1058 
THE GARDENING WORLD . 
December 26, 1903. 
Plants Recently Certificated 
By the Royal Horticultural Society. 
Decembe r I5th. 
ORCHID COMMITTEE. 
Cypripedium eeanum' clinkaberryanum. 
The dorsal sepal of this hybrid variety is very large, orbicular 
and white, with a green base, and spotted with violet to within 
half an inch of the margin. The petals are yellow-tinted with 
brown, and have a dark midrib. The lip is dark brown, and, 
like the petals, has a glossy lustre. Award of Merit to N. C. 
Cookson, Esq. (gardener, Mr. H. J. Chapman), Oakwood, 
Wylam-on-Tyne; to Baron Schroder (gardener, Mr. H. Ballan- 
tine). The Dell, Egham; and to 0. 0. Wrigley, Esq. (gardener, 
Mr. lingers-), Bridge Hall, Bury, Lancs. 
Cypripedium nitens wrigleyanum. 
The dorsal sepal -of this variety is very heavily spotted with 
brown, the -spots being larger than in the- ordinary form. 
Awar d of Merit to 0. 0. Wrigley, Esq. 
Cypripedium insigne Sanderae Oakwood Seedling. 
The flowers o-f this variety are very similar to those o-f the 
imported plant, but the dark specks on the upper sepal are 
more aggregated in a, ro-und cluster. There is also- a yellow 
are-a between the yellow top -and the pale green base o-f the 
same organ. The lip is shorter and the flo-wer altogether of a 
better form, while the plant is much dwarfer in. habit. Award 
o-f Merit to Norman C. Cookson, Esq. 
Odontoglossum crispum Mariae. 
The segments o-f this beautiful round flower are white, with 
a number of very large brownish-purple blotches, and shaded 
with ro-s-e on the- back. Award of Merit to- Norman C. Co-o-kson, 
Esq. 
Odontoglossum Vuylstekei vivicaus. 
The sepals of this fine variety are o-va-te, dark chestnut-red, 
with a yellow tip -and two- trans-verse pale yellow bands. The 
petals are more decidedly clawed, slightly jagge-d on the- edges, 
and have -a few large round purple-cho-oolat-e blotches nearly 
covering them, leaving -only a- narrow" ye-llow margin. The lip 
is chestnut-red, with a white- edge. First-class Certificate- to 
Baron Schroder. 
Odontoglossum harryano-crispum virens. 
The-sepals- o-f this fine-hybrid variety are primrose 1 , with three 
very bold chocolate- bands- -across them. The petals are- mar¬ 
gined with chocolate-purple, with two large- blotches of the 
same colour -on a -white ground. The- lip is- spotted with violet 
on the lower half, and is- white- on the upper half. The- petals 
are similar in shape to those .of 0. cris-pum. The spike carried 
thirteen very large and 'handsome flowers. Award -of Merit to 
M. Charles Vuylst-eke, Lo-o-christi, Ghent-. 
FLORAL COMMITTEE. 
Croton turnfordiense. 
Tile leaves of this, handsome variety -are- elliptic, faintly 
three-lo-b-ed above the middle, with a- golden-yellow b-a.se and 
centre-, and very dark green edge- and apex. The stems, are 
mostly yellow. Award of Merit to Mr. Thomas- Ro-clifo-rd, Turn- 
ford Hall Nurseries, Broxboume. 
Chrysanthemum Allman’s Yellow. 
The flowers -of this decorative variety vary fro-m bright yellow 
to rich golden yellow, -and measure fro-m 2 in. to 3| in. across. 
See -also page 1034, -second column. Award of Merit to- Mr, 
Tho-s. Allman, R-owhill Nurs-eiy, Wilmington, Dart-ford. 
Child hex as Gardeners. —There is in a -suburb of Vienna a 
unique horticultural institution which might be advantageously 
copied in London. The idea -on which it is founded is to encou¬ 
rage children to take an interest in flowers and trees- About 
750 children attend regularly, and this year they have planted 
2,000 trees and plants. At the- end of the year prizes are dis¬ 
tributed to the children whose plants have been best cared for. 
The Best Flowering Plants at Kew. 
“ There are more plants in the garden than ye wot of.” 
Cestrum fasciculatum (syn. Habrothamnus fasciculatus). 
This- forms an excellent plant for clothing a pillar 15 ft. to 
20 ft. high, the main stems being fastened to the pillar, and 
the lateral branches, 2 ft. to 3 ft. long, allowed to droop 
naturally. Those lateral branches produce terminal and 
axillary" cymo-se-capitat-e inflorescence or purplish-red flowers 
in great profusion from September till January. It closely 
resembles C. elegans, fro-m which it chiefly differs by its duller- 
coloured flowers, its darker, less pointed leaves and its period 
of flowering. Mexico. 
C a strum aurantiacum. 
Like the preceding, this is a greenhouse plant, suitable for 
clothing pillars, as a bush, or even as a pot plant, its main stem 
being stouter, lienee more self supporting. This species pro¬ 
duces orange-yellow flowers: in terminal and axillary spicate in¬ 
florescences). Its flowers diffe-r from those of C. elegana and 
its allies by being funnel-shaped, with scarcely any" constriction 
at- the top- of the tube. A handsome, free flowering plant, with 
oval, undulate, deep rich green leaves. Guatemala. 
Cytisus filipes. 
This species somewhat resembles C. alba-; like it, it is highly 
decorative, and flowering at this period in an ordinary green¬ 
house temperature-, when flowers, especially white ones, are so 
acceptable, renders it a valuable plant-. It forms a plant 3 ft. 
to- 4 ft-.’ high, with a much branched head of short- green leafless, 
arching, thread-like branches; these are studded with a profu¬ 
sion of small sessile, white fragrant flowers. Teneriffe. 
Olearia ramulosa. 
A sub-shrubby plant 18 in. to 2 ft. high of erect- stems, 
which are freely branched, the branches being horizontally in¬ 
clined, 3 in. to 5 in. long, and covered with small star-like 
flowers- and very diminutive leaves, green on- upper and downy 
on-under surface. As; a pot plant for greenhouse stages, it 
will prove an acquisition, being easy of cultivation, having a 
light and graceful effect, and being very flo-riferous. Australia. 
Chrysanthemum marginatum. 
This forms a, branching plant 12 in. to 16 in high, the 
branches being terminated by" four to- five) flowers about J in. 
in diameter, of white ray florets and yellow disc. The leaves, 
which may be described as “ Oak-leaf shaped, are light green 
on, the upper surface, their margin and lower surface being 
quite silvery. It- forms' a neat pot plant, ve-iy decorative and 
providing a distinct change from the commonly grown forms 
of this genus. Japan. 
Correa cardin alis. 
This) form is- by Bent-ham believed to be a- form of C. s-peciosa. 
and it to a. great extent- resembles C. speciosa ventricosa-, but 
the brilliant colour of its rich scarlet tubular flowers rank it 
as one of the most decorative of the genus-, whatever its con¬ 
nection may be. Australia. 
Daphne odora (syn. D. indica). 
This is-a very desirable e-vergreen s-mall shrub for cultivating 
in- pots fo-r the greenhouse and conservatory, as its pink or 
white flowe-rs-, which are themselves sufficiently" attractive, 
emit such a, delightful fragrance that one small plant will 
scent a large house. Fo-r plants: of this grown on their own 
roots-—which i-s by no means a,n impossibility—there is ever 
a ready market. China, 
Reinwardtia tetragyna. 
This specie® chiefly differs from R. trigyna by its- flowers 
usually possessing four instead of three styles, and also- that 
the- flowers are- usually" borne in- terminal clusters. A neat 
yellow-flowered greenhouse pot- plant. India. 
Erica mediterranea var. liybrida. 
A supposed hybrid between this species and E. carnea, re¬ 
sembling the latter in the colour of its flowers, though slightly 
paler, and the former in -habit. It is- one of the- best of hardy 
Heaths, easily increased by cuttings, which form bushy plants. 
