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THE GARDENING WORLD 
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stemon nitidus, Saxifraga Hostii, Ramondia pyrenaica, 
Geranium cinerium atro roseum, Veronica prostrata, 
Aster alpinus, Dianthus alpinus, &c. AVe unfortu¬ 
nately omitted to note the second prize collection. 
Messrs. Paul & Son, the Old Nurseries, Cheshunt, 
being third, having smaller plants but containing some 
good subjects, such as Saxifraga lantoscana superba, 
S. McNabiana, Lithospermum graminifolium, Cypri- 
pedium caudatum, &c. 
In the amateurs’ division for the best thirty herbaceous 
and bulbous plants, Mr. W. Plant, gardener to R. P. 
Gill, Esq., Ashton-on-Mersey, was first with Spiraa 
palmata, S. aruncus, Aquilegia chrysantha, Erigeron 
ccerulea, Centaurea montana rubra, Hemerocallis iiava, 
the true old double white Rocket; Lilium aurantiacum, 
Campanula grandis, Saxifraga pyramidalis, Galega 
officinalis, &c. ; second, Mr. Cole, gardener to J. 
Broome, Esq., Woodlawn, Didsbury, with Scilla cam- 
C. macranthum, C. acavile, Pinguicula grandiflora, 
Todea superba, Megasea purpurascens, Allium Ostror- 
skianum, Hyaeinthus amethystinus, &c. 
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NEPENTHES FINDLAYANA. 
In a previous issue, November 28th, 1885, we gave 
illustrations of two of the finest pitcher plants in culti¬ 
vation, N. Rajah and N. Mastersiana, and now give 
the portrait of a third which gives promise of becoming 
as popular as the last named. Nepenthes Findlayana 
is a garden hybrid, with very bright and handsome 
pitchers, the marbling of reddish crimson on the bright 
yellowish green ground, being bothstriking and effective. 
It belongs to that section, not a large one, of which N. 
Mastersiana is such a conspicuous example, and which 
produce their pitchers so freely, that anyone not gener¬ 
ally successful with Nepenthes, may procure with the 
fully exposed to the sun, were flowering quite freely ; 
quite small plants I noticed were carrying flower-spikes. 
Many Dendrobes, too, were flowering ; among others I 
might mention D. Bensoni®, a most useful Dendrobe 
and a free grower, D. crystallinum, transparens, Cam- 
bridgeanum, aggregatum majus, Lowii, and last, but 
certainly not least, the pure white D. Ilearii, a most 
beautiful species, which was growing most vigorously 
in one of the warmest houses. Cypripediums, too, are 
well represented by flowering plants. Among the 
numerous C. Lawrenceanums I noticed some highly- 
coloured varieties; C. Hookeriie, Lowii, laevigatum, 
and many others being in flower, among them the 
distinct and pretty C. niveum. In a span-roofed 
house, running north and south, some fine varieties of 
Odontoglossum Roezlii, and the white variety, 0. Roezlii 
album, were in flower ; and suspended from the roof, 
growing in teak baskets, were several plants of the 
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Nepenthes Findlayana. 
panulata, Caltha palustris fi. pi., Spiraea japoniea, 
Campanula Van Ilouttei, Lilium auratum, L. Ilarrisii, 
Aquilegia Witmannia, Mimulus cardinalis, Orchis 
maeulata, &c. In the class for thirty Alpine plants, 
Mr. Broome was first with an excellent lot, comprising 
Saxifraga pyramidalis, S. lantoscana, S. cochleata, S. 
caryophylla, Phyteuma comosum, Dianthus glacialis, 
Globularia bellidifolia, kc. ; second, Edward AVright, 
Esq., Nortlienden, whose chief subjects were Saxifraga 
aizoon, S. pyramidalis, S. lantoscana, S. cotyledon, S. 
altissimum, Gentiana verna, Veronica prostrata, Ourisia 
coccinea, and Cheiranthus alpinus. 
But what can be said in sufficient praise of the 
wonderful collection shown by Messrs. Backhouse & 
Son, nurserymen, York. It was a very extensive one, 
and contained man 3 T subjects of great interest; prom¬ 
inent were Potentilla splendens, white ; Ourisia 
coccinea, Vinca pyrenaica, Gazonia pavonia major, G. 
longiscarpa, Myosotis rupicola, Pentstemon Lewisii, 
Arenaria Laucheana, rosy red ; Chrysanthemum Puyde 
Doome, Dodecatheon integrifolium, Lithospermum 
graminifolium, L. tinctorum, lberis sempervirens plena, 
Myosotodium nobile, Ixiolirion tartaricum, Ramondia 
pyrenaica, Achillea Clavcume, Cypripedium calceolus, 
moral certainty of having no difficulty with it. The 
plant was introduced into commerce by Mr. B. S. Wil¬ 
liams, of Holloway, who grows these plants so finely in 
his large Nepenthes house, and to whom we are indebted 
for the illustration. 
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THE CLAPTON NURSERIES. 
A visit to this well-known establishment is always 
sure to be amply repaid, and particularly is this the 
case at the present time. The display of Cattleya 
Mossire is simply grand ; seldom has it been my privi¬ 
lege to witness such a sight. The absence of inferior 
varieties is indeed remarkable ; the form and colour of 
the flowers, which could be counted by hundreds, is 
very fine indeed. At the time of my visit C. Reineck- 
iana, and the white form, C. Wagnerii, were both in 
bloom, the latter a fine plant carrying half-a-dozen 
fully-expanded flowers, a veritable gem, which many 
would doubtless be proud to possess. Some very good 
forms of C. Mendelii were also in flower, as also was a 
plant of C. gigas Sanderiana, with many more of the 
latter to follow, some of the bloom-buds being already 
out of the sheath. A batch of Vanda teres, growing 
curious, and at the same time pretty, Paphinia rugosa, 
each plant carrying a pendulous spike bearing three or 
four flowers. Another curious Orchid was also in flower 
in the same house—viz., a species of Cycnoches, appro¬ 
priately named the Swan Orchid, part of the flower 
bearing a striking resemblance to the swan, the head 
being simply reversed. 
Thousands of Odontoglossum Alexandra and va¬ 
rieties are here growing like weeds ; a good number, 
too, were in flower—not a "starry” one among them, 
all being fine and full. Many of the supposed hybrid 
varieties have flowered among them, and are continually 
appearing. One I saw in bud looked very distinct and 
heavily spotted. It is but a short time since one of 
the finest varieties that have yet flowered appeared 
here. A span-roofed house of Masdevallias were look¬ 
ing the picture of health ; several plants of M. Harry - 
ana, Lindenii, and others were flowering, and at one end 
were a nice lot of the comparatively rare M. racemosa 
Crossi. I need, perhaps, hardly mention the Ph alien- 
opsis, for which Clapton has long been famed. Some 
fine forms of P. amabilis are still flowering ; P. Ludde- 
manniana and the tiny rosea are also in flower, and a 
plant of P. Sanderiana just about to expand its flowers 
