May 80, 1896 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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that of a ploughed field. You may destroy them 
without all this disturbance in the following manner : 
Obtain some oil of vitriol from a chemist. Dip a 
sharp iron skewer into it and then thrust the skewer 
deep into the heart of the plant which will die, tap 
root and all. It is almost needless to append a 
warning to those using the vitriol not to allow it to 
touch either their clothing or their flesh, or there 
will be something else hurt besides Dandelions. 
opinion of experts the finest form of the species 
which has ever been imported. It comes nearer to 
being a pure than any other in cultivation. First- 
class Certificate. The plant exhibited by Messrs. 
Odontoglossum crispum Lowae Nov. var . — 
The flowers of this variety are of beautiful rounded 
outline and very handsome. The sepals are ovate 
and white with a large lobed purple blotch in the 
W. L. Lewis & Co., Southgate, N., bore three large 
and beautifully proportioned flowers. 
Cattleya luddemanniana Err.esti, Nov. var.— 
The type is otherwise known as C. speciosissima, and 
the variety is notable for the great size of its flowers 
and their charming colours. The sepals and broad 
petals (which are crisped at the edges in the upper 
half) are of a warm rosy purple. The lamina of the lip 
NEW PLANTS AT THE TEMPLE SHOW. 
The undermentioned awards were made by the 
Rojal Horticultural Society, at the Temple Show, 
on the 19th inst. 
Orchid Committee. 
Odontoglossum crispum augustum. Nov. var. 
—Odontoglossum crispum continues to supply 
novelties of a more or less startling description. 
That under notice is a fine round flower with a large 
very dark brownish-purple blotch on each of the 
sepals and petals almost covering them. The blotch 
is of a lobed character, leaving a white margin of 
varying width, while the base and apex of these 
segments are also white. The petals are moderately 
deeply toothed at the edges. The lip conforms to 
the rest of the flower, and the large blotch encloses a 
basal yellow area. The variety was shown by 
Messrs. Linden, L'Horticulture Internationale, Parc 
Leopold, Brussels, and was sold for 300 guineas on 
the first day of the show to M. Jules Hye-Leysen, P, 
Le Coupure, Ghent, Belgium. First-class Certificate. 
Cattleya Mossiae arnoldiana Low's var. 
Nov. var .—The flowers of this splendid variety are of 
huge size. The sepals are pure white; but the 
petals have a broad rosy-pink band along the centre 
from base to apex. The lamina of the lip is richly 
marbled with purple and has a central purple band. 
There is a Y-shaped orange blotch in the throat, and 
the tube is blush externally and purple internally 
striated with white lines. The way the broad petals 
are folded back gives the flower a noble and telling 
appearance. First-class Certificate. Messrs Hugh 
Low & Co., Clapton (see illustration). 
Laelia purpurata Lewisii, Nov. var. — This 
magnificent and most attractive variety turned up in 
a last year’s importation of the type. The sepals 
and petals are pure white. The lamina of the lip is 
Odontoglossum crispum Lowae. 
centre. The roundly-elliptic, toothed petals, have 
a similarly large blotch with a few smaller ones. 
The lip has a large brownish-red blotch in front of 
the crest, and a few smaller ones on either side. 
The variety is a choice and handsome addition to the 
most popular species of Odontoglot. Award of 
Merit. Messrs. Hugh Low &Co. (see illustration). 
Miltonia vexillaria coeneana. Nov. var .—The 
sepals in this case are soft rose, but the petals are of 
an intense rosy purple. The lip is slightly paler, and 
has a yellow blotch at the base from whence radiates 
a semicircle of purple rajs, some of which are tipped 
with an isolated purple spot; both rays and spots 
are on a white ground, which thus supplies a beauti¬ 
ful contrast. The variety is a richly coloured and 
beautiful one. Awarded of Merit M. Jules Hye- 
Leysen, 8 Le Coupure, Ghent. Belgium. 
Odontoglossum crispum expansum. Nov. var. 
—The sepals and petals of this handsome variety 
have numerous large purple blotches on a white 
ground somewhat after the style of Frantz Masereel. 
The lip also has a large blotch upon it. Award of 
Merit. M. Jules Hye-Leysen. 
Laelia purpurata Arthur Wigan. Nov. var. 
—Here the sepals are blush and the petals slightly 
darker, especially in the centre. The tube of the 
lip is white externally, and closely and finely lined 
with purple on a white ground internally. The 
large lamina is of a soft rose, paler towards the apex, 
but intensified to a crimson band at the base border¬ 
ing on the white throat. The flowers are of great 
size and decidedly beautiful. Award of Merit. Sir 
Frederick Wigan (grower Mr. "W. H. Young) Clare 
Lawn, East Sheen. 
Cattleya Mossiae Beatrice. Nov. var .—The 
flowers of this variety are *of great size, with the 
sepals and ovate crisped petals of a warm but 
delicate rosy hue. The lip is much waved and 
crisped, and rich purple with a bread rosy margin 
and a large orange blotch in the throat. The tube is 
deep purple externally. The well-expanded flower 
is very handsome. Award of Merit, Sir Frederick 
Wigan. 
Oncidium varicosum giganteum, Nov. var .— 
The small sepals and petals of this variety are of the 
usual colour. The four-lobed lip is of immense size, 
measuring fully 24 in. across, and is bright yellow 
with a large red blotch in front of and all over the 
crest. Award of Merit. Sir Frederick Wigan. 
Epidendrum hastatum.—The pseudo-bulbs of 
this species are 3 in. long and bear two lanceolate 
leaves and a terminal scape with a few flowers having 
nearly orbicular, very widely expanded, wavy at the 
edges and white, beautifully striated with soft pink 
veins ; the tube is tinted with yellow externally, and 
bright yellow internally, faintly lined with purple. 
-It is a choice and- handsome variety, in fact in the 
is of a rich amethyst purple,with two yellow blotches 
in the throat; the interior of the tube is lined with 
amethyst purple. First-class Certificate. H. S. 
Leon, Esq., M.P., (gardener, Mr. Hislop) Bletchley 
Park, Bletchley. 
Cattleya Mossiae arnoldiana Low's var 
