August 4, 1900. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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of N. odorata rosea is in marked contrast with the 
other coloured flowers and recalls the rose variety of 
the British Water Lily. The floating leaves are 
small and circular while the oblong petals are of a 
soft rosy hue, and the blooms well elevated above 
the water. 
In the midst of all this colour the yellow Water 
Lilies will always command attention for their quiet 
beauty and the size of their freely-produced flowers. 
The blooms of N. marliacea chromatella are of huge 
size, well elevated above the water, and have very 
broad, blunt, sulphur-yellow petals that assume a 
pink tint at the base as they are dying off, making 
them very pretty on close inspection. This is con¬ 
sidered the best yellow variety, and the broad petals 
would help a florist to this assumption. The leaves 
have bronzy blotches, but in N. sulphurea grandi- 
flora they are green. The flowers arq large, but the 
petals are long, narrow and pointed, so that Mr. 
Douglas does not care much for it. All the same it 
is a fine Water Lily, recalling the appearance of a 
Cactus Dahlia rising out of the water. 
Another old love is that ior Orchids, and Mr. 
Douglas devotes a house to them in his nursery. 
Many seedlings are coming along, and some of them 
should soon reach the flowering stage. Cypripedium 
macropterum carries three flowers on each stem. C. 
chamberlainianum also does well and has been flow¬ 
ering for a long time. C. lawrenceanum, C. domini- 
anum and others are also flowering. Dendrobium 
cariniferum and D. tortile are in season, the former 
having shining white sepals and petals, and an orange, 
bearded lip. Laelia anceps alba, L.a. sanderiana and 
other white varieties are well represented. At one 
end of the house we noted a tall plant of Nepenthes 
mastersiana in bloom. The pitchers attain a great 
length on flowering plants, but they are not so well 
formed as when the stems are kept low. The col¬ 
lection of Carnations is more extensive than ever, and 
we have something to say about them next week. 
VIOLAS FROM HAWICK. 
During the great wave of heat a box of Violas 
reached us from Mr. John Forbes, Hawick, N.B. 
Amongst the yellows were trusses of the rayless rich 
yellow Isolde and Mary Robertson, a good round 
flower with paler centre, being a new shade of colour. 
Both are new for 1900. A. J. Rowberry is a golden 
yellow of good substance. 
A very large white and rayed flower is Colleen 
Bawn. Snowflake is a new, rayless, and pure white 
flower. Purity comes into the same category. 
White Empress is also a beautifully refined white 
flower ; and the same may be said of Mrs. Hope, 
which has a very broad lip. 
Edged and Picotee flowers were well represented 
by some pleasing varieties, some being well known 
and others less so. Jeanie P. Robertson is a charm¬ 
ing, large, white flower with a distinct, but narrow, 
Picotee edge. Shamrock (new for igoo) is character¬ 
ised by broad, white, or nearly white flowers, 
having mauve edges. Hamlet is a beautiful yellow 
ground with a broad and well defined bronzy purple 
border in the way of an older sort known as Peter 
Barr. Accushla is a white ground, with a broad 
blue-purple border. 
Amongst the lighter coloured seifs we noted 
Kathleen with rosy-mauve rayed flowers. More 
dainty, perhaps, is Charmer, with soft, rosy flowers 
of beautiful form. Cherry Park, on the other hand, 
is soft pink and lightly rayed. 
Parti-coloured flowers always receive a consider¬ 
able amount of attention in collections ; and here 
we find James P. Robertson with a beautiful plum 
centre fading to broad, rosy margins. J. F. Wood- 
house is dark velvety purple, with paler top petals. 
Joseph is a small flower, but its dark bronzy-brown 
centre makes a fine contrast to the buff-oraiage mar¬ 
gins. A dark and velvety flower is James C. Erskine, 
more or less striped. Mrs. Gordon is a fine variety 
in the way of The Mearns, having violet-purple 
petals fading to white around the top petals. 
Win. Allardyce is a dark plum-purple; but the 
new variety named John Forbes is another 'dark sort 
whose peculiar shade of maroon-violet had been 
affected by the dry weather and heat before we 
examined it. Another new variety for 1900 is Camp¬ 
bell Bannerman, with dark purple-blue self-coloured 
flowers. Another handsome dark blue is Sir Robert 
Puller, having a large yellow eye. 
Miniature varieties were represented in the collec¬ 
tion by a few neat and dainty flowers. Very pretty 
is the delicate pink or blush-white variety named 
Lyric. Blush Queen is even more delicately and 
daintily shaded with blush, with a large golden eye. 
Queen of the Year is a handsome, dark blue belong¬ 
ing to the miniature section, the outline being 
circular. 
PLANTS RECENTLY CERTIFICATED, 
The awards hereunder mentioned were made by the 
Royal Horticultural Society on the 3rd ult. 
Orchid Committee. 
Laeliocattleya Wiganiae.— The sepals of this 
bigeneric hybrid are salmon pink, while the petals 
are much broader and rosy-salmon. The lip is deep 
purple, with a large, dark purple blotch in the 
throat. (First-class Certificate.) Sir Frederick 
Wigan, Bart, (grower, Mr. W. H. Young), Clare Lawn, 
East Sheen. 
Laeliocattleya Henry Greenwood superba.— 
The sepals are pink, and the petals darker with a 
crisped edge. The lip is very large and velvety 
crimson purple; the side lobes are rosy, and on 
either side of the throat are two very large, creamy- 
white blotches, between which the purple runs to 
the base in the form of a narrow band. (First-class 
Certificate.) Sir F. Wigan, Bart. 
Broughtonia sanguinea. —The linear sepals, 
obovate petals, and the suborbicular, retuse lip of 
this species are all of a deep rosy-red, with crimson 
lines on the base of the lip. (Botanical Certificate.) 
J. T. Bennett Poe, Esq. (gardener, Mr. J. Downes), 
Holmwood, Cheshunt. 
Colax Viridis. —The oblong, pale green sepals 
are sometimes spotted with dark markings on the 
contiguous edges. The petals are heavily spotted 
with blackish-brown. The lip is short with trans¬ 
verse, rhomboid, terminal lobe, and mauve in colour. 
(Botanical Certificate.) Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, 
Ltd., Chelsea. 
Floral Committee. 
Magnolia Macrophylla. —The magnificent leaves 
of this species are 12 in. to 20 in. long by 5 in. to 
9 in. wide, light green, auricled at the base and 
downy beneath. The three outer petals of the huge, 
white flower are 8 in. to 9 in. long, and the three 
inner about 6 in. long, and creamy-white with a 
purple stain at the base. (First-class Certificate.) 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Ltd. 
Heliotrope Picciola.— The leaves are elliptic, 
large and rugose. The violet-purple flowers are 
produced in huge corymbose cymes, and are sweetly 
scented. (Awardof Merit.) Leopold de Rothschild, 
Esq. (gardener, Mr. J. Hudson), Gunnersbury House, 
Acton, W. 
Delphinium Blanche Fitzmaurice. —The large, 
semi-double flowers are mauve with bright blue 
edges, while the petals are small and white. 
Fruit and Vegetable Committee. 
Pea Edwin Beckett.— The pods of this handsome- 
looking Pea are 5 in. long, deep green, with a fine 
bloom, and slightly curved towards the tip. There 
are seven to ten large and sweet seeds, of good 
flavour in each pod. The plant is a heavy bearer, 
a continuous cropper, and the variety useful for 
exhibition purposes. The committee gave an Award 
of Merit at Chiswick, and a First-class Certificate at 
the Drill Hall. Lord Aldenham (gardener, Mr. E. 
Eeckett), Aldenham House, Elstree. 
Nectarine Lockley Hall Seedling. —This new 
variety is larger than Lord Napier, to which it is 
similar, but three weeks earlier. (Award of Merit.) 
Mr. J. Budd, Lockley Hall Gardens, Romney. 
At the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society 
on the 17th ult., the awards mentioned below were 
made. 
Orchid Committee. 
Maxillaria scurrilis. — This is one of the most 
remarkable species in cultivation on account of the 
length and disposition of the segments. The lateral 
sepals are 5 in. long, broadly linear or strap-shaped, 
spreading at the base where they have a half twist, 
above which they are twisted back again and then 
decurved. The basal part is white with a few deep 
brown blotches, while all the rest is deep yellow, 
and blotched with brownish-crimson. The dorsal 
sepal is simply recurved and singularly coloured. 
The petals are 4 in. to 5 in. long, arching forwards, 
downwards, and otherwise like the sepals. The lip 
is small and yellow. (First-class Certificate). Sir 
Trevor Lawrence (grower, Mr. W. H. White), Bur- 
ford Lodge, Dorking. 
Cypripedium rothschildo-lawrenceanum. — The 
dorsal sepal is rotund-ovate, large, greenish-yellow, 
and heavily lined with brownish-black aloDg the 
course of the nerves. The petals are oblong, spotted 
with black on yellow and rosy at the tip. The lip is 
deep purple-brown, laterally compressed, and inter¬ 
mediate in form between the parents expressed in 
the name. The dorsal sepal is also intermediate. 
(Award of Merit.) Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. 
Angraecum filicornu.— The sepals and petals 
are linear-lanceolate, the lip broader, and all white. 
(Award of Merit.) Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. 
Cirrhopetalum sinense.— The dorsal sepal is 
hooded and almost covered with deep purple spots. 
The lateral sepals are yellow, in. long, splashed 
and spotted with purple. (Botanical Certificate.) Sir 
Trevor Lawrence, Bart. 
Tainia speciosa. —The sepals and petals are 
finely lined with purple on a straw-yellow ground, 
while the lip is creamy. (Botanical Certificate.) Sir 
Trevor Lawrence, Bart. 
Masdevallia maculata. —The lower lip is deep 
maroon, elongated, with pale green tails, § in. long. 
The upper sepal is 2$ in. long, and orange. 
(Botanical Certificate.) Sir Trevor Lawrence, 
Bart. 
Sarcanthus peninsularis.— The small flowers 
are produced in racemes, and are yellow, with a 
brown band within each margin. (Botanical Certi¬ 
ficate.) Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. 
Phaius oakwoodiensis.— Here we have a hand¬ 
some hybrid between P. tuberculosus and P. grandi- 
folius, or some of its allies. The sepals are oblong- 
elliptic, the petals obovate-elliptic, all reflexed and 
brownish-red or buff-salmon. The side lobes of the 
lip are brownish-orange, deeply toothed at the edges, 
recurved and brownish-orange; while the middle 
lobe is tranversely oblong, emarginate and dull red¬ 
dish-purple. A double, yellow and creamy ridge 
forms the crest. (First-class Certificate.) N. C. 
Cookson, Esq. (gardener, Mr. Wm. Murray), Oak- 
wood, Wylam-on-Tyne. 
Rose Souvenir de C. Guillot.— This may be 
described as a garden or decorative Rose belonging 
to the Tea section. The flowers are salmon-pink 
and loosely built, except in the early bud stage, and 
fragrant. (Award of Merit.) Messrs. Wm. Paul & 
Son, Cheshunt. 
Nymphaea stellata pulcherrima. —The sepals 
of this handsome African Water Lily are deep green 
on the back and lined with black. The flowers are 
large and deep blue, the tips of the anthers being 
also blue. (Award of Merit.) Leopold de Roth¬ 
schild, Esq., (gardener, Mr. J. Hudson), Gunnersbury 
House, Acton, W. 
Nymphaea marliacea rosea. —The flowers of 
this hybrid variety are of the first size, and the 
large,oblong-elliptic petals are white with a rosy-pink 
base. It has a better habit than N. m. carnea, 
which is also paler. (Award of Merit.) Leopold 
de Rothschild, Esq., and Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, 
Ltd., Chelsea. 
Nymphaea Leydekeri fulgens. —The outer 
petals of this beautiful hybrid are rosy, while the 
inner ones are deep crimson-red. All are short and 
broad. (Award of Merit.) Messrs. J. Veitch & 
Sons, Ltd. 
Delphinium Blue Butterfly. —The habit of 
this annual Larkspur reminds one of a perennial 
species, as the large and brilliant blue flowers are 
produced singly on short stalks that spread in every 
direction. The plant is only 9 in. to 10 in. high 
when grown in pots, branched from the base, and 
leafy. The small petals are also blue. (Award of 
Merit.) Messrs. J. Carter & Co., High Holborn, 
London. 
Carnation Benbow (Martin R. Smith). — This 
border Carnation has beautifully refined, buff-yellow 
flowers, and smooth, rounded petals. The plant is 
of vigorous constitution with plenty of grass. 
(Award of Merit.) Mr. James Douglas, Edenside, 
Great Bookham, Surrey. 
Carnation Midas (Martin R. Smith). — The 
flowers of ibis border variety are rich, orange- 
scarlet, and very handsome, the blooms being of 
large size, bes.utiful form, and almost entire at the 
margin of the petals. (Award of Merit.) Mr. 
James Dougla s. 
Carnation Bomba. —The broad, rounded petals 
