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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
June 19, 1897. 
The sepals and petals are of the most delicate and 
beautiful shade of rosy-pink. The front portion of 
the lamina of the lip is almost white, with an oblong 
deep purple band along the centre ; the margins are 
also white. The throat of the lip is furnished with 
the usual large orange blotch which here extends on 
to the lamina for a considerable extent and is very 
prominent. The interior of the tube is purple, 
beautifully veined or lined with white. It takes rank 
amongst the finest of the light varieties of C. Mossiae. 
Cypripedium Fraseri.— As this continues to 
get well established it appears to greater advantage 
under the treatment accorded by Mr. H. J. Chapman, 
gardener to R. I. Measures, Esqr., Cambridge 
Lodge, Camberwell. We recently noted two pieces 
of it, the larger one having much the finer flowers 
both in size and colour, but particularly the latter. 
The dorsal sepal is purple, lightly tinted with green, 
and white at the margins. The drooping, twisted 
petals are.ij in. to 2 in. long, yellowish on the lower 
two-thirds of their length and beautifully spotted 
with black, the upper portion being rosy-purple as in 
C. hirsutissimum, one of the parents. The lip is 
deep purple. In these respects the colours are much 
more decided and attractive than when the hybrid 
first appeared in public. The collection of Cypri- 
pediums at Cambridge Lodge is pretty extensive and 
continues to grow. 
Cypripedium insigne vars. — Three new 
varieties of this species appear in the Lindenia PI. 
563 . That named C. i. fuscum has very large 
flowers with long and broad petals of a bright 
yellow hue, heavily overlaid with fuscous brown, 
while the lip is even of a darker brown. The glory of 
the flower, however, is the dorsal sepal, which is marked 
all over with large brown blotches, except at the very 
wavy apex, which is white. C. i. picturatum is the 
most heavily blotched variety we remember to have 
seen. The ground colour of the dorsal sepal is 
white, shaded with clear yellowish-green, and thickly 
covered with large, contiguous, blackish, purple- 
brown blo ches, similar to those often seen in C. 
villosum Boxallii. The petals are broad greenish- 
yellow and handsomely blotched to the very apex, 
the spots being much larger than is usually the case 
in this species. The variety C. i. immaculatum is 
v ry pale, the dorsal sepal being greenish-yellow, 
lightly spotted with brown in the lower half, while 
the upper half and the margins are white. 
Cochlioda miniata.—This is considered as a 
natural hybrid between C. noetzliana and C. 
vulcanica both well known in good Orchid collec¬ 
tions, the first name!, though of recent importation, 
having sprung into popularity within the last few 
years. The flowers of C. miniata are about as large 
as medium-sized forms of C vulcanica, and the 
oblong-lanceolate sepals and broader petals also re¬ 
semble those of the latter. They are of a glowing 
red shading to scarlet and carmine in the middle. 
The short, broad and deeply three-lobed lip is of a 
Vermillion red and intermediate in form between 
t) ose of the supposed parents. The prominent 
yellow crest resembles that of C. noetzliana, and the 
carmine-rose wings and upper part of the column re¬ 
call the colour of the other parent. The form turned 
up last January in the establishment of L'Horticult- 
ure Internationale, Brussels, amongst importations 
made by that firm. A good coloured illustration, 
prepared from that plant appears in the Lindenia, 
PI. 562 . 
Cattleya schilleriana— The structure of this 
Orchid together with the colours and variations 
amongst imported plants conduces to the belief that 
it is a natural hybrid between C. Acklandiae and C. 
guttata. It comes from Bahia in Brazil, whence 
those two species also come, and retains all the beauty 
and the habit of C. Acklandiae, coupled with the larger 
flowers and richer spotting of C. guttata Different 
importations show a great range of variation, and 
separate and distinctive names have been given to 
several of them. A very fine variety turred up in the 
Victoria and Paradise Nurseries of Messrs. B. S. 
Williams & Son, in May 1896. The sepals and petals 
are thickly spotted all over with purple on a yellowish 
ground suffused with rose. The lateral lobes folded 
over the column are white, heavily lined with rose 
and purple ; the broad, obreniform front lobe being 
of a rich dark amethyst-purple, with darker veins and 
a golden disc. A plant bearing two flowers, close 
upon 6 in. across, is beautifully illustrated in the 
Orchid Album, PL. 525 . 
PARK PLACE, HENLEY-ON-THAMES. 
This fine establishment is noted the country over for 
the quality and abundance of the fruit produced 
under Mr. Geo. Stanton’s careful and enlightened 
management. Accordingly, it is most instructive to 
note how the present trying season has affected the 
hardy fruit crops. While the trees were in bloom 
they were subjected night after night to keen frosts 
and nipping winds, and they have come through the 
ordeal far better than could have been expected. 
Luckily, everything was dry during the " Blackthorn 
winter," and to this must be attributed the 
minimising of the loss that must otherwise have 
resulted. 
Apples are rather thin, but vary a good deal, some 
trees having heavy loads, and others scarcely any. 
Pears are quite a fair crop, whilst many of the wall 
trees are carrying what will be very heavy loads. 
Plums are thin. Peaches are good crops, but the 
leaves of some of the trees are much blistered owing 
to the long continued cold east winds. Morello 
Cherries do not seem to have been affected in the 
slightest degree by the inclemency of the weather, 
and the trees not only look healthy but are bearing 
good crops. Small fruits are good, Gooseberries 
especially being much above the average; indeed, all 
of the trees that we saw that had not been called 
upon to furnish green .berries for culinary purposes 
were heavily laden. 
Under glass fruitfulness is everywhere apparent. 
In the earliest vinery Black Hamburgh and Foster's 
Seedling are in the last stages of maturation. The 
bunches are of a useful size, and the berries larger 
than the average. The colour, too, will be excellent 
when ripening is completed judging by appearances. 
The later Vineries are all in excellent condition. 
The Muscat house, since the renovation of the 
border, has done exceptionally well, and some of the 
bunches of Mrs. Pince will be heavy samples by the 
time they are ready for the table. 
The earliest Peach house is just a trifle later than 
usual. The fruits are well on with their second 
swelling, and the trees are bearing their load well. 
A tree each of Early Louise and Dr. Hogg Peaches, 
and Lord Napier Nectarine fill this house. In the 
succession houses there is a good deal more thinning 
yet to be done, and there is plenty of fruit to pick 
and choose from. Cherries are not so good as in 
former years, and the trees, which are trained on the 
cordon system, are getting past work and are being 
gradually weeded out. 
Melons are well done, and a house with the fruit 
just ripening was a pleasant sight. Sutton’s Ai was 
specially noticeable and fully sustained the high 
reputation of which it is possessed. Green fleshed 
varieties are likewise held in great favour. The two 
Fig houses have for some years past been annually 
great successes, and this year is no exception. 
The houses devoted entirely to decorative plants 
are comparatively few in number, for in the majority 
of cases plants and fruits are growing in the same 
house and both doing well. One of the chief features 
at the present time is a " Pelargonium wall." Ivy¬ 
leaved Pelargoniums have been planted on the back 
wall of two of the later Vineries and have been 
allowed to grow right to the top and cover the whole 
wall. It would be difficult indeed to overpraise the 
effect thus obtained, for the phnts are a mass of 
bloom from top to bottom. In one house particularly 
was the success of this system strikingly apparent, 
The plants are only two years old. Each winter 
they are gone over and pruned pretty severely. Then 
they are tied in, starting from the base and working 
upwards, in order to insure the whole of the lower 
part of the wall being equally covered. This also 
allows of a little room at the top of the wall 
for growth in that direction. In the house in 
question three varieties were planted. First came 
Souvenir de Charles Turner with its huge trusses of 
bright cerise blooms; next a blush white seedling 
that was picked up by accident a few years ago, but 
withal a pretty and floriferous variety. The old 
Madame Crousse occupies the other end, and 
although a form of a good many years standing, it is 
evidently still able to render a good account of itself. 
In the large tropical house the Bougainvilleas are 
in magnificent condition. Certainly one of the finest 
plants in the kingdom is here to be found, and right 
royally does it acquit itself each year with regard to 
blooming, Just now the long sprays of bright rosy 
purple bracts are hanging from the roof n superb 
profusion, thanks to careful attention with regard to 
the winter pruning and spring thinning of the 
growths. B. speciosa has also been doing well, but 
it is rather earlier than B. glabra which takes up the 
tale when B. speciosa is getting past its best. 
Stephanotis floribunda is also growing and flowering 
here with a freedom that is closely akin to prodi¬ 
gality, and the curious forms of several Aristolochias 
are much in evidence. A. gigas Sturtevantii is not 
the least noteworthy of these, and several of the 
huge, uncanny, foetid, and yet richly hued flowers 
were expanded to entice the unwary visitor within 
range of the vitiated atmosphere that surrounds 
them. 
In the smaller stove a considerable portion of the 
available space is occupied by a row of plants of 
Musa Cavendishii. The suckers are strong and the 
leaves which are of good size have a most imposing 
appears nee. One of the suckers is flowering now, 
the remainder will flower some time during Septem¬ 
ber next. There are several beautifully coloured 
plants of the variegated Pineapple (Ananassa sativa 
variegata) one of which is fruiting. This handsome 
foliage plant is well worthy of a place in every stove. 
Alocasia macrorhiza is another old-fashioned 
foliaged plant that is not often seen in private 
establishments. When well variegated the leaves 
are very handsome and ornamental. 
. In the Orchid houses a number of Cattleyas and 
Odontoglossums are in flower. In the cool house 
which shelters the Odontoglossums in %vinter, and is 
just now filled with Cypripediums, the Lapagerias 
are just commencing to flower. The whole of the 
roof in this house is covered by the plants, and as 
the latter flower freely each year, the scene they 
present during the latter part of June and July is 
really splendid. 
Chrysanthemums are well done, and the earliest 
batch of plants received their final shift into their 
flowering pots at the beginning of the month, whilst 
hundreds of others are waiting their turn. A large 
number of bush plants is grown and as the quantity 
of cut flowers required at all seasons is very great, 
many of them are not disbudded at all, but simply 
allowed to produce as many flowers as they please. 
Throughout, the plants are giving abundant promise, 
and will doubtless justify this promise in the autumn. 
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PLANTS RECENTLY CERTIFICATED, 
The following plants received Floricultural Certifi¬ 
cates at the Royal Botanic Society’s Show at 
Regent's Park, on June 9th. 
Paeony Viscount Cross,—A charming single 
variety of a bright cherry hue 
Paeony Limosel.—A large double flower of rosy- 
carmine hue, very sweet scented. 
Paeony Mrs. J. F, Lipton. —A huge double 
bright rosy-carmine flower of great merit. 
Paeony Joan Seaton. —This is another very 
pretty double variety, light pink in hue, the petals 
prettily margined with silver. 
Delphinium Athos. —This variety throws a huge 
compact spike with large semi-double flowers. These 
are gentian-blue in colour shading to plum on the 
upper segments. The pure white eye is a still 
further attraction. 
Delphinium True Blue. —A fine single form, of 
a charming bright blue shade, with a black eye. 
Delphinium Primrose is the latest addition to 
the lighter sorts. The flowers are single, pure white, 
and have a yellow eye. 
Delphinium Imperial Majesty. —This is a 
semi-double iorm of great beauty and refinement. 
The colour is cobalt-blue shaded with light plum, 
and the black eye is very conspicuous 
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TIE PUKT MUSES. 
Pits and Frames. 
For the next few months the burden of the work 
will be in watering, for there are so many subjects 
that are crowded into the pits and frames, and the 
spaces between them, that the watering pot will have 
to be kept continually on the go. 
Tree Carnations. —Nothing suits these plants 
better for the next three months than an open posi¬ 
tion out of doors. Both the old plants which have 
