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in. in diameter. The broad florets are of good 
texture, take a spreading direction, are broad and 
dark crimson-purple with a silvery reverse. 
Award of Merit. Dwarf flowering plants and 
blooms were exhibited by Messrs. H. Cannell & 
Sons. 
Chrysanthemum T. B. Haywood— Here again 
we have a Japanese variety similar in form to 
Madame John Laing, but greatly superior in size 
and pure white. The blooms are globular, and 
measure in. in diameter. The broad florets are 
straight and point in every direction so as to form a 
globe. Award of Merit. T. B. Haywood, Esq. 
(gardener, Mr. C. J Salter), Woodhatch Lodge, 
Reigate. 
Chrysanthemum John Seward.— This Japanese 
sort has golden-yellow spreading florets of great 
length. Those in the centre are whorled in 
the early stages of development. It is a huge, 
exhibition bloom, measuring some 8 in. across. 
Award of Merit. Mr. J. Seward, Hill Farm, Han- 
well. 
Pseudotsuga Douglasii glauca pendula. —A. 
tree shown by Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, was 
8 ft. high, and narrowly pyramidal or almost 
columnar with short, pendulous branches. The 
younger leaves were glaucous. Award of Merit. 
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE 
I’lum President. The fruit of this is of great size, 
roundly oval with a glaucous bloom, but blackish- 
purple and shining when this is rubbed off. It is a 
valuable market Plum suitable for culinary purposes, 
and is very late seeing that it was not perfectly 
mature when shown. The fruits were gathered from 
Orchard trees. Award of Merit. Messrs. Thomas 
Rivers & Son, Sawbridgeworth, Herts. 
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ORCHID NOTES & GLEANINGS. 
By The Editor. 
Catasetum macrocarpum Gortoni, Nov. vav. 
—The sepals of this variety are straw-colour, as in 
most of the forms, but the elliptic acuminate petals 
are dark purple-brown, or almost chocolate, and 
strongly ribbed longitudinally. The lip is much as 
it is in the more typical forms of the species as to 
shape, but the outer face is shaded with green on 
the lower portion, and yellow upwards, spotted 
round the mouth with purple-brown. The inner 
face is wholly of a dark, glossy brownish-crimsoD, 
or of a glorified chestnut-red. A prominent feature 
of the variety consists of three prominent teeth at 
the apex of the lip ; the middle tooth is narrowly 
triangular, five to six millimetres long, and situated 
in a sinus of equal depth The lower half of the 
column is of the same colour as the inner face of 
the lip, while the upper portion and the antennae 
are soft, clear yellow. The variety turned up in the 
collection of Mr. P. McArthur, 4, Maida Vale, W., 
from an importation which he received from the 
West Indies, in a locality where the primeval forest 
is being cut down. It has been compared to C. m. 
Shipwayi, described in Vol. xi „ p. 278, but the lip is 
not so expanded as in that variety, nor has the latter 
the three prominent teeth, while the colours of both 
lip and petals are decidedly different incolour. C. m. 
Shipwayi, it may be remembered, comes from theC. 
Bungerothii district. 
The undermentioned Orchids were certificated by 
the Royal Horticultural Society on the 15th inst. : 
Cattleya labiata Cooksonae, Nov. var .—'The 
sepals and petals of this charming variety are pure 
white, the tube of the lip is also white except at the 
edges, which are tinted with pale purple, the lower 
surface is shaded with yellow shining through from 
the interior. The lamina is of a rich violet-purple, 
shaded with crimson, and pure white at the margin. 
The contrast of colours between the lip and the 
other segments, but especially on tht lip itself, marks 
out this variety as one of the cb oicest of recent 
introductions. It was not surprisii ig therefore that 
a First-class Certificate should har e been accorded 
so beautiful a variety. Norman <C. Cookson, Esq. 
(gardener, Mr. Wm. Murray), Oakw ood, Wylani-on- 
Tyne. 
Cirrhopetalum rothschildian-um, Nov. sp .— 
The species of this genus are so generally char¬ 
acterised by flowers of a buff-yellotv or brown, that 
the species under notice constitutes at- pleasing relief. 
The whole flower is of a dark and decided purple 
hue. The lateral sepals are about 2 \ in. long, but 
the other segments are much smaller, as is usually 
the case in this genus. On the whole it is very 
distinct and pretty. First-class Certificate. Lord 
Rothschild (gardener, Mr Hill), TriDg Park, Tring. 
Cattleya Mantinii, Nov. hyb .—The seed parent 
of this beautiful hybrid was Cattleya bowringiana 
and the pollen bearer C. dowiana. The progeny is 
intermediate, both in size, form, and colour. The 
pseudo-bulbs of the plant shown were only 3 in. 
high, but the whole plant reached 6 in. to 8 in. The 
oblong sepals are purple and the elliptic petals of a 
more intense hue. The lip is roundly obovate and 
of a rich dark crimson, the colour extending to the 
base of the tube. There are a few brownish-orange 
streaks in the throat. Thus the sepals and petals 
take the colour of C. bowringiana and the lip takes 
the crimson hue of the pollen parent. It is another 
of the many acquisitions which have been originated 
by Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Chelsea. Award 
of Merit. 
Sobralia Lindeni. —The stems of this plant vary 
from 18 in to 2 ft. in height, and are amply clothed 
with lanceolate, ribbed, leathery, dark green leaves. 
The sepals and petals are pale blush-lilac. The 
tube of the lip is white, and the wavy, bifid lamina 
is blotched with bluish-purple between the principal 
veins. There are also seven broad crimson bands in 
the throat. Award of Merit. C. J. Lucas, Esq , 
(gardener, Mr. G. Duncan), Warnham Court, 
Horsham. 
Laeliocattleya gottoiana rosea, Nov. hyb. 
bigen. The sepals of this bigeneric hybrid are rosy- 
pink with darker veins, but the petals are of a clearer 
shade and folded backwards along the middle. The 
lip has a very large oblong-orbicular lamina, which 
is purple and heavily shaded with crimson. 
The interior of the tube is lined with purple 
on a white ground. The plant is 12 in. to 15 in° 
high.* The flowers are large and bold in appearance. 
Award of Merit. Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. 
Albans. 
Cattleya labiata Lowiae, Nov. var. —The sepals 
of this beautiful variety are white, and the petals are 
even purer. The tube of the lip is white and tinted 
or washed with lilac, but the lamina has a large 
violet-purple blotch in the centre, with a broad, 
wavy, white margin. The interior of the tube is 
striped with white on a purple ground. It is a chaste 
and beautiful variety. Award of Merit. Messrs. 
Hugh Low & Co., Clapton. 
Cyprip6dium Alfred Hollington, Nov. hyb. 
This handsome hybrid was raised from C. 
ciliolare crossed with C. philippinense The dorsal 
sepal is ovate and white with purple veins and 
slightly shaded with green. The petals are 3 in. 
long, rosy, and heavily blotched with crimson on the 
lower two-thirds. The large lip is brownish-purple 
and netted. Award of Merit. A. J. Hollington, 
Esq (gardener, Mr. E. Ayling), Forty Hill, Enfield. 
Cattleya labiata Thompson s var , Nov. var.— 
The sepals and petals of this showy variety are of a 
warm, rosy hue. The lamina of the lip is of a rich, 
velvety-crimson hue, margined with rose, and the 
yellow blotch in the throat is prominent. Award of 
Merit. W. Thompson, Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. 
Stevens) Walton Grange, Stone, Staffs. 
Cattleya labiata caerulea, Nov. var.—In this 
case the sepals and petals are of a pale lavender hue, 
while the lip is pale blue, or as near it probably as 
may be met with in this genus. Award of Merit. 
W. Thompson, Esq. 
Cypripedium Charlesworthii marginatum ( 
Nov. var.- -Numerous varieties, chiefly relating to 
the distribution of the colours, have already turned 
up amongst importations of the beautiful C. Charles¬ 
worthii. That under notice has the rose colour of 
the dorsal sepal confined to the base and margin, 
the rest of the surface being white. Award of Merit. 
W. Thompson, Esq. 
Miltonia cobbiana —The oblong sepals and 
petals of a beautiful Miltonia under this name are 
yellow and heavily barred with brown much in the 
srme way as M. Clowesii. The lip is larger, oblong, 
with parallel sides, and white with a large purple 
blotch on the lower portion. This was stated to be 
a hybrid, but there is a doubt about the name, as it 
was described by Reichenbach in 1885 under the 
name of M. lamarckeana, which the author con¬ 
sidered of hybrid origin. Award of Merit. Walter 
Cobb, Esq., Tunbridge Wells. 
©leanings fount the ITuvtb 
uf Science. 
Marechal Niel Rose. — There are two varieties 
of this name, the first being a hybrid perpetual 
raised in 1861 by M. Pradel, Jun , and having clear 
rose flowers. The yellow Noisette Rose of this name 
is the most widely popular and by far the best 
known ; it is recorded as having been raised by M. 
I’radel in 1864. A contemporary relates what would 
appear another version of its origin. When General 
Niel of Franco-Austrian War fame was returning 
from the scene of his many victories, and passing 
through a small town, he was presented with a 
basket of yellow Roses by a peasant woman. The 
general was highly pleased with the Roses and 
planted in his garden at Paris a portion of stem 
attached to one of the flowers. It rooted and grew 
into a handsome bush, and when it was covered with 
blossom he presented it to the Empress Eugenie. 
The latter ascertaining it had no name, said, “ I will 
christen it the Marechal Niel.” She then bestowed 
upon him the jewelled emblem which indicated his 
promotion as Marshal of France. A red Marechal 
Niel Rose, having a close affinity with the yellow 
one is the most recent acquisition. 
A Plague of Garlic.—In his report on the agri¬ 
culture of Bedfordshire, Mr. Hunter Pringle calls 
attention to a remarkable change which has taken 
place on some of the heavy clay soil to the north¬ 
west of Bedford town. Not only the arable land, but 
recently-established pastures have been overrun by 
Garlic or wild Onions. This abominable weed grows 
from a bulbous root, and it possesses such a power¬ 
ful odour that it taints the grain of any Corn with 
which it may have been gathered, besides rendering 
the straw unfit for fodder. Wherever it exists on 
pasture land the stock will not graze, and from the 
statements made to him by the farmers upon whose 
land he saw it, Mr. Pringle was led to believe that 
all attempts to obliterate it by fallowing have failed, 
and that it is increasing in quantity and widening its 
area of occupation every year. Whether the growth 
of Garlic may be favoured by any particular variety 
of season Mr. Pringle is unable to say, but he is of 
opinion that if nothing can be done to eradicate such 
an objectionate pest, land subject to it will sooner or 
later become useless for agricultural purposes.-— 
Midland Counties Herald. 
Luminous Mushroom.—A man travelling in 
Australia found a large Mushroom, weighing five 
pounds. He took it to the house where he was 
stopping and hung it up to dry in the sitting-room. 
Entering after dark he was amazed to see a beautiful 
soft light emanating from the fungus. He called in 
the natives to examine it, and at the first glance they 
cried out in great fear that it was a spirit. It con¬ 
tinued to give out light for many nights, gradually 
decreasing until it was wholly dry. 
Origin of terrestrial life.—When Lord Kelvin 
Sir William Thomson as he then was—suggested 
in his presidential address to the British Association 
in 1870 the possibility of vegetation on our globe 
having been due to the introduction of germs 
embedded in aerolites from other planets where life 
is older than here, his little contribution to the 
annual sensation then regularly expected did not 
commend itself to many of his audience. Indeed, 
ever since it has been ranked a^one of that extremely 
mild brand of facetiae known as " B.A. jokes.” For 
it pleased neither the orthodox nor the heterodox— 
as creeds ran a quarter of a century ago. Yet absurd 
as it looked, perhaps the initial difficulties of 
Darwinism and the proved impossibility of spon¬ 
taneous generation are compelling a growing school, 
in absolute despair of any hypothesis more tenable, 
to reconsider Lord Kelvin’s rather wild suggestion. 
A few weeks ago we commented on M. Casimir de 
Candolle's discoveries regarding the latent vitality of 
seeds, and now Professor Italo Gigliolo, of the Royal 
Agricultural School of Portici, near Naples, after 
reviewing his own experiments on the same theme, 
does not hesitate to express his belief that under 
certain circumstances life may be preserved in¬ 
definitely, and that, therefore, there is a great deal 
in favour of aerolites as seed bearing messengers — 
Daily Chronicle. 
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