IRISH GAKDENING 



COELOGYNE CIUSTATA 



(An easily grown Orcliid flowering in Early Spring) 



grown indoor fruits during the last few years 

 with httle or no artificial heat. 



However, no fault could be found with the 

 display in the ever popular Camellia House at 

 Glasnevin. The popular scarlet " Geranium 

 in the best varieties is doubly welcome in the 

 dark days of the declining year, and a fine 

 strain of blue Cinerarias (Senecio) made a 

 striking sliow. A pretty group was made up of 

 paper white Narcissus edged with pots of 

 lioman Hyacinths, the latter having been 

 missed for some time. A bank of Cyclamens, 

 pure white, salmon puik, and dark red, wa.; 

 conspicuous, proving the value of this plant for 

 winter flowering. Next to this a large group of 

 the old Cyjjrepedium insigne was noticeable, 

 an interesting cool house Orchid, which anyone 

 might gro\\- and enjoy. A group of large- 

 flowered I'l'imula obconica flanked the Cypre- 

 pediums on the other side and showed the great 

 im])rovement that has taken place in this jjlant 

 during late years; the colours now vary from 

 white through pink to what one may call red 

 for want of a moiv accui-ate term. 



Camcdlias, from wliicdi this houst' takes its 

 popidai- name, are [)]antcd out in the centre 



bed, and some of them are big bushes bearing 

 double white and double pink blossoms. 



In the orchid house quite a fine display was 

 on. The following is a list of the more conspic- 

 uous plants noted : — Laelia ance])s in several 

 varieties, some of the baskets caiTving a large 

 number of spikes; Epidendrum vitellinum, 

 Odontonia Langowayii- Yanda amesiana, Vauda 

 coerulea, Stenoglottis fimbi'iata, Cattleya H. 

 S. Leon, Odontoglossum Aidentillus, Cattleya 

 O'Brieniana alba, Aliltonia St. Andiv, ()d(ju- 

 toglossum crispum rosy var., Cattlexa Maggie 

 Raphael alba, Odontioda Chelseaensis, ]]rasso- 

 cattleya Queen Alexandi'a, Laelia-cattleya 

 Brittania white var., Oncidium ornithorhy- 

 nevun, C,\prepediums, or raphiopedilums, as 

 they shoidd be called, in great variety, includ- 

 ing Prince Olaf, vii'ginale, magnificum, insignis 

 C()l)bianum, au)'ora magnificum Sanderae, 

 Golden Gem, Sir Eedvers Buller, Boadicea 

 llosita, and J'rospero gigantea. The varieties 

 of Cyprepedium leeanum, itself a hybrid, are 

 most "attractive, the white dorsal sepal, more or 

 less s])otted, being a striking feature. A group 

 of Calanthes behind the Cyprepediums added a 

 nice bit of colour. Wanderer. 



