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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
April 21, 1900.2 
PLANTS RECENTLY CERTIFICATED. 
The awards hereunder mentioned were made by the 
Royal Horticultural Society on the ioth inst. 
Orchid Committee. 
Cattleya intermedia Fowler's var. —The 
sepals and petals of this chaste and beautiful variety 
are of the most delicate blush-purple, the curved 
tube of the lip being similar in hue. The side lobes 
of the lip are creamy, and the terminal lobe of a rich 
crimson-purple. (First-class Certificate.) J. 
Gurney-Fowler, Esq. (gardener, Mr. Da"is), Glebe- 
lands, South Woodford, Essex. 
Odontoglossum luteo purpureum Mossii.— 
The sepals of this variety are of a dark chocolate, 
with yellow tips. The petals are similar, but have 
some brown spots on a basal yellow blotch. The 
lip is obovate, much fringed and white, with a large 
cinnamon band in front of the crest and a few 
blotches round the sides of the same. The white lip 
makes this grand variety quite unique in the species. 
(Award of Merit.) De B. Crawshay, Esq. (gardener, 
Mr. S. Cooke), Rosefield, Sevenoaks. 
Eulophia tristis. —The small flowers of this 
plant are produced freely in panicles. The sepals 
are blackish brown externally, the petals paler, and 
the lip golden yellow. (Botanical Certificate.) A. 
H. Smee, Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. E. Humphreys) 
The Grange, Hackbridge, Surrey. 
Batemannia Burtii Pitt’s var.— The great, 
fleshy sepals and petals are spread out horizontally, 
of a rich shining brown as if varnished in the upper 
half, passing into a yellow band below the middle, 
and then into white at the base. The petals have in 
addition a blackish-crimson blotch at the base. The 
broad triangular lip is brown in the upper half and 
white below, including the claw and crest. The 
claws of the latter are tipped with violet. (First- 
class Certificate.) H. T. Pitt, Esq. (gardener, Mr. 
Thurgood), Rosslyn, Stamford Hill. 
Cattleya Schroderae Pitt's var. —The sepals 
are palest lilac, the petals darker, and the lamina of 
the lip of a dark purple with lilac edges. There is a 
small orange blotch well down in the tube, the base 
of which is pale purple The strongest feature of 
this variety is its strong and agreeable scent. It 
came out of an importation made by Mr. H. A. 
Tracy, Orchid Nurseries, Twickenham, but was 
shown by H. T. Pitt, Esq. (First-c'ass Certificate). 
Polystachya laxiflora.— The stems of this 
species are about 6 in. to q in. high, and bear at the 
apex a short cluster of white flowers lying on their 
back. (Botanical Certificate.) Sir Trevor Lawrence, 
Bart, (grower, Mr. W. H. White), Burford Lodge, 
Dorking. 
Phalaenopsis Lady Rothschild.— This has been 
derived from P. intermedia brymeriana x P. 
sanderiana. The oblong leaves are deep green. 
The flowers are white, shaded with soft purple along 
the middle of the sepals and petals. The terminal 
lobe is ovate-triangular and carmine-red, with short, 
incurved and hooked tendrils ; the lateral lobes are 
purple on the inner face. (Award of Merit.) Messrs. 
Hugh Low and Co., Bush Hill Park, Enfield, 
Middlesex. 
Laeliocattleya Rosalind Superba: — This 
bigeneric hybrid was derived from Cattleya 
Trianaei (female) crossed with the pollen of Laelia 
dominiana. The sepals are of the palest lilac, but 
the ovate petals are several shades darker. The 
lip has a large, orbicular, crimson-purple lamina, 
and a large orange blotch in the throat, below 
which the tube is closely and finely striated with 
purple. The side lobes are purple on both sides. 
The lip is large and certainly very handsome. 
(Award of Merit.) Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, 
Ltd., Chelsea. 
Cypripedium J. Gurney-Fowler. —The parents 
of this hybrid were C barbatum Crossii x C. 
Godefroyae. The upper sepal is orbicular and 
rosy, the spathulate petals being similar, with a few 
dark spots on the lower half. The lip is consider¬ 
ably darker in colour. The leaves are tessellated 
with dark green on light greenish ground. 
(Award of Merit.) Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, 
Ltd. 
Epidendrum Clarissa. —This hybrid was de¬ 
rived from E. Wallisii x with E. elegantulum (male). 
The stems are 12 in. to 14 in. high. The sepals and 
petals are closely marbled or spotted with purple. 
The lip is 4 lobed, and deep purple with white 
edges. The flowers are produced in a short terminal 
raceme. (Award of Merit.) Messrs. J. Veitch and 
Sons, Ltd. 
Floral Committee 
Amaryllis Titan.— The campanulate flowers of 
this variety are white, and heavily marked with red 
oq either side of the midrib of the three upper seg¬ 
ments, on a white ground which is very pure. 
(Award of Merit.) Messrs. ]. Veitch and Sons, Ltd. 
Amaryllis Zephyr. —Picotee-edge varieties are 
very scarce, and this is a very handsome one. The 
broad segments are bright scarlet overlying a white 
ground which shows itself here and there, with a 
broad, pure white margin. (Award of Merit.) 
Messrs. J Veitch and Sons, Ltd. 
Rhododendron H. Elliott. —Here we have a 
hybrid greenhouse variety with large pure white 
flowers, and a cluster of yellow spots on the upper 
segments. The elliptic leathery leaves are about the 
size of those of R. Edgworthii, which must have been 
one of the parents, but the lower surface is not rusty- 
woolly. The flowers have a strong spicy fragrance. 
(Award of Merit.) Messrs. H. and J. Elliot, Court- 
bushes Nurseries, Hurstpierpoint. 
Polemonium confertum mellitum. —The flow¬ 
ers of this remarkably distinct Polemonium are 
white, with a long, creamy tube, and are gathered 
together in a dense, more or less interrupted cyme. 
The narrow leaves are pinnate, each pinna having a 
solitary segment on the lower and basal edge. The 
variety grows at a lower altitude than the type, and 
is much more easily cultivated than that. It is an 
admirable and elegant plant for a choice collection 
on a rockery. (Award of Merit.) Messrs. G. Jack- 
man & Son, Woking Nursery, Surrey. 
Rhododendron Shilsoni. —The flowers of this 
hybrid are campanulate, deep crimson-red, and 
borne in a dense truss, surrounded by a tuft of 
oblong oval leaves of a dark green above, and paler 
beneath. (Award of Merit.) D. H. Shilson, Esq., 
Tremough, Penrye, Cornwall. 
PYRUS MaLUS AUGUST1FOLIA FLORE PLENO.- 
The leaves of this handsome Pyrus are oblong, and 
doubly dentate-serrate, or sometimes slightly lobed. 
The flowers are of large size, double, rose in bud, 
and pink when expanded. They are produced in 
clusters, each bloom befog on a long stalk. Asa 
Gray, the distinguished American botanist, con¬ 
sidered it a variety of P. coronaria. Some horti¬ 
culturists apply the name P. ParkmaDi, but we fail 
to find a record of that name. The tree is a native 
of North America. (Award of Merit.) Messrs. Wm. 
Paul & Sons, Waltham Cross, Herts. 
Azalea Duchess of Wellington. —Sprightly, 
attractive, and distinct are the terms we should apply 
to this hardy Ghent Azalea. The flowers are in 
large trusses, pink and marbled with brownish-red 
on the upper segments. (Award of Merit.) Messrs. 
R. & G. Cuthbert, Southgate Nurseries, Middlesex. 
Azalea mollis x sinensis Mrs. A. E. Endtz.—- 
The flowers of this handsome variety are large, and 
of a beautiful orange-apricot, being much darker 
than those of the well-known Anthony Roster. 
(Award of Merit.) Messrs. R. & G. Cuthbert. 
Rose L’Innocence. —Here we have a hybrid Tea, 
with pure white, conical flower buds, becoming 
looser when fully expanded. The blooms are mod¬ 
erate in size, and though pretty, are not very strongly 
scented. (Award of Merit.) Messrs. Paul & Sons, 
Chesbunt. 
Narcissus Committee. 
Narcissus Alma.- The blooms of this Trumpet 
Daffodil are of large size, and of a beautiful, rich, 
canary yellow. The trumpet is wide, strongly revo¬ 
lute at the mouth, rather deeply lobed and crisped. 
It is a shade or two darker than the segments. The 
canary yellow colour of the variety is its most dis¬ 
tinctive feature. (Award of Merit.) G. H. Engle- 
heart, Appleshaw, Andover. 
Narcissus Odorus Double Campeknelle Jon¬ 
quil. —In this we have a double form of N. odorus, 
with large (for the species) double flowers, the crown 
being well-developed and conspicuous. Each scape 
bears one or two flowers. For cut flowers or ordin¬ 
ary garden decoration it is highly suitaole. (Award 
of Merit.) Messrs. W Mauger & Son, Bulb Growers, 
Guernsey. 
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Green arsenoid is said to be very much superior 
to Paris green as an insecticide. 
THE IVY. 
In the genus Hedera we possess a decorative class of 
plants, mostly climbers, whose growth seems able to 
advance under various conditions. What is more 
suitable than the common old Ivy for the dry ground 
beneath trees, for edgings, or vases, pillars, arbours, 
dry banks, and dry walls ? By a judicious selection 
of the various kinds of Ivy, one may have quite a 
contrast as regards form or colour. Another of its 
uses, most effectual, and for the purpose of which 
Ivies are unique in their merits, is that of covering 
rails surrounding a sharply sloping terrace. 
Ivies pay for any extra care which may be given to 
them, and they are plants of a close, steady, and 
moderately fast growth. An increase can be made 
by means of cuttings taken for preference in autumn. 
They may be inserted in pots, for these can after¬ 
wards be shifted about or placed within shelter. For 
villas in the suburbs of cities the golden-leaved Ivies 
are more favoured than any others of the selections. 
Contrasted beside a medium-leaved dark green 
variety, the good effect is much enhanced. For the 
purpose of affording a varied selection, ample variety 
will be found in the following descriptive list. 
H. Helix arborescens. —This is the well-known 
" tree,” shrubby, or upright Ivy, whose shoots are 
stout, much branched, and whose leaves are leathery, 
dark green, ovate-acuminate in form, and numerously 
borne on petioles a few inches long. Its strong 
feature is its capability of producing berries, the 
green, and afterwards black, umbels of fruit making 
it conspicuous and interesting. We find it growing 
upon the stems of trees, mounting very high at times. 
It also revels in the support and exposure of a wall 
top. It should only be used where less vigorous 
Ivies would be out of place. As a busby plant for 
the shrubbery, given a central support, it becomes 
exceedingly handsome. For the purpose of making 
lawn beds it is also well employed. In these two 
last instances the yellow variegated variety might be 
more serviceable. It may be as well to state that 
this is simply the "tree" form of our native Ivy, 
H. Helix, so pretty upon the ground under trees in 
woodlands. 
H. H. algeriensis. —The leaves of this variety 
vary considerably as do most others. A well- 
developed leaf may be described as ovate-acuminate, 
with an entire edge. It is a strong grower, being 
very serviceable for pillars and walls. The foliage 
is yellowish-green. 
H. cinerea.— This partakes of the style of H. 
elegantissima. The foliage is long and narrow, 
clean cut, and drooping ; suitable for walls. 
H. H. canariensis nova.— The foliage here is 
broadly heart-shaped, large, deep shining green, and 
even. It is a close growing variety, fine for carpeting 
or for training to pillars. 
H. H. canariensis foliis argenteis has clean 
cut, moderate sized leaves, some of which are 
bright yellow, others are creamy; suitable for a 
sunny wall. 
H. H. crenata.— The foliage is small and deeply 
segmented, the lobes being rounded. The wood is 
loDg and somewhat straggling, 
H. coriacea. —So far as I know, this variety has 
been straggling and, in many parts, bare. Owing to 
this fault it lacks suitability for walls, though for 
pillars it may be made to answer better. The leaves 
are deep green, heart-shaped, 3 to 4 ins, lODg, and 
broad. 
H. H. chrysophylla. —The foliage here is 4 to 5 
ins. long, but not so broad, being green, with 
breadths of yellow colouring. The leaves are heart" 
shaped. It is a very pretty and useful Ivy. 
H. H. digitata. —For clothing tall trees of little 
worth, or for stumps, and also on walls, this is a 
nice variety. The incised leaves are peculiar from 
the fact of having rather prominent grey veins of an 
incurving character. The habit is neat and close 
growing. Altogether this is a handsome variety. 
H. H. donerailensis. —In this we possess a very 
pretty and delicate leaved Ivy. It grows closely. 
The foliage is deeply and cleanly incised. It is 
pretty aod useful for open walls in a sheltered part. 
H. H. dentata is very large and handsome, taking 
after the type of H. H. grandifolia. It is, perhaps, 
just too heavy and strong to be always adaptable for 
walls or buildings, but, trained to pillars or posts at 
the back of rockwork, it is very fine. 
H! flavescens. —This differs from H. chry¬ 
sophylla or from H. H. gracilis, in being larger, 
besides being more sharply pointed, than in the case 
