THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[June M 



India, would be pre- 



The CapVireath-calleX^^ 



potted 



the famine*, now so frequent in inaia, »«*»■" - ^ thi ;„ roup was a noble bush ; but its ttowers mcKea 

 vented. Co.one. Cotton a, vocated nav ,gab e canals for th, group f ^ ^ f ^ Jha when t , 



.•_ „— ^f wntpr • Mr Bridges Adams was the 



^^1£Si£ - d ; n - his t obser b v u a ; io o n n 



remarked that they did not preclude irrigation, but, on 

 ;^"ntorf would tend to the use of covered channels 

 Tor the conveyance of water. On this subject >t may be 

 stated that meadows, and such close crops as Lucerne, 

 only be irrigated by aspersion or by flooding 

 Mr. Chadwick has given a table of particulars 

 showing that the first outlay for catch meadows, as well 

 as tl e ? second expenses, both of them considerably 



variety of the «Li~~- 

 Dracama, Ananassa sativa variegata, Pandanua janJ* 

 vanegatus, Cissus discolor, Marantas, Coleus V «** 

 chus maculatus, and Canna discolor. Am' i?^* 

 Henderson's plants, which were for the most" 8 

 were the beautiful white- veined Aphelandr T* 



can 



them. 



exceed the cost of laying pipes and the current expenses nnmeo. i» *~ fa fine feloom 



Groups of plants remarkable for fine fofc. 



— — *iiixed 

 plants as Philodendron pertusum. th* n^_ 



(Dracana Draco), &c. ■«• ' ' ^ 



te:;S g ht out this is one of the handsomest 

 of Hea hs. E. tricolor elegans was a noble specimen of 



a beautiful variety, which was well furnished with „-- .-.- ~ . -pueiandra l^Jg 



a .^ U J™^ v *" ^ fc The pi^nocoma was unusually : Tillandsia splendens, Screw Pines, Drac^n^W 



wl^we^d^d^en^ in this condition, and | Durante variegata and Coleus Blunk '**"> ^ 



well flow ®" a » ".. it is really a striking plant, but 



KySTiii ?t d/seive that 'character .* V Ste- ' from Messrs. Veitch and Rollisson. 



Xnotis was as usual much admired, and so was the 



Allamanda, though its fully expanded blossoms were but 



limited. The Boronia tetrandra was covered^with white 



W 



tion consisted chiefly of Palms intermixed wi h 



The most remarkable JJjJ 



of water by means of pipes is desirable # 



and on the score of evaporation it is especially eligible 

 in hot climates. It remains, then, to consider what 

 would be the best mode of constructing the p-pes, in 

 order that the smallest quantity of water might be most 

 conducive to the growth of plants. In this view it must 

 not be forgotten that although plants absorb moisture 

 by their leaves, it is their roots that absorb the greatest 

 quantity, consequently, in artificial irrigation, it is to the 

 root that water -should he administered. This is, m fact, 

 the practice in the south of France, where water is in 

 kitchen gardens conveyed in channels between beds of 

 vegetables, it penetrates the soil, reaching the roots of 

 the plants cultivated in the adjoining beds ; but, accord- 

 ing to common usage, this mode is costly, every channel 

 being successively closed up with garden mould. 

 Adopting this principle in combination with pipes, it 

 ■lay be conceived that irrigation might be effected with 

 little waste of water in this country, though it would be 

 particularly applicable in hotter climates, such as that 

 of the peninsula of India. According to this project, 

 it may be conceived that the land in cultivation should 

 be kid out in beds of a convenient length, say 8 or 10 

 feet wide, that water channels should be formed between 

 the beds, and that at the head of each set of beds a line 

 of pipes should be placed, they having openings in them 

 for the emission of water, those openings corresponding 

 with the channels between the beds. The irrigating 



n 



following : — 



Aphelexis rupestris grandiflora 

 macrantha grandiflora 

 „ spectabilis 



Boronia tetrandra 



Cyrtoceras reflexum 



Dracophyllum gracile 



Epacris grandiflora 



Erica ventricosa coruscans 

 depress a 



Eriostemon buxifolium 



Ixora alba 



Leschenaultia formosa 

 Pimelea decussata 

 Rondeletia speciosa 

 Solly a heterophylla 



„ linearis 

 Statice Holfordi 

 Tetratheca verticillata 



Vinca rosea 



I 



, Alberti 



The Everlastings in this group were small, but 



flowered. The Erica Alberti was con- 



well 



grown and 



spicuous for its buff blossoms, a colour uncommon 

 among Heaths. The Box-leaved Eriostemon was a 

 pyramid of clean looking cheerful white flowers, and 

 the blossoms of the Cyrtoceras were remarkable for the 

 peculiarity of their shape. 



Stove and Greenhouse Plants in groups of 



Mr. Green, gr. to Sir E. Antrobus, 



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were numerous 

 Bart., sent : — 



Allamanda cathartica 

 Aphelexis macr. purpurea 



Azalea variegata 



„ coronata 

 Echites atropurpurea 



The variegated Azalea 

 tion, and was certainly 



Epacris miniata grandiflora 

 Erica Cavendishi 



Ixora coccinea 

 Leschenaultia formosa 

 Polygala Dalmaisiana 

 Rondeletia speciosa 



was still in admirable condi- 

 the gem of the group. The 



n 



Allamanda was only in flower at the top ; but being 



process would then be simply the opening of the pipe at luxuriant and healthy the plant had a clean refreshing 

 its extremity for the admission of water, and the closing app earance ; this, indeed, was the distinguishing charac- 



it again when a sufficiency was distributed. It is evident 

 that some exj imental pipes would be required to 

 ascertain the size of the apertures ; of course they would 

 need to be the larger the farther they receded from the 

 influx of the water. There is another circumstance in 

 favour of this mode of irrigation, namely, that the soil is 

 not hardened as when the fluid is administered by 

 aspersion ; in loose soils, such as sand, this is of little 

 importance, but in all tenacious ground the exclusion of 

 air from the roots of plants might counterbalance the 

 benefit of watering them. If it has been proved that 

 pipes are cheaper than open channels for the distribution 

 of water, it follows that covered channels of large dimen- 

 sions would be more economical in India than open 

 cuts. Indeed, it is a well-known fact that up to 

 considerable dimensions, the cost of large drains is much 

 less than that of small ones if their comparative 

 capacity be taken into account. B. 



Messrs. Rollisson's group were Rhopala cqi*» -j.— 

 a very fine specimen ; Nepenthes RafflesiaiUto?!Sj 

 marginata, Aralias, and Araucaria excelsa gUua/ 



Everlastings were exhibited by Messr* 

 who produced Aphelexis macrantha purp^T 



rosea, humilis, spectabilis, sesamoides, and spec <Z^ 

 Orchids were extremely brilliant, the nrrjm^S^ 

 tions exhibited being numerous, fresh, and v cU JJ15" 

 In groups of 20 plants Mr. Wiliiams, J, to q* 

 Warner, Esq., contributed- B ' 



Aerides affine 



Larpentaa 



maculosum 



maculosum superbum 

 crispum 



odoratum purpurascens 



odoratum majus 



roseum 

 Calanthe veratrifolia 

 Cattleya Mossise 



These wholly consisted of clean looking well-flotatf 

 plants, which were neatly arranged as to colours. U* 

 Sweet Vanda had two noble spikes of flowers <m k. 

 The variety of Aerides odoratum called 'purpunrta 

 was quite 3 feet in height and clothed with flow* 

 spikes and healthy foliage down to the very pot, !j» 

 Saccolabiums had four and five spikes each. Cittkji 

 superba was a beautiful plant of a fine kind ; altogether 

 this was one of the best collections that has been steK 

 this year ; its only fault was it had too many Aeria* 

 in it. 



Mr. Woolley, gr. to H. B. Ker, Esq., had :- 



1> 





Cattleya superba 

 Cypripedium barbahm 

 Lycaste Skiuiwi 

 Odontoglossum t\\iit mm 



_ . p l*ve rw 



Saccolabium guttatnm 

 »> guttata m 



11 premoi 

 Vanda teres 



„ suavis 



teristic of the whole of the plants in the collection. The 

 Everlasting and Polygala were both very fine. It is 

 seldom that we have seen Polygalas generally look 

 better than they did on this occasion. 



Mr. Carson, gr. to W. F. G. Farmer, Esq., sent : 



Allamanda cathartica 

 Aphelexis macr. purpurea 

 Clerodendron splendens 

 Dipladenia crassinoda 

 Echites atropurpurea 

 Erica Cavendishi 



The Dipladenia was in beautiful condition, and its 

 flowers were higher coloured than usual. The Pimelea 

 was a well-shaped bush with a fine head of flowers. 

 The Polygalas were large and showy, and the Alla- 

 manda was a fine specimen of its class. The dark 

 chocolate-coloured Echites atro-purpurea was trained 

 " to a face " over a round wire trellis. The Aphelexis 



it 



Franciscea latifolia 

 Leschenaultia biloba 

 Pimelea spectabilis 

 Polygala acuminata^ 

 „ oppositifolia 

 cordifolia 



Aerides affine 



odoratum majus 

 „ roseum 

 Barkeria spectabilis 

 Cattleya Mossise 

 Calanthe veratrifolia 

 Cypripedium barbatum 

 Dendrobium Devonianum 



formosum 

 moschatum. 





Epidendrum crassifoBfli 



„ rhizophonft 



Lycaste aromatiea 

 Lselia cinnabarina 

 Oncidium flexuosum 



„ leucochilam 

 Saccolabium 



„ guttata 



Sobralia macrantha 

 Vanda Roxburghi cjeroha 



The brilliant orange scarlet blossoms of Epidendr* 

 rhizophorum and Lselia cinnabarina constituted the 

 remarkable feature of this group. The two Sacco^r 

 biums were however well-flo wered, good-looting pkati ; 

 and the Barkeria, on a wooden platform famed <■ 

 the top of a pot, was extremely well flowered and really 



very beautiful. 



Messrs. Veitch had well-flowered plants of the H> 



&ocietie9U 



Horticultural : Garden Exhibition, June 20. — 

 The more prominent features of this brilliant midsum- 

 mer display of fruits and flowers being adverted to in 

 another column, renders it unnecessary here to do more 

 than notice the scene in detail. 



Of collections of 20 Stove and Greenhouse Plants, 

 the best came from Mr. Dods, gr. to Sir J. Cathcart, 

 Bart. It consisted of : — 



I Erica depressa 

 Epacris miniata grandiflora 



quite a mass of flowers. 

 Mr. Roser, gr. to J. Bradbury, Esq., produced 



Adenandra fragrans 

 Aphelexis speciosissima 

 „ macrantha purpurea 





grandiflora 



Azalea exquisita 

 Boronia serrulata 



Chorozema varium 

 Erica ventricosa coccinea 

 Epacris miniata 

 Mitraria coccinea 

 Polygala Dalmaisiana 

 Pimelea Ilendersoni 



In this group perhaps the most striking plant was the 

 Epacris, but the Everlastings were also fiuely in flower. 

 Mr. Cutbush, of Barnet, contributed :— 



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lowing : — 



Aerides affine 



Larpentae 

 odoratum 



„ " Fox brush" 

 Cattleya Mossiss 

 tt citrina 

 Ccelogyne Lowi 

 Cypripedium barbatum 

 Dendrobium Dalhousieannm 



forraosum 



Allamanda cathartica 

 Aphelexis macrantha ^erpurea 



fy specie sis-ima 

 Azalea Cledstanesi 



„ lateritia 

 Boronia serrulata 

 Chorozema varium 

 Clerodendron Ksempferi 

 Crowea saligna 

 Erica Cavendishi 



Gompholobium polymorphum 

 Leschenaultia formosa 



biloba 

 Pimelea decussata 



. Hendersoni 

 Polygala cordifolia 

 Vinca alba 



rosea 



Aphelexis macrantha 



„ rupestris grandiflora 



Boronia serrulata 

 Dipladenia crassinoda 

 Erica Cavendishi 

 „ ventricosa magnifica 



Leschenaultia formosa 

 Phsenocoma proliferum 

 Pimelea decussata 



„ Hendersoni 

 Polygala acuminata 

 Statice Holfordi 



>> 



The Epacris mentioned above was a large plant, 

 covered with flowers even thus late in the season ; the 

 variegated Azalea w r ns also still in fine condition, and 



The best plants in this group were the Dipladenia, 

 the Cavendish Heath, the Statice, and the Everlastings. 



Collections of Six Plants came from Mr. Dods, gr. 

 to Sir J. Cathcart, Bart.; Mr. Morris, gr. to Coles 

 Child, Esq.; Mr. Taylor, gr. to J. Coster, Esq.; and 

 Messrs. Pamplin, of Lea Bridge Road. The plants in 

 the first group were quite models of cultivation— not 

 | large, but perfect in every respect. They were Erica 



- Dendrobium nobile 

 Oncidium pulvinatum 

 Phalsenopsis grandifla* 



Saccolabium gntUtum 



prsmoBPB» 



Sobralia macranfo 

 Vanda insignis 

 „ teres 



» tricolor ij> 



The Cattleya citrina in this group had fi^IJJJ 

 flowers on it, remarkable for their bright yellow ww 

 -a rarity in this genus. The Sobralia was a tf* 

 plant, covered with large purple blossoms. IJ» 

 labiums were also charming specimens, wnoje »i 

 drooping racemes, thickly set with handsome w -i 

 were much admired. .. j 9 



Messrs. Rollisson also exhibited a collect 





nothing in their way could possibly exceed the beauty of tricolor Wilsoni and depressa, Leschenaultia formosa 



l1_ T ^ 1&* 1*1 i • i ii i • fm — * f " \ l | i \ i • • \ % l i i • i • lali • 



the Everlastings, which were literally globes of flowers, 

 nearly 3 [feet in diameter. It Plight to be remarked 

 that the whole of the plants in this group were very 

 skilfully selected as to colour. The bright blue of 

 Leschenaultia biloba, the yellow of the Cavendish Heath 

 and Allamanda, the numberless rosy heads of the 

 Pimelea, and the bright scarlet of the Clerodendron, 

 together with the white flowers of the Vinca, all con- 

 trasted well with one another, and produced a striking 

 and agreeable whole. The Gompholobium was sup- 

 ported on a few sticks in the form of a bush, a mode of 

 management much more tasteful and graceful to the 

 eye than the old way of training it « to a face" over a 

 Stiffly-made trellis. 



Messrs. FraseT, of Lea Bridge Road, contributed the 

 next best group. This contained 



Adenandra fragrant, 



plants, which consisted of : 



Aerides odoratum 



affine 

 affine roseum 



crispum 

 „ Larpentse 

 Brassia brachiata 

 Cattleya Aclandse 



Leopold i 

 „ Mossiee 

 Cypripedium barbatum. 



>T 



Dendrobium CalcwlJ* 



Odontoglossum h«J^» 

 Pba.aoopsis^, 



Stanhdpea ocalato 

 Saccolabium guttjW 

 Sobralia GaleotfaW 



macranw 1 * 



AUaMtomda cathartica 

 Aphttaxia spectabilis 



„ purpurea graudiflcra 

 Azalea magnifica 



„ Prima Donna 

 Boronia tetrandra 

 Cterodendron KttMferi 

 Dracophyllum gracile 

 Epacris grandiflora 



Epacris miniata 



Kriostemon buxifolium 

 Erica tricolor Wilsoni 

 » „ elegans 



„ metulfeflora bicolor 

 Pimal*a diosroa?folia 

 PaaBiwcoma proliferum 

 Stepbanotia floribunda 

 Vinca oceilata 

 n alba 



Polygala Dalmaisiana, Pimelea spectabilis, and Aphelexis 

 humilis rosea. The latter is a great improvement on 

 humilis, its large rosy flower with yellow centres being 

 extremely showy. The Pimelea was also very fine. 

 Mr. Morris sent Epacris miniata, Kalosanthes versi- 

 color, Allamanda neriifolia, Aphelexis macrantha pur- 

 purea, Euphorbia splendens, and Vinca alba. Mr. 

 Taylor had Dipladenia crassinoda, Leschenaultia 

 formosa, Azalea Minerva, a glowing purple kind ; 

 Boronia serrulata, Aphelexis spectabilis grandiflora, and 

 Erica perspicua. Messrs. Pamplin produced Epacris 

 miniata, Erica tricolor Wilsoni, one of the best of its 

 class, Stephanotis floribunda, Epiphyllum speciosum, 

 Aphelexis macrantha purpurea, and Pimelea hispida. 



Of Variegated Plants there were collections from 

 Messrs. Veitch, Rollisson, and Henderson. In the first 

 group were various Anaeetochiles, a variegated variety 

 of the Aloe-leaved Yucca, Maranta Warsewiczi and 

 albo-lineata, Coleus Blumei, a variegated Hydrangea 

 japonica, Crotons of different kinds, Draciena termi- 

 nalis, the beautiful Cissus discolor, Begonia Thwaitesi, 

 various Caladiums, a variegated variety of Aspidistra 

 lurida, Vriesia speciosa, and a variegated Screw Pine. 

 Messrs. Rollisson sent Caladiums, Crotons, the Java 



The green, brown-barred sepals 



Leopold* and Acland Cattleyas, together 

 F dered them object, 



and pet ^ 



bright purple lips, rendered tnem ^j- - ** 



remark. The more striking P to ^, m jSdS5*? 

 ever, were the large Sobralias; that nam ^^A 



appeared to be merely a H V^ %o w*« ■ fl- 

 The Stanhopea was well flowered, ™*™ w hich* 



r . i«««* /.nnsmcuous amo**& 



x lie ouiiiiiupea w»o Well tlOWer , Qm() nff 



the other plants, the least conspicuous vam 

 perhaps, the green Brassia b^ h,at ^ co!le dis* 

 Of Orchids in tens there were ' *«f J ^*** 

 S dne y , gr. to Mr, Ellis, of Hoddesdon, p 



Oncidiam P^Jpi 



Ge 



Aerides affine 



roseum 



odoratum 



purpnrascens 





Saccolabio* 



The 

 White 



X%ren" of this exhibition ty 



Butterfly plant (Phjf ^ The ^V 

 a mass of glorious white blossoms^ .^J 



were also beautiful, as was the One ^g*> 

 the colour of whose flowers *f ^ mm um<^ 

 out. Mr. Clarke, of HoddesdoBjjoiu 



Aerides affine 



n rubrum 



roseum 



odoratum 



purpurascens 



it 



Cattle? 

 Oncidium 



2S3S ? 



Vanda tere* 



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