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THE GARDENING WORLD 
June 2, 1900. 
Anemcmes, &c. It is yet too early to say much about 
the kitchen garden, as the crops are mostly in 
embryo. A fine brake of Ellam’s Early Cabbages 
was noteworthy, however, as they were the largest 
and most vigorous lot we have seen this year. 
Half standard and bush Pears had passed the 
critical stage and set a splendid crop of fruits then 
about the size of Peas. Apples, except the earliest 
varieties, were in full blossom, Peaches had set 
well in the open. Last year’s layers of Strawberries 
were coming into blossom. Raspberries promised 
well. Seldom have we seen such fane canes in the 
south of England, for they were 5 ft. to 6 ft. high and 
proportionately strong. 
In the kitchen garden, Onions had come up well, 
but the sparrows had taken to pulling them up, a 
piece of mischief for which we have never previously 
given this feathered rascal the credit. Carrots had 
formed a fine briard on a piece of ground that has 
been cropped annually with them for the past eight 
years, and with great success. It was in the first 
instance specially prepared, and annually trenched 
since then. Parsley does best when sown in boxes 
under glass and transplanted to the open. The 
Mushroom house is well furnished with all appliances 
and means to boot. On the other side of High 
Street, Roehampton, is a separate enclosure, and 
here were Peas in blossom and approaching that 
stage, also promising and advancing crops of Onions, 
Parsnips, Potatos, Turnips, Cauliflower, &c. 
Mr. McLeod is also bailiff on the estate, having 
all the men under his charge, and the care of some 
twenty-five head of beautiful Guernsey cows, and 
five horses. He is, therefore, fully occupied with 
his multifarious duties. 
APPLES. 
I note my good friend Mr. Temple is making 
reference to my remarks on Apples. Well, I may 
say, as I read his well timed note on these, there 
occurred to me the saying I heard recently, that 
when men of advanced life, who have had a life’s 
experience, and were close observers, had some¬ 
thing to say, it was worth listening to, as there was 
something in it. This, I venture to say, many will 
endorse after reading Mr. T.’s note at page 581. 
My experience is not in any way too juvenile. 
I feel this only too true occasionally, and this when 
I want to pen a few lines for The Gardening 
World of an evening, after the day’s toil. 
I am straying from the subject, and must answer 
Mr. T.’s question re Sandringham Apple. Although 
I have here about sixty kinds I have not Sandring¬ 
ham (I would prefer half that number had I my 
time to go over again). I have seen much of 
Sandringham in friends' gardens and in establish¬ 
ments for the trade, and consider it a fine looking 
kind, but have not had evidence enough to induce 
me to plant it as a late keeper. Recently I wrote in 
praise of Seaton House, and this I must pass over. 
The two best Apples I grow for cooking, all points 
considered, are Alfriston and Wellington. The 
latter is now (May 14th) in good condition, and fruit 
from Orchard trees as firm as you could wish. On 
the 10th of this month (May) I had some cooked in 
a basin as a boiled pudding, and as it came on to the 
table, I saw it was still good. I remarked, as I 
partook of it, to those at the table, " there were few 
things that could surpass this, even at this late date, 
as a pudding.” Sturmer’s Pippin and Claygaie 
Pearmain are my two best dessert kinds for late use. 
The former is still in a fresh, sound, and firm con¬ 
dition, and I send it to table daily. These are from 
orchard trees. I grow many kinds both as bush 
and standard orchard kinds, and cannot see any 
difference in their keeping. I get the largest fruit 
from bush trees; but the highest colour from 
standards. 
Mr. T. has knocked the nail on the head in refer, 
ence to gathering these too early. Apples are not 
tender, and the hard, heavy, late keeping kinds do 
not suffer from early frost. It is astonishing how 
long they will hang on the trees and not suffer. I 
have tried many experiments, but cannot deal with 
these here. 
Some may say, oh, see how many kinds the trade 
show even up to this time. This is a practice that I 
consider misleading, as many of them are useless from 
a flavour point of view. Wbat is the use of keeping 
an Apple till it is simply a bag of dry meal. Let us 
see things in their true colour. An Apple that has 
not a good, firm flesh and good flavour is worthless, 
wherever or whoever shows it. 
Margil I once saw grown grand on a wooden 
fence in Buckinghamshire. In our garden, which is 
low situated, it suffers from frost ; but Mr. T.’s 
remarks are instructive. I quite endorse the 
remarks that we have too many bad keeping kinds, 
and there are too many grown in most private 
gardens. Mere de Menage was fine with me last 
year; but it went to the pigs.— J. C., F., Chard. 
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PUNTS RECENTLY CERTIFICATED. 
The undermentioned subjects were exhibited at the 
Temple Show, on the 23rd, 24th, and 25th ult., 
receiving awards from the Royal Horticultural 
Society on the opening day. 
Odontoglossum Adrianae Ernest Ashworth. 
—The broad and well imbricated segments of this 
variety form a beautifully circular flower, the seg¬ 
ments being short and elliptic. The sepals are 
heavily blotched with brown; while the blotches on 
the petals are more confined to the middle. The lip 
has a large blotch in front of the crest. The ground 
colour of the whole flower is creamy white, and the 
blotches are much larger than usual for O. Adrianae. 
(First-class Certificate.) E. Ashworth, Esq. (gar¬ 
dener, Mr. G. Holbrook), Harefield Hall, Wilmslow, 
Cheshire. 
Odontoglossum Adrianae Arthur Ashworth. 
—The blotches of this variety are rather smaller 
and more orbicular. The blotch on the lip is 
decidedly smaller, and the ground colour of the 
flower is clear yellow. (First-class Certificate.) E. 
Ashworth, Esq. 
Odontoglossum Rolfeae Optimum. —The origin 
of this supposed natural hybrid was O. harryanum 
X Pescatorei. The sepals of this handsome variety 
are characterised by a large purple blotch or an 
aggregated cluster of them in the centre, surrounded 
by an oval ring of smaller ones. The petals have a 
somewhat similar arrangement of colours, but the 
blotches are much smaller and more numerous in 
the central area. The apex of the petals and sepals 
is suffused with a pale, dull purple. The lip is 
beautifully spotted with violet-purple on and around 
the crest. (First-class Certificate.) M. Vuylsteke 
Loochristy, Belgium. 
Odontoglossum crispum ardentissimum. —The 
general aspect of this variety is that of the O. Rol¬ 
feae optimum, but the colours are paler and the 
ground colour of a purer white. The tips of the 
sepals and petals retain their shading, but paler. 
The lip is more expanded, and the spots on the 
basal half more ample. (Award of Merit.) M. 
Vuylsteke. 
Odontoglossum Souvenir de Victor Hye Le 
Brun. —The parentage of this magnificent, supposed 
natural hybrid was O. harryanum x luteo-pur- 
pureum. The sepals are spathulate-oblong and 
almost covered with a rich chocolate, and tipped 
yellow. The petals are lanceolate, deep chocolate 
variously barred with yellow, and tipped yellow. 
The lip is oblong, of large size, suddenly acuminate, 
and less deeply concave than amongst the allied 
hybrids of O. harryanum x Pescatorei, rich crimson 
in the lower half, traversed all round by a wavy 
white line, and creamy-white in the upper half. 
(First-class Certificate.) M. Jules Hye-Leysen, 
Ghent, Belgium. 
Laeliocattleya G. S. Ball. — The parentage 
of this strikingly handsome, new, bigeneric hybrid 
was Cattleya Schroderae (female) x L. cinnabarina 
(male). The sepals are linear-lanceolate, and the 
petals lanceolate-elliptic, being much broader. The 
whole flower is of a rich orange, the wavy lamina of 
the lip alone being tinted with red over the orange. 
(Award of Merit.) Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Ltd., 
Chelsea. 
Laelia purpurata ■littleiana. —The sepals and 
petals of this splendid variety are purs white. The 
tube of the lip is finely lined with purple in the 
interior on a yellow ground. The lamina of the lip 
has a large crimson-purple blotch on either side of 
the throat, the rest being nearly white. (First-class 
Certificate.) Henry Little, Esq. (gardener, Mr. 
Howard), Baronshalt, The Barons, Twickenham. 
Cypripedium Mary Beatrice. —This was de¬ 
rived from C gowerianum magnificum crossed with 
C. bellatulum. The dorsal sepal is orbicular and 
deep purple with dark veins. The oblong-elliptic 
petals are paler purple, covered with black spots. 
The large, dull purple lip reminds one of C. bella¬ 
tulum in shape. (Award of Merit.) G. W. Law- 
Schofield, Esq (gardener, Mr. Shill), New-Hall-Hey, 
Rawtenstal, Manchester; Messrs. Charlesworth & 
Co., Heaton, Bradford. 
Laeliocattleya Herode. —The parentage of this 
hybrid was Cattleya o’brieniana x Laeliocattleya 
elegans Turneri. The sepals and petals are of a rich, 
soft rose, and recurved above the middle. The lip 
has a short tube, widely diverging in front, and deep 
purple on both surfaces. The apex is also deep 
purple, and all the intermediate area together with 
the sides is of a soft, clear yellow. (Award of 
Merit.) M. A. A. Peeters, Horticultural Establish¬ 
ment, Brussels. 
Odontoglossum crispum Mrs. F. Peeters.— 
The sepals and petals of this handsome variety have 
a large chestnut-red blotch in the centre, surrounded 
by a pale rose band, and heavily shaded with purple 
on the back. The lip is beautifully wavy and 
blotched with cinnamon on a white ground. (Award 
of Merit.) M. A. A. Peeters. 
Odontoglossum Adrianae Victoria Regina.— 
The sepals and petals of this variety are elliptic, and 
gradually narrowed to an acute point. The sepals 
are heavily marked with circular, chocolate blotches 
on a creamy-white ground ; the spots on the petals 
are fewer and smaller. The lip has numerous 
brown blotches scattered over it. (Award of Merit) 
M. A. A. Peeters. 
Laeliocattleya massangeana. —The parentage 
of this species was Laelia tenebrosa x Cattleya 
schilleriana. The obloDg sepals and hroader petals 
are of a deep coppery-brown. The broad, wavy 
lamina of the lip is of a rich velvety purple, the 
colour being continued well into the throat'; the 
side lobes are paler purple, and the base of the tube 
nearly white. (Award of Merit.) M. A. A. Peeters. 
Laeliocattleya callistoglossa excelsa. —The 
parents of ihis bigeneric hybrid were Cattleya gigas 
sanderiana (female) and Laelia purpurata. The 
sepals are blush, and the huge petals a shade or two 
darker. The lip is also of an immense size, very 
wavy, being thrown into immense folds, and of a rich 
crimson-purple. The throat is clear, pale yellow, 
surrounded by a white band, this blotch being very 
prominent. The base of the tube of the lip is 
crimson. (First-class Certificate.) Messrs. F. San¬ 
der & Co., St. Albans. 
Cattleya Mossiae Our Queen, —The sepals are 
pure white ; but the broader and long petals are 
distinguished by three pink lines along the centre 
and connected by netted lines of the same colour, 
forming a distinct band. The lip is white with a 
large, marbled, bright purple blotch on the centre ; 
while on either side of the throat is a pale lemon 
blotch. The variety is very beautiful and quite 
unique. (Award of Merit.) Messrs. F. Sander & 
Co. 
Cattleya Mossiae rouseleana.— The sepals of 
this variety are warm rose, the huge petals being 
several shades darker and brighter. The lip is 
crimson purple with a large orange blotch in the 
throat divided or cut into by the crimson ; the tube 
of the lip is of a deeper rose than any other part of 
the flower. (Award of Merit.) M. Le Marquis de 
Wavrin, Chateau de Rousele, near Somerghem, 
Belgium. 
Lycaste Ballae —This hybrid was derived from 
L. Skinneri x L plana measuresiana. The sepals 
are of a uniform dull red, or red, tinted with brown, 
The petals are densely mottled with reddish-purple 
so as to appear of that colour. The terminal lobe of 
the lip is spotted crimson, and the side lobes are 
crimson. (Award of Merit) Messrs. Charles- 
worth & Co., Heaton, Bradford. 
Cymbidium I’Ansoni. —This is a supposed natural 
hybrid, one parent being obviously C. lowianum. 
The greenish yellow sepals and petals are lined with 
pale brown and suffused reddish brown towards the 
base. The lip is much larger than that of C. 
lowianum, and white, with a pale brown band just 
within the apical margin. The face of the column is 
spotted with purple on a white ground. It is a dis¬ 
tinct and pretty form. Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., 
Bush Hill Park, Enfield. 
Odontoglossum crispum confetti. —The sepals 
and petals of this handsome variety are white, more 
or less suffused or shaded with rose, and densely 
marked all over with reddish-brown, circular spots. 
The lip is white at the apex, yellow at the base, and 
