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GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



November 26, 1898. 



New Plants and Flowers. 



Cypripedium Wottoni 



cerise, shading to pink. A.M., R.H.S., November 8 

 H. J. Elwes, Esq., Ando versford , Gloucester. 



Calanthe labrosior. 



Mr. Lane, gardener to 



A beautiful cypripedium, reminding one of a glorified and lightened C. calloaum. A beautiful calanthe, bearing a fine spike of large flowers that m t .1 



The dorslILpSha? a white upper margin, is suffused with rich purple and has faintest tinge of rosy blush, with a pale yellow shtde over the dsk 1 S 



a greenish basV; over the whole are numerous dark purple ve.nings The apices measure two and a . half by three inches and are almost pure white ' ? h , ° We " 



of he osy petals are margined with white, while dark brown spots are strewn was raised at Burford , but the parentage is not known. A M R i S ^ Va T* 



01 inc iusy £ fi . u DUrp l e hp is veined with darker purple. 2 2 Mr W H White orchid erower tn 9; r t,^ t m, » *•«.!>., November 



over the lower halves. The hne ncn pui^ ^ k_ _ . u ^ a tvt 22 ' Mr * w< n ' vvnue ' orcnia g row « to bir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Dorking. 



This hybrid is the "result' of cr ossing C. callosum with C. bellatulum. Ail., 

 R H.S , November 8. Mr. H. J. Chapman, gardener to R. I. Measures, Esq., 

 Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell. 



Cattieya Bowringiana Lady Wigan. 



A distinct and charming variety of a well-known winter-flowering catt-eya ; it 

 has fine large flowers and substantial segments of a pretty lilac shade. The lip is 

 lilac tinged with rose, and having a broad, deep purple band down the centre and 

 extending on to the side lobes, where it contrasts forcibly with the white throat 

 A.M., R.H.S., November 8. Mr. W. H. Young, orchid grower to Sic Frederick 

 Wigan, Clare Lawn, East Sheen. 



Cypripedium Argo-Morgani^. 



A new hybrid obtained by-crossing C Argus with C. Morgan.* at Burford 

 Lodge. Both the parents are evident in the hybrid. The dorsal sepal is fairly 

 large and broad ; whitish, shaded with rose and with longitudinal green lines that 

 here and there interrupted by small dark purple dots. The petals are very 



are 



ClRRHOPETALUM APPENDICULATUM 



A quaint little orchid with long combined lateral sepals, creamy with red snots . 

 petal small, yellowish green, with violet purple line* and fringes flic small E?/ 

 purple. B.C., R U.S., November 22. Mr. W. H. White. P ' et 



Dendrobium formosum-Lowi. 



An interesting and handsome hybrid obtained by crossing D Lowi with D 

 formosum. The habit is intermediate, but the flower is much like that of D for' 

 mosum, save that the lip is flatter and has a deep orange shade over the whole of 

 the disk and along the raised lines. Sepals and petals white. A.M R H S 

 November 22. Mr. W. H. White, orchid grower to Sir Trevor Lawrence nirr'' 

 Dorking. ' Irit| 



Chrysanthemums. 



Lord 

 that are 



incurve, and show the reverse side An English- raised seedling. A.M. R.H.S 

 November 8. Mr. R. Owen, Maidenhead. " * *' 



Mrs. IV. Mease.— Now well known as the handsome primrose- coloured sport 

 from Madame Carnot. A.M., R.H.S., November 8. Mr. R. Owen. 



Jane Molyneux.—K handsome pure white Japanese variety, with long, drooping 

 florets. A.M., R.H.S., November 8. Mr. N. Molyneux, gardener to J. C. 

 Gamier, Esq., Rookesbury Park, Farnham. 



President Sevan.— An (immense Japanese incurved variety that appears to be 

 somewhat variable in colour, from a flesh or salmon-pink to pale rosy-bronze. 

 A.M., R.H.S., November 8. Mr. W.Wells, Earlswood; and Mr. 

 Godfrey, Exmouth. 

 Nellie Pockett. 



f Cromer.— A fine, bold Japanese variety, with broad, substantial florets 

 brilliant crimson in colour, with a light golden reverse ; the central florets 



Cypripedium Argo-Morganite. 



bold, deflexed somewhat, and blunt ended ; pale greenish-white ground colour, very 

 heavily spotted with large claret-purple spots. The lip is dull rosy-purple with a 

 paler base. A.M., R.H.S., November 22. Mr. W. H. White, orchid grower to 

 Sir T. Lawrence, Bart., Dorking. 



Begonia Winter Perfection. 



This is another of the race of hybrid begonias raised at Chelsea and valuable 

 for their winter- flowering propensities. This variety has laTge semi-double flowers 

 of a soft and pretty shade of light rose, 

 robust and free, 

 Chelsea. 



The foliage is bold, and the plant is 

 A.M., R.H.S., November 8. Messrs. J. Veitch and Son?, 



W. J. 



—A finely shaped Japanese variety, massive and full ; the 

 florets, which are very numerous, are creamy white. A.M., R.H.S., November 8. 

 Mr. W. Wells. 



Chatsworth. — A large and deep Japanese chrysanthemum, wiih creamy white 

 centre and rose-shaded outer florets ; florets broad and incurving. A.M., R.H.S., 

 November 22. Mr. W. J. Godfrey, Exmouth ; Mr. W. Wells, Earlswood ; and 

 Messrs. H. Cannelland Sons, S tanley. 



Golden Shower. — A handsome and curious decorative chrysanthemum, the florets 

 being modified into long drooping threads like silk. The colour is rich gold, 

 with crimson scarlet shading on some of the florets. A.M., R.H.S. , November 

 22. Mr. Witty, Nunhead Cemetery. 



Mrs. Barclay 1 a most distinct chrysanthemum with very broad florets that 

 reflex slightly. It is a huge, massive flower, and of a very blight and rich rosy 

 mauve colour. A fine exhibition Japanese form. A.M., R.H.S., November 22. 

 Mr. H. Weeks, Thrumpton Hal), Derby. 



Earlswood Beauty, a charming single chrysanthemum, with large and pretty 

 flowers of a pleasing creamy shade. AM., R.H.S., November 22. Mr. W. 

 Wells, Earlswood. 



Daisy Brett, a sport from the above, and differing from it only in biing p ire 

 white instead of creamy. A.M., R.H S , November 22. Mr. W. Wells, Eurls- 

 wood. 



Beauty of Scholing, a good decorative variety with broad flowers, in which the 

 colours, scarlet and gold, are freelv intermixed in shadings and streaks. A.M., 

 R.H.S , November 22. Mr. W. Wells, Earlswood. 



Epiphyllum truncatum Princess. 



Certainly we have nothing so delicately beautiful among epiphyllums as this 

 charming new variety. It is a free-flowering form, judging from the two small 

 plants shown at the Drill Hall, and its flowers are of exquisite beauty, being or 

 a transparent, soft, and very light shade of rosy blush. It is very distinct, ana 

 should help to revive the culture cf epiphyllums. F.C.C., R.H.S., November 22. 

 Mr, W. Bull, King's Road, Chelsea. 



Apple Ballinora. % f 



A fine late apple that probably has to own Blenheim Pippin as one parem. 

 It has much of the shape of that variety, and is a good deal like it in flavour, . dj 

 a little more mealy. The skin is wholly of a bright crimson scarlet, save ior 

 yellowish base that is almost covered with russet ; the eye is large and open, as 1 

 the Blenheim Pippin. A.M., R.H.S , November 22. Messrs. Hartiana uu 

 Son, Cork, 



Chrysanthemum Rust. 



Dracena The Sirdar. 



A handsome compact habited draaena, with broad foliage of a very dark green 

 Shade and bordered with bright scarlet and crimson. The newer leaves are very 

 brght in colour, especially under artificial light. A.M., R.H.S., November 8. 

 Messrs, J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. 



. . , POLYl'ODIUM GRANDI-NIGRESCEN9. 



This is the name given to a novel and bold fern that is stated to be a hybrid 

 between P. nigrescens and P. vulgare grandiceps. The plant is mostly akin to 

 P. nigrescens, and like it shows the teat-like protuberances where the sporangia 

 are placed. The fronds are of a dark green hue, somewhat stiff, and very much 

 divided and tasselled at the ends, the divisions being quite bunched in some in- 

 stances. F.C.C., F.H.S., November 8. Messrs. jT Veitch and S:>ns, Chelsea. 



,,. , , „ _ Nerines. 



aiissjekyii.— The segments of the flowers are but slightly undulating in this 

 Ihlde 7 ; trU53CS arC ° f * krge ske ' and of a Cleaf I0Sy salmoD 



.,1 OA CJ'"'™*'"' Mitford. - A>auUful nerine, having fine flowers of a pretty 

 salmon tint, with the segments all charmingly undulated 



f w 'A ,/<w '- Th { s » a dUtinct form, having rather campanulate flowers 

 with regular segments that are neither recurved noF waved; colour bright rosy 



There have been of late quite a series of discussions respecting the , 3 Ear , 

 chrysanthemums. My opinion is that if taken in time it can be e'aciicaie . j 

 last March, when our plants had been potted into three and a-naii m cu JJ^ k * td 

 noticed on the under sides of the leaves small black specks, the wow 

 being Pride of Madford, Simplicity, Lady Byron, Eva Snowies, ^. . i • ^ 

 and Lady Hanham. The other plants, about three hundred and e,g ^ 

 quite free, but these came from the south. I at once took these away ^ ^ 

 collection and placed them in a cold frame by themselves, dipping ; eaci 

 tion of sulphide of potassium, half an ounce dissolved in a gallon ot water , ^ 

 mended by the Gardeners' Magazine. I continued it twice a my ^ ^ 

 adding to it one tablespoonful of petroleum, and keeping it tn^rougii y f s 

 the hand syringe while using. At the week end there was not a sign o ^ ^ 

 left ; and all these varieties have developed exhibition blooms or goooc were 

 the whole collection was "housed," the first week in Octo t>er, 1 ^ and up 

 syrinced individually with a decoction of sulphur, quicklime, ana p»r» 



to the present date not a bit of mildew or fungus is to be seen. _ NS , lAW . 

 TotUv Halt Gardens. T ' CI km 



Wintry Weather. -Early in the past week there Wtt JJ 

 climatic conditions, and so great a drop in the temperature pre vailed on 



winter is rapidly approaching. The keen north-easterly win northern 

 Tuesday was followed on Wednesday by heavy falls of snow ' n , ^jc, and 

 parts of Great Britain, throughout Scotland, the North £ HlMrd . In 



in some parts of the Midlands. In Lancashire there was a *J"j»2 railway Uoes. 

 many parts of the country the fall of snow was so heavy as to ^ ifl sotne 



render roads impassable, and put a stop to outdoor work, ana .npearances it 



districts the farmers will suffer from loss of sheep. From pres -m V r 

 is probable that we may now have a short period of cold wea 



