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THE GARDENING WORLD 
May 24, 1890. 
SOME NEW GARDEN PLANTS. 
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Richardia Elliottiana. 
The leaves of this plant are similar in shape to those 
of R. africana, but appear blotched all over with white, 
particularly by transmitted light, owing to the messo- 
phyll of the leaf having been destroyed or lost by some 
means, as we see in many Caladiums. The trumpet is 
also of the same shape as that of R. africana, but of a 
clear, bright yellow, including the spadix. A plant of 
it was shown by Mr. G. M. Knight, gardener to Captain 
Elliott, Farnboro’ Park, Farnboro’, at the last meeting 
of the Royal Horticultural Societj', and received a 
First Class Certificate. 
Anemone palmata alba. 
The leaves of this hardy Alpine are sub-orbicular, 
three-lobed and toothed, cordate at the base, with short 
petioles, and lie close to the ground. The involucral 
leaves also lie close to the ground, and are more deeply 
cut into narrow segments. The flowers are white, with 
a mass of yellow stamens, and are heavily tinted with 
a bronzy hue on the outer surface, the latter character 
being most noticeable while in bud. The flowers of the 
type are bright yellow. The variety here noted was 
shown by Mr. T. S. Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, 
Tottenham, at the Royal Botanic Society’s show on 
the 14th inst., when a Floricultural Certificate was 
awarded it. 
Cytisus Scoparius Andreanus. 
This is a beautiful variety of the common Broom of our 
heaths and waysides, in which the outer surface of the 
wings are of a deep velvety golden brown instead of 
being of the ordinary golden yellow. On the Continent 
it is named Genista Andreana, and was sent to this 
country under that title from France. The Broom is 
also named Genista in other Continental countries. In 
some of our British floras it is described under the 
name of Sarotliamnus Scoparius, the generic characters 
depending on the long curved style and unilateral 
stigma. It was shown at the Drill Hall, last week, 
by several exhibitors, all of whom received First Class 
Certificates for it. 
Lunaria biennis variegata. 
The flowers of this biennial are dark purple, and as 
freely produced as on the ordinary green form. The 
leaves have a broad, creamy white margin, sometimes 
the greater part of the area is of that hue, and in all 
cases the distribution of the colour is irregular, but so 
abundant as to render the plant of considerable orna¬ 
mental value. A basket of plants was shown at the 
Drill Hall on the 13th inst. by Messrs. Wm. 
Cutbusli & Son, who received an Award of Merit for 
the variety. 
Enkianthus campanulatus. 
This is a dwarf member of the Heath family, and 
forms a compact, leafy bush about 1 ft. in height or 
less. The five-lobed, bell-shaped flowers are borne in 
short racemes, terminating the shoots. They are about 
the size of those of Lily of the Valley, but red, with 
darker veins. The leaves are smaller and serrulate. 
A plant of it was shown by Messrs. J. Yeitch & Sons, 
Chelsea, at the Drill Hall, Westminster, on the 13th 
inst., when an Award of Merit was accorded it. 
Phyllocactus Brilliant. 
The stems of this plant, as exhibited by Messrs. J. 
Veitch & Sons at the Royal Botanic Society on the 14th 
inst., are trigonous and repand, crenate, or constricted 
at the nodes. The fleshy tube above the fruit is rather 
elongated, bearing flowers of great size, consisting of 
numerous petaloid and brilliant scarlet pieces, there 
being no definite distinction between sepals and petals. 
A Floricultural Certificate was awarded the variety. 
Tulipa elegans alba. 
The typical form of this Tulip ha3 campanulate deep 
red flowers with a yellow eye, and the large oblong 
segments are gradually narrowed to an acute point 
which is spreading. The variety under notice differs 
by having white segments with a narrow red marginal 
hue. The filaments are white with yellow antheis, and 
the stigma is pale lemon. It was exhibited at the 
summer exhibition of the Royal Botanic Society on the 
14th inst. by Messrs. Barr & Son, Covent Garden, who 
received a Floricultural Certificate for it. 
Cydonia japonica Moorleyi. 
The variety here named differs chiefly from the type in 
the great size of the flowers, which are cup-shaped, and 
of a rich soft red. They are produced in lateral clusters, 
and on short spurs from quite small plants even. The 
specimens shown at the Drill Hall on the 13th inst., 
by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, were from 2 ft. to 3 ft. 
high, erect, and freely branched, the branches being 
almost horizontal. A First Class Certificate was 
awarded for it. 
Paeonia Moutan, Beatrice Kelway. 
The flowers of this variety are single with a few pure 
white elegantly crimpled petals. The pistil is purple, 
forming a curious conical undivided mass in the centre, 
instead of being divided into a number of follicles or 
carpels as is usually the case in the Pteonv. In this 
character it more resembles a Poppy than a member of 
the Ranunculus family. The filaments are white, with 
yellow anthers. Cut flowers were shown at the Drill 
Hall, on the 13th inst. by Messrs. Kelway & Son, who 
received an Award of Merit for it. 
Nephrolepis cordata compacta. 
The fronds of this variety of Fern are lanceolate in 
outline, short compared with the type, about 10 ins. or 
12 ins. in height, pinnate, with oblong, obtuse, finely 
serrate-dentate pinnre, compactly arranged along the 
rachis, and deep green. It is highly suitable for deco¬ 
rative purposes on account of its dwarf, compact habit. 
It was shown at the first summer exhibition of the 
Royal Botanic Society on the 14th inst. by Messrs. J. 
Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, and was awarded a Botanical 
Certificate. 
Rhododendron, The Queen. 
As a variety, this belongs to the hybrid greenhouse 
class of Rhododendron. The leaves are whorled, 
oblong-elliptic, large, and leathery. The flowers are 
of great size, with wide-spreading lamina, of a pale or 
soft creamy yellow hue, and produced in large terminal 
clusters. A specimen was exhibited at the Royal 
Botanic Society’s summer show, on the 14th inst., by 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, who received a 
Floricultural Certificate for it. 
Trollius caucasicus aurantiacus. 
The flowers of this variety are orange, and much about 
the same colour as those of T. asiaticus Fortunei ; but 
the leaves are much broader, and light green, with 
broadly cuneate, less sharply divided segments. It is 
said to have been produced by crossing T. caucasicus 
with T. asiaticus Fortunei. It was awarded a Floricul¬ 
tural Certificate by the Royal Botanic Society when 
exhibited at their summer show on the 14th inst. by 
Mr. T. S. Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham. 
Gloxinia, Mrs. J. Donaldson. 
The flowers of this variety are of fair average size, 
with a five-lobed regular lamina. The whole corolla is 
of an intense crimson, with the exception of a white 
portion spotted with purple at the base of the tube. 
The leaves are of moderate size, with silvery veins. A 
plant was exhibited at the last show of the Royal 
Botanic Society, on the 14th inst., by Messrs. J. 
Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, who received a Floricultural 
Certificate for it. 
Myosotis rupicola. 
The flower stems of this alpine vary from 2 ins. to 
3 ins. in height, and being freely produced bear com¬ 
pact masses of deep blue flowers, with a yellow eye 
changing to white. Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, 
showed it at the exhibition of the Royal Botanic 
Society on the 14th inst., and received a Floricultural 
Certificate for it. 
Acer, Prince Hendjery. 
The young leaves of this tree are red with green veins, 
and the red is deepest in colour just as the leaves 
expand. They are palmately five-lobed, like those of 
the Sycamore (A. Pseudo-Platanus), and are pale on 
the under-surface. Some shoots were exhibited by 
Messrs. Paul & Son at the Drill Hall on the 13th inst., 
when a First Class Certificate was awarded the variety. 
Juniperus canadensis aurea. 
This forms a spreading much-branched bush, with 
three free awl-shaped leaves in a whorl. The under¬ 
surface of the leaf is green, the upper one channelled, 
and the young shoots of a uniform light yellow. Plants 
of it were shown at the meeting of the Royal Horticul¬ 
tural Society, on the 13th inst., by Messrs. J. Veitch & 
Sons, and an Award of Merit was accorded the variety. 
Phyllocactus Exquisite. 
This form was also exhibited by Messrs. J. Veitch & 
Sons on the same occasion as the other variety, and 
received a similar award. The stems are flattened and 
deeply notched, or constricted at the margins. The 
petaloid segments are very numerous, obtuse, and of a 
soft rose. The flowers are slightly smaller, but very 
beautiful. 
Blandfordia nobilis imperialis. 
The flowers of this variety are larger than those of the 
type, if constant. They are produced in short umbel¬ 
like racemes at the apex of a flower scape about 2\ ft. 
high, and are pendulous, campanulate, with a narrow 
neck-like portion at the base, orange-red with a six- 
lobed yellow mouth. The leaves are very narrowly 
linear, rather dry and rigid, somewhat resembling a 
narrow-leaved form of Cordyline australis, and equally 
graceful. A plant was shown at the meeting of the 
Royal Horticultural Society on the 13 th inst. by Messrs. 
F. Sander & Co., when a First Class Certificate was 
awarded it. 
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ORCHID NOT ES AND G LEANINGS. 
Freak of Cattleya Mossi/f. 
A very singular flower of Cattleya Mossire has been sent 
us from the gardens of — Singer, Esq. (gardener, Mr. 
Watton), Coundon, Coventry, Warwickshire. Al¬ 
though there are two lips the perianth consists of four 
instead of six parts. The upper sepal is quite normal, 
but the two lateral ones are united throughout their 
length into one piece. At first sight a single lip would 
appear to have divided into two halves, but on close 
examination the latter evidently consisted of two halves 
of as many distinct lips. They were widely separated 
at their bases, and were inserted on the lateral edges of 
the column, with their lateral edges towards one 
another, not the middle line, as would have happened 
if they had consisted of the halves of one lip. These 
halves completely amalgamated with the edges of the 
petals, so that the two petals and two half lips formed 
only two pieces. Of the three sepals, two were united, 
thus making four pieces in all of the perianth. The 
lines of union were quite evident in all cases. The 
sepals and petals were of a warm rosy mauve. 
Odontoglossum maculatum, 
It is seldom we see this old species shown in such good 
form as it was at the Drill Hall, on the 13th inst., by 
W. C. Atkinson, Esq., Aigburth, Liverpool. The 
flowers were more numerous and of much larger size 
than usual, while the colouring was exceptionally rich. 
The keeled sepals were deep chocolate-brown, with.a 
few faint transverse yellow streaks. The petals were 
blotched on the lower half with the same colour on a 
clear yellow ground. The large lip was deeply toothed 
or lobed on the margin, and also spotted with brown 
on a yellow ground. A First Class Certificate was 
awarded to it. 
CCELOGYN E TOMENTOSA. 
A plant very similar to C. Massangeana was shown 
under this name at the Drill Hall, on the 13th, and 
received an Award of Merit. The long leaves were 
lanceolate, plicate, and arching, while the flowers were 
borne in long pendulous racemes hanging over the 
sides of the basket in which it was grown. The sepals 
and petals were testaceous red, while the pale yellowish 
or creamy lip was heavily striped with brown on the 
side lobes. There were several pale-coloured lamellae on 
the disc. It was exhibited by R. J. Measures, Esq., 
Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell. 
A Fine Cattleya Mendelii. 
A flower of a very beautiful variety of this Cattleya 
has come to hand from the collection of R. B. White, 
Esq., Arddarroch. The sepals and petals are uniformly 
of a soft rosy mauve, and the latter are broadly ovate, 
ascending, and beautifully recurved above the middle. 
The tube and the convoluted side lobes of the lip are 
pure white, while the much undulated and crisped 
lamina has a central violet-purple blotch, surrounded 
by a broad white margin, slightly tinted with purple 
towards the margin. The yellow blotch in the throat 
is marked with ascending darker lines, and the middle 
portion of the tube internally is marked with slightly 
ascending pale purple lines. The characters of the lip 
recall the variety C. M. Morganiie, but the sepals and 
petals in the latter are white. 
DisaI tripetaloides. 
The leaves of this new species are lanceolate, deep 
green, and mostly radical (as in D. grandiflora and 
others of that type), forming a rosette close to the 
ground. The flower stems rise to the height of 6 ins., 
and tear a short raceme of extremely pretty flowers, 
measuring about 1 in. across the lateral sepals. There 
are, however, species with smaller blooms of a less 
ornamental character. The lateral sepals are spathulate 
and flesh coloured, dotted all over with soft, violet- 
purple spots. The upper sepal is hooded, deeply 
concave, aud produced behind into a short, straight 
