April 25 , 1903. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
359 
Round the Nurseries. 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Ltd. 
At whatever season we may enter the nurseries of Messrs. J. 
Veit eh & Sons, Limited, King’s Load, Chelsea, we can always 
find something interesting. On this occasion we may state 
that the whole nursery has been remodelled, owing to a part. 
3 f it, being taken away for building purposes. All the glass¬ 
houses are now arranged in a row alongside of the broad path- 
rouses are now arranged in two rows alongside of the broad 
oathway leading from the entrance in King’s Road to the other 
in size, and Chelsea not being particularly well suited for the 
.■ultivation of plants, owing to the densely-populated neigh¬ 
bourhood and the fogs of winter, it is intended to make Chelsea 
lire show-place of the establishment. It wall therefore be fed 
or furnished from the various other nurseries where' plants can 
be grown under more favourable conditions as to light and air. 
rhe best things and those in bloom will, therefore, be open 
:oi* inspection at Chelsea, and visitors will there find the- best 
of everything. The nursery outside, and also under glass, is, 
therefore, very smart and clean at the present time. All the 
.louses now occupying the area at disposal are practically new, 
oust of them having been either rebuilt or renovated, and the 
rouses filled with well-grown plants representing all classes 
of plants that are usually grown under glass. 
9RCHIDS. 
In one of the houses we came upon a tine batch of Cypripe- 
dium lawrenceanum in small pots, and tine both in foliage and 
dowers. The pretty Angraecum modestum, something m the 
style of A. Ellisii, but smaller, was suspended from the roof in 
pans. Close by it the interesting A. citratum was also in 
bloom. Vandas are rather cut of fashion at the present time, 
but they deserve better treatment, and we expect, from speci¬ 
mens here, that they will presently have another innings. A 
my fine variety of V. tricolor was notable for the rich brown 
-potting of the flowers. An uncommon but handsome Cypripe- 
dium is C. ciliolare, which is strikingly bearded on the upper 
edges of the petals. C. callosum and C. niveum were also in 
good form, the latter being spotted and not spotted on different 
plants. An uncommon hybrid is Plialaenopsis stuartiano- 
Mannii, the parentage being indicated by the name. 
In another house we noted some new Epidendrums, includ¬ 
ing E. Delphi, with dark crimson-scarlet flowers and an orange 
lip, the parentage being E. o’brienianum x Sclioniburgki. E. 
o'brienianiun was in flower close by. Specially interesting was 
Epilaelia Cliarleswortliii (E. radicans x L. einnabarina), with 
scarlet flowers, giving place to orange on the centre of the lip. 
It is a taller plant than the well-known Epiphronitis Veitclii. 
The Dendrobiutn house' is a. wide lean-to structure with a 
Lily tank on the floor. Suspended from the roof and on the 
benches are many fine species and hybrids of Dendrobes in 
■fbloom. A large batch of D. thrysiflorum was notable for the 
numerous large trusses, varying in the size of the flowers and 
also in the beautiful colours characteristic of this specie®. In 
each case there were also- good forms of D. chrysotoxum, D. 
Falconeri, D. jamesianum, and D. brymerianum, the latter 
having a heavily-bearded lip. Very interesting was an albino 
of D. Hildebrandii, with white flowers except the yellow blotch 
on the lip, the type being wholly yellow. The hybrid D. 
Sosius was notable for the dark colour and large size of its 
flowers. 
The Odontoglossuni House contained numerous species in 
bloom and others now rapidly advancing. For instance, there 
were varying forms of 0. crispum, 0. andersonianum, 0. 
triumphans, 0. luteo-purpureum, 0. Hallii, 0. Oerstedi, and 
various others in their multifarious colours. Suspended from 
the roof was a, fine batch of the cheerful-looking Oncidium con- 
color in small pans, and which will keep up a display for some 
time. In company with it was a fine batch of Sophronitis 
grandiflora in full bloom. 
One of the houses contains a fine lot of Cymhidiums, of which 
there are many large pieces of C. lowianUm with long racemes 
of bloom. The sweet-scented C. eburneum also kept it com¬ 
pany. The orange lip of Phams maculatus is always str iking 
in a collection. Here also we noted numerous plants of Vanda 
ca-erulea. in such vigorous growth that we could scarcely recog¬ 
nise it to be the same plant as usually seem. The. stems and 
foliage reminded us of V. tricolor or V. suavis, rather than 
the hlue-flowered species. 
It is rather early for the Cattleya®, but they were repre¬ 
sented by many flowering plants of C. Schroderae in a con¬ 
siderable variety of colour, both in dark and light forms. The 
vanguard of C. Mossiae is already represented by precocious 
flowering forms. The orange and purple flowers of Laelia 
Latona are always interesting. The bigeneric hybrids named 
Laeliocattleya are always well represented at Chelsea through¬ 
out the autumn, winter and spring. One of the most hand¬ 
some of the older ones was Lc. Pallas (C. dowiana" x L. crispa), 
having a magnificent crimson-purple lip. More recent and 
equally interesting is the very striking Lc. digbyano-Schro- 
Odontoglossum crispum Persimmon. (See p. 357.) 
derae, with lilac sepals and petals and a strangely funnel- 
shaped and fringed nearly white lip, the yellow blotch in the 
throat being almost obliterated. Lc. highburyensis has soft 
red petals and dark red purple petals. Lc. Frederick Boyle is 
another uncommon hybrid, the parentage being C. Trianaei x 
L. anceps. The lip is a compromise between these two very 
different forms, and is striped with crimson and orange on the 
interior. 
GREENHOUSE AND STOVE PLANTS. 
The house where the display of flowering greenhouse plants 
is usually kept is now at its best with a great variety of sub¬ 
jects in season. On the stage facing the door is a fine mass 
of Cineraria Feltliam Bouquet, having purple flowers and a 
dark purple centre. It is one of the hybrids, and is very useful 
for cut flowers, and also for conservatory decoration. Heaths 
are very plentiful and in fine condition. Erica perspicua. nana 
bears a, great profusion of blush flowers, and is only 6 in. to 
9 in. high. E. p. erecta is of upright growth and 18 in. high, 
