98 THE FLORIST. 



sible during its season of rest. "While it is in this condition it 

 should receive just sufficient water to keep the pseudo-bulbs 

 from shrivelling-, and no more. When symptoms of growth 

 began to exhibit themselves, I moved it back into the East- 

 Indian house, but did not give it too much water at first. 

 When the shoots had got about two inches in height, a good 

 supply was administered until the plant had finished its growth, 

 when water must be given sparingly, and the plant should be 

 put back into the cool house, in order to give it a good season 

 of rest, so as perfectly to prepare it for the next flowering." 



The above is Mr. Williams's mode of treating this pretty 

 little plant. We had hoped to have given a similar account 

 along with our plate of Cattleya Pineli, inserted in No. II. 

 of the present year's volume; but unfortunately the statement 

 did not reach us until after the Number was published. 



ON THE RUNNING OF THE CARNATION. 



In curtailing my article at page 75 you have made me contradict 

 myself in the last paragraph but one. What I did write was, that I 

 was not sure, in the case of Cartwright's Eainbow and another flower, 

 that the chances were not equal of obtaining clean stock from run as 

 from fine stools. 



I certainly do not hold, nor did I express, the opinion, that this 

 case applies generally. My view in writing thus was to draw the 

 attention of growers to the varied freaks in which the flower displays 

 its sportive propensities, as I believe that many fine plants are doomed 

 to destruction on the slightest suspicion of being in a run state ; and 

 I quoted one or two instances of flowers coming under my own ob- 

 servation favouring a different view, presuming it fair to suppose 

 that others might be in a similar condition. 



I also wish, if your space will allow me, to explain that I did not 

 intend to confine the presence of " the smallest stripe of white" ab- 

 solutely to " flaked flowers," as indicative of a probable return to 

 fineness. That class, when it runs, I believe invariably goes back to 

 a clove or self; at least I do not remember an instance of the white 

 flushing and leaving the stripes or flakes visible. 



Bizarres, however, sport: 1st, to a flake, losing the dark or bi- 

 zarre stripe ; 2d, to a flake, losing the lighter colour. In this case 

 it is most commonly a coarse marine flake, with a dingy white ; some 

 p.p.B.'s, however, will sport to good p.f.'s; 3d, to a striped flower, 

 having the white suffused with a lighter colour ; and 4th, to a clove 

 or self. 



In the first case, it is not desirable that they should return to the 

 original. In the second, it is, I consider, hopelessly and irrecoverably 

 run. In the two last, I incline to think that the presence of " the 

 smallest stripe of white" is indicative of a probable return to fineness. 



Woolwich, April 4th. J. W. Newhall. 



