THE GARDENING WORLD . 
New Garden Plants. 
. . . Awards by the R.H.S- 
A considerable number of new plants were 
brought before the committees of the Royal 
Horticultural Society and the National Dahlia 
Society at the Horticultural Hall on the 26th 
ult., and we mention only those which re¬ 
ceived awards. 
ORCHIDS 
A new Orchid named Laeliocaitleya crispo^ 
hardyana had pale silvery lilac sepals and 
darker petals. The lip had a large wavy 
crimson-purple lamina, paler on the edges and 
lined inside with crimson and yellow. An 
Award of Merit was accorded it when shown 
by Major G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.Y.O. (gar¬ 
dener, Mr. H. G. Alexander), Westonbirt, 
Tetbury. 
Cypripedium purpuratum Tracy’s var. is 
darker than usual, with rich purple veins on 
the dorsal sepal, very dark purple petals, and 
a dull dark purple lip. Award of Merit to 
Mr. H. A. Tracy, Twickenham. 
Cattleya Maroni Westfield var. was shown 
by F. Wellesley, Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. Hop¬ 
kins), Westfield Common, Woking, and re¬ 
ceived an Award of Merit. The sepals and 
petals are dark buff-yellow, while the wavy 
lamina of the lip is of a rich purple with 
deeper veins. The side lobes of the lip are 
buff, tinted with prrrple on the edges. 
Miltonia Regnelli Gatton Park var. was 
shown by Jeremiah Coleman, Esq. (gardener, 
Mr. W. P. Bound), Gatton Park, Reigate, and 
received an Award of Merit. The sepals and 
petals are clear yellow and slightly recurved. 
The lip is) silvery-purple with a. large violet- 
purple blotch on the base. 
Cattleya Iris His Majesty (C. bicolor x 
aurea) has buff-orange sepals and elliptic 
petals that are of a deep buff towards the 
edges, but yellow along the centre. The lamina 
of the lip is deeply bifid, crisped, deep purple- 
red, with a long tapering claw like the first- 
named parent, lined with orange at the base ; 
the side lohes are buff-vellow. It is a; mas¬ 
sive flower, measuring 5 5 in. across the lateral 
sepals. First-class Certificate to Messrs. 
Charlesworth and Co., Bradford. An Award 
of Merit was accorded to- Laeliocattleya 
luminosa Rosita (L. tenebrosa x C. aurea) 
shown by the same exhibitors. The sepals 
are buff-yellow, while the petals are netted 
and shaded with purple on buff-yellow. The 
lip is crimson-purple, very wavy, and lined 
with pale orange on crimson-pur pie in the 
tube. 
Stenoglottis fimbriata received a Botanical 
Certificate when exhibited by Mrs. Brightwell 
(gardener, Mr. .1. W. Odell), The Grove, Stan- 
more, Middlesex. The flowers are lilac with 
purple spots on the lip, this being lighter than 
usual. The leaves may be green, but in this 
instance they were thickly covered with 
purplish-black blotches. 
DAHLIAS 
Cactus Dahlia Primrose has florets that are 
long, spreading and incurved, and bent to¬ 
wards the apex. They are of pale primrose- 
yellow, deepening, at the base. Cactus 
Dahlia Victoria has slender, very much in¬ 
curved florets, inclined to be interlaced and 
pink, striped and mottled with crimson. It 
might be described as a fancy Cactus Dahlia. 
In Cactus Dahlia Ivanhoe, the florets are long, 
incurved, buff-yellow and edged with bronzy- 
red. Those of Cactus Dahlia, Mrs. Macmillan 
are also long, incurved, inclined to interlace 
and pink-purple, fading to silver-pink to¬ 
wards the tips. A tiny flower is the Pompon 
Cactus Tom Tit about- 3g in. across. The 
florets are slightly incurved, but neai’ly level 
on the top and pinkish-purple. Each of the 
above received the Award of Merit of thei 
R.H.S. and the First-Class Certificate of the 
National Dahlia Society when shown by 
Messrs. J. Stredwick and Son, St. Leonards- 
cn-Sea. 
The Cactus Dahlia Mrs. George Stevenson 
has long, spreading and incurved florets of a 
clear lemon-yellow, and very pretty. Pompon 
Dahlia Kitty Barrett has small and neat 
blooms about 2 in. across and pale yellow with 
a slender crimson edge. An Award of Merit 
of the R.H.S. and First-Class Certificate of 
the N. D.S. were awarded to the above two 
when shown by Mr. J. T. West, Tower Hill, 
Brentwood. 
Cactus Dahlia Faunus has buff-rose blooms 
of large size, and well adapted for exhibition 
purposes. Cactus Dahlia, Alight has bright 
orange flowers with long, slender, incurved 
florets, giving a very bright effect. The Pom¬ 
pon Cactus Dahlia Titus has very small flowers 
compared with the exhibition types, but are 
larger than the ordinary Pompons, owing to 
the length of the pointed florets, which, in 
this case, are buff-yellow. The above three 
received the Award of Merit of the R.H.S., 
and the First-class Certificate of the N.D.S., 
when shown by Messrs. J. Burrell and Co., 
Cambridge. 
Pompon Dahlia Peacemaker lias very small, 
neat, and pure white flowers. Similar awards 
to the above were a-ocoi'ded when shown by 
Messrs. Keynes, Williams and Co., Salisbury. 
Pompon Cactus Dahlia Little Fred has tiny 
flowers of aJ creamy-white. Similar awards to 
the above were accorded it when shown by 
Mr. H. Shoesmith, Woking. 
Show Dahlia Favourite has small, but very 
neat, primrose-yellow blooms suffused with 
salmon-pink on the outer half of the bloom 
and on the edges of the florets in the centre. 
Shew Dahlia Delicacy ha-s silvery-pink, florets 
edged with deep crimson, making this belong 
to the edged section of show Dahlias. An 
Award of Merit of the R.H.S. and First-Class 
Certificate of the N.D.S. were awarded to each 
of the above when shown by Mr. S. Mortimer, 
Rowledge, Farnham, Surrey. 
The single Dahlia Vercnique also received 
similar awards as above when shown by Mrs. 
M. V. Seale, Vine Nursery, Sevenoaks. The 
rays are striped with crimson on rosy-pink 
ground. Single Dahlia Cynthia has soft pink, 
rays and a narrow zone of yellow around the 
disc. Awards as above. 
OTHER PLANTS. 
Cyrtanthus sanguineus glaucophyllus has 
large funnel-shaped, bright orange-red flowers 
and six crimson stripes on the. lower half in¬ 
side. The leaves are linear and glaucous. 
The flower is so- large and so nearly erect that 
it imitates a Vallota. An Award of Merit was 
accorded when shown by Mr. J. O’Brien, 
Harrow-on-the-Hill. 
Rosa sericea aux grandes E 2 nnes (with large 
spines) was exhibited by Messrs. Paul and 
Son, Cheshunt, receiving a, First-Class Certifi¬ 
cate. It is a remarkable form of the Indian 
four-pet-alled Rose with an extraordinary de- 
October 14, 1905. 
velopment of the spines. The latter are very 
numerous, much flattened on the sides, crim¬ 
son, and varying from -J, in. to 1 in. in length 
at the base. They nearly join one another on 
the stems 1 , producing a striking effect. It 
would make a handsome shrub for a wall or 
the rose garden on account of the spines and 
quite independently of the pure white flowers. 
Chrysanthemum La- Yestale is an early- 
flowering decorative variety with pale silvery- 
lilac blooms, slightly whorled in the centre, 
and 3g in. to 4 in. in diameter. Award of 
Merit to Messrs. R. H. Bath, Ltd., "Wisbech. 
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[By Rosecomb.] 
Bantam Breeding. 
Having dealt with the different varieties of 
Bantams and how to house them, we will now 
consider the question of breeding. Ordinary 
fowls sit for twenty-one days, not so Bantams ; 
with them the incubatory period is two days 
short of three weeks. Some Bantams make 
most excellent sitters and mothers, being most 
exemplary in every respect; amongst these 
are Game. Old English Game, Indian Game, 
Pekins, Japanese, Frizzles, Brahmas, Booted, 
and Nankins. The Rosecombs and Sebrights 
become broody and will sit, but they are not 
reliable. 
Hens for Sitting 
But whether the breed you have are good 
sitters and mothers or not, it is much more 
economical to use a hen of one of the large 
breeds. By so doing there is great saving of 
time, labour, and expense. A Bantam hen 
cannot cover more than half a dozen eggs, 
whereas a Silver or Golden Wyandotte, or a 
Buff Orpington will easily cover eighteen 
Bantam eggs. 
How to Sit the Hens. 
Fill a box about 18 in. square with fine mould, 
beat it down and hollow out the centre, line 
this with nice soft hay and then sprinkle well 
with common flower of sulphur, using about 
two ounces. The night before you want to sit 
the hen put her on the nest with a dummy egg. 
This is to let her settle down and get quiet before 
the eggs she is to incubate are given to her. 
The hen should always be set at night. By so 
doing much trouble is avoided. Strange sur¬ 
roundings and sounds will unsettle even a 
broody hen and make her restless. When this 
happens in the day time she gets off her nest 
and wanders about; but if she is set at night 
she has got used to the feel of the eggs under 
her before morning, and she seldom shifts. 
Having been on the nest twenty-four hours, 
and got used to the strangeness of the place, 
the eggs she is to incubate may be given to her. 
Treatment of Sitting Hens. 
Each morning the hen should be taken 
gently off the nest and given a feed of wheat, 
and allowed to take a drink and a dust bath. 
When several hens are set they must be shut 
off from each other, and must not be allowed 
off together, or there will be fighting and 
breakage of eggs. The nest shoidd be examined 
whilst the lien is off to see if any eggs are 
broken, or the hen has soiled the nest in any 
way. If so, all offending matter must be 
removed with the hay and the nest given a 
