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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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rees is diverted from wood toseed production. The effect of a dry summer,therefore, cannot always be measured during theyear in which it occurs, and in the event of twoor three dry years following each other in suc-is. inn harm of a permanent character may bedone to many individuals, while the averagegrowth .if ;ill must be reduced over a considerableperiod. .1. I. Forbes, Dublin. HABENARIA IANTHA.This distinct and pretty Orchid seems to haveescaped general notice. I cannot find anyreference to it under the name given above many Orchid work at my disposal, and I feelpretty sure it has not been exhibited very oftenat the Royal Horticultural Societys meetings,if at all, previous to July 29 last. On that datea fine, healthy plant was shown in a small groupof Orchids contributed by Messrs. Sander andSons. As I did not remember having seen it be-fore, I made the sketch (see fig. 110) to place itsappearance on record. The plant itself was about16 inches high and was growing in quite a small
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Ill:. 110. - -lIAHLXARIA IANTHA : COLOUP. OF SEPALSAND PETALS CREAMV-WHITE, LIP EOSE-PUKPLE. pot—2^in., I believe. It had a single erect, fleshystem : which was deep purple except near the top,where it gradually became greener in colour.There were several ovate-lanceo.ate, pale greenleaves, without stalks, and clasping the stem atthe base. Each leaf was from 2^ to 3 inchesin length, soft in texture, and with one con-spicuous vein on each side of the mid-rib. Asshown in the illustration, the plant bore fiveflowers, which, owing to the shortness oftheir stalks, are close to the stem. Thesepals and petals were creamy white incolour, the upper sepal being hooded, andpartly enclosing the narrower erect petals,these organs forming a kind of long arch over the column. The lateral sepals are spreadingwith a distinct median nerve. The lip, how-.ever, constitutes the most attractive part of theflower. It is large and spreading, somewhatwavy on the margin, and with a broad and con-spicuous zon

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