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THE GARDENING WORLD 
June II, 1892. 
Tea Rose Princess May.— The flowers of this 
Rose are large, somewhat similar in shape to that of 
La France, and delicate pink fading to a very pale 
tint on the outer petals, which are strongly revolute 
or folded backwards at the edges. An Award of 
Merit was accorded it when shown by Messrs. Wm. 
Paul & Son, Waltham Cross. 
Lobelia Barnard's Perpetual. —This seems a 
rather strong growing, upright habited Lobelia of 
the bedding type (Lobelia Erinus). The stems are 
4 in. to 6 in. high, and graceful, but might be dwarfer 
and more compact if grown out of doors. The 
upper segments of the flower are small and deep 
blue, while the lower lip is broader, of a rich dark 
blue shaded with purple, and having two small, 
white, eye-like spots near the base. The foliage is 
also of a dark tint and by no means prominent. An 
Award of Merit was granted it when shown by Mr. 
H. Barnard, Chase Side, Southgate. 
Cucumber Sutton’s Success. — The parentage of 
this Cucumber was Sutton's A. i. crossed with Prize 
Winner, and the progeny has the free bearing habit 
of the former and the colour of the latter. The five 
specimens shown by Mr. S. Mortimer, Swiss 
Nursery, Rowledge, Farnham, Surrey, were igin. 
long, cylindrical, smooth, faintly ridged, slightly 
tapered at the very base, and of a uniform, rich dark 
green. First class Certificate. 
Apple Armorel. — The fruits of this Apple are 
rather of small size, gobular, but slightly depressed 
at either end, yellow, spotted with russet specks and 
heavily covered with russet as a rule all over the 
top. The eye is open, and set in a moderately deep 
rounded, and scarcely plaited cavity. It was in 
splendid condition when shown by Mr. C. Ross, 
Welford Park, Newbury, and a First class Certificate 
was awarded it. 
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HAY AND HAY-MAKING. 
So many gardeners having to include hay-making 
among their multifarious duties, we make no apology 
for bringing under their notice a valuable pamphlet 
published at a cheap rate by Stanford, of Charing 
Cross, entitled, "The Relative Feeding Value of 
Grass Cut at Different Periods of Growth." The 
authors are Mr. Martin J. Sutton, F.L.S., and Dr. J, 
A. Voelcker, F C.S. Mr. Sutton has a very old pas¬ 
ture near his house, Kidmore Grange, Caversham. 
and last year (1891) divided the field into five plots, 
each containing one-twentieth of an acre. The pro¬ 
duce of each plot was most carefully cut with the 
scythe and hand-shears, and was at once weighed in 
the green state. The first cutting of Plot I. was 
made on June 3rd; the other plots were cut at 
intervals up to july 29th. The second cutting of 
Plot I. (the aftermath) was cut on September 2nd t 
and the other plots were cut a second time at different 
dates, the last being mowed on October 29th. A 
third cutting was made of Plot I. only, and that was 
on October 29th The conclusion arrived at by Mr. 
Sutton is as follows :—" Strongly as I have always 
written and spoken on the importance of early cutting, 
I was quite unprepared to find, as these experiments 
prove, that hay can be made with advantage when 
the grass is only seven inches high, and that even at 
the flowering stage meadow hay has passed its best. 
Had I cut my 200 acres of grass land surrounding 
these plots simultaneously with the cutting of plot 
No. I., instead of waiting until plot No. IV. was cut 
(July 15th)—the time when hay-making had become 
general in the district — I should have secured grass, 
weight for weight, of far greater intrinsic value than 
the crop I actually mowed, and I should have had 
the advantage of splendid haymaking weather. The 
subsequent feed and aftermath, instead of being 
injured by the half-made hay lying about on the turf 
nearly the whole of July, would have benefited by 
the downpour of rain in that month, which made 
hay-making so difficult and expensive." Dr. 
Voelcker’s part of the pamphlet deals with the 
chemical results obtained. Mr. Sutton asked him to 
decide two questions: Firstly, what is the feeding 
value of aftermath ? Secondly, what are the relative 
food-producing powers of a meadow, when cut at 
various times ? Dr. Voelcker’s answers are as 
follows :— " The first question may be answered, so 
far as this experiment goes, by saying that it would 
appear that an early cut aftermath is as good as an 
early first cut, but that a later aftermath is inferior 
to a late first cut. Therefore the earlier an aftermath 
is cut the better it is.” “ The second question is 
hereby answered by this experiment. The earlier 
the meadow be cut the more and better produce will 
it yield throughout the year ; the later it be left the 
smaller and poorer will the out-turn be." 
ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS, 
Variability of Cypripedium Lawrenceanum. 
Several of the species of Cypripedium are liable to 
vary in some particular or other, but the variation is 
generally a doubling of the lip, or the petals are in¬ 
clined to simulate the lip. C. Lawrenceanum shows 
variability in the sepals; and when imported in 
quantity as is done by Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., 
Clapton, some variation may frequently be noted 
not merely in colour but in form. At present the 
upper sepal in one case has a lobe on each side near 
the base. Close by is another specimen in which the 
lower sepal is separated to the base into two pieces 
representing in fact the two lateral sepals of which 
it was originally made up by combination. Occasion¬ 
ally the lower sepal simulates the upper one both in 
size and colour, and which must be considered as 
another case of reversion, an attempt to resume an 
ancestral condition. 
Oncidium Lanceanum. 
It is seldom we get so decidedly away from the 
usual type of Oncidium as in this case. The leaves 
are oblong, channelled, and leathery, doing duty for 
pseudo-bulbs which are here absent. In this respect 
it agrees with several others; but the flowers are 
large, strikingly distinct, and richly coloured. The 
sepals are elliptic, the upper one being richly blotched 
with brown and reticulate with yellow, while the 
lateral ones are more nearly of a uniform brown 
slightly marked with yellow. The petals are oblong 
ovate and coloured like the upper petal. The lip is 
three-lobed, the side lobes being small, rounded, and 
deep purple, while the middle lobe is oblate and of a 
soft purple slightly tinted with violet. The leaves 
are spotted with purple as in O. Papilio, and O. 
Krameri. We noted a fine piece of it flowering the 
other day in the nursery of Messrs. H. Low & Co., 
Clapton. 
Leelia superba splendens. 
The dwarf habit, the relatively large and richly- 
coloured flowers of this Laelia are strong recommen¬ 
dations for its addition to collections which do not 
already contain it. The sepals are oblong and rosy- 
purple, but the petals are oblong-elliptic and several 
shades darker. The three-lobed lip is a rich dark 
purple, the middle lobe bifid, with a median-yellow 
ridge and several shallower white ones forming a 
white blotch on the disc. The pseudo-bulbs are 
club-shaped, moderately strong, and about 6 in. in 
length. The whole plant is compact, requiring but 
little space for its accommodation, and is very dis¬ 
tinct from the other kinds now in bloom. A flower¬ 
ing piece of it may be seen in the nursery of Messrs. 
H. Low & Co., Clapton. 
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SOCIETIES. 
Royal Horticultural, June jth .—The principal 
features of the meeting on Tuesday last were 
Orchids, hardy herbaceous plants, and Rhodo¬ 
dendrons. A group of Orchids was exhibited by 
Walter Furze, Esq. (gardener, Mr. E. Coombe), 
Roselands, Teddington, including Cattleyas, Laslias, 
Odontoglossums, Cvpripediums, and Masdevallias, 
set up with Caladiums, Maidenhair F'ern, &c. A 
Silver Flora Medal was awarded. Some Orchids, 
including Cattleya Arnoldiana, C. Forbesi, Sander's 
variety, and others, were shown by Messrs. F. Sander 
& Co., St. Albans. J. W. Temple, Esq. (gardener, 
Mr. E. Bristow), Leyswood, Groombridge, showed 
Cattleya Warneri Leyswoodiensis, a curious form of 
C.Mossiae and some others. Warscewiczella Lindenii, 
Coryanthes leucochoris, Cynorchis peruvianum and 
several other interesting things were shown by 
Messrs, J. & L. Linden, Leopold Park, Brussels, 
Belgium. Cattleya Mendelii Shawiana was exhibited 
by H. Shaw, Esq. (gardener, Mr. J. Cliffe), Ashton- 
under-Lyne. He also had cut flowers of several 
other Cattleyas. Cut flowers of Cattleyas were also 
exhibited by the Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, 
M.P., Highbury, Birmingham; as well as by R. B. 
Cater, Esq. (grower, Mr. W. Tanser), Westfield,Bath. 
Cut flowers of Laelia purpurata superbiens were 
shown by Mr. J. Hudson, gardener to the Messrs, de 
Rothschild, Gunnersbury House, Acton. The 24 
flowers shown were from one plant. Oncidium 
loxense, Odontoglossum Pescatorei Prince of Orange, 
Dendrobium Parishi albens and some others were 
shown by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P. 
(grower, Mr. W. H. White), Burford Lodge, Dorking. 
G. Ingram, Esq. (gardener, Mr. T. W. Bond), 
Elstead House, Godaiming, showed a fine piece of 
an Orchid under the name of Cymbidium Loise- 
chauvierii, with green and black flowers somewhat 
resembling the colours of Ccelogyne pandurata, and 
also Cattleya Canhamae, a bigeneric hybrid between 
C. Mossiae and Laelia purpurata. Some finely 
flowered pieces of Dendrobmm MacCarthiae, Laelia 
grandis tenebrosa, and Promenaea xanthina were 
shown by C. J. Lucas, Esq. (gardener, Mr. G. 
Duncan), VVarnham Court, Horsham. A Cultural 
Commendation was accorded to the last named on 
account of the great quantity of flowers produced by 
it. A small group of Orchids was also shown by F. 
Wigan, Esq. (grower, Mr. W. H. Young), Clare 
Lawn, East Sheen, including a fine piece of Cypri¬ 
pedium Rothschildianum, Dendrobium Falconeri, 
Cattleya Schilleriana, and others. A group 
of Cattleya Mossiae was exhibited by Messrs. 
Hugh Low & Co., Clapton. Amongst the plants 
was a variety named C. M. Cynthia, with a 
while tube to the lip. A photograph of 
Cattleya citrina as grown at Hildenley was shown 
by Sir Chas. Strickland, Bart. A Bronze Flora 
Medal was awarded to His Grace the Duke of 
Northumberland (gardener Mr. G. Wythes), Syon 
House, Brentford, for a group of a fine variety of 
Cypripedium barbatum, some plants of Miltonia 
vexillaria, and others set up with Maidenhair Fern. 
A fine piece of Dendrochilum latifolium w r as shown 
by Mr.F.Bridger, Penshurst, Kent. Some fine racemes 
of bloom of Odontoglossum crispum Rex, O. c. 
Walstentalum and O. Dellense were shown by Baron 
Schroder (gardener, Mr. Ballantine), The Dell, 
Egham. Some prizes were offered for twelve trusses 
of cut flowers of Orchids, and the first prize was 
awarded to Mr. G. Wythes, who had a fine lot of 
flowers, but was the only exhibitor. The first prize 
for a new Orchid was awarded to Messrs. F. Sander 
& Co., who had Cattleya Arnoldiana. The second 
prize went to G. Ingram, Esq. A hybrid Masde- 
vallia named M. Weathersiana, w r as shown by 
Messrs. Seager & Tropp, Lordship Lane, East 
Dulwich. 
A Silver Gilt Flora Medal was awarded to 
Messrs. Kelway & Son, Langport, Somerset, for a 
large collection of cut flowers, including Amaryllis, 
singe and double Pyrethrums, and herbaceous 
Paeonies, both single and double. A Silver Flora 
Medal was awarded to Messrs. Wm. Paul & 
Sons, Waltham Cross, for cut flowers of a large 
collection of hardy Rhododendrons grown on loam. 
A silver Banksian Medal was awarded to Messrs. 
Dobbie & Co., Rothesay, Scotland, for a large 
collection of bedding Violas, in fine condition, 
including such distinct things as Vernon Lee, Ariel, 
P. Barr, Columbine, Blue Cloud, Peacock, etc. They 
also had Sweet Peas and fancy Pansies. Some 
Gloxinias and a Carnation named Yellow Queen 
were exhibited by J. Donaldson, Esq. (gr. Mr. T. 
Bones), Tower House, Chiswick. A Silver Banksian 
Medal was awarded to Messrs. Paul & Son, 
Cheshunt, for a collection of Irises, Ramondia and 
other herbaceous plants. The Kelway Silver Medal 
for single and double Pyrethrums was awarded to 
Mr. T. H. Crasp (gr. to Lord Wimborne), Canford 
Manor, Wimborne. The first prize for 12 varieties 
of Rhododendrons was awarded to Mr. G. Wythes ; 
Mr. G. Sage (gr. to the Earl of Dysart), Ham House, 
Richmond, was second. A fine stand of Ixora Westi 
and I. Fraseri was shown by Mr. J. Hudson. 
At a meeting of the Fruit Committee a Silver 
Banksian Medal was awarded to Mr. J. Hudson fora 
grand sample of Lord Napier Nectarine. A new Peach 
named Amsden June was shown by Mr. W)-thes. 
Melons were shown by Mr. J. Bowerman, Hackwood 
Park, Basingstoke; by Mr. Heavers (gr. Mr. S. 
Ely), Henley on-Thames ; by T. W. T. Drake, Esq. 
(gr. Mr. J. Thomas), Amersham, Bucks; by Mr. 
Robert Frisby, Worden Hall, Preston ; and by A. 
Pears, Esq. (gr. Mr. F. Idlebaum), Spring Grove, 
Isleworth. The latter received a Cultural 
Commendation for a dish of Dr. Hogg Peaches. A 
box of Cucumbers was shown by Mr. W. H. Castle, 
The Gardens, Castlemans, Twyford. Some Rhubarb, 
Spinach, and Turnips were brought up from the 
gardens at Chiswick. 
