October 21, 1893. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
119 
THE CRESTED GOLDEN FEATHER. 
Few plants are more universally grown in garden 
bedding designs than Pyrethrum Parthenium 
aureum, known as Golden Feather or Golden 
Feverfew. We can trace it through a great number 
of other names both botanical and popular. It was 
originally introduced as a medicinal plant, hence 
the name of Feverfew. After being introduced it 
established itself in this country as a wild plant, 
but had it not been for the golden variety which 
turned up and proved capable of being reproduced 
by seeds, it would long ere now have been the 
subject of great neglect. Since the yellow variety 
first appeared, several others have been put into 
commerce, but they are seldom seen. Messrs. 
Hurst & Son, 152, Houndsditch, London, have now 
a good stock of a new and distinct variety which 
they call Pyrethrum aureum cristatum or Crested 
Golden Feather. The leaves are relatively broad 
but neat, two to four times divided, with the edges 
all incurved like those of the Hay-scented Fern, 
giving the leaves a finely crisped appearance. They 
are golden yellow with the under-surface simitar but 
slightly paler. The whole plant, when allowed to 
grow to full size the first year from seed, forms a 
round-headed tuft like a dwarf and compactly grown 
plant of golden Parsley, only t he stalks are much 
shorter. Dividing or edging lines of it in flower 
bedding would have a distinct effect from that of 
the common Golden F'eather. 
APPLE HAMBLING’S SEEDLING. 
The fruits of this Apple are of great size, globose, or 
occasionally slightly conical, with five obtuse angles 
as a rule. The skin is yellow, thinly dotted with 
russet, and occasionally shaded with that colour 
round the top cavity. The latter is moderately 
deep and the eye is open. The white flesh is crisp, 
very juicy, and agreeably acid. It has the appear¬ 
ance of being a good keeping kind. A dish of the 
variety was exhibited at the meeting of the Royal 
Horticultural Society on the loth inst. by Major 
Hambling, Dunstable, when it was accorded a First- 
class Certificate. 
MINA LOBATA. 
This beautiful climber has made extraordinary 
growth this season, and I have seen it fully 25 ft. 
high. It is now getting pretty well known, and is 
one of those things which have come to stay. I saw 
it associated with Eccremocarpus scaber, another 
beautiful summer creeper, and although admiring 
the Mina lobata very much because of its beauty 
and singularity, I think that most of those who 
know the two plants, and have room for one only, 
will prefer the Eccremocarpus.— G. 
BRONZE PELARGONIUM BLACK DOUGLAS. 
Golden bicolor Pelargoniums have had little notice 
taken of them for a long time past, and I draw 
attention to this particular variety now, having seen 
it frequently lately with others of the same class, 
amongst which it is conspicuous in exceeding all 
others for beauty and attractiveness. To all those 
who grow this class and feel dissatisfied with varieties 
at present grown I would say give this fine old sort a 
trial.—G. 
THE KEEPING OF FRUIT. 
That fruit will not keep this year is, so far as my 
own observations extend, a pretty general complaint, 
but I hope that after the early Apples and Pears are 
over we shall not have any serious complaint to make 
respecting our own. It should be remembered that 
many of the earlier kinds were ripe at least a month 
earlier than usual, and so it is small wonder if in 
going over the stores some of these are found to have 
gone to decay. By frequently looking them over and 
removing all the faulty ones,and re-arranging the fruit, 
some little will be done to mitigate the evil com¬ 
plained of.— W. B. G. 
SPINACH, 
This delicious vegetable is doing remarkably well 
just now, and comes in most useful. Having no 
late Peas or Scarlet Runners, which long since 
succumbed to the attacks of red spider, we are at 
present rather restricted in the choice of vegeta¬ 
bles, and Spinach, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage and 
Autumn Giant Cauliflowers are our mainstay.—G. 
GOLDILOCKS. 
Aster Linosyris, sometimes also called Chrysocoma 
Linosyris, the Flax-leaved Aster, is flowering now 
with the Michaelmas Daisies. The foliage and growth 
bear a striking resemblance to the Flax, while the 
flowers may be compared to those of the common 
Groundsel, but several times as large. It grows 
about one foot in height, and is a very old European 
plant, nearly lost sight of in gardens, but well 
worthy of the attention of those who care for hardy 
herbaceous plants.—G. 
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ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
Orchid Growers’ Calendar. 
Cattleya House. —Cymbidiums have done well 
this season, especially C. Lowianum, our plants of 
which are just throwing up spikes that promise to 
equal if not be superior to those of last year, 
although they were allowed to carry their spikes for 
an unusually long period; w-e attribute this to the 
fact of their being afforded weak doses of manure 
water once a fortnight. Given judiciously there 
can be no doubt about its being beneficial to all 
strong growing Orchids. Stockseed scale is a rather 
troublesome pest and one which is very partial to 
Cymbidiums. Sponging the plants is about the 
safest mode of getting rid of them. They get down 
into the heart of the young growths, so some 
care must be exercised when the operation is 
performed or damage to the young foliage will 
issue. 
CoELOGYNE CRiSTATA varieties, that had a place in 
the cool division during the summer, should now be 
brought into the Cattleya house to flower, for if left 
too long in a low temperature the spikes are liable 
to damp off. When well grown, and they are very 
good growers, there is no more useful Orchid for 
house decoration. We grow the choice sorts in 
baskets which suits them well, and the drooping 
spikes are shown off to better advantage. We find 
these do not object to weak doses of manure water, 
but as in every other case it should be given with 
care. It is much better to give a little and often 
than to give an overdose, which would perhaps have 
an opposite effect. 
Dendrobiums. —Success with this beautiful genus 
does not all depend on having a good comrnand of 
heat during the time they are making their growth. 
Unless they are given a good season of rest they cannot 
be kept in good health for long. Most Orchids require 
resting, some of course longer than others, according 
to the structure of the plants. Our earliest batch of 
D. Wardianums, that have been for some time fully 
exposed to the sun in the greenhouse, we have just 
put into gentle heat with the idea of getting them 
into bloom by the New year. Too much water must 
not be given or they will only push blooms from a 
few nodes near the top of the bulb, instead of being 
wreathed nearly from top to bottom. 
Cool House. —But for a good batch of the fine 
autumn-flowering Orchid, Oncidium tigrinum, this 
house would be rather dull just now. Our plants 
have done well notwithstanding the hot trying 
summer, and have spikes, which, if shorter than in 
other years, are much stouter, standing erect without 
any support, and showing the flowers off to 
advantage. 
The Odontoglossums are beginning to push up 
their spikes and must be protected or the slugs, 
which are plentiful, will soon make short work of the 
sweet morsels. Pieces of Apple, Orange peel, or 
Lettuce leaves placed among the pots make good 
traps for them. These must be looked over last 
thing at night. Any choice variety would be more 
secure if suspended as soon as the spikes appear. 
While the weather keeps mild there will be no 
necessity to alter the temperature.— C. 
The Orchids described hereunder were exhibited at 
the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society on 
the loth inst, and received awards according to 
merit. 
Cattleya Chloris. 
The seed parent of this hybrid was C. Bowringiana, 
and the pollen bearer was C. maxima. Both parents 
are autumn flowering species so that we should ex¬ 
pect the progeny to flower constantly in autumn as it 
has done on this occasion. Each flower scape bore 
several flowers about two or three times the size of 
those of C. Bowringiana, and the purple sepals and 
petals were similar to those of the latter. The lip 
also partook of the size of that of C. maxima, but 
its dark purple colour took after the seed parent. 
First-class Certificate. Exhibited by Messrs. James 
Veitch & Sons. 
Cattleya Pheidinae. 
In this case C. intermedia was the seed parent and 
C. maxima the pollen bearer. The narrow blush- 
white sepals and petals took after the form of those 
of C. intermedia, while the lip partook of the size 
and colouring of the pollen parent. It was yellow 
in the throat with a blush-white lamina, heavily and 
beautifully netted with rich, deep purple. Award 
of Merit. Exhibited by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons. 
Cattleya Warocqueana fascinator. 
The sepals and the broadly ovate, crisped petals of 
this autumn flowering Cattleya are of a rosy-purple 
colour. The tube of the lip is similar or deeper in 
hue ; the lamina is of large size and of a rich dark 
purple with a beautifully crisped lilac margin all 
round it. The throat is striped with orange and 
purple lines. Award of Merit. Exhibited by Messrs. 
Linden, Brussels. 
Laelia elegans Luciana. 
The sepals of this variety are greenish, tipped with 
purple; the petals are broader and pale purple. 
The lip is the most conspicuous organ, and has a 
short white tube, intense purple tips to the lateral 
lobes, and a crimson-purple terminal lobe, deepening 
to crimson at the base and running down the tube in 
the form of a broad purple band. The terminal lobe 
is almost square and truncate at the apex. Award of 
Merit. Exhibited by Messrs. Linden, Brussels. 
Cattleya Eldorado Owenii. 
The sepals and petals of this Cattleya are white. 
The lip, on the contrary, is of a rich orange in the 
throat, with the exterior of the tube white The 
lamina is of a rich dark purple with a transverse 
white band between the purple and the orange. It 
is therefore distinct and pretty. Award of Merit. 
Exhibited by Messrs. Linden, Brussels. 
Cypripedium Sp jcero-Lowianum. 
The leaves of this hybrid closely resemble those of 
C. Spicerianum. The scape of the plant shown bore 
two flowers, and when strong may develop more. 
The upper sepal is obovate, revolute at the sides 
towards the base, and white suffused with purple in 
the middle, and deep purple along the centre, while 
the greenish base is spotted with brown. In these 
characters also it takes after C. Spicerianum. The 
petals are horizontal, greenish-yellow, spotted with 
purple and purple at the tip as in C. Lowianum. 
The lip is greenish-brown and shining. The 
staminode is green in the centre with white edges, 
except round the sinus, which is deep purple. 
Award of Merit. Exhibited by Messrs. Linden, 
L’Horticulture Internationale, Brussels. 
Odontoglossum Uro-Skinneri album. 
The sepals and petals of this beautiful variety are 
greenish-yellow, the usual brown markings of the 
type being very faint or absent. The lip, on the 
contrary, is pure white ; it is large,somewhat deltoid, 
and crisped at the margin. In the typical form the 
lip is of a rich purple. A plant of the white-lipped 
variety was exhibited by Major General Emeric S. 
Berkeley, Spechley, Bitterne, Southampton, when 
an Award of Merit was accorded it. 
Habenaria cinnabarina. 
The leaves of this species are linear lanceolate, 
narrow, and all the larger ones confined to the base. 
The whole plant is only 12 in. high. Being terres¬ 
trial like the rest of them, it was grown in a pan of 
soil. The lateral sepals are concave, cuspidate, and 
deep golden-yellow ; the upper sepal is similar in 
colour but spotted with cinnabar. The petals are 
small and hid by the upper sepal. The lip is some¬ 
what larger than the other organs, three-lobed, and 
orange coloured. The flowers are borne in an 
umbellate raceme, and are small though bright in 
colour and pretty. Botanical Certificate. Exhibited 
by Messrs. W. L. Lewis & Co., Southgate. 
Disa Premier. 
This hybrid Disa has been obtained from Disa 
Veitchi, itself a hybrid, crossed with D. tripetaloides. 
The leaves are oblong and mostly crowded at the 
base of the stems, with a long sheathing base to the 
thinly disposed and smaller stem leaves. The 
flowers are numerous and borne in a terminal 
raceme. The lateral sepals are broadly elliptic, and of 
a warm carmine-rose; the upper one is slightly paler, 
