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June 29, 1895. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
salmon, with two crimson blotches. Chief Secretary is 
a well-known exhibition sort, with smooth, soft pink 
flowers, having two large black blotches. Cameleon 
comes in the same class, with soft scarlet flowers. 
The regal varieties have six or more wavy and 
crisped flowers of great beauty, and, though they do 
not conform to the florist’s standard, they are much 
admired by the general public. In this group we 
would place Mrs. Innes Rogers, with rosy-carmine 
flowers blotched with maroon ; Duke of Fife, rosy- 
scarlet, with a white centre, white edges, and very 
handsome; also Bush Hill Beauty, white, suffused 
and lined light rose; Duchess of Fife, white, 
feathered with crimson on the upper petals ; Edward 
Perkins, scarlet, with a rose centre; Queen Victoria, 
scarlet, with a white edge; and Princess of Wales, 
scarlet, with deeper veins and a white edge. We 
noted several of the small-flowered, pretty and 
extremely floriferous fancy varieties, including Cloth 
Of Silver, with rosy-purple flowers and a white edge. 
Countess is a French variety, with soft rosy-scarlet 
flowers and a white centre. Curious, interesting 
and pretty in this class is a double, named Cannell’s 
Double, with white flowers. The outer petals are 
broad, and the inner ones numerous and of small 
dimensions. Double kinds are very uncommon in 
this class. Ivy-leaved Pelargoniums, chiefly doubles, 
are represented in great numbers. 
Tuberous Begonias. 
Many cultivators have seen and noted Messrs. 
Cannell & Sons’ Begonias at various places all over 
the country, so that it is almost unnecessary for us 
to speak of their highly meritorious character. 
Seeing is believing, however, and once more we went 
and had a look at them, and recommend others to do 
the same. The scarlet flowers of Campania are 
notable for their great size, seeing that they are 
sometimes 7 in. across. Bessie Pitcher is white with 
a broad scarlet margin. Fashion is circular and 
orange coloured, with a darker centre ; of course we 
refer to the flower and not to the abstract idea which 
the term conveys. More of the single varieties are 
unnamed seedlings than named. So numerous are 
the good ones which turn up that it would deplete 
the dictionary to find names for them year after 
year. We noted fine varieties with white flowers, 
salmon, blush with a salmon edge, bright yellow, 
scarlet, crimson, pink, orange, maroon-crimson, and 
other colours. A larger proportion of the double 
varieties are named, doubtless on account of their 
great popularity for pot culture. There is a house¬ 
ful of the two sections, and each house 100 ft. long. 
G. Bryceson is a floriferous sort with salmon flowers, 
and those of Edith Wynne are pure white with broad 
petals. The cream-coloured flowers of Mrs. Goschen 
are very full and fine in form. The glowing scarlet 
and crimped flowers of Future King are handsome 
and telling. The blooms of Miss Francis Willard 
are like a huge Camellia in shape, but wavy, 
crimped, and rose-coloured, with white edges to the 
petals. Jeremiah Lyon has rich scarlet flowers, 
conical in shape, and the best of its class. The 
blush flowers of Lady Roberts are produced in great 
profusion, and are delicately tinted and pretty, 
particularly in the early stages. Lady Whitehead is 
a clear yellow, with very broad petals. -A large 
batch of yellow seedlings has given rise to several 
meritorious varieties, with bright yellow, primrose, 
and creamy-yellow flowers. Other double but un¬ 
named sorts have large, very full,salmon, rosy-pink, 
and creamy-white flowers, and _ other shades., of 
colour, often light in hue and attractive, meet the eye 
in every corner of the house. The doubles at pre¬ 
sent do, indeed, outvie the single ones for display, 
and compete with the Pelargoniums for attention.. 
Miscellaneous.. f 
The Calceolarias have been extremely floriferous, 
but are now going into seed. In the Carnation 
house some fine varieties are flowering, including the 
rosy-pink Princess of Wales and several of the Mal- 
maison type. The large collection Of Cannas is very 
showy, the handsome Koenigin Charlotte being 
grown in quantity. It has scarlet flowers, with a 
golden edge to the segments. The Gloxinia house is 
gay with all the hues of the rainbow. The variety 
named Petunia has pleasing light blue flowers, and 
Beacon is dark crimson. Other hues we noted were 
white, crimson-scarlet, purplish-violet, andall shades 
of spotting, while the edged and banded flowers of 
great merit are plentiful all over the house. A fine 
batch of Cockscombs is now coming into bloom, 
he collections of Caladiums and Coleus are so ex¬ 
tensive that we cannot find space to dilate on their 
merits. In the ordinary sense of the term we can hardly 
speak of them as popular flowers. This statement will 
hardly apply to the succulents including the Cacti, 
many of which are in bloom, including one of the 
night-flowering species of Cereus, to wit, C. peru- 
vianus. The Old Man (Pilocereus senilis) and many 
others of a more grotesque character are there in 
force. In another house is Datura chlorantha. Out 
of doors the collections of Paeonies have flowered 
well, and many herbaceous plants are now in full 
bloom and very gay. Aquatics are plentiful, and so 
are the numerous subjects on the rockeries, where 
we noted Cypripedium spectabile and the pfetty 
Linaria pilosa in bloom, and Fragaria indica in 
fruit. 
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PLANTS RECENTLY CERTIFICATED. 
The following plants received Certificates of Merit 
at the Royal Botanic Society’s Floral Fete, June 
12 th:— 
Paeonia Prince of Wales. --The blooms of this 
variety are very large, full double, and bright rose- 
pink in colour. It should prove an acquisition to a 
class of plants that already contains many fine sub¬ 
jects. Messrs. Kelway & Son, of Langport. 
Tuberous Begonia Mont Blanc. —For descrip¬ 
tion see p. 678. Mr. B. R. Davis, Yeovil Nurseries, 
Somerset. 
Tuberous Begonia Mrs. Pittard. —The flowers 
of this variety are of fair average size, very double, 
and in hue a bright rosy-cerise, a distinct salmon 
flush being also apparent. Mr. B. R. Davis. 
Tuberous Begonia Mrs. Graham. —This desir¬ 
able sort has flowers of large size, nicely double, of 
very good shape, and of a very attractive orange- 
salmon shade. Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, Forest 
Hill. 
Caladium Flamont Rose. —This variety has 
cordate leaves Of fair size, the central portion of 
which is of a pretty rosy-pink veined with bright 
crimson. A deep bordering of dark green runs round 
the edge. Messrs. John Laing & Sons. 
Penzance Sweet Briers. —Two very attractive 
single forms of these were shown. Lord Penzance 
has flowers with a creamy-yellow centre, and the 
tips of the petals tinted with blush, whilst Lady 
Penzance has the same creamy-yellow centre with a 
deep salmon flush on the outside of the petals. Both 
varieties have flowers of large size and good shape. 
Messrs. Keynes Williams & Co., Salisbury 
Iris asiatica. —For description of this see p. 678. 
Messrs. Wallace & Co., Colchester. 
Dracaena Godseffiana. —For the description of 
this fine foliage plant see p. 634. Messrs. F. Sander 
& Co., St. Albans. 
Dracaena Sanderiana. —This Dracaena was 
first shown in this [country at the Royal Horticul¬ 
tural Society’s meeting, on May 20th, 1893, when it 
was awarded a First-class Certificate by the Floral 
Committee. The slender stems are thickly clothed 
with the short, gracefully arching leaves, which are 
of a deep shining green, prettily margined with pale 
creamy-white, becoming silvery-white with age. 
Messrs. F. Sander & Co. 
Arisaema fimbriata. —This rare and pretty plant 
appeared at the Royal Horticultural Society’s meet¬ 
ing, on June 12th, 1894, a First-class Certificate 
being then awarded it. The leaves are trifoliate 
and the leaflets elliptic in shape, and dark green in 
colour. The tube of the spathe is gray, lined with 
pale purple, the lamina large and slightly arched, 
ovate, and in colour crimson-purple striated white 
and netted with pale yellow towards the apex. The 
drooping spadix is very dark in hue, and prettily 
fringed. Messrs. F. Sander & Co. 
Begonia Rajah. —The leaves are obliquely orbic¬ 
ular, having overlapping auricles and a short 
crispidate tip. The upper surface is of a deep 
shining bronze, banded with green along the course 
of the principal veins, whilst the under surface is of 
a paler bronze shade. Messrs. F. Sander & Co. 
Cyrtanthus obliquus. —For description see p. 
678. Messrs. F. Sander & Co. 
Sonerilla Mrs. Margaret Moore. —This 
decided acquisition to the group of Pearl or Jewel 
plants (Sonerilla) was obtained from S. orientalis 
picta crossed with S. Silver King. The habit of the 
plant is dwarf and bushy, and the foliage of a dark 
olive green, the central portion being covered with 
a silvery film with exception of the veins. The outer 
portion is marked with silvery spots. The under 
surface is of a rich purplish crimson, and a peculiar 
but beautiful tint pervades the upper surface as if 
this rich colour were showing through the leaf. 
Messrs. F. Sander & Co. 
ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
Masdevallia muscosa.—The flowers in this 
case are small, but they are extremely interesting 
on account of the sensitive and moveable lip. They 
are triangular in outline, straw-yellow with darker 
nerves, and reflexed segments ending in tails 1 in. 
long. Botanical Certificate of the R.H.S., June 
nth. R. I. Measures, Esq. (gardener, Mr. H. 
Chapman), Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell. 
The undermentioned Orchids received Botanical 
Certificates of Merit from the Royal Botanic 
Society on the 12th of June, the occasion of the 
special floral fete :— 
Cypripedium Lady Hollington, Nov. hyb. —The 
dorsal sepal and petals of this new comer are of a 
dull yellow colour heavily striped with very dark 
maroon, the lip also having similar markings, but so 
close together as to well nigh hide the ground colour 
The plant is dwarf and of compact habit. Messrs. 
Hugh Low & Co., Clapton. 
Laelio-Cattleya Ingramii, Nov. hyb. bigen. —The 
flowers of this grand new variety are of large size, 
the segments being of good substance, sepals and 
petals bright rosy-purple, and the lip suffused with 
intense dark glowing crimson and prettily crisped at 
the edges. Exhibited by Messrs. Hugh Low & Co. 
Cypripedium Frau Ida Brandt, Now. hyb. —For 
description see p. 678. Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. 
Albans. 
Dendrobium Johnsoniae. —This species has 
flowers somewhat similar to those of a Laelia, and 
measure about 4 in. across. The specimen shown by 
Messrs. F. Sander & Co. had' four to ten blooms on 
each spike, and the flowers were pure white with 
exception of a greenish tint in the throat and several 
broad purple lines on the lateral lobes of the lip. It 
is a choice and ornamental species. 
Sobralia Veitchi rosea, Nov. var. —Like the 
type this comes from S. macrantha crossed with S. 
xantholeuca, but it is far superior. The segments 
are white, charmingly suffused with a light rosy- 
blush. The large spreading lip is of a beautiful rose 
colour, the margin having a darker rim. The throat 
is clear light yellow. Messrs. F. Sander & Co. 
Thunia Veitchi magnifica, Nov. var. —This is a 
very beautiful variety of a hybrid obtained from T. 
Brymeriana crossed with the pollen of T. Bensoniae 
grandiflora. The sepals and petals are pure milk- 
white. The large and beautifully frilled lip is of a 
rich purplish-magenta, and has numerous keels 
covered with fleshy old-gold coloured hairs radiating 
from the throat almost to the outer edge of the lip. 
Messrs. F. Sander & Co. 
Odontoglossum crispum J. Gurney Fowler, 
Nov. var. —This has been named in compliment to J. 
Gurney Fowler, Esq., of Glebelands, South Wood¬ 
ford. The flowers are of large size and good sub¬ 
stance. The petals are pure white without spot or 
marking of any description. The sepals are als 
white, but marked all over with rich reddish-choco-o 
late blotches. The lip is of fine form and pure white 
with exception of the bright yellow crest and a bright 
reddish blotch in front of it. Messrs. F. Sander 
& Co. 
Odontoglossum mulus Sanderianum, Nov 
var. —The flowers of this grand variety are 3 in. in 
diameter, and clear yellow heavily blotched with 
rich dark chestnut. The lip is large, beautifully 
crisped in the upper half, and clear yellow with 
exception of a chestnut blotch on the middle. 
Messrs. F. Sander & Co. 
Miltonia vexillaria F.W. Moore, Nov.var. —This 
beautiful variety has been named in compliment to F. 
W. Moore, Esq., Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin. 
A well grown plant bore three spikes of exquisitely 
tinted flowers. The lip, in most of the flowers, 
measures over 3 in. across, and is milk-white with 
exception of the base, which is lightly tinged with 
yellow, and has three dark purple lines in the 
