APRIL 33, 1898. 



GARDENERS' MA GAZINE. 



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1 ,»nt Ghent azaleas were represented by several collections consisting 

 irSf&ed examples, but the varieties shown _ do _ not call 1 for any special 



0 f wejJ^^'^J^oifecti'on of thirty plants was contributed bySociete Anonyme 

 Ilcrdcole, to which was awarded the large gold medal. 



New Azaleas. 



Mew azaleas were not very numerously shown, and a few only of those 

 United were of special value, being in the majority of cases too much like those 

 Already in cultivation Betsy de Brau, from MM. Koster et m S , .s a beautiful 

 II U variety with the flowers of a pale orange colour suffused scarlet. Mdlle. fc,. 

 Saute contributed by M. Eckhaute, is a striking Indian variety, the flowers 

 ii double with rose pink with broad white margins and red brown spots at the 

 hose M. Eckhaute exhibited an unnamed Indian variety, the flowers large with 

 broad petal and of a rich rose salmon ; one of the best of the novelties. 



Orchids. 



Notwithstanding the large number of classes devoted to orchids the display of 

 these was rather disappointing. The groups by M. Vincke-Dujardin, M. 

 Peeters and Mr. Thompson redeemed the exhibition from mediocrity, as in all 

 these the plants represented good culture. 



A most attractive group of orchids was shown by M. G. Vincke Dujardin, 

 Bruges, and it was good enough to capture the gold medal offered by the King. It 

 contained a glorious assortment of odontoglossums, crispum, Andersoni, and 

 luteo-purpureum forms. Miltonia Bleuana nobilior carried seven fine blooms of 



Eulophiella Elizabethae, with about three dozen flowers and 

 proved a great attraction, as did Cypripedium 



exceeding beauty 



buds on one spike, proved a great attraction, 



Rothschildeanum ; good examples of Ada aurantiaca, resplendent with spikes of 

 orange-coloured flowers. Oncidiums abounded, especially O. tigrinum, O. 

 Harrisonianum, O. crispum, and O. sarcodes. Cymbidium Lowianum was in 

 force, while Cattleya Lawrenceanum superba, with three flowers, made a fine 

 centrepiece. C>mbidium eburneo-Lowianum and Phaius Cooksoni were among 



F ™ Um * c L ^ Cas . Ce ksi °glossa. For three orchids representing different 

 genera, M. de Smet Duvivier secured the only prize with Cymbidium Lowianum, 

 Odontoglorsum luteo-purpureum, and Oncidium sarcodes. 



u a°^ Y °u e com ,P etitor entered for the gold medal for thirty odontoglossums, and 

 had there been others, we think our compatriot, Mr. Stevens, gardener to W. 

 inompson, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone, Staffs, would have been difficult to 

 displace. Mr. Stevens' collection not only represented fine varieties, but 

 excellent cultivation ; indeed, there were not better-grown odontoglossums in the 

 whole show. Among forms of 0. crispum those of especial beauty and merit 

 were U. c. roseum leucoglossum, a fine white-lipped variety, with rosy sepals and 

 petals ; U. c. Annie, shaded with rose and blotched with crimson, the margins of 

 the segments waved and fiinged ; O. c. Thompsoniae, with two spikes of large, 

 tun, white flowers, with one spot on one or two of the segments -twenty-six 

 Howers altogether. O. luteo-purpureum amplissimum, with eighteen flowers ; O. 

 Coradenei expansum, fourteen flowers ; O. Wilckeanum nobilior, with twenty- 

 three flowers ; O. hystrix, with three fine spikes ; O. sceptrum leopardinum, with 

 tour spikes ; and O. Roezli alba, with ten spikes, were among the most notable 

 examples on view, though mention must be made of O. sceptrum Stevensi and 0\ 

 Humeanum splendens. According to the jury, the best odontoglossum, single 

 specimen, was O. Madame Metdepenningen, a yellow-ground form of good shape, 

 with rich brown blotches ; it had but six flowers. Tastes differ, of course, and at 

 home we should probably have placed Mr. Thompson's O. Halli, furnished 

 with nine spikes, first, and here placed second. 



The three new hybrid orchids that gained for M. Van Imschoot a gilt 

 medal were Cattleya Alberta (C. Loddegisi and C. superba), we should have 

 thought it simply a Lselio cattleya elegans form ; Epidendrum Endresio- 

 Wallisi, and Masdevallia Pourbaixi. M. Metdepenningen led the way for 

 fifteen odontoglossums. In his group there was a good O. luteo-purpureum, 

 named coronarium, the brown colour being almost crimson ; O. Ruckeri and O. 

 guttatum also deserve mention. In a group of orchids shown by M. F. Pauwels 



the rarest and most beautiful of hybrid orchids, and these with other species and 

 and I den S droWums mentl0ned associated with a variety of masdevallias, lycastes, 



bea.nlftfi?^ ° f ° r v hi n S from Mons - A - A " Peeters » Saint Gilles, Brussels, was 

 fern, tk the flowerm g P lants being set amid light forms of maidenhair 



cases 



well u a c r* — ~ s«" u - ^"icy* i«<JSMtc i\einecniana snowed up 



*he hS„t?W for / om P ai »°ns C. Schroder*, C. Bowringiana, C. Lawrenceana, 

 eratiS \t nd rare C ; Parthenia ' with five grand flowers ; C. Parthenia 

 r m *S' Wlt h rose-tinted segments and some golden shading in the throat ; and 



featured u C u" eW Phaius Norman and its varieties aurea and rosea were a 

 a hvbriH U; e ?? hl ^ U ' a ? L w ! r ? half a dozen examples of Zygopetalum Pierrenoudi, 

 ~ul* na T ,? cei } t] y described in these columns. Other verv choice orchids in a 



i^ho-cattleya Hippolyta, Leelia Lai 

 ittleya intermedia 



grandiflora. 



meaia var. rarthenia, Cypripedium selligerum, and Masdevallia 

 ^ranainora. There were one hundred plants in all, and the group was 



France T m J c Ct ° { ^ Tt offered b ^ M ' ,e Comte de Germiny of Gouvelle, 

 a Lvcas't* ql- Duvivler ' s first prize collection of thirty orchids there was 



rosea rln5 ln K- n alb t with seven flowers ' Cattleya Schilleriana, C. Mendelli 

 branching I ? U A %rsiflorum t Odontoglossum cariniferum, with a long 

 eburneum. * ° ncidlum lameligerum, and a fine specimen of Cymbidium 



orcWds Yil!! W ? S ^i emorial medaI was offered on this occasion for the best fifteen 

 arranged with t0 M "_ Me . td ?P ennil lg en . for a moderately-good 



Oncidium I ?f' Cymbidium Lowianum, Cattleya amethystoglossa, 



~s, Odontoglossum Edwardi, O. Andersonianu 



a . Cypripedium Lawrenceanum, anH r rhmU. 

 & specimens. A mn*^«c ™a — c j ass 



collection 



Andersonianum, O. crispum, 

 kadinTc^J^ 15 ' ^yP n pedium Lawrenceanum, and C. Chamberlainanum were 



of 



species 



-ATE MONS. JEAN LINDEN'S DISCOVERIES. 



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Antwerp, we noticed a floweriDg specimen of Coryanthes macrantha. The best 

 specimen oncidium in the show was O. sarcodes, sent by M. de Langhe-Vervaene ; 

 this is a beautiful oncid, but does not look well when the spikes are rigorously 

 staked and tied. M. Maron, Brunoy, secured the silver-gilt medal for the best 

 hybrid obtained between two genera ; his specimen was Lrclio-cattleya Henry 

 Greenwood, a hybrid between C. Hardyana and a form of Lxlia elegans. It has 

 very soft rose sepals and petals, the latter being broad and waved. The big hp 

 has a broad golden throat, with an apex and marginal rim of rich purple ; the hp 

 is very handsome and of great size. The same exhibitor contnbuted the best 

 talia— a flowering specimen of L. Digbyana. M. Maron showed a lot of cattleya 

 and feelia hybrids, chiefly C. Louis Chalon, a cross between C Trianse and C. 

 Lawrenceana. \mong some orchids shown by M. Henri Vanderstraeten, Bruges, 

 was a good Cymbidium Lowianum, with heavily-coloured Hp, and a good example 



of Cypripedium Exul. ■ ^ 



Twenty-five cypripediums is but a moderate number to exhibit now that there 

 are so many species, hybrids, and varieties ; for such a number M. Pynaert van 

 Geert Gand, gained a first prize, his rarest examples being C. bellatulum album, 

 with one flower j C Exul, with ten blooms ; C. macropterum, and C. Mastersia- 

 num carrying fifteen flowers. In a similar class, but for amateurs, M. J. Moens 

 was to the fore, showing C. Niobe, C. selligerum majus, and C. Kienastianum, in 

 good condition ; all the plants were rather small. 



An extremely pretty form of Odontoglossum crispum named King Leopold 

 was shown by Messrs. Sander and Co., ; the spottings of red are freely scattered 

 over a palest rose ground. This firm also had a group of Lycaste Skinneri alba 

 with their new plants. A case of anoectochi from M. A. Dalliere, Ghent, drew 

 mnrh attention, as it contained good specimens of A. Dawsoni, A. Sanderianum, 



termedia 



Plants 



Leonis 



One of the most extensive and interesting of exhibits was that staged by 

 Messrs. F. Sander and Co., St. Albans, England, and Bruges. About thirty 

 yards of tabling in one of the special side corridors was occupied by the display, 



