May 18, 1893. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTTCULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
897 
a writer described as the very worst kind of shading, but I have 
used them now continually for nearly twelve years, and consider 
them the best of all shading for Orchid houses. A nurseryman 
would not adopt them in preference to any other if they were not 
good. 
Numerous plants are in flower, and others are approaching that 
stage, including 
some grand plants 
of Cattleya Men- 
deli, C. Mossise, 
and L?elia purpu- 
rata. An amateur 
■would watch the 
expanding flowers 
of these with 
much interest, 
knowing that they 
all come from 
the best districts, 
and the majority 
have not bloomed 
before in this 
country. Cattleya 
gigas, C. citrina, 
Laslia flava, L. 
furfuracea, and 
Dendrobium 
Jamesianum are 
remarkable for 
fine healthy ap¬ 
pearance, growing 
quite close to the 
roof glass. Cat¬ 
tleya Aclandiai is 
alsoathome under 
similar treatment. 
In one house is 
a fine collection 
of hardy Cypripe- 
diums. C. acaule 
is represented by 
many plants in 
full bloom, and 
specimens of C. 
spectabile are 
very strong, and 
will soon be in 
flower. 
There are many 
valuable and rare 
species and varie¬ 
ties in this estab¬ 
lishment, and a 
visit to Mr. Hors- 
man’s is enjoyable 
at any time. He 
has always some¬ 
thing new or of 
interest to show, 
and to impart 
sound informa¬ 
tion to those who 
seek it. — G. W. 
Cu.m .MINS. 
New 
Dendkoiiiu.ms. 
D E \ D R O li IU -M 
Wardi.vnu.m al- 
i!UM obtained a 
first-class certifi¬ 
cate recently, and 
deserved it. The 
pure white of the 
sepals and petals 
and the delicate markings of the lip, which had the yellow 
blotches, but only a faint indication of the maroon eye-like spots 
found in the type in a flower of full size, place this among the 
choicest of the forms of this fine species. It was shown by 
Mr. W. R. Lee of Audenshaw. D. Bryan was raised by Mr. 
Cookson from D. luteolum and D. Wardianum, and it obtained 
a first-class certificate when shown in flower. Mr. Cookson’s 
hybrids are as a rule of first-rate merit, and this is no excep¬ 
tion. It has slender stems 2 feet high, primrose coloured flowers 
with purple tipped sepals, and a red-brown blotch and lines on 
the large lip. 
D. Sybil is another of Mr. Cookson’s hybrids, raised from D. 
bigibbum and D. Linawianum. It has the general habit of D. nobile, 
to which D. Linawianum is closely allied. The flowers have deep 
purple sepals, purple and white petals, the lip white, with blotches of 
yellow and crim¬ 
son. It obtained 
a certificate. D. 
Benita, a hybrid 
between D. au- 
reum and D. Fal¬ 
coner!, was raised 
by Mr. Brymer, 
M.P. Its flowers, 
which are nearly 
4 ins. across, are 
very similar to 
those of D. Ains- 
worthi, which was 
raised from the 
same parents.— 
W. Watso.v Cm 
Garden <0 Forest'). 
PlIAIUS 
MACUL.VrUS. 
This is a most 
handsome Phaius, 
and one that is 
not so extensively 
grown as it might 
be. The illustra¬ 
tion (fig. 72) pour- 
trays the beauty 
of Phaius macu- 
latus. The flowers 
are from 2 to 3 
inches across, of a 
soft yellow colour, 
except the middle 
lobe of the lip, 
which is marked 
with reddish 
brown, and they 
are produced in 
racemes of ten or 
twelve on scapes 
about 2 feet in 
height. In addi¬ 
tion this Phaius 
has variegated 
foliage, the dark 
green leaves 
which are nearly 
2 feet in length 
being spotted with 
yellow. 
AiiRIDES 
rLATCYCIIILU.M. 
Tuisdistinctand 
pretty Ac rides 
flowered with Mr. 
F.W. Moore, Glas- 
nevin Botanic 
Gardens, Dublin, 
in April, 1892, 
when it was sent 
to Kew for de¬ 
termination. No¬ 
thing, says the 
“ Kew Bulletin,” 
is known of its 
native country. It 
is allied to A. Houlletianum, Rchb.f , having similar colours and a 
very sharply reflexed spur, but the lip is flat, not plicate, and the 
side lobes are free for less than half their length, not divided nearly 
to the base and spreading. The sepals and petals are light buff, 
with a faint purple stain near the tips. The lip is flat or slightly 
convex, pale yellowish white, the side lobes transversely barred 
with light purple, the front one with the middle and apex bright 
purple, and a few similar spots on the sides. The spur is buff 
pink. It is an interesting addition to the eemw 
no. 72.— PHAIUS MACULATUS. 
