GARDENERS' 



MAGAZINE. 



New Plants, Flowers, and Fruit. ^XlT^^^L F «-> *.h.s., May 2 , 



Cattleya Mendbli' Mrs. E. V. Low. 



A BEAUTIFUL form of a beautitul orchid, having broad white sepals and petals, 

 and a pretty purple tipped lip. The tube of the lip is white on the outside, but 

 rich yellow within, this colour extending towards the broad apex. The purple is 

 not very dark, and into it there run veins of white from the frilled white margin. 

 The petals are of immense width and great substance, and altogether the form is 



A.M., R.H.S., May 25. Messrs. H. Low and Co., Bush Hill Park, 



Messrs, 



first-rate. 

 Enfield. 



Odontoglossum crisfum-Harryanum. 



Among the distinct orchids at the Temple Show few. attracted more attention 

 than the odontoglossum that is presumably a natural hybrid between O. crispum 



ft 



O I.ONTOG I.OSSU M CRISPUM-H ARRYANUM. 



and O. Harryanum, as its name implies. It is an open spreading flower of large 

 size, and having the general characteristics of O. Harrayanum, but more expanded, 

 and of a lighter colour. The ground work is pale nankin yellow, and, except at 

 the tips of the sepals and petals, is heavily blotched with reddish brown, the 

 markings sometimes extending right across the segments. The lip is pale yellow, 

 and only spotted at the base with reddish crimson, having a fine golden crest ; the 

 hp is flat, broad, and with a sharp pointed apex. F.C.C., R.H.S., May 25. 

 Mons. C. Vuylsteke, Loochristi, Belgium. 



Cattleya Mendbli Oakes Amks. 



A particularly handsome form, with rosy iilac sepals and petals and a brilliant 

 purple apex t<» the finely formed lip. The broad petals had at their apices an 

 irregular blotch of rich purple that is most attractive and distinct. The lip is very 

 compact, and has a bright yellow throat ; the apex is rounded, exquisitely fringed, 

 and frilled, this colour extending well into the centre of the throat. The sepals 

 are of a lighter lilac shade than the petals. F.C.C., R.H.S., May 25. Messrs. 

 H. Low and Co., Bush Hill Park, Clapton. 



Dendrobium Dalhousianum salmoneum. 



wonderfully distinct variety of a well-known and bold-flowered species, 

 (Uttering principally from the type in the softening of the colour and, to a large 

 extent, m the elimination of the side blotches in the lip. The flowers are large, 

 i>orne as freely as m the species, and of a soft salmon-buff shade. The two 



Pirc w P *" ° f a P ecuIiar red h ue, brighter than a deep rose. F.C.C., 

 K.M.&., May 25. Messis. Hugh Low and Co., Bush Hill Park, Clapton. 



Lelio-cattieya Admiral Dewey. 



A bold hybrid of great beauty, robustness and freedom of flowering. This 

 orcnid derives its origin from Cattleya Warneri formosa and Ltelia elegans 

 Aiastersi ; it partakes largely of the L. purpurata character, but has a glorified lip. 

 J he sepals and petals are of a beautiful shade of light purplish rose, the sepals 



being narrower and l.ghter in colour than the wavv petals. The tube the lip is 



very broad, bright rose-purple, with darker veins ; inside there are two light 

 creamy patches on either side of a central band of royal purple. The.mouth of 

 n a V* 'V W ° and a - Quarter inches across rounded, with waved and crisped 

 Ki nr n' a K ! and rich red -purple colour, though with a lighter wire edge. 



inT« J" 5 WC -\ b ° lnt u P° n the s P ike shown, and each bloom was over six 

 '£ s a rh?i W,th °" t s »«ching out the segments. F.C.C., R.H.S., May 25. 

 Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Heaton, Bradford * 



Acalypha Sanderi. 



k^hi 



This is a bold, novel, and distinct species, with large ovate a„ 

 set on long light green petioles. From the axil of each leaf a W - 8 ' een ,e aves 

 springs, and this is the most attractive feature of the plant Ki! nflorescen <* 

 long crimson tassels, measuring from a foot to twenty inches in En are 

 times an inch in diameter, and like nothing so much as crimson T l and some - 

 are the flowers placed together. It is a striking plant, and one f&T-It, 80 . closeI y 

 largely for decorative effects, grouping, &c. It is a stove plant thlt u ** USe(1 

 to the side needed can be kept in condition in an intermediate h™ gr ° Wn 

 greenhouse for some time. In the case of especially strong nlanrs H?« ° r Warra 

 times two to five lone long tassels of flowers from the »ii te are some- 



plant was described in our report ot the Ghent show a few weeks hi 1 hls 

 figured in our last issue. F.C.C, R.H.S., May 25. Messrs. F. Sander 1 



fit. Albans. - tx>. 1 



St. Albans. 



LlCUALA JEANENCEYI. 



j^wunv.Q,,, 



This is a handsome palm that can scarcely fail to become DODular f • 

 elegant, and clothes itself to the base with frondage. The fronds are fan v> * ? 

 but instead of being entire, as m a latania, they are divided to the base int 

 or eight divisions ; these are squared at the apex, but notched 



msieau ui ucmg cuiuc, *« «, miama, wcy are uiviaea to the base intn 

 ight divisions ; these are squared at the apex, but notched with KM a- - Ven 

 he depth of half an inch. The frondage is of a clear, d^^Li^ 

 commends itself. F.C.C, R.H.S., May 25. Messrs. F. daSeimAC^ 



Caladium Ami Schwartz. 



A curious caladium, with leaves that endeavour to be cordate but have 

 their basal lobes much developed ; the colour is deep bronzy-crimson with v 

 of bright scarlet, and over the whole a sheen-like varnish. This is 'the result" 1 ! 

 crossing C. albanense with Madame J. Box. A.M., R.H.S., Mav 2; M<*J! 

 F.Sander and Co., St. Albans. y f Messrs ' 



Caladium Guaratinguator. 



Previously described in our columns ; a bold caladium of a brilliant scarlet 

 shade, with bronze-crimson mottlings making abroad marginal band. Very hand- 

 some. A.M., R.H.S., May 25. Messrs. J. Laing and Sons, Forest Hill. 



Rose Aurora. 



A bold and large-flowered hybrid tea rose, having handsome sweetly-scented 

 flowers of a delicate and charming shade of soft pink. The rounded petals are 

 of great size, breadth, and substance, and with a pretty curl along the rounded 

 upper margin. In habit the plant is all that could be desired, judging from the 

 specimens staged; it will be a grand acquisition to its class. A.M., R.H.S., 

 May 25. Messrs. William Paull and Son, Waltham Cross. 



L^LIO-CATTLEYA GOLDEN GEM. 



A pretty and distinct hybrid obtained by crossing Cattleya intermedia with 

 Lselia flava var. splendens. The growth is that of L. fliva, and the flowers show 

 great evidence both in shape and colour of its influence as a parent. The sepals 

 and petals are half an inch across, nearly two inches long, and of a pretty golden 

 shade of great depth ; the petals point forward, and the sepals spread out. The 

 lip is narrow, and has along lemon-yellow tube formed of the clasping side-lobes; 

 the tips are bright yellow ; the apical lobe is of a rich deep crimson colour with 

 purplish-crimson veins, and a tint of brown showing through the crimson. A.M., 

 R.H.S., May 25. Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Heaton, Bradford. 



Cattleya Mendeli Amelia. 



A handsome and large-flowered variety with pure white sepals and petals, an l 

 a lip that is white save for a faint purplish blotch near the apex and a buff shade 

 in the throat. The petals measure two and a half inches across, and are propor- 

 tionately long; the sepals are an inch wide. A.M., R.H.S., May 25. Mr. J. 

 Barker, gardener to W. P. Burkinshaw, Esq., West Hill, Hessle, Hull. 



Odontoglossum Pescatorei bellatulum. 



A very distinct form of a pretty orchid, and one that has branching spikef of 

 elegant flowers. On the white ground there is one round rich purple spot at the 

 centre of each petal, while at the apex of each sepal is an irregularly triangular 

 blotch of the same rich rose- purple colour. The small lip has the usual crest and 

 a few spots of purple. A handsome orchid. A.M., R.H.S., May 25. Messrs. 

 Linden and Co., Brussels. 



Odontoglossum crispum decorum. 



A charming odontoglot of large size, and with wonderfully substantial seg- 

 ments. The sepals and petals are white, with a creamy tinge at their apices. One 

 irregular and rather large intense crimson-brown blotch appears in the centre a 

 each petal, while one big blotch or cluster of spots of the same deep, rich colour 

 is placed about the centre of each petal. The shapely lip has rich, but smaJi, 

 spots strewed over the white ground, as well as on the golden disc. 

 R.H.S., May 25. Messrs. Linden and Co., Brussels. 



Odontoglossum crispum zebrinum. 



A pretty and attractive form, with finely-shaped flowers about two and I a-hj* 

 inches across. The ground colour is whitish, with a creamy suffusion, a 1 i uw 

 segments are spotted and barred with deep reddish-brown, the colour showing 

 right through the flowers. The spike staged carried a dozen exquisite flower*. 

 A.M., R.H.S., May 25. Messrs. Linden and Co., Brussels. 



MlLTONlA BLEUEANA ROSEA GIGANTEA. 



A marvellously fine orchid, carrying eight huge blooms that are too ' ^ 10 h 

 graceful, but are most effective. The sepal! and the spreading hp are palest biusn 

 while the petals are shaded with rose, the colour being most intense at the 



* a ^on-pink spreading disc. The lip- three «d ate 



inches broad, and the flower is four and a-half inches across at its widest 

 K.H.b., May 25. Mons. Jules Hye Leysen, Ghent. 



» . , , „ . Cattleya Fernanb Denis. 



fornter~^^^ - 



"Ot affected ^^S^'J^^ "ft ft ft OnONTOGLOSSUM Charlseanum. ^ , 



and nearly three inched ' rom half to three-quarters of an inch across Sp ~ S and blotches so thicklv disposed as to almost blot outtn 



Spottings of purpte at the 'Se« Th Jk * "?' nk veins ' and having a few irre g u,a ' 

 margins retlexed a Pood rlLi w T u • d P* t&h are waved, and have their lateral 



large and open, the lide lo£'«V^r tinted ' with a hint of ,ilac colou ™g- L'P 

 very broad and rounded wave d ™!? S ,ff2 and wide a P art - The central lobe » 

 a hand of palest yellow acrc^s the hT I Y ^Z^' deCp P ur P Ii *-a urm «ne. 

 and column pale purple This hea^' , en the side ,ODCS commence. Throat 

 a8th ult , under the name of C f.,! i * ttl 5>' a was figured in our issue of the 



01 c. ternand Devjs u inscribed on the accomDanvini. 



ious and also pretty odontoglot, having creamy flowers on wu*» » d 

 ots and blotches are so thickly disposed as to almost blot °" t h ^ e A>tcbed 

 th.;T J h f V ng is P retti «t on the petals, for the sepals are rather d 

 han spotted. The backs of the sepals are shaded deep rose, and his tint c 

 \W gh A°i^ fr ° nt sli e htI y- g^ing a curious effect. A.M., R.H.S., May 

 Mons. A. Madoux, Ander.rh P m S 



«. iviaaoux, Anderghem. 



Anthurium Scherzerianum var. Sematkur Montefiore LKV.S. 



dnnr." f™"™ fo ™ with a long round spathe. French white, with an^ 



conJLl toy intens « sLlet strewed over the ^<'™gx**t 



congregate around the margin and down the centre into circular clusters in» 



