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THE GARDENERS* MAGAZINE. 
Novembeb 15, 1913 
NEW PLANTS AND FLOWERS. 
IRIS VARTANI WHITE PEARL. 
This is anie of the most charming^ irises of 
the reticulata group, and also one of tlie 
ciarliest to flower. I. Vartand is rich yelloiw, 
but the variety White Pearl is pure whdte. 
The leaves are slender, 6 or Sin. long, but 
ihe flowers only rise 3 or 4in. high.” Ori¬ 
ginally collected as a wild form, I. Vartand 
\Vhite Pearl has been readily raised from 
see^, amd comes quite true. A beautiful 
addition to a delightful group of plants, and 
one that is hardy, but seems to lend itself 
especially to cultivation in a frame or cold 
The gronnd colour is cream-white, and this is 
freely strewn with rose-purple dots, chiefly- 
grouped in lines on the dorsal sepal and; 
petals, and on the elonga.ted lip. A.M., 
R.H.S., November 4. Messrs. Sander and 
Sons, St. Albans. 
CATTLEYA ANHREANA McBEAN’S VAR. 
A very pretty orchid, with flowers of fair 
size. Sepals and petals soft and rich roee- 
purple overlaying a yellowish ground. Lip 
large, waved at the margin, deep gdld^-. 
yellow, margined with rose-purple. ‘ The 
IRIS VARTANI WHITE PEARL. 
A charming and beautiful bulbous iris of lowly habit, and producing pure white 
flowers. A.M., R.H.S., Nov. 4. Messrs. R. Wallace and Co., Colchester. 
CYPRIPEDIUM OLYMPUS. 
Not so very long ago such a fine cypripe- 
dium as this would have secured a First Class 
Certificate. It is a very large hybrid derived 
from C. Alcibiades and C. Leeanum Olinika- 
berryanum. The broad dorsal sepal measures 
rather more than 3^ inches across, and is 
white, with a green base and radiating lines 
of deep purple. The petals are tawny-yeUow, 
shaded with red-brown, and highly bur¬ 
nished ; the lip is similarly coloured, and venry 
large. A.M., R.H.S., November 4. Lieut.- 
Colonel Sir George Holford (grower, Mr. H. 
Alexander), Westonbirt, Gloucester. 
CYPRIPEDIUM STELLA. 
A lovely plant, bearing medium-sized 
flowers; its parents are C. G^efroyae and C. 
Pairieanum. Tlie influence of the latter 
parent is very obvious in the shape of the 
flower, and especially in the deflexed petals. 
Messrs. J. and A. McBeiin, Cooksbridge. 
SOPHRO-LiELIO-CATTEYLA NIOBE. 
This very neat habited and pretty orchid is 
the result of crossing Lselio-cattleya Gotto- 
iana with Sophro-laelia Heatonense. The 
flower is of moderate size and of good shaipe, 
deep rose coloured, with a bright crimson Mp 
that is very effective. A.M., R.H.S.> Novem¬ 
ber 4. Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Hay¬ 
wards Heath. 
LiELIO-CATTLEYA OLENUS BLENHEIM 
VARIETY. 
A larger flowered hybrid, very much resem¬ 
bling L.-c. Bletchleycnsis, which, with C. 
aurea, were its parents. The flower shown 
lacked something in substance, but its broad 
petals and narrow sepals are very handsome ; 
crimson-purple. The large ruby-crimson 
lip is marked with gold in the threat and 
base. A.M., R.H.S., November 4. The 
ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM XAN 
THOTBS WESTONBIRT VARI^. 
A lovely <^ontoglossum, with flowers of 
the fin^ sha.p€ and purest white ground 
colour, the whiteness enhanced by the rich 
golden-y^low spots on all the segments 
A.M., R.H.S., November 4. Lieut.-Colonei 
Sir George Holford, Westonbirt. 
CARNATIONS. 
Gorgeous.—A showy perpetual variety 
of American origin; broad-petalled, of good 
size amd shape, with ca.pital stem and oaJy.x. 
The colour is rich cerise-scarlet. A.M.i 
R.H.S., November 4. Messrs. Stuart Low 
and Co., Enfield. 
Champion. —- This is a very fine scarlet 
perpetual variety, also hailing from the 
United States. The broad petals have 
frinT^d mergins, and make up a bold, good- 
jivzed blcom, and the colour is a bright and 
rich shade of scarlet. Whether this wiU be 
the champion scarlet variety so long sought 
remains to be seen, but it is certainly very 
promising. A.M., R.H.S., November 4. 
Messrs. W. Wells a-nd Co.. Merstham. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
Pink Pearl.—A medium-sized Japanese 
variety, with silvery mauve-nink flowers; the 
florets flattish, smooth, and drooping slightly. 
Very attractive. A.M., R.H.S., November 
4; F.C.C., N.C.S., November 5. Messrs. H. J. 
Jones, Ryecrcift Nursery, Lewisham. 
Daily Mail.—A bold, ’straw-yellow Japan¬ 
ese variety, already described and figured in 
our columns (see p. 849). A.M., R.H.S., 
November 4. Messrs. W. Wells and Co., 
Merstham. 
Madme Th. Morel. — A large Japanese 
variety of fine exhibition type; Hie florets 
broad, and regularly reflexed to form a deep 
bloom. Colour, pale yellow, with a fawm or 
buff tint. A.M., R.H.S.’, November 4. 
Messrs. W. Wells aM Cb., Mervtham. 
Golden Mensa.—This fine, large-flowered 
single variety is a clear yellow counter¬ 
part of the popular white Mensa. A.M., 
R.H.S., No^mber 4; F.C.C., N.C.S., Novem- 
ber 5. Messrs. W. Wells and Co., Merstham. 
Mrs. R. C. Pulling.—This is a largo ex¬ 
hibition-sized Japanese variety, mth loosely 
incurving florets. Colour, clear Hght yellow*. 
Promises to be very popular. F.C.C., N.C.S., 
November 5. Mesrrs. H. J. Jones, Lim.. 
Levrishjam. 
Mrs. H. J. Jones.—One of the largest 
and deepest of Japanese chrysanitheraiims. 
the florets long and graceful. When fii^ 
opened, the colour is soft yellow, with a 
greenish tint, but the green soon fades, and 
the colour becomes deep lemon-yellow. 
F.C.C., N.C.S., November 5. Messrs. H. L 
Jones, Ldm., Lewisham. 
JVfrs. J. Gibson. —An attractive single 
variety, with sha.pely flowers, mauve-pink cn 
a white ground. F.C.C., R.H.S., Novem¬ 
ber 5. Messrs. W. Wells and Co., Merstham^ 
Isobel Felton.—One of the very largest 
of single varieties, many of the flowed 
measuring seven inches across. The florets 
are stout, and the flowers stand well. Cowur, 
light and bright yellow. F.C.C.. 
November 5. Mr. Norman Davis, Fram- 
field, Sussex. . , 
Buttercup. — This golden-yellow siwj 
variety promises to become very 
rich shade of colour and fine shape att^to^ 
eroueral attention. F.C.C., R H S . 
ber 5. Mr. G. MUeham, Emlyn Garden.. 
Leatherhead. t 
Rosalind. — A Japanese variety of ^ 
dium size, of decorative or market style, a« 
colour is a ruddy bronze. F.C.C., 
November 5. Messrs. Cragg, Hamson, - 
Cragg, EDiston. Hounslow. 
J. W. Streeter.—A fine 
sport from the white incurved 
Thorp. It is very free-flowering as j 
plant carrying eighteen blooms, ^^i •• 
b. Krsfc Claes Market Certificate^-^P^^ 
out of 100. October 13. Mess^. 
rison, and Cragg, Merivale, Heston, 
slow. 
