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THE HARDENING WORLD. 
June 25, 1904. 
Plants Recently Certificated 
By the Royal Horticultural Society. 
June I4th. 
ORCHID COMMITTEE. 
Laelioclettleya Martinetti Sunrise. 
The sepals and petals of this hybrid are rose-coloured, more 
or less suffused with bronze from the margin inwards. The 
lip is crimson, with a very dark tube ; indeed, this forms one 
of the darkest varieties we have seen.. The parentage was C. 
Mossiae x L. tenebrosa. Award of Merit to Messrs. F. 
Sander and Sons, St. Albans. 
Restrepia leopardina rosea. 
The lateral sepals, which are' the most conspicuous part of 
the flower of this genus, arei white and thickly spotted with 
rose 1 . The other segments of the flower are very much nar¬ 
rower and have deep 1 roce veins. Botanical Certificate to the 
Hon. Walter Rothschild (gardener, Mr. A. Dye), Thing Park, 
Thing. 
FLORAL COMMITTEE. 
Paeony Mrs. French Sheldon. 
The flowers of this herbaceous variety are of large size and. 
white, with a yellow centre, these two colours shading into one 
another, as is customary 'amongst Paeonies. The outer petals 
are also- tinted with rose, and become that shade when, fully 
developed, making a, very beautiful variety. Award of Merit 
to Messrs. Kelway and Son, Langport, Somerset, 
Paeony Nellie. 
Like the last, this also is a variety of Paeonia albiflora, but 
in this instance the variety is single, of a delicate and beautiful 
shade of pink, surrounding a, great mass of yellow stamens, and 
measuring 8 in. or 9 in. across. Award of Merit to Messrs. 
Kelway and Son. 
Carnation Yeller Gal. 
The blooms of this variety measure 3| in. to' 4 in. across', 
and the nearly smooth petals are of a, soft yellow and very 
numerous, making a very full double flower. It is described 
as a, Malmaisou. variety, but the leaves are very like those of a 
tree Carnation, being narrow. Award of Merit to Martin R. 
Smith, Esq. (gardener, Mr. C. Blick), Hayes, Beckenham. 
Hesperis matronalis lilacina plena. 
The flowers of this fine variety are 1 of a soft, lilac-purplei and 
double, a,s' the last part of the name expresses. It will take 
its place alongside of the double white and the double purple 
Rockets, forming a valuable addition, to it,si class. Award of 
Merit, to Lord Aldenham (gardener, Mr. E, Beckett), Alden- 
liam House, Elstree. 
Begonia morrisiana speciosa. 
The parentage of this hybrid tuberouserobied Begonia was 
boliviensis x Glory of Stanstead. The flowers are large and 
very double, and of a beautiful orange-scarlet. The stems are' 
longer and rather weak, but more particularly the stalks 1 of 
the flowers, so that the variety is very suitable for basket 
work. Award of Merit to G. J. Morris’, Esq. (gardener, Mr. A. 
Simmon,d), St. Dunstan’s, Hendon. 
Rose Maharajah. 
In, this we have a single variety with maroon-purple flowers 
of velvety appearance, and measuring from 4 in. to 4b in. 
across. Award of Merit to Messrs. B. R. Cant and Sons," The 
Old Rose Garden, Colchester. 
Rose Austria striata. 
The above is a variety of the Austrian Briar (Rosa, lutea), 
and has been, in cultivation for fifty years; at least, but has been 
much neglected and overlooked, considering its real beauty. 
The flowers are bright yellow, and more or less heavily flushed 
with coppery-orange from the edges a little way inwards. 
Award of Merit to Alfred Tate, Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. Mease V 
Downside, Leatherhead. 
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE. 
Cucumber Aristocrat. 
The parentage of the above new Cucumber was Unique x 
Sensation,. The fruit is of a good form, nearly of equal width- 
through out, and of a dark green colour. We presume it pos¬ 
sesses the qualities of the parents. Award of Merit to Mr. S. 
Mortimer, Rowledge, Farnham, Surrey. 
Lilium monadelphum szovitzianum. 
Both the species and the variety here named are in cultiva¬ 
tion at the present time, though L. monadelphum is really far 
from common. The specimens wq have seen of it are scarcely 
Lilium monadelphum szovitzianum. 
so good as the variety, and it appears to be a weaker grower. 
It is interesting, however, from the fact that the stamens are 
united for two-thirds the length of the filaments, thus forming 
one bundle. 
L. m. szovitzianum varies greatly in the number of the 
flowers which it bears in a raceme, but a, large number of 
plants frequently bear only a single flower of large size. Strong 
bulbs will bear from five 1 to fifteen flowers, though as many 
as twenty-five or more have been known. The stronger the 
bulbs after they get, well established, the longer the raceme 
will be. The flowers are of a, beautiful soft yellow, with a 
variable number of blackish-purple specks over the surface. 
