THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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A FEW OF OUR BEST ORCHIDS. 



Jnder this head the Loudon Journal of Horticulture 

 sses the Showy Dendrobe, (Dendrobium speciosum,) a 

 ;ive of New South Wales. We annex a beautiful cut 

 i fine plant five feet in diameter, with nineteen spikes of 

 om, each spike two teet long, and each comprising about 

 i hundred pale yellow, sweet-scented flowers. It is 



Tomatoes. — A correspondent of the Gardener's Monthly 

 says: "When the young plants are ready to transfer 

 from the hot-bed to the open ground, remove all the buds 

 at the axil of each leaf, except the two upper ones; this 

 can be easily and rapidly done with a sharp pointed splin- 

 ter of hard wood, without injury to the plant. Trans- 

 plant carefully with a ball of earth into rich soil, and as 



A FIXE ORCHID — SHOWY DENDROBE. 



; cultivated in a greenhouse throughout the year, with 

 perature suited to Pelargoniums. An English culti- 

 ir succeeded admirably by the following treatment: 

 The plant was grown in an intermediate-house vary- 

 from 65° to 75° in summer, but at other seasons from 

 to 55°. In May, its season of rest, it was placed in a 

 pit, exposed to the sun, and very little water given. 

 September, the commencement of its growth season, 

 ras returned to the intermediate-house and freely 

 jred. 



[t blooms during February and March. If grown in 

 )ve it. is luxuriant, but does not produce flowers." 



dimming Old Apple Orchards.— G. R. Lawson, Can- 

 West, inquires about his old orchard, as to trimming, 



If he wishes to renew the tops, give it a pretty 

 re trimming in February, or before the sap begius to 

 ilate. New limbs start out profusely when the grow- 

 season comes on. If the tops do not need renewing, 

 snly thinning, trim in June or July; new shoots will 



start very sparingly, which rub off" as soon as they 

 . Give your trees a good mulching with chip ma- 

 , or rotten wood and leaves from the forest ; such 

 are is much better for fruit trees than barn-yard 

 . — Wm. Howe. 



American Peach in England.— The last number of 

 lOndon Florist mid Pomologist contains a finely colored 



of the Early York peach. It was introduced into 

 ind a few years ago from this country, and appears 



adapted to the climate, and "infinitely superior in 



respect" to the Early Anne; which had previously 

 the best early peach raised in England. 



soon as well established pinch off all the lower leaves. 

 Thus only two branches are formed, which grow with 

 great vigor, and set a large amount of fruit, which is of 

 much larger size than that grown by the usual mode. 

 Many of mine, of the Large Smooth Red variety, weighed 

 over two lbs." 



Celery.— The Cottage Gardener says:— "Do not by any 

 means dig the trench for celery too deep ; for to dig a 

 ditch as deep as the cultivated soil, and then dig in 

 some raw dung into an obstinate unfertile subsoil, and 

 plant immediately, is very bad practice, and is the cause 

 of so much celery running so many weeks in summer 

 without making any progress. Subsoil requires fertili- 

 zation, and until that is done the roots will not occupy it. 

 Celery is one of the gross feeders, drinking in large quan- 

 tities of liquid manure, like a toper. It, however, bene- 

 fits much by it, and may be treated thereto with advan- 

 tage during the growing season." 



Shall we have to give up Verbenas ? — A correspond- 

 ent of the Country Gentleman says the veroena last year 

 was attacked by blue lice on the roots. In other places 

 the blight has prevailed for several years, and seems to 

 be increasing. He thinks that we "shall soon be obliged 

 to give up the verbena as a bedding plant." We hope 

 not, for there is no plant equal to it for this purpose. 

 Last year, in this section, verbenas never were healthier 

 or finer. 



Improved Black Cap Raspberry.— A correspondent 

 of the Wisconsin Farmer says that from one acre of these 

 plants, a year from planting, he raised last season twenty- 

 Jive bushels of berries. 



