608 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [JUNE 25, 1864. 
ing off; bad one plant with 55 of its bright mauve- | low in ———- ————— 
pii der blossoms Pay we have this day (May 26) 300 | - on batis iban m anor of ding fal on | yor ente fei ait necessary for another 
flowers of Cattleya Mossizo e anded, and IRI, ere ba charc eia are spre ead over the PEACHES.— Continue eet keep insects in chec 
bid m opened ; and being of infinite variety in = VAM of the box, tken a layer of broken pd after this | the de » freely to keep rs wn the red s ary using 
a gorgeous bank of flowers, con- | a bed or nest of wet Moss is carefully made and well | tobacco smoke to destroy mà The foli up Pie 
trating beantiily with each other. Some of the = nts drenched with water ; the ova are then vm gently | kept healthy, to ensure su i 2 mst be 
Lh e 19 or 20 flowers on, and one plant with e n 30 | poured from a bottle which is kept filled with water ; | and future seasons. Should midak make ila a -" 
owers on box is now filled up with Moss, and pure water | ance in es late house, dust the plants with Ress 
‘Some of the flowers measure 8 inches across ; | poured upon it, until it streams out from all the holes; imme ae tely. phar 
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some have dark pink sepals, some light, some inter- | another layer of finely pul 
pulverised ice is spread all ov d 
me bat it is in the labellum where i T Lo» Sight; |a the top of the Moss: the lidis then firmly e we ed dow: n. » otl i herum the tok sha tu ara 
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n iie or auge, and in others there is a beautifal and | in my opinion, that the boxes should i e |p power, Lit abo — d Rd bs a be! 
harmonious combination of both, and some are qu uite diate contact with ice. _ One I dr ed n | th ef t ca 
light; some have a clear Meier fimbria ted margin Noise Mn - „were e firmly stir m — the | surface, where , 
lip, 80 distinct; in fact, they ked at the bott FE inn : 
endless beauty and variety, "basin ng all Sept spac th lid fi jilled , to the T vate d ad pt m enone 
M Cattleya Merc it is one not very generally height of 9 i e of bare during hot "edd ved 
known; it is of the Mossiz section, sepals and petals | ova a would Pon nli ra om it."—--2. June 4, 1864. | syringe et be freely used ed fine a 
pure "white, lin rich bright crimson, backed i.a “T have just cbe *& telegram from te ' friend | the pits shut close for an hour or two, to compensate 
by light sulphur- rellow, with pure white fim Mr, Edward Wilson that the poor ova by the Norfolk | the plants for the loss they sustain by evaporation 
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ge: gh gee E C. —À J As ianthina, nd safely at geistige and have been transmitted | during aae day. 
à ia plendens, bloom, ave|to Tasmania, and w showi s 
15 flowers on. I think it to Du a oo "AO: v ariety breeding ponds of the River pug signs icon e beu "um i be pi on pie » vare 
of Mossiz rather than of labiata. 3 Leelia Warneri, 1 a pei rate. 
bsc tnl Ep 5 L. purpurata, too well kno wich iS vere T : 
n ny ns apon, have one plant with 33 Saw ARDY FRUIT AND KITCHEN G 
on; r L. flav 2 L. cinn abarina, TaN thing, nice shoe hier of Ope erations, Persevere in the system of gra indir —! 
plan pretty fiet vo gab | ( "fle oin ensuing week.) dictions ‘Sots from wall fruit trees, an - n order 
light ma uve; Y la lia emi d sepals Hes petals light A (D and sunshine have now arrived ab their|that the ae ier between the cro and the 
buff, lip cream white with streaks of dull purple in | clim i p ea -— of t may I ve y it will be 
interior; 5 Cypripedium barbatum, 2 ditto ditto | ing state should ith tl to bud m more x less severely according as 
i 1 S ari ety heat and m R that t hey m y the ner com- | the € vigor eakl y; ar pe eo: phos 
mental foliage; 1C. Hookerim, flowers not very at- | plete ther Ario and have a langer period t to ripen nit ivi. fall " pes and pe. having a vas 
tractive, foliage good ; 4 C. villosum, and 5 the curious in Water should be freely and fr equently sprinkled = tion of sap, m ave an outlet, or else there » will be 
hirsutissimum ; 4 fine plants of Oncidium — on every evaporating surface, with a view risk of obtaining [^ ly strong unfruitful wood. Stop 
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g eye tto aurea, them t e a M ; gpits| ENDIVE —So w w- now for a first crop. 
4 ditto | ince, t Epid t o Han- een now active qui^ ed in pad uen PoraTos.—Let these te: poking k 5. " p a require 
1 Ansellia P is "Di iy generally rine Gloxinias, [ern rn e Globe it, using a Heo tonii h: o" 
known, though we are informed it has never been | Am es other plants for immediate and draw hoe, which i a a 
flowered in this gountey until this year; the flosutejüce uius. d although i is liable k e^ off the young str g strings i 
is similar to a Phajus spike; it is now 4 feet in length e surface of the groun 
and as it is not yet finished growing, the spike will rise to Out d ue hene presim work st pres it wil | | earthing motie be drawn from the centre of e n 
5 feet, or perhaps more; it already shows for 30 flowers, | e that “of Keeping Med place 1 in order.’ The old surfac | between the ridges. 
which are about 1} inches across; sepals and petals | o. walk show oosened a little witha ey imas] 
light green and brown, lip white "with some pinkish | and then waive á slight sprinkling of fresh clean| STATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWIUK, NEAR LONDON, 
eid in the interior; it js not possessed of much gravel; the best time for the operati ion n is when they | Forthe Week ending June 22, 1864, as rae o a name nee, 
i with several flowers ex-| fre in a medium state | Bebwedh. Ww dry, as v eae 
; A. Ruckeri, Clowesii and eburn rish in foller is then more effective in storing the m Jane. 86. — —— ene wa d 
cool house, where they are making a growth superior | smooth surface that when the gravel is too dry. 2") wax. | Min. | cx pr 
to that or roduced in a warm temperature. Have | connection with the repairs of the E any tg PT STE TOPS ME RE W XE 
seriis ns larities in the edges should be put right; and the | Friday 17 13 | 30.078 | 30053 78 | 44 600| Gl | 5 «| 
the “old variety with 5 fine spikes, b edgings, whether of Grass or Lon or other evergreen, Satur. Bo 14 | 30.112 | 29.957 | 75 | 45 | 609 | 63 
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cool under the shade of Vines; it deliguts in sie oai tiw iu set thee plotki “bud 3, as of the ony : 
O. membranaceum, nice thing, and 1 odonto [What can | flowering kinds will have aei should d bo St to EC im nd fi dw = fiae A AE pm night. — 
this mean ?] was one of the finest of this remarkable | 4 cool a airy house to harden ud “wood. Late growing 15 Uniformly overcast Mloudy and fine; overcast ; 
race; both are grown with nzvium. 1 Mie idium pen- | sorts must be still kep 1 E xe d Sus ee 
with spik A d " sam M - iis flowers | Ho; —These should be mulched and then i ; 
expanded on 1 spike at one time; 4 Tric wi sie ta thoroughl "watere; the latter operation should be 
large plant with 30 or 40 flowe e 20r continued once r twice a week if dry weather should Mean tempe 3d deg. below the average. 
and | set in TE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, 
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land if can assist them but slightly, that | Satun 2:1 733 | 5L5 | 624 4 022 
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The original letters were i oak. TW ves as they soon e em if neglected a w | sape and burning tà ad A ateti without flowers: 2 
You 1 „to the Times: :—1. Jan. 21, 1864. “ Notwitie | day ot again: m iei T der, by OPORE the Gentranthas ruber, with ae o flowers; 3, Not to b be found 5 
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and it de by y the fish — we were | plan nts and frequently sprin ing m pi ee 4, Quit ) crane ee eee ecoa. = An Old 
unable A vescens, 
frost E ted, which appears to Best p^ nted the | made up; earth up, peg out, and train i ot growing | Pula cortusoides.—G. Bath. The specimen is 
spawning fish from leaving the sea and ascending the | plants. Wa pi 3 when — gx $ ; gc not plics t ; possibly some prunifolium. g | 
tributaries of the larger rivers to — sit their spawn. ELONS.—Keep up the op temperature, comes it, pou have no experience. d 
This bears out the opinion raa sed very recently by | bottom heat of 85°, and a moderately moist atmosphere | | O'i mattor you inquire a mont, pt hare no expe s 
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soey in wm ae qut m and unfit for less wa! M ter and x drier atmosphere. If it be desired to ihe Dea has bum peraitttet to fll 
ova." Ripe ova were obtain anot! pe or he m them, care must be taken that the GMT Mountebanks ; "Hortioultü 
re, Worcestershi nd Wi the soil does not become ; water — wi deve favour of Mumbo Jumbo, and 
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and 10 and —Syringe twice daily, taking care times co clescombs hanod, deep re; rod; seeds not 
to wet the undersides of the loaves e well as 5 a aes d T E ME Tus um 
I even though syring tal erhead, the “dea ot | very good, better than that of many of 
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