. The Gardeners' Chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. plant, 5 to 6 feet high,and the flowers are a rosy-lilac. Our illustration and NATURAL HYBRID of two very aingular, diatinct, and prettyMiltoniaa come from Mr. John Cowan, ManagingDirector of the Vineyard and Nuraeries, Garston,Liverpool, accompanied by the following note: Herewith are two flowera labelled A. and B. ofplants received from our collector in Brazil asnatural hybrids of Miltonia Candida grandiflora and folding over the column; white with a purple disc, andwith traces of
. The Gardeners' Chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. plant, 5 to 6 feet high,and the flowers are a rosy-lilac. Our illustration and NATURAL HYBRID of two very aingular, diatinct, and prettyMiltoniaa come from Mr. John Cowan, ManagingDirector of the Vineyard and Nuraeries, Garston,Liverpool, accompanied by the following note: Herewith are two flowera labelled A. and B. ofplants received from our collector in Brazil asnatural hybrids of Miltonia Candida grandiflora and folding over the column; white with a purple disc, andwith traces of the fine slight ridges seen in M. Candidaat the base of the lip, but with the bi-lamellate creitofM. cnneata still more pronounced. The columnis hooded and tinged with lilac. The dowers aremuch firmer in texture than those of M. Candida,and traces of the two reputed parents are evident. Variety B. is essentially the same in the mainpoints, but the sepals and petals have the chestnut-brown barred with the yellow markings of M. Candida,and more distinct traces of that apeciea appear in the. Fig. 50.—ecpatobicm seeeulatcm, dc : flowebs bost-lilac. fbom the gabden of w. e. gumbleton, esq. the deacription and figure in the worka cited belowpreclude the neceaaity for giving fuller details this country it must probably be grown aa agreenhouee plant, but we are informed by Mr. Gum-bleton that after keeping it under glaaa throughoutthe winter he placed the plant in the open ground,where it haa foimed a good-aized buah, too large tobe conveniently moved. It will be interesting toaacertain if it will survive the winter under suchconditions. * Eupato ium serfulalum, D. C. Plod., v. 147; Baker inMartha Flora Basiliensis, Compositx, p. 316. Ed. Andre inRevue Hortieole, July 1, 1891, c. ic. color. M. cuneata. The planta in appearance certainlybear out the auggeation. We ahall be glad of youropinion of the dowers. The flowers seem to point conclusively to thecorrectness of the collec
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