April 1, 1905. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
213 
Plants Recently Certificated 
By the Royal Horticultural Society. 
March 28th, 1905. 
Orchid Committee. 
Coelogyne lawrenesana. 
The lip is certainly the linest feature of this new species of 
I Coelogyne. The lamina is nearly orbicular and pure white; 
the side lobes are pale yellow, overlaid internally with tawny- 
oiamre. There is also a large tawny-orange blotch on the disc, 
and five much fringed plates run from the disc to the base. 
f]ie sepals are lanceolate, 24 in. long, and pale yellow ; the 
petals are similarly coloured, but narrowly linear and reflexed. 
The pseudo-bulbs are conical, bluntly angled and 3 in. to 4 in. 
loinr- Award of Merit to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart, (gar¬ 
dener, Mr. W. H. White), Burford, Dorking. 
Dendrobium Haywoodae. 
The parentage of this hybrid was D. splendidissimum grandi- 
florum’ x findlayauum. The flowers are of magnificent size, 
I with narrow sepals and broader, lanceolate petals tipped rose 
and shaded with the same hue on the back. The very large, 
expanded lip has a maroon blotch on an orange disc, the rest 
being white, tipped rose. A splendid plant 2| ft. high, with 
ten stems, was shown. Award of Merit to Mrs. Haywood (gar¬ 
dener, ilr. C. J. Salter), Woodliateh Lodge, Keigate. 
Odontogiossum ardentissimum Lamus. 
The sepals and petals of this magnificent variety are heavily 
blotched with dark brown-purple on a. white ground, the 
blotches showing on both surfaces. The lip has a few blotches 
around the front of the crest, which is deep yellow. Award of 
Merit to Messrs. J. Yeitch and Sons, Limited, King's Load, 
Chelsea. 
Coelogyne speciosa alba. 
The sepals and petals are much as in the ordinary form, but 
the terminal lobe of the lip is creamy-white. The two large 
and curiously fringed ridges are flesh coloured. The side lobes 
are also flesh coloured and tinted salmon-flesh on the outer 
face. It is the most distinct variety we have seen of this 
species. Award of Merit to Messrs. F. Sander and Sons, St. 
Albans. 
Odontogiossum crispuna Prince Leopold. 
The flowers of this variety are of medium size, but imbricate 
and shapely. The sepals have two very broad brownish-purple 
bands across the middle, with white lines and tip. The petals 
have very numerous small brown-purple spots, leaving more oi 
the white ground colour. The lip has a large deep chestnut 
led blotch in front of the crest. Award of Merit to Normal 
C. Cookson, Esq. (gardener, Mr. H. J. Chapman), Oakwood 
M ylam-on-Tyne. 
Odontogiossum ardentissimum Sibyl. 
Hie sepals are ovate and the petals triangular and overlap¬ 
ping. Over the central area of all the segments are numerous 
blotches of maroon-purple, arranged in a. complicated pattern 
1 °n a pure white ground. The lip is white, with numerous 
small maroon-crimson spots around and over the disc. Award 
of Merit to Norman C. Cookson, Esq. 
Odontogiossum ardentissimum Doris. 
the flowers irr this instance have a remarkable arrangement 
|o lick colours, the sepals have two very broad rich purple 
muds across them. The blotches on the petals are united in 
a xarymg manner, resembling to some extent, a Maltese cross. 
ie notches show through on the back, while there is addi- 
[ 1, j" ia P ur P^ e shading. The lip has a large crimson, variously 
lobed blotch around the crest. Award of Merit to Norman C. 
cookson, Esq 
Odontogiossum Adrianae aureum. 
L i e “Penmen of this fine variety shown by Baron Schroder 
T’. l ' Ballantine), The Dell, Eghanr, carried a 
Tl 11 ei , S on . a s Pi^ B - The flowers are slightly cup-shaped. 
1 8 rouud colour is pale yellow, and the very numerous 
blotches are of the darkest brown or chocolate-. Tin- lip hat 
large chocolate blotch in front of the crest, and a lit.,- „f , ,.n 
spots round the margin, the ground colour being cii-aniv ul,tl< 
Award of Merit. 
Dendrobium japonicum. 
borne plants of this species which had been winter' d in th• - 
open air were shown by Messrs. Win. Gutbush and Son, High- 
gate, N., when a Botanical Certificate was accorded. Ihe 
flowers are small, white, and sweetly scented. 
Crinum Rattrayi. 
A plant of this bearing seven large flowers on a scape was 
showm by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart, (gardener, Mr. Bain;, 
Burford, Dorking, receiving a First-class Certificate. The 
bright green flower-tube was 7 in. long, erect and arching at 
the apex. Ihe pure white flowers are nodding on the top of 
the scape, 6 in. across, with elliptic segments, 4 in. to i. 1 , in. 
long and 14 in. w-ide. Ihe scape arises from the axil of an 
outer leaf. The leaves are lanceolate, about 2) ft. long, and 
4 in. to 54 in. wide. 
Crowea angustifolia. 
Altogether, this plant is very graceful, even by comparison 
with other species of Crowea. The stems are slender, twig¬ 
like, and th'inly furnished with narrowly linear leaves 1 in. to 
2 in. long. The five-lobed, soft pink flowers are borne singly in 
the axils of the leaves all along last year’s wood. Award of 
Merit to Messrs. J. Yeitch and Sons, Limited, Chelsea. 
Erica wilmoreana grandiflora. 
The flowers of this new variety are 1 in. long, cylindrical and 
u'arm rose, with white tips. They are borne singly or in pairs 
on the short, side shoots or spurs, and in the aggregate form 
massive compound spikes 4 in. to 8 in. long. The ordinary 
E. wilmoreana has shorter and narrower flowers of darker 
colour, except the white tip. Award of Merit to Messrs. H. 
Cutbush and Son, Highgate, N. 
Carnation flamingo. 
ihe floweis of this crimson-scarlet tree Carnation measure 
- in. to 24 in. across, and are sweet scented. They are made 
up of very numerous petals, toothed at the apex. The colour 
is fine, but the petals might be.less numerous. Award of Merit 
to Messrs. Ambrose and Son, Cheshunt. 
Society & Association Notes. 
Midlaxd Daffodil Society.- A committee meeting was held 
5* Birmingham on the 24th ult. to consider the dates of our 
Haitodil exhibition, and having ascertained the opinions of 
some fifty of the principal exhibitors, a large majority of whom 
consider the present a very early season, we have decided to 
hold the exhibition on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 18th and 
19th, instead of the later date of April 27th and 28th. There 
aie a gieat many of your readers who visit our exhibition, and 
as this information would be of very great interest to them I 
should feel much obliged if you would kindly note it in your 
next issue. —Robert Stdexdam. 
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Natioxal HoRTicrLTFRAL Societt of Paeis.—A n inter 
national horticultural exhibition is to be held at Paris on May 
22nd and 23rd next. This is a joint organisation bv the National 
Horticultural Society of France and the French Society of 
Roserists. Contemporaneously with the exhibition, the twenty- 
first congress organised by the French National Society will be 
held. The secretary informs us that the congress will be a 
joint one by the two societies named. He also states that 
pressmen can obtain reductions upon their fares on all th 
railways in France, provided they send in their names befer 
April 20th next, stating that they wish to attend tin- exhibition 
Ten questions are put forward for the general horticultural 
congress. Some of these will deal with the action of micro¬ 
organisms on the germination of Orchid seeds ; on the rational 
cultivation of fruit trees in pots; a horticultural monograph 
of a single genus of plants ; the action of manures upon the 
maturation and preservation of fruits, and similar interest¬ 
ing subjects. The congress of the roserists will deal with eleven 
