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THE HARDENING WORLD 
July 5, 1890. 
base of the flower stems, which rise to a height of 12 
ins. or 18 ins., and bear a solitary large flower head. 
The long rays are white, and the disc yellow, as in our 
common Ox-eye Daisy ; and the flowers being produced 
in quantity, a large plant in a border is very effective. 
It is a native of Dalmatia, from whence it was originally 
introduced in 1824. Like many other old-fashioned 
subjects, it has doubtless been lost to cultivation since 
then, and been re-introduced. Some floriferous fair- 
sized plants may be seen in one of the borders in the 
gardens at Kew. 
Begonia, Fairy Queen. 
The above name has been given to a dwarf Begonia, a 
hybrid between B. Schmidtii and B. albo-coccinea. It 
bears the general aspect of the former, but the flowers 
are considerably larger and of a different colour. The 
leaves are small, half-ovate, doubly toothed, and hairy, 
with a red margin. The flowers are white, tinted with 
red externally, and the fruits also become tinted in the 
same way. It is admirably adapted for bedding pur¬ 
poses owing to its dwarf, compact, bushy, and floriferous 
habit. It was utilised in that way by the late Mr. 
Wildsmith, at Heekfield. A large pan of it was shown 
by Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading, at the Royal 
Aquarium on the 27th June, when a First Class 
Certificate was awarded it. 
Lilium Hansoni. 
One of the most handsome Lilies now flowering in the 
open border is the subject of this note, a native of 
Japan, and one that is very easily grown. The stems 
rise to a height of -3 ft. or 4 ft., and terminate in a 
shortly pyramidal mass of showy, nodding flowers. 
The segments are of great substance and revolute, 
showing off the colours of the intei'ior to advantage. 
They are of a warm reddish orange, richly spotted with 
purple on the lower half. Some time after they have 
been in bloom a broad white band appears on the back 
of the segments, and this extending to the inner 
surface, the whole of the upper half comes to be white, 
forming a striking and beautiful contrast to the reddish 
orange of the other half. The leaves on the middle 
part of the stems are produced in whorls, similar to 
those of L. Martagon, to which this species is allied, 
but the leaves in this instance are longer, and the 
whorls fewer, while the flower stalks in the lower part 
of the inflprescence are longer, and the flowers more 
aggregated. 
Gymnogramme schizophylla gdoriosa. 
In reference to a note made by us at p. 651, John A. 
Whitlaid, Esq., Rydal Mount, Streatham Hill, S.W., 
sends us a magnificent frond of that variety, measuring 
50 ins. long, and 15 ins. across at the widest part. He 
says it has been very successfully grown with him for 
some years past, and the specimen sent us bore ample 
testimony to this fact. The fronds of some of the 
specimens measure from 45 ins. to 50 ins. in length, 
and from 10 ins. to 15 ins. in width, and the plants 
bearing them have a diameter of 5 ft. The frond sent 
us was in perfect condition throughout, and what 
interested us was a young plant borne on the midrib of 
the frond about 18 ins. from its apex, and a much 
younger one about 3 ins. from the tip. The fronds of 
the larger one varied from 4 ins. to 8 ins. in length. 
As a rule the frond terminates or becomes arrested at 
the point where a young plant is produced, and, owing 
to this arrest often produces a bifurcate appearance. 
The segments of the frond were equally as finely cut as 
those on a smaller specimen ; and spores were produced 
in great profusion on the under-surface. 
Lilium Scovltzianum. 
How well many of our grand Liliums will do planted 
out can now be seen at Highbury, near Birmingham, 
the residence of the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, 
M. P. Numerous specimens of this grand species are 
now in full bloom, planted out amongst the Rhodo¬ 
dendrons and other shrubs, and are not disturbed. 
Some growing in the lower part of the pleasure grounds, 
near to the ornamental water, are quite 5 ft. in height, 
with large heads of fine cream-coloured flowers which 
are daintily spotted. A specimen of L. giganteum is 
now 5 ft. high, and L. auratum abounds in the beds and 
borders. A large collection of Liliums are grown out 
of doors in the pleasure grounds, and masses of the 
Umbellatum section are now in flower. All the 
Speciosum varieties also do well, and as outdoor 
decorative plants they should be extensively cultivate!. 
— W. D. 
ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
Orchid Prices. 
It will doubtless interest Orchid growers to know that, 
as judged by the prices realised at Mr. Tautz’s first 
sale, which took place in Messrs. Protheroe & Morris’s 
Rooms last week, good things still maintain their 
value, though it must be said that some of the plants 
sold did not realise so much as was originally paid for 
them. For the information of growers who were not 
present we append a list of those which sold for £10 
and upwards :—Laelia purpurata Schroderiana, 7 bulbs, 
£15 15s. ; Laelia anceps Williamsii, 4 leads, £12 12s. ; 
Cypripedium Arthurianum, 7 growths, £11 11s. ; Lfelia 
elegans Blenheimensis, 6 bulbs and 1 lead, £22 Is. ; 
Cypripedium leucorrhodum, 3 growths, £29 8s. ; Lfelia 
anceps Amesianum, 6 bulbs, £14 14s. ; Cypripedium 
Morganiee, 3 growths, £25 4s. ; Lfelia elegans Studley- 
ana, 4 bulbs, £11 11s. ; Cattleya Trianse “Aperta,” 7 
bulbs, £15 15s.; Cypripedium De Witt Smith, 2 growths, 
£11 11s. ; Vanda suavis, 8 growths, £17 17s. ; Lfelia 
anceps Schroderiana, £12 12s. ; Cypripedium orphanum, 
5 growths, £17 17s. ; Lfelia callistoglossa, 4 bulbs, 
£31 10s. ; Cypripedium porphyrochlamis, 3 growths, 
58 guineas; Cattleya Percivaliana alba, 11 bulbs, 
15 guineas ; Cypripedium macropterum, 3 growths 
13 guineas ; Lfelia anceps Schroderiana, 6 leads, 
17 guineas ; Cypripedium Wallisii, 4 growths, 12 guineas; 
Cypripedium Marshallianum, 1 growth, 38 guineas ; 
Cypripedium Schroderre, 10 growths, 24 guineas; 
Cattleya Gaskelliana alba, 7 bulbs and 1 lead,52 guineas ; 
Cypripedium Charles Canham, 10j guineas ; Lfelia 
elegans Measuresiana, 7 bulbs, 14 guineas; Odonto- 
glossum vexillarium superbum, 5 bulbs and 3 leads, 
22 guineas; Odontoglossum vexillarium Measuresianum, 
3 bulbs, 10 guineas; Cypripedium Argus Moensii, 2 
growths, 12 guineas ; Lfelia elegans Morreniana, 7 
bulbs, 15 guineas ; Odontoglossum Edwardii, 33 guineas ; 
Dendrobium nobile Cooksoni,12 old bulbs and 3 growths, 
26 guineas ; Cattleya exoniensis, 9 bulbs, 15 guineas ; 
Saceolabium giganteum album, 7 leaves, 10 guineas ; 
Cypripedium Druryi, 20 growths, 10 guineas ; Cypri¬ 
pedium cardinale, 14 growths, 11 guineas ; Cattleya 
Trianre Tautziana, 7 bulbs, 11 guineas ; Cattleya 
Gaskelliana alba, 9 bulbs, 14 guineas ; Cattleya exoni¬ 
ensis, 6 bulbs, 10 guineas ; Cattleya Wagneri, 4 bulbs, 
17 guineas; Cypripedium Saundersianum, 3 growths, 
£16 ; Cypripedium Winnianum, 7 growths, 20 guineas ; 
Odontoglossum triumphans album, 13 bulbs, 28 guineas ; 
Cypripedium leucorrhodum, 2 growths, 16 guineas ; 
Lfelia autumnalis alba, 13 bulbs, 11 guineas; Cypri¬ 
pedium Tautzianum, 2 strong growths, 51 guineas ; 
Vanda Lowii, 14 leaves, 16 guineas ; Odontoglossum 
vexillarium superbum, 3 bulbs, 14 guineas; Cypri¬ 
pedium Leeanum superbum, 9 growths, 10 guineas ; 
Cypripedium microchilum, 4 growths, 12 guineas ; 
Cattleya Warneri rubra, 10 guineas ; Odontoglossum 
Pescatorei melauocentrum, 5 bulbs, 12 guineas ; Cypri¬ 
pedium Mrs. Charles Canham, 7 growths, 14 guineas ; 
Vanda Parishii Marriottiana, 13 leaves, 12 guineas ; 
Cattleya labiata, autumn flowering, 10j guineas ; 
Ccelogyne Massangeana, 11 guineas; Lfelia elegans 
prasiata, 8 bulbs, 15 guineas; Cypripedium Spiceri- 
anum, fine plant, 17 guineas ; Cattleya crocata, 5 bulbs, 
10 guineas ; Cypripedium Schlimii maxima, 12 guineas ; 
Cattleya Mendelii Studleyana, 18 guineas ; Cypri¬ 
pedium selligerum majus, 10 growths, 18 guineas ; 
Cattleya Mendelii Wallacei, 5 bulbs, 15 guineas ; 
Cypripedium dilectum, 2'growths, 15 guineas ; Cypri¬ 
pedium villosum aureum, Studley House variety, 7 
growths, 44 guineas; Cattleya Mendelii “gloriosa,” 
7 bulbs, 10 guineas; Lfelia anceps Measuresiana, 
15 guineas ; Cattleya Mendelii Wilsoni, 18 guineas ; 
Sobralia xantholeuca, 6 bulbs, 10 guineas ; Odonto¬ 
glossum vexillarium purpureum, 10 guineas; Cypri¬ 
pedium Harrisianum superbum, 7 growths, 17 guineas; 
Cattleya Skinneri alba, 13 bulbs, 15 guineas ; and 
Cattleya Loddigesii Candida, 4 bulbs, 13 guineas. 
Odontoglossum crinitum saphiratum. 
This rare Odontoglot has been flowering for some time 
iu the collection of A. H. Smee, Esq., The Grange, 
Wallington. In habit and general appearance it is 
something in the way of O. Wallisii, but an examination 
of the lip soon dispels this idea ; the lip of O. Wallisii 
is pubescent on the disc, but that under notice is 
characterised by numerous irregular-sized, bristle-like 
white fringes, in the place occupied by the two front 
diverging lamellfe of other species. Two of the anterior 
fringes are larger than the rest, and in the plant under 
notice all are arranged on a violet ground. The lip 
itself is finely fringed or toothed at the margin, white 
and variously blotched with violet. The sepals are 
yellow, spotted with brown. The petals are yellow, 
variegated with purple in the centre, and this is 
surrounded by brown spots. The leaves are linear, 
erect, and if anything slightly broader than those of 
O. Wallisii. The scapes are panieled or racemose, 
according to the vigour of the plant, and when the 
plant is in full bloom it is pretty, notwithstanding the 
comparatively small size of the flowers. 
Oncidium pulvinatum. 
The variability of this plant with regard to size is 
something remarkable. Some plants will throw a 
panieled flower scape from 3 ft. to 10 ft. long, while 
on the other hand one may see it flowering several times 
in succession with a scape not exceeding 1 ft. in length, 
with a raceme of large, well-coloured flowers. Such a 
specimen we noted in the collection at The Grange, 
Hackbridge. The sepals, petals, and lip are freely 
blotched with dark brown or orange-brown on a yellow 
ground, and notwithstanding that there are so many 
species of this colour, this one may be recognised by 
the large cushion-like crest of a downy or velvety 
appearance resembling a pincushion. 
Odontoglossum luteo-purpureum sceptrum. 
Although admitted by the best authorities to be only 
a variety of O. luteo-purpureum, it is a form so fixed 
and individualised that sub-varieties of it may be recog¬ 
nised in various establishments throughout the country. 
There are several specimens in the collection at The 
Grange, Hackbridge, all of which differ from one 
another in colour. Very noticeable amongst them is 
one having very dark chocolate sepals and petals with a 
bright yellow margin. Curiously enough the lateral 
sepals, contrary to the usual rule, were very often united 
for the greater part of their length, when we examined 
the plant recently. The lip is of the usual form, wich 
a large horse-shoe-shaped blotch of a reddish chocolate 
colour in front of the crest. 
Dendrobium Falconeri giganteum. 
The cultivation of this beautiful species seems to be 
getting more and more understood, for its flowering is 
no longer a matter of uncertainty. The pseudo-bulbs 
or stems are naturally slender and conspicuously 
swollen at the nodes, and assume a pendent position. 
Being strictly epiphytical in its habits, success is best 
attained by growing the plants in baskets, and sus¬ 
pending the latter in a light position near the glass. 
In the show house at Clare Lawn, East Sheen, is a 
piece of the variety here noted in a small basket, with 
flowers of unusual size and richness in colour. The 
narrowly ovate, acuminate sepals and petals are white, 
with dark, amethyst-purple tips, while a greater rich¬ 
ness and variety of colour is centred in the lip. The 
disc is orange, with a large, deep purple blotch at the 
base, and the orange is surrounded by a broad, white 
band, while the tip is of a deep amethyst-purple. 
MASDEVALLIA BELLA. 
As a species, this belongs to the Chimtera group, with 
similarly-shaped sepals, ending in deep brownish purple 
tails 3 ins. to 4 ins. in length. The inner surface of 
the sepals is heavily spotted with purplish brown on a 
yellow ground, and serve by contrast to show off the 
curiously-shaped lip, which is white, to the best advan¬ 
tage. The latter organ in this species is obreniform, 
and very much broader than long, with numerous 
radiating lamellre. The flowers are produced singly 
on scapes pendent from the sides and base of the basket 
in which it is grown. The species is a native of New 
Granada at great elevations, and therefore enjoys a low 
temperature. The usual flowering season is autumn ; 
but like others of the same group, the plant is variable 
in this respect, and comes into bloom at various times. 
We noted a plant blooming freely the other day in the 
nursery of Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, at Chelsea. 
L/elia majalis. 
The literal rendering of the name of this plant in 
English is May Flower, and it is that given to it by 
the natives of Mexico, whose rendering of it is Flor de 
Mayo. It comes into bloom during May in its native 
habitats, and in May and June, as a rule, in this 
country. The beauty of the flower is exquisite, but 
unfortunately it does not bloom so freely or regu¬ 
larly as L. crispa, L. purpurata, and L. Perrinii. 
The sepals and petals are pale rosy lilac, the latter 
being twice as broad as the former. The three-lobed 
lip has a white tube and small lateral lobes tinted 
with lilac ; but the broadly expanded middle lobe is 
beautifully spotted with purple in lines' along the 
veins, and of a more uniform mauve-purple towards the 
tip. It has been flowering for some time in the fine 
collection at Clare Lawn, East Sheen. 
