July 28, 1888. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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racemes from near the apex of a slender pseudo-bulb, 
and have a peculiar flattened appearance compared 
with those of most Dendrobiums, owing to the way 
in which the lip lies under the upper surface, otherwise 
they would appear larger than they do. As it is, 
however, they measure about 3 ins. in length, and 
have charming rosy pink sepals and petals, while the 
labellum is purple, with deep lines on the upper part, 
and a large dark blotch at the base, with a horseshoe¬ 
shaped white zone between. The whole lip is scoop¬ 
shaped, and measures about 3 ins. in length, so that 
had it been directed away from the upper sepal the size 
of the flower would have been greatly enhanced. It is 
now flowering in the collection of F. G. Tautz, Esq., 
Studley House, Hammersmith, under the care of Mr. 
C. Cowley. 
Cattleya Eldorado alba. 
The flowers of this variety are very striking and chaste, 
being pure white with a large golden yellow blotch in 
the throat, running in a narrow band to the base. 
Possibly it is more'often grown under the name of 
C. virginalis, and Mr. C. Cowley believes it to be 
identical with C. crocata of Reichenbach. It is 
a highly meritorious Orchid in any case, and sweetly 
scented. The slender pseudo-bulbs are furrowed, 
bearing a solitary, oblong, leathery leaf, and a spike of 
two flowers. 
Odontoglossum vexillarium superbum. 
Three plants of this lovely late-flowering variety may 
now be seen at Studley House, Hammersmith, in the 
grand collection of F. G. Tautz, Esq. One specimen 
varies from the other two in having slightly paler 
flowers ; but the trio as seen together take the eye of 
the visitor at once as something very fine. The flowers 
are below the average size for this species, but in this 
they seem to agree with those of most of the late- 
flowering varieties, such as 0. v. Klaboehorum and 0. 
v. rubellum, both very pretty and distinct in their 
way. Mr. Cowley, the gardener, commenced with 
them when very small pieces, and they increase in 
beauty and floriferousness as they advance in size. 
The flowers are of a deep rose all over, and in addition, 
the lip is furnished with a deep velvety, blood-purple, 
triangular blotch on the base,the interior edge of this 
blotch running out into several finger-like projections. 
Between this blotch and the warm deep rose colour of 
the rest of the lip runs a distinct and pure white zone, 
and the contrast of the three colours is very striking, 
giving the flowers an oculated appearance. The 
success which attends the cultivation of this species in 
its various forms is a great compensation for the 
failures that attended its first introduction, especially 
in the home-bringing of it. 
The Lizard Orchid (Orchis hircina.) 
I was much interested in the note in The Gardening 
World regarding this rare and curious native Orchid. 
Will Mr. Odell kindly give us some information 
about it, such as his mode of culture, and how long it 
has been established in his garden ? I have ofttimes 
tried it, but.without success, it never appearing to take 
kindly to cultivation, and gradually dwindled away. 
I have not seen it in flower.— A. D. Webster. 
Orchids in Flower at Forest Hill. 
The following Orchids are now in flower at Messrs. John 
Laing & Sons’ nurseries at Forest Hill. Aerides 
odoratum, Brassia verrucosa, Cattleya Gaskelliana, C. 
gigas, C. g. Sanderiana, Cypripedium barbatum, C. 
Roezlii, C. Sedeni, Dendrobium Pierardii, Dendrochilum 
filiforme, Disa grandiflora, Epidendrum vitellinum, 
E. v. majus, Galeandra species, Masdevallia Bonplandi, 
M. Lindeni, M. Yeitchiana, Maxillaria venusta, 
Odontoglossum Alexandra, O. blandum, 0. cordatum, 
0. crispum, 0. Harryanum (fine), 0. Pescatorei, 
Oncidium incurvum, 0. Jonesianum, 0. orientale, 
Utricularia montana, U. Endresii. 
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HORTICUL TURAL S OCIETIES. 
Royal Horticultural. — July 24 th. 
Hardy plants were essentially the feature of the 
meeting on Tuesday last, for besides the usual col¬ 
lections of hardy herbaceous plants there were also 
Roses, Carnations, Dahlias, and various hardy shrubs. 
The Southern Section of the National Carnation and 
Picotee Society held their annual exhibition in con¬ 
nection with the Horticultural Society’s meeting. 
Fruit also was shown in some quantity by several 
exhibitors, and stove and greenhouse plants, including 
a considerable number of Orchids, graced the tables. 
A Silver-Gilt Banksian Medal was awarded to 
Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, for a large and very 
varied group of hardy plants, represented by 
Lychnis chalcedonica flore pleno, (Enothera speciosa, 
Potentilla, William Rollisson, Achillea millefolia rubra, 
Iceland, Shirley, and French Poppies, Epilobium 
angustifolium album, and others. The French Poppies 
are varieties of Papaver somniferum. They had also 
eleven boxes of Roses, including popular garden 
varieties, such as Rosa rugosa alba, William Allen 
Richardson, and others. Hybrid Perpetuals were, of 
course, most numerous, and the following were fine, 
namely, Her Majesty, A. K. Williams, Dr. Andry, 
Duke of Teck, Marshal P. Wilder, Countess of Rose¬ 
bery, Louis Yan Houtte, and a striped variety Pride of 
Reigate. A Silver Baiaksian Medal was awarded to Mr. 
T. S. Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham, forashowy 
group of hardy cut flowers, of Iceland, Oriental and 
Shirley Poppies, Centaurea macrocephala, Disa grandi¬ 
flora, Triteleia laxa Murrayana, Lilium canadense, L. 
Humboldti, L. testaceum, Chrysanthemum maximum, 
Calochortus luteus, Gaillardias, Helianthemum japoni- 
cum, and others. A similar award was made to Mr. 
B. R. Cant, Colchester, for cut Roses, including Prince 
Camille de Rohan, Countess of Oxford, Ulrich Brunner, 
Horace Verret, Bouquet d’Or, A. K. Williams, Madame 
Eugene Yerdier, Victor Hugo, Francisca Kruger, 
Merveille de Lyon, Catherine Mermet, and others ; the 
flowers were large and in fine condition. Messrs. W. 
& J. Birkenhead, Sale, Manchester, received a Silver 
Banksian Medal for a very extensive and magnificent 
group of British and exotic Ferns ; amongst the former 
were Polypodium vulgare trichomanoides, P. v. cambri- 
cum, Polystichum angulare grandiceps, Athyrium 
Filix-fcemina Yictorite, A. f. acrocladon, Lastrea 
montana ramo - coronans, and numerous forms of 
Scolopendrium vulgare. Exotics included Lygodium 
palmatum, Platyloma cordata, Lomaria fluviatilis, 
Nothoehkena trichomanoides, Adiantopsis radiata, 
Adiantums, &e. A similar award was made to Mr. B. 
S. Williams, Upper Holloway, for a most beautifully 
arranged group of stove plants, including Palms, Crotons, 
Dracaena Lindeni, Aralia leptophylla, Cattleya gigas, 
Odontoglossum vexillarium album, Oncidium incurvum 
with its graceful panicles of violet and white flowers ; a 
large specimen of Epidendrum cochleatum, Cypripedium 
Lawrenceanum, Metrosideros floribunda, and others. 
Several collections were shown by Messrs. J. Ycitch & 
Sons, Chelsea, including a showy lot of Clethra 
alnifolia, with Yucca obliqua, having white flowers 
heavily tinted with red ; Acer distylum, Spiraa bullata, 
the rose-flowered Nothospartium Carmicheliae, Sam- 
bucus nigra heterophylla, and Stuartia sub-Camellia. 
In another group were some hybrid greenhouse Rho¬ 
dodendrons, and a large collection of Japan Iris, 
seedlings of I. laevigata, with white, purple, violet, 
lilac, red, and other coloured varieties, but in most 
cases exhibiting several of these colours in one flower. 
They had also a large collection of Carnation and 
Picotee blooms, including amongst the former Magnum 
Bonum, Royal Purple, Walter Ware, Purple Emperor, 
Lady Ormthwaite, W. P. Milner, Pride of Penshurst, 
and Alice Ayres, whilst the latter were represented by 
fine blooms of Mrs. Reynolds Hole, V'oodkins, Emily, 
Daisy, and Ensign. A Silver Banksian Medal was 
awarded to Messrs. Kelway & Son, Langport, Somerset, 
for a collection of various hardy flowers, including 
Pentstemons, Delphiniums, Phloxes, Iceland and 
Oriental Poppies, Helenium pumilum, Scabiosa cau- 
casica amoena, and Achillea ptarmica fl. pi. Amongst 
Gaillardias, Buffalo Bill, Figaro, Wm. Kelway, Splen- 
didissima plenissima, and Hercules were good and 
showy flowers. They also showed a collection of 
Amaryllis blooms. A group of Dahlias, the first of the 
season, was shown by Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, 
Crawley, Sussex. The following Cactus varieties are 
now in flower, namely, Charming Bride, Vrilliam 
Pierce, Cochineal, Mrs. Hawkins, and Henry Patrick. 
They also showed numerous varieties of single Dahlias 
in good colours. In their group the following Roses 
were fine, namely, Sultan of Zanzibar, Charles Lefebvre, 
A. K. Williams, Hon. Edith Gifford, Lady Mary Fitz- 
william, &c. They also had a collection of tuberous 
Begonia blooms. A collection of Picotees was shown, 
in pots, by Mr. C. Turner, Slough, amongst which 
were Dorothy, Mrs. R. Hole, Terra Cotta, Agnes 
Chambers, and Almira. 
A few small exhibits of Orchids were brought up. 
Lselia Eyermaniana and L. E. superba—supposed 
hybrids between L. autumnalis and L. majalis—and 
Bollea Wendlandiana were exhibited by Messrs. F. 
Sander & Co., St. Albans. Mr. C. Cowley, gardener 
to F. G. Tautz, Esq., Studley House, Hammersmith, 
exhibited Miltonia vexillaria superba, Cattleya crOcata, 
and Dendrobium MacCarthne, for the former two of 
which he received a vote of thanks. Mr. White, 
gardener to C. Dorman, Esq., Laurie Park, Sydenham, 
exhibited Anguloa Ruckeri alba and Epidendrum 
vitellinum majus. Mr. II. Adams, gardener to R. B. 
Lemon, Esq., Moat Lodge, Beckenham, showed 
Anguloa Ruckeri retusa and Odontoglossum cristatel- 
lum, receiving a vote of thanks for the latter. Cypri- 
pedinm Stonei aerosepalum, a curious variety with 
narrow sepals and petals, was shown by Messrs. Seeger 
& Tropp, Lordship Lane, East Dulwich. 
Various small groups were exhibited by the under¬ 
mentioned :—Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, 
Kent, had a beautiful stand of Pentstemons, including 
Bertha Koch, Dr. Tuke, Emile Paladilke, J. Robert¬ 
son, Ptolome, and Paul Bert, which were very fine 
varieties ; Mr. F. Ross, gardener to Sir George Mac- 
leay, Pendell Court, Bletchingley, exhibited a box of 
Bignonia Cherere, and fine bunches of Veronica 
Traversi, V. salicifolia, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (double 
yellow), Rosa rugosa, and a beautiful Auricula-eyed 
strain of Sweet Williams ; Mr. A. Scott, Brookfield, 
Cambridge, exhibited a quantity of a yellow-leaved, 
pale blue-flowered Lobelia and Lychnis hybrida ; a cross 
between L. coronaria and L. Flos-Jovis was shown by 
Mr. T. Smith, Newry ; a group of variously coloured 
varieties of Lilium elegans was shown by Mr. William 
Gordon, Twickenham, also L. auratum rubro-vittata, 
and some Japanese Irises. A vote of thanks was 
awarded to Mr. J. Ridout, gardener to T. B. Haywood, 
Esq., Woodhatch Lodge, Reigate, for a box of a new 
hybrid perpetual Rose, Margaret Haywood. Roses 
were exhibited by Messrs. Yrilliam Paul & Son, Waltham 
Cross, including White Lady, a Tea, Marchioness of 
Lome, Duchess of Albany, La France, and Brilliant. 
G. F. Wilson, Esq., brought up from his Wisley garden 
at Weybridge, cut flowers of Lilium giganteum, L. 
Brownii, L. Martagon dalmaticum, L. elegans sangui- 
neum, L. e. cruentum, L. avenaceum, and L. concolor. 
Messrs. Laing & Mather, Kelso, exhibited a new 
Carnation, R. H. Elliott. Mr. C. Noble, Bagshot, 
had a bunch of Spiraa palmata and Oreocome Can- 
dollei. A basket of white Carnations, edged with 
Pelargoniums and Adiantum, was shown by Messrs. E. 
Collins & Sons, Cumberland Park Nurseries, Willesden 
Junction. Mr. J. Walker, Thame, Oxon, exhibited a 
box of Carnation and Picotee blooms. 
At the meeting of the Fruit Committee, Messrs. J. 
Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, showed a collection of fruits 
consisting of Waterloo Strawberry, Elton, May Duke, 
Hogg’s Red Gean, Kentish and other Cherries, Super¬ 
lative Raspberry, Lord Napier Nectarine, Negro Largo 
Fig, Red and Black Currants —some of the former 
being grown in pots. A large collection of Currants 
was brought up from the Royal Horticultural Society’s 
garden at Chiswick. Amongst others were Defiance 
and Red Cherry, two very large-fruited red varieties, 
and White Dutch was equally meritorious. Red Dutch 
and Champagne were also shown, the latter being a 
distinct-looking berry of a pale soft red colour. The 
Commercial and Agricultural Co-operative Society, 
Limited, 79J, Gracechurch Street, London, exhibited 
Strawberries that had been gathered in Essex twelve 
days previous to the meeting, and were still in good 
preservation. They had been subjected to the dry refri¬ 
gerating process, with the results shown. Mr. W. 
Allen, gardener to Lord Suffield, Gunton Park, Nor¬ 
wich, was awarded a Cultural Commendation for some 
boxes of Strawberries, consisting of British Queen, 
Crimson Queen, James Yeitch, Amateur, Dr. Hogg, 
Unser Fritz, and others. Messrs. Paul & Son, 
Cheshunt, showed Strawberries, Currants, and Ekeag- 
nus longipes. Strawberries, Peas, &c., were shown by 
Mr. J. Walker, Thame, Oxon, and a seedling Melon 
by Mr. A. G. Nichols, Nuneham Park Gardens, 
Abingdon. 
National Carnation and Picotee Society. 
July 24 th. 
The southern section of this society held their annual 
exhibition in the Drill Hall, James Street, in connec¬ 
tion with the Royal Horticultural Society, on Tuesday 
last. The exhibition was not a large one, a fact which 
is easily accounted for by the lateness of the season, 
but what flowers were exhibited, however, were very 
fine, and the colours clear and brilliant. The first 
prize for twenty-four Carnations was won by Mr. 
Charles Turner, Slough. His blooms were arranged 
in the following order :—Sarah Payne, Mars, H. K. 
Mayor, Juno, John Keat, James Taylor, James Mackin¬ 
tosh, Mrs. Brown, Mayor of Nottingham, William 
Skirving, John Keat, Sir Garnet Wolseley, E. S. 
Dodwell, Juno, H. K. Mayor, Sybil, Hy. Cannell, 
Jessica, James Mackintosh, Mrs. Power, Prince George 
of Wales, Wm. T. Skirving, Clipper, Mrs. Power. The 
second prize went to Mr. James Douglas, gardener to 
F. V r hitbourn, Esq., Great Gearies, Ilford, whose 
sudden death on Wednesday morning is recorded in 
another column. In the class for twelve blooms the 
James Douglas, Sybil, Mrs. Gorton, Thalia, Florence 
latter carried off the first prize, having fine blooms of 
Nightingale, and several seedlings. He was followed by 
Mr. H. Headland, The Firs, High Street, Leyton. Mr. 
C. Phillips, Hamilton Road, Reading, took the first 
prize for six blooms, amongst which were Tom Power, 
the premier Carnation bloom in the show ; Mr. C. 
Ilenwood, Hamilton Road, Reading, was second ; Mr. 
Rowan, 36, Manor Street, Clapham, third ; and Mr. 
H. Startup, 3, Stanley Road, Bromley, Kent, fourth. 
In the class for single blooms of different varieties, Mr. 
