Pesavany 20, 1864.1] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
173 
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be originated in great abundance, and almost w lere 
Queen dé "— (Dobson ).—Lower petals silvery 
paper whi M upper petals rich crimson carmine, A 
Queen Bertha (Beck).—A very large flower, of fine 
oma : ndeed, wm if Fere were only to bear a | ve ry fine 
single fruit thero would b abundant crop on an 
blishe therefore dae nee a Crea to see 
go many ~ 
piump 
E the va of didus successional "bearing shoots, 
form and substance; the upper petals dark maroon 
ay | the lower mottled rose. 
a Formosa ee k)—A carmine rose flower 
quality. 
left as any 
neh till 
ency. Proceed 
g shoot more or Jess, 
6 and 1 
Nol 
purpose 
quite sient for bag oe 
roof o To grow 
for Orchids, but I fear eye it is not warm 
Im mus 
a steam-engine to 
the liberty of furnishing you with a few 
flowers. this. NE. in or rder to sh ow that I had not 
Royalty (Foster). Me ve ne flower, o extra 
quality ; lower petals phinited zm the uppe 
with a margin of rose; white cen 
sabia Albert aya € eme flower of imme 
carmine rose 
r petals, and a pie blotch 
shaded with , orange ion “the 
top ones; very free and 
according, 
by so doing each will be induced to push a young 
shoot from near its base for 
a succession. The growth 
he s summer, 80 that 
om fruit in the 
S e the branches in 
ing the 
yeasionally one should do 
wcidental 
may be in condition to b 
follow ing season, 
succeed succeed the one t that bears 4 aei Bx ce iae f 
Sho 
puidh ode. of healthy leaves can be ensured, 
nd where such exist the opa will not d 
uraged et 
rtler (Dobson). sa crimson lower petals, 
black me vermilion centre 
The Charme 
deii —A' very effective and constant 
ae 
Th iis alee 
andifors, | rosea, Schilleri 
zenopsis, viz., amabili is, 
8, and interme 
ME 
Var iety H top 
1 
i: ve uy stie t 7 ne 
we the ER. amount of healthy f foliag: je which 
; lar 
The Prince = ae C um errei n jane red ; 
upper ones light maroon ; throat shaded with purple; 
very showy. 
" Of dei Fancy class the novelties are less striking, 
shoots is the on ly 
mode baan 
Belinda (Turn er) ees tinted ign blotched 
ie off. 
il be from some 
Tf 
AT 
SO, ib w 
cause, not attributable fe the system of 
simple one 
, consistin 
an spotted with lilac carmine ; dist 
g 
B 
Pu by 
2. N 
ht throat and edge 
- Ellen B rner).—Delicate te light mine; of 
robust habit, tend. crm) and a fine sort for exhibition: 
odfrey Turn —Intense crimson upper 
light crimson, with lilac 
| margin; a most beautiful variety. 
499272 h a 
be encouraged to form a shoot for succession, Lady Towers (Turner).—Bright rosy lake; very fine, 
to be treated like its predecessor. In oth ords, | and fr 
shoots that are one year old are now bearin oots,| Mrs. Hogg P —Rich mottled purple, with 
and should be shortened back; those that are two A throat and edge 
sen 
will acd 
lay in their shoots at full ] 
to ultimate ruin, || 
way. 
gd diede Only 
iz] | 
of Roi Abs —€— 
healthy and acl. n 
ength, and they will come 
go Marnock (Turner).— Crimson and violet; a | 
— large flower. | 
Mrs. Reynolds Hole EH —Delicate French 
white ; a decide d acquisition. 
Edith (Turner).—Bright carmine on cerise ; large 
than 
ace —A finely- — rose, suffused 
gen 
r ven Ke 
ardens, I imagine, could show as ihe Orchids bes 
v as I now — in beautiful condition. R. War 
_ 1864. 
Broom, omfield, Fe "eb. 
by the following statement ci a bot eie fact —if it 3 
a fact—which I have met with in a country paper :— 
duc remarkably eg gee botanist of our 
firm conviction, 
pale vobliakyablón rot the less 
e, that plan 
of 
neral, and of womankind, reme i in particular. 
illustrati ion of „this axiom dduces with some 
oung lady wh o would shrink with maiden mo desty 
irom being kissed under the Mistleto, uk im n the 
t if it e per med 
under the Kose.” Perhaps, as the bei Horna 
Society has ante taken — under its 
learn from column 
8 a 
charming science 
| above quotation, if you w 
suggestion. Julia 
ca barons na termin g grown quantities of 
his vtm rc eave pant Tor. decorative purposes, I 
e dev 
ireotion indicated by the 
will allo e to make the 
— M: en gi - en vom used | with à such exclamations as mos ! 
with white throat, and of eis mars a t acquisi- what bea: inte, 
THE NEW PE EE OF 1862— 3 aa as this s question 1 reply that | a on propagate them by the 
Tux additions in the shape of novelties which hava T have selected the above without reference to their | thousa ertheless, I am certain that in many 
been made to to the varieties et this preie tone during | raisers, and I believe they are ve — of the new — the perci sultbention of this plant is not 
the two two preceding senso n bot hu umerous | varieties. I would all gr who do not sufficiently known, or at least tit d t receive 
€ inapto bey th f th ssess any of them, to procure E dad. forthwith. - | that amount of attention p it so richly merits. It 
an incre Fes “size, have bee y | has been a very favourable season for the growth of | is a strong- — shrub from the East pte ^ 
kable, st we ant isa priate? variety of this plant, and I wish every cultivator his full share of | should be kept m house where it can hav 
ger and marking, combined with good form . success. Henry Bailey, Jun, Shardeloe oes Gardens, | bott tton hent citt p^ iei of gerth a s propaga 
warf robust free-blooming habit of growth. Withou t | Amersham, ‘Bucks. aba teed ok 
qualifications new flon er become eith € When La tow plants only are required, the you IDE dicus 
px bras exhibition porposes. A^ suckers will afford a sufficiency of cuttings, which 
1 ere briefly to des cribe those novelties of Hom @Cleceaponlcals y be taken off with a sharp knife as soon as 
803-3, mich Tome the best and most worthy of} Cool Treatment of Orchids.— —[It is now pretty well they — ^ — — ab the base, and inserted 
vation :— 
Achilles (Hoyt, —A dark rich ee of the most 
co; 
and constant bloo 
“5 = 
-— ae — for 
The ground eo 
m 
; also a profuse | i 
lour is crimson, 
Orehi han Mr. Warner, of [weit For ourselves 
Jes as may say that we have never seen elsewhere 
such a div versity of pem in such a uniform 
upper bent 
Artin t Go dne 
pim 
| 80 
; Been r).—Subdued d rose colour, |i 
E petals ; eae t 
Lord Evers 
wet petals 
ur and rich co 
white thro: 
yea the e 
open 
Seed 
white 
; good form 
“ower petals 
rple, t 
; rich dark top petals, with 
; white ce ry fine. 
ntre; ve 
vum (Hoyle). che he Sonate flower of | 
tinted rose 
at, 
olour a es read 
Le me the beds: 
the answ 
n or course su 
species 
health. The following letter, with 
which Mr. Warner h ured. us, , therefore, be 
i terest Tt am glad that the 
i hem. E 
ow 
—cool or erai] may my wie I “bought 
w I commenced win 
ly in sm Bottom heat should be given 
1 the o are form If numbers of 
plants required as —À as vem and an old 
plant or two is at com the operator may with 
certainty proceed in ce: following” same 
pnm cine plants to g but not so 
he 
unti 
are 
or t 
as 
stem and flesh 
nd ssed through a quarter-inch mes 
riddle, "place over T the drain nage a layer of fibry peat « 
ds, 
;|and that I never stewed my ants EON v 
ave been eges xy theory of cultivation 
han Odontogos, d ‘eves LS are kept warmer 
still; but I never stew The houses will 
ot admit of that i = shori, er are never so o hot as 
to im uncomfortabl, 
Cover with the compost to the 
level ped = pieces, coss aids with sand, and plunge 
the in bottom-heat; if covered with glass to 
partially. exclude air so much um — E care 
in the middle of the der in summer from sun heat, 'and 
en I 
ti ai grow 
t of ing my Orchids 
t I ar that E cultivators, | 
s 
Schréderii, and the finest Saccola- 
ium guttatum, viz., Holt do first-rate. e 
Lycastes, Odontoglots, and Zygopetalum sent were 
grown cool, but not cold, the shade 
Vines, and - c£ 
ies 
TT 
id 
id better api 
HE [y 
eed 
PEF ones very dar 
f 
9f Wales s (Beck) — Ps 
with bri fs 
g 
and richer than Bacchus, 
; free and fine. 
~À distinct and pleasing 
; an improved Viola. 
ured — 
lack top, and painted rose 
ma 
—A flower of the Topsy | 1 
| vari 
Wi 
very striking flower ;| 
d 
nc ap lagen: grew 
nes. The me Ui trained, dme la 
Mim do {not preven 
of ge eeu — Orchids, 
ou citrosm a 
more h eat tl than most others. Co alata I grow 
T rompe un cooler than most people do, 
and flowered it well u 
be g know the true name 
ou have time to search it t out. No one bu t 
í 
very | roug! 
uires | England d 
time as 
They will eon: make sh me 
water until suc 
ss of w If kept 
ina moist atmosphere and sightly shaded” md: me 
hey 
of growth. 
thes in length, 
ai 
pras in bottom-heat in a nice moist 
ner. el keep up a Meoperasore, of 70° s nigis, 
from 10° to ushin 
i eee 
viiink. 
e summer months with excellent 
effect. G. Westland, Kingston — Derby. 
l often carry gre eat weight with it, 
2. Personalities ei be avoided is bad 
when counsel are direct 
k maroon ; bright clear | 
|e Tie, or the differences between them. The Sacco- | n 
