TUB GARDENING WORLD. 
347 
April ] 8, 1903. 
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Plants Recently Certificated 
By the Royal Horticultural Society. 
April 7th. 
ORCHID COMMITTEE. 
Odontoglossum crispum Persimmon. 
The massive flowers of this variety have a pure white 
ground. The sepals and jagged petals, overlap each other very 
much, and each has a, semi-circular group of large brownish- 
purple blotches on the centre, the blotches being often more 
or less run together in a mass. The lip has numerous blotches 
of the same rich colour, but of smaller size, arranged round the 
yellow crest. The plant producing this magnificent, flower 
turned up iu an importation, and its cost was only Is. 6d. 
First-class Certificate, H. T. Pitt, Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. 
Tliurgood), Rceslyn, Stamford Hill. 
Odontoglossum crispum Alpha. 
The sepals of this beautiful variety have one or two. trans¬ 
verse cinnamon-brown blotches. The petals have numerous 
blotches, similar in colour but smaller. The lip has a large 
blotch in front of the crest. Award of Merit, H. T. Pitt, Esq. 
Cypripedium Mrs. Pitt. 
The' parentage of this pretty hybrid was. C. Godefroyae leu- 
cochilum x nitens. The leaves are faintly tessellated with 
deep green. The dorsal sepal is orbicular, with a white edge, 
the rest being yellow, blotched with purple. The petals are 
creamy-yellow, spotted all over with crimson. The lip is 
yellow, slightly suffused with a. fuscous-brown. The flowers, 
as a. whole, show the parentage, the yellow colour being chiefly 
due to nitens. Award of Merit, H. T. Pitt, Esq. 
Odontoglossum triumphans crawshayanum. 
The segments of this fine variety are of great depth, and 
rich golden yellow, heavily barred with a rich chocolate-brown. 
Award of Merit, De B. Crawshav, Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. J. 
Stables), Roxefiekl, Sevenoaks. 
Odontoglossum Adrianae Lady Wantage. 
The sepals and petals are heavily spotted with chestnut- 
red, on a pale yellow ground. The lip is paler, being white, 
spotted with brown. Although the ground colour was pale, 
the flowers were very handsome, and one splendid spike canned 
twenty of them. Award of Merit, Captain Holford, C.I.E. 
(grower, Mr. Alexander), Westonbirt, Tetbury. 
Masdevallia veitchiano-wagneriana. 
1 The tli ree sepals diverge triangular fashion, the upper one 
being concave and the rest convex, all being of a deep apricot 
colour. Award of Merit, Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart, (grower, 
Mr. W. H. White), Burford, Dorking. 
Masdevallia Xipheres. 
T The flowers of this species are small, purple, and home on. 
tall, slender stems. Botanical Certificate, Sir Trevor Law¬ 
rence, Bart. 
FLORAL COMMITTEE. 
Caladium Mossamedes, 
The leaf of this variety is about 2 ft. long and 18 in. across 
j when fully developed. In texture the leaf is semi-translucent, 
white, with a pink shade in places, and having red blotches in 
I the centre, and irregular green splashes chiefly about the 
centre of the leaf. A large plant of it should be veiy hand¬ 
some. Award of Merit, Messrs. William Bull & Sons, King’s 
Road, Chelsea. 
Hippeastrum Apple Blossom. 
Tlie flowers of this variety are openly funnel-shaped, and 
of a soft blush-white, shaded with' pink in places, and lined 
with crimson on the upper segments. The surface of the seg¬ 
ments is finely wrinkled, lending an additional feature to an 
already beautiful flower. Award of Merit, Messrs. J. Veitch 
& Sons, Limited, King’s Road, Chelsea. 
Hippeastrum Black Prince. 
The bloom of this variety is of large size, rich crimson, 
shaded with maroon in the throat, and shining with a glossy 
lustre. Award of Merit, Captain Holford, C.I.E. 
The above is a Polyantha Rose, about 12 in. to 15 in. high, 
producing deep rosy-crimson flowers in great abundance, ter¬ 
minating the principal and the side branches, which are up¬ 
right and self-supporting. It will make a good bedding plant, 
as it resembles a dwarf Crimson Rambler. Award of Merit. 
A group of plants grown in pots was shown by Mr. Charles 
Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough. 
NARCISSUS COMMITTEE. 
Tulipa praestans. 
The flowers- of this new Tulip are fairly large, with pointed 
segments, and are' rich vermilion-red, without any blotch at 
the base of the segments. The stamens are red on the lower 
half of the filaments. The leaves lie upon the ground, and are 
pubescent, a veiy uncommon feature amongst Tulips. The 
flower-scapes vary from 6 in. to 9 in. high, bearing a single 
flower. The species comes from Bokhara. Award of Merit, 
Miss Willmott, Warley Place, Great Warley; and Messrs'. R. 
Wallace & Co>., Kiln-field Gardens, Colchester. 
Narcissus Vicountess Falmouth. 
The above is a hybrid between one of the trumpet Daffodils 
and Narcissus tria-ndrus. The imbricated segments are of the 
palest cream. The chalice is bell-shaped, plaited, and pale 
lemon. It is a- veiy pretty addition to this genus. Award of 
Merit, Miss Willmott. 
Narcissus Body Guard. 
The segments of this ineomparabilis. type are ovate, imbri¬ 
cate, and creamy white. The large chalice is pale lemon. 
Narcissus Red Disk. 
Here again we have an ineomparabilis form, with yellow seg¬ 
ments and widely-expanded chalice of warm orange and paler 
towards the base. 
Narcissuss Leedsii Gold Eye. 
The segments in. this instance are white, while the chalice 
is lemon, with an orange rim. 
Narcissus Symmetry. 
This is; an, ineomparabilis form, with yellow segments and an 
inflated or bowl-shaped orange-scarlet chalice, "with a paler 
base. The above four were shown by the Rev. G. H. Eno-fo- 
heart, Dinton, Wilts, and each received an Award of Merit 
Narcissus King’s Norton. 
The above is one of the new giant trumpet Daffodils, in the 
way of Emperor, but larger, with yellow segments and a, more 
richly-coloured trumpet. Award of Merit, Messrs. Pope & 
Sons, King’s Norton, near Birmingham. 
Horticultural Lectures at Belton, Retford. —At the first 
. of a course of three lectures on horticulture, given in the Public 
Hall by Air. Smith, F.R.H.S., late assistant at the Royal Hor¬ 
ticultural Society’s Gardens, London, and now of the Midland 
Agricultural Institute, Air. 0. Godfrey occupied the chair, and 
introduced the lecturer. The subject of the lecture was “ Small 
Fruits.” 
Rose Mme, N. Levavasseur. 
Narcissus Zingara. 
The above might be described as a Burbidgei, with imbri¬ 
cate broad white segments and a- wide open cup-like crown, 
scarlet at the rim, and the rest yellow. Award of Merit, Mrs. 
Backhouse, Sutton Court, Hereford. 
