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necessary to thin them, and only retain what the circumstances of the plant 

 suggest. It should be borne in mind that, in order to its blooming well, ripened 

 wood is essential. 



In the warm parts of England the Rose blooms well against a south-aspected 

 wall; but in the northern and colder parts it is difficult to get it to succeed in 

 the open air, and winter protection is requisite, and a glass covering over it in 

 the early part of the season to further its fertility. 



If the roots of Tea Roses, plunged in beds, are confined to the pots alone, they 

 rarely succeed beyond just being kept alive, and make little progress. At the 

 time of planting out the bottom of the pot should be broken out, and any internal 

 obstruction to the roots be removed; then being plunged in the led, and having 

 good soil below the roots, they usually flourish satisfactorily, and bloom as 

 desirable. Being ret lined in the pot, which surrounds the sides, the plant can 

 be taken up at the close of the season without danger, and, when required, be 

 repotted into entire pots, and be afterwards placed in winter quarters. 



Conductor. 



London Horticultural Society's Meeting, November. — The plants pro- 

 duced on this occasion presented a fine display, especially the Orchids, among 

 which were several magnificent specimens of Cattleya labiata. The best of these 

 came from Messrs. Veitch and Son, and, although it had travelled all the way 

 from Exeter, arrived in the finest condition. It had seven spikes, each with 

 four or five large, handsome, purple flowers. It had been grown in the coolest 

 part of the Orchid house, and had been allowed plenty of air dining summer. 

 A'ong with it were Begonia fuchsoides, a handsome bright red flowered Fuchsia- 

 like species; a beautiful Phalaenopsis amabilis; and a new Clerodendron from 

 Java, a noble-looking plant, with remarkably fine lartre leaves, from whose axils 

 spring panicles about a foot long, covered with multitudes of white, or rather 

 blush-coloured blossoms. A Knightian medal was awarded for the Begonia, 

 Cattleya, and Clerodendron. Various Orchids came from Messrs. Loddiges, of 

 Hackney, and among them the butl-flowered Calanthe curculigoides, Cata- 

 setum saccatum, one of the most extraoidinary forms of the genus; Ccelia 

 macrostachia, the brown-flowered Oncidium crispum, the beautiful little Cattle} a 

 pumila, Laelia Perrinii, the handsome Odontoglossum Iusleayi, together with 

 O. grande and candidum ; a tall Oncidium oblongatum, the curious looking 

 Liparis pendula, a dark variety of Cypripedium harbatum and Epidendrum 

 auritum. A Knightian medal was awarded for the three first-mentioned 

 plants, together with Oncidium oblongatum. — Mr. Robertson, gardener to Wis. 

 Lawrence, of Ealing Park, sent the beautiful Laelia Perrinii, Oncidium Caven- 

 dishii, Barkeria Liudleyana, a variety of Erica Banksiaua, and Saccolabium 

 denticulatum, for which last a Banksian medal was awarded. — Other Orchids 

 were sent by Mr. Rae, gardener to J. J. Blandy, Esq., among which were 

 Cattleya labiata, in lovely condition; Miltonia Candida and Clowesiana; 

 Cirrliopetalum Medusae, rather past its best ; Laelia Perrinii, the beautiful Odon- 

 toglossum Insleayi, Crytochiluni maculatum. and an ugly, small, pale-flowered 

 variety of Oncidium ornithoihynchum, showing that purchaseis should lie care- 

 ful in obtaining the large dark-flowered sort. — From Mr. Webster, Eartham 

 gardens, were a beautiful Cattleya labiata and a cut spike ot the Chinese Renan- 

 thera coccinea, for which a Banksian medal was awarded. — C. B. Warner, Esq., 

 sent Oncidium crispum, the larger variety of Oncidium papilio, Cattleya labiata, 

 Laelia Perrinii, and Phala?nopsis amabilis ; a certificate was awarded. — A famous 

 Cattleya labiata, fur which a Banksian medal was given, was produced by 

 Mr. Moore, gardener to R. Hanliury, Esq., together with a specimen of Mormodes 

 aromaticum, remarkable for its agreeable spicy odour. From Mr. Plant, gardener 

 to J. H. Schroder, Esq., were Laelia Perrinii, Lycaste Skinueri, Angrecuin bi- 

 lobum, the bright orange-flowered Epidendrum vitellinum, a colour so rare 

 aiming Orchids, and a very handsome Oncidium, with a large pale yellow lip 

 and brown barred petals : a certificate was awarded for the latter. — Finally, 

 Messrs. Rcllisson, of Tooting, sent a collection of plants, in which was a fine 

 specimen of Miltonia Candida, also Oncidium barbatum, two Odontoglossums, 

 Cattleya labiuta and bicolor, Octomeria graminifolia, Epidendrum patens, and 

 a new transparent blush-floweied Dcndrobium, from Java. — From Mr. Glen- 



