THE GARDENING WORLD . 
'March 18, 1905. 
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tlie flowers themselves, which are bright enough, but seldom 
produced in any abundance. The dark orange flowers of the 
double form of the Welsh Poppy will be soon commencing to 
push up. Already several of the species of Saxifraga are push¬ 
ing up their flowers, or even showing them in the open air as 
well as in frames. Very fine forms are S. muscoides Rhed and 
its darker-coloured sub-variety Guildford Seedling. Two very 
interesting Grecian forms of Woodruff are Asperula suberosa 
and A. arcadiensis. They both have the same habit, but the 
first named has darker pink flowers and smaller leaves covered 
with longer and more conspicuous hoary pubescence which is 
quite evident to the naked eye. 
(To be continued.) 
Plants Recently Certificated 
By the Royal Horticultural Society. 
March I4th, 1905. 
Orchid Committee. 
Dendrobium chessingtonense. 
The parentage of this hybrid was D. aureum x W iganiae, 
and tlie result is a flower of much larger size than either 
parent, and intermediate in colour. The sepals are light 
yellow, lightly suffused with salmon-pink. The petals are 
elliptic, slightly twisted, and clear shift yellow. The lip is 
triangular-ovate, wavy at the edges, and bright yellow, with a 
brown-crimson downy blotch on the disc. Award of Merit, to 
R. G. Tliwaites, Esq. (gardener, Mr. J. M. Black), Streatham. 
Dendrobium Elwesii. 
The origin of this hybrid was D. Hildebrandtii x aureum, 
the result being a large flower but very light in colour. The 
narrowly oblong and the narrowly ovate, wavy petals are 
creamy-white. The apical portion of the lip is also creamy- 
white, but the lower portion is entirely overlaid with golden- 
yellow, streaked on the sides of the folded portion with crim¬ 
son. A well-flowered, small piece was shown by H. J. Elwes, 
Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. V alters), Colesboiinie- Park, Chelten¬ 
ham, receiving an Award of Merit. 
Cypripedium haywoodianum. 
The parentage in this instance was Cypripedium T. B. Hay¬ 
wood x bellatulum. The dorsal sepal is nearly orbicular, 
deep purple, shaded green in the middle, and white at the 
margin. The broad, oblong petals are also of the same dark 
purple hue, densely spotted with black near the base, and more 
thinly so over the rest of the area. The dark purple lip is 
obscurely mottled and marbled. Award of Merit to Mrs. Hay¬ 
wood (gardener, Mr. C. J. Salter), Woodhatch Lodge, Reigate. 
Cypripedium Charles Rickman magnificum. 
The colour of this hybrid is very remarkable. The rounded 
dorsal sepal is deep purple, marked with almost black veins. 
The petals are spathulate and claret-purple, thinly spotted 
black on the lower half. The lip is unifoimly black-purple. 
Award of Merit to Captain Holford, C.l.E. (gardener, Mr. Alex¬ 
ander), Westonbirt, Tetbury, Gloucester. The parentage was 
C. barbatum nigrum x bellatulum, between which the progeny 
is intermediate. 
Dendrobium wardianum candidum. 
The sepals and petals of this variety are pure white. The 
lip has the ordinary orange-yellow disc and the two maroon 
blotches at the base. Award of Merit to J. N. Mappin, Esq. 
(gardener, Mr. T. Beeston), Headley Park, Epsom. 
Lycaste Sknmeri atrosanguineum. 
The flowers of this variety are of great size, with the sepals 
softly shaded with purple on a white ground. The petals are 
Of a uniform deep rose. The lip is dark blood-red, or almost 
black, especially the terminal lobe. Award of Merit to Cap¬ 
tain Holford, C.l.E. 
Brasso-Cattleya Trianaei-digbyana. 
The sepals and narrowly elliptic petals are warm rose. The 
lip is deeply fringed and similar in colour With a.pttle greenish- 
leinou blotch. Award of Merit to Messrs. Chaileswortli and 
Co., Heaton, Bradford. 
Odontoglossum lawrenceanum 
The parentage of this- hybrid was 0. triumphans x crispo- 
harryanum. The elliptic sepals and petals are dark chocolate, 
with a bright yellow tip* and marbled yellow over the centre. 
The base of the lip is mostly covered with chocolate, ancl 
spotted towards the edge; the upper half is white with a cen¬ 
tral lemon blotch. In shape the lip is nearest to 0. harrvanuin. 
Award of Merit to M. Ch. Vuylsteke, Loocliristi, Belgium. 
Odontoglossum hybrid. 
A Cultural Commendation was accorded M. Ch. Vuylsteke for 
a splendidly flowered hybrid between 0. angustum and 0. Pes- 
catorei, richly blotched purple on the sepals and petals. 
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Floral Committee. 
Adonis amurensis flore pleno. 
The flowers of this distinct and beautiful double variety 
measure' 1A in. to 2A in. across, and when fully developed are 
convex and tilled up with long narrow, ejmiirginate golden- 
yellow and glossy petals similar to the double forms of 
Anemone. About the middle of the flower—that is, half way 
between the centre and the margin — is a ring of deep green 
petals, which are constant. Award of Merit to Messrs. Wm. 
Cutbusli and Son, Ilighgate. 
Pulmonaria arvernensis alba. 
The habit of this plant and the form of the leaves are closely 
similar to those of P. angustifolia. The leaves are lanceolate 
and green, or occasionally faintly spotted with white. The 
cymes of flowers are pure white. Award of Merit to Messrs. 
Wm. Cutbusli and Son. 
Erica Veitchi. 
The above tree Heath is a supposed hybrid between E. 
arborea and E. lusitanica. The flowers are shortly cylindrical, 
slightly contracted at the base of the four-lobed lamina, aud 
white, with a faint suspicioinof pink caused by the dark anthers 
inside. The plant, is- of dense, bushy habit, with short branches 
densely laden with flowers. The leaves are produced in whorls 
of three, and are light green. Award of Merit to Messrs. 11. 
Witch and Son, Exeter. 
Carnation General Kuroki. 
The flowers of this tree variety are over 3 in..across, fiery 
scarlet, with a purplish tint on the reverse of the edge of the 
slightly toothed petals. The flowers are somewhat fragrant. 
A ward of Merit to Messrs. Wm. Cutbusli and Son. 
Cantua buxifolia. 
The flowers of this form are 3 in. long or somewhat more. 
'Die outside of the tube is scarlet, while the outside of the 
lamina is rosy-carmine and pink inside, with brighter edges. 
The filaments and style are rt$l. Award of Merit to H. J. 
Elwes, Esq. 
Helleborus orientalis Stephen Olbrich. 
The flowers of this variety are deeply cup-shaped, 2A- in. 
across, but 3A in. across when flattened out. They are dark 
plum purple internally, and paler externally, except at the 
base, which is intensified. Award of Merit to Sir Trevor Law¬ 
rence, Bart, (gardener, Mr. Bain), Burford, Dorking. 
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