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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
September 19, 1891. 
suburban towns, Laburnums are planted in extra¬ 
vagant profusion, overhanging balustrades, boundary 
walls, and public causeways where children are con¬ 
tinually passing. It is but natural that their in¬ 
quisitive little heads should prompt the hands to 
pick them up, and taste what the pods or their con¬ 
tents are like. Gardeners and planters are not 
wholly exempt from blame in advocating the planting 
of them ; but this is, I presume, because they are so 
cheaply raised, and will flatter the occupiers or 
owners by the sight of their pendulous golden 
flotvers.— B. L. 
LIMONIA TRIFOLIAT A. 
On some parts of the Continent this Japanese shrub 
flowers and fruits very freely in the open air. 
Hitherto it has fruited very sparingly or not at all in 
this country. Notwithstanding the bad summer a 
specimen in the collection at Kew is now bearing a 
number of fruits. At present they are globular, 
green, and about the size of large marbles ; when 
ripe they are orange-yellow, and about i.Jin. in dia¬ 
meter, but whether the fruits in question will ripen 
here remains to be seen. Until recently it has been 
grown under the name of Citrus trifoliata, or the 
Three-leaved Orange, but has now been determined 
to be a species of Limonia. Pseudaegle sepiaria is 
also a synonym, and judging from the latter name it 
is “evidently used for making hedges in its native 
country. The strong axillary spines and the inter¬ 
lacing nature of the branches would render it 
serviceable for this purpose, but its growth at least 
in this country is slow. The three leaflets are 
elliptic, or sometimes the lateral ones are obovate, 
and always much smaller than those of the common 
Orange. The past winter was sufficiently severe to 
test its hardiness in the neighbourhood of London at 
at least, and it does not seem to have suffered in the 
slightest. As the plants in British gardens get older 
possibly they may fruit more freely. 
MAULE'S QUINCE. 
Every collection of shrubs should contain a few 
specimens of Cydonia Maulei, otherwise known as 
Py-rus Maulei. It is altogether of dwarfer and more 
compact habit than C. japonica, but like that may 
be grown either in the bush form or on walls. A low 
terrace wall u-ould be most suitable for it as the 
surface would be covered. Small spaces could often 
be found for it in the angles between larger wall 
plants, and such an arrangement would be produc¬ 
tive of good effects, both in the spring when the 
stems are covered with their clusters of bright red 
flowers, or in the autumn when laden with globular, 
clear yellow fruits about the size of a large plum. 
The strong and durable perfume of the fruit is 
remarkable, a few of them being sufficient to scent a 
large room. The fruit even when mature is too acid 
to make it pleasant eating, but it has been made into 
an agreeable conserve. It may be propagated from 
suckers in the same way as the Japan Quince. 
THE SERVIAN RAMON Dl A. 
This pretty little Gesnerwort is not by any means 
so common or popular as the Pyrenean species 
(Ramondia pyrenaica), but there seems no reason 
why it should not find its way into every select 
collection of plants. Probably the best way to pre¬ 
serve it until it becomes more common, would be to 
grow it in pots in a cold frame or hardy plant house. 
The botanical name of the plant under notice is 
R. serbica, but it may occasionally be found under 
the names of Iancaea, or Iankaea Heldreichii. The 
true form of Ramondia is best typified by 
R. pyrenaica, which has rotate flowers somewhat 
similar in shape to those of a Verbascum; but the 
plant under notice has four-parted, bell-shaped, 
yellow flowers. The segments are obovate and 
about equal in size, and borne one or two together on 
a scape. The leaves are ovate, entire, covered above 
with silky white hairs, and with rusty, woolly hairs 
beneath, and arranged in radical rosettes, covering 
the soil in which the plant is grown much in the 
same way as in R. pyrenaica, only smaller. The 
plant is a native of Thessaly in Turkey, and also in 
Greece. We noted the plant in the nursery of 
Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, Forest Hill. 
POLYGONUM CAPITATUM. 
There are about 150 species of Polygonum, some of 
which are British, but others have been brought 
frojn various parts of the world to enrich our 
collections. Many of them are difficult to dis¬ 
tinguish, but the plant under notice is remarkably 
distinct, and the pity is that it is not perfectly hardy. 
It comes from Northern India, and may be grown in 
a cool greenhouse, or frame where severe frosts are 
excluded. During the summer months it may do 
duty on the rockery, where the slender, procumbent 
or trailing stems cover the ground in an effective 
way. Cuttings should be taken and rooted, in order 
to preserve the stock in case a severe winter should 
kill the old plants. Seeds sometimes ripen, and 
dropping about, come up the following year of their 
own accord. The flowers are pink and borne in 
small dense heads on peduncles arising from the 
axils of the upper leaves. The latter are small, neat, 
and ovate or elliptic, and marked with a conspicuous 
V-shaped purple blotch. The plant may be seen in 
the nursery of Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, Forest 
Hill. 
LILIUM CANDIDUM. 
This fine old-fashioned Lily is a good thing when well 
done, but it is very often planted altogether too late in 
the season. Practically, it hardly ever has a period 
of rest. No sooner has the flower stalk withered 
than the bulb is at work again producing its radical 
leaves. Hence it is that it should always be planted 
in August—certainly not later than September. 
When planted deep it is well to let it alone for a few 
years, for it does not like being disturbed. It loves 
the sun, and should be placed where it gets the 
morning sun ; if not, it stretches itself out in an 
ungainly fashion to catch the warm and quickening 
embraces of Old Sol.— Devoniensis. 
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ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
Miltonia Bluntii Lubberslana. 
The pseudobulbs of this plant are oblong, greenish- 
yellow like most of the Miltonias, and spring from 
rhizomes that are inclined to run like those of 
Oncidium flexuosum. The scape is about 12 in. to 
15 in. high, and bears four to six flowers. The sepals 
are oblong-lanceolate, spreading, and heavily marked 
with purple blotches, that run together in masses on 
a yellowish or dirty white ground. The petals are 
much broader, with a small portion of a clear purple 
at the base, and otherwise similar to the sepals. The 
lip is a conspicuous organ, with a large orbicular 
emarginate lamina, reflexed at the sides, and suffused 
with pale rose on a white ground; the basal portion 
is purple, with some brownish-purple bands around 
and in front of the five-ridged crest. A specimen was 
exhibited by Baron Schroder (gardener, Mr. Ballan- 
tine), The Dell, Egham, at the Drill Hall, on the 8th 
inst., when a First-class Certificate was awarded it. 
Mormodes buccinator aurea. 
In this we have a beautiful variety with golden- 
yellow sepals and petals, and a lemon-yellow lip and 
column. The sepals are lanceolate and reflexed, 
with the upper one again incurved. The petals are 
much broader, connivent, and arch over the column. 
The lip is bifid, strongly revolute at the sides, and 
curved up against the column as in other species. 
The peculiar form of the lip of this Orchid has 
earned for it the name of the " trumpeter.” ABotanical 
Certificate was awarded a specimen shown at the 
Drill Hall, on the 8th inst., by Messrs. Hugh Low & 
Co., Clapton. 
Catasetum fimbriatum. 
This is evidently a highly variable species, both as 
to colour and form. A male plant was shown by 
Messrs. H. Low & Co., at the Drill Hall, on the 8th 
inst. A male and a female plant were also shown by 
W. Wright, Esq. (gardener, Mr. G. Parrott), Den¬ 
mark Hill. The female plant bore two buds of what 
evidently were male flowers on the upper portion of 
the raceme, so that the plant practically speaking 
was monaecious, while the male plant was 
diaecioi^. The sepals of the male plant are lanceo¬ 
late, the lateral ones being reflexed, and all are 
minutely dotted with purple on a greenish-yellow 
straw-coloured ground. The petals are elliptic, 
acuminate, and more conspicuously spotted with 
crimson-purple on a pale ground. The lip is large, 
somewhat three-lobed, pale green, and shallowly 
fringed all round the margin, with a wide, shallow 
and bluntly conical spur-like process behind ; th? 
small terminal lobe ends in an entire recurved tip. 
The female flowers are considerably different and 
less ornamental. The sepals are short, ovate, re¬ 
flexed, and green, spotted with purple on the upper 
half. The petals are smaller, green, and spotted with 
purple at the very apex only. The lip is slipper-like 
or pouched, fleshy, green, and shallowly toothed 
round the edge, with a small, recurved tip. The 
column is short, stout, and green. Each of the two 
exhibitors received a Botanical Certificate for it. 
Cattleya granulosa Dijanceana. 
The sepals and petals of this variety are of a pale, 
shining brown. The lateral sepals are strongly 
falcate ; while the spathulate, subfalcate petals are 
netted with darker veins. The lip is remarkably 
small and three-lobed, the tubular portion and the 
crenate lateral lobes being white ; the terminal lobe 
is narrowly wedge-shaped, with a long claw, bifid, 
purple, and covered all over with tubercular out¬ 
growths of moderate size, which are suggestive of 
the specific name. A Botanical Certificate was 
awarded it when shown by Messrs. F. Sander & Co., 
St. Albans, at the Drill Hall, on the 8th inst. 
Dendrobium leucolophotum. 
This beautiful Dendrobium was introduced by 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, in 18S2, from the Malayan 
Archipelago. Since then it has been found again, 
but this time in Northern Queensland, one of the 
native habitats of D. Phalaenopsis, with which it is 
closely allied. The flowers are however smaller, 
resembling those of D. bigibbum. At first sight one 
might consider it a white form of the latter, but the 
stout ribbed stems preclude that idea. Moreover, 
the flowers are produced in long pendulous racemes 
from the nodes near the top of the old and leafless 
stems but not so nearly terminal as in that species. 
The affinity with D. superbiens is also close, so that 
the four may be considered as forming a very 
natural group. The flowers are of a beautiful white, 
with the throat of the lip green, and the upper part 
covered with short, fringed lamellae or coarse hairs. 
A fine illustration in the Lindenia, pi. 291 shows a 
raceme bearing nineteen fully expanded flowers, and 
several unopened buds. The species has for some 
time been considered rare, but possibly it may 
become more plentiful at no distant date. If so, it is 
sure to become a favourite with growers who place 
a high value upon the other beautiful kinds above 
mentioned. It is probable that similar cultural 
treatment will suit all of them. 
SOCIETIES. 
National Chrysanthemum, September gth and 10 tli. 
—The early autumn exhibition of this society was 
held in the Royal Aquarium, Westminster, on the 
above dates, and the competition in a few of the 
Chrysanthemum classes was very keen. Dahlias, 
however, were by far the most conspicuous feature 
of the show. Gladioli and miscellaneous exhibits 
made up the rest. The best flowered and the most 
effectively arranged group of Chrysanthemums was 
that of Messrs. Reid & Borneman, Sydenham 
Nurseries, which included a considerable number of 
early-blooming Japanese varieties. Mr. E. Vince, 
London Cemetery, Highgate, was second with a less 
effectively arranged group. Mr. H. J. Jones, 
Ryecroft Nursery, Lewisham, was third with a good 
group, but several of his plants were only partly in 
bloom. An extra prize was awarded to Mr. Norman 
Davis, Lilford Road Nurseries, Camberwell. For 
six plants in pots Mr. E. Vince was first, and 
Mr. W. Wells,-Earlswood, Redhill, second. In the 
class for a collection of cut flowers of Chrysanthe¬ 
mums, Mr. R. Owen, Maidenhead, was first with a 
fine exhibit including twelve or more English raised 
seedlings, mostly of Japanese kinds. Mr, T. S. 
Ware, Tottenham, was second, showing thirty-six 
large bunches, mostly of Pompons. Mr. E. F. 
Such, Maidenhead, was third ; and an extra prize 
was awarded to Mr. E. Vince. Mr. B. Calvert, 
gardener to J. A. Houblon, Esq., Great Hallingbury, 
Bishop's Stortford, had the best twelve blooms of 
Madame Desgranges; and Mr. J. Douglas, Great 
Gearies, was second with smaller blooms. Mr. 
W. Beach, gardener to L. Siligman, Esq., South 
Kensington, had the best six bunches of the same 
variety, and also the best six bunches of G. Wermig, 
Fqr twelve bunchgs of Pompons Mr, H. Neary, 
gardener to the Rev. R, W, Powell, Hornsey, was 
first, Mr. Eindsell, Bearton, Hitchin, had the best 
collection of Gladioli; and Messrs. J. Burrell & Co.j 
Howe House, Cambridge, was second, both exhibits 
fieipg very fine. . 
