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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
September 22, 1894. 
lilac-pink. The tube of the lip is of a delicate lilac, 
and to contrast with these delicate hues the small, 
round, wavy lamina as well as the side lobes are of 
an intense blackish purple. The central area is, how¬ 
ever, paler from the apex to the white throat, and 
nine to eleven blackish purple, elevated ridges 
traverse the disc. It is therefore a very distinct 
variety compared with the type Award of Merit. 
Exhibited by R. I. Measures, Esq. 
Pleurothallis picta—The oblanceolate leaves 
are very leathery and only about 2 in. long. The 
upper sepal is pale yellow with three reddish lines ; 
the two lateral ones are united in one piece and pale 
yellow. The petals are minute with one brown line, 
and the reddish lip is also minute. The flowers are 
borne in racemes on stalks about 3 in. to 6 in. high. 
Botanical Certificate. Exhibited by R. I. Measures, 
Esq. 
Cypripedfum Charles Rickman.—This grand 
hybrid Cypripedium was certificated at Ghent 
recently under the name of C. Meteore, and was 
shown under this name at the Drill Hall, but the 
name was changed to Charles Rickman on the 
ground that it was idenitical with that hybrid 
certificated at the Drill Hall on the 9th of May, 1893, 
and having the same parentage. The seed parent 
was C. bellatulum Mariae crossed with the pollen of 
C. barbatum grandiflorum. The leaves are broadly 
oblong and gray or greenish yellow, beautifully 
ornamented with light and heavy green lines and 
blotches. The scape had one fully expanded flower 
and another in bud. The upper sepal is large, 
orbicular, rosy purple, netted with darker lines and 
nearly white at the edges. The petals are oblong- 
oval, rosy purple, fading nearly to white towards 
the base and densely spotted all over with crimson 
purple. The lip is large and deep dull purple, paler 
beneath and dotted on the claw. First-class 
Certificate. Exhibited by M. Jules Hye, 8, Le 
Coupure, Ghent. 
Cattleya Gaskelliana albens odorata. Nov. 
var .—Many collectors would at once name a Cattleya 
so nearly white as this is, by the more euphonious 
title of C. G. alba. The sepals and petals are pure 
white. The lip also is white with exception of a 
large orange blotch in the throat tinting the outer 
face, and a band of the faintest purple along the 
middle of the lamina. The flowers are more strongly 
fragrant than we have hitherto detected in the 
genus. Award of Merit. Exhibited by Sir Trevor 
Lawrence, Bart, (grower, Mr. W. H. White), Bur- 
ford Lodge, Dorking. 
Odontoglossum aspersum roseum. Nov. 
subvar .—In this we have a very beautiful sub-variety 
of O. Rossii. The sepals are chocolate and marked 
transversely with pale yellow streaks. The petals 
on the contrary are deep rose with a few chocolate 
blotches massed together at the base. The lip also 
is deep rose with a pale creamy yellow cup - like 
crest marked with a few crimson streaks. Award of 
Merit. Exhibited by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. 
Coelogyne Mayeriana.—This peculiar species 
looks very much like C. pandurata reduced to half 
its size, but though identical in colour it is botani- 
cally distinct. It was first described by Reichenbach 
in 1877. The oblong sepals and spathulate petals 
are of a uniform, soft green. The side lobes of the 
lip are greenish gray with four to five longitudinal 
black lines. The terminal lobe is reflexed at the 
sides, much waved and pale green, netted with black 
and furnished at the centre with two cushions 
consisting of numerous teeth. Lower down are two 
green plates, punctate with black and having a 
shallow ridge between them. The specific name was 
given in honour of the Mayers,—father and son,— 
curators of the fine gardens at Carlsruhe in Germany, 
who sent plants and flowers of it to Reichenbach. 
Botanical Certificate. Exhibited by Messrs. F. 
Sander & Co., St. Albans. 
Pleurothallis Laucheana.—The stems of this 
species are about a foot high, terete or slightly com¬ 
pressed and terminated by one leathery, oblong leaf 
and a cluster of three to six racemes of small flowers 
from a spathe at the base of the leaf. The flowers 
are pale yellow with three brown lines on the sepals 
and one on the petals, which, like the lip, are minute. 
Botanical Certificate. Exhibited by Messrs. F. 
Sander & Co. 
Spathoglottis pubescerts.—This plant grows 
about 18 in. high, and the scape terminates in a ra¬ 
ceme of few flowers. The cblong sepals are pale 
yellow with five slender brown lines. The oval 
petals are clear yellow. The lateral lobes of the lip 
are brown with darker lines ; the middle lobe is 
wedge-shaped, notched and deep lemon-yellow with 
a bifid crest on the claw. Botanical Certificate. 
Exhibited by Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton. 
Renanthera coccinea.—The fiery scarlet 
flowers of this old species always wakens a con¬ 
siderable amount of interest amongst beholders when 
exhibited in public. The oblong sepals, linear 
petals, and small saccate lip do not make up a mas¬ 
sive flower, but compensation is made by the grace¬ 
fulness of the panicle and the brilliancy of the 
colour. First-class Certificate. Two large branch¬ 
ing inflorescences were exhibited by J. A. Miller, 
Esq. (gardener, Mr. D. Fairweather), Bifrons Park, 
Canterbury. 
Dendrobium Phalaenopsis Schroderianum. 
—With the advent of autumn the flowers of this 
magnificent Dendrobium become more plentiful, but 
they seem to be hardly ever out of season in some col¬ 
lection or other. A boxful of flowers was sent us the 
other day by Mr. James Cypher, Queen’s Road 
Nursery, Cheltenham. The flowers exhibited con¬ 
siderable variation in colour, the lip generally being 
the darkest organ, and in several cases intensified to a 
deep crimson in the throat. The sepals and petals 
varied from pale pink and blush to a dark, rosy- 
purple. In one case the colours were all confined to 
the outer half of the segments, the basal portion, but 
particularly the lip, being white. These pale colours, 
are generally as interesting and attractive as the 
dark ones, especially when seen in a collection, 
although we are aware that the highest estimation is 
usually placed upon the rich and intense hues. In 
point of size and breadth of petal they left nothing 
to be desired. The petals in one case were furnished 
with a ridge along the middle, the significance of 
which would be difficult to determine. Mr. Cypher 
tells us that he has hundreds of bloom open at the 
present time and will have a grand show of them for 
many weeks to come. 
The Season of life and beauty is now fast draw¬ 
ing to a close with us, and not much longer shall we 
be able to preserve the beauty of the numerous semi¬ 
hardy flowering plants that do so much to render 
our gardens attractive during summer and early 
autumn. A few degrees of frost now, would be fatal 
to the floral display of Dahlias, and Tuberous 
Begonias; as well as to the fine effect 
produced by the fine foliage of Coleuses, 
Amaranthuses, Perillas, etc. Even the spendidly 
floriferous Perennial Asters, which will put up with 
nearly as much frost as anything, and are on that 
account such valuable autumnal subjects, would be 
sadly checked in their gay career. 
Preparing for Frost. —It is quite natural that 
every gardener, whether professional or amateur, 
should wish to prolong the season as much as 
possible, and on that account puts off the lifting and 
sheltering of tender plants he wishes to save until 
the very last moment. But still, his attitude now 
should be one of extreme watchfulness, and his state 
one of thorough preparedness. Covering materials, 
whether Russian mats. Tiffany, straw or dried 
bracken, should be available at a moment’s notice. 
Often after one or two frosty nights we get a period 
of mild open weather. Therefore, if beds of Tuber¬ 
ous Begonias or rows of Dahlias are accorded some 
protection their flowers may still be preserved for a 
while. In very many places the gardener is at his 
wits’ end to obtain the flowers so much in request 
during this part of the year for Church decoration 
upon Harvest Thanksgiving occasions, and it being 
too early for the bulk of the chrysanthemums, the 
herbaceous border is generally expected to furnish 
the necessary material. 
Mowing and Cleaning. —Attention must be paid 
to the mowing and rolling of grass. The falling leaves 
will soon #ause a great amount of extra labour, and 
it is by no means an easy task to ply the broom or 
the rake over lawns where the grass has been allowed 
to grow’ at its own sweet will. All dead leaves 
should be removed from beds and borders, also stakes 
for which there is no further use. A general appear¬ 
ance of tidy ness should be maintained. Well kept 
lawns and grass walks, straight and neatly-cut edges, 
with clean well-ordered gravel paths will go a long 
way towards keeping alive the charm that every 
garden should possess. Where any evergreens 
require shifting, the present is a very favourable 
time of the year to do so, likewise to plant any fresh 
ones. When planting, tread the soil firmly about 
them and give a thorough watering immediately 
This will serve to settle the soil about the roots and 
enable them to establish themselves in their new 
abode very much sooner than would be the case 
were the watering deferred for a day or two.— 
A.S.G. 
FRUIT UNDER GLASS, 
Figs.— The late crops of this much-esteemed fruit 
will now have finished swelling, and should there¬ 
fore be ripening fast. Less water at the root will be 
necessary, and a much dryer atmosphere must be 
maintained. The house should be freely ventilated 
during the day, and fire heat will be necessary by 
night to keep up the requisite temperature, which 
should not be less than 6o° Fahr. 
Vineries, in which only a few bunches of fruit 
remain should be cleared of their contents entirely. 
In many establishments a room furnished with con¬ 
veniences for storing grapes is set apart for this pur¬ 
pose. Where no such convenience exists, the 
bunches may be kept in an ordinary store room by 
placing the end of the branch upon which the bunch 
hangs (which should have been removed with it) into 
a wine bottle filled with clear water. A small piece 
of charcoal placed in the bottle will serve to keep 
the water sweet for some time. 
Peaches and Nectarines. —The trees in the 
early houses will now be shedding their leaves. 
This is consequently one of the untidiest seasons 
of the year in this department. If a small-twigged 
broom be passed over the branches from the base of 
the tree upwards, a great many leaves may be re¬ 
moved without fear of injury to the tree. Often the 
Peach houses have to be utilised for the sheltering 
of Chrysanthemums, and where this is the case it is 
a great desideratum to have as much light as pos¬ 
sible, otherwise they will be sure to suffer.— A. S. G. 
THE VEGETABLE GARDEN. 
Storing Roots. 
As the autumn approaches, the gardener has to con¬ 
sider how he can best preserve the crops he has been 
at such pains to produce from harm's way through 
the winter, so that he may be able to have a con¬ 
stant supply to go to. In most places there is too 
little storage room, and that which is provided is 
anything but the kind most suited for preserving the 
the roots in the freshest state. We often see them 
in a heap in a outhouse, where the frost and parch¬ 
ing winds dry all the juices out of them ; or again, 
stored away in heaps where they get heated and 
spoiled. But of the two we should prefer the latter, 
as with care they may be preserved in better condi¬ 
tion than in an open shed. But we too often see 
through neglect on the part of the person in charge, 
that the frost gets in and many are spoiled, particu¬ 
larly where the end of the heap is kept open in 
order that the daily supplies may be obtained with 
ease. This is not the best kind of storage, but as 
the gardener has often to take things as he finds 
them, with little chance of getting them improved, 
he must do his best to preserve his crops from harm 
in the best way he can, If we were asked what 
kind of a place we should prefer for such a purpose, 
should at once say a cool, dark, dry shed, large enough 
to take all the roots grown for the supply of the 
establishment, so that each kind might be kept 
separate, and have room to turn them over in bad 
weather. There are many more things that could 
be stored in such a place out of harm’s way in 
severe winter, such as Cauliflowers ready for use ; 
sufficient Lettuce for a week’s supply, in case of bad 
weather ; Seakale roots for a succession, and many 
other things which have now to take their chance of 
getting killed. Often a quantity of good vegetables 
are spoiled on account of having no convenience to 
store them in. 
Lifting Potatos, &c. 
The work of lifting late Potatos will now be n 
hand, and if such a place could be afforded for them, 
where each kind could be kept separate, they could 
