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GA RDENERS' MA GAZINE. 



June a Sl ^ 



New Plants, Flowers, and Vegetables. 



L/£LIO-CATTL£YA HlPPOLYTA AURANTIACA. 



Tins is an extremely beautiful form of a charming hybrid, one form of which 

 was figured in our last issue. This differs from those variations already known in 

 having the sepals and petals of a beautiful rich shade of orange ; the lip is orange 

 yellow at the base, but deepens towards the front, and is veined throughout with 

 deep red brown. A.M., R.H.S., June 14, Messrs. J, Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. 



L^LIO-CATTLEYA CANHAMIANA SUPERBA. , , 



An immense flowered form of a bold hybrid. It differs from the type in having 

 larger flowers than usual, and in the rich purple colouring in the wide lip. The 

 flowers measure nearly eight inches across, and the petals are of great breadth ; 

 these segments are of a soft lavender-purple shade. Lip very large, gold at base, 

 with dull purple veins ; apex spreading, crimson-purple at base, shading to paler 

 purple at the apex. A.M., R.H.S., June 14. Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons. 



L/ELIA PURPURATA ErNESTI. 



A distinct variety of this popular orchid. It has white sepals and petals, the 

 former being rather flatter than is generally the case. The lip is creamy white, 

 quite yellowish in the throat ; apex pale blush, with a deepening shade of rose 

 toward the distinctly defined yellowish throat. A.M., R.H.S., June 14. Mr. 

 Chapman, gardener to R. I. Measures, Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Camber well. 



Odontoglossum elegantius Baroness Schroder. 



A very graceful odontoglossum with branching spikes of light flowers that 

 remind one of O. excellens. The flowers are scarcely three inches broad, segments 

 narrow, pale sulphur yellow, with white shading at the base, and with bars and 

 b'otches of deep chocolate. Lip whitish with a large chocolate blotch. A very 

 distinct and graceful orchid. A.M., R.H.S., June 14. Mr. W. H. White, orchid 

 grower to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart,, Burford Lodge, Dorking. 



Scuticaria Hadweni. 



A curious-growing orchid with upright terete foliage. The flowers are borne 

 singly on long peduncles, and are about three inches across, very thick and fleshy. 

 Sepals and petals yellowish-green, with heavy bars and blotches of bright brown. 

 Lip white stained with yellow at the base, deeply hollowed or cupped, and irregu- 

 larly striped and spotted with bright rose. A.M., R.H.S., June 14. Mr. W. H. 

 Young, orchid grower to Sir Frederick Wigan, Clare Lawn, East Sheen. 



Cattleya Mossi^e Madonna. 



A lovely cattleya with large flowers that have substantial and pure white petals 

 of great breadth ; sepals narrow, but pure white. Lip large, side lobes white ; 

 throat yellow, with brown and purple veins ; down the centre is a broad white 

 band that fades into the pale purple staining that occupies the centre of the front 

 lobe ; around the whole of the front lobe is a wide white band having a beautifully 

 frilled and crimped margin. A.M., R.H.S., June 14. Messrs. Stanley-Mobbs 

 and Ashton, Southgate. 



Begonia Mrs. F. Sander. 



A handsome Rex begonia, the large leaves having a dark green centre near the 

 footstalk, this being surrounded by a broad and irregular zone of silvery rose, this 



again being surrounded by bright green. A.M., R.H.S., June 14. Messrs. F. 

 Sander and Co., St. Albans. 



Caladium Lord Annesley. 



A curious caladium with ovate lanceolate leaves, the apex being extended to a 

 sharp pomt ; the colour is crimson with a rosy suffusion. The centre of the leaf 

 is very bright with a shining surface. A.M., R.H.S., June 14. Messrs. F. Sander 

 and Co., St. Albans. 



P/Eony Ella Christine Kelway. 



A beautiful double {xvony with palest oinlc guard petals and a full 

 blush-pink petals ; a very handsome variety. A.M., R.H.S., June 14. 

 Kelway and Son, Langport. 



Pyrethrum Lady Kildarb. 



A very pretty double pyrethrum with quilled and fringed flowers ; the colour 

 is rich pink, but the yellow tint in the tiny fringes to the florets gives the whole 



8 low - A.M., R.H.S., June 14. Messrs. Kelway and Son, 



Gloxinia Galatea. • 



1 k A han , dsome and distinct gloxinia, white, creamy white in the throat ; the six 

 lobes at the mouth are each surrounded by a band of bluish-purple ; this band is 

 made up of irregular spotting* and veining. A.M., R. U.S., June 14. Messrs. 

 J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. %f 



Philadelphia coronarius Mont Blanc. 



A dwarf-growing and bushyiplant, eminently suitable for massing, owing to its 



nardiness and the profusion with which its white flowers are produced. Every 



Jittle growth carries about five flowers, and as these are over an inch across, the 



effect of a bush can well be imagined. A.M., R.II.S., June 14. Messrs. J. Veitch 

 and bons, Chelsea. 



centre of 

 Messrs. 



Cucumber, The Keeper. 



uauu3uiHL LULuuiun j on^iiny spiny, and with a fi Kl 

 and with scarcely any waste in tip or tail. This u ; ? f good l«n«h 

 Improved Telegraph with Duke of Edinburgh. A M R w of croS 



S. Mortimer, Rowledge, Farnham. ? K ' H S -> Jun? r 4 . 



Herbaceous Peonies. 



Lady Loner, a good double pink variety, of fine shape an! *U. 

 Dorothy Welsh, a handsome globular flower, of a delicatp /^ • , 

 AUon Lock. This is a semi-double 



Cardinal Vaughan, a big double form, of fine shape, and of a »1 M 

 F.C., R.B.S., to each, June 10. Messrs. Kelway and S™, ^ 



Ononis rotundifolia. 



A dwarf herbaceous plant, of compact growth, with bright gre ? n W 

 plenitude of pea-like fbwers, pink, heavily suffused and T^J^'J* 

 carmine. B.C., R.B.S., June 10. Messrs. Kelway and S 3n 



Verbascum pannosum. 



This is a showy form, with a tall spike of soft canary-yellow flower. *i * 

 size. This looked like a glorified V. thapsus, with very reliL «n£ I 00 * 

 R.B.S., June 10. Messrs* Kelway and Son. 7 ^ Spikes - *C 



Poppies. 



Palaver bractcatum Silver Queen, a pretty and large-flowercd poppy with 

 charming silver-pink blooms. v m » W1U 



P. bracteatum Princess of Wales, a beautiful form, with huee bloom- <4 

 graceful shape and delicate rose-pink colour ; the blotches at the base of thel#£ 

 ments are blackish-purple. F.C., R.B.S., to each, June 10. Messrs. Barr 3 

 Son, Covent Garden. 



Clematis Duchess of York. 



One of the new and beautiful coccinea hybrids, with smill tubular fbwersoft 

 lovely shade of blush-pink. This is one of the latest additions to a charming set 

 of plants, and its flowers are so pale as to be almost white. F.C. R.B 5 

 June 10. Messrs. G. Jackman and Son, Woking. ' 1 " 



Pyrethrum Cassiope. 



. A fine, large, single flower ; very distinct and handsome ; soft rosy-crims- -, 

 with dull yellow centre. This has larger flowers than the majority of single form' 

 F.C., R.B.S., June 10. Messrs. Kelway and Son. 



Tree Peonies. 



Princess of Wales, & huge bloom, nearly a foot across, and of an exqointe 

 shade of silvery white or blush. 



Duchess of Marlborough, semi-double, and somewhat cup shaped ; bright 

 salmon shaded with rose towards margin. 



Prince of Wales, very bright scarlet, with a shade of red rose towards the 

 margins, and a few striations of palest blush. 



James Kelway, rosy-scarlet, with very broad thick segments. A very hand- 

 some flower. 



Marchioness of Londonderry, a magnificent flower of huge size, and with 



massive segments of the purest white. F.C, R.B.S. to each, June 10. Mean. 

 Kelway and Son. 



Kniphobia Tucki. 



This is a bold form with dense spikes that carry scarlet flowers at the apex, 

 and yellow ones towards the base. B.C., R.B.S., June 10. Messrs. Kelwiy 

 and Son. 



Tuberous Begonias. 



Countess of Aberdeen, an exquisite begonia with a full flower, having broad 

 waved and crimped petals of large size ; the colour is a beautiful shade of salaon 

 with a tinge of scarlet. A lovely flower. 



Countess of Dartmouth, one of the finest of double white begonias, having 

 immense broad petals, soft and regular, and of the purest white. t 



Sir W. Lock hart, a fine and heavily crimped and waved double begonia cf 

 good size, and of a deep shade of salmon-scarlet. F.C, R. B.S. to each, June ia 

 Messrs. J. Laing and Son, Forest Hill. 



' Stock Snowflake. 



A handsome Brompton stock, carrying tall spikes of fragrant and P urc - W "* 

 flowers, having just a tinge of green at the bases of the segments. A handsuOK 

 and useful variety. F.C, R.B S., June 10. Messrs. A. W. Young and La, 



Stevenage. 



AltfOMUM HEMISPH/ERICUM. ■ 



'"" A Japanese plant closely allied to the gingers ; it has stems rising ten or t« 

 feet high bearing distichous oblong-lanceolate leaves a foot or more long oy un* 

 inches in breadth. The flowers are borne in a dense globose head at the ape*" 

 short peduncle that rises from the root-stock among the stems ; tney are 

 save for the lip, which is red-brown with a yellow margin. The bracts are sn-* 

 with red-brown, while the underside of the leaves is shaded with d * T ?Z°}Z^ 

 plant was sent to Kew in 1X0? h« Mr. H. N. Ridley, Director of Uie 



flowered 



Mecokopsis cambricum plena. yaraen and Forest Department," Straits' Settlements, and tms """""-jj 



A double form of the Welsh meconopsis, the flowers being very double, graceful, hrst tlme in June, 1897, when it was a noticeable plant in the tank ot me uvr 

 and of a rich yellow colour. A.M., R.H.S., June 14. Messrs. Paul and Son, w ater-hly house. Bot. Mag., t. 7,592. 



Cannas, 



vermilion'* seBments of a golden hue, heavily spotted and shaded with 



« \\Jx\ S ' W \ M * rsh . ail > this has four large, clear golden-yellow segments, with 



\ u p w c l t Ul ? ; the other segments are heavily spotted with scarlet. 



k tt.b., to each, June 14. Messrs. Paul and Son, Cheshunt. 



A . Begonia Commodore Dewey. 



clean 21 A^^^ft flow ered, large and substantial, with broad 



o velvm ^aDoe^nc. ° rm of a b » lliant crimson-scarlet shade, and 



sUnley y PP ^ A.M., R.H.S., June 14. Messrs. H. Cannell and Sons, 



a w.rti i" 1 1 . Pyrethr ™ Monarch. 



and more iSffQBSSS' Whh b ^ ht rose flowers » ***** 'hree inches 

 June .4. R.H.S, 



A pretty cabba Cabbage Beaconsheld. 



heart is cone-shaped and^ewS Zftl and of hi g h when cooked - Tl « 



June 14. Mr. J. Brou«, SihK^J 010 ": firm and A.M., R.H.S., 



' U " HJ und Gardens. Beaconsfield. Bucks. 



ovate, 

 serrate 



Stephanandra Tanak.e. .^.n— kl- 

 dershrub of slender growth ; the leaves < "^£jg?t 

 t green, golden-yellow in autumn, ma u 

 quite tiny, as in many of the. closely al Jed 

 «.y« ycuow, corolla white ; the lowers are borne in terminal Pf ""'^J^ia. 

 about three inches long. There are but four known species of bt eP^^ 

 three from Japan and one from China : S. Tanakse is from the Hakoo* ^ 1 ^ 

 in the Sagami province of Japan, and is a rather graceful shrub tnoug 

 attractive enough to become generally popular. Bot. Maj., t 7My 



This 



Symphyandra Wanneri. 



cilute tad 



^.ciiuiii!, ciotnea wnn uuwuw"- , .-me w 

 S e K, margm? ' and that h as a leafy many-flowered tenr una! tk 

 v olet-blue campanulate flowers. This species is a native of Transj , l«w _ 

 of seven that constitute a genus, which differs only from \™ t0 cato* 



?cr h D ? -?,, the t Ube - Symphyandra Wanneri is just becoming kno« ^ 

 tor., but it has been grown at Kew for many years past, both m poo 



open border. In Dots ir flr»xir^^c 0 .,ri«r in thp snriflCi and is 



useful for 



pretty plant, with red-bro wn b tems, and all its various parts 

 J *ers are an inch acrcss at the mouth. Bot Mag., t. 7.594- 



