June 10, 1899. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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cow manure, crocks and charcoal, makes a suitable 
compost for them. A warning to be careful in 
watering at the period just after potting and when 
growth will be starting may not be here amiss. 
During active growth the water supply must be 
unstinted ; and heavy syringings when the weather 
is warm and drying are appreciated by Calantbes. 
They like some shade for their broad foliage and, 
being natives of the warmer parts of the Old World, 
they delight in a warm atmosphere. Liquid manure 
may be given twice a week according to the state of 
the plants and the weather. It is when the growth 
of the season is finishing that they mostly require 
liquid manure. Rest them in a house with a tempera¬ 
ture of not less than 6o°. 
“Origin of Greenfly.” — E.C., Edinburgh : By the 
use of the word “origin,” we presume you want to 
know how fresh broods develop every spring, 
spontaneously as it were, from perfectly clean plants? 
If ” origin " of these species is intended you must 
put the question more definitely, and we shall do our 
best for you. As to the conditions favourable to its 
hatching these are more exacting than many 
imagine. It may be said that evenness of the tem¬ 
perature and the immunity from high winds or sharp 
showers, are the chief points for a favourable hatch¬ 
ing, and the opposite conditions together with 
WARE’S BEGONIAS. 
At the Temple Show last week everybody’s attention 
was directed, when inspecting the tuberous-rooted 
Begonias, to the lovely group of these plants staged 
by Messrs. T. S. Ware, Ltd., of Hale Farm Nur¬ 
series, Tottenham, who had a collection superior to 
any they had previously shown for the quality of 
the flowers. The visitors were unanimous in declar¬ 
ing the plants to be the best ever exhibited by the 
firm ; for in size the double blooms were simply tre¬ 
mendous, measuring from 5 in. to 6 in. across. Their 
great size did not detract from their grace or sweet¬ 
ness. They were perfectly double, artistically wavy 
and flowing in the united composition, broad, and of 
great substance of petal, and these were flushed in a 
lovely manner with great depth and distinctness of 
colour. In fact, the Begonia banks afforded the 
richest blaze of divers hues to be found in any part 
of the great show. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales 
stayed admiring the Messrs. Ware’s Begonias for 
several minutes, expressing his great pleasure in 
them. The accompanying photographs, lent us by 
Messrs. Ware, show the types of a year or two ago, 
and we hope to be able to show by photos the great 
developments made by this firm since the photo¬ 
graphs now presented were employed as the figures 
of the best forms at that period. We do not under¬ 
take to give a complete list of the varieties shown, 
handsome and richly coloured variety of this 
Burmah species was exhibited by Sir Trevor Law¬ 
rence, Bart. The sepals and petals were dark 
purple, but the lip was even more intense, and with 
its heavy beard of orange fringes was very hand¬ 
some. Award of Merit. 
Cattleya Mendelii Burford variety, Nov. 
var. —The sepals and large, oval petals in this case 
are delicate pink The tube of the lip is similar, 
but tinted witn yellow. The orbicular and very 
wavy lamina is of a rich, intense purple, the yellow 
blotch of the throat extending on to the white side 
lobes. Award of Merit. Sir Trevor Lawrence, 
Bart. 
Odontoglossum crispum Arthur Brisco, Nov. 
var. —The flowers of this bold and handsome variety 
are of large size, with the segments so arranged that 
they have a five-sided outline. The sepals and 
petals have each a group of purple-brown blotches 
in the centre. The lip has one large and several 
smaller blotches in front of the crest. First-class 
Certificate. W. Thompson, Esq. (gardener, Mr. 
W. Stevens), Walton Grange, Stone, Staffs. 
Odontoglossum triumphans hybrid King 
Alfred, Nov. var. —The flowers of this iorm are 
compactly arranged on a short spike. Both sepals 
and petals are elliptic, the former beiDg largely 
covered with chocolate-brown. The petals are 
Types of 
Messrs. Ware’s Begonias. 
applied means of destruction are our agents for 
affectiDg their decrease or hindrance. The life 
history of Aphides (greenflies, &c.), may be summed 
up in a sentence. On the approach of cold weather 
in autumn the male flies appear for the first time in 
the season. Copulation takes place, and the eggs 
laid by the mother-fly lie over winter, hidden away, 
to give rise in springtime to young female flies— 
males being absent till autumn again. These 
females reproduce other females throughout the 
summer without the presence of the male members. 
Among insects this is not uncommon. It is also 
stated by entomologists that these summer females 
are usually wingless, but this is not generally true. 
For eradicatory hints see notes on "Insecticides,” 
division 2, page 616, May 27th. 
Kohl Rabi is being more largely grown as a crop 
for cattle feeding by English farmers. This 
vegetable yields a return of from twenty to twenty- 
five tons an acre and makes a fine change on land 
which has become Turnip sick. It is used for feed¬ 
ing sheep and cattle in place of good Swedish 
Turnips. It possesses the great advantages of 
hardiness, freedom from disease, and insect attack ; 
stands drought well and does well on stiff clays.— 
Farmers' Gazette . 
but rather a selection of double types of various 
colours. Of these Miss Jessie Pope is a magnificent 
variety with great substance in its pinky-salmon 
petals ; Miss Alice Beer, of a soft blush-pink; Mrs. 
J. Lawford, crimson-scarlet; Mrs. J. Portbury, ex¬ 
quisitely fine, a Picotee variety, with creamy petals, 
edged deep pink; Masterpiece, magenta-rose ; Mr. 
Dunbar Wood, golden bronzy-yellow; Lord 
Kitchener, a splendid new crimson; and Mrs. 
Dunbar Wood, a pure, beautiful white. 
PLANTS RECENTLY CERTIFICATED. 
The undermentioned awards for new plants were 
made by the Royal Horticultural Society at the 
Temple Show on the 31st ult. :— 
Cattleya Mossiae goosensiana, Nov. var .— 
The sepals and broad, ovate petals of this chaste 
and choice variety are white, with the faintest trace 
of blush. The lamina of the lip is orbicular and 
rich crimson-purple, with a well defined white 
border. There is a bilobed orange blotch in the 
throat, and the tube is white. Award of Merit. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart, (grower, Mr. W. H. 
White), Burford Lodge, Dorking. 
Thunia Bensoniae superba, Nov. var.—A very 
paler towards the base, with a large chocolate blotch 
above the middle, and a few small ones lower down. 
The lip is short, obtuse, and chocolate above the 
middle. Award of Merit. W. Thompson, Esq. 
Phalaenopsis sanderiana Wigan’s var. Nov. 
var. —The sepals and petals of this variety are of a 
rich silvery-rose, the lateral sepals being slightly 
paler. The lip constitutes a great amount of con¬ 
trast, being white with a faint blush in places, and 
some crimson spots at the base. It is the darkest 
variety of it we have seen. Award of Merit. Sir 
Frederick Wigan, Bart, (grower, Mr. W. H. Young), 
Clare Lawn, East Sheen. 
Cattleya aphrodite Ruth. Nov. var .— The long 
sepals of this glorious Cattleya are blush; but the 
petals are pure white and folded backwards along 
the middle. The lip is of great size, with a white 
tube, and large, wavy crimson-purple lamina. The 
interior is creamy and striated with purple lines to¬ 
wards the base. First-class Certificate. J. Ruther¬ 
ford, Esq. (gardener, J. Lupton), Beardwood, 
Blackburn. 
Cattleya Mossiae Gloriosa. Nov. var. —The 
sepals and petals of this variety are soft rose with a 
dash of purple along the midrib. The lamina of the 
lip is of huge size, broader than long, and crimson- 
purple, with the colour running into the orange of 
the throat. Award of Merit. J. Rutherford, Esq. 
