. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. pum ; the other, ofwhich an illustration is given at fig. 86, andnamed Laurenceanum, being from a cross madebetween O. triumphans and O. Eolfere. Thislatter hybrid is a fine flower, having yellow sepalsand petals heavily barred with chestnut-browncolour. The lip is marked with purple over awhite ground. (type).—The individual rosettesare small and spiny, leaves greyish, about, 4 inchin length. Plant closely tufted, spreaduig,andof free growth. The flowering - stems areXnotmore thanlinch l
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. pum ; the other, ofwhich an illustration is given at fig. 86, andnamed Laurenceanum, being from a cross madebetween O. triumphans and O. Eolfere. Thislatter hybrid is a fine flower, having yellow sepalsand petals heavily barred with chestnut-browncolour. The lip is marked with purple over awhite ground. (type).—The individual rosettesare small and spiny, leaves greyish, about, 4 inchin length. Plant closely tufted, spreaduig,andof free growth. The flowering - stems areXnotmore thanlinch long at flowering time. Stemsreddish; calyx pale - green, with red tippedsegments or lobes. Flowers solitary, white;ovary creamy-yellow. Blooms in February andMarch. S. B. major. — This is the finest of ^theset. In all its parts the plant is fully twice aslarge as the type. The spiny rosettes of leaveshave a heavy glaucous hue, and are rather moreirregularly tufted. This is so well marked acharacteristic of the plant that the specialist atany season of the year may recognise the variety. 1 /??/?c /// 0 jikulograpli by Jno. (jregory. Fig. S;.— x : colour of flowers CHESTNUT-DROWN AND of Merit at Royal Horticultural Society, March 14. A L PI N E OA R D E N. SAXIFKAGA BUESEKIANA AND as the flowering of Bursers Saxifrageusually is, it was much earlier in the present year,and other species appear also to be in advance oftheir usual time. The only drawback to thisexceeding earliness is the possibility of theflowers being cut off suddenly by frost. Where acold house or frame exists, and these plants canbe given shelter for a time, the earlier floweringis appreciated, but where no such shelter isforthcoming the inflorescence loses much of itsbeauty. I advise shelter for the flowering timeonly, and for the single purpose of retaining theblooms as long as possible in good condition afterthey begin to expand. Those plants whi
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