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desired to hybridize, clip away the stamens, leaving only the pistil in such single 

 blossom; then bring, from another kind of Geranium, a flower which has pollen 

 (the dust) in a perfect state, and dust it upon the stigma- Care must be taken, 

 for a day or two, that the part thus operated upon is not watered over or allowed 

 to be blown by a strong current of wind. This being performed vivifies the seed. 

 Care should be taken to protect the impregnated blossoms from bees, &c, which, 

 hovering over and alighting upon the flowers, convey pollen, and effect the 

 process of impregnation ; and, taking it from ill-formed flowers, &c, the design 

 is defeated. To have superb new sorts, both kinds (the one impregnated, and 

 the other from which the dust is taken) should be of first-rate form, the flower to 

 be nearly a circle, each petal proportionate to the others in size, petals thick, 

 edges smooth and even, and the bloom expanded well to view. Having such 

 kinds, it is best to keep them remote from any others; and, by a judicious 

 admixture of colours, spots, &c, a beautiful progeny will be obtained. When the 

 plant has been impregnated, as at all other times, it ought not to lack water. 

 When the seed is ripe it must be carefully watched, as it occasionally starts off 

 from the style and germen rapidly. When ripe seed can be obtained by July or 

 early in August, it should be immediately sown, about an eighth of an inch, 

 covered with fine soil, placed in a hot-bed, and kept moist (not wet), and the 

 plants soon appear. When strong enough (and that is early), they must be 

 carefully taken up, potted in sixty-sized pots in rich loam, placed in a hot-bed 

 frame, and re-potted when required. By October the plants will be strong, and 

 may gradually be hardened. Care must be taken they are not damped off in 

 winter; must be kept rather dry, in an airy place, near to light. When seed is 

 gathered late in summer, it is best to save it (not where it can be dried exces- 

 sively) till spring, and sow it then. When a seedling has got a foot or half 

 a yard high, the lead should be stopped to induce the production of laterals, 

 which often bloom much sooner than if the lead was retained. 



Conductor. 



REMARKS. 

 LONDON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



[Chiswick Show conchtded from pnge 168.] 

 Single specimens, &c. of Orchidaea— By Mr. Mylam.— yErides oduratum." In 

 vigorous health, 4$ feet high, having 20 large racemes of flowers. 



By Messrs. Veitch. — Oncidium lanceanum. A noble, well-grown plant, 

 3 feet high, having 9 spikes of fine flowers. 



By Mr. Brewster, gardener to Mrs. Wray, of Cheltenham. — Barkeria spec- 

 tabilis. A magnificent blooming specimen, 1£ feet high, with 10 spikes of its 

 lovely flowers. 



Phalaenopsis amabilis was exhibited by F. G. Cox, Esq., Cedar Lodge, Stock- 

 By Mr. Edmonds, gardener to his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, a fine 

 blooming specimen of Peristeria peiulula. 



By Mr. Insleay. — A well-grown plant of Mormodes luxutum, H feet high, 

 in fine bloom. 



By Mr. Hunt. — Epidendrum macrochilum. A beautifully-grown specimen, 

 2£ feet high, in fine bloom. 



Collection ok Climbing Plants, byMr.GooDE. — The following superb speci- 

 mens were exhibited. Tropaeolum edule, trained to an oval-shaped trellis, 6 feet 

 high, and 4 across, in a blaze of its beautiful orange-coloured blossoms. Tro- 

 pseolum tricolorum, trained to a similar formed trellis as the T. edule; in profuse 

 bloom. The trellis is made to conceal the pot, and the plant secured round so 

 that the flowers cover the entire surface. Aristolochia ciliosa, trained to a cir- 

 cular frame 2£ feet high ; its netted chocolate and green-coloured flowers being 

 pretty. Poivrea coccinea (formerly Combretum), trained to a circular trellis 

 9 feet high, in profuse bloom, with its fine scarlet flowers. Manettia bicolor, 

 trained to a globular trellis 4 feet in diameter ; in very profuse bloom. Clitoria 



