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THE GARDENING WORLD 
September 10, 1892. 
Laelia elegans Schroderiana. 
Contrary to the last-named, the sepals in this case 
are of a deep, dull purple, while the petals are 
several shades darker. The lip is of an intense 
crimson-purple with a nearly white tube, lined or 
veined with purple. The sharp contrast of colours 
is very striking. 
Odontoglossum Schroderianum. 
This is closely allied if not identical with the 
Miltonias, and has oblong, brown sepals and petals 
with yellow tips and a few yellow lines across them. 
The petals have a white spot at the base. The 
flattish lip on the contrary is purple at the base and 
white on the upper half. The pseudo-bulbs bear 
three or four ligulate leaves at the base and two 
terminal ones. 
Cypripedium tortile. 
The plant as shown bore two flowers on peduncles 
about 8 in. high, the upper petal is small, ovate, 
and white with deep purple veins. The longish 
petals are brownish purple. The yellow lip is lined 
with green. On the whole it seems closely allied to 
C. Philippinense. 
Cattleya Schofieldiana Waddesdon var. 
The sepals and petals of this variety are oblong, 
yellow, faintly tinted with green, and slightly spotted 
with brown. The lateral lobes of the lip are 
buff, and the transverse, white lamina spotted with 
purple ; the claw is yellow. The variety belongs to 
the same class as C. guttata. 
Cypripedium Maynardii marmoratum. 
The upper sepal of this hybrid is revolute at the 
sides, white, suffused with purple, and having a dark- 
coloured midrib. The petals are green at the base, 
finely dotted, and brown on the upper three-fourths 
of their length. The lip is also of a deep brown. 
Pachystoma Thompsoniana. 
The sepals and petals of this beautiful but by no 
means common Orchid are pure white The lip is 
three-lobed with five deep purple ridges on the 
middle lobe and white lines between them; the 
lateral lobes are green and spotted with purple. The 
pseudo-bulbs are small, the lanceolate leaves neat, 
and altogether the species is a very pretty object but 
not very easy to manage. It should be grown in a 
pan or basket. The plant was exhibited by Messrs. 
B. S. Williams & Son, Upper Holloway. 
SOCIETIES. 
Royal Horticultural, Sept. 6 th .—As far as flowers 
were concerned Orchids were one of the strongest 
features of the meeting on Tuesday last. Hardy- 
flowers were also plentiful, including herbaceous 
subjects and Gladioli, and several large collections of 
fruit were also noticeable. A Silver-Gilt Flora Medal 
was awarded to Messrs. F. Sander & Co^, St. Albans, 
for a large group of Orchids, including a fine bank 
of Vanda Sanderiana, Cattleya Oweniana, and C. 
speciosissima Sanderiana, as well as the Swan Orchid 
(Cycnoches chlorochilum), and others were also very 
noteworthy. A Silver Flora Medal was awarded to 
W. E. B. Farnham, Esq., Loughborough, for a 
beautiful group of Orchids, consisting chiefly of 
Dendrobium formosum giganteum and D. Phalaenop- 
sis Schroderiana, the latter showing a great amount 
of variety. A fine spike of Phaius maculata-grandi- 
folius was exhibited by Baron Henry Schroder 
(gardener, Mr. H. Ballantine), The Dell, Egham. 
The name expresses the parentage of the hybrid. 
Laelio-Cattleya Proserpine, Sophro-Cattleya Veicchi, 
and Cypripedium H. Ballantine, all hybrids, were 
shown by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea. ■ 
Some cut flowers of Orchids, including Cattleya 
Schofieldiana Stand Hall var., Lselia Turneri super- 
bissima, and Cattleya Amesiana, were shown by Thos. 
Statter, Esq. (gardener, Mr. R. Johnson), Stand Hall, 
Manchester. A Silver Banksian Medal was awarded 
to Messrs. Pitcher & Manda, Hextable, Swanley, for 
a group of Orchids, consisting largely of Cypripe- 
diums backed up with tall, long sprayed plants of 
Odontoglossum incurvum, giving the whole a very 
graceful appearance. A smaller group was shown by 
Mr. P. McArthur, The London Nursery, 4, Maida 
Vale, including Cattleya Leopoldii, C. Harrisoniae, 
Odontoglossum vexillarium rubellum, and some 
Stapelias which excited a great amount of curiosity. 
A Cultural Commendation was awarded to Sir Trevor 
Lawrence, Bart, (grower, Mr. W. H. White), Bur- 
ford Lodge, Dorking, for a large basket of Habenaria 
militaris, the scarlet lip of which attracted a great 
deal of attention. The plants were graded as to 
height, and appeared very choice in every way. Some 
finely flowered plants of Vanda Kimballiana and 
Cypripedium Parishi were shown by Messrs. H. Low 
& Co., Clapton. Four very fine varieties of Cattleya 
Aclandiae and Aerides Augustianum were exhibited 
by Messrs. Linden, L’Horticulture Internationale, 
Brussels. A large plant of Peristeria elata was ex¬ 
hibited by Stanley G. Lutwyche, Esq. (gardener, Mr- 
May), Oakfield, Beckenham. A Cultural Commen¬ 
dation was awarded to the Rev. E. Handley (gar¬ 
dener, Mr. S. Kerslake), Bath, for some well grown 
pieces of Dendrobium Phalaenopsis Schroderiana. 
A Silver Banksian Medal was awarded to Messrs. 
Pitcher & Manda, for a choice collection of herba¬ 
ceous cut flowers. Amongst them Lilium auratum 
vittatum rubrum, L. Batemannae, Gladioli, and 
Sunflowers were very conspicuous. A Silver 
Banksian Medal was awarded to Messrs. H. Low 
& Co., for a beautiful group of Lilium Wallichianum 
superbum, with a long tube and yellow throat. A 
basket of Clerodendron trichotomum grown in the 
open ground, also Bignonia grandiflora, and some 
Retinosporas were exhibited by Messrs. J. Veitch 
& Sons. A collection of perennial Sunflowers was 
brought up from the society's gardens at Chiswick. 
Some well-grown Cockscombs, and some double 
Begonias were shown by Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons, 
Swanley. A Bronze Flora Medal was awarded to 
Messrs. Wm. Cutbush & Son, Highgate, for a large 
collection of Sunflowers, Solidagos, Geums, Pyre- 
thrums, and other herbaceous plants. A large stand 
of Cactus Dahlias was exhibited by Messrs. Keynes, 
Williams & Co., Salisbury. A Bronze Banksian 
Medal was awarded to Mr. R. Dean, Ranelagh Road. 
Ealing, for a collection of cut flowers of annuals 
mostly of choice varieties of China Asters, Marigolds, 
both French and African, Helichrysums, and 
varieties of Anemone Japonica. A Silver Flora 
Medal was awarded to Messrs. Kelway & Son, 
Langport, Somerset, fora large collection of Gladioli, 
including several new kinds. Canna Star of ’91 
was shown by Mr. C. L. Allen, Floral Park, New 
York. A seedling Tacsonia named T. Smythiana was 
exhibited by Mr. Wm. Smythe, Basing Park Gardens, 
Hants. A Passionflower named Woodhatch Hybrid 
was shown by T. B. Haywood, Esq. (gardener, Mr. 
C. J. Salter), Woodhatch Lodge, Reigate. 
At a meeting of the Fruit Committee, a Silver Gilt 
Banksian Medal was awarded to Messrs. J. Veitch & 
Sons, for a large collection of Apples, Pears, Plums, 
Figs, Gooseberries and Raspberries. Amongst 
Apples were fine samples of Lord Suffield, Grenadier, 
Warner's King, Frogmore Prolific and Worcester 
Pearmain. A large collection of Runner Beans was 
brought up from the Society’s gardens ?.t Chiswick, 
including all the newest as well as the leading types 
in cultivation. The coloured ones are striking or 
even pretty but not likely to become popular. A 
Silver Gilt Banksian Medal was awarded to Messrs. 
Geo. Bunyard & Co., Maidstone, for a showy and 
neatly set up collection of Apples, Pears, Peaches, 
Damsons, ornamental Crabs and autumn Raspberries, 
Many of the finer Apples were set up in baskets 
neatly inserted amongst wood wool so as to prevent 
them from touching one another. A Silver 
Knightian Medal was awarded to Mr. W. H. Divers, 
gardener to J. T. Hopwood, Esq., Ketton Hall, 
Stamford, for three boxes of Nectarines and five 
boxes of Peaches, all of large size. A similar award 
was made to Lord Foley (gardener, Mr. J. Miller), 
Ruxley Lodge, Esher, for a collection of Melons, 
Peaches, Nectarines, Grapes, Figs and Apples. A 
Cultural Commendation was awarded to J. Buck- 
nail, Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. Wright), Langley 
Court, Beckenham, for a dozen fruits of the Sea 
Eagle Peach, of great size. A dish of Pond’s 
seedling Plum and another of Veitch’s Success Pea 
was shown by Mr. G. Wythes, gardener to the Duke 
of Northumberland, Syon House, Brentford. 
Several varieties of ornamental Crabs were exhibited 
by Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, Crawley. A dish of a 
Tomato named Ponderosa was shown by Mr. R. 
Owen, Castle Hill, Maidenhead. A brace of Melons 
was shown by Mr. W. Palmer, Conden Villas, 
Junction Road, Andover. Some Apples were shown 
by Mr. Cooper, Brighton, by Mr. J. Bowerman, the 
Gardens, Hackwood Park, Basingstoke, and by Mr. 
R. Dean, Ranelagh Road, Ealing; the latter also 
showed a fine bunch of Tomato the Conference 
bearing ten ripe fruits. Mr. E. Burnand, Woodcote 
Road, Wallington, also showed a dish of Tomatos. 
WHAT TO DO IN THE GARDEN, 
Gloxinias. —All the worthless and inferior varie¬ 
ties may be weeded out as they finish flowering. It 
is useless to retain them when so many reallyfine things 
can be obtained from a packet of a good strain of 
seed. The good ones will prove serviceable for the 
first batch of flowering plants to be started early 
next year. They should not be rapidly dried off, but 
kept in a frame or pit in a sunny place and watered 
until they die down. 
Eucharis. —Plants that have recently flowered 
should be encouraged to make all the growth possible, 
to render them fit to flower strongly at another time. 
Those that have finished their growth may be kept 
cooler and drier for a few weeks, after which if excited 
by genial warmth and moisture they will flower 
during the two last months of the year. 
Hippeastrum aulicum. —Being strictly an 
autumn or winter flowering species this will now be 
making its growth, which it should be encouraged to 
do by gentle warmth and careful watering. Its huge 
crimson flowers are of a highly ornamental charac¬ 
ter. 
Richardias. —If the plants are still in the open 
ground they may be potted up, and the growth they 
will make during this and the next month will 
enable them to get thoroughly established before 
winter. 
Bouvardias. —Old plants relegated to frames or 
the open ground in summer may now be lifted and 
potted up, or if a Melon pit from which the fruit has 
been cut is at command they may be planted out in 
the soil in which the Melons were grown, kept close, 
and syringed for a few days till their roots have 
taken fresh hold of the soil. After this free ventila¬ 
tion may be given. Treated in this manner they will 
continue growing all the winter and spring, supplying 
a large quantity of flowers. 
Chrysanthemums —The rough and boisterous 
winds which we have experienced lately has in some 
instances done damage to Chrysanthemums and 
other plants in pots which were not properly secured. 
It behoves the cultivator therefore to be on his guard, 
and properly secure his plants, which are now getting 
tall and liable to be broken down. 
Vineries. —Give recently planted Vineries plenty of 
ventilation, and encourage ripening of the wood of the 
Vines by a little warmth in the pipes night and 
morning, turning off the heat early in the after¬ 
noon. If the ripening of the bunches of Gros 
Colman, Lady Downs, Alicante, and similar thick- 
skinned kinds is not completed they should be assisted 
with fire heat, for the better they ripen now the 
better they will keep during winter. Muscats, if not 
thoroughly ripened, should be kept at a temperature 
of 70° by night with a good rise by day. 
Apricots. —Should late growths appear on the 
trees after this time they should be pinched off and 
growth discouraged, as they can neither ripen properly 
now nor bear fruit well next season. With the heavy 
crops that have just been gathered from the trees, 
there should, however, be little inclination to make 
much of a second growth. 
Auriculas. —Where the pot plants have been kept 
on a cool northern aspect during the summer, they 
may be retained there till the end of the month in the 
southern part of England to prevent exciting them 
into growth, otherwise some of them will throw up 
their flower stalks, greatly to their disadvantage. 
Hollyhocks.—Remove decaying blooms if it is 
intended to save seed, otherwise the latter will in 
many cases get rotted. Cuttings may still be rooted 
if necessary. Insert them in boxes of light sandy soil, 
and stand the boxes on a spent forcing bed till they 
have emitted roots, after which they may be potted 
off singly. 
Pinks. —Ground should be got ready to plant out 
the rooted pipings about the end of the month, or, at 
least, not later than the first week of October. Those 
intended for forcing purposes should be potted about 
the same time, so that all will have a chance of 
getting established before the end of the growing 
season. 
The Carnation : its History, Properties, and Management, 
with a descriptive list of the best varieties in cultivation. By 
E. S. Dodwell. Third edition, with supplementary chapter on 
the yellow ground. London: Gardening World Office, i, 
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