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THE GARDENING WORLD 
July 12, 1890. 
and terminate in a short and broadly-pyramidal raceme 
of large and showy flowers. They are amply clothed 
with narrow or linear-lanceolate leaves, of a deep green. 
The flowers are drooping, with fleshy, stout, reflexed 
segments, of a bright yellow, lightly spotted with 
purple on the lower half, and fading upwards almost to 
white, whereas the blooms of the typical L. mona- 
delphum are suffused with claret-red towards the base. 
For beds of Rhododendrons or for planting near the 
margins of shrubberies this Lily is admirably suitable, 
and is of easy res} tij^gt aild&iza nssef guiveri t yijnnoa a 
Babiana rubro-cyanea. 
The stems of this pretty Cape plant are about 6 ins. 
high, and bear lanceolate hairy leaves in two rows. 
The flowers are terminal, with a narrow tube and bell¬ 
shaped lamina, the base of which internally is of a 
deep crimson-red, sharply defined from the upper part 
of the segments, which is of a rich blue. A specimen 
was brought up to the Drill Hall on the 8 th inst., from 
the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society at 
Chiswick, and received a First Class.Certificate. 
Pelargonium, Turtle’s Surprise. 
The stems of this zonal variety are short-jointed and 
compact, well clothed with small leaves traversed by a 
dark bronzy zone. The peduncles are short and stout, 
bearing dense trusses of semi-double, brilliant scarlet 
flowers. It is a floriferous variety, well adapted for 
pot-work. An Award of Merit was granted it at the 
Drill Hall, on Tuesday last, when shown by Messrs. 
H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley. 
Rosa polyantha, The Engineer. 
The flowers of this variety are semi-double, deep 
crimson-red and produced in large clusters. The 
peduncles and pedicels are densely setose and glandular. 
The leaves are large, bright green, with oblong-ovate, 
sharply serrated leaflets. Specimens were shown by 
Mr. John T. Gilbert, Anemone Nurseries, Dyke 
Bourne, Lincolnshire, at the Drill Hall, on the 8th 
inst., and received an Award of Merit. 
Sweet Peas. 
Stanley. —One of the darkest-coloured Sweet Peas is 
no doubt that here named. The wings are of a dark or 
blackish purple-red, but the outer surface of the 
standards is curiously tinted with a dark, coppery, 
metallic hue. The keel is rose-coloured. Dorothy 
Tennant. —The standard and wings of this variety are 
lilac-mauve, with a tinge of a more decided blue in 
different places, while the small keel is almost white. 
Both were shown by Mr. Henry Eckford, ”Wem, Salop, 
at the last meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, 
and received Awards of Merit. 
Gloxinias. 
Nestor. —The flowers of this variety are erect, funnel- 
shaped, with a six-lobed, brilliant or lively scarlet 
corolla, and white in the tube, spotted purple, and 
suffused violet in the throat. The leaves are deflexed, 
so that the flowers are shown off to advantage. 
Gaiety. —In habit and form of flower this is similar 
to the above, but the corolla has six or seven over¬ 
lapping segments, with a deep crimson band, in the 
sinus or bends of which is a marbling of purple, while 
on the outside of the crimson is a violet-coloured line, 
succeeded by a broad white margin. The tube also is 
white. Both varieties were exhibited by Messrs. 
J. Veitcli & Sons at the last meeting of the Royal 
Horticultural Society, and received Awards of Merit. 
Periploca grasca. 
It is now nearly 300 years since this old-fashioned 
climber was introduced to this country from South- 
Eastern Europe ; yet it does not seem to find many 
admirers judging from its rare occurrence in private 
establishments. When seen only with a few flowers 
it has a dingy appearance, but after a plant has got 
well established, it bears flowers by hundreds or even 
thousands, and then the effect is charming. The 
unopened buds are of a greenish yellow, but the 
corolla is deep brown internally, and copiously 
clothed with grey hairs. As seen against the dark 
foliage in masses, what would singly be considered 
dingy and more curious than beautiful, becomes at 
once an object of attraction. Being a climber, it 
requires some support, and possibly the best results are 
obtained by growing it against a wall where the wood 
will get well ripened, thus ensuring the production of a 
good crop of flowers. 
Lilium Bolanderi. 
A few of the lower leaves of this new Lily are 
scattered, but the upper ones are in whorls of eleven to 
twenty-two, and all are obscurely three to five-nerved, 
oblanceolate, of a dark metallic green, with a glaucous 
bloom best seen beneath. The bulbs are small and 
scaly. The flowers are bell-shaped, of small or medium 
size, and produced in an umbel of three or four, 
supported by some short elliptic bracts. The segments 
are crimson externally, darker internally, and heavily 
spotted or blotched with dark blood-red, while the 
interior of the tube is yellow and spotted. Specimens 
were shown at the last meeting of the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society by Mr. T. S. Ware, Hale Farm 
Nurseries, Tottenham, and received an Award of Merit. 
Geranium sanguineum lancastriense. 
The typical red-flowered form of this Cranesbill is 
very choice in its way, but it is exceeded in beauty by. 
this Lancashire wilding, which has j pink or blush- 
coloured flowers with darker veins. The habit of the 
plant is also dwarfer, and in a wild state is quite 
prostrate in the sandy soil of the sea-shore where it 
grows. Both it and the typical form grow rankly when 
introduced to the rich soil of an herbaceous border, but 
cannot be said to have improved in general effect. The 
variety under notice, however, is always of more compact 
habit than the parent type, and ought to find a place 
in every collection of hardy plants. 
Campanula pulla. 
The best position for this plant is on the rockery, 
where its beauty can be brought into prominence. 
Planted in the ordinary border without that care 
bestowed upon it to prevent its being overgrown by 
coarser subjects, or destroyed by careless hoeing or 
digging, it would soon get lost. The stems bear a 
single flower only, and grow to a height of 2 ins. to 
3 ins. The individual blooms, however, are large, 
bell shaped, drooping, and violet-purple, and so many 
of the stems produce a flower that the patch of foliage 
during July is quite covered. Imagine such a patch a 
yard square, and an idea can be gained of what the 
pretty Bell Flower is capable of effecting. It is a native 
of eastern Europe, and quite hardy in this country, 
but a well-drained position should be selected for it in 
winter. 
Spiraea Bumalda variegata. 
The plants of this Spiraea shown by Messrs. J. Yeitch 
& Sons, Chelsea, at the Drill Hall on the 8th inst., 
were dwarf, bushy and not exceeding 6 ins. or 8 ins. in 
height. The flowers are borne in corymbose, flat- 
topped cymes, and the unopended buds are deep red. 
The leaves are lanceolate, serrate and variously varie¬ 
gated with creamy yellow, sometimes whole shoots with 
their leaves are concolourous and of that hue, or the 
variegation may be confined to the margin, and 
apparently it fades almost white. It would make a 
pretty and attractive bush for the rockery, or as a 
margin to beds. A First Class Certificate was 
awarded it. 
Zingiber D’Arceyi. 
This subject is a native of the South Sea Islands, and 
has elliptic, shining, bright green leaves arranged dis- 
tichously but alternately upon the stems, which vary 
from 12 ins. to 18 ins. in height. The leaves further 
are variously variegated, and marked longitudinally 
with creamy white, giving the plant a lively appear¬ 
ance. It was exhibited by Messrs. J. Yeitch & Sons 
at the Drill Hall on the 8th inst., and received an 
Award of Merit. 
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ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
The Orchid Growers’ Calendar. 
Free-growing species and varieties of Cypripediums 
which have had a rest since flowering, and are now 
starting off again, should be potted off if they want 
more root room into well-drained pots or pans, using 
fibry peat and sphagnum, and if they are watered with 
pure soft water they will quickly show their apprecia¬ 
tion of the new compost, and the moss will probably 
thrive better than it does in any other house. The 
abundance of rain which has fallen of late has given us 
a good supply of what is always a boon to plant growers 
—viz., soft water, and happy are those growers who 
have tank space to store away a good supply for future 
use, for it is undisputably certain that it is better for 
watering purposes than hard spring water. 
Phaleenopsids, Aerides, Saccolabiums, &c., now in 
active growth will need to be kept very moist at the 
roots, but a close stuffy atmosphere should be avoided, 
or the black spot may cause trouble presently. Where 
time permits it will prove to be well spent in frequently 
sponging the leaves of the Phalsenopsids, especially the 
under sides, for it is a favourite haunt for thrips, and 
they are not there long without leaving their mark 
behind. 
Dendrobiums which started growth early will want 
careful watering so that they do not become so dry 
as to cause them to finish up their bulbs prematurely 
and recommence growth, though there need be no 
hurry in taking them to cooler quarters at present, for 
I do not think Dendrobiums such as nobile, hetero- 
carpum, AYardianurn, &e., are appreciated much before 
Christmas. 
Where a thorough cleaning and overha ulin g of the 
plants is now going on it will be found a very conveni¬ 
ent time to take stock of plants, and the positions in 
which they have succeeded or otherwise, for by these 
periodical re-arrangements many wrinkles are picked 
up with regard to the well-being of the plants under 
our charge. 
Any weakly plants which have been overstrained by 
flowering should be carefully noted, so that they may 
have somewhat better positions than the stronger 
plants possibly need, while comparisons may be made 
between plants growing on blocks or baskets and the 
same varieties in pots. It is often found that in the 
same house a plant will do well on the stages which 
will not thrive suspended from the roof, and vice versa. 
Imported plants, when first potted up, are often very 
unattractive objects, and because of being unsightly 
they frequently get pushed in the background or some 
out of the way spot where they do not have a ghost of a 
chance to become presentable specimens in the shortest 
possible time ; and it is therefore advisable to have a 
house or portion of one set apart for the purpose of 
establishing newly imported plants. 
The gorgeous flowers of Cattleya gigas Sanderiana are 
now repaying us for giving them an extra light position 
all the year round, and the same may be Raid of C. 
Warnerii, which, grown in baskets, is now flowering 
profusely. — JV. P. 
Cattleya Mossi/£-Dowiana Empress Frederick. 
The parentage of this hybrid is indicated in the name. 
The pseudo-bulbs are short (3 ins. to 4 ins.), fusiform, 
compressed, and covered with grey sheaths in the 
young state. The solitary terminal leaf is oblong, 
leathery, and deep green. Altogether the plant is very 
dwarf in habit. The plant exhibited by Mr. Ballantine, 
gardener to Baron Schroder, The Dell, Egham, at the 
last meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, bore 
two spikes, with two or three flowers respectively. 
The narrowly oblong segments are strongly revolute at 
the sides, and white ; while the petals are elliptic, 
slightly undulated at the margins, folded longitudinally 
along the middle, and also pure white. The latter in 
this respect resemble a Lielia. The lip is relatively 
short, with a white tube, giving place to purple up¬ 
wards, but the lamina is sub-orbicular, shortly bifid, 
intense dark purple, with a narrow white margin, and 
rather strongly undulated. The throat is orange- 
yellow, and purple towards the base. The flowers are 
deliciously fragrant. 
L/ELIA GRANDI8. 
The pseudo-bulbs of this Lselia are fusiform, compressed, 
stalked, about 6 ins. to 8 ins. long, and terminated by 
an oblong leathery leaf of considerable length. The sepals 
are oblong, the petals narrowly elliptic, and all are of a 
deep buff-brown, with darker veins. The tube of the 
lip externally is pale buff, or almost French-white, with 
darker veins, while the relatively small roundly-ovate 
lamina is lilac-purple, traversed by much darker veins. 
The throat is deep purple, running down the tube with 
purple and white lines. The pseudo-bulbs and leaf 
together stand about 2 ft. high in strong specimens. 
A plant was shown at the Drill Hall, AYestminster, on 
Tuesday last, by Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, 
when a First Class Certificate was awarded it. 
Cypripedium hybridum Youngianum- 
The leaves of this hybrid are bright green, and marbled 
or netted with a darker hue, oblong, and about 6 ins. 
or S ins. in length. It is a hybrid between C. superbiens 
and 0. Roebeleni, the latter being the pollen parent. 
The scape of a specimen shown by Messrs. F. Sander & 
Co., St. Albans, at the Drill Hall, on the 8th inst., 
bore two flowers of large size. The sepals are broadly 
ovate, the lower one being white with pale green lines, 
