THE GARDENING WORIJD. 
625 
May 25 , 1901 . 
M. Jules Hye, Ghent, sent a good variety of O. 
Rolfeae, O.crispum Phrynee and O.c. Idole, a nicely 
spotted variety with a densely clustered raceme. 
Lt.-Col. Shipway, Chiswick, sent Odontoglossum 
wilckeanum. 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Ltd., sent a small 
collection of hybrid Cattleyas and Laeliocattleyas 
and Cypripediums, the most prominent being Lc. 
Digbyano-Trianaei, derived from the species indi¬ 
cated in the name, the sepals and petals pale rose, 
the broad lip. rose, shading to green at the base, 
heavily fringed on the margin ; Lc. Aphrodite, Lc 
Canhamiana, Lc. Hyeana, and Lc. G. S. Ball. 
CALADIUMS. 
As on several previous occasions, Messrs. J. Veitch 
and Sons, Ltd., Chelsea, set up a magnificent group 
of Caladiums In the big tent. The plants were 
dwarfer thaq usual, though none the worse for that, 
as the foliage was brilliantly coloured notwith¬ 
standing the lack of sunshine till recently. The 
grand old Candidum has not yet been superseded 
for exhibition purposes. Other large and handsome 
plants were : Baron A. de Rothschild, red, suffused 
bronzy-green, blotched with white and having 
veins and a green edge. Other standard varieties of 
dwarf habit or in smaller plants than the above 
were: Lady Mosley, translucent rose with a narrow 
green edge ; Comtesse de Brosse, rosy with carmine 
veins; B. S. Williams, red and often thickly netted 
with green; Golden Queen, soft golden yellow; 
Comte de Germiny, dwarf, uniform red, with white 
blotches; Le Nain Rouge, small red leaves; 
Princess of Teck, with soft red centre, carmine veins 
and a yellow-green border, making a lovely variety ; 
La Lorraine, small, dwarf red with a green edge ; 
Isis, a lovely pinkish-white wfth carmine viens and 
a green margin ; Duchess de Mortmart, creamy 
white, blotched green ; Lord Derby, translucent rose, 
with olive green veins; and Reine de Danemark, 
pink with rosy veins on a white ground. Several 
were new and others only sent out a year or two ago. 
A novelty for this year is Mrs. James H. Veitch, 
which has stout crimson stalks to the leaves which 
are rich crimson-scarlet with a bronzy shading. 
Edith Luther, soft rosy-pink with a suffused green 
border, was sent out last year. The same may be 
said of The Mikado, having a red centre and broad 
green border. Not much older is Pantia Ralli, 
bronzy metallic red, blotched with red and white. 
green margin ; Triomphe de Comte, which had very 
large leaves with vivid red veins on a dark green 
ground ; Comtesse de Maille, white ground veined 
with bright rosy-red and green ; Marquis of Camden, 
a large-leafed variety with dark red veins on a 
glowing red ground, and towards the edges, beauti¬ 
fully netted with green ; Rio de Janeiro is one of the 
best of the translucent varieties, having pink leaves 
with green margins dotted with pink ; Silver Cloud 
is a very beautiful plant, the leaves, as the name 
denotes, being beautiful silvery-white, which is 
relieved by a few carmine coloured veins, and a few 
faint splashes of green ; Tennyson, a dark red centre 
gradually shaded off to green, mottled with yellow 
on the margins ; Oriflamme is one of the most con¬ 
spicuous of the family, being a very brilliant red, 
with a light green margin ; Sir Henry Irving has the 
centre of the leaf a very light cream, giving place to 
white as it approaches the margin, which is green, 
the veins being a beautiful rose pink ; Sir William 
Broadbent, a large-leafed plant of mixed colours of 
red and green heavily splashed with white; Mrs.H.J, 
Veitch, leaves light red with bright crimson veins, 
in the older leaves finely pencilled with green ; John 
Peed, a very dark red with a light green margin, is 
Group of Brilliant Prize and stellata Cinerarias (See p. 628). 
carmine veins; Louis Van Houtte, with large rich 
red leaves, like great shields ; Madam John Box, 
rosy-pink with broad green edge and carmine veins ; 
Silver Cloud, silvery white, marbled with green ; 
Triomphe de Comte, tall, and rich green, with 
carmine-red centre ; Marquis of Camden, red netted 
green, with a dark green edge ; Oriflamme, brilliant 
red with green border; Patumaya, rosy-red and 
thickly netted with green ; Roncador, translucent 
rosy-pink, beautifully netted with olive green ; Rose 
Laing, large soft pink on a creamy-yellow ground, 
and netted towards the edges; Sir Julian Goldsmid, 
dark bronzy-green, with dark crimson viens, and 
altogether rich in colour ; Gaspard Crayer, brilliant 
carmine-red, mixed with green towards the border— 
a fine exhibition variety; Henry Lovatt, rich 
metallic red, with broad green border; Donna 
Carmen Macedo, translucent rose, richly netted 
olive; Mrs. Harry Veitch, metallic‘’red, suffused 
bronzy green ; Noakesi, dark crimson centre and 
veins, marbled with white on a green ground towards 
the sides; Madame Schmidt, carmine and broad 
green border, blotched with red and white; Lily 
Burke, soft pink on a pale green ground; and 
Madame Groult, suffused red on white, with carmine 
Lady Stafford Northcote is of a rich uniform red, 
occasionally tinted olive. Guill Mar is soft pink, 
with pale green ribs. The plants were grown in tubs 
and large pans, the two back rows of the group 
consisting of the tallest Caladiums, while the others 
were tastefully mixed with stove plants such as 
Cyanophyllum magnificum, Phrynium variegatum, 
Lee a amabilis (in grand form), Tillandsia fenestralis, 
T. bieroglyphica. Anthurium crystallinum, A. 
illustre, Aralia elegantissima, Gymnogrammes, &c. 
The whole group had a splendid appearance and was 
one of the features (of the big tent. Mr. George 
Tivey, the cultivator, is to be congratulated on the 
fine effect of his handiwork. 
Messrs. John Peed & Son, Roupell Park Nursery, 
Norwood Road, S.E., as usual, had a beautiful 
group of Caladiums, which are well known to be one 
of their specialities. They made a brilliant display, 
and the backward spring, and cold, sunless days do 
not seem to have affected them much. The colours 
of many were superb, and they were staged in such 
a manner that they were all blended in beautiful 
harmony. Some of the best varieties we noted were 
John R. Box, a magnificent variety with a greenish 
maroon ground with carmine veins, and a pretty 
a very handsome variety, and is almost transparent ; 
Mods. S. Waller, a very brilliant variety with a deep 
red centre, and light green border spotted at intervals 
with red encircled in white; Verdi, crimson-lake, 
centre gradually shaded off to a green border; 
W. E. Gladstone, a very rich crimson slightly 
suffused with green, the veins being a deep rose 
colour, and marked out in a wonderfully picturesque 
manner, the habit very dwarf and sturdy, and for 
both beauty of colour and neatness of habit, it is 
hard to beat (see illustration, p. 619); Baron Adolphe 
de Rothschild, a brilliant carmine with very round 
leaves ; Excellent, deep red centre, crimson veins on 
a green ground, plentifully splashed with white; 
Leonard Bause, a translucent variety, creamy-white, 
suffused with delicate pink towards the centre; 
Duchess of Fife, white, netted with green and bright 
rose veins; Mercedes d Argent, a pure white 
translucent variety with rose-pink veins, and faintly 
pencilled with green towards the border, are other 
fine varieties we noted. 
GLOXINIAS AND STREPTOCARPI. 
Messrs. John Laing & Sons, Forest -Hill, London, 
staged a group of Gloxinias notable for the size and 
