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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
July i, 1893. 
ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
Hybrid Cypripedium from Pickering Lodge. 
We have been favoured by Mr. Holmes, gardener to 
George Hardy, Esq., Pickering Lodge, Timperley, 
with some flowers of a hybrid Cypiipedium, which, 
under the name of C. Hardyanum, created some 
interest when shown in one of the hybrid Orchid 
classes at the late Manchester Show, inasmuch as 
the judges there passed it over on the ground that it 
was identical with the Messrs. Veitch’s C. macro- 
chilum, and reviewing the situation with the flowers 
now before us we can come to no other conclusion 
than that the judges were right. Mr. Hardy’s 
hybrid is the result of a cross between C. Ainsworthii 
and C. caudatum, while C. macrochilum came from 
a cross between C. longifulium and Uropedium 
Lindeni, the latter being the pollen parent. Uro¬ 
pedium Lindeni is now considered by botanists to be 
merely a variety of Cypripedium caudatum with a 
flattened lip, and which does not seem to have a 
different effect on the progeny from that of C. cau¬ 
datum. C. macrochilum received a First-class 
Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society on 
the nth August, 1891, and a fairly detailed descrip¬ 
tion of it taken by us on that occasion does not 
show any difference between it and the flowers now 
sent us. C. Ainsworthii had for its parents C. longi- 
folium Hartwegii and C. Sedeni, the latter being the 
pollen plant. It is rather striking that the results 
should have been so closely identical in both cases. 
But one of the parents of C. Ainsworthii was C. lon- 
gifolum Hartwegii, so that Mr. Hardy’s plant had 
the latter indirectly, and C. caudatum for its parents, 
while C. macrochilum had Uropedium Lindeni 
substituted for C. caudatum ; but both of the latter 
have been shown to be botanically forms of the 
same species. Hence we are not so surprised at the 
results. 
The undermentioned awards were made by the 
Orchid Committee of the Royal Horticultural 
Society at the meeting on the 20th ult. 
Cattleya Warscewiczii Sanderae. 
Besides this Cattleya, which has been named after 
Mrs. Sander, there is another named C. W. 
Sanderiana, a larger flowered variety, and somewhat 
paler in colour. That under notice has warm rose 
sepals, netted with a darker hue. The petals are 
ovate, crisped, or wavy, and a shade or two darker 
than the petals, and likewise netted. The lip has an 
intense crimson-purple wavy lamina, with a paler 
blotch towards the apex. The eye spots in the 
throat are well defined, and yellow with white edges. 
The tube is arched and of a deep purple externally, 
with the usual lines internally. Award of Merit. 
It was exhibited by Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. 
Albans. 
Dendrochilum filiforme. 
A small plant of this is a beautiful object when 
carrying a few racemes of its small but elegant 
flowers like filagree work. Individually they would 
not be much to look at, but their greenish-yellow 
hue with an orange column in the centre, and their 
arrangement in double rows on very slender almost 
thread like peduncles give them a fairy aspect. A 
specimen in a pot, and bearing sixty to ninety 
racemes, was exhibited by Messrs. F. Sander & Co. 
Botanical Certificate. 
Epidendrum Forgetianum. 
The habit and form of the pseudobulbs are similar 
to those of E. seligerum, E. replicatum, E. vitellinum, 
and others, but tne colour of the flowers is different. 
The sepals are spathulate, concave near the tip, and 
of a dusky yellow, netted with deep brown. The 
petals are roundish and clawed, though otherwise 
similar. The three-lobed lip has a creamy-ridged 
middle lobe; and the lateral ones are rosy with 
deeper lines, and folded over the purple column. 
The flowers are slightly fragrant. The strap-shaped 
leaves are channeled, keeled, leathery, and borne in 
pairs upon the ovoid pseudobulbs. Botanical Certi¬ 
ficate. It was shown by Messrs. F. Sander & Co. 
Hexisia bidentata. 
The specific name appears to refer to the leaves 
which are bidentate and borne in pairs on each 
joint of the curiously branching stem, which produces 
one to three somewhat fusiform joints at the top of 
each every year. Each joint terminates in a short 
raceme of one to four small or moderate sized scarlet 
flowers, with a shinning brown blotch on the lip. 
The sepals are lanceolate, the petals smaller, and the 
lip oblong. Botanical Certificate. 
Loelia crispilabia van. 
The pseudobulbs of this are ovoid, and half an inch 
to one inch long, bearing one grooved leathery leaf 
and one to two-flowered terminal raceme, but pro¬ 
bably more on a well grown plant. The sepals and 
petals are lanceolate, and soft rosy-purple, while the 
lip is deep orange yellow and three-lobed. The side 
lobes are flat and triangular, while the middle lobe 
is crisped and folded, as the name implies. The 
plant itself is a mere form of L. cinnabarina, but 
very distinct in colour. Botanical Certificate. 
Luisia Amesiana. 
There are about ten species of Luisia, but that 
under notice does not appear to have been in cultiva¬ 
tion hitherto. The leaves are 4 in. to 5 in, long, and 
terete, like those of Vanda teres. The sepals are 
ovate, the petals oblong, and all yellow, suffused with 
reddish. The lip is the largest organ of the flower, 
with an oblong, bifid, yellow lamina, spotted and 
blotched with black; the side lobes are triangular, 
and the disc has a black blotch almost covering it. 
Botanical Certificate. 
Luisia volucris. 
The oblong-subulate sepals are grooved or incurved 
at the sides, and yellowish tinted with red. The 
petals are linear-oblong, straw-coloured at the base, 
and yellowish upwards. The ovate lip is recurved 
at the sides, and deep velvety-black or purple ; its 
side lobes are reduced to small teeth. The disc of 
the column is edged with black. Botanical Certifi¬ 
cate. This plant does not seem to have been 
hitherto cultivated. The above four, from Hexisia 
bidentata to Luisia volucris inclusive, were exhibited 
by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., (grower, Mr. \V. H. 
White) Burford Lodge, Dorking. 
Odontoglossum peruviense. 
The sepels and petals of this Odontoglot are lanceo¬ 
late and deep chocolate brown, with yellow tips and 
narrow yellow edges. The oblong, cuspidate lip is 
similar in colour with an additional yellow disc, 
while the crest consists of two prominent lobes in 
front and four to six smaller ones behind, all of 
which are white. The wings of‘the column are 
toothed and spotted with brown on a yellow ground. 
On the whole the plant comes nearest to O. Lindley- 
anum mirandum, but is by no means identical as far 
as colour is concerned. Botanical Certificate. It 
was exhibited by Messrs. Charlesworth, Shuttleworth 
& Co., Heaton, Bradford. 
Cattleya Mossise Fowleriana. 
The sepals and petals of this beautiful Cattleya are 
white, the latter being ovate and crisped at the 
margin. The lip has a flesh-coloured tube externally, 
and a white lamina closely marbled with pale lilac. 
There is a pale yellow blotch in the throat, extending 
on to the inner face of the side lobes ; and the tube 
internally is purple, lined and netted with white 
veins. A Botanical Certificate was awarded it by 
the Royal Botanic Society, on the 21st ult., when 
exhibited by J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebeland, 
South Woodford, Essex. 
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JAPANESE PLANTS 
AT CHICAGO. 
One of the most interesting features in the Horticul¬ 
tural Building at the World’s Fair, is the miniature 
Japanese garden. This is composed almost entirely 
of dwarfed plants arranged in typical Japanese style. 
Near the centre is a pool of water crossed by a rustic 
bridge, and a winding path leads through the garden 
from one end to the other. Among the plants used 
there are forty varieties of Japanese Maples, showing 
a wonderful variety in form and colour of the foliage, 
and the gem of the collection is a plant in a 16-in. 
pot, upon which twenty-four varieties have been 
grafted. Then there are 200 varieties of Irises, 140 
varieties of Paeonias, twenty varieties of Azaleas, 
eight varieties of Bamboo, and seven sorts of 
dwarfed Evergreens. Among the dwarfed Ever¬ 
greens is a Thuja that is supposed to be at least 100 
years old. 
A strange form is a Pine in a pot which has been 
grown so that the roots have been made to do ser¬ 
vice as a stem, while the tree has been kept in the 
form of a mat at the junction with the roots. The 
mat of minute foliage carried aloft by the rough 
roots as stems make a curious object. Hanging from 
the bridge and other places are what seem to be 
roots twisted into wreaths and other curious forms, 
covered with handsome Fern foliage. These proved 
to be Aspleniums trained to grow on frames of water 
moss. One hanging near a rustic stone wheel was 
in the form of the hook used to fish out a lost bucket 
from a w-ell. In the pool of water float a number of 
mossy blocks upon which are growing freely 
Lomaria japonica. The blocks, Mr. Izawa ex¬ 
plained, were sections of the trunks of tree Ferns to 
which the Lomaria readily attaches itself, and which 
float readily. 
Among the Bamboos was a very pretty variegated 
form of exceedingly dwarf growth—so dwarf that at 
first glance it would be taken for a variegated Grass. 
A striking feature is what might be called a micro¬ 
scopic garden in a miniature garden. It is a wooden 
float about 3 ft. by 4 ft. upon which are arranged the 
smallest plants in a garden similar in plan to the 
larger one. It is really too small even for a doll’s 
garden and attracts great attention from visitors, most 
of the ladies pronouncing it “just too cute for any¬ 
thing.” This exhibit is by the Japanese Government 
and is in charge of Mr. H. Izawa, who is not only 
an excellent gardener, but a very pleasant, intelligent 
gentleman, who has mastered the English language 
and is able to introduce all comers to his pets.— 
A merican Florist. 
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ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY’S 
EXAMINATION IN HORTICULTURE. 
CLASS LIST, 189-3. 
Higher Grade. 
76 Candidates. 
First Class (over 200 marks). 
Dutton, F. V. .. 
235 
Nickolls, H. 
200 
Busby, W. 
205 
Smith, A. E. 
200 
Lewis, John 
205 
Dowse, J. D. S. .. 
200 
Second Class (Between 200 and 150 marks' 
Gilmore, E. G. 
190 
Stokes, W. J. .. 
163 
Manning, A. J. 
185 
West, W. 
!65 
Witts, Gso. 
180 
Dicken, C. J. 
165 
Morril, S. 
175 
Barrett, J. 
160 
Ames, H. 
i 75 
Byrne, M. 
160 
Pierce, A. N. .. 
170 
Fincbam, H. 
150 
Emmott, J. T. .. 
i 7 o 
Rewcastle, J. H. 
150 
Butcher, G. 
170 
Mure, S. C. 
150 
Bishop, G. A. .. 
170 
Caesar, E. 
150 
Blake, Winifred 
i6 5 
Farris, E. 
!50 
Third Class 
(Between 
150 and 100 marks). 
Tinley, G. F. .. 
145 
Eggleton, E. G... 
120 
Hutchings, C. F. F 
145 
Yetmar, S. E. .. 
115 
Gudgin, F. 
145 
Pascoe, W. 
115 
Ashdown. A. 
I 45 
Gullick, W. F. .. 
115 
Tufrail, F. 
140 
Waller, E. 
115 
Tabor, R. J. 
I4O 
Tagg, H. F. .. 
no 
Morton, J. H. .. 
I4O 
Sands, W. N. .. 
no 
Bridges, A. J. .. 
I4O 
Overy, Hy. 
no 
Parkin, J. H. .. 
135 
Clarke, Lilian E. 
no 
Gant, R. C. 
135 
Catt, A. 
no 
Wagstaff, W. T. 
1 3 ° 
Chamberlain, W. 
no 
Humphries, F. W. 
130 
Philbrick, A. E... 
i °5 
Morrison, J. 
13& 
Milne, W. 
105 
Somerville, D... 
125 
Elliott, E. J. 
io 5 
Rule, A. G. 
125 
Dangerfield, A. G. 
105 
Bailey, A. C. .. 
125 
Carter, J. 
105 
Young, T. A. .. 
120 
Saunders, G. R .. 
100 
Beech, Geo. .. 
120 
Douglas, W. 
TOO 
Lower Grade. 
128 Candidates. 
First Class (Over 200 marks). 
Daine, H. S. 
240 
Lamb, Geo. 
220 
Goff, W. R. .. 
225 
Stroud, W. 
205 
Miles, J. I. 
225 
Waterson, G. R. 
200 
Second Class (Between 
200 and 150 marks) 
Watkins, W. E. 
1 95 
Morris, A. D. 
155 
Woodard, E. J. 
190 
Clague, D. 
155 
Dudley, A. H. .. 
190 
Drew, F. G. 
155 
Pine, C. 
190 
Barnett, C. 
155 
Berry, C. J. 
185 
Hogg, A. D. 
155 
Chopping, E. .. 
180 
Avins, C. W. 
I 35 
O’Connell, M. T. 
*75 
Ismay, J R 
150 
Wall, Geo. 
170 
Bridges, H. P. .. 
150 
Third Class (Between 150 and 100 marks). 
Weston, C. 
145 
Stephens, Annie G. 
115 
Melville, A. 
140 
Aitken, J. H. 
1*5 
Walker, W. S... 
140 
Matthews, J. A... 
115 
Oldham,FrancesE. 135 
McCreath, W. .. 
115 
Littlejohn, F. A. 
135 
Woodward, F. N. 
115 
Murrell, G. A... 
135 
Dancer, J. F. 
IIO 
Bartlett, A. C... 
135 
F'oy, Edmund .. 
no 
Badcock, T. F. 
130 
Gardener, T. 
no 
Newman, J. 
130 
Bates, Hy. 
105 
Simpson, Jas. .. 
130 
Loe, W. E. 
i °5 
Gray, P. J. 
125 
Crossley, A. 
105 
Cooper, FrancesM 
!25 
Blake, A. 
105 
Blomfield, J. .. 
120 
Burgess, W. 
100 
Davis, Jas. 
120 
Bygraves, W. 
100 
Farr, W. 
120 
Woolley, W. J. .. 
100 
Beale, G. 
120 
Osborn, A. 
100 
Gaskell, Gertrude 
120 
Hinton, G. 
100 
Stuart, G. M. .. 
120 
Hart, G. 
100 
Allen, Frank .. 
115 
Bridges, G. T. .. 
100 
MAXWELL T. MASTERS, ) • 
JAMES DOUGLAS, f 
W. WILKS, Sec. R.H.S. 
