The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . rrisonianax L. cinnabarina, which was figured in the Juneissue of the Dictionnaire Icon, des Orchidees(Lselio-Cattleya hybr.), t. 20. On September 6following, five months later, M. E. O. Orpetdescribed, under the same name of X Gladys(American Gardening, p. 574), another hybridfrom L. tenebrosa x C. Gaskelliana alba. The THE ROCK GARDEN. PLANTS IN FLOWER. Some interesting subjects are now peepingup on the rockery, one of the prettiest beingAnemone angulosa, and the old favourite ofcountry garden
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . rrisonianax L. cinnabarina, which was figured in the Juneissue of the Dictionnaire Icon, des Orchidees(Lselio-Cattleya hybr.), t. 20. On September 6following, five months later, M. E. O. Orpetdescribed, under the same name of X Gladys(American Gardening, p. 574), another hybridfrom L. tenebrosa x C. Gaskelliana alba. The THE ROCK GARDEN. PLANTS IN FLOWER. Some interesting subjects are now peepingup on the rockery, one of the prettiest beingAnemone angulosa, and the old favourite ofcountry gardens, Hepaticas, which, when plantedin clumps, is very effective; but I havefound by experience that when left alone anumber of years the flowers are more now, the pink, white, and blue are quitecharming. Narcissus minimus is a very strikingflower, and it shows to perfection in warm bifolia grows about 4 inches high, and isvery pretty, and the sunshine of the past weekhas caused them to open their flowers, which areblue in colour, so^^wdiat earlier than usual. Iris. Fig. 71.—odontoglossum crispum grace ruby. name of this latter hybrid had therefore to bechanged, and I altered it to : Orpetiana. Some time afterwards I received from , gr. to M. L. Fournier, of St. Barnabe,near Marseilles, a third hybrid (from C. Gaskel-liana x L. tenebrosa), the inverse to the othercross, and this I named x Orpetiana The sepals and petals of this arecream-white, and much flushed with bright rose,especially towards the tip ; the lip is brightviolet-pxirple, with fine yellow lines on the Cogniaux. ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUMGRACE RUBY. There have been exhibited some strikingvarieties of this exceedingly popular Orchidduring the past few years. The one illustratedin fig. 71 is certainly handsome. The flowers areof large size and excellent form; they have awhite ground, which is evenly spotted with purplespots, and the petals and l
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