THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE, 
and beauty to the scene, mixed with winter, 
flowering heatlis. Even out of doors there 
is much of interest, including the comple¬ 
tion of the altenitions in the Rock Garden ; 
while the A^'itch Hazel is flowering, and nu¬ 
merous groups of the hybrid heath (Erica 
hybrida) are to be found in various parts 
of the grounds. 
Climbing: Plants at Nuneham 
Park, the residence of the Right Hon. 
Lewis Harcourt, M.P., are a fine feature, 
as has been shown in these page's during 
the year now closing, and we refer again 
to them because Mr. C. E. Munday, the 
head gardener, delighted tlie memlx'rs of 
the Oxford Gardeners’ As.sociation, a few 
days ago, with a lecture entitled “ Crc'ejTer.s, 
and Rock and WatcM- Plants." Needless 
to say, Mr. Monday had a wide experience 
to draw from, and the gardens at Nune¬ 
ham Park provided him with ample mate- 
sible danger of falling branelu's when, it 
appears, a large braiicli fell upon him. He 
was rendercHl uncoiwious, ami cli^d shortly 
after his admission to the Ghiswick Hor^. 
pital. Tht' doc'eascd ipan's name was .Mr. 
Hairy Gardiner. 
A Check to Fraudulent Exhl- 
biting:. —At the Stowmarkoi County 
Court a <nase w’as brought rin't'iitly 
his Honour Judge Eanllev-Wilmot, hy the 
Secretary of the Nindham Market H<wti- 
cultural Soe.ic'ty, in which the C’eminiUto 
of the Society sought to iX'covi'r prizes al¬ 
leged to have Iwh'ii won with pr<Mlu<'e not 
grown by the exhibitor. It was statr*! the 
rules of the SiK'iety laid it down that nil 
produce shown must be the proiierty of 
and grown by the exbibitor.s. Kvidenr * 
given in support of the Society went to 
show that the exhibitor in question )ia<l 
not grown the prcxluce wherewith he wcin 
NEW PLANTS AND FLOWERS 
cattli:y.\ pkiu'iv.uj.\n.\ alh.\ 
LADY HOLIXIKI) 
Ihiii U a w’ondrouMly rha«t« and Iteautifu! 
orchid; indtH*d. om of the lovelie-^t plant* 
-■i*u for a long time. ‘7‘h, ^(HHimen exhi- 
bitcHi carrhd four fioweri^. e.t<'h a)-)Ut hvr 
inches across, with mmmiU and |M'taU of th^ 
purt'Ht whitened-*, and a largv lip that j* 
white at the alightly-frilled apex, hut rich 
oraiigx'.Tellow at th« baiw ami ui th* throat. 
thiM bright colouring serving to throw up 
tinely the clearness of the white in the rest 
«>f the flower. P.C.(\. ILH S. cttii^^ r 
Ifl. Lieut.-t'olonel Sir (•. ILdfurd (grt»wer. 
Mr. II. Alexander). Westonhirt, Tetbury. 
( YPHIPr.DH M HOnnoNLNSls 
\ very Imld and “tately hybrid obtained bt 
croKsing Cypripedium in^igne llaretield Hall 
CAPTLEYA PERCIVALIANA ALBA LADY llOLFOKD. 
^ ^i.1 +1. wM+P flowers and orange-vellow' colouring on the lip. F.C.C., R.H.S., December 16. 
An exquisitely beautiful Cattleya George ifSford. Westonbirt. Tetbury. 
Hal for a long series of excellent lantern 
slides wherewith to illustrate his lecture. 
Royal Trees at Chatsworth.-- 
During their stay at Chatsworth their 
Majesties, planted thrifty yoimg specimen 
of the Cedar of Lebanon to commemorate 
their visit. Chatsworth already i>ossess^ 
three royal trees—a goodly oak planted by 
Queen Victoria in 1832, when she was a 
princess; a Spanish chestnut, plant^ at 
■the same time by the Duchess of Kent; 
and a sycamore, planted in 1843 by the 
Prince Consort. All these royal trees are 
in excellent health. 
Gardener Killed by Falling 
Tree Limb.— A few days ago, while 
^nperintending the lopping of trees in the 
grounds of St. Michael’s Vicarage, Grove 
Park, Chiswick, a gardener, aged seventy, 
years^ was warning passers-by of the pcs- 
s ill Septemlier. His Honour gave 
ment for the Society, ajid ordertxl the 
> in kind to be returne<l within a few 
and the prize money by instalnients, 
costs. 
>rnish Wallflowers in the 
Although it is not at all un- 
1 to find wallflowers in bloom m the 
autumn during a mild and open 
,n it is unusual to 6nd tlioso fragrant 
■rs sent in some quantity to Covent 
en Market in Deoemlier, as they have 
lately from Cornwall. 
Oily Berries are fairly abundant 
rear though in some seasons the bright 
frui^have been more numerous than 
However, there will he plenty of 
,r to go with the rich grwn leaves 
decorations begin for the Christmas 
with C. Blanche Moore. Tliough unusually 
large, the flower is of tine form, the rounded 
dorsal sepal being 3^ inches wide, with a 
green base, 8pott4^d with dull purple, and a 
broad white apex. ITie petals and the lip 
are light green with a little wift purple- 
brown shading, llie lower sepal is a.s large 
as the dorsal segment, pale green and white, 
with a few purple-brown spots. One of the 
largest cypripediums known. A.M., U.H.S., 
December 16. Mr. G. F. Moore, Chardwar, 
Bourton-on-the-W ater. 
CYPRIPEDIUM ™aRLESIANUM VAR 
SMARAGDINOI. 
Two yellow cypripediums have been com¬ 
bined in this hybrid, its parents being C. 
Sallieri Hyeanum and C. Leeaniim aureum: 
so it will be readily understood that the 
newcon^^, is bright greenish-yellow, with a 
wide border of white at the apex of the 
rounded dorsal sepal. The flowers are bold. 
