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church,  staged  a  hybril  Cypripedium  called  Eastwoodiana  ;  and  Mr. 
G.  Cragg,  gardener  to  W.  C.  Walker,  Esq.,  Winchmore  Hill,  a  spike  of 
Oncidiura  Ceboleto. 
It  is  seldom  we  see  exhibits  from  Mr.  W.  Bull,  Chelsea,  bat  they  are 
always  of  good  quality,  this  occasion  being  no  exception.  Only  two 
Cattleyas  were  staged — namely,  C.  nobilior  and  C.  Trianre  alba,  for  the 
latter  a  first-class  certificate  being  accorded.  T.  Statter,  Esq.,  Stand 
Hall,  Manchester,  showed  three  Cypripediums,  named  respectively 
Ceres,  Anamenne,  and  the  Stand  Hall  variety  of  Calypso. 
Mr.  W.  H.  White,  grower  to  Sir  Trevor  Lawrence,  Bart..,  Burford 
Lodge,  Dorking,  exhibited  Orchids  in  splendid  form  and  fairly  large 
numbers.  Conspicuous  were  Lycaste  plana  Measuresianum,  Cypripedium 
Morganise  burfordiense,  C.  Leeanum  Albertianum,  C.  Lawrebel,  Masde- 
vallia  polysticha  purpurea,  M.  striatella,  M.  cucullata,  M.  ludibunda, 
Dendrobium  endocharis, D. remulum.LasliaGouldiana, L.anceps  Dawsoni, 
Odontoglosaum  madrense,  O.  corona- 
rium  miniatum,and  Oncidiums  cucula- 
tum  and  Wheatleyanum. 
A  well-flowered  plant  of  Angrmcum 
sesquipedale  was  shown  by  Mr.  L. 
Dupond,  gardener  to  C.  B.  Powell, 
Esq.,  Old  Hall,  Southborough,  the 
specimen  carrying  a  number  of  well- 
developed  blooms.  Mr.  H.  Holbrook, 
gardener  to  E.  Ashworth,  Esq.,  Wilms- 
low,  Cheshire,  sent  blooms  from  fifty 
Cypripediums,  consisting  of  thirty-six 
hybrids  and  fourteen  species.  As  may 
be  imagined  many  charming  flowers 
were  included,  such  as  maculata,  cardi¬ 
nal?,  venustum,  insigne,  Statterianum, 
Measuresianum,  Chamberlainianum, 
and  others  (silver  Banksian  medal). 
Fine  spikes  of  bloom  of  Calant.be  Bella 
were  pent  by  Mr.  Jas.  Fitt,  gardener 
to  Earl  Cowper,  Panshanger,  Hertford. 
Mr.  Hill,  gardener  to  the  Hon.  Walter 
Rothschild,  Tring  Park,  sent,  a  plant 
of  Lycaste  tripobata. 
Certificates  and  Awards  of 
Merit, 
Cattleya  Percivaliana,  Ingram's 
var.  (C.  L.  N.  Ingram). — A  handsome 
variety  of  the  well  known  type.  The 
sepals  and  petals  are  rose,  the  lip 
having  an  edge  of  the  same  colour. 
This  organ  has  a  large  velvety  brown 
blotch,  with  orange-yellow  markings, 
and  a  crimson  throat  (award  of  merit). 
Cattleya  Triance  alia  (W.  Bull)  — 
With  the  single  exception  of  a  lemon- 
coloured  blotch  in  the  throat,  this  is  a 
pure  white  form  of  much  beauty  (first 
class  certificate). 
Cypripedium  Calypso ,  Stand  Hall 
variety  (J.  Johnson). — A  greatly  im¬ 
proved  form  of  the  type  in  all  respects 
(award  of  merit). 
Cypripedium  Euryades  (J.  Veitch  & 
Sous)  — From  a  cross  between  C.  villo- 
sum  Boxalli  and  C.  Leeanum,  this 
hybrid  is  of  great  beauty.  The  dorsal/ 
sepal  has  a  green  base  and  creamy 
white  broad  margins,  profusely  spotted 
with  purplish  brown.  The  petals  are 
green  veined  and  marked  with  brown, 
and  the  lip  is  rosy  brown  and  shining 
as  though  varnished.  The  woodcut 
(fig.  7,  page  47),  sketched  at  the 
Drill  Hall,  depicts  this  Cypripedium 
(award  of  merit). 
Cypripedium  Miss  Minnie  Ames  (F.  Sander  &  Co.). — The  parentage 
of  this  hybrid  is  C.  Curtisi  and  C.  concolor.  The  petals  have  a  ground 
of  dull  white  with  rose  shading  and  darker  spots.  The  dorsal  sepal  is  of 
the  same  Bhades,  but  with  a  green  marking  down  the  centre.  The  pouch 
is  deep  rose  with  a  pale  green  base  (award  of  merit). 
Cypripedium  Schroderce  candidulum  (J.  Veitch  &  Sons)  — The 
prevailing  colour  of  this  hybrid  is  a  salmon  pink,  more  marked  in  the 
pouch  than  elsewhere.  The  petals  are  very  hairy  at  the  base,  the  dorsal 
sepal  being  tinged  with  green  (award  of  merit). 
Lcelio- Cattleya  Cicero  (C.  L.  N.  Ingram). — This  is  a  bigeneric 
hybrid  between  Cattleya  intermedia  and  Lfelia  elegana  Turneri.  The 
sepals  and  petals  are  pale  rose  suffused  with  purple,  the  lip  being  rich 
velvety  crimson  with  a  white  throat  (award  of  merit). 
Pliaio- Calanthe  Sedeni  alliflora  (J.  Veitch  &  Sons). — The  sepals 
and  petals  of  this  bigeneric  hybrid  are  white,  with  a  pink  tiDge  at  the 
base.  The  beautifully  formed  lip  ia  almost  pure  white.  The  parents 
were  Calanthe  Veitchi  and  Phaius  grandifolius  (first-class  certificate). 
Vanda  Charlesworthi  (H.  Ballantine). — This  Vanda  is  almost  pure 
white,  with  faint  blush  tinges  in  the  petals  and  sepals.  The  lip  is  very 
delicate  rose  (award  of  merit). 
TOMATO  DUKE  OF  YORK. 
Messrs  James  Carter  &  Co.  send  us  an  illustration  of  this 
Tomato,  which  we  have  pleasure  in  publishing,  inasmuch  as  we  believe  t  he 
variety  was  the  only  one  to  which  a  first-class  certificate  was  awarded 
by  the  Fruit  Committee  of  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society  in  1895.  Had 
not  the  plants  and  fruits,  more  than  once  examined,  displayed  more  than 
ordinary  merit,  a  majority  of  the  members  would  not  have  voted  for  the 
award  in  the  absence  of  a  trial  of  'he  variety  at  Chiswick.  The  specimens 
which  received  this  unusual  mark  of  approval  were  exhibited  at  West¬ 
minster  on  July  23rd  last  year  by  Mr.  E.  Ryder  of  Orpington.  The 
fruits  were  remarkable  for  their  uniformity  in  size,  as  well  as  for  being 
of  practically  faultless  symmetry  and  colour.  They  were  also  firm  and 
FIG.  10.— TOMATO  DUKE  OF  YORK. 
of  excellent  quality.  The  plants  produce  large  clusters,  not  of  large 
fruits,  but,  as  was  observed,  fruits  “  just  of  tbe  right  size  for  use  and 
market.”  The  Duke  of  York  is  a  Tomato  well  worth  trying  amongst 
others  of  undoubted  excellence  that  are  now  in  commerce. 
FLOWER  SHOWS. 
The  temperate  tone  of  the  article  by  “Argus’'  on  page  28,  in  which 
he  pertinently  questions  a  few  remarks  of  mine,  leads  me  to  infer  that 
we  are  viewing  the  matter  from  different  angles  only,  and  not  in 
diametrical  opposition  to  each  other.  It  is  just  possible  that  we  are  not 
viewing  the  same  matter  at  all,  which,  1  take  it,  is  neither  my  experience 
of  the  subject  nor  that  of  “  Argus  ”  ;  but  is  the  matter,  pure  and 
simple,  as  set  forth  in  the  original  article  by  “A  Scottish  Gardener.” 
On  this  my  criticism  was  based.  This,  as  I  read  it,  was  not  a  question 
of  “  one  black  sheep  in  the  flock,”  nor  of  tbe  “apathy,  inefficiency,”  or 
what  not  of  “  the  crew,”  but  of  a  flock  of  black  sheep  ;  of  a  hulk  manned 
rather  by  criminality  than  by  inefficiency  or  apathy. 
If — if  this  state  of  things,  supposing  it  to  exist,  is  the  rule  and  not 
