Identifier: journalofhorticu05hort (find matches)
Title: The journal of the Horticultural Society of London
Year: 1846 (1840s)
Authors: Horticultural Society of London Horticultural Society of London. Proceedings of the Horticultural Society of London
Subjects: Gardening Botany Horticulture Fruit-culture
Publisher: London : Published for the Society, by Longman and Co
Contributing Library: Harvard Botany Libraries
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n, a newspaper, conducted by Mr. G. Glenny, F.II.S.From Mr. Glenny. April 2, 1850. (Regent Street.) Awards. Large Silver Medal: To Messrs. Veitch and Son,of Exeter, for a fine specimen of the Magnificent Medinill(M. magnifica), a noble-looking species, imported by themfrom Java. Its massive leaves are nearly a foot long and4 or 5 inches broad, of a firm, leathery texture, and of therichest green. From the ends of the branches hang downpanicles, from 15 to 18 inches long, of rich, glossy, rose-coloured flowers, with purple petals, and large, many-ribbtdbracts of the clearest pink. It is the large-bracted Medinill(M. bracteata) of the Nurseries. Banksian Medal: To Mr. Plumbly, Gardener to E. J.Dimsdale, Esq., for four large specimen Heaths, consistingof Willmoreana, transparens, triumphans, and penicillata.To Messrs. Eollisson, of Tooting, for Dendrobium macro- PROCEEDINGS. xxvii phyllum, Oncidium sphacelatum, and Cypripedium Lowei,of which the accompanying- woodcut is a representation.
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It is difficult to imagine anything more beautiful in its waythan this Bornean Ladys Slipper. The lip is a purplishgreen, and smooth as if French-polished ; the sepals aregreen, with a purple tinge near their base ; the petals arequite 3 inches long, spreading and then curving gracefullyinwards and upwards, narrow near the base, pale, greenishyellow, blotched with deep brown, and rose-coloured at theends, which are twice as broad as the other parts. It issaid to be a plant of easy cultivation, and is a great acqui-sition. Certificate of Merit: To Mr. Loddiges, of Hacknev, for an d 2 xxviii PROCEEDINGS. example of the Sweet Trichopil (T. suavis), a charmingspecies from Costa Rica, with broad, thin pseudo-bulbs,and large leathery leaves. The flowers emit the most deli-cate odour of Hawthorn. When well grown they are full5 inches in diameter, delicate in texture, nearly white, witha few slight stains of red on the sepals and petals, and agreat convolute lip richly spotted with clear rose

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