June 4, 1904. 
THE gardening world, 
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glossum crispum Victoria Regina, O. c. Priam, O. c. King 
Arthur, 0. c. punctatissimum Princess Maude, O. c. Black 
Prince, and many others. The last-named variety was very 
notable for the dark brownish-crimson blotches on each seg¬ 
ment of the flower, the blotches being limited to one or two 
on each segment. He also had some fine hybrids, including 
Laeliocattleya Eudora, Lc. canhamiana, and a grand-flowered 
Cypripediuni callosum Sanderae, and C. lawrenceanum 
hyeanum, which 'was very pretty and choice in its way. Each 
individual in this group was sufficiently spaced to show off the 
merits of the variety. 
Ivf. A. A. Peeters, Chausee de Foret, Brussels, exhibited a 
handsome hybrid named Laeliocattleya Martinetti the Corona¬ 
tion, and Cattleya Stepmani, with a remarkably dark crimson 
lip. 
M. Jules Hye de Crom, Ghent, staged Odontoglossum 
japonais, remarkable for the number and light colour of its 
markings. 
Francis Wellesley, Esq. (gardener, Mr. H. Hopkins), West- 
field, Woking, exhibited a well-flowered plant of Cattleya 
Mendellii W. E. Dickson, C. Mossiae Wellesleyae, C. M. arnold- 
iana Mrs. Francis Wellesley, C. M. Bishop Amigo, and others. 
R. G. Thwaites, Esq. (gardener, Mr. J. Black), Cliessington, 
23, Christchurch Road, Streatham, exhibited Odontoglossum 
crispum Boltonii, a remarkably richly coloured variety, with 
brownish purple blotches covering most of the segments. 
The Hon. Walter Rothschild (gardener, Mr. Bye), Tring, 
exhibited Laeliocatitleya, Martinetti variety, with a very dark 
crimson lip, and Lc. digbyano-Arnoldii, with a very pale rosy 
lilac lip. 
J. Hubert Gfogan, Esq., Slaney Park, Baltinglass, Co. Wick¬ 
low, exhibited a very pale creamy variety of Odontoglossum 
crispum. 
CALADIUMS. 
Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, Ltd., King’s Road, Chelsea, 
again set up a magnificent group of well-grown Caladiums, but 
for the past year or two they have been in the habit of breaking 
up the group by the addition of various other fine-foliage plants, 
which certainly serve to break the monotony of a group of one 
class of plants and give it a varied and charming appearance. 
We shall mention fine-foliage plants under stove and green¬ 
house plants, and Nepenthes under insectivorous plants. The 
Caladiums were of three distinct sizes, and we think the palm 
must be given to a magnificent specimen of Caladium Rose Laing, 
one leaf of which measured 2 ft. across either way. The deli¬ 
cate pink overlying creamy yellow places this in the first rank 
of its kind. Other varieties of the first size were Mme. John 
Box, rosy pink and carmine veins ; B. S. Williams, soft rosy 
pink with carmine veins ; Henry Lovat, crimson-red centre 
with darker veins and broad green border ; and Silver Cloud, 
variegated with pink, crimson, and green all over. Plants a 
size smaller included Lily Burke, nearly self salmon-pink ; The 
Mikado, maroon, crimson, and olive-green border ; Reine de 
Danemark, pink with crimson veins, and very pretty ; Baron 
Adolphe de Rothschild, deep crimson red spotted pink ; Ron- 
cador, netted with deep green on red, and magnificent ; Sir 
Henry Irving, creamy white with green border ; Mme. E. 
Pynaert, crimson-red with huge leaves ; Marquis of Camden, 
crimson with maroon ribs and huge leaves ; and Louis Van 
Houtte, dark metallic-crimson with maroon centre and leaves 
of huge size. Very pretty were the dwarf ones, usually having 
smaller leaves and always pretty colours to recommend them. 
Amongst these we should mention Isis, rosy carmine with a 
white ground ; 'Sir Oswald Mosley, red with a green border ; 
Lady Mosley, translucent rose and pink ; Mary Archer, creamy 
yellow with a red centre ; Noakesii, maroon-crimson veins and 
on a green border ; Golden Queen, small soft yellow with a 
black centre ; and Princess of Teck, oarmine-red, edged with 
yellow. We noted three new varieties in this group, all of 
which were perfectly distinct and very handsome. Rising Sun 
as a crimson centre and blotched with red on the broad green 
bolder. Mrs. C. Hoffmann is a very charming variety of a 
ianslucent blush hue with a narrow green edge. Those de¬ 
scribed as translucent are so clear that one can almost see 
tlnough them. Mr. H. Hoffmann is a mauve red with this 
oui curiously indented on a white ground and surrounded 
by a green border. 
Messrs. John Laing and S'ons, Forest Hill, exhibited a< bank of 
Caladiums in No. 4 tent. Grand varieties were Alexander III. 
ambeau. Silver Cloud, Mme. Imbort Roechlin, Iguatu, beau- 
titully netted with green on a pink ground ; Baron Adolphe de 
■o. scluld red, spotted with pink ; John Lairig, with a rosy hue 
t - a greenish border ; Gaston Ohandon, creamy 
.€, Mrs. Joicey, rosy pink, with carmine veins ; Edith Luther, 
soft pink, much spotted, and almost translucent; and several of 
the other well-known varieties which are almost indispensable 
for a group set up for exhibition purposes. 
Messrs. John Peed and Son, West Norwood, London, S.E. 
set up a very large group of Caladiums in the form of a sloping 
bank, also slightly raised in the middle so 'as to break the 
monotony of a flat surface. Very handsome plants were 
Eremukus Elwesii and E. himalaicus. (See Herbaceous Plants.) 
Oriflamme, Leonard Bause, Pantia Ralli, Arassuahy, Raimond 
Lemoinier, Roncador, beautifully netted with green on a pink 
ground, and Candidum, an old variety, but still difficult to beat 
tor exhibition purposes. Amongst the dark-leaved varieties 
were Mrs. Henry Veitch, John Pesd, Icaris, The Mikado, 
W. E. Gladstone, Duke of Teck, and Louis Van Houtte. A 
very beautiful new variety was Golden King, having golden 
leaves with a dark speck in the centre, and sometimes so pale 
towards the base as to appear almost translucent. Other charm¬ 
ing light-coloured varieties were Lily Burke, pink ; Mme. Andre 
