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NEW SERIES. THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. FIGURES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE CHOICEST NEW FLOWERS. FOR THE Garden, Stove, or Conserbatory. BY RICHARD DEAN, F.R.G.S. TH DRAWINGS BY J. N. FITCH, FILLS. NEW SERIES. LONDON : L. REEVE & CO., 5, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W.C. 1879. LONDON : GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, PRINTERS, ST. JOHN’S SQUARE, CONTENTS. ce: Fea AOS & PLATE 337. Cattleya Mitcheli. 338. Begonia—Nellie May. 339. New Varieties of Pernettya Mucronata— 1. Coccinea. 2. Lilacina. 3. Purpurea. 340. Single Dahlias—1. Paragon. 2. Lutea. 3. Cervantesi. 341. New Verbenas—l. C. Fletcher. 2. Van- dyke. 3. Cleopatra. 342. Phalenopsis Violacea. 343. Pompome Chrysanthemums—1. Variegata. 2. Rosinante. 3. Dane. 344. Fancy Dahlia—Gaiety. 345. Rhodendron—Duchess of Teck. 346. Cymbidium Affine. 347. Amaryllis—Dr. Masters. 348. Primula Sinensis Fimbriata—Ruby King. 349. Calanthe Curculigoides. 350. Abutilon—Louis Van Houtte. 851. New Perpetual Carnations—1. Daybreak. 2. Lydia. 3. Augustina. 4. Lilhe. 5. Irma. 352. New Fancy Pansies—1. Miss Minne Methven. 2. Mrs. EH. H. Wood. 3. E. K. Mitchell. 353. Cymbidium Lowianum. 354, Camellia—Madame de Strekaloff. 355. New Varieties of Cyclamen Persicum—1. Duke of Connaught. 2. Queen of the Belgians. 38. Mont Blanc. 4. Pictur- atum. 5. Crimson King. 356. New Hyacinths—1l. King of the Reds. 2. Duke of Connaught. O¢¢. 8. 9. 0. 381. 382. 383. 384. . Alpine Auricula . Azalea—Empress of India. . Phalenopsis Esmeralda. . Amaryllis—Mrs. Rawson. New Hardy Primulas—1l. Rosea. 2. Cashmeriana. . Cattleya Trianee—Osmanii. . Alpine Auricula—Diadem. . Rhododendron—Countess of Derby. . Hyacinth—Duchess of Connaught. . Coelogyne Ocellatam Maxima. . Begonia—Souvenir de Gand. . Azalea Mollis—Comte de Gomer. Duchess of Connaught. . Decorative Pelargonium— Nellie Hayes. . Clematis—Marie Lefebvre. . Fuchsia—Crimson Globe. . Leela Harpophylia. . Coelogyne Massangeana. . New Picotees—1. Mrs. Payne. 2. Queen J of Summer. 38. Mrs. Chancellor. . Begonia—J. H. Laing. . Coleus Tricolor. Eranthemum Anderson. Azalea—Duke of Connaught. Hybrid Perpetual Rose—Duke of Teck. White Clove—Susan Askey. Cycnoches Warscewiczil. Decorative Pelargonium—V olunte National. Dahlia Yuarezil. Nepenthes Outramiana. Description of Plates. abe - e ~ a +e ’ + . ; = es = ‘ . - : ' 4 7 i A 2 : . 1 F d ‘ i 1 . e oy i . q x pa, t ‘ bs = : a = 4 - ; ‘ ; 3 : bal = > % ‘ ~ & : - 4 c . fs “ 2 - , : ' 7 ze = 4 . ; \ : ' * — ’ . & A i. Ss. , = = ie r . e ‘ , = - * ‘ . ' ‘ ‘ ‘ 7 ' : “ , 4 : j : ‘ , ra r: r z : a - : : S . . “ed i ‘ : > a 2 , ¢ + ‘ > ° . a - ~ S im ‘ ' ' ¥ = . ‘ : ‘ Y ®, PB : r / E ; ¢ 4 7 1 J bee : , a - ‘ . ‘ i ik a ‘ ' ' i 5 - ? i Gi ei 4 iy 2 i] fi = i 3 . ‘ fc. 7 . : - . 7 i _ - e i . S 2 Ly = i . _ .. oh * ; ' INDEX TO PLANTS FIGURED. Abutilon—Louis Van Houtte Amaryllis—Dr. Masters Amaryllis—Mrs. Rawson Auricula, Alpine—Diadem Auricula, Alpine—Duchess of Connaught Azalea—Empress of India Azalea Mollis—Comte de Gomer Azalea—Duke of Connaught . Begonia—Nellie May Begonia—Souvenir de Gand Begonia—J. H. Laing Calanthe Curculigoides Camellia— Madame de Strekaloff Carnations, Perpetual—l. Daybreak. 2. Lydia. 38. Augustina. 4. Lillie. 5. Irma . Cattleya Mitcheli Cattleya Trianze—Osmanii Chrysanthemums, Pompome—l. Varie- gata—2. Rosinante. 3. Dane Clematis—Marie Lefebvre Clove, White—Susan Askey . Coelogyne Ocellatam Maxima Coelogyne Massangeana Coleus Tricolor Cyclamen Persicum—1l. Duke of Con- naught. 2. Queen of the Belgians. 3. Mont Blanc. 5. Crimson King . 4. Picturatum. Cycnoches Warscewiczil Cymbidium Affine Cymbidium Lowianum. PLATE 350 347 359 562 368 357 367 378 338 366 375 349 354 301 337 361 343 370 380 365 373 376 Dahlias, Smgle—1. Paragon. 2. Lutea. 3. Cervantesi . Dahlia: Dahlia—Yuarezii Gaiety . Eranthemum Andersoni Fuchsia—Crimson Globe . Hyacinths—1. King of the Reds. 2. Duke of Connaught Hyacinth—Duchess of Connaught . Lela Harpophylla . Nepenthes Outramiana Pansies, Fancy—1. Miss Minne Methven. 2. Mrs. Hi. Hi. Wood. “3. EH. K. Mitchell . Pelargonium, Decorative—Nelhe Hayes . Pelargonium, Decorative—Volunte Na- tional Pernettya Mucronata—l. Coccinea. 2. Lilacina. 3. Purpurea . Phaleenopsis Violacea . Phalenopsis Esmeralda fe 2. Queen of 3. Mrs. Chancellor Primula Sinensis Fimbriata—Ruby King Cash- Picotees—1. Mrs. Payne. Summer. Primulas, Hardy—l. Rosea. 2. meriana . Rhododendron—Duchess of Teck . Rhododendron—Countess of Derby Rose, Hybrid Perpetual—Duke of Teck . Verbenas, New—1. C. Fletcher. 2. Van- dyke 3. Cleopatra . PLATE ' - , ‘ 7 ; ‘ ; ¢ i : “ i z i "hen - - ' ¢ 4 - ’ - i ve +0 , . ye : . ya . 2 é 7 ; P N " ie * ' Daten THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. NEW SERIES.] JANUARY, 1879. [ [No. 85. HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. Taz December meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society fell far short of the extent of the previous meetings, owing to the severe frosty weather which prevailed, and which made it hazardous to bring out tender plants. Of novelties staged on this occasion the foremost was Lelia anceps alba, to which refer- ence is made on another page. This came from Mr. Bull, and was so pure and good as to be unanimously awarded a First-class Certificate of merit. By the side of it was a plant of L. anceps also in bloom, and it was in ‘striking contrast to its fine white counterpart. ‘he same award was made to Mr. Richard Gilbert, gardener to the Marquis of Exeter, Burghley Park, Stamford, for Double Primula sinensis, Earl of Beaconsfield, with large full flowers of a clear rosy cerise colour, and with this, Mr. Gilbert also sent some of his other new varieties, three of which were figured in the FLoran Macazrne a short time since. These new varieties of Mr. Gilbert’s are remarkable for the great size of the blooms, their bold trusses, vigorous growth, and striking colours. Other novelties included a small fruiting branch of of Eucalyptus globulus, which was taken from a tree growing within the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, and it is supposed to be the first time it has produced fruit in this country. It was shown by Mr. Geo. Thomson, Garden Superintendent at the Crystal Palace. From Mr. Green, gardener to Sir Geo. Macleay, Bart., Pendrell’s Court, Bletchingly, came a curious Grevillia, named fasciulata, bearing small reddish blossoms, a plant nearly hardy from Western Australia ; also an example of the singular Billbergia nutans, the flowers com- pounded of the three colours, green, yellow, and blue. From Mr. Butters, gardener to Mr. Gerald Leigh, Luton Hoo Park, came the fruit of Pandanus reflexus. A Botannical commendation was awarded to the curious little Masdevallia triglochin from Messrs. H. Low & Co., Clapton Nursery, supposed to be the only plant in flower in this country; the blossoms are of curious shape, like small beetles. It is a native of Brazil. A remarkable example of the fine red-flowered Sophronites grandiflora came from Mr, Heims, gar- dener to F. A. Philbrick, Esq., Q.C., Regent’s Park, and was no doubt one of the best grown and flowered plants yet seen. In addition there were some beautiful Cyclamens from Mr. H. B. Smith, Ealing Dean Nursery ; and from Mr. Hepper, gardener to C. O’ Ledward, Esq., Acton, came a berried Solanum, having a kind of half pendulous growth, and displaying its fruits to the best advantage; these are small, and of a bright coral red colour. It has been named Solanum hybridum pen- dulum, Mr. Henry Cannell, nurseryman, Swanley, showed a large collection of bunches of flowers taken from some of the choicest Zonal Pelargoniums. The splendid size and rich colouring of some of the blooms was perfectly astonishing. They were said to have been gathered from plants raised from the latest struck cuttings, from which the buds were picked off during the summer ; the plants were then pushed forward about the middle of September, and flowered in a nice warmth. ‘he collection included boxes of bloom of the white and salmon-coloured Sports from Vesuvius; the striped variety New Life, and the following fine crimson and scarlet Howered Zonals: Lizzie Brooks, David Thomson, The Shah, Rienzi, Mr. Pollett, Klein, A. Henderson, Mrs. Whiteley, Mr. Parker, and Colonel Seeley, of pink- flowered varieties; Lady Sheffield, Louisa, Sarah Holden, and Mr. Leavers; a rich purple-tinted variety named Dr. Denny was shown also; and a pretty cerise flowered variety named Circulator; and the following salmon-tinted flowers, Titania, Belle of Surrey, and Miss Gladstone. This was a very pretty and attractive exhibit. The great attractive feature was a very large and finely representative group of hardy plants, with green and variegated foliage, which quite filled the Entrance Hall. Here could be seen almost everything suitable for winter bedding, window boxes, wall plants, etc. This unique exhibition was furnished by Messrs. C. Lee and Son, Royal Vineyard Nurseries, Hammersmith. TEA ROSES ON THE OPEN GROUND. The past summer brought into prominent notice the great advantage of having Tea Roses on the seedling brier. We saw several collections that were in fine bloom right on into the autumn, until the rapidly increasing days and want of solar heat pre- vented the flower from expanding. Any one haying in THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. =< addition to his collection of Tea Roses on the seedling brier, a little glass ‘accommodation, may have Tea Roses in bloom almost all the year round, and thus have the command of cut blooms during nearly every month. A large cultivator of Tea Roses, who grows them largely for cut flowers, keeps a nursery bed of budded plants constantly in reserve, to draw from it plants when required. These are planted out in the month of May on a border facing the Hast, and protected at the back by a belt of trees, which shelters the plants from westerly gales. Now, cultivators of Roses are sometimes recommended to plant their Tea Roses on a South border, but we are informed that it is an erroneous notion to do this, as the flowers get scorched up before they can thoroughly expand, from being in the full blaze of the sun in the hottest weather. When planted on an Hast border, they get the morning sun only for a few hours, which is all they want, as it is much better for them to be in the shade during the afternoon. The ground is well prepared for planting in the win- ter months, it is thoroughly trenched, and enriched as may be necessary, and thrown up roughly for the frost to act upon it. Roses for planting out in this way are best grown in pots for a time, as they move with- out any check, and generally so much better than when lifted from the open ground. Up to the end of July all the buds are kept pinched off, the result being that the plants bloom all through the remaining summer and autumn months, and very freely and finely too. If early frosts threaten, a little bracken or any suitable litter thrown among them, is all the protec- tion they require. The glass structure, to which we have referred, comes in very usefulto have Tea Roses in flower from February onwards; if the house be heated with hot water, Tea Roses can be had nearly all through the season, when there is an absence of bloom in the open grounds. The best varieties of Tea Roses for planting out in the open ground are, the Old Devoniensis, Catharine Mermet, Rubens, Madame Falcot, Madame Charles, Madame Camille, Madame Willermoz, Safrano, Isa- bella Sprunt, and Goubault. All these are charming varieties, doing remarkably well on the seedling brier, and blooming with great freedom and continuously. It would not be difficult to add to these varieties, but those named can be fully relied on for the purpose named. LAKLIA ANCEPS ALBA. Under this heading the ‘ Gardeners’ Chronicle’ calls attention to this new orchid as now flowering in Mr. Bull’s collection at Chelsea. It is described as ‘ one of the most charming of new orchids,” and it is further stated that “its peculiar characteristic is the purity of its white flowers, which equal those of a Phale- nopsis, and whose texture may be compared to that of Lapageria alba; except the dash of yellow on the disk of the lip, it has not line or dash of colour, but stands out in spotless purity. It has ovate, ribbed pseudo- bulbs, shorter and paler than those of the type. The single oblong leaf is thick and firm in texture, and the flowers are large for this species, and remarkably spread out, measuring across the expanded petals 4 inches, and from tip to tip of the sepals 5 inches, the sepals being linear-lance-shaped, the petals broader, and the lip with an oblong undulated front lobe. All the parts, except the disk, being of a brilliant opaque white, forming a very handsome flower, one indeed which will bear comparison with any other orchid known, and then it is a cool orchid. It comes from Mexico, where it is very rare, from a locality upwards of 8000 feet above the sea, where the cold is intense, and where it freezes every night—in the cool season, we presume—so that icicles two to three feet long are found hanging from the neighbouring pine-trees. The plant grows mostly on precipitous rocks, rarely on trees. It must be seen to be appreciated, there is something so captivating in its dazzling whiteness.” INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL EXHIBI- TION FOR 1880. Some progress is being made with this great object. It is said that an Executive Committee has been formed out of the Preliminary General Committee appointed some time ago, and that the Working Committee are to prepare a Scheme and Schedule of Prizes for con- firmation. Probably this important work will be undertaken early in the present year. The Committee are wise in deciding to get to work early, as the present dulness in trade will be an obstacle in the way of get- ting in subscriptions; and on no account must the Exhibition of 1880 fall below that of 1866. Messrs. Sutton & Sons’ ‘ Amateur’s Guide in Horti- culture,’ just received, fully maintains its well-earned reputation. Prats 3387. CATTLEYA MITCHELI. We are indebted to Mr. B. 8. Williams for the subject of this Illustration. Cattleya Mitcheli is a hybrid obtained by Mr. Mitchell, gardener to R. F. Ainsworth, Esq., M.D., of Manchester, from a cross between C. guadricolor, introduced from Colombia, and the Brazilian C. guttata Leopoldi. It is of compact growth, the bulbs being about twelve inches long, bearing two leaves each, of a dark-green colour. The sepals and petals purplish violet, the lip has the middle or front lobe dark, brilliant purple; the lateral lobes light purple ; the disk orange, edged with white at the sides. This garden hybrid is of a distinct and valuable character, and will form a fine companion to some of the best types found among those pseudo-bulbous Epiphytes. It requires to be better known, and when this comes about in course of time—for slowly-propagated plants circulate with tardiness—it will be appreciated as fully as it deserves to be. Prats 3388. BEGONIA ‘NELLIE MAY,’ This fine variety of the tuberous-rooted section of Begonias is one of a batch of seedlings raised at the Chiswick Gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society by Mr. A. F. Barron ; and in order to show the perfection to which this popular flower has been brought of late, it may be remarked, that out of some four hundred seedlings, many of them of fine quality, this was almost the only one that stood out from all the rest for its high-class value, and it was deservedly awarded a First-class Certificate ‘of merit at a meeting of the Floral Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society on the 17th of September last. The plant is of a good habit of growth, free-blooming, the flowers of great size, form, and substance, and the colour soft rosy-pink. It is, we think, a fine addition to the pale-flowered varieties. Now that so many new varieties of Begonias are being introduced, it is of much importance to have as great a variety of tints as possible in the flowers. We are glad to find that Messrs. Veitch’s new variety, Queen of the Whites, is well worthy of cultivation ; and we are pleased to learn from Mr. W. E. Gumbleton, who has made this new race of Begonias his special study, that among the novelties to be sent out next year from the Continent, there is the first Double Yellow Begonia yet introduced to cultivation. Puate 339, NEW VARIETIES OF PERNETTYA MUCRONATA. Hardy-berried plants are now very popular, because so useful for outdoor decoration during the winter months. The new varieties of Pernettya now figured are great acquisitions to this valuable group of plants. They were recently exhibited at the October meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, and to one of them—lilacina—(fig. 2), a First-class Certificate of merit was awarded. The names of the others suggest the colours of the berries they bear, which are large, and produced with great freedom. These new varieties were raised by Mr. Lennox T. Davis, Oglesgrove Nursery, Hillsborough, county Down, and they are the result of other seedlings obtained in the first instance from P. mucronata angustifolia. The varieties exhibited by Mr. Davis at the meeting ofthe Royal Horticultural Society in October last (inclusive of those figured) were only a part of many varieties produced in almost endless shades of colour in the berry, and of different habits of growth ; pink, blush-coloured, and almost white berried types being among them. The great value of these new varieties lies in their thorough hardiness, in their dwarf spreading habit of growth, and in their character of bearing berries in rich profusion. Some of the Pernettyas are very shy of bloom, but these new varieties are in remarkable contrast in this respect. The many uses to which they can be put, will readily suggest themselves to our readers. Puate 340. SINGLE DAHLIAS. These Single Dahlias, produced by Mr. Henry Cannell, nurseryman, Swanley, Kent, at the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society on the 17th of September last, were favourably received, and attracted so much attention, that First-class Certificates of merit were awarded to two of them, viz. Paragon and Lutea. The first named (fig. 1) is a very old variety, and can be found in Dahlia Catalogues as far back as 1839; the petals are dark purplish maroon, distinctly edged with magenta purple, gradually deepening to a darker shade. Lutea (fig. 2) is said ta be a variety of D. coccinea, the colour bright lemon yellow. Cervantesi (fig. 3) is something in the way of Paragon, but with a narrower edging of colour. It is said that these Single Dahlas are very free-blooming, consequently they are likely to become popular as decorative objects and for cutting from as well as for border purposes. It is considered they will be welcomed as an acceptable relief to the formal-shaped blossoms of the high-class double-flowered varieties, which have become too massive for ordinary cut- flower purposes. The most remarkable circumstance connected with these forms is, that a Single Dahlia, rejected by florists of nearly half a century ago, as distanced by the then half- formed double varieties, should re-appear at this distant date, when the Double Dahlia is comparatively perfect in shape, and receive a First-class Certificate of merit. lee ima sleet) = BSL ia a MIT ¢ YA RAL MAGAZINE NEW ae ATT — @ BG AS) tt Co. Henrie «) o> o) fusent Fitch delet Lath. NEW OF ENE ty ASU Vy Aga eS [Cocemed 4 Lijacima 6 Purpurea UGan ONG V Brocks Day &Sou Imp _a”An rip aw } i i a "J N = Nugent Fitch del et Inth if Se, 1k » i ani 9) f\ ; Pee craleOny A Neue ayo we) Vaile FLORAL MAGAZINE NEW SERIES r ia) T 1 ) L Reeve &Co.5 Henrietta St went arden THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. NEW SERIES.] FEBRUARY, 1879. [No. 86. HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. Ir was to have been expected that the January meet- ing of the Royal Horticultural Society, which took place on the 14th ult., would be a small one in point of the variety of the subjects staged; for though something like a thaw had set in, there was a coldness in the air indicative of a further frosty time. Chinese primulas were the leading feature, and very pretty they looked even in the bad light of the dull winter’s day. Several of our leading growers, private and professional, sent groups of plants, all of high-class strains, and some of them including special varieties of great value. From Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading, came a batch of their fine new variety of Primula sinensis, named Ruby King, to which a First-class Certificate was awarded. This is of a fine deep ruby crimson colour, and in regard to the size and substance of the flowers all that could be It is an early bloomer also, which is an Mr. Fitch has made an desired. additional recommendation. excellent drawing of this fine variety, which we hope to give next month. From Mr. W. Brown, Brent Nursery, Hendon, a renowned market grower, came a singularly pretty and attractive Ceerulea, the colour a distinct shade of mauve-blue. This was awarded a First-class Certificate of merit as far back as 1873, but as it yields such a very small quantity of pollen for fertilizing purposes, a stock of it has never been obtained. This is to be regretted, as its unique and pleasing character could hardly fail to make it a very acceptable variety. The same grower had a variety named Exquisite, with rich deep rosy crimson flowers of great merit; and also a batch of plants of Princess Louise, a fine white variety with blush tints, raised by Mr. Tomkins of Birmingham. All these named forms are well deserving of cultiva- variety, named tion. From the Chiswick gardens of the Royal Horti- cultural Society came a large and interesting collec- tion of named Primulas, comprising a large number of home and continental varieties, among them one of a remarkable depth of colour, named Bright Red, which, after it has been improved, will become a great favourite. A First-class Certificate of merit was awarded to Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, Royal Exotic Nur- series, Chelsea, for Staphylea colchica, belonging to a genus of hardy, white-flowered deciduous shrubs ; the specimens shown had been forced into bloom, and the distinction conferred on it was in consequence of its value as a forcing plant. As far back as 1871, it was described by the Gardeners’ Chronicle as “a hardy, vigorous-growing deciduous shrub, furnished with opposite imparipinnate leaflets, and producing its white flowers in terminal panicles of an ornamental character so profusely, as to become a useful pot- plant for market purposes. It belongs to the Staphyleacese, and is a native of the North of Europe.” “This is the first time it has been exhibited as a forced shrub, but the plants shown by Messrs. Veitch & Sons admirably demonstrate its value for this purpose.” A similar award was made to Messrs. Sutton & Sons for a fine blush-white variety of Cyclamen persicum, named Reading Gem, remarkable for the great breadth and substance of its petals, and the purity of its colour; and also to Mr. B. 8S. Williams, Victoria Nursery, Holloway, for Amaryliis, Dr. Masters, with well-formed flowers of a rich blood-red hue, very striking in appearance. We hope to be able to illus- trate this shortly. From Mr. Parr, Harrow Weald, came a good yellow Abutilon named Yellow Prince, which appeared to be of a greater depth of colour than any variety we have yet seen; but as so many new forms are constantly being produced by home and continental raisers, the Floral Committee passed it with commendable caution. From Mr. Ollerhead, grower to Sir H. W. Peek, Bart., M.P., Wimbledon, came a finely-marked variety of Odontoglossum cirrhosum, the petals of which are richly spotted with dark chocolate. From Mr. Thomson, the garden superintendent at the Crystal Palace, came a basket of plants of Crassula lactea, which was regarded as a useful winter-flowering plant. From Mr. H. Cannell, of Swanley, Kent, came a stand of remarkably fine trusses of Zonal Pelargoniums, not only of great size and splendid substance, but richly coloured. Mr. Cannell merits great praise for the commendable manner in which he _ go persistently vindicates the claims of the Zonal Pelargonium to be regarded as an invaluable winter-flowering plant. THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. THE BEST EXHIBITION DAHLIAS. A correspondent is desirous of having a list of the best 24 show Dahlias, and the best 18 fancy varieties for exhibition purposes. Our selection under the first of these headings is as follows:—Mrs. John Downie, Henry Bond, Louisa Neate, John William Lord, John Wyatt, Alexander Cramond, Cremorne, Henry Walton, Herbert Turner, James Service, John Neville Keynes, Mrs. Stancomb, Prince Arthur, Royal Queen, Thomas Goodwin, Constancy, James Cocker, King of Primroses, Christopher Ridley, John McPherson, John Standish, Vice President, Lady Gladys Herbert, and Ovid. The following is our selection of 18 fancy varieties :—Charles Wyatt, George Barnes, Flora Wyatt, Fanny Sturt, Henry Glestwick, Mr. Saunders, Miss Lily Large, Parrot, John Lamont, Maid of Athens, Hercules, Enchantress, Monsieur Chauvere, Richard Dean, James Carter, Octoroon, Rev. J. B. M. Camm, and Mrs. Bunn. It is not necessary to give descriptions of these. They are all what is known as standard flowers, and being generally cultivated for show purposes, will be found in Dahlia catalogues. The list includes the best among the new varieties of last year, and they are set down in the order in which they were taken down when the list was made. It is just possible, and it might be expected, that some Dahlia fanciers will be found complaining of omissions from this list ; but we have made selections to the best of our ability to meet the requirements of our correspondent. CULTURE OF VERBENAS FOR EXHIBITION. The publication of a coloured Plate of some fine new Verbenas, affords an opportunity for setting forth the mode of culture adopted by the West of England cultivators for getting good specimens in pots, and also in the form of fine trusses for exhibiting. Mr. J. F. Mould, one of the most successful growers of specimen Verbenas in pots for show purposes, states that Verbenas for exhibition should be struck in March from healthy plants making a stout growth. When merely rooted, the cuttings should be potted into small pots, and when these are nicely filled with roots a shift should be given into pots fully two sizes larger. As these pots become filled with roots, the plants should be shifted into their blooming-pots, which in the West of England are somewhat large, averaging from eight to ten inches in diameter, as may be convenient to the grower. The leading shoots must be stopped two or three times, in order to produce six or eight strong shoots; and as the trusses of buds appear, those immediately beneath the leading truss, as they never produce fine pips. To have a good succession of bloom, a strong growth should be encouraged three joints from the leading flower-stem, as it is found in practice shoots from the base of these stems will produce trusses of bloom equal to those obtained from the leading shoots. In wet weather the plants should have the protection of glass, to keep the flowers from being soiled by the falling rain. The most suitable soil for the Verbena is loam, leaf soil, and peat, in equal proportions, with a sprink- ling of guano mixed with the soil. The pots should be well drained, as Verbenas in pots do well only in a free open soil with plenty of drainage. The plants that are cultivated in the open air should be put into a dry, healthy border, the soil of which has been previously trenched, and a good dressing of well-spent hot-bed manure and leaf soil worked into it. In this the plants make a free and vigorous growth; and the shoots require to be thinned out, and those retained to produce flowers well pegged down regularly on the ground. As the time for exhibiting draws near, lights should be placed on the plants to protect the flowers from heavy dashing rain, and to keep them pure in colour and clean, as it is impossible to have them up to show-form without some such protection. The usual method is to exhibit Verbenas in bunches of five trusses of one variety ; and when the flowers are in fine condition, a stand of cut Verbenas is a pretty and attractive sight. Some of the varieties are sweetly fragrant, which is an additional reeommenda- tion to notice. The Verbena is also a most useful summer bedding- plant for the flower garden, and whether the beds be filled with plants of only one or several varieties, they are very effective when in good bloom. The French Government has conferred the Legion of Honour on Mr. Martin J. Sutton, managing partner of the firm of Sutton & Sons, Reading, as a special recognition of the merits of the exhibits of that Firm at the Paris Exhibition, and of the services thereby rendered to horticulture and agriculture. nee 341. NEW VERBENAS. The Verbena has always been both a useful and an attractive flower; useful in its adaptability for bedding and exhibition purposes; and attractive, because so free of bloom, so cheerful in appearance, and so charming in the great variety of colours the flowers present. it is a flower that has been largely improved by the practical florist, and the work of improvement has by no means come to a close. We are indebted to Mr. J. F. Mould, nurseryman, Pewsey, Wilts, for the opportunity of figuring three varieties of a most promising batch of fine seedlings he raised some time since. Mr. Mould is a well-known and successful exhibitor of Verbenas in the West of England, both as specimens grown in pots and in the form of bunches of cut blooms; and in raising new varieties he has endeavoured to produce forms that would prove equally acceptable for bedding as for exhibition purposes. Our readers can infer from Mr. Fitch’s drawing what amount of success Mr. Mould has attained in the way of obtaining varieties with finely- formed and charmingly coloured pips. Mr. C. Fletcher (No. 1) is very large and handsome, brilliant scarlet-lake in colour, with a dark shading round the eye. Vandyke (No. 2) is of a fine tint of lake suffused with magenta; with a magenta pink bar on the lower petals next the eye. Cleopatra (No. 3) is of a pretty pink hue tinted with salmon, with a very bright pink ring round the eye. All are of a fine form and substance. Pruate 342. PHALANOPSIS VIOLACEHA. In the Gardeners’ Chronicle for August 24, 1878, Professor Reichenbach observes that— ‘“‘ Few plants took longer to get known than this, it having been described in the Plante novee in Horto Bogoriensi culte in a most unsatisfactory manner. It has been figured in the #lore des Jardins du Royaume des Pays-Bas, but neither could it be understood by that figure. I had but once seen a fresh flower by the kindness of Mr. Willinck, of Amsterdam ; it flowered at Leyden in 1862; I do not know of its having flowered anywhere else. I have been pleased to get just now the second European flower produced by a plant in the collection of Mr. H. Williams, Esq., Treadrea, Cornwall.” Later in the year this superb Phalenopsis flowered for the first time in the Royal Exotic Nursery at Chelsea, and was exhibited by Messrs. James Veitch & Sons at the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society on the 15th of October. This plant is the subject of our illustration, and is described by Professor Reichenbach as ‘‘a new variety, light lemon yellow, with purplish inside at the base of lateral sepals, purplish in the middle part of lip, with purplish base of column and orange side lacinie.” It was sent from Singapore by Mr. H. G. Muston, Superintendent of the Botanic Gardens. Pirate 348. POMPON CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Weare indebted to Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son, Pine-apple Place, Edgeware Road, W.., for the material from which Mr. Fitch has made an effective drawing. The subjects of our illustration represent some new varieties of Pompon Chrysanthemums which this well-known nursery Firm has been the meaus of introducing to cultivation. Variegata (fig. 1) is an exceedingly pretty variety, the petals light magenta, tipped and margined with white, the flowers of a large size and agreeable form. Rosinante (fig. 2) is of a ight magenta pink colour, the points slightly white; the centre of the flower tinged with yellow as a kind of base to the petals. Dane (fig. 5) is of a very bright sulphur yellow shade, with reddish stamens ; the flowers full, compact, and of very pleasing form. We regard these varieties as good additions to our lists of Pompon Chrysanthemums. Their novelty of character, symmetry of form, and attractive appearance, will, we think, lead to their being generally grown when they become better known; and we are happy in being able to introduce them to our readers. Pratt 344. FANCY DAHLIA ‘GAIETY.’ This new variety, raised by the late Mr. John Keynes at the Castle Street Nursery, Salisbury, is a singularly attractive and novel variety, the ground colour yellow, the petals tipped with white, and striped with bright pale red; it is also of good form and large size, and has received the distinction of a First-class Certificate from the Floral Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society. Its fine form and striking appearance in a stand of cut flowers, will make it very valuable to those cultivators of the Dahlia who grow for show purposes ; it is also said to be very constant, and one of those flowers which can be relied on by exhibitors. Of late years there has been a great improvement in the form of the fancy Dahlias. At one time they were flat and somewhat coarse, but raisers have made substantial progress in remedying these defects, and some of the newer fancy varieties rival the show flowers in their perfection of outline, shape of petal, and depth of substance. Other good new fancy Dahlias are Barnaby Rudge, fawn colour, striped with deep crimson; Florence Stark, white ground striped with purple; and ‘lrotty Veck, yellow ground prettily striped with rosy purple. The foregoing also originated at the Castle Street Nursery, Salisbury. 341. Vv BreoKw ay &Son Imp J Nugent Fich del et Tnth. P ioe here tere, Vancwice i FLORAL MAGAZT AR oe - T gr | f Ce Covent (sarcde L Reeve & 00.5, Henmetta St. Covent Garaen 342. LENARW AI ey, phragm amen 4 one 20) araen G: VIOLACEA. nrietta S Co. 5, He FLORAL MAGAZINE NEW SERIES. L Reeve &( EA LAN OPS Ls D delet lith itch JNagent F 343, Vincent Brooks Day & Son, imp 3 J. Nageut Fitch del et Iith POMPONE CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 1. Variegata. 2, Rosinante. 6 Dane. FLORAL MAGAZINE. NEW SERIES L Reeve & 00.5 Henmetta St Covent Garden | J. Nugent Fitch, del et Inth. PNG SOA Ae ie y FLORAL MAGAZINE NEW SERIES T. Reeve &Co.5 Henrietta Str. Covent Garden WB a - V Procks Days: an bap - i . art] a = + : a ry 4 _ i ‘ ’ ne * — 1 ; . : ‘ . i feo THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. NEW SERIES.] MARCH, 1879. [No. 87. HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. Ar present—as might reasonably be expected at this season of the year—these are few and far between. ‘The usual monthly meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society took place on February 11th, and though it was the means of bringing together some pretty and effective groups of plants, there was little in the way of variety. One of the most interesting subjects was Rubus roseflorus, var. Coronarius, flowering specimens of which came from Mr. C. Green, gardener to Sir George Macleay, Bart., Pendrells Court, Bletchingly ; and it was awarded a First-class Certificate of merit. The Gardeners’ Chronicle recently gave a woodcut of this charming plant, and stated that it is “ valuable for decorative and cutting purposes, as it forms compact little plants in small pots if attention be paid to stopping during the summer while growing out of doors. In the autumn the plants should be placed in a cool pit or greenhouse, and a liberal supply of water given. When the season is not too severe, the plant will survive in an open border in a sheltered spot.” This plant, which be- longs to the Brambles, is “a native of the Himalayas, Burma, &c., and has become naturalised in many sub- tropical countries, but, though long introduced, is very little known to modern gardeners; it is one of the most elegant little plants for greenhouse culture. The flowers are pure white, very double, and the leaves are more like those of a Rose than of an ordinary Bramble.” From the same exhibitor came cut specimens of Dahlia Maximiliana, which is an attractive species of the D. Im- perialis type, with pretty, purplish lilac blossoms, but not nearly so large in size as those of D. Imperialis. The plant is said to “ present a stately appearance, independent of its flowers, growing to a height of eight feet, and four feet in diameter. It continues in bloom for a con- siderable time, and requires the same treatment as D. Imperialis.” The same exhibitor had blossoms of the white-flowered Sparmanina africana. A First-class Certificate of merit was also awarded to Mr. William Bull, King’s Road, Chelsea, for a Cypho- kentia macrocarpa, a handsome pinnate-leaved Palm, the young unfolding leaves of which are of a bronzy-red colour. The Gardeners’ Chronicle states that it was ‘introduced from New Caledonia in 1875, and was put in commerce in the following year under the name of Kentia (Kentiopsis) macrocarpa, Brant, in M. Oswald de Kerchove’s handsome volume, Les Palimiers, pub- lished in Paris last year.” Mr, Bull also had a valuable and interesting group of plants comprising some good examples of the following Orchids :—Oncidium macran- thum hastiferum, Oncidium cirrhosum Klabochorum, Dendrobium Fytchianum, Lycaste Skinneri, Masdevallia polysticla, and several Palms and handsomely developed specimens of such Cycadaceous plants as Macrozamia K. Kenzii, Encephalartos cycadefolius duplicatus, E. villosus, EK. Hildebranditii, horridus, volutus, &c. Mr. John Wills, Onslow Crescent, South Kensington, had a tastefully arranged group of plants that presented a charming effect; and Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, King’s Road, Chelsea, had a very effective group of plants, including examples of Staphylea colchica, alluded to in our last; Lilacs, Gueldres Roses, &c.; some pretty Cyclamens; asmall white-flowered hybrid Orchid named Dendrobium endocharis, the result of a cross between D. japonicum and D. heterocarpum; and a pretty lilac- pink fern-leaved Primula sinensis, named Peach Blossom. Mr. B.S. Williams, Victoria Nurseries, Holloway, had a capital group vl plants, which included the distinct- looking Abutilon ignea; Amaryllis Harry Williams, with a large, deep-reddish crimson flower, mottled with white ; Croton Princess of Wales, a sport from C. glo- riosus, which it much resembles; Asplenium neo-cale- donicum; some good examples of the white-flowered Celogyne cristata, &c. Messrs. Osborne & Sons, Fulham Nurseries, also set up a nice group of forced flowering plants. From H. J. Buchan, Esq., Meton House, Southampton, came a plant of Oncidium super- bius, with a spike of seven somewhat large, bright- brownish chocolate flowers. Mr. C. Raun, gardener to J. Warren, Esq., Handcross Park, Crawley, Syssex, ex- hibited Phalaenopsis grandiflora gigantea, bearing three flowers of unusual size, the plant being in robust health. From Mr. H. Parr, of Harrow Weald Park, came some cut specimens of Poinsettia pulcherrima, measuring some fifteen inches across the head of the back, taken from plants said to have been grown in six-inch pots. Mr. H. Cannell, Nurseryman, Swanley, had as usual some splendid eut blooms of Zonal Pelargoniums in fine con- dition; they were shown rising out of a carpet of Herbera depressa, a very nice arrangement indeed. From the Chiswick Gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society was sent up a large collection of Primula sinensis fim- THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. Some of the striped flowers were very fine in quality, and there were among them one or two of the purple-coloured type possessing an unusual brilliance of colour, If Mr. Barron succeeds in getting something better from these, as there is every reason to believe he will, it will be of great decorative value. briata, showing the Continental strains, THE ORIGIN OF THE HOLLYHOCK FUNGUS, AND HOW TO DESTROY IT. Under this heading the Gardeners’ Chronicle supplies the following important information :—“ This destruc- tive fungus, which has wrought great havoc some seasons amongst Hollyhocks in this country, appears to become general and more unmanageable in Germany than it has hitherto been here. Professor De Barry contributes an article to the Dutsche Gértner-Zeitung, in which he describes the mode of reproduction of this pest, the history of its appearance in European gardens, together with some remarks on the means of destroying it, or discouraging its growth. With regard to the origin of the Mallow fungus, De Barry says it is uncertain whether it was first introduced into Europe from Chili, or vice versa, but there appears to be no doubt that it spread from Spain into the south of France in 1873. The only means of destroying it is to burn the plants affected, but De Barry thinks sulphur may prevent or check it from spreading. As a matter of fact, a solution of soft soap and sulphur is very effective. With regard to the development of the Mallow fungus, the learned author states that moisture favours it, which we should have thought most probable, and consequently he recom- mends that Hollyhocks should be kept as dry as pos- sible, consistent with their good culture. Now, in our best text-books of practical gardening it is stated that ‘During times of drought it is particularly destructive, and therefore plenty of moisture at the roots, and a vigorous growth should be maintained’ ” According to the practical authority just quoted, the disease, as the fungus is termed, was particularly rife in this country in 1873 and 1874; “but during the summer of 1575, probably owing to the presence of moist weather, it was not nearly so destructive.” Mr. William Chater, the veteran Hollyhock cultivator, of Saffron Walden, has of late years adopted the practice of growing Hollyhocks in the open air in trenches, so that the plants could have their roots thoroughly satu- rated with water during summer; Mr. Chater believing that moisture and coolness are mitigating agencies in re- lation to the fungus. He has entirely given up, during the last few years, the sale of plants from cuttings, on account of the fungus so persistently attacking plants reared in heat. Mr. Chater holds to the opinion that the more the Hollyhock is treated as a hardy plant the less disease there will be; and the plants of named varieties he is now selling are drawn from the open ground where they have been growing during the winter. Our own experience teaches that the ravages of the fungus have been much more thorough and destructive during a dry than during a wet summer, How great a havoc the fungus has played among Hollyhocks is shown from the fact that seed of a reliable strain has reached an almost unprecedented price in the seed lists. THE PYRACANTHA AS A WINTER PLANT. This evergreen Thorn (Crategus pyracantha) is a most valuable decorative plant at this season of the year. When in Kent, a few days ago, we saw a plant growing against a cottage wall, and a few of the leading shoots had been allowed to run up, and were trained as upright cordons. These were laden with its bright-coloured berries to a degree that was really remarkable; they were in dense clusters, almost hiding any trace of leaves. The blossoms of the Pyracantha have a sweet smell, something resembling new hay; and with its shining evergreen leaves and clusters of berries, together with its docility under training, although properly a shrub, it is well adapted for any vacant space of wall, and is especially suitable for covering a povtion of the wall of a house, and unquestionably ranks high as a decorative agent in the winter garden. It is a plant that is useful almost all the year round, as the berries of the preceding season have scarcely disappeared before its fragrant branches of white flowers present themselves to the eye. There are many ways in which this useful plant can be employed, and it will do in almost any soil. BOOK RECHIVED. Diagnoses Plantarum Novarum vel Minus Cogni- tarum Mesicanarum et Centrali-Americanarum, By W. B. Hemsley, The Herbarum, Kew. We have to thank Mr. Hemsley for this publication, which will doubtless prove of value to many for reference purposes. AURICULAS IN FEBRUARY. In the first spell of mild weather which follows on the present long spell of frost, the plants will require to be so treated as to assist in getting them into active growth. Top-dressing is of prime importance in leading to this result. About an inch in depth of the old compost should be removed, taking care not to break any of the young roots near the surface; and filling up with dressing made of sweetened old cow-dung reduced to a powder, and some sweet leaf mould. Any plants infected with green-fly should be well fumigated, and the leaves cleansed from any larvee which might have been deposited on them. By doing this the plants will get a good start for the season. The plants will be helped by having the outsides of the pots, and the stages on which they are placed, thoroughly cleansed. If the weather continues mild, plenty of air should be given, as this not only secures a sturdy growth, but it also tends to clean- liness in the plants. Polyanthuses in pots should be similarly top-dressed to give them a good start also. Cleanliness and good health are of the first importance in the case of Polyanthuses, as well as Auriculas. PuatTe 345, RHODODENDRON, “DUCHESS OF TECK.” . This is one of the splendid race of hybrids obtained by Messrs. James Veitch & Sons from the intercrossing of R. javanicum, R. Lobbi, R. jasminiflorum, and R. Princess Royal, the last-named itself a hybrid of the highest merit, raised and sent out by the same firm a few years ago. Of this group we have already figured R. Duchess of Edinburgh, R. Prince Leopold, and R. Taylori (see plates 115, 209, and 242). R. Duchess of Teck, the subject of our illustration, possesses all the excellent qualities of these fine varieties, and is at the same time perfectly distinct from either: it also has the additional recommendation of combining compactness of habit with a free growth. Itisa beautiful addition to our warm greenhouse Rhododendrons, and one well deserving a place in every collection. We understand it is the intention of Messrs. Veitch & Sons to distribute this fine acquisition, in conjunction with R. Prince Leopold, above mentioned, in the present season. PLATE 346. CYMBIDIUM AFFINE. This superb new species is regarded by authorities as a great acquisition to this fine group of orchids. ‘This species flowers in a much smaller state than any of the other Cym- bidiums, producing spikes of sweet-scented flowers of good shape and substance. Professor Reichenbach has described it in the Gardeners’ Chronicle as “in the way of Cymbidium eburneum and C. Mastersii in growth, with flowers more like those of the last species in a rich raceme. ‘She lip supplies the difference. The flowers are white, with a few purplish dots on the anterior part of the lip.” This species is best cultivated in the Cattleya house, in a compost formed of loam and peat, with plenty of drainage, water being freely given during the growing season. We are indebted to Mr. B. 8. Williams, the introducer, for the subject of our plate, with whom this species flowered for the first time in this country. Puate 347. AMARYLLIS, “DR. MASTERS.” This splendid variety was exhibited in January last, at the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, and awarded a First-class Certificate of merit. It is a seedling raised by Mr. B.S. Williams, of the Victoria Nurseries, Holloway, and forms a valuable addition to this gorgeous class of plants. When in flower it 1s of very stately appearance, the flowers large, finely formed, and splendid in colour : added to this, it is said to be a very free blooming variety, which is a most important and valuable quality. Mr. Williams has raised many fine varieties, but this appears to top them all with its majestic proportions and striking colour. In his book on Choice Stove and Greenhouse Flowering Plants, Mr. Williams remarks that “like many other bulbous plants, the Amaryllis has gone out of fashion, and has been far too much neglected in this country of late years, but its value is now again beginning to be appreciated. Why they should ever have fallen into such neglect it is difficult to under- stand, for they are most accommodating in their nature, being suitable plants for growing either in the stove, greenhouse, or fernery ; and as they are dried off and at rest part of the year, they require but vefy little space, for during the resting period they may be stored away in any dry, cool place.” Puate 348. PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA, “RUBY KING.” We are indebted to Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Seedsmen, of Reading, for the opportunity of figuring this splendid variety. It is the result of a careful selection made for the purpose of getting a rich and unusual depth of colour associated with all that can be desired in a Chinese Primrose. The habit of growth is vigorous, yet stocky and sturdy, and the trusses of bloom are well displayed above the foliage. In November last we saw a large quantity of seedling plants of this fine Primula growing in one of the houses at their London Road Florists’ Flower Seed Grounds, and was much struck with the remarkable evenness of character shown by the strain. That it comes very true from seed was strikingly manifested on this occasion. At the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society in January last, Messrs. Sutton & Sons sent up a batch of plants of this Primula, where it had to compete with strains from other celebrated growers. Its value was most incontestably shown by the fact that it was selected for the honour of a First-class Certificate of merit. ' Nagent Fitch. del. et lth. Poe ODO ENDRON PionAL MAGAZINE NEW SERIES. L Reeve & Co. 5, Henrietta. St.Covent Garden. OF TECK. Vincent Brooks Day & Son, mp - ees eT > = = 7 aw : a ac 4. oF E , : == 7 +’ { a a . - = . "i 4 _ = iy a : # i ‘ ee © = i = : 7 J Nugent Fitch. delet lith- CB iV a i dl NE FLORAL MAGAZINE NEW SERIES. L Reeve & Co, 5 Henrietta St.Covent Garden. Vincent Brocks Day &Son imp. th 347 £ ha Wie mtd tere aia ticey ee at cme, Vincent Brooks Day & Son. Inn J. Nugent Fitch delet Lith CT] AMARYLLIS D* MASTI FLORAL MAGAZINE NEW SERIES. aN, L Reeve & Co. 5, Henrietta. St Covent Garden. , y x . - i “ee ’ 7 . 4 ‘ — > " . C ‘ , . { / ~ ' . > Ste THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. NEW SERIES.] APRIL, 1879. ~ [No. 88. HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. Tu pleasant Spring Exhibitions may be said to have commenced with that of the Royal Horticultural Society on March 11th, when the leading features were the splendid groups of Cyclamen from Mr. H. B. Smith, Faling Dean Nursery, Ealing, and Messrs. Ndmonds and Gohm, Hayes Nursery, Middlesex ; that of Orchids from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P. ; and that of Amaryllis, &e., from Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, King’s Road, Chelsea. Of new forms of the increasing popular ‘Cyclamen Persicum, Mr, H. B. Smith received First-class Cer- tificates for two fine novelties—viz., Crimson King, a rich lustrous purple-crimson variety, very deep and yet bright in colour, and excellent habit; and Picturatum, a large-flowered variety of the grandiflorum type, colour pink, shaded with rose; the mouth of the flower of a rich rosy purple. Of several fine new forms of Amaryllis staged by Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, one named Virgil received a First-class Certificate. nificently formed flower of the Leopoldii type, the large expanded and almost flat blossoms measuring seven inches across, the petals smooth and well rounded, and of a creamy white colour, barred and shaded towards the centre with crimson. A. Purpurea, A. Leopoldii, A. Dante, and others were very fine indeed. From Mr. A. Heims, gardener to F. A. Philbrick, Esq., Q.C., Avenue Road, Regent’s Park, came Ipsea speciosa, a terrestrial Orchid, introduced from Ceylon some forty years ago, and having an erect scape two feet or so in height, with a truss of pendant lemon-yellow coloured flowers. Thiswas accorded a First-class Certificate of Merit; in addition to its pleasing colour, the blossoms are sweetly scented. The gem of the exhibition in the way of new plants was the fine new Cymbidium Lowianum from Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., nurserymen, Clapton. As Mr. Fitch has made an excellent drawing of this for figuring next month, we may briefly describe this splendid new impor- tation as resembling C. giganteum, having large greenish yellow sepals and petals, and a striking deep velvety crimson lip; the spike of flowers large, long, and extremely handsome in appearaxce. ‘This was unani- mously awarded a First-class Certificate of merit. The same award was made to M. Auguste Van Geert, of Ghent, for a semi-double flowered variety of Azalea indica, named This is a mag- Empress of India, the petals pink, margined with white, and much blotched with crimson purple towards the centre ; andalso to Messts. Veitch and Sons for Davallia Mariesii, a dwarf evergreen species, with finely cut lace- like pinnie, said to be hardy in a cold frame. Other interesting novelties consisted of cut flowers of Stifftia chrysantha, an interesting composite stove shrub, with showy orange-coloured flowers springing from amongst lone coloured pappus hairs, introduced from Brazil nearly forty years ago, but little known ; a variety of Odontoglossum crispum, named Macleayi, and a fine bloom of the singular Vanda cathartica, which had been cut three weeks, and promised to keep in good condition for three weeks more. These come from Mr. C. Green, gardener to Sir Geo. Macleay, Bart., Pendrellt Court, Bletchingley. From Messrs. Hovey and Co., Boston, U.S.A., was sent some cut blooms of Camellia; Mrs. Hovey, a peach-coloured flower of fine substance, and without that blotch in the points of the petals which is regarded as a blemish in some otherwise fine varieties; and a Japanese Azalea, named Hoveyi, which had the appear- ance of a greatly improved form of Amocua; unfortunately the plant suffered from frost during the journey to Eng- land, and was almost denuded of leaves. In the way of novelties, Mr. William Bull, King’s Road, Chelsea, had ichmea Leopoldi, the topmost leaves of which are very finely coloured; a fine plant of Adiantum bellum; a highly coloured form of Cattleya Triane, named Splendida ; and Pteris umbrogsa cristata, a free-growing and very ornamental fern, We may draw upon the columns of the Gardeners’ Chronicle for some reference to the leading features of Sir Trevor Lawrence’s fine groups of Orchids. These “ veflected the highest credit upon their cultivator, Mr. Spyers, every plant being in perfect health, profusely flowered, and without a spot or blemish of any kind. Perhaps the most attractive plants in the group were three or four grandly-flowered specimens of that lovely Dendrobe, D. Wardianum, but to the Orchid connois- seur there were more remarkable objects than these to claim his admiration. The first of these was a remarkably healthy: plant of Cymbidium eburneum, with eight of its noble looking, waxy white flowers ; the second being a plant of the handsome and rare Brazilian Lelia harpophylla with five spikes of brilliant orange scarlet blossoms.” (This was a most striking feature, the colour being superbly developed.) “The three largest plants of THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. Dendrodium Wardianum bore seven, eight, and eleven spikes.respectively, some of them being over two feet in length, and splendidly bloomed. D. luteolum, a primrose yellow-flowered specie, introduced from Moul- mein by the Rev. Mr. Parish some fifteen or sixteen years ago, was represented by a well-flowered plant growing on a teak block. D. nobile ecwrulescens had ten fine spikes of its bluish violet-tinted flowers, and D. crassinode grandiflorem, and D. crassinode Barberianum, were also represented by freely flowered varieties of great excellence. Odontoglossum crispum (Alexandre) came next under notice in several varieties, one spike bearing fourteen and another thirteen flowers ; and yet another, the variety named roseum, with seven of its lovely rosy lilac flowers. O. nebulosum pardinum had six flowers on a spike; and Maxillaria lepidota had five of its spurred- like flowers. Phalenopsis Schilleriana had a beautiful spike of two dozen flowers; and Masdevallia polysticta seven spikes of white crimson-spotted blossoms. Ccelo- gyne conferta, white, with a yellow blotch on the lip, was represented by a small plant; a fine plant of Cypripedium Boxallii bore eighteen grand blooms; and C. villosum was equally wellshown. The late-flowering variety of Ceelogyne cristata, known as C. Lemoinei, was shown in fine form, as also Odontoglossum triumphans, the pretty little O. roseum, with three spikes, one of which had fourteen flowers ; O. Cervantesii, the lemon- yellow Spathoglottis Lobbii, and Odonteglossum Lind- leyanum speciosum, &c.” AURICULAS IN APRIL. They who grow a collection of this “beautiful and fascinating flower” will now find these plants becoming very interesting indeed, They are moving on in a healthy, active growth if they have been well attended to, and the variations they present in the character of the leaf foliage is only second to their beautiful flowers. We would strongly advise any lover of flowers who has not hitherto numbered the Auricula among his favourites to visit and examine any known good collection about the Ist of May. Let him note the plants in respect of habit, foliage, and bloom, and we have little doubt of his arriving at the conclusion that a new pleasure awaits him in the cultivation of this lovely tribe. With early and late varieties, blooms may be had extending over a period of nearly two months, to say nothing of the beautiful foliage which is in perfection eight months out of the twelve. Furthermore, we would advise those commencing to grow the Auricula to make up their minds as soonas they are in possession of anything like aselect collection to become a raiser of seedlings, and their delight will be increased a hundred-fold. Some one has remarked that every true florist must be a raiser of seedlings. In the case of the Auricula, the raiser of a first-rate variety has the satis- faction of knowing it cannot become common in his lifetime. Any one setting out with the intention of raising seedlings should pursue this object as far as possible in a scientific manner, for it is only by hybridising that any one can hope to originate new varieties with improved properties. In all attempts at crossing, it is best to select two flowers of the same class, and strive to add to a flower otherwise approximately perfect the qualities necessary to bring it a stage or two nearer towards this desizved end. As we write f ; : 7 ‘ ' : / — ' oY y . . Shall AT ‘ en et ; iy =, a Vincent Brooks Day & Son, linp J Nagent Fitch del. et Jith. , sat OS 5, Oouvenir de Gand. FLORAL MAGAZINE NEW SERIES I, Reeve & Co. 5 Henrietta St,Covent Garden. i 367 r J Magent Fitch del et Heh. coe, eee |. OS OMEN aC abate s ey ny Comte de Gomer = FLORAL MAGAZINE NEW SERIES. ) n L Reeve & Co 5 Henrietta St Covent Garden. Vincent Brooks Day & Son. Imp a : - ‘ a i" - : , i 2 t 4 1 au , . a = . rl ‘ > ‘ . * ‘ i G ie ) J. Nagent Fitch del. et Lith - 7 Vincent Broo 1 » Dineimees (ol Ceonnauony. g FLORAL MAGAZINE NEW SERIES. L-Reeve & Co. 5 Henrietta. St.Covent Garden. if © , ti a See ae _ : es, %e , . a i _ = . a 7 ‘ . i A ij - i cad ) aa eae S he an : ‘ ¥: ? a { a ‘ a , . ‘ r . ‘ s : ' . - . . , ‘ > 7 Ve k : F i 7 : ‘ J if ee r - 7 vy ie q + ae THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. NEW SERIES.] SEPTEMBER, 1879. [No. 93. HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. Among the novelties produced at the Exhibition of the Royal Horticultural Society, on July 22nd, was Pesca- torea Klabochorum, from Mr. Spyers, gardener to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P., Burford Lodge, Dork- ing. This is a new and remarkable species, with white sepals and petals broadly tipped with chocolate. It was awarded a First-class Certificate of Merit. The same award was made to Mr. William Bull, for Tradescantia multicolor, a very distinct and decidedly pretty plant; similar in habit to T. zebrina, but with the leaves of a silvery-grey colour, banded with dark- green and rosy-purple; also for Sarracenia atrosan- guinea, a new form of S. flava, and probably only a variety, with long tubular pitchers, with reddish-brown lids; and for Coleus James Bradshaw, one of Mr. Bull’s new race of hybrids, with bright yellow and crimson mottled leaves, and a somewhat compact habit of growth. The same award was made to Mr. R. Lloyd, gardener at the Brookwood Asylum, Surrey, for Coleus Dr. Brushfield, a strong, vigorous-growing variety, with large bluntly-toothed leaves of a bright orange-yellow colour, mottled with rose and crimson. Mr. B.S. Williams, Victoria Nursery, Holloway, had the same award for Bromelia Binotti, a striking plant, with curved, sword-shaped, coarsely saw-toothed leaves, four to five feet long, and two inches wide; the old ones a deep-shining green, and those springing from the centre of the colour of sealing-wax. The same award was made to H. J. Elwes, Esq., Preston House, Cirencester, for a magnificent variety of Iris Kempferi, -raised by Mr. Max Leichtlin, of Baden Baden; the flowers measured seven inches across, and had a white ground with orange centre, and the falls splashed and spotted with rosy-purple—by far the most beautiful _ light-coloured variety of this noble flower that has yet been shown. From Mr. C. Turner, Royal Nursery, Slough, came perpetual-flowering Carnation, The Queen, a pure white flower of excellent quality,—far too good to have the questionable award of a Second- class Certificate. The same award was made to Mr. R. Ward, the Rose Nursery, Ipswich, for a seedling Hybrid Perpetual Rose, raised from a cross between Baroness Rothschild and Sombreuil, and named Isabella Ward; blush-white in colour, sweetly fragrant, a vigorous grower, and said to be a good autumn bloomer. A cultural commendation was awarded to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P., for a specimen of the handsome Odontoglossum coronarium, with a cylindrical spike of thirty-one flowers, which measured one foot in length and six inches in diameter; and with it there was a plant of Dendrobium formosum giganteum, with five remarkably fine biooms, produced more after the manner of a Trichopilia than a Dendrobium. Other novelties included a good pink zonal Pelargonium, named Miss Bell, from Mr. A. Boxall, Claybury Hall ; a double-flowered form of Begonia Veitchii, from Messrs. Veitch & Sons, King’s Road, Chelsea ; Eche- veria caruncula, from Mr. William Bull, a singular form, wherein the leaf is hypertrophied, and produces a warted, lobed, fleshy mass on its upper surface, simi- lar to what may occasionally be seen in the cabbage. From Mr. B.S. Williams came Anthurium Walnewii, a large, bronze-coloured, cordate-leaved plant, with deeply-furrowed leaf stalk and scape; Adiantum cune- atum dissectum, and A. mundulum, the latter a de- cided novelty, by reason of its diminutive, wiry habit. The meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society on August 12th proved a very interesting one, and a goodly number of novelties were forthcoming. Among these were some fine forms of Iris Kempferi, from Messrs. James Veitch & Sons; and to three of these, viz., Charles Maries, pale mauve, marbled with dark blue; the Jersey Belle, pure white, with bright orange spots; and Sir Stafford Northcote, rich deep-purple, with orange spots,—First-class Certificates of Merit were awarded. ‘These were of great size, very massive, and remarkably fine. The same award was made to Sarracenia formosa, a very elegant hybrid, raised be- tween S. pscittacina and 8. variolaris, partaking of the peculiar form of the former, combined with the freer growth and large size of the latter ; and to Nepenthes Viellardi, a handsome pitcher plant, similar in habit to N. distillatoria, but very distinct from any other kind. It has deep-green leaves, with a singular hoariness on the upper surface and also on the pitchers, which are of medium size, and entirely of a deep red colour. ‘lhe foregoing also came from Messrs. Veitch & Sons. From Mons. Victor Lemoine, Nancy, came Gladiolus hybridus Lemoineanus, a very fine variety, the result of a cross between G. purpureo-auratus, and G. Gandavensis ; the colour creamy-white, marked on the three lower THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. petals with intense brownish-purple. Messrs. John Laing & Co., Stanstead Park Nursery, Forest Hill, received a First-class Certificate of Merit for Begonia Stanstead Rival, one of the finest single-flowered Be- gonias yet raised, robust in habit, the flowers five- petalled, and of a rich deep-crimson colour. The same award was made to Mr. Henry Cannell, Nurseryman, Swanley, Kent, for Coleus Tricolor, with leaves of an intense dark-maroon colour, divided by a band of crimson down the midrib, the margin of the leaves emerald-green. Fuchsia Hclipse, from Mr. George Smith, Tollington Nursery, Islington, was similarly honoured. This is a fine double variety, with stout bright-red tube and sepals, and a rich plum-coloured corolla. A Botanical Certificate was awarded to Messrs. Veitch & Sons for a Conandron ramondioides, an inte- resting little plant recently introduced, with thick, fleshy, oblong green leaves, from amongst which spring erect flowering stems, bearing several flowers, measuring nearly an inch across, in colour rich lilac- purple, the centre being chocolate, and the stamens purple. Mr. John Wills, Onslow Crescent, sent a flowering plant of Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora, a form that he is now raising largely for decorative purposes ; it is one of the grandest of autumn-flowering shrubs, and forces well when potted up. It is a plant deserving much more attention than it has yet received froin plant cultivators. ROSE CULTURE AT EXETER. In the cathedral city of Exeter there lives a well- known rose cultivator, Mr. R. N. G. Baker, one who takes a leading position as an amateur exhibitor. We have had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Baker’s Roses on several occasions this season, and have been struck with the wonderful size and brilliancy of his flowers. So marked are these characteristics in Mr. Baker’s flowers generally, that appeals have been made to him to reveal his rose secrets. This he has readily done in the pages of The Garden; and as his blooms are simply the “legitimate outcome of careful culture,” and “ not nourished into size, moulded into form, and coloured perfectly by some specially rich food,” Mr. Baker fears that those who seek information may be disappointed at the ‘ meagreness of his revelations.” He states that his blooms were “not the produce of ‘dwarf maidens,’ but were all of them grown on cut-back plants (Manetti), most of which were five years old. It has long been my opinion—and every year’s experi- ence tends to strengthen it—that the blooms from cut-back plants are superior in every respect to those from maidens, and more especially so in finish and form. My Roses ground was very carefully prepared in the first place, being trenched to the depth of two feet, and made very much like a sandwich, with alternate layers of manure and earth. In this my plants rooted capi- tally, and they throw up every year strong shoots from the bottom. For example, last autumn I measured some from Charles Lefebvre, which were more than nive feet in height, and this season they are still making fine growth; indeed, Mr. A. J. Soames, who paid a visit to my Roses a week or two ago, expressed his surprise at my having such strong shoots so early in the year. About the middle of August I have the greater part of the old wood cut out, in order that the young rods may have plenty of light and air, to enable them to ripen properly, and from this wood I get my show- blooms for the following year. In November I give my plants a good dressing of thoroughly-rotten cow- manure; this I have dug in at once, as I do not like it to remain on the surface during the winter. In March, after the pruning is complete, the ground is lightly forked, and after that occasionally hoed up to the time of blooming. As soon as the bloom-buds are formed, I give the plants plenty of liquid manure, composed of sheep-droppings, soot, and a little guano, and sometimes, in a wet season like the present, I sow a little guano ; but I much prefer the liquid manure. With regard to protection of the blooms, I have not shaded or in any way covered a single Rose during the whole of the season. On the day before the Norwich Rose Show we had a gale of wind and very heavy storms of rain, and I quite despaired of being able to show my Roses in good condition. However, I di- rected two men to keep shaking the blooms all day, so that the rain might not remain long in them, and in the afternoon the weather cleared up, and the Roses were pretty dry by the time we began cutting at 6 P.M. We finished staging at 9 p.m., left Hxeter at 10.10 P.m., and reached Norwich at 9.10 a.m. on the following morning. I think the cool nights were the cause of the Roses bearing so long a journey so well, as I have found this year that I have been able to cut larger and rather older blooms than I can generally venture to do.” PLATE 369. DECORATIVE PELARGONIUM, NELLIE HAYES. The term “ Decorative ” Pelargoniums has been applied to a group of good-habited, free-growing, and remarkably profuse-flowering varieties, that are, by reason of these characteristics, well-adapted for market work, and for the decoration of greenhouses, &ce. Their flowers generally lack the fine shape and outline found in the florists’ varieties of - the large-flowering or show Pelargoniums; at the same time they are most useful, and many of them having pretty fringed petals, they are esteemed all the more on that account. The variety forming the subject of our illustration, was raised by Messrs. J. and J. Hayes, of Edmonton, the well-known market growers, and when exhibited at the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society on June 10th, was awarded a First-class Certificate of Merit. The flowers, which are of large size and handsome appearance, have a blush- pink ground, with a dark blotch on each petal, which is edged with magenta. It is a very pleasing and pretty variety, and will, no doubt, become popular for market work and house decoration. PLATE 370. CLEMATIS, MARIE LEFEBVRE. This very fine variety is one of the first batch of C. lanuginosa hybrids raised by Messrs. Thomas Cripps & Sons, Nurserymen, Tunbridge Wells. It belongs to the C. lanuginosa section, and requires the same treatment as is given to that fine type, and the forms allied to it. The flowers are very large in size, having from six to eight broad sepals of a fine satiny texture; in some seasons the blooms show a tendency to become semi-double. The colour is bright mauve, with a distinct and much deeper-coloured bar down the centre of each sepal, while the light-coloured stamens and chocolate anthers contrast well with the striking-coloured sepals. The moist, cool summer is bringmg out in a remarkable degree the high-class decorative value of the hardy Clematises. Those who grow them in beds or for covering rustic wood-work and such places, have their plants growing vigorously and flowering superbly. They can be used in so many ways, that their capacity for usefulness is as large as the extent of variety to be found among them. Puate 371. FUCHSIA, CRIMSON GLOBE. This is a very fine exhibition and decorative variety, raised by Mr. James Lye, Clyffe Hall, Market Lavington, Wilts, and distributed by him last spring. Our illustration is from a spray plucked fram a plant of good size, which displayed to the greatest advan- tage the handsome leafage and symmetrical growth of the variety, its great freedom of bloom, the elegant outline of the plant, and the fine individual character of the flowers. The tube and sepals are of a deep red, very broad, stout, and finely formed ; the corolla, which is of the finest form and very massive, as well as handsomely rounded, is of a plum-purple colour. Mr. Lye has been turning his attention to raising new varieties of the Fuchsia that should possess all the qualities desirable in exhibition and decorative plants. As exhibition varieties his new forms are particularly worthy of notice, and we can heartily commend them to the attention of our readers. PLATE 372. LALIA HARPOPHYLLA. We are indebted to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P., for the subject of this illus- tration. This fine and striking Orchid is a rare Brazillian species, bearing handsome spikes of rich, bright, orange-scarlet coloured flowers, brilliant in hue and imposing in appearance. It belongs to a genus which contains many extremely handsome species, and is closely allied to Cattleya, the chief distinction being that Leeha has eight pollen masses, whilst Cattleya has only four. Mexico has furnished many kinds, and for the most part they thrive best upon blocks in a somewhat cool and airy house, with full exposure to the sun. The Brazillian species require pot culture, and the same treatment as Cattleya; in summer a temperature of from 65° to 75°, in winter from 60° to 65°. A very fine example of this splendid Orchid was exhibited by Sir Trevor Lawrence at one of the meetings of the Royal Horticuitural Society in March last. The plant, which was in fine condition, bore five superb spikes of flower; it was probably one of the finest examples of Leasla harpophylla yet seen, J, Nagent Pitch del et Tith. RATIVE PELARGONIUM Nellie Hayes FLORAL MAGAZINE NEW L Reeve & Uo 5 Henriett au Siu 370 371. Vincent Brooks Day Nugent Fitch de. et Jith. L TT ATOT A TT Th OC RK aT TIT EE Bl Els S {So ob uf U at ee MNS Vell Se EN ai ol es eae FLORAL MAGAZINE NEW SERIES. Vincent Brooks Day J Nugent Firch delet Tith. FLORAL MAGAZINE NEW SERIES. L Reeve & Co. 5, Henrietta St.Covent Garden THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. NEW SERIES. ] OCTOBER, 1879. [No. 94. HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. At the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society on August 26th, a very fine collection of Gladioli—un- usually fine, considering the season—came from Messrs. Kelway & Son, the Nurseries, Langport, the well- known cultivators. Of the many fine varieties staged, the following were selected for First-class Certificates of Merit: viz., Samuel Jennings, rich bright carmine- red, white throat, very fine form, and large imposing- looking spike ; Duchess of Connaught, delicate blush, the sides of the segments slightly feathered with bright purple, and rich purple flame on the throat ; Duke of Connaught, fiery salmon-carmine, flaked in the case of the older flowers with flesh colour, white throat, rich looking and very fine; Thos. 8S. Ware, very bright pale vermilion, flushed on some of the segments with delicate purple, very fine spike; and Electra, delicate pink feathered and margined with magenta, very distinct and fine. ‘The following new and striking varieties were shown in fine form also: Jessica, Pictum, Earl of Morley, Queen Mary, Lorenzo, Grandeur, and Egyptian King, dull-red feathered with black, very distinct and novel in character. The same award was made to a very fine stove-palm named Carludovica Drudei, handsome and unique in appearance, with large deeply-notched leaves divided into four parts; also to Kentia Wendlandiana, a pinnate-leaved species, first introduced from Queens- land into the Royal Gardens, Kew; and to Agapan- thus umbellatus albus, a pure white counterpart of the well-known blue African Lily, the flower scapes of which measured two feet six inches in height, and terminated with a large umbel of pure white flowers. These came from Mr. William Bull, New Plant Esta- blishment, King’s Road, Chelsea, who also had Aga- panthus umbellatus flore pleno, Wiegelia amabilis Looymansii aurea, a golden-leaved form, and a pan of cut blooms of the showy Tigridia grandiflora. From Mr. C. Turner, Royal Nursery, Slough, came a batch of his new yellow-ground Picotees ; and First- class Certificates of Merit were awarded to the follow- ing: Lady Rosebery, a clear yellow Self of a bright pale-golden colour, properly a Clove Carnation, as, we believe, Self Picotees are not acknowledged by florists ; Princess Beatrice, pale-yellow ground with an edging and slight flakes of bright red; and Sultana, orange- salmon, suffused and flaked with red, very fine petal. These are all large flowers, of full substance, and with vigorous constitutions, quite unlike in that respect the delicate Yellow Picotees that were cultivated a quarter of a century ago. Other fine new flowers were 'The Dove, Ne Plus Ultra, Lightning, Mrs. Purvis, and Flavius. Mr. H. Canneil had a very fine lot of cut Verbenas that were much admired. From Messrs. T. Perkins & Sons, Nurserymen, Coventry, came a new Hybrid Perpetual Rose, named Henry W. Haton, a large and full bright-coloured flower in the way of J. 8. Mill. The meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society on Sept. 16th, gave the Dahlia raisers an opportunity of showing what they can do in the way of producing new varieties. The season has told against the Dahlhas, however ; there has been an absence of warm sunshine and pleasant nights to get the flowers up to a fine finish ; consequently, the blossoms were a little rough. As is usual, Messrs. John Keynes & Co., Castle Street Nursery, Salisbury, were to the fore, but though they had some very fine flowers, but one was considered by the Floral Committee good enough to receive an award of a First-class Certificate, viz., Hthel Button, a lovely delicate flower tipped with lilac-pink, very pretty and soft, with high centre, fine petal and outlne. Other fine varieties were Triumphans, rich glossy rosy purple, flushed with bright purple on the circum- ference of the flower, a fine hue of colour, full high centre and excellent substance; Mrs. Hodgson, a striking variety with a golden-ground colour in the centre of the flower and lemon on the edges, the petals tipped with pale purple, very distinct fine outline, and full substance. Triumphans, for its rich and distinct colour, and Mrs. Hodgson, for its fine quality and novelty of character, well deserved First-class Certifi- cates of Merit. A thoroughly good and distinct fancy flower was also among the seedlings, named Frederick Smith, of a pucy lilac-pink ground, striped with pale purplish-red, fine shape, and excellent petal. There was also a glowing red Self, named Victor, bright orange-red in colour, small in size, but of excellent shape. Mr. J. F. Mould, Nurseryman, Pewsey, Wilts, sent a batch of seedling Verbenas of capital quality, to one of which, named Mr. Thompson, a First-class Certificate THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. of Merit was awarded. It is a finely-shaped flower, of a rich orange-red colour, with a distinct pale-lemon eye. Messrs. Veitch & Sons, Royal Exotic Nurseries, King’s Road, Chelsea, had a group of novelties of a very high order of merit. It included a collection of hybrid Nepenthes raised at their Chelsea Nurseries, also some new Cypripediums, and to two of these, viz., C. calanthum, raised from C. Lowii crossed with C. biflorus, and C. Cinanthum, raised from C. insigne Maulei crossed with C. Harrisianum, First-class Certi- ficates of Merit were awarded. Sarracima Chelsoni was noticeable for its large erect red pitchers with broad- eared lips. It is a hybrid between 8. rubra and 8. purpurea, though not exactly a novelty in the matter of recent production. For Drosera dichotoma rubra, Mr. W. Bull, King’s Road, Chelsea, received that most questionable award, a Second-class Certificate of Merit. In his select group were Dendrobium Goldiei, with pale magenta flowers issuing from the top of a long thin naked pseudo bulb; and D. undulatum fimbriatum, whose flower segments were of a buff colour, and curiously contorted. A First-class Certificate of Merit was awarded to Ophiopogon Jaburan aureo-variegatum, from Mr. R. Lloyd, gardener to the Brookwood Asylum, it is a very pretty plant when well marked in its variegation, having tufts of linear leaves banded with white, and from whose midst are thrown up spikes of small blue flowers. Clove Carnation, Susan Askey, from Mr. William Culverwell, gardener to F. A. Millbank, Esq., M.P., Thorpe Perrow, Bedale — a charming sweet-scented white variety—was awarded a First-class Certificate of Merit. From Mr. Green, gardener to Sir George McLeay, Bart., Pendrell Court, came cut spikes of the noble Gunnera manicata and G. Scabra, to show the difference between them; flowers of the old Aristolochia trilo- bata, very like pitchers from a nepenthes ; cut blooms of the noble Pachira insignis ; and cut flowers of the curious Lagerstrémia indica and Montbretia Pottsii. Mr. B. 8. Williams, Victoria Nursery, Holloway, received a First-class Certificate of Merit for Tuil- landsia Lindeni (genuina), a splendid Bromeliad with narrow linear arching leaves, flat spikes of pale pink bracts, and large violet-blue flowers. In a group of plants, of which the Tillandsia was the chief object, appeared Dendrobium superbiens, D. bigibbum, and also a specimen of Nepenthes robusta, said to be a hybrid between N. phyllamphora and N. Hookeri. This was awarded a First-class Certificate of Merit. Mr. H. Boller had a Second-class Certificate of Merit for Agave marmorata. AURICULAS ATTACKED WITH WOOLLY APHIS. This is an insect that fastens itself upon the points of the roots and the collar of the stem of the plant, i.e. that part just above the soil, affecting the health of the plants and stopping their growth. We have heard of it in several collections; it comes no one knows where, and spreads with great rapidity. A corre- spondent, writing to The Garden, gives some account of the difficulties he encountered in tryimg to rid himself of it. Last year he found it very strong, and had recourse to all sorts of things by way of preven- tives. “I tried tobacco and gishurst, soft soap and sulphur, and thought if my auriculas survived this they could not be the very fastidious plants they were said to be; they did survive, and so did the aphis. I talked the matter over with friends, and amongst _ others with Mr. J. T. D. Llewelyn; he advised me to try paraffin, and I have been fairly successful with it. A teaspoonful to a quart of water is the proportion I use, putting it into a quart bottle, and then shaking it violently, and, before the oil has time to separate, pouring it on the soil of the plant affected. I find that I still have it, although not to anything like the extent IT had.” It is not easy to get rid of. There is reason to think that this aphis spreads more rapidly when the soil above the plants is dry than when it is wet; but we have seen it covering the points of the roots of plants thoroughly saturated with moisture. It is said to be a winged insect; the males are uniformly so, and the females sometimes; and there is about the bodies a curious fluffy substance, something like the down on the seeds of the thistle, by which they can be carried to a distance. This aphis is a great nuisance; and the remedy suggested above is one worthy the attention of all auricula cultivators suffering from an attack of it. CATALOGUES RECEIVED. . From Messrs. Surron & Sons, Reading.—Sutton’s Bulb Catalogue for 1879. From Dick Rapcrirre & Co.—A Plant and General Catalogue of Horticultural Decorations, Garden Re- quisites, &c. From E. G. Henperson & Son, Pine-apple Nursery. | —A Catalogue of Dutch Bulbs and other Flower Roots, Herbaceous and Alpine Plants, &. 5 PLATE 378. CALOGYNE MASSANGEANA. Our illustration of this Celogyne is taken from a plant that flowered in Mr. B. 5. Williams’s collection at the Victoria Nursery, Holloway. It has been described by Professor Reichenbach as a “ remarkable new Czlogyne, that stands nearest the old well- known C. Asperata (Lowi). The pseudo bulbs are pyriform and bear two Stanhopea- like leaves. The long pendulous raceme bears twenty-two flowers at distant intervals. Sepals oblong, light ochre coloured, keeled in the middle outside. Petals nearly equally broad. The lip trifid, beautifully maroon-brown, with ochre-coloured veins. Anterior lacinea whitish with large brown disk. The keels are light yellow.” It appears to have been introduced by Messrs. L. Jacob-Makoy & Co., the well- known Belgian nurserymen, and is named after Mons. D. Massange, an “ enthusiastic orchidophilist.” We are indebted to the columns of the Gardener’s Chronicle for the foregoing information. . PEATE 174. NEW PICOTEES. We are indebted to Mr. Charles Turner, of the Royal Nursery, Slough, for the flowers forming the subject of Mr. Fitch’s illustration, and they serve to illustrate the positive advance being made in the production of new varieties of Picotees. Mrs. Payne (Fellowes)—(No. 1), is a heavy bright rose-edged flower, with smooth and finely-shaped petals, and a pure white ground; altogether a finely-formed flower. It has received several honours, viz., a First-class Certificate of Merit; the first prize for the best heavy rose-edged Picotee in 1878; and the premier prize for the best Picotee at the National Carnation and Picotee Society’s Show in 1879. Queen of Summer (Fellowes )—(No. 2), is a fine flower with a medium red edge, the petals large and smooth, the ground pure, the appearance symmetrical and pleasing. Mrs. Chancellor (Matthews)—(No. 3), is a heavy purple-edged flower, with finely-shaped large petals, very smooth, and the white ground quite pure. At the exhibitions of the National Carnation and Picotee Society in 1878 and 1879, this variety was awarded the first prize in the best heavy purple-edged Picotee ; which speaks volumes for its obvious excellent qualities. It is something for a variety to win this honour two years in succession. PLATE 375. BEGONIA, J. H. LAING. This is one of the more recent of the fine new varieties raised by Messrs. John Laing and Co., Stanstead Park Nursery, Forest Hill,S.E. It was exhibited at the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society on June 10th last, and deservedly awarded a First-class Certificate of Merit. The flowers are large, very stout, and finely formed, and of a very rich orange-scarlet colour ; the habit of growth compact and of moderate height. There appears to be no limit to the production of new varieties of the Tuberous- rooted Begonias. We are pleased to find that raisers are doing a great deal in the cirection of securing novelty in colour, dwarfness and compactness of habit, the property of flowering freely, and the desirable quality of handsomely-marked leaves. The Begonia is being improved all round; and as this improvement goes on, the introduction of distinct new varieties of high-class merit becomes of rarer occurrence, in consequence of the general good quality of seedlings. We are informed that, notwithstanding the wet and sunless character of the summer, these Begonias, as was predicted of them, have made excellent bedding plants. PLATE 376. COLEUS TRICOLOR. We are indebted to Mr. H. Cannell, of the Nursery, Swanley, Kent, for the opportunity of figuring this fine and distinct variety, recently awarded a First-class Certificate of Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society. It is one of a batch of new forms raised by the Rev. Mr. Woodhouse, of Sydney; is of an excellent habit of growth, the leaves of a lively claret-maroon colour, with a distinct carmine flame along the centre, and a distinct beaded edging of bright green. It is well named “ Tricolor,” for the three colours are well displayed and in excellent contrast. We are informed by Mr. Cannell that other varieties of the same batch of seedlings are equally fine and distinct, and cannot fail to cause a stir when publicly exhibited. | The Coleus has now become a leading exhibition plant, and in some parts of the country large and finely-grown specimens are produced. There is a sameness among some of the older varieties, and some novelty is required to give the necessary distinctness of character. This fine new variety, Tricolor, and others we have seen, will give this novelty in a remarkable degree. Sa J. Nugent Fitch del. et Hith - Vincent Brooks Day &Son. 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Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Royal Exotic Nur- series, King’s Road, Chelsea, staged an interesting group of new and rare plants, and were awarded First- class Certificates of Merit for the following: Oncidium dastyle, a species with pretty little flowers, having brown-spotted sepals and petals, and a creamy-yellow lip, having a purplish-black pouch near the base ; Cypripedium Spicerianum, a remarkably distinct and _ very handsome Lady’s Slipper, somewhat small in size, the upper sepal white, marked with a central purple line, the lateral sepals greenish, also with a central purple line, the lip greenish, shining, and the top of the column white, spotted with violet, and wavy at the margins ; and for Pachystoma Thompsonii, a striking Orchid, with white flowers admirably contrasted with a long, narrow purple labellum, and having the habit of a Pleione; this plant is said to come from Western Africa. In addition Messrs. Veitch & Sons had Orchids and other plants: the former included a speci- men of the Singular Mormodes Ocafie, with four good spikes of its chocolate-coloured flowers; Miltonia Moreliana Superba, a largeand deepiy-coloured variety ; a capital example of Calogyne Massangeana, figured in the Frorat Magazine for October; and the red- striped variety of Lilium Auratum, known as rubro- vittatum. Thisis a very distinct form of dwarf erowth, and at present very rare. Mr. William Bull, King’s Road, Chelsea, had several pretty Ferns of a distinct and attractive character. First-class Certificates of Merit were awarded to the following: Polysticum lentum, a dwarf evergreen Fern of compact growth from India, with fronds nearly one foot long, lance- shaped, with the pinne ending in bristles; Adiantum mundulum, a variety similar to the well-known A. cuneatum, but considerably dwarfer in habit, the fronds not so drooping as in the ordinary Maidenhair ; and for Adiantum cuneatum dissectum, a pleasing variety having the pinnules deeply cut, which gives the plant an elegant appearance, and makes it desirable as a NOVEMBER, 1879. [No. 95. decorative agent. Mr. Bull also had a good specimen of Tillandsia Lindeni genuina, with its rosy sheath and rich purple blossoms ; the elegant Curculigo recurvata striata ; the singular bronzy-flowered Masdevallia vili- fera ; Kentia luciana; Zamia Skinneri, etc. Mr. B.S. Williams, Victoria Nursery, Holloway, had First-class Certificates for Calamus densus, an elegant Palm, with the leaves arranged in a dense manner, as its name implies, and forming a handsome compact specimen ; Cocos elegantissimus, a handsome Palm, with the leaves in the way of C. plumosus, but with a gracefully-arching habit, which renders it a valuable decorative subject ; and for Nepenthes Outramiana, a handsome hybrid, the result of across between N. Sedeniand N. Hookeri, with medium-sized pitchers, broad at the base, tapering into a cylindrical neck, green, thickly dotted with small brown spots, and two narrow, finely-toothed wings. 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