The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . ne variety; the sepals and petals of a plants in flower were noticed a few nice pieces ofCypripedium Dominianum, a graceful hybrid, withsoft yellow flowers and dark lines; a splendidvariety of C. Harrisianum, C. Sedeni, the littleknown C. albanense, with beautiful rose-colouredflowers; and several plants of C. Godefroyie andC. Veitchii Demidoff var., which struck me asbeing well grown, as did also a few plants of thewell-known Ctelogyne Massangeana. There wereseveral Masdevallias in bloom, and amongst
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . ne variety; the sepals and petals of a plants in flower were noticed a few nice pieces ofCypripedium Dominianum, a graceful hybrid, withsoft yellow flowers and dark lines; a splendidvariety of C. Harrisianum, C. Sedeni, the littleknown C. albanense, with beautiful rose-colouredflowers; and several plants of C. Godefroyie andC. Veitchii Demidoff var., which struck me asbeing well grown, as did also a few plants of thewell-known Ctelogyne Massangeana. There wereseveral Masdevallias in bloom, and amongst them therare M. Gaskellinana, shown a short time ago at theRoyal Horticultural Society. Cattleyas, Dendrobes,Lielias, Calanthes, &c, were all well represented,and some amount of space was occupied by arecent importation of Angreecum sesquipedale, nearto which it may be mentioned were a few specimensof quite a new species of Angrrecum recently dis-covered. The plants of this latter unfortunatelyhad suffered severely in transit; but time and carewill no doubt bring them round. FlO. 52.—CONE OF CEDEUS DEODARA. rich rosy tint, and fairly broad, and the labellum of adark crimson, with darker stripes, and similar in formto C. crispa, but twice as large. A large specimen ofCattleya Gaskelliana had seven flower-sheaths, and,though late, it is nevertheless very Loddigesii and C. guttata Leopoldiana arealso in flower. Plants of Odontoglossum grande, aspecies which is grown in large quantities, are nowfull of spikes; Odontoglots are represented by fineclumps of O. Alexandra! and O. Pescatorei. In con-clusion, it may be safely said that this is going tobe one of the best gardens in Suffolk. Homeless. Orchids at small establishment of Messrs. W. L. Lewis& Co., Chase Side, Southgate, is worthy of a visitfrom those who desire to obtain a cool-house may be seen many species, which one generallyassociates with high temperatures, grown
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