 

 dark green. F.C.C, R.H.S., April 12. Mr. W. II. White, orchid grower to 

 Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Dorking. 



— &-> — » . . _ , - - . fB ., A! . ri * Phal.€nopsis Stuartiano-Manni. 



of Lilium longiflorum Harnsi, and the big spathes of Richardia oethiopica ; lily ot An i ntere sting hybrid between P. Stuartiana and P. Manni. The flowers of 



the valley, azaleas, and violets are in great request, the latter being scarcely pro- the latter have been enlarged, and the segments broadened by the influence of the 



" " ... - * ~ - 1 former, and the green colour has been lightened considerably. The sepals and 



petals are about an inch long, palest green, dotted with brown ; lip brown with 

 a white tip ; side lobes small, white edged, and lined inside with rich red brown. 

 A.M., R.H.S., April 12. Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. 



Epidendrum elegantulum leuchochilum. 



An albino form of the typical hybrid between E. Endresio-Wallisi and E. 

 Wallisi. The sepals and petals are pale creamy green, and the lip is purest 

 white, with a tiny golden disk. A.M., R.H.S., April 12. Messrs. J. Veitch 

 and Sons, Chelsea. 



Masdevallia ventriculata var. longicaudata. 



A tiny orchid to have such a long name. It is a small grower, and has dull 

 crimson flowers, tubular, and with three long greenish tails. B.C., R.H.S., 

 April 12. Mr. W. H. White, Burford Lodge Gardens. 



Dendrobium Aspasia var. Langleyensis. 

 A lovely dendrobe, with yellow sepals and petals, and rich golden centre to 

 the lip. The sepals and petals are half an inch broad, and of the palest nankeen 

 yellow. Lip, rich golden-tinted orange with red-brown blotches at the base. 

 A.M., R.H.S., April 12. Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. 



a Memorial to Marcello Malpighi, the celebrated botanist and biologist, 



A M^ ori ^ m ^ It is a volume filled with information concerning a 

 haS JUS - ^JTfipher who lived and worked during the latter half of the 

 peat ^J^^ a raemoria i it will be more widely appreciated than the 

 * Ve f * °?S7^ to Malpighi at Crevalore last autumn. This memorial 

 ^ "^^^L. by Professors Atti, Virchow, Haeckel, De Michelis, 



V^oli These deal with the life of Malpighi or his work in biology, 

 rthdW, histology, comparative anatomy, and in connection with the silkworm. 

 The comparative merits of Malpighi and Nathaniel Grew are discussed by 

 Professor Strasburger, especially in connection with their views upon the anatomy 

 of olants Professor Morini deals in detail with the botanical studies of Malpighi, 

 and shows the condition of botanical science ere Malpighi commenced his studies. 

 Of special interest to us is the account of Malpighi's relations with the Royal 

 Society presented by Professor Michael Foster ; this contains forty-two letters 

 that passed between Malpighi and the Royal Society. The work, printed in 

 Italian, concludes with a bibliography and an account of medals struck m honour 

 of Marcello Malpighi. 



Flowers in New York at Eastertide are sold in enormous quantities 



for church, home, and personal decoration, and it has been estimated that the 

 city and suburbs expend at least a million dollars during Holy week upon flowers, 

 foliage, and growing plants. The most popular flowers are the pure white blooms 



duced in sufficient quantity to meet the immense demand. Roses on long stems 

 are in great demand at Eastertide, and the varieties most required this season have 

 been American Beauty, President Carnot, Bridesmaid, General Jacqueminot, Ulrich 

 Brunner, Catherine Mermet, and Mrs. Grant. Carnations, tulips, hyacinths, 

 daffodils and jonquils, sprays of forsythia, staphylea, deutzia, smilax, asparagus, 

 and fern fronds are all present in enormous quantities, and find a ready sale at 

 moderate prices, for the days of extravagant profits are over. 



Vanda Miss Joaqtlim, the interesting and beautiful hybrid, raised arti- 

 ficially, between V. teres and V. Ho okeriana is admirably figured in the current 

 double number of the Lindenia. Cattleya Mendeli var. Empress Queen is 

 finely figured in the same issue, and is noted for the large and dark apex of the lip. 

 Other orchids pourtrayed are Oncidium Batemannianum, a lovely species often met 

 with in gardens under the name of O. Saintlegerianum ; Odontoglossum Thibaul- 

 tianum, no doubt a natural hybrid between O. crispum and O. odoratum ; 

 Saccolabium giganteum Petotianum, a beautiful albino variety ; Cattleya Hardyana 

 Ueginae, dedicated to the Queen of the Belgians ; Cymbidium pendulum, a some- 

 what uncommon plant, with depending racemes of white and purple flowers ; and 

 Lvlio-cattleya Pallas inversa, the reverse cross to the original hybrid ; this was 

 raised by Mons. Mantin, the original by Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons. 



Dr. R. Hamilton Ramsey, the genial and hard-working president of the 

 Torquay Gardeners' Association, was recently presented, on behalf of a hundred 

 and thirty-three members of the association, with a magnificently framed and richly 

 illuminated address, as a token of their personal esteem and regard, and in ac- 

 knowledgment and appreciation of the invaluable services rendered by him to the 



association as its president. The presentation was made at the sixth annual 

 meeting. 



The Colony of Newfoundland is now very largely in the hands of one 

 man, Mr. William Reid, the son of a famous Canadian contractor, and himself a 

 great contractor. When constructing a railway for the colony Mr. Reid was paid 

 hfteen thousand dollars per mile, and no less than two and a half million acres of 



ind, W uh the right to select the land himself. Mr. Reid now owns gigantic coal 

 Adds, dry dock, telegraph system, a great part of the railway, a small fleet of 

 "earners, and an electric railway ; with all these in good working order, he has 

 now time to turn attention to his enormous forests on the land already referred to, 



W these, as lumber and pulp mean a huge fortune in themselves. 



Fn^Tfr Tui * e y Fl 2* of hi §h quality and good size were submitted to the 

 M :lZ ^ Ctable Committee of th * R.H.S. on April 12 last by Mr. J. F. 

 About <l g ard / nert ° *■ Pier P° nt ^an, Esq., Dover House, Roehampton. 

 cuSi ? ° Zen u CXampleS In Prime Condition were a » d these were 



C hund^H , ^ C ° VerS a SpaCC Sk feet by ei * hteen feet > a » d has a crop of 



W» grower as he Is a plantsman, and that is saying a good deal. 



Visc^!m 1°a L * e '~ We re <*ntly stated that the Earl of Northbrook and 



diamond Tnhnf r x° . t0 prcsent t0 the P ublic > in commemoration of the 

 «« in ^^^^ ? UeeD ' a Pie< * ° f Iand "»ly s even *«. * 



Odontoglossum Wilckeanum Pitt's var. 



A splendid odontoglot, with flowers three and a half inches across, yellow, 

 with crimson-chocolate spots and blotches. The sepals are broad, but acutely 

 pointed ; the ground colour is yellow, and on this are some very large crimson- 

 chocolate blotches ; the petals are pale yellow, and the markings smaller and a 

 little brighter ; the margins of the petals are fringed. Lip palest yellow, with a 

 red-brown blotch. F.C.C, R.H.S., April 12. Mr. H. T. Pitt, Stamford Hill. 



Phal^enopsis Schroder/e. 



A very pretty phalsenopsis, with palest rose flowers and brighter rose lip. This 

 is the result of a cross between P. leucorrhoda and P. intermedia Portei. The 

 sepals are nearly white, but the petals have a rose tinge. The side lobes of the 

 lip are spotted with brown at the base, and veined with rose at the apex ; the 

 front lobe has a greenish-yellow tinge at the base, but down the centre are veins 



A.M., R.H.S., April 12. Messrs. Low and Co., Bush Hill 



of deepest rose 

 Park, Enfield. 



Daffodils. 



Ivices 



Later 



**>M be takwi n L T 17 ~ cdmons attached to the gift are that the ground 

 « * r^ZT* Y th f C0Undl and kid 0Ut and maintained by it 



veyor should tJ f£ V* 1 * the ° 0StS ° f **** No *hbrook' S solicitor and sur- 

 district, and thenT T p Co ™ c ^ Building operations were going on in the 

 County Council P , aS ^ board Sch ° o1 cIose b y- In the circumstances the London 

 *ould undertake th , C ° mmittee did not hesita te to suggest that the Council 

 the value of th,} ° n behalf of the P ublic - Jt was estimated 



^tor's and surve > J? preSented to the Council was j£m»5p and that the 

 btMHft guineas ^ I . ges would therefor e be about forty guineas and 

 ^Pcnsc, and thev th reSpeCtlvely - There mi g ht > however, be some other slight 

 ^tgoings. Thev ?. 0re / sked fo * a vote of £100 in order to cover all possible 



£200. 



Lady Helen Vincent. — A fine Ajax form, with sulphur yellow and spreading 

 perianth, and rich yellow corona, long and waved at the mouth. A.M., R.H.S., 

 April 12. Messrs. Barr and Son, Coven t Garden 



Homer is a lovely form of the poeticus race, with very broad pure white 

 segments, and an orange crown edged with deep scarlet. F.C.C, R.H.S., April 

 12. Rev. G. Engleheart. 



Oriflamme. — A somewhat small-crowned form, with fine orange corona and 

 spreading creamy segments ; this is an incomparabilis form. A. M., R. H.S., April 



12. Rev. G. Engleheart. 



White Queen has a fairly large trumpet, very broad and prettily frilled at the 

 mouth ; the colour is pale yellow at opening, fading to rich cream colour. 

 Perianth spreading and segments broad, French white in colour. F.C.C., R.H.S., 

 April 12. Rev. G. Engleheart. 



Lucifer. A lovely narciss that suggests Sir Watkin, but is more refined. The 



spreading segments are pale sulphur, shading to cream ; trumpet short, richest 

 orange, waved at the mouth. A.M., R.H.S., April 12. Rev. G. Engleheart. 



Lady Margaret Boscawen. — This is a noble bicolor, with very broad and 

 spreading perianth of a French white shade. Trumpet clear, golden colour. 

 F.C.C, R.H.S., April 12. Rev. G. Engleheart, Andoversford. 



Drac/ena aureo-striata. 



A handsome dracsena in the way of D. Lindeni, the broad recurving leaves 

 having numerous long bands of yellow with other bands pale of green and broad 

 ones of deep but bright green. The yellow colour fades slightly as the leaves age, 

 but they still retain their beauty. A.M., R.H.S., April 12. Messrs. Hugh Low 

 and Co., Bush Hill Park, Enfield. 



box, at £ucoo 



the annual cost 



maintenance 



HlPPEASTRUM DAONES. 



A handsome form with broad substantial segments that have irregular white 

 margins and bases, but are otherwise coloured rich scarlet with deeper veins ; a 

 beautiful variety. A.M., R.H.S., April 12. Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, 

 Chelsea. 



Camellias. 



Mrs. J. Buchanan is a beautiful semi-double camellia, white ground with rich 

 scarlet and crimson stripes and specks. 



Pride of Walt ham, a charming flesh -pink camellia of large size and very double ; 

 the petals are pointed and the veins of a deep rose shade. 



Duchess of Teck is a bright rose pink camellia of good shape and with faint red 

 veins along the {margins of the segments. A.M., R.H.S. to each, April 12. 

 Messrs. W. Paul and Son, Waltham Cross. 



