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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ April 23, 1891. 
regions. An intcrmcliatc temperature suits it very well, and a compost 
of light loam and sand with a little leaf soil and good drainage are the 
prineipal points needirg attention. Perhaps the chief defect is the fact 
that the flower scapes are produced without the leaves, and therefore 
have a rather bare appearance ; by placing the plant with small Ferns, 
this, however, is readily overcome. 
In Mr. J. Gr. Baker’s arrangement of the Amaryllideae Callipsyche is 
placed in the tribe Pancratieae between Stricklandia and Phoedranassa, 
both small genera but little known in gardens. Callipsyche itself com- 
jirises three species from South America, one of which, C. eucrosioides, 
is probably not in cultivation. C. mirabilis, the subject of our illustra¬ 
tion, is a native of the Peruvian Andes, whence it was introduced to 
Belgium, and first flowered in Mr. Wilsoir Saunders’ garden at Reigate 
in 1870; but it has been subsequently introduced on several occasions 
by nurserymen. The flowers are greenish yellow, the stamens and style 
white, 3 or 4 inches long, and deflexed equally round the head, giving a 
strange appearance. C. aurantiaca is also from the Andes, and has 
bright yellow flowers, very distinct from the species previorrsly noted, 
but smaller. At Kew it seems to flower rather later, and though Mr. 
Baker gives the time of flowering of C. mirabilis as July and August, it 
was flowering there in February. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
April 21st. 
Although the previous meeting of this Society was only held a 
week ago, the combined exhibits of the National Auricula Society and 
those submitted to the several Committees sufficed to fill the Drill Hall, 
four rows of tables being occupied with plants and flowers. At the 
afternoon meeting Mr. O’Brien’s lecture on Caps Bulbs brought a full 
audience, and he treated his subject in an interesting manner. 
Fruit Committee.— Present : P. Crowley, Esq., in the chair, 
Dr. Hogg, Harrison Weir, J. Cheal, W. Warren, J. T. Saltmarsh, 
G. Wythes, J. Hudson, H. Balderson, F. Q. Lane, James H. Veitch, 
M. IT. de Vilmorin, G. Reynolds, A. Dean, A. Moss, and J. Wright. 
Mr. R. Gilbert, Burghley Gardens, Stamford, sent two dishes of 
well ripened Tomatoes, Selected Criterion and Wynne’s Early Forcing, 
the former being somewhat egg-shaped and rather small, but brisk and 
good in flavour, the latter resembling good fruits of Orangefield. A 
cultural commendation was awarded. Mr. G. Wythes sent from Sion 
House good well-finished bunches of Black Hamburgh and Foster’s 
Seedling Grapes, and was accorded a cultural commendation, also a vote 
of thanks for a dish of Strawberries, a seedling from Keens’, and plant 
very dwarf. Messrs. J. Cheal & Son, Crawley, staged a collection of 
fruit, fifty-eight dishes of Apples and eight of Pears. Some of the best 
Apples, large and firm, were the following :—Prince Albert, Bramley’s 
Seedling, Wellington, Mere de Manage, Round Winter Nonesuch, Beauty 
of Kent, Royal Russet, Brownlee’s Russet, Cockle’s Pippin, and Claygate 
Pearmain. 
Floral Committee —Present : W. Marshall, Esq , in the chair, and 
Messrs. Herbst, C. Turner, G. T. Bryceson, C. Jefferies, R. B. Lowe, C. 
Noble, H. Turner, B. Wynne, G. Paul, H. B. May, J. Walker, and the 
Rev. H. H. D’Ombram. 
Azaleas from Mr. Charles Turner, Slough, formed an effective group, 
several new brightly coloured or delicate varieties being included. In 
addition to the three for which awards of merit were granted, the follow¬ 
ing were noteworthy for their fine quality : President Kerchove, rosy 
salmon and white, double ; Ami du Coeur, bright red, double ; Theodore 
de Reimers, rich purple, double ; and Vervamiana, rose and white, 
double, very free and fine. 
Sir J. T. D. Llewelyn, Bart., Penllergare, Swansea, exhibited 
a collection of Rhododendron heads cut from plants in the open air. It 
was stated that the plants were uninjured by the winter, but the flower 
buds had partly suffered from severe frosts in March and April. Several 
fine varieties were represented with bell-shaped flowers, brilliant red 
rose, purple, lilac, and white (vote of thanks). Mr. Wm. Melles, 
Sewardstone Lodge, Chingford, sent two large plants of the old lilac- 
coloured Iris fimbriata, for which a vote of thanks was accorded. Messrs. 
Paul & Son, Cheshunt, contributed a collection of hardy plants, com¬ 
prising fine pans of Primula altaica crowded with its soft tinted flowers. 
Erica herbacea, the double golden Caltha, Adonis vernalis, and Primula 
rosea (bronze Banksian medal). Messrs. Barr & Son, King Street, 
Covent Garden, had an extensive and admirable group of Daffodils, for 
which a silver Flora medal was -awarded. A group of Anemone fulgens 
also afforded much welcome colour from the same firm. A silver 
Banksian medal was awarded to Messrs. Ryder & Son, Sale, for a 
magnifieent bank of Primula Sieboldi, in many handsome varieties ; and 
a bronze Banksian medal was adjudged to Mr. G. Phippen of Reading 
for some large baskets of variously coloured Primroses. 
Orchid Committee —Present: Dr. M. T. Masters in the chair ; 
F. Moore, E. Hill, J. Douglas, Lewis Castle, T. B. Haywood, and 
James O’Brien. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P., Burford Lodge, Dorking, showed 
a Phalsenopsis grandiflora, with a raceme with ten unusually large 
flowers, also Odontoglossum excellens, and two yellow varieties of a 
similar type shown as 0. Pescatorei, for one of which—Prince of Orange 
—a first-class certificate was awarded. To Messrs. Sander & Co., 
Sf. Albans, a silver-gilt medal was awarded for a group of well grown 
Orchids, comprising capital specimens of Trichopilia suavis in baskets, 
with large numbersof flowers, Cattleya citrina, Laelia purpurata, OJonto- 
glossums crispum and Pescatorei, Odontoglossum Edwardi, bearing 
large branching panicles of dark purple flowers, a large specimen of 
Dendrobium Brymeiianum, a fine Odontoglossum Halli, and several 
other useful Orchids. 
Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, showed a plant of Lmlia 
purpurata var. Schroederm, a handsome form wnth white sepals and 
petals, and a delicate purple veined and tinted lip. Col. R. Trevor 
Clarke, Welton Place, sent racemes of an excellent Cattleya Law- 
renciana, the lip very lichly coloured. Messrs, de Rothschild, Gunners- 
bury House, Acton (gardener, Mr. Hudson), exhibited a spike of Vanda 
tricolor, in which the terminal flower showed a. curious combination 
with another. 
In the class for a collection of Daffodils, PolyantliTis varieties ex¬ 
cluded, Messrs. Barr & Son’s medals were awarded as follows ;—First 
to Mr. C. May, gardener to H. J. Adams, Esq., Roseneath, Enfield, for 
well developed flowers of many variety ; second, the Rev. Eugene 
Bourne ; third to Rev. G. P. Hayden ; and fourth to Miss Bertie Doyne, 
Seaford House, Gorey, Ireland. 
Certificated Plants. 
Oncklium Larkinlanum (Mr. J. Larkin, Watford).—A grand Oncidium 
of the 0. Marshallianum type, with large golden lips and rich reddish- 
brown barred sepals and petals. It has been previously adjudged an 
award of merit, and a first-class certificate was now recommended for it. 
Odontoglossum Pescatorei, var. Prince of Orange (Sir Trevor Law¬ 
rence).—A bearrtiful Odontoglossum of the hybrid type, remarkable for 
the deep golden yellow ground colour of the sepals, petals, and lip,, 
upon which were a few rounded deep brown spots, and the flowers are 
of capital shape 
Azalea indiea Pharailde Matliilde (C. Turner).—A double variety 
with very large flowers ; white, lightly spotted with rose, and with a- 
few streaks of the same colour. 
Azalea indiea J/. Lakrousse (C. Turner).—A single variety, witb 
flowers of great size, of a peculiarly fine rich rosy crimson colour. The 
habit is compact and free in flowering. 
Azalea indiea var. Princesse Clementine.—A single or semi-double 
variety ; white, with a creamy tint in the centre of the upper petal. 
Very free, and of good habit. 
Phododendroyi Chamjjiuni (J. Veitch & Sons).—A distinct species 
from Hong Kong, with small heads of flowers, having long twisted 
w'hite petals, the upper one spotted with yellow; the leaves are 
lanceolate, narrow, and densely hirsute, clustered under the flower 
heads (botanical certificate). 
Primrose Covenanter (G. F. Wilson, Esq., F.R.S.). —A dark blue 
variety, with a golden eye and a faint red zone. Ext remely free and 
dwarf. 
Primrose Mary Erskine ^G. F. Wilson, Esq , F.R.S.).—Very distinct,, 
of a pale lilac or lavender blue, and a small yellow eye edged with pale 
red. A great contrast with the dark forms. 
Scientific Committee. —Present: Mr. McLachlan, in the chair;. 
Dr. Muller, Dr. Bonavia, Professor Church, Mr. G. F. Wilson, Mr. Bland- 
ford. Rev. W. Wilks, and Rev. G. Henslow, Hon. Sec. 
Bigener. —Mr. Wilks exhibited a plant named Chionoscilla, which; 
was considered to be undoubtedly a bigener between Chionodoxa and 
Scilla bifolia. It was received from Mr. J. Allen, Park House, Sheptoa 
Mallet. 
Blue Primroses. —Mr. Wilson exhibited several specimens illustrative 
of different shades of purple and blue Primroses. 
Lemon, Malformed. —Dr. Bonavia exhibited a Lemon remarkable foi" 
a ridge from top to bottom. He suggested that it might be due to an 
adherent filament, and that the rind was an independent structure. Mr, 
Henslow observed that an anatomical investigation into the distributioa 
of the fibro-vascular cords of the carpels of Oranges did not appear to 
support that view. He added that the well known peculiarity of 
horn-like structures arising from the surface of Oranges, was due to 
the adhesion of pistiloid stamens, which are not at all uncommon in 
Orange flowers. 
Theokroma Leaves Diseased. —Mr. McLachlan exhibited leaves of the 
Cacao tree badly infested by Capnodium citri, which forms a soot-like 
sheet over the surface, but does not penetrate the tissues. It was- 
received from Mr. Smith, the curator of the botanic gardens in Grenada, 
W.I. The leaves are attacked first by two species of coccidre, one 
stellate the other linear in form. The coccids produce a secretion by 
which the fungus is nourished and thrives. Mr. Blandford observed 
that the same fungus occurs upon Oranges in California, which have in 
consequence to be washed. Mr. Riley in his report of the U.S. Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture for 1886, speaks of the large masses of secretion 
produced by coccids. In Florida this fungus, known as black blight, is 
a regular consequence of the presence of the coccidre on Oranges, and 
lives in the honeydew secreted by them. The names of the coccidm 
are Vinsonia stelliformis, Westivood ; and Ischnaspis filiformis, Douglas. 
The first or stellately formed species is found on Orchids in Assam, 
Mangos in Demerara, as well as on the Theobroma in Grenada. With 
reference to remedies Mr. Smith recommends petroleum emulsion for 
the coccidm, but for the fungus Dr. Mlillcr sugges'ed polysulphides— 
e.g., sulphur boiled with caustic'lime. 
Lnjurv to Plants at Kew. —With reference to the remarks made by 
Mr. Dyer at the last meeting, they were somewhat incorrectly reported, 
in that the object of keeping the temperature as low as possible 
within glass houses in the winter was because it is practically impossible 
to retain a humid atmosphere wnth a high temperature, in consequence 
of the low external temperature and nocturnal radiation. The subject 
will be found fully discussed in Lindley’s “ Theory and Practice of 
