June  2,  1898. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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L^LIO-CATTLEYA  WeLLSIANA  LANGLEYENSIS. 
This  ia  the  third  higeneric  hybrid  that  Messrs.  J.  Veitch  &  Sons 
have  introduced  from  a  cross  between  Lselia  purpurata  and  Cattleya 
Trianae.  The  first  was  L.-C.  Wellsiana,  the  second  L.-C.  Wellsiana 
albida,  while  the  third,  which  is 
depicted  in  the  illustration  (fig.  86), 
has  the  above  distinctive  title.  It 
is  certainly  the  finest  of  the  trio,  as 
was  observed  in  the  Chelsea  nui-sery 
recently,  the  flowers  being  not  only 
larger  but  more  substantial  and  much 
richer  in  colour,  throughout  all  the 
parts.  The  broad,  handsome  petals 
are  rich  rose  flushed  with  purple,  ti  e  .  /;  p 
sepals  being  a  delicate  blush.  The  -*  .  . 
splendid  lip  is  velvety  purplish 
maroon,  deepening  towards  the  throat,  '  ’ 
which  is  yellow  with  rose  at  the  •  ‘ 
base.  When  the  plant  was  exhibiteel  „  ' 
at  the  Drill  Hall,  on  April  26th,  the 
Orchid  Committee  of  the  Iloyal 
Horticultural  Society  accorded  to  it 
a  first-class  certificate.  T 
medium  sized  pots  nearly  filled  with  drainage,  three  parts  of 
sphagnum  moss  being  used  to  one  of  peat  fibre,  and  plenty  of  rough 
opening  material.  Though  there  are  no  pseudo-bulbs,  the  large 
fleshy  or  leathery  leaves  store  a  lot  of  nutriment ;  and  though  not 
requiring  to  be  actually  dried  off  in  winter,  much  less  moisture  is 
then  needed  than  in  the  growing  season. — II.  K.  R. 
It 
to  see 
A  BRITON  IN  BELGIUM. 
{Continued  from  page  387.) 
is  not  necessary  to  get  half  so  far  out  of  Antwerp  as  Ghent, 
good  gardening.  Nor  is  it  necessary  to  get  more  than  two 
V 
long 
A-; 
are 
markings 
Oncidium  loxense. 
All  the  Oncidiums  with 
scandent  scapes  of  flowers  are  beau¬ 
tiful,  but  not  many  are  more  so  than 
this  rare  species,  which  is  now  in 
flower.  The  plants,  when  strong, 
produce  spikes  a  couple  of  yards  or 
more  in  length  and  many-flowered, 
the  individual  flowers  about  3  inches 
across.  The  sepals  and  petals 
brown,  with  yellowish 
showing  through  as  it  were,  but  the 
golden  orange  tint  seen  on  the  in¬ 
curved  lip  is  really  beautiful.  Its 
culture  is  similar  to  that  recom¬ 
mended  for  0.  maci’anthum,  and  it 
comes  from  Loxa  in  Ecuador. 
Dkndrobium  cucullatum. 
This  is  now  in  flower,  and  although 
it  is  distinct  from  D.  Pierardi  it  is 
questionable  if  it  deserves  specific 
rank.  The  flowers  are  very  freely 
produced,  and  highly  attractive  if  the 
plants  can  be  suspended  in  front  of 
a  wall  of  greenery  of  some  kind,  or 
Maidenhair  Fern.  They  have  an 
almost  semi-transparent  charactc, 
and  are  beautiful  in  the  mass.  It 
is  an  easily  cultivated  though  not 
particularly  strong  -  growing  plant, 
and  th lives  under  the  conditions 
advised  lor  the  long  bulbed  deciduous 
Dendrobiums  generally.  Its  pendant  habit  especially  fits  it  for 
basket  culture. 
Oncidium  luriddm. 
If  we  except  0.  Lanceanum,  the  ebulbous  species  of  Oncidium  do 
not  seem  to  be  at  all  popular,  yet  many  of  them  are  very  interesting 
and  beautiful.  The  above,  for  instance,  is  one  of  the  finest  of  the 
West  Indian  species,  yet  it  is  seldom  seen  under  cultivation.  It  is 
inteiesting  as  one  of  the  Orchids  known  to  Linnaeus,  and  the  great 
botanist  placed  it,  in  common  with  all  the  exotic  Orchids  he  knew, 
into  the  genus  Epidendrum.  The  flower  spikes  spring  from  the  base 
of  the  leaves,  the  latter  being  upwards  of  a  foot  in  length,  slightly 
spotted  in  most  varieties. 
The  scapes  often  grow  4  feet  or  5  feet  long,  and  carry  a  large 
number  of  blossoms,  these  in  the  type  being  reddish  brown,  with  a 
few  yellow  bar-liKe  markings.  It  is,  however,  a  very  variable  kind, 
s<^  cannot  be  determined  by  colour  alone.  It  may  be  grown  in 
.A" 
,14 
Fig  8C). — L.elto  Cattleya  Wellsiana  langleyensis. 
or  three  miles  out  of  the  suburbs  to  find  at  least  one  beautiful  and 
remarkable  garden.  When  a  man  starts  to  learn  a  bicycle  at  eighty 
years  of  age,  depend  upon  it  there  is  something  in  him  vastly  out  of 
the  common.  Well,  there  is  such  a  man,  and  he  is  the  same  whose 
name  has  become  famous  among  lovers  of  hardy  plants  as  the  builder 
of  one  of  the  most  wonderful  rockeries  in  Europe.  Those  who  are 
fortunate  enough  to  see  the  garden  and  enjoy  the  hospitality  of  INf.  and 
Mdme.  Everaerts,  of  Vieux-Dicu,  near  Antwerp,  will  long  remember 
the  experience.  The  rock  garden  is  a  monument  of  loving  industry. 
With  its  many  ramifications,  its  banks  and  recesses,  its  peaks  and 
valleys,  its  slopes  and  summits,  a  calculation  as  to  area  is  completely 
baffled ;  but  many  .and  many  a  square  rod  of  rooting  space,  many  and 
many  a  ton  of  stones,  are  represented  in  the  great  work.  It  is  the  labour 
of  a  lifetime,  the  hobby  of  a  busy  man  of  the  world,  whose  brief  hours 
of  leisure  have  known  one  great  desire.  And  it  is  still  going  on.  At 
eighty-two  the  veteran  builder  rises  with  the  dawn,  draws  from  his 
piles  of  stones  and  works  on.  He  talks,  with  a  perennial  faith  and 
