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JOURXAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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DENDROBIUM DENSIFLORCJM. 
Noble specimens of this beautiful Orchid have frequently been 
seen at our leading exhibitions, and occasionally vre find as fine 
specimens hidden away, as it were, in some of our old-fashioned 
•gardens, where exhibition honours are never sought after or much 
thought of either. But rarely do we find in the average garden of 
to-day plants of this lovely Dendrobe worthy the name ; when we 
do, however, the fact is worth chronicling. 
Mr. Pinnington, the gardener at Blacklow House, Roby, Liver¬ 
pool, has grown a very creditable plant, and flowers it well 
annually. Many larger plants have been grown, but I am sure our 
readers will agree that sixty-two flower spikes, with an aggregate 
of upwards of 1500 blooms on a plant in a 10-inch pot, is some¬ 
thing not to be ashamed of ; the plant produced the above last 
season, and made more than 100 new bulbs. The only di-awback to 
the variety densiflorum is its short duration in bloom—at the end of 
one short week after expanding its glory has departed. It is hard 
to pass many other things in this establishment without a notice. 
Daphne indica, 4 feet through, covered, as we seldom see it, with 
foliage, dense from top to base ; a picture, when laden with its rich 
and fragrant flowers, more easily imagined than described. Tecoma 
jasminoides, on roof of conservator 3 ', is also fine, with capital 
•Camellias underneath ; and in an adjoining house grand specimen 
Ferns that come in for special favours. Again, adjoining is a 
fernery containing a rare Fern mentioned in the Journal about a 
year ago—Angiopteris evecta, which is deserving of a little con¬ 
sideration in the matter of raising the roof to afford it necessary 
head-room. Bougainvillea glabra, probably about thirty years of 
age, has a trunk that gives it the appearance of being an artificial 
prop to the house, affords an enviable wealth of bloom in this 
house. 
Mr. Pinnington is not unknown as a fruit exhibitor at Liverpool, 
and a successful one also, particularly so in hardy fruit, a fact to be 
.proud of under circumstances the reverse of favourable.—L. B. T. 
MR. SMEE’S CATTLEYAS. 
The Hackbridge collection of Cattleya IMossite varieties is very 
choice, and the display is heightened in effect by the abundant foil 
of Ferns in the interesting house in which the Orchids are flower¬ 
ing. The following descriptions by Mr. Lewis Castle accurately 
represent the varieties, and these, with many others unnamed, but 
.excellent, combine in producing a beautiful effect. 
Cattleya Mossics Mrs. Smee. —Sepals and petals suffused with 
rosy mauve ; petals 4 inches long by 3.^ inches broad, slightly but 
evenly undulated towards the apex, gracefully curved or drooping. 
Lip open, 3 inches from the throat to the apical margin, 21 inches in 
diameter, beautifully frilled and crisped, the base of the lip rich 
gold, running up to the side margins, intense magenta in the centre 
and veined with crimson in the tliroat. A very handsome variety. 
Two j'ears ago this plant bore five pairs of flowers ; last year it 
had sixteen blooms, and it now has ten spikes with twenty-six fine 
■expanded blooms. 
Cqitleya Mossice Southyatei. —Sepals spreading, and petals 
slightly drooping, undulated, purplish mauve, splashed and 
•streaked with a darker tint. Lip oblong, beautifully frilled, 
golden bronze in the throat, dark crimson centre and veining, 
light blush margin. An effective variety. 
Cattleya Mossice Percivaliana .—Sepals and petals narrow, re¬ 
curving, slightly undulated towards the apex. Lip narrow, but of 
rich colour, the centre crimson purple, -with a fine white margin, 
broader at the apex ; lateral lobes and throat veined with golden 
bronze on an orange ground, the base marked with crimson. 
There is very slight frilling, but the variety is a peculiarly 
beautiful one. 
Cattleya Mossice, Cummins' variety. —Distinct and pretty, the 
flower of good shape, with broad light mauve petals. The lip well 
proportioned, sharply cut into a fringe at the edge, but not so deep 
as most others ; the margin is pale, with a rich crimson centre, 
running into the orange veins of the throat, and giving a peculiarly 
rich coppery hue. 
Cattleya Mossice Lawenceana .— A small flower with blush 
sepals and petals. Lip with a solid crimson purple centre, bronze- 
.gold veining in the throat, arid a narrow white even margin. 
C. Schroderi, C. Wagneri, with several forms of C. MendeUi are 
also flowering, one of them being very distinct and beautiful. 
CYPRIPBDIUM BELL.ATULL'iI. 
Messrs. II. Low & Co., Clapton, have been fortunate enough 
to introduce a superbly beautiful Cypripedium which may be 
popularly described as the finest variety of C. Godefroym, though 
there is more justification for ranking it as a distinct species than 
there is for some that have been so distinguished. The flowers on 
the plant shown at Yt'’eslminster last week, when the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society awarded it a first-class certificate, had partly ex¬ 
panded upon the plant in the case as imported, and would therefore 
irot be expected to be full sized ; they were, however, 21 to 3 inches 
in diameter, and dried flowers have been obtained 4 inches across. 
FI3. Go.-CYPrarEUiU3i bellatuluh. 
The dorsal sepal and the petals are broad and well formed, creamy 
"white with deep crimson maroon spots clearly defined, the lip 
having a few smaller dots. It appears to be free in growth and 
floweiang, and we have seen several imported plants already 
showing flowers._ 
WOODHATCH LODGE, REIGATE. 
Some good spirit prompted Mr. T. B. Haywood to invite a party of 
the “ Councillors” ami Fellows of tiie Royal Horti'jultural Society to 
inspect his srarden at Reigate last Tliursday, and as the weather proved 
cxeeptionalG favourable, it can l)e imaeincd that with such an admir¬ 
able host and hostess as Mr. and Mrs. Haywood the guests most heartily 
enjoyed their visit, and dcparteil reluctantly. Tlie garden at W'ood- 
hatch Lodge is widely famed for its Roses, but Orchi Is are also a 
specialty, hardy plants are prized, and everything that is undertaken 
shows the same good results as the Roses. Every department found its 
admirers amongst the visitors. Mr. Harry J. deitch, Mr. H. JI. lollett, 
and Mr. Hominy examined the Orchids with the keenest interest. Mr. 
