i 
676 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. tr | 
t of Orchis , the original r ska | the a — 
ditions the wonder is, not ei they usually languish | proved by Barnes's managemen h wn, | which he had obtained the r Eenying name, mia 
sn die, but tha they ove TE 
The accom hie h may be taken asa 
type of all the 6 Orchids, and they are most 
Worth growing ws their manner of growth, and 
explains the cause of the fai n so often 
sides their introduction into aan 
hen a tuberous Orchis has ee its growth, 
and is Tosar ed to 
of a t horny oblong body, or tu aber repre- 
sent 1 at B with a minute bud a 
probably the remains of an e taba (A) adhering 
to it. The tube and filled with 
under the influence of the high 
the hottest months of the year, and no dou 
ipeness. T 
— — the Or his tabet is now provide 
means of resisting. Spring Wale and earth tem- 
erature rises; the new ommences, and | 4 
Teaves unfold. At this time A disappears, if it ha 
it already been dead 
wth of B, 
ved. 
t 
s take 
nges g thrown up a new 
stem, also produces from its — certain fibres, ce, 
he d 
which spread round it in the earth in a circle, an 
more or less horizontally, It she produces a new 
tuber from one side of its neck, which tuber may be 
called D. This D gradually organises itself a 
did, sucking out of B the food therein Lanka ned, 
8 
undergo its annual rest, it consists | i 
one end, and | lionac 
e time certain other constitutional | 
s known 
is one of the most charming of greenhouse plan nts. 
We 1 that Mr. Barnes is now cultivating} ar 3 
it for 
gland, form a ver 
dim 
860 know 1 Orchids only by the 
only n En 
12 bis 14 Zoll lange und uber 1 Zoll Ne Se 
to 14 inches in length, 
of mr inch in breadth. They did nota 
ith Sera pνπνe. 
cluster of 5 colours 
ifficult to 
ake „ nder even when 
e e cl 
8 deen ee of Epiphytes in any way, a 
in pots, and of plants in 8 in atò 
a 
formations. 
anything to what we have ars upon 
on former occasions ; but we under 
the dictum in question does nik belong to the noble- 
e has bee 
NEW ESCULENT VEGETABLES. 
EXAMINED IN 1852, IN THE pita OF THE 
ORTICULTURAL SOCIET 
By R. Tromp 
Haricot de Prague sag Fcc from M. Vil- 
morin, ris. tall running Kidney Bean, 
: the dry seeds, how- 
ever, are said to be of a iak: quality. 
Haricot de 5 to the Society by 
d Co., Paris. This has black 
W 
— N for its quality is very g 
Bush iga cot (Haricot solitaire.) — Obtain ned from 
M. Vilm of Paris. s is Era distribut 
to the Polowa of the Society. Grows in 
riety i 18, 
We observe that the cause of the Larca Ror has s 
n thus introduced, if it has e uires goo 
best of all it bears tolerably Ay its 
length 
they peg excellent 2 verts ; 
are s er 
pirat? 
THE EPIPHYLLUM. 
”) this 
and 
ttain the, 
oon te 
strips and 
tolerably 
5 in point of 
e best, 9 955 
that this vi 
bserve i 
| 
— 5 the varieties of this genus deserve to be 
tin, nid 
od — before 5 wich ` view to 
attention . wpe — to . them alive. 
1 by e 
of weak 
ey are increased by cuttings or 
latter method is adopted in the case 
— ee of tranivatuns wheel 
by man 
growing — I, however, prefer rooted 
truncatum as well as of others, when dwarf 
= 
nsert them singly i 
| high, throwing a number of al gref close 
8 of bush hoot 
to the ground, thus forming a so. 
successively Lene. bear in 
also shade the 
weather 
y see 
should be 2 feet apart, and the plants half that distance 
m each other in the row. This forms a succession 
exactly as B sucked its food out of A, = as is 
he first B 
appear that after t any i 
the growth of the plant, food for the 8 being 
provided by cc, and pee d by the leaves to D. 
All this is going on during the growth of the new 
tuber D, the . of the 3 the display of $ 
the blossoms, and the ripening of the seed-vessels, 
if any are produced. 
In midst of these important sa hens me 
ector takes up the Orchid an 
T 
thus 
] oe ig constitution, the * never 
55 alf formed tarved, 
8 ae a taken en up till D w 
, how tent dead d be the result. 
) 5 le 
14 
crisp; their 
rows 18 inches a 
. 
>y earlier sorts, especially daring hot, ayi weather. 
white-seeded Haricot.—Presented b. 
| fortn 
rish best when grafted on on one 
Sa 
ter ve 1 til the hers 
wa 8 * ished it 
have 
their pots, shift into others a 2 ge 
rtnight after shiftin 
lass ieee 
the gim 
favourable cn oe 
yi 
; and abouts 
g —— move — plans o s 
aa aad ean be 
3 98 about 65 65°, „ which will be be found! a 
te supply of water, 
the tho evenings of 3 pta . 
gross 
Tl +h 
ali th 
nwa * Wh 
are lat Will 
Ti Baa This appears to be a f 2 
inne a to 
Harico s triz. The sor ai 
pagine those 75 the Haricot riz, 
re productive, a and 
hetter lier adapted for a 
e 
ace pyr. ems en, = ee but not so fleshy — 
or use 
is preferred on account of 
ds of this were 
Re 
ve. pods are moderately long, not 
but having thick rege Á sides, withia which 
the seeds form but nap dg one the pods remain lon 
7 colour is dark green. It may be planted 
ee e 
apart. 
B. Ki 
0 aa, 
ray amy and the plant | 
80 g It t 
agi ebe ta: on i substituted for the Haricot riz | § 
in cases where that 
Teyi rrom 
i n the su niti mah of 
— — the — 
mature and ri ripen 
shift into 
as directed 
fo 3 
Epot ki necessary, an 
plants growing briskly ‘antl "September, e 
= 
