966 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
November 21, 1903. 
By the Royal Horticultural Society. 
November IOth. 
ORCHID COMMITTEE. 
Laeliocattleya bletchleyensis Ruby King. 
Tlie sepals and petals of this hybrid variety Chrysanthemum W. A. Ethekington. Size, 7in. by 7in. (See p. 965.) 
are light purple, with the addition, perhaps, of 
a yellow shade in the sepalsi. The lip is of large size', with a 
rich purple lamina, fading to a. paler hue at the margin, and 
strongly undulated. Firsbclass Certificate to Baron. Schroder 
(gardener, Mr. H. Ballantine), The Dell, Egham. 
Laeliocattleya Wrigieyi 
The parentage of this hybrid was L. anceps. x C. bowringiana. 
The sepals and petals of this bigeneric hybrid are bright rosy- 
purple. The lip shows the influence of C. bowringiana in 
being more convolute at the edges. The lamina is of a dark 
purple-red. Award of Merit to' Messrs. .T. Yeitcli and Sons, 
Limited, Chelsea, and M. A. A. Peelers, St.. Gilles, Brussels, 
Cymbidium wiganianum 
The parentage of thisi hybrid was C. eburaeum x tracyanum. 
The sepals and petals are creamy-white, with small spots and 
lines of purple arranged along the' course of the veins. The 
lip. is strongly marked with reddish-brown spots on, a. creamy 
Hare,field Hall. The dorsial sepal in this instance is also the 
finest feature ‘of the flowers', being of a, brownish-yellow cast, 
richly spotted with dark purple blotches passing into white 
at the apex. Award of Merit to E. Ashworth, Esq. (gardener, 
Mr. Holbrook), Harefield Hall, Wilmslow, Cheshire. 
Cattleya hardyana albens Peelers' variety. 
The sepals and petals of this supposed natural hybrid are 
white, with a faint, tint, of mauve. The lip is of a, rich crimson- 
purple, passing into crimson and yellow lines in the throat. 
The two eye-like spots a,t the opening of the flower are white, 
tinted with yellow. First-class, Certificate to M. A. A. Peelers. 
Cattleya St. Gilles. 
Thei parentage of this hybrid was 1 C. Patrocini. x dowiana 
aurea. The sepals and petals in this instance are of a bright 
rose or carmine-rose. The lip is crimson-purple, and rather 
heavily marked with golden, veinmgs towards the base, a 
ground, and is also pubescent, as in the case of C. tracyanum, 
by which it has been strongly influenced. Award of Merit to 
Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart, (grower, Mr. W. H. Young), Clare 
Lawn, East Sheen,. 
Cypripedium Ville de Paris. 
The dorsal sepal of this hybrid is richly marked with dark 
brownish-purple on a, shining yellow ground a,s if varnished, 
the apical port ion being white. The petals and the lip have the 
same shining ground colour. Award of Merit to Francis Y el- 
lesley, Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. Hopkins), Westfield, near 
W eking. 
Cypripedium fulshawense. 
The parentage in this instance was C. Boxalli x msigne 
Plants Recently Certificated 
By the National Chrysanthemum Society. 
November IOth. 
A First-class Certificate was awarded to each of the under¬ 
mentioned Chrysanthemums, on the opening day of the great 
autumn show : — 
Miss Barnard Hankey. 
The, blooms of this variety are' of large size for an incurved 
Chrysanthemum, measuring about 6 in. in diameter. T ie 
florets are slightly pointed, but densely arranged, and o a 
fawn colour. 
Miss A. Dighton. 
This also is an incurved variety, 5| in., to 6 in. 
in diameter, and of a. pale, yellow colour, wit,hi 
broad florets. The, above two were 1 exhibited ny 
Mr. W. Higgs, gardener to J. B. Hankey, Esq., 
Fetcham Park, Leatherhead. 
W. Pascoe. 
This also' is an incurved variety, globular, 
5 in. to 6 in. in. diameter, and of a soft silvery 
pink. The floret's are' broad keeled on the back 
and darker on the inner face, but, of course, that 
is hidden in an incurved bloom. The exhibitor 
was Mr. T. Bullimore, gardener to Arthur du 
Crois, Esq., Canons Park, Edgware, N. ^ We 
understand it passed into the collection of Mr. 
H. J. Jones. 
Mrs. J. Dunn. 
The blooms of this Japanese variety are some¬ 
what in the style of Mme. Carnot, the florets 
being moderate in width, drooping, and purei 
white. When fully developed they interlace 
with one another to some extent, and the bloom 
measures 7 in. to 8 in. in diameter. 
Jessie Dean. 
Here we have a, single variety of medium size, 
with rosy-mauve florets fading to a, white zone 
at -the base, surrounding a, yellow disc. This 
and the previous variety were exhibited by Mr. 
H. J. Jonas, Ryecroft Nursery, Hither Green, 
Lewisham, S.E. 
J. H. Silsbury. 
In thisi we have a Japanese variety with crim¬ 
son-red florets of great breadth, with a buff re¬ 
verse. Mr. Silsbury, Province Place, Shanklin, 
Isle of Wight, was the exhibitor. 
