XOVEMBEB 8, 1913. 
THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
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NEW PLANTS AND FLOWERS. | 
('clour, rich canary-yellow. Section V., sub- 
s?ction 2, a. C')mme«dation, October 27. 
Mr. G. Mileham, Emlyn Gardena, Leathex- 
head. 
Orlando.—A capital large-flowered single 
variety, with medium si»?d florets, very 
clof^ely arranged, and forming a very aub- 
stantial bloom, borne on stiff stemsabove 
CATTLEYA GRANIRIS. 
A very distinct hybrid derived from C. 
granulosa and C. Iris. It has the erect 
growth of its parents, and, as shown, car¬ 
ried a pair of flowers. The broad petals 
and narrower sepals are light bronze, suf¬ 
fused with orange, while the wide openi lip 
is soft purplish-crimson. A.M., R.H.S., 
October 21. C. J. Phillips, Esq., The Glebe, 
Sevenoaks. 
CATTLEYA EMPRESS FREDERICK VAR. 
AVID CLIFTON. 
A particularly beautiful form of the 
lovely hybrid between C. Mossiae and 0. 
Dowiana aurea. The large flower is white 
with a broad lip, coloured white, gold, and 
soft purple. A.M., R.H.S., October 21. 
Pantia Ralli, Esq., Ashstead Park, Leather- 
head. 
SOPHRO-LiELIA CATTTEYA LACONIA. 
A sturdy-gp:owing little plant, which car¬ 
ried thr^ fair sized blooms. The sepals and 
petals are deep reddish old rose, and the 
somewhat small lip is rich ruby^-purple. The 
parents of this hybrid are Laelia-cattleya 
callistoglossa and Sophro-laelia heatonense. 
A.M., R.H.S., October 21. Messrs. Charles- 
worth and Co., Haywards Heath. 
ONCIDIUM VARICOSTIM WESTONBIRT 
VAR. 
This very beautiful variety of a well- 
known and popular orchid is a particularly 
large one, and the wide lip is wholly of a 
bright, light shade of yellow, without the 
red-brown spots sometimes seen at the base 
of the lip. A.M., R.H.S., October 21. Sir 
George Holford (grower, Mr. H. Alexander), 
Westonbirt, Tetbury. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM VIVIEN. 
Very much like a fine O. crispnm, this 
hybrid of unrecorded parentage belongs pro¬ 
bably to the eximium gpx>up. The large 
flowers are finely formed, white, with a tinge 
of purple here and there. On the petals there 
is a central red-purple area and a few spots 
and blotches of a similar colour occur on the 
sepals. A.M., R.H.S., October 21. Sir 
George Holford, Westonbirt, Tetbury. 
CYPRIPEDIUM QUEEN ALEXANDRA. 
This is a very large-flowered hybrid, and 
its parents were stated to be C. Lathamiannm 
^nd C. Charles wort hi. Of fine form and sub¬ 
stance as well as of fine size, the flower is 
^ost effective. Dorsal-sepal white with a 
bright purple base; petals tawny-green 
lined with purple, and lip of similar colour. 
R.H.S., October 21. W. R. Lee, 
Plumpton Hall, Hey wood. 
that ii^urve a little at the tips. The colour 
is a rich and bright shade of old rose with 
a silverj’-buff rever.se. Section II., sub¬ 
section 1, a. F.C.C., N.C.S., October 27. 
Mr. Norman Davis, FYamfield, Sussex. 
Mabel.—A beautiful single variety of excel¬ 
lent shape, the regular, broad florets recurv¬ 
ing a little at the tips. The colour is deep 
excellent leafage. Colour, rich canary-yellow. 
Section V.. sub-section 2. a. F.C.C.. N.C.S. 
Messrs. Cragg, Harrison, and Cragg, Heston, 
Hounslow, 
Max.—.\ most attractive single, with very 
large flowers and flue stems and foliage. It 
has several rows of florets, but in colour 
is very near Merstham Jew?!, the shade being 
desi’ribed as bright golden bronze, with yel¬ 
low zone and tips. Section V., sub-aection 
CARNATION CINDERELLA. 
, A distinct and beautiful perpetual-flower¬ 
ing variety. The flowers are large, the petals 
i^'^ell developed without being too densely 
p^ked, smooth-edged, and of a heliotrope or 
blue-mauve shade with splashes and flakes of 
yi“ight red showing conspicuously. Slightly 
^agrant and with a first-rate calyx and 
this should prove a popular variety. 
R.H.S., October 21. Messrs. George 
^airbaim and Sons, Botcherby, Carlisle. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
R. C. Pulling. — An easily-grown, 
J^ge-flowering, incurved Japanese variety. 
Ihe blooms are rounded and of fine sub- 
8tan^, composed of curling as well as in¬ 
curving florets. The colour is bright yel- 
a tinge of gpreen. A.M., R.H.S., 
October 21. Messrs. H. J. Jones, Lim., 
^roft Nursery, Lewisham. 
Rosamund.—A very large and handsome 
'Japanese variety with broad, reflexing florets 
CARNATION CINDERELLA. 
Flowers large, colour bright heliotrope, flaked with bright red. A.M., R.H.S., October 21. 
Messrs. G. Fairbairai and Sons, Botcherby, Carlisle. 
rose-red or rosy-amaranth, with a narrow 
white zon^ round the dull yellow disc. Com- 
mendation, N.C.S., October 27. Mr. G. 
Mileham. Emlyn Gardens, Leatherhead. 
T Barnes. — A fine decorative single 
variety, with stout stems. The flowers are 
large, and there are several rows of florets, 
the inner row a trifle shorter than the ^t 
The colour is a splendid shade of bright 
mbv and there is a very narrow wh^ zone 
Mr G. Mileham, Emlyn Gardens, Leather- 
^fcene Clark.—A large-flowered ringle with 
slender but fairly stiff stems. The broad 
fl^ts reflex a little at the tips, and are 
regularly arranged to form a shapely bloom. 
Jessica.—A real beauty. A very large 
single variety, with blooms fully six inches 
across without any trace of coarseness or 
lack of substance.. There are three rows of 
florets, and these stand clear of each other 
at the tips. The colour, a rich shade of bright 
chestnut, with a narrow golden zone round 
the disc, and yellow tips. Section V. sub¬ 
section 2, a. F.C.C., N.C.S., October 27. 
Messrs. Cragg, Harrison, and Cragg, Hes¬ 
ton, Hounslow. 
W. Fawcett.—A lovely single of fair size 
and a very free grower." It has good stems 
and foliage. The flowers are shapely and ele¬ 
gant, and the colour is buff .apricot, a 
