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JOURNAL OF HOETICULTUBE AND COTTAGE G.iEDENEE. 



[ Marcli 7, 1872. 



CcELOQTOE LENTiGiNOSA (FrecUed Ccelogyne). hat. onl., Or- 

 chidaceiB. Linn, arr., Gynandi-ia Mouandi-ia— Stem stout, 

 creeping, as thick as a swan's qiiiU, clothed witu rigid brown 

 scales. Pseudobulbs erect, trigynous, smooth, green, up which 

 the brown sheaths reach half-way. Leaves, two at the top of 

 the pseudobulb. Eaceme produced at the base of the last- 

 formed pseudobulb. Flowers on a floriferons peduncle coyered 

 with convolute gi'een scales, pale green. Lip white, with a 

 broad ochreous blotch on the mid lobe; the margins of the 

 lateral lobes are brown, amd there are treckles of the same 

 colour on the disk. Mid lobe with a broad flat cla,w, broadly 

 trowel-shaped, undulate. Column slender, naiTOwly winged. 



"z^NAi! Pelakgonioji Ianthe.— "The habit of the plant is 

 moderately vigorous, the leaves neat, and marked with the 

 characteristic zone, while the flowers are large, weU formed, 

 and abundantly produced in bold, conspicuous, nosegay-like 

 trusses The colour is very difficult to note, a pecuhar bliush 

 tint minglmg with the crunsou. We append the description 

 given m the catalogue of Mr. William Paul, of Walthaui Gross, 

 by whom lanthe, with several other fine novelties obtained by 

 Dr. Denny— notably Wellington and Sir Charles Napier— was 

 sent out. All three of these varieties were certificated at Ken- 

 sington : — ., , , T • i- 



" ' r«nf/ic.— Flowers bluish oiimsou, the blue predommating 

 in the lower petals; flowers of large size, good shape and sub- 

 stance, quite novel, and very beautiful ; habit very dwarf and 

 branching, with handsome dark greeu zonal foliage ; colour of 

 flower unaltered by rain or sun. Altogether the finest variety 

 for bedding ever sent out.' "—{Florist andPomologist,Ss.,\.,i9.) 



THE OBCHAED WORTH CAKE. 

 Ii certainly pays to take a httle pains with young trees, for 

 what is there that is more remunerative than an Apple crop 

 one year after another ? Who among our readers would be 

 willing to take $.5 per tree for an orchai'd of young Apple trees 

 just coming into bearuig ? We have now an orchard of six 

 hundred Apple trees, covering a lot of 15 acres, that we would 

 not have taken from our grounds for $3,000. Add five years 

 more to them, and one will see what they will add to the land. 

 It is the strangest thing to us to see farmers ownmg 100 to 

 200 acres of land, with barely enough Apples to supply the 

 family ; or, perhaps, an old orchard of one hundi-ed to one 

 hundred and fifty trees occupying 3 to 4 acres of land, from 

 which they reaUse more profit than any 20-acre field they 

 have, not plantmg more Apples, or, after they do plant them, 

 not givmg them the proper care. When wiU farmers see this 

 in its true light ?— (,S'm«!J Fruit Eecorda:) 



THE EOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 Mabch 6th. 

 Theee -was again a good Show, though scarcely equal to the 

 last, especially as regards the floiil subiects foi which classes 

 ■were provided. The Camelli.as m puU 1 l\i means 

 came up to our expectations, the pliut i ' ,"'' , '^ 



siderable size. Messrs. Lane, of Gieit 1 1 '" ^ , ^* 



first prize for six weU-bloomed pi lut-^ c 1 1 t I 



collection in small pots. lu^ Class '', foi tw clve 

 ■was no competition ; and in Class 3 f i si 

 Potts, gardener to J. Knowles, Esq , Hctt u i 

 had a first prize for a very good stand Mi W Paul 1 ^\ 1 1 ni 

 Cross, sent a fine collection of cut blooms not foi competition 

 There were classes for shrubs m flowei ind foi Lily of the 

 Valley, but no exhibitor came foiwaid Of eaily Grapes theie 

 ■was like-wise no exhibition, but of late Grapes some estiaoi 

 clinarily fine bunches were shown, and notably that ■which 

 gained the first prize. It came from Mr. Potts, gardener to J. 

 Knowles, Esq., Heaton Grange, Bolton, and was Alicante, large 

 in bunch, closely set with full, plump, jet black beii-ies, beauti- 

 fully covered with bloom. Mr. Sage.gardenertoEarlBro^wnlow, 

 Asbridge, 'was second -with Lady Downe's, very fine ; and Mr. 

 Bannerman, gardener to Lord Bagot, BHthfield, third 'with the 

 same kind, also in excellent condition. Mr. Osborne, Kaye's 

 Ntu-sery, Finchley, sent Alicante, good ; Mr. Donaldson, gar- 

 dener to Lord Ciiesham, the same kind, very fine; and Mr. 

 Hudson, gardener to J. C. Imthm-n, Esq., Champion HiU, 

 CamberweU, some fine Lady Do-wue's. For Asparagus, Sea- 

 kale, and Ehubarb, one dish of each, Mr. G. T. Miles, gardener 

 to Lord Carrington, Wycombe Abbey, -was an easy first -with 

 splendid Ehubarb, fine Sea-kale, and large -Asparagus. Mr. J. 

 Bray, gardener to W. A. Sanford, Esq., Nynehead, Com-t, Wel- 

 lington, was second -with good Ehubarb and Sea-kale, and fine 

 Asparagus ; and Mr. E. Gilbert, gardener to the Mai-quis of 



Exeter, Bm-ghley, was third -with fine Sea-kale and good ex- 

 amples of the other two subjects. 



Fbuit Committee.— G. F. Wilson, Esq,, F.E.S., in the chair- 

 Mr Tegg gardener to John Walter, Esq., Bearwood, sent speci- 

 ■mens of a new white Sprouting Broccoli, which did not receive 

 the approval of the Committee. Mr. Gilbert, of the Gardens,. 

 Burghley Park, Stamford, sent specimens of Snow's Winter 

 White, and of Myatt's Cape BroccoUs. Messrs. Paul & Sons,. 

 Cheshunt, sent examples of a fine stock of Snow s Winter 

 White BroccoU. Sir- Walter Trevelyan, Bart., of Nettlecombe,. 

 sent dishes of Lemons, Citrons, and Oranges, which were much 

 admired, and received a cultm-al certificate. Mr. Sage, gardener 

 to Earl Brownlow, Ashi-idge Park, sent a dish of veiy tine 

 Keens' Seedling Strawberries, which received a cultiu-al com- 

 mendation. Mr. F. Dancer, of Chiswick, exhibited a dish of 

 Cox's Orange Pippin in fine condition, and although much 

 beyond the season at which this Apple is usually kept, they were- 

 of exceUent flavom-. They were awarded a cultural certificate. 



A pretty little variety of Maize, caUed Zea gi-acilhma, was 

 exhibited from Mr. Benary, of Erfm-t. Two Smooth-leavecl 

 Cayenne Pines, weighing 6J lbs. and 5 lbs. respectively, and 

 produced from a plant not thirteen months old, were exhibited 

 by Mr. Miles, gardener to Lord Carrington, Wycombe Abbey, 

 and received a cultural commendation. Mr. Donaldson, gar- 

 dener to Lord Chesham, Latimers, sent a very inentonous 

 collection of Grapes, consisting of large and remarkably well- 

 kept bunches of Mrs. Pince, Gros GuiUaume, and Ahcante, 

 They were awarded a cultural commendation. Mr. Osborne. 

 Kaye's Nm-sery, Finchley, sent three small but well-kept bunches 

 of Gros GuUlaume, and received a cultm-al commendation. 



Floe.1l Committee.— Mr. J. Eraser in the chair. Messrs 

 Veitoh sent a fine collection of Orchids, including a magnificent 

 specimen of Dendi-obium Farmeri ; a number of plants ot 

 Odontoglossmn Alexandi-se -with gi-and spikes ; Epidendrum 

 paniculatum ; Odontoglossum triumphans, very fine ; U. Anaer- 

 sonianum, cream and brown; the hybrid C. Hamsianmn very 

 fine ; and an Oncidium with long twining racemes of large brown 

 and pale yeUow flowers. Together with these were several fine 

 Pahns, an exceUent specimen of Hippeastnun pardinum, and 

 the pretty Httle Stenogasti-a concinna. Messrs. Veitch also sent 

 aflne gi-oup of Eoses in pots. „ ^ , , ttt ji 



From Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son, St. John's Wood, came 

 a good collection of Cyclamen persicum in several vai-ieties, and 

 a new Asplenium. ., , , , o ■ i 



Mr Denning, gardener to Lord Londesborough Grimston 

 Park, Tadcaster, again contributed a beautiful collection of 

 Orchids, particularly noticeable among which w-ere splendid 

 specimens of Cojlogyne cristata, Dendi^obium nobile, L;attleya 

 Trianffi Cymbidium ebm-neum with five large flowers ; Brassa- 

 vola glauca, Dendi-ochilum glumaceum, Cj-pripeihum Lown, 

 very fine, Lycaste Skinneri, and Odontoglossum membianacemn.- 

 Messrs. E. G. Henderson sent a gi-oup of Caladium Prmcess 

 Alexandi-a, with rose-tinged silvery leaves veined and edged 

 ■with gi^een. Messrs. EoUisson, Tooting, sent a mixed gi'oup, m 

 which were Vandas, a fine specimen of Cypripedium viUosum 

 and several other Orchids ; Ai-auearia Cuuninghami glauca, and 

 a pan of Primula nivalis, a charming Utile white-flowered species .. 

 From the same firm came also Calamus yerticularis a hand- 

 some Pahn, -which received a first-class certificate. Mr. Hevbst, 

 nniseiyinan Richmond, sent two large baskets of Lily ot the 

 \ tUe-s beautifuUv grown and flowered. From Mr \\ . Paul 

 c ime Waltham 'SMiite Piimuli w-ith very large white flowers 

 rf ^eat substance , this we have fiequently noticed m terras of 

 1 1 mpnditnn Messis St mdish & Co., Ascot, contributed 



and beuitifun\ flowered group of Azaleas, Bou- 

 lupcnui Cmeiuiis, Hyacinths, cut blooms of 

 lUoe Vi. Ml H Bennett, Manor Farm Nursery,. 

 St pUt I I sent se^ei tiff the new Hybrid Perpetual Eoses. _ 



Ml Wilbuns H Uowiy, exhibited among ne-w plants loxi- 

 cophlea Thunbeigi i N ital plant with close heads of white 

 floweis and duU „ieen leitheiy leaves, also a magmficent speci- 

 men of Dendiobium Gambudgeanum, bearing a profusion of its 

 rich yeUow and brownish ciimson flowers. Li the same coUec- 

 tion 'as this were a very fine specimen of Lycaste Skinneri, 

 TiUandsia Lindenii, its deep azui-e blue flowers more lovely 

 than ever, several Pahns, &c. Mi-. WiUiams also exhibited 

 white Chinese Primulas of a fine strain, and some exceUent 

 Cyclamens, both in colom- and freedom of bloom. 



"From Mr. Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham, came a 

 chai-ming collection of spring-flowering plants— such as the 

 double white variety of Primula acaulis, His reticulata; bcillas. 

 Dog's-tooth Violet, and many other gems. 



From Mr. Green, gardener to W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., came 

 a flue variety of ImantophyUumminiatum, called Cooperi, richer 

 in colom- and with a finer truss than the ordinai-y' form. Mr. 

 Green also exhibited the Uttle white and p.-Je yeUow-flowered 

 Eria obesa. Mr. Masson, gardener to E. Mihie, Esq., ^lewheld 

 House, -U-broath, sent a magnificent specimen of Phahenopsis 

 SchUleriana, with two branching spikes covered to the height pt 

 about 3 feet with beautifully-colom-ed rosy blossoms, 207 lu 



