September 6, 1894, 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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Cypripedium James H. Veitch. 
Many hybrid Cypripediums have been raised by 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Royal Exotic Nursery, 
Chelsea, but few perhaps can surpass that depicted in 
the illustration (6g. 33). This is a grand novelty, and 
is the result of a cross between C. Stonei platytaenium 
and C. Curtisi, the latter being the seed-bearing parent. 
When exhibited at the Drill Hall, Westminster, on 
the 28th ult, it was much admired, and a first-class 
certificate was awarded for it by the Orchid Committee 
of the Royal Horticultural Society. Compared with 
the other portions of the flower the dorsal sepal is 
rather small, but is attractive, being pale green striped 
chocolate colour. The petals are large and drooping, 
as shown in the engraving, being broad and about 
4 inches in length ; they are thickly covered with 
purplish spots, and have hirsute edges. The lip is a 
reddish colour and of a moderate size. Altogether it 
is one of the finest Cypripediums that has been raised 
in recent years. 
the plants should be repotted or top-dressed and grown in the cool 
end of the Cattleya house. 
Phaius maculates. 
Most Orchids with variegated foliage—as Ansectochilus, Good- 
yera, and others—are useless as flowering plants, the blossoms 
being small and unattractive, and fatal to the well-being of the 
plants if allowed to arrive at maturity. In Phaius maculatus we 
have, however, an Orchid with fine foliage, densely spotted with 
yellow, and which also produces beautiful flowers. It is an old 
plant in collections, and easily managed in an intermediate or 
Cattleya temperature. The flower spikes rise from the base of the 
pseudo-bulbs to a height of about 18 inches, and bear numerous 
flowers, each 2^ inches across. The ground colour is yellow, with 
a few brownish crimson spots on the lip. It thrives in a compost 
consisting of sound fibry loam, chopped sphagnum, and charcoal, 
with a little dried cow manure added for strong specimens. 
FIG. 33.—CYPRIPEDIUM JAMES H. VEITCH. 
During the growing season abundance of water is required at the 
roots, and in winter the compost should never become very dry, the 
plants being sufficiently rested by keeping them in a cooler house 
while the growth is inactive.—H. R. R. 
Cypripedium Lawrencianum. 
This species is worthy of cultivation for the beauti¬ 
fully marked foliage alone ; the flowers, moreover, are 
among the largest and most attractive in the genus. 
Owing to its vigorous habit and the ease with which 
it can be propagated it is also one of the cheapest, 
and should be included in all collections. The blossoms 
are produced in the summer on very long stems, this 
making them useful for many kinds of decoration. 
These are 5 inches across, the dorsal sepal white, with 
lines of green and purple. The petals are dull green, 
with a few dark brown hairy protuberances upon the 
margins, the tips shaded reddish purple. The pouch 
is large, varying in colour from green to purple, with 
darker lines running through it. A shady position in 
the warmest house should be given the plants, and in 
order to keep the foliage healthy and bright syringing 
must not be resorted to. C. Lawrencianum thrives in a 
similar compost to that frequently recommended in this column 
for Cypripediums, and requires plenty of water at all times. There 
are several choice and rare varieties of this species, some of which 
may be described in a future issue. 
Habenaria SusanNuE. 
This Habenaria is so seldom seen in flower that there is no 
wonder it attracted some attention at the Drill Hall, Westminster, 
on the 28th ult., where it was exhibited by Messrs. F. Sander 
and Co., St. Albans. The plant shown bore one spike carrying two 
white flowers, such as are depicted in the illustration (fig. 32), and 
a first-class certificate was awarded for this rare species. This is a 
charming Orchid, but it is said to be somewhat difficult to grow, 
which may account for its scarcity in gardens. The 
flowers are, however, very beautiful, and were it 
possible to induce Habenaria Susannse to grow and 
blossom freely it would be a decided acquisition. The 
engraving pourtrays the character of the flowers so 
well that a description of them is superfluous, 
L.ELIA PeRRINI. 
This Lgelia does not find much favour with growers, but as it 
flowers at a dull season of the year and is easily managed, it ought 
not to be altogether neglected. The plant has one serious draw¬ 
back, and that is the short time the blossoms last in good condition, 
usually not much more than a week. It is a fairly robust growing 
kind with stout pseudo-bulbs 8 inches high. The flowers are 
produced in autumn, and on strong plants as many as six are 
freauently seen on a spike. The individual flowers are large, rosy 
purple with a blotch of yellow in tbe throat, the side lobes of the 
lip bright crimson. After blooming this species must not be 
excited, but kept dormant by treating it to a rather lower 
temperature, and only giving enough water to prevent shrivelling 
of the pseudo-bulbs. When showing signs of activity in the spring 
BEGONIAS AND CALADIUMS AT SHREWSBURY. 
Visitors to the horticultural exhibition at Shrewsbury could not 
fail to be delighted with the extreme beauty of the flowers and foliage 
plants displayed there. On every side the gaze was met with gems of 
floriculture of almost every seasonable variety, ranging from the simple 
Viola to the delicately tinted blooms of rare and choice Orchids. Proofs 
of the perfection to which horticulture has attained was evident on 
every hand, and as one wandered through this maze of floral beauty 
expressions of admiration for the splendid specimens were to be heard. 
Pleasingly conspicuous amid this profusion of flowers and plants 
j were the tuberous Begonias and Caladiums. The collection of Messrs. 
I J. Laing & Sons took premier honours. The group consisted of well 
