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THE GARDENING WORLD, 
May 27. 1905. 
Plants Recently Certificated 
By the Royal Horticultural Society. 
May 23rd, 1905. 
Orchid Committee. 
Cypripedium rothschildianum. 
A remarkably well-grown specimen of this plant was 
exhibited by J. B. Joel, Esq. (gardener, Mr. J. May), North aw 
House-, Potters Bar. One spike- earned five- flowers and a bud ; 
another, five- flowers and two- buds; and a- third, six flowers and 
a bud, the aggregate- being twenty. The plant was grown in 
a 15-in. pot, and the foliage- was in splendid condition ; the- 
leaves varied fro-m 12 in. to- 21 in. in length. Cultural Com¬ 
mendation. The plant was grown by Mr. E. May, the gar¬ 
dener's son, and was the finest sample of its kind we have ever 
seen. 
Zygopetalum crawshayanum 
The parentage- of this hybrid was Z. stapelioide-s- x citrinum. 
Two- flower-stalks were- each only 1 in. long and bore a large- 
flower. The sepals are light- yellow, thinly spotted with 
brown. The elliptic petals are thickly spotted with brown o-n 
a golden-yellow ground. The markings on the lip are- much 
darker, mo-re numerous and inclined to- be arranged in trans¬ 
verse lines; the lateral lobes have smaller spots. The- leaves 
are lanceolate and 2 in. to- •'!)- in. long. Award of Merit to 
de B. Crawshay, Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. J. Stables), Rosefie-ld, 
Seve-noaks. 
Cypripedium Dom Carlos superbum. 
The dorsal sepal of this tine- hybrid variety is nearly 
orbicular, white, and richly spotted with purple along the 
course of the veins. The oblong, slightly declining petals are 
rounded at the- end and richly spotted all over with blackish 
crimson on a white ground. The large, inflated lip is nearly 
white, but tinted with flesh and netted with ye-llowish veins-. 
First-class Certificate to- N. C. Cookson, Esq. (gardener, Mr. 
H. J. Chapman), Oakwo-od, Wylam-on-Tyne. 
Polystachya haroldiana. 
The plant shown carried five- flowers o-n a very short and 
crowded raceme -o-r corymb. The flowers- are- white-, with a. 
yellow anther, and produced upside down. Botanical Certifi¬ 
cate to N. C. Cookson, Esq. 
Dendrobium Venus Cookson’s var. 
The- flowers of this hybrid variety are notable- for their size-. 
The sepals are white-, tinted rose o-n the- back and tipped with 
intense purple-. The petals are- white o-n both faces, with 
intense purple tips. The lip has a large- blackish-maroon 
blotch in the .throat, and tipped intense purple-, the- rest being 
white. Award of Merit- to N. C. Cookson, Esq. 
Odontoglossum lucasianum heatonense. 
The sepals and petals of this hybrid are lanceolate-, rich 
chocolate, edged and tipped with pale primrose yellow. The 
lip is fringed, cre-amy-white and heavily spotted brown all over 
the basal half. Award o-f Merit to- Baro-n Sir Henry Schroder 
(gardener, Mr. H. Ba-llantine), The- Dell, Egham. 
Cattleya Pittiae. 
The sepals of this Cattleya are rich rosy-purple, with a few 
pale brown spots, the- ground colour of the petals being paler, 
with wavy e-dge-s. The- lateral lo-bes o-f the- lip are- of the palest 
mauve and fold over the column; the- terminal lobe is re- 
flexed at the side-s and paler in colour, but netted with dark 
purple on the sides. It belongs to the C. guttata, section. 
First-class Certificate to H. T. Pitt, Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. 
Thurgo-o-d), Rosslyn, Stamford Hill. 
Odontoglossum wilckeanum Pittiae. 
A grand spike of this handsome variety carried sixteen 
flowers of the- largest size. Cultural Commendation to- H. T. 
Pitt, Esq. 
Floral Committee. 
Clematis montana rnben". 
The flowers of this newly introduced variety are now in 
much finer condition, rosy-purple, netted with sunk veins and 
of fine texture. An Award of Merit was previously given, and 
this has been superseded by a First-class Certificate to- Messrs. 
J. Veitch and Sons, Limited, King’s Road, Chelsea. 
Primula vittata. 
The leaves are- spathulate-, 6 in. to- 9 in. long, nearly erect, 
e-ro-sely and finely toothed. The flowers are produced in droop¬ 
ing umbe-ls- like a. Cowslip, but they are of a rich dark purple, 
and on stems 12 in. to- 18 in. high. The species comes from 
Western China, and is new. Award of Merit to- Messrs. J. 
Ve-itch and Sons, Limited. 
Lobelia tenuior rosea. 
The flowers of this variety are o-f a deep rose, fading with 
age-, arid having a small creamv-yellow eye with a blue blotch. 
Award of Merit to Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Limited. 
Iris Persephone; 
The above is one o-f the Onco-Regelia. section of hybrid 
Irises. The blooms- are- of the largest size. The- falls are oval, 
ro-unded at the- ends and heavily lined and netted all over with 
black. The nearly triangular standards are finely veined all 
over with black, forking lines on a rosy-purple- ground. The 
petalo-id stylei-arms are completely hidden by these large 
standards. Award of Me-rit to Mr. C’. G. van Tube-rgen, jun., 
Haarlem, Holland. 
Fruit and Vegetable Committee. 
Cucumber Delicacy. 
This new cross-bred Cucumber was produced from Aristocrat 
x Matchless. The average length is 15 in., and thickness 
about 2 in. There is no neck or waste. The skin is of a 
rich, glaucous green and smooth, with a few small black 
spines. It is a. heavy cro-pper. Award of Merit to- Mr. S. 
Mortimer, Rowledge, Farnham, Surrey. 
iNarcissus Committee. 
Tulip Whistler. 
This Darwin variety produces immense cup-shaped blo-oms 
of a- rich crimson-scarlet, with a broadly wedge-shaped violet 
blotch at the base,- outlined with a white band along the to-p. 
Award of Me-rit to- Mr. G. Re-uthe, Fo-x Hill Hardy Plant 
Nursery, Ke-ston, Kent. 
Tulip Innocence. 
The flowers of this cottage garden Tulip measure- 3-|- in. long, 
and are white, with a large golden blotch at the- base- of each 
petal inside. Award o-f Merit to- Messrs. W. T. Ware, Limited, 
Inglesco-mbe Nurseries, Bath. 
Tulip Ctuaintness. 
This would also belong to the cottage- garden section of 
Tulips. The flowers are oblong, with the segments narrowe-d 
to a short point and old gold, tinted with.bronzy-purple- along 
the back of the -outer ones, while all are bronzed o-n the- inner 
face. Award of Merit to Messrs, W. T. Ware, Limited. 
Scientific Committee. 
Primula cockburniana. 
The leaves of this remarkable Primula are oblong, finely, 
doubly, and sharply toothed. The flowers are produced in 
whorls o-ne- above the other, and when first expanded are 
scarlet, but later on fade to that shade o-f orange seen in Hiera- 
cium aurantiacum. The scapes are mealy, In the matter of 
colour this is the most remarkable Primula in cultivation, and 
is flowering for the first time. It was collected in Western 
China by Mr. E. H. Wilson for Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, 
Chelsea, who- exhibited it. Botanical Certificate. 
A Neapolitan Onion Trust. —An onion trust has just been 
formed -at Naples by an enterprising person there, who lias 
bought up all the Onions in the city and district, and hopes to 
realise a fortune by his action. The effect- of the trust is already 
being felt. The arrangement is that Onions shall be sold by 
weight and not according to number, and it- is expected that the 
price will increase fivefold: 
