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Title: The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects
Year: 1874 (1870s)
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Subjects: Ornamental horticulture Horticulture Plants, Ornamental Gardening
Publisher: London : (Gardeners Chronicle)
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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of the late J. Aspinal Turner,Esq., after whom it was named, and the Brough-ton plant is, I believe, a part of the original ; it is the ration. I was pleased to see the true C. labiata in greatbeauty. On the side tables were some large masses ofPleione maculala, with their white and crimsonblooms. P. Wallichii was also thriving well, withits rose-coloured flowers. The P. lagenaria was alsowell in bloom. These are extremely useful subjectsfor autumn decoration, when flowers are compara-tively scarce, and require but little space to growthem in. Here also was a fine Bollea ccelestis, alsothe rare ISatemannia Burtii, which was growingstrongly ; and hanging from the roof was the rarehybrid Cattleya Mitchelli x , which was obtained froma cross between C. Eldorado and C. Leopoldii, but itpartakes chiefly of Eldorado in growth. I am gl.idto see that Mr. Mitchell has been rewarded for hispains in endeavouring to raise new hybrids, and Ihope he will continue to be successful in so interesting
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Fig. 87.—aerides schrc-ederi. (see r. 492.) finest one of its class, with its rich rose and magentacoloured flowers. Next to this is the rare La;lia elegans Warneri,another of the finest Orchids in cultivation. Itflowers in summer, and has sepals and petals of alight rose colour, while the lip is of the richest crimson.This, too, is figured in the third series of Mr. Warnersillustrated work. Of Lailia gigantea there is also agood plant; it is rare, and of a distinct type, theflowers being 6 inches in diameter, the sepals andpetals of a pale lilac colour, delicately spotted withrose-purple, and the lip dark rosy-purple. Of L.purpurata there are some good specimens, also ofCattleya exoniensis, which was thriving well, and isone of the most useful and ornamental Orchids incultivation, being a free flowerer and comparativelyeasy of cultivation. Many plants of C. Triante were infull luxuriance, making strong sheaths. Mr. Mitchellinformed me that amongst them were some very finevarieties,

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