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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
August 5, 1899. 
Smith, Lady Clare, and others have been in grand 
condition during the last two months, and numerous 
batches of the same strain are ready for supply at 
any time. 
We have only space left for a reference to some of 
the finer new single varieties. The single forms are 
recognised by Mr, Jones as now being large enough 
so that attention is more directed to the perfecting 
cf form and substance and lasting qualities. May 
Manser, one of this year's introductions, is lovely 
to a high degree. A light centre, broaching upon 
pure white, and a deep rosy-crimson edge and lighter 
pinky shading flushing inwards, combine unitedly to 
make May Manser an acquisition to Begonia lovers. 
Gloriosum is glorious in its depth of clear yellow. 
H ro of Omdurman has all the richness of a scarlet 
tunic and Nero crowns itself also with a crimson 
mantle. Snowdrift is large and pure, well borne 
and free. Queen of the Roses gives us a soft, warm, 
pleasant ro:e tone; and Sensation, to conclude with, 
leaves in our hands a type entirely new, furnishing a 
“ fancy " Begonia with a yellow centre and rose- 
coloured edges. It will give the reader an idea of 
the immense stock grown by Mr. Jones when we say 
that last year he grew 170,000 plants, of course, not 
all in pots But in another sentence we must 
conclude. 
Upon review we found a healthy stock in every 
quarter. Fancy, regal and Other Pelargoniums were 
past flowering and had made splendid plants for 
giving cuttings. Many a house is filled with 
Tomatos, and all with Mr. Jones’ own variety, 
The Cropper, which yields, it is reckoned, an 
average of 10 lbs. a plant, and this with plants 
quite close together. Ferns and some splendid 
specimen Crotons in the favourite named varieties 
are doing well indoors, and thousands of grandly 
grown Chrysanthemums outside make up an 
assemblage of stock worth at any time a visit from 
those interested. We have notice of a new venture 
by Mr. Jones, which is the addiDg of a bulb depart¬ 
ment to his business. 
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THE ENGLISH SLIPPER ORCHID. 
Cypripedium Calceolus. 
This is one of the rarest and most interesting of our 
native Orchids and withal one of the readiest 
to cultivate, provided of course that a healthy, well- 
rooted specimen has to be dealt with. 
Formerly, when the demand for botanical speci¬ 
mens was not so great as of late years, the Slipper 
Orchid was found well established in several of the 
English counties, but, alas ! with the enthusiasm of 
collectors, this lingering specimen of an early flora 
has, unless in one, or at the most two, stations, 
become a thing of the past. Grant Allen tells us 
that the English Lady's Slipper now lingers 
but in two places, one of these " a single estate in 
Durham, where it is as carefully preserved by the 
owner as if it were pheasants or fallow deer.” 
The peculiar structure and elegance of this Orchid 
render it a desirable acquisition for the rock garden 
or flower border and where it succeeds admirably if 
planted in rich fibrous loam to which a dash of lime 
or calcareous stone chippings have been added. 
Usually the flower stands a foot in height on a leafy 
stem, the conspicuous part of this being the inflated 
lip or pouch which is of a clear yellow like the 
Calceolaria, the exterior being marked with reddi-fa- 
brown dotted lines. 
The accompanying illustration from ip^cimens 
grown in Greenwich Park, was kindly drawn by Miss 
Airey, grand daughter of the late Astronomer Royal, 
Sir George Airey. It gives a faithful representation 
of the plant.— A. D. Webster. 
—— <B. 
PLANTS RECENTLY CERTIFICATED. 
The undermentioned awards were made by the 
Royal Horticultural Society on the 25th ult. 
Orchid Committee. 
Sophrccattleya Queen Empress, Nov hyb. bigen .— 
The new bigeneric hybrid just named is the largest 
and finest of this alliance. The seed parent was 
Cattleya Mossiae, and the pollen bearer Sophronitis 
grandiflora. The stems as yet are only 1 in. to 
ij in. long, and bear a solitary oblong leaf. The 
flowers are intermediate in size between the parents. 
The sepals are rosy-carmine, heavily suffused with 
scarlet at the tip. The large, ovate petals are 
rounded at the end, rosy-carmine, and darker at the 
tip and edges. The tube and side lobes of the lip 
are carmine-crimson, and the lamina is heavily 
suffused with purple. The interior of the tube is 
orange, streaked crimson. (First-class Certificate). 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Ltd., Chelsea. 
Disa Clio superba, Nov. hyb. var. —The parents 
of this hybrid were D. Veitchi (itself a hybrid) and 
D. grandiflora. The flowers were similar to those of 
D. Clio, also shown for comparison, but the variety 
superba has much darker flowers, they being of a rich 
dark carmine. The petals are spotted with crimson 
on a yellow ground, and the lip is small and lanceo¬ 
late. It is certainly a very pretty Disa. (First-class 
Certificate). Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Ltd. 
Renanthera Storiei. —The upper sepal is oblan- 
ceolate and orange, oveilaid with crimson; the 
petals are similar. The two lateral sepals are 
broader, obo\ ate-spathulate, and rosy-red, heavily 
blotched with dark crimson spots. The flowers are 
borne in a triangular panicle. (Award of Meri>). 
J. Guney Fowler, Esq. (gardener, Mr. Davis), 
Glebelands, South Woodford. 
Vanda teres Gunnersbury Park var ., Nov. var. 
—The petals of this beautiful light variety are 
obovate and white. The nearly orbicular petals are 
soft silvery mauve. The lamina of the lip and the 
tips of its side lobes are pale purple. The base of the 
lamina and all the interior of the tube is soft orange- 
yellow, there being none of the usual crimson lines 
at all. (Awardjof Merit.) Messrs, de Rothschild 
(gardener, Mr. Geo. Reynolds), Gunnersbury Park, 
Acton. 
Floral Committee. 
Caladium Mme. Jean Dybowski.— The leaves of 
this variety are of good exhibition size, of a rich, 
glossy, metallic red, splashed and edged with olive 
green. (Award of Merit.) Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, 
Forest Hill, LondoD. 
Campanula Warley. —This is considered to be a 
natural hybrid by the exhibitor, and some are dis¬ 
posed to say the parents were C. isophylla x C. 
Hendersoni, itself a hybrid. The plant is about a 
foot high ; and the lower leaves are cordate while the 
upper ones are lanceolate and shortly stalked. The 
flowers are bright blue and consist of two or three 
corollas, neatly fitted inside one another. It might 
well be a semi-double variety of some continental 
form of C. rotundifolia, of which there are many. 
For instance, there is the curious double C. r. sol- 
danellaeflora. In any case it is pretty. (Award of 
Merit.) Miss E. Willmott, Warley Place, Essex. 
Delphinium Jose-Marie Heredia. —The flowers 
of this truly double Delphinium are the largest we 
have seen. The petals form a perfect rosette, and 
are lilac with sky-blue tips, and very pretty. 
(Award of Merit.) Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Ltd. 
Nicotiana sylvestris. —The leaves of this orna¬ 
mental Tobacco are oval or elliptic, the stem leaves 
beiDg contracted below the middle and widened into 
an auricle at the base. The flowers have a slender, 
drooping tube about 3-in. to 3.J-in. long, and a five- 
lobed lamina of moderate size, the whole beiDg white. 
The plant as a whole is graceful and pretty. (Award 
of Meiit.) Leopold de Rothschild, Esq. (gardener, 
Mr. J. Hudson), Gunnersbury House, Acton. 
Vitis Thunbergii.— The leaves of this Japanese 
Vine are large, leathery in texture, wrinkled and 
deep green above, and covered with rusty hairs be¬ 
neath. They are slightly 3-lobed and toothed on the 
edge. (Award of Merit.) Mr. Anthony Waterer, 
Kaap Hill, Woking. 
