. The Gardeners' Chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. brilliant scarlet, Btvue Horticole0itoterl. Pentas carnea, Bevue de IHorticulture Beige, October. Sarracesia flata, Garden, Sepiember 14 Thunia Marshalllaua, Btvue ie IHorticulture Bege,October. absent as a separate orgaD, the flowers were not tolose its beauty altogether, for in some degree itmerged into the petals, one of which we here illus-trate (6g. 85). Not only does a patch of the crimsoncolour of the labellnm appear in it, but the wavyedge and more ample substance has given the petala feather
. The Gardeners' Chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. brilliant scarlet, Btvue Horticole0itoterl. Pentas carnea, Bevue de IHorticulture Beige, October. Sarracesia flata, Garden, Sepiember 14 Thunia Marshalllaua, Btvue ie IHorticulture Bege,October. absent as a separate orgaD, the flowers were not tolose its beauty altogether, for in some degree itmerged into the petals, one of which we here illus-trate (6g. 85). Not only does a patch of the crimsoncolour of the labellnm appear in it, but the wavyedge and more ample substance has given the petala feather-like form, which lends attraction to theflower, abnormal though it be. ABOUT CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Cbops of fruit have been so abundant duriDg thepresent season, and the exhibitions, lectures, andgossip anent fruit culture so general and engrossing,tbat the advent of the Chrysanthemum reign appearsto have overtaken ui with uncommon the forthcoming week will be held some of theearliest of the exhibitions, and perhaps until thesehave taken place it would be rash to prophesy ■n Fig, 85.—the vabiegated lip of a cattleya labiata. CATTLEYA time to time we have given illustrations ofabnormal flowers of Orchids, and we are always gladof the opportunity to add to them, and give remarkswhich may tend to throw light on this interestingsubject. One thing about such freaks is nowtolerably clear, and that is, that in most cases wherethese abnormal flowers appear, the plant is likelyto produce similar flowers, and in some cases, theplant will produce no others. A singular instance ofthis kind appeared in anlinflorescence of Cattleyalabiata Mendeli sent us some time ago, with theinformation that it represented the flowerswhich the plant regularly produced. Very strangethey looked, for one expected to see the showylabellum which forms the chief attraction ofthe flower, but it was wanting in each example ;the flower being made up of the three sepals and twop
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