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June 6, 1891. 
similarly coloured. The small three-lobed lip had the 
lateral lobes yellow striated with brown internally ; 
the middle lobe was spreading, white, with three 
purple lines, the middle one of which was forked, and 
on the bent or kneed portion was a beard of hairs. 
The whole plant had a bold and telling effect, and was 
awarded a First Class Certificate. 
Odontoglossum crirpitm Amesianum.— The scape 
of this variety bore nine flowers of large size, with 
ovate-lanceolate sepals, irregularly and boldly blotched 
with purple on a white ground, slightly suffused with 
rose externally. The petals were ovate, overlapping, 
deeply toothed at the edges, and white with a very 
large central purple blotch. The lip was lanceolate 
with a cordate base, and white with a number of 
purple blotches lying around the golden yellow disc. 
An Award of Merit was accorded it. 
Odontoglossum excellens Sander-e. —The flower 
scape of this variety bore nine open flowers, having 
elliptic, yellow sepals blotched with crimson. The 
petals were ovate and yellow, giving place to white on 
the lower central half, and blotched with crimson. 
The square lip was slightly dentate at the margin, 
cuspidate, and white, with a large crimson blotch in 
front of the golden yellow crest. It was accorded an 
Award of Merit. 
Oncidium loxense. —The flower stems of this 
species are long and twining. The sepals are green, 
and much blotched transversely with pale brown in 
confluent masses ; the lateral ones are connate by 
their claws. The petals are oval-elliptic, incurved, 
concave, slightly undulated, and deep chocolate-brown 
with a yellow margin. The curious lip is transversely 
oblong, with a deep sinus at the apex, orange-yellow, 
with a crest of numerous, acute bristles. A First 
Class Certificate was awarded it. 
Masdeyallia hybrida Mundyana. — The seed 
parent of this hybrid was M. Veitchii crossed with M. 
ignea aurantiaca. The leathery leaves are lanceolate. 
The flowers are scarlet with reddish tails about 1 in. 
long. The upper sepal is ovate and the lateral ones 
falcate, with three, slender, fiery red nerves. The 
flower is intermediate between the parents as to size 
and colour. A First Class Certificate was awarded the 
hybrid. 
All of the above were exhibited in the group shown 
by Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans. Oncidium 
loxense was from the collection of C. L. Ingram, Esq. 
of Godaiming. Aerides Savageanum was also exhibited 
by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P., and by Baron 
Schroder, The Dell, Egham, the last named having 
the best plant with the most .highly-coloured flowers. 
A First Class Certificate was awarded in each of the 
three cases. 
Dendrobium Parishi albens. —The sepals and 
petals of this variety were white, and so was the lip 
with the exception of a purple blotch on each side of the 
throat. The beard of hairs on the disc was very 
prominent. A plant was shown by Messrs. H. Low & 
Co., Clapton, and received an Award of Merit. 
T.j. t.ta elegans Statteriana.— The sepals of this 
variety were white, and the petals, which were revolute 
at the margins, were almost of the same pure hue. The 
tube of the lip externally was white, the throat creamy 
white with five purple lines, and the lamina of a Tich 
dark purple. The flower on the whole was of large 
size. The variety was shown by T. Statter, Esq., 
Stand Hall, AYhitefield, Manchester, and received an 
Award of Merit. 
Masdeyallia Haeryana ltjteo-oculata. — The 
flowers of this variety are of a deep scarlet-red, flushed 
slightly with violet on the contiguous sides of the 
lateral lobes. The striking feature of the flower, 
however, and that suggestive of the varietal name, was 
a large yellow blotch at the throat of the tube. It 
was shown by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart, M.P., 
(grower, Mr. “VY. White), Burford Lodge, Dorking, and 
received an Award of Merit. 
FOLIAGE PLANTS. 
Cocos Pynaertii. —The leaves of this Palm are 
pinnate, gracefully arched, and closely set on the stem. 
The pinnre are very numerous, closely set, linear, 
keeled above, somewhat after the style of those of a 
Phoenix, and deep green with a black blotch at the 
base of each. It was exhibited by Messrs. F. Sander 
& Co., and received a First Class Certificate. 
Caladium, B. S. Williams. —The leaves of this 
variety attain a large size, and have a crimson midrib, 
and lateral nerves with the ground colour of a mixture 
of salmon-red, white and green with a green margin. 
An Award of Merit was granted it. 
I) ragan"A australis yariegata. —The linear leaves 
of this variety are densely arranged, arching and con¬ 
spicuously margined with white. An Award of Merit 
was granted it. Both this and the Caladium were 
exhibited by Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, Forest Hill. 
Asplenium lanceolatum microdon.— The fronds 
of this variety are simply pinnate, with unequally 
triangular, minutely-toothed pinme, aurieled on the 
upper side. The upper pinna? are oblong and decurrent 
upon the rachis, while the apex of the frond is merely 
serrated. 
Athyrium Filix-fcemina Girdlestonei ceista- 
tum. —The fronds of this variety are bipinnate, with 
the apex tasselled, and the apex of the pinnae crested 
The lower pinnules are reduced to minute toothed lobes, 
becoming gradually longer and larger towards the apex 
of the pinnae. 
POLYSTICHUM ACULEATUM PULCHERR1MUM. —The 
fronds are lanceolate, bipinnate, 2 ft. to 3 ft. long, 
deep green and leathery, with a dense coating of rusty 
scales on the rachis. The pinnules are lanceolate, 
rather narrow, sharply aurieled on the anterior side of 
the base, and serrated with incurved, bristle-tipped 
serratures. 
POLYSTICHUM ANGULARE DIYISILOBUM DENSUM.— 
The fronds of this variety are broad, spreading, and 
tripinnate, with ovate and lanceolate, bristle-tipped 
pinnules or ultimate segments. The pinnfe are ovate 
and so closely set that each overlaps the anterior edge of 
the one below it. The young fronds are of a delicate 
green, becoming dark green when mature, and attain a 
large size. The midrib is covered with rusty scales or 
coarse hairs. The whole frond has a plumy and charm- 
ing appearance. Each of the above four Ferns received 
an Award of Merit, and all were exhibited by Messrs. 
W. & J. Birkenhead, Sale, near Manchester. 
FLOWERING PLANTS. 
Azalea odorata alba pleno. —The flowers of this 
Azalea are semi-double and pink or almost white, and 
the leaves are obovate or oblong. A plant shown by 
Messrs. Paul & Son received an Award of Merit. 
Begonia, Mrs. Richard Dean. —The half cordate 
and lobed leaves are of moderate width and dark green. 
The flowers are large, single, with the broad sepals 
undulated on the margin, white, and shaded with rose 
towards the margin, with the extreme edge of a car¬ 
mine hue, and the outer ones dark rose on the back. 
An Award of Merit was granted a plant shown by 
Messrs. J. Laing & Sons. 
Begonia, “William Marshall. —This also is a 
single variety belonging to the tuberous class, and has 
large velvety green leaves, with light veins, showing 
an affinity with B. Pearcei. The habit is dwarf. The 
flowers are orange in the centre, fading to an orange- 
apricot towards the margin. The rounded inner sepals 
are undulated at the margin. 
Begonia, Lady Addington. —The leaves in this 
case are moderate in size, edged with red hairs and 
blotched with red beneath. The flowers are large, 
fully double, of a rosy salmon hue, and the sepals are 
all arranged in one rosette. Both this and the pre¬ 
viously-named variety were shown by Messrs. H. 
Cannell & Sons, Swanley, Kent, and received Awards 
of Merit. 
Clematis, Smith’s Snow-white Jackmanni.— The 
sepals vary in number from six to eight or more, and are 
laueeolate-elliptic, acute and pure white. The lower 
leaves are pinnate, with a few ovate leaflets, while the 
upper ones are ovate or cordate and undivided. A 
valuable introduction. The plant was shown by Messrs. 
Richard Smith & Co., Worcester, and received an 
Award of Merit. 
Eremurus himalaicus.— The flowering part of the 
cylindrical raceme of this species is 2 ft. or 3 ft. long. 
The flowers are creamy white, slightly fragrant, and 
very closely arranged on the stem. It was raised from 
seed sent home from the Himalayas by an officer in 
India about eighteen years ago, and flowered for the 
first time in Britain in 1881. Seedlings are stated to 
be quite hardy, and to require eight or nine years to 
reach a flowering size. A First Class Certificate was 
accorded it when shown by Mr. J. J. Smyth, Rath- 
coursey, Ballinacurra, co. Cork, Ireland. 
PiEONiA Moutan, Mrs. Wm. Kelway. —The flowers 
of this variety are of great size, double, and white with 
a tint of blush at the base of the inner petals. The 
latter are very 7 numerous, long, dentate at the apex, 
and somewhat crumpled longitudinally. The centre is 
open, showing numerous yellow stamens, also the 
ovaries, which seem to be tinted with green, white 
or pink at different stages of growth. Cut blooms of 
it were shown by Messrs. Kelway & Son, Langport, 
Somerset, who received an Award of Merit for them. 
Pelargonium, Royal Ascot. —The flowers of this 
variety, which belongs to the show type, are brilliant 
scarlet, with a white blotch at the base of the three 
lower petals, and a crimson one on each of the upper 
two. The leaves are three lobed and toothed, while 
the habit of the plant is compact. A plant was shown by 
Mr. C. Turner, Slough, and received an Award of Merit. 
Rhododendron, Rosalie Seidel. — The oblong, 
dark green and leathery leaves of this variety are 
revolute at the margin. The flowers are short, widely 
campanulate, and pure white with the exception of a few 
purple spots on the base of the upper segment. The 
variety is of the R. ponticum type of hybrids, and is 
both floriferous and beautifully chaste in appearance. 
It was shown by Messrs. J. Yeitch & Sons, and received 
an Award of Merit. 
Rose, Spencer. —This is a new Hybrid Perpetual 
variety, with large, pink flowers. The outer petals are 
revolute at the margin, and the central ones rather 
plicate. 
Rose, Souvenir du Rosieriste Gonod. — The 
petals in this case are deep red, otherwise the size, 
form, and character is the same as that of Spencer. 
Rose, Crimson Queen. —The flowers in this case 
are velvety crimson, of large size, full, and of 
grand form. All three were shown by Messrs. 
“Wm. Paul & Son, of “Waltham Cross, and received 
Awards of Merit. 
Rose, Clothilde Soupert. — As this is said to 
belong to the Polyantha section, the flowers may be 
described as large and white, with a rose centre, 
fading to pink. The plants shown by Messrs. Paul & 
Son, Cheshunt, were 6 ins. to 12 ins. high, and the 
leaves consisted of five to seven ovate leaflets. 
An Award of Merit was granted the variety. 
Hybrids of Streptocarpus. —-A fine collection of 
hybrids and cross-bred varieties of S. rexii, S. Dunnii 
and S. lutea was shown by Messrs. J. Yeitch & Sons, 
Chelsea. The variation was endless, and forms having 
lilac, mauve, rose, bluish, and white flowers might 
have been seen, striped or blotched with purple, red, 
white, crimson or blue in the throat. Many of them 
had only two flowers on a scape, but others bore 
numerous flowers on a stalk, thus showing the influence 
of S. Dunnii, which is characterised by having a cymose 
panicle of brick-red flowers. The exhibit was unique 
in its way in the exhibition, and an Award of Merit was 
accorded the strain. 
Syringa, Michel Buchner.— The flowers of this 
Lilac are double, and lilac shaded with purple. The 
doubling consists of one or two extra corollas inserted 
within the primary one, hose-in-hose fashion. 
Syringa, Madame Lemoine. —The flowers of this 
variety are double white, and consist of two or three 
corollas inserted in the primary one. The tubes of the 
extra corollas sometimes become more or less elongated, 
giving the flowers a curious appearance. Both varieties 
were raised and shown by MM. A r . Lemoine & Fils, 
Nancy, France, and each received an Award of Merit. 
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AN AMATEUR’S GARDEN IN 
CINCINNATI. 
“We take the following extracts from a letter addressed 
to Mr. John Thorpe (formerly of Stratford-on-Avon), 
and published in The American Florist :— 
“The establishment out here has taken on propor¬ 
tions, not to speak of attractions, little expected at the 
outset of my venture. I feel you may be interested 
in knowing something of the winter garden as at 
present completed. You may remember our glass is 
located on terraces and faces the ‘ winter sud,’ down 
a somewhat precipitous hillside. The lowest house of 
all I know you will be interested in, it is full of Chry¬ 
santhemum ‘stock plants.’ 
“The principal ornament of the lower terrace is the 
Palm house ; as I looked at it this afternoon it seemed 
a veritable tropical jungle, with Braheas, Kentia9, 
Arecas, Cocos, Latanias, Phoenicophoriums, Rhapis, 
Ptychospermas, Seaforthias, etc., growing in luxuriant 
profusion with bright Dracamas, with Musas in fruit, 
and stately specimen Pandanus Yeitchii, in relief, with 
Crotons in warmest colours everywhere, with Zamias, 
and Cycas, conspicuous in form and tints, amid the 
fleecy fronds of Cibotiums and Alsophilas, with the 
lovely leaves of nodding Alocasias contrasting with the 
scarlet blooms of Anthurium Andreanum, with Maran- 
tas revelling in the moisture below and hundreds of 
Cattleyas and Dendrobes in bud and flower suspended 
from the rafters above, all conspired to produce the 
impression I received. 
