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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
June 2, 1894. 
PLANTS RECENTLY CERTIFICATED. 
The undermentioned subjects were certificated at 
the Temple Show on the 23rd, 24th, and 25th ult. by 
the committees of the Royal Horticultural Society. 
STOYE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 
Datura chlorantha. —The funnel-shaped flowers 
of this new plant are about 8 in. long to the base of 
the calyx. The five lobes of the lamina are revolute, 
and the whole flower is pale yellow with green veins, 
three for each segment, with which the corolla 
terminates. The leaves are ovate, with a few teeth. 
It will form a beautiful contrast with the white one. 
First-class Certificate. Exhibited by J. T. Bennett- 
Poe, Esq., 29, Ashby Place, S.W, 
Alstroemeria Pelegrina. —For description see 
p. 594. First-class Certificate. Exhibited by J. T. 
Bennett-Poe, Esq. 
Caladium Assunguy. —The cordate leaves of this 
beautiful new variety are large and bright red all 
over, with a green midrib and margin, and closely 
netted with more slender green veins. The older 
leaves are darker, and the green veins often broader 
and more prominent. The variety was imported 
directly from Brazil, and is very handsome. Award 
of Merit. Exhibited by Messrs. J. Peed & Sons, 
Roupell Park Nurseries, Norwood Road. 
Caladium Baronne Clara de Hirsch. —The 
cordate saggitate leaves of this variety are pale 
creamy suffused with green and crimson along the 
primary veins. Ultimately they are more suffused 
with red and sometimes are greener. Award of 
Merit. Exhibited by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons. 
Phyllocactus Jessica. —The stems of this are 
of the usual flattened and crenate type. The tube 
of the flower is about 3 in. long, with ob ivate or 
spathulate petals of a soft pink, the outer ones being 
darker. The stamens and style are white. Award 
of Merit. Exhibited by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons. 
Phyllocactus Cooperi. — The tube of the 
flower in this case is about 6 in. long and thinly scaly. 
The outer petals are linear, yellow and tinted with 
brown ; the inner ones are spathulate, very much 
broader and white, as are the stamens and style. 
Award of Merit. Exhibited by Messrs. J. Veitch & 
Sons. 
Phyllocactus Orion. —The large and massive 
flowers have a scaly tube about 3 in. long. The 
outer petals are scarlet, while the inner ones are 
broader and tinted with a beautiful shade of violet 
at the edges. The stamens are white and the style 
red. Award of Merit. Exhibited by Messrs. J. 
Veitch & Sons. 
Heliconia illustris rubricaulis. —The leaves 
of this handsome stove plant are elliptic and deep 
green, with red and pink incurved nerves on the 
upper surface, a warm red edge and midrib; the 
under surface is red with brighter red ribs and veins. 
The sheathing petioles are of a warm carmine-red. 
The plant shown was about 2J ft. high, and the 
lamina of the leaf 6 in. to 14 in. long. Visitors were 
much attracted by the plant, and many considered it 
the most effective of recent introductions. First-class 
Certificate. Exhibited by Messrs. F. Sander & Co., 
St. Albans. 
Coleus Empress of India. —The leaves of this 
bold and striking variety are large, ovate, crenate, 
of a rich maroon, and variously blotched with 
carmine-red—sometimes all the centre of the leaf is 
carmine-red. Award of Merit. Exhibited by Messrs. 
F. Sander & Co. 
SoNERiLA H. Walter. —The leaves of this new 
hybrid are relatively large, oval, or elliptic, gray 
along the centre, and olive towards the sides finely 
spotted with gray. Besides this one, other three 
almost equally meritorious were obtained by the 
hybridising of S. argenteo-marmorata and S. 
orientalis picta. Award of Merit. Exhibited by 
Messrs. F. Sander & Co. 
Maranta massangeana florentina. — The 
leaves of this beautiful stove plant are broadly oval, 
shortly petiolate, glaucous green along the centre, 
deep or olive-green on either side of this, and deep 
green towards the edges. The secondary veins are 
incurved like pink lines when young and silvery 
when old. First-class Certificate. Exhibited by 
Messrs. Linden. 
Maranta massangeana atrata. —A wavy or 
lobed, narrow, light green band runs along the 
centre, on either side of which is a broad rich olive- 
green area, margined with deep green. The 
incurved veins are of a lighter green. First-class 
Certificate. Exhibited by Messrs. Linden. 
Maranta massangeana metallica. —The central 
band here is broad, lobed and ultimately silvery 
green; on eithe'r side of this is a broad, bronzy 
olive band, then a deep green margin, and the whole 
is traversed with silvery veins. First-class Certifi¬ 
cate. Exhibited by Messrs. Linden. 
Miconia vesicaria. —The leaves of this singular 
Melastomad are ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, pilose, 
flve-nerved, with transverse, parallel veins, deep 
green and purple beneath. The lamina near the 
base is suddenly contracted, then inflated into two 
bladder-like processes lying close together, and 
densely covered with coarse, bristly gray hairs. 
Each bladder is furnished with an opening beneath 
at the junction of the three middle nerves. What 
is the function of this extraordinary process is not 
very evident. First-class Certificate. Exhibited by 
Messrs. Linden. 
Begonia platanaefolia decora. —The bold and 
triangular leaves of this variety are five-lobed or 
fingered, and deep green heavily washed with gray 
in the areas between the veins. The latter are 
somewhat bronzed. The specific name implies that 
the leaves have some resemblance to those of the 
Plane. First-class Certificate. Exhibited by Messrs. 
J. Linden. 
Begonia platanaefolia illustris. —There is a 
more heavy and broader bronzy band along the 
primary veins of this variety, and these portions are 
red beneath. Award of Merit. Exhibited by Messrs. 
J. Linden. 
FERNS. 
Asplenium incissum. —The fronds of this dwarf 
fern are ovate, pinnate, leathery and deep green. 
The pinnae are oblong and deeply cut along the 
edges into linear, often bi-dentate segments that are 
crowded and sometimes imbricate. First-class 
Certificate. Exhibited by Mr. H. B. May, Dyson’s 
Lane Nurseries, Upper Edmonton. 
Asplenium Mayii. —The fronds of this garden 
form are triangular and slightly bi-pinnate. The 
pinnae are narrowly linear, shallowly and distantly 
incised, while the pinnules are few, linear, short and 
confined to the base of the frond. The plant is 
about 6 in. to 8 in. high, tufted and dark green. 
First-class Certificate. Exhibited by Mr H. B. 
May. 
Asplenium Drueryi. —The fronds of this curious 
fern are broadly triangular and often nearly orbicular. 
The pinnae are crested, wedge-shaped, shallowly 
incised along the sides, but deeply fissured at the top 
forming a large crest. The whole are deep green 
and leathery. Award of Merit. Exhibited by Mr. 
H. B. May. 
Athyrium Filix-foeminaFrizelliaecoronatum. 
—The lower half of the frond is furnished with very 
short and rounded pinnae, while the upper portion 
is much branched and heavy with shorter pinnae on 
the branches. The plant shown was only 8 in. to 
10 in. high, with a broad and heavy head. Award 
of Merit. Exhibited by Messrs. W. & J. Birkenhead, 
Sale, near Manchester. 
Pteris cretica sempervirens. —The fronds of 
this variety are very dark green and leathery, and 
the pinnae are tipped with a multifid crest of pale 
green segments, or whitish when young. Award 
of Merit. Exhibited by Messrs. W. & J. Birken¬ 
head. 
Hymenophyllum chiloense. —The fronds of this 
filmy Fern only attain a height of 3 in., and are 
pinnate or slightly bipinnate, and pretty when it has 
grown into a broad patch. Award of Merit. 
Exhibited by Messrs. W. & J. Birkenhead. 
Hemitelia Lindeni.— The stem of this tree Fern 
as shown is 2 ft. high, slender, naked or nearly so. 
The fronds are oblong-linear, and bipinnate, with 
linear pinnae and short oblong pinnules; they are 
about 2j ft. long and pale green when young. First- 
class Certificate. Exhibited by Messrs. Linden, 
L’Horticulture Internationale, Parc Leopold, 
Brussels. 
Cyathea Mastersiana. —The stem of this species 
is about 18 in. high. The frond is ovate-lanceolate, 
widest in the middle, deep green, leathery, and 
bipinnate. The pinnae are lanceolate, and the oblong 
pinnules crenate-dentate and equally wide at the top 
as at the base. The fronds are well adapted for 
resisting a dry atmosphere. First-class Certificate. 
Exhibited by Messrs. Linden. 
Alsophila Marshalliana. —The fronds are 
lanceolate and bipinnate, with linear-lanceolate 
pinnae, and oblong pinnatifid pinnules. When fully 
developed the fronds are der-p green and leathery. 
The stripes and rachis are dark brown and thinly 
furnished with woolly scales, except at the very base 
where they were dense. First-class Certificates. 
Exhibited by Messrs. Linden. 
Adiantum Claesianum. —In appearance this 
beautifully variegated Fern resembles a dwarf A. 
peruvianum. The pinnules are ovate or the larger 
ones triangular, and often unequal sided. They are 
of a lively green and much lined with silvery-gray 
veins, with a larger area of this hue near the base. 
It is decidedly pretty, and if easy to grow will be an 
acquisition to horticulture. First-class Certificate. 
Exhibited by Messrs. Linden. 
Cyathea pygmaea. —The stem of this species is 
about a foot high. The frond is triangular, 18 in. 
long, and as wide in the middle, and tripinnate ; the 
pinnae are lanceolate acuminate, the pinnules linear 
and the ultimate segments shortly oblong and 
absolutely dentate. The stem is covered with roots 
and the remains of the petioles. First-class Certifi¬ 
cate. Exhibited by Messrs. Linden. 
Polypodium Schneideri. —This is stated to be a 
hybrid between P. aureum and P. vulgare elegan- 
tissimum. The fronds are broadly ovate, bipinnate, 
with the pinnules again lobed, the ultimate lobes 
being triangular or rounded, but sometimes reduced 
to crenatures. The pinnae are often imbricate, 
owing to their width and the shortness of the inter¬ 
nodes. One plant had a few simply pinnate fronds, 
the pinnae being large and oblong. In any case it 
is a handsome and showy subject. First-class 
Certificate. Exhibited by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, 
Chelsea. 
SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE SCALARIFORME. —The 
fronds of this curious but pretty variety are deeply 
auricled at the base, and furnished all over the 
surface with short lamellae running parallel from 
the midrib to the margin, suggesting the varietal 
name which means formed like a ladder. Award of 
Merit. Exhibited by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons. 
TREES AND SHRUBS. 
Magnolia parviflora. — The leaves of this 
beautiful species are broadly ovate or obovate, deep 
green, and 3 in. to 3J in. long. The .flowers are 
spread out saucer fashion, and consist of three white 
spreading sepals and six obovate, concave, white 
petals. The stamens are crimson-red, and the 
ovaries pale green. As it is of dwarf stature it 
would prove serviceable for pot culture in green¬ 
houses. First-class Certificate. E.xhibited by 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons. 
Rhododendron Snowflake. —The bell-shaped 
flowers of this showy variety are of very large size 
and pure white, with exception of a patch of red 
spots fading to brown upon the upper segment. 
The plant shown was grafted standard high. Award 
of Merit. Exhibited by Mr. C. Turner, Slough. 
Rhododendron Duchess of York. —The flowers 
of this hardy hybrid are campanulate, rosy-pink, and 
deeper towards the edges, with a patch of green 
spots on the upper segment, and extending into 
lateral lobes upon the next two segments. Award of 
Merit. Exhibited by Messrs. Paul & Son, Ches- 
hunt. 
Rhododendron Duke of York. —The flowers in 
this case are larger, borne in large trusses, broadly 
bell-shaped, and darker externally. They are rosy- 
pink with a wedge-shaped space on the upper 
segment covered with greenish-brown spots. Award 
of Merit. Exhibited by Messrs. Paul & Son. 
Wistaria multijuga.— The pinnate leaves of this 
little-known species have fifteen to nineteen lanceo¬ 
late leaflets. The racemes of flowers are about 
30 in. long, drooping, slender, and bear a great pro¬ 
fusion of smaller blooms than W. chinensis. The 
standard is pale bluish-purple, and the rest of the 
flower much darker. Award of Merit. Exhibited 
by the Hon. W. F. D. Smith, M.P. (gardener, Mr. 
H. Perkins), Henley-on-Thames. 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
Begonia Sunlight.— This tuberous variety has 
large, single flowers, of circular outline ; the petals 
are white with a broad rosy scarlet, outer margin. 
