April 16, 1904. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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We first observed it at the Temple Show last year, where 
well-grown pans of it were shown as a new plant. If it proves 
as hardy as S. Martensii and its varieties, it should make a 
pretty edging to a greenhouse or conservatory when at its 
best; but the best results with these plants are usually 
obtained by growing them in pots or pans, so that when the 
plants begin to get shabby for any reason they can readily 
be replaced by younger specimens' grown, on from cuttings. 
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Plants Recently Certificated 
By the Royal Horticultural Society. 
April 5th. 
ORCHID COMMITTEE. 
Odontoglossum cirrhosum Pitt’s var. 
The flowers of this variety are of large size compared even, 
with an average good specimen, but are chiefly notable for the 
large size of the spots or blotches on tlie sepals and petals. 
The sepals are white, with a, number of large, rich chocolate- 
brown blotches distributed over the surface, except at the 
base and apex. Thei petals are wonderfully broad at the base, 
with a few chocolate blotches on the middle. The large 1 side 
auricles at the base of the lip are striped with crimson-brown, 
while there is also a blotch in front of the crest. First-class 
Certificate to H. T. Pitt, Esq. (gardener, Mr. W T . Thurgood), 
Rosslyn, Stamford Hill. 
Cymbidium lowianum Luciani. 
The sepals and petals of this variety are of a, buff greenish 
yellow, as in the ordinary form. Thei lip, however, has a very 
large, rich velvety-crimson horseshoe-shaped or nearly triangu¬ 
lar blotch at the apex. This blotch is merely larger and richer 
in colour than in the more ordinary forms of thei species-. The 
plant shown by Messrs. Linden and Co., Brussels, carried seven¬ 
teen flowers,. Award of Merit. 
Laeliocattleya Mona. 
The parentage of this bigeneric hybrid was L. flava, x C. 
Schroderae, and the resultant progeny has flowers intermediate 
between the parents in the matter - of size. The sepals and 
petals are clear soft yellow, and even, the lip shows the in¬ 
fluence of L. flava in, the matter of colour. Award of Merit 
to Messrs. James Veatch and Sons, Limited, Chelsea. 
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Laeliocattleya digbyana-Schroderae alba. 
The parentage in this instance is indicated by the name. 
The large and striking lip is handsomely fringed, and the 
whole flower is relatively pure white. Award of Merit to J. 
Bradshaw, Esq. (gardener, Mr. G. Whitelegge), The Grange, 
Southgate. 
FLORAL COMMITTEE. 
Iris Haynei. 
Although this Iris has been known to science for some time, 
it, seems to have been introduced to* cultivation only in recent 
years, and is now flowering in several collections. It is a 
native of Palestine and belongs to thei Oncocylus section, which 
seems to be well represented in, that country. Our illustra¬ 
tion was prepared from a specimen we received from Messrs. 
Wm. Cutbush and Son, Highgate, London. The falls arei 
obovate, slightly narrowed below the middle, crenate at the 
apex, and dark brownish-purple, with a, large triangular black 
blotch just where these segments recurve. The claw is somee 
what paler and bearded with short yellow hairs down the 
middle. The standards are sub-orbicular, suddenly narrowed 
into a claw and light purple, with very numerous radiating 
dark purple veins, more or less branched and uniting near the 
three principal ones that run along the middle. These seg¬ 
ments are also finely mottled with dark purple. The style 
arms are arching, densely mottled with brownish-purple', with 
rounded crests on the apex, which arei incurved, leaving a wide 
opening to the' nectary. The flower from which our description 
was taken measured 5 in. across the falls. Award of Merit 
to Messrs. Cutbush and Son, who also received a Botanical 
Certificate of Merit for it at the meeting of the Royal Botanic 
Society on the lGth ult. It is certainly the finest of the more 
recent additions belonging to this group. 
Cyrtanthus Marian. 
The above name baa been given to a hybrid between lutes- 
cens and angustifolius. The flowers are produced in umbels 
on stems, about 1 ft. high. They are tubular, 11 in. to 2 in. 
Iris Haynei : an Oncocyclus Iris. 
long, and slightly widened to the mouth, which is furnished 
with six very short, segments. During the time of flowering 
the linear leaves are half as long as the stems. Award of 
Merit to Mr. J. O’Brien, Harrow-on-the-Hill. 
Azalea, indica Mine. Emma Eckhaut. 
The flowers of this new variety of Indian Azalea are double 
with a moderate number of segments, which, however, are not 
always fully developed in the centre. The distinct colour 
seems to be the chief feature of the variety. The segments 
are of a rich deep rose along the centre, with a broad white 
edge, not pink or salmon, as in some well-known popular 
varieties. Award of Merit to Mr. Charles Turner. Slough. 
