| 
Max 7, 1864.] 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE 
AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
437 
t—To the prosperity of foreign and Belgian 
Dr "- Botanical Societies, especia ally ^ 
Société Royale Flore, and the Federation of t 
Fortieaitaral Socdoties of Belgium, who have or; eher] 
this C ill | 
ongress - A splendid Exhibition, which w 
scene pall cal records A t€ 
The was € € doen ured, 
nr ber 
he members of the Ja gs, presen vla 
to by n Hucrr. To 
e 
these fine horticultural productions, to the rare intel- 
i rs, e 
these 
trious men we us eX cens of seeing amongst u 
an t forget that sem inn 
ms Lany with. - pes diete 15 ord aid 
by M. DE KERCHO 
re = of Belgian borüeulre. T Toa allt haer o 
the Congress, the learn and distinguished 
horticulturists who have aded Qe = > Congress. - by their 
knowledge, proposed 4 api Ca NN D'Ha 
a 
f, 
u 
sure growt th E Peaches. I will th 
to —- briefly what I beli l 
If trees are old (I know eroe of young trees— 
mine are from 28 to nearly 45 years of age; and two 
are the ag trees that I ever saw) they must be 
t down ; their radix] and E «pega roots must 
inches from the 
hes ries on must be renewed 
„an nd the tre s must bba let 
om strong lo aig 
up again. dis 
ey 
Mexican species, and like a littl» 
n 
more heat. I neraliy E 
buds of the year to the Cattleya house. 
that the district ‘wher n 
New Granada has and 
these plants never ie. M rest and harden their bulbs 
like a Catt — 
The finest species, O, Pescatorei, crispum, odoratum 
- —— hare soft Augers bulbs, - eX several 
ina yea nC : which makes them so 
KH gd bn 
i Pi 
2. Peaches like o stiff, Sell. e sma er ‘Mine 
light, but I water and tread it till it is ; as hard as a 
- enterprising 
our mos 
nurserymen have latel si "fou Their watery bulbs 
pavemen nt. only p 
| round the stump. There only do I manure. Round 
ld ł d, both winter 
and yam oni 
3. Tw three inches of the top mould €: over | 
| the dahon should be Mes away every third y: 
new maiden mould should replace it in Moved r. 
If the soil is of a enis ouster: the whole border 
should be rammed, to qe x TO — ma F young 
trees are planted, a and th und, d 
b 
the organising societies 
ing reception given to an ren o. M. e n rp 
who addressed his thanks to them, both asa — 
of the jury and a member of the "Congress. 
exhibitors, by M. RONNBERG. To Belgian horticul- 
turists, by M. VANDEN Hecke. 
The pue aca long in the saloons — int 
ane, i discus- 
The din itself Me excellent, the iini exqui 
tile, and the bis perfect. 
understand that Mr. aek SurrH, of Kew» | 
who vA been superannuated on account of his failing | 
tendin years 
Madateiy acknowledged in ihe: amo 
annuation allowance. Pu hav 
Mr. Surrn’s succes s Mr. “Toute SurrH, of Syo 
Gardens—a final iiil of name. 
—— Mr. Burr has sent us flowers of another strain 
of Mr MriwULUS which he calls Unique 
from the cross which att: 
year. In the samples sent to us the ground colo 
the flowers is that of upreus; the limb 
quite un: the throat only being Dm and 
on its lower mei richly ig with c e| 
flowers i ate in size between cupreus and 
the otted varietie ong 
—————— 
THE PEACH TREE AND ITS 
A Prao, I belie ks next to a rus Pes 
the E of fruits; and A, bi few people obtain out 
d Lady 
frien di, jud paid mea 
, and have reviewed the few 
H | water the stump, E the surface ma 
th 
them; but, unr "Ham do pe ver 
off more than one-third. The. harder you cut, the 
longer you will have to wait for a crop, 
™} 
d | kinds 
hou: 
nd. 
t with the heat of the coast country through which 
they must pass. 
Continuing my list of cool-house Orchids, I would 
ext mention the Indian — -— the closely 
allied Pleiones. two unnamed 
ds I have fom Central I ndia, ‘row well in a aan 
se. I have had the first, with its curious bu lbs 
| big as bantam’s eggs, 
and spikes of y iria wi 
— on them 
I believe the Pleiones grow a higher elevation 
than ada other Orchid. To grow iie well MY must 
bei native ntry they 
sometimes se "30 i hes of ra icd it need 
f disbudding. 
or spurred; and after 
I firmly believe that 
“foresoots DM. pe ipia en 
ing they 
ji 
ropp y be ved. 
he | | the removal te | em produces ill healtb, bare m oe be in 
under the ings, 
pa M aaa nap CIRAS ach 
ruth—“keep the blossoms dry!” I will tell you| 
- neam must never allow the tree i in winter, © 
the leaves in summer, to be “violated.” My s ^ 
are put on in winter, when the weather is bud, long 
| before blo: oming time. in summ 
ts fi f wind, to which I 
he leaves are | I ne 
TT. 
24 hoe 
o lem eg diii can hardly have 
enough water im gro 
The Pleiones are ak ‘Tittle known in collections. 
growth they ited most beautiful 
| superannuation, a few Pea ich spring up from their curious leafless 
E blister on the leaves, a dt o o Mein (a aided Ww rind albe | in ms When well ger they flower as 
death s ade, of Crocuses. ein 
Wollichit eo and pred are all well deservin 
of — ation. 
t I must arr ae Lycaste sya" whose m 
| er sylivaion are so well known and unders' 
- " eaves are good lungs, and good 
must make up for | 
ir loss o 
the 
| on 
e same time. rface, I do not mean superficial. | 
S iNo giri does vite unless it touches all the points 
of the 
6. I we k M 
article on “ Dah, Pruning,” ds have recti = ux trees, 
as far as I by his advi Fan-fashion is the best 
Ans case mi 
grow, y be, Peaches on 
hion, or zig. My object is to spread 
the Peaches epi oa four or six per foot, all over 
the trees; they ar 
T 
7 | the 
Peaches grow on cc. = the are arte g "home." ê. 
Finally, "eir free A salmon and 
mutton, a and c and se 
— is believi 
, namely 
"here was | 
Au blight, 
This seemed 
» 80 as to f course 
to attempt to rope Orchids 
et cool te NA 
ig. 
I may add, my three trees’ are 9 feet high and 5 
feet in width, “wo of them are as € bdo 
M; 
HOUSE ORCHIDS. 
Kad + a led om some years ago 
a comparatively 
as so sy people seem now 
ACCID: 
r|in a coo 
od 
noth ing about them. caste beige: and 
8 although 
very paths to L. Skinn 
axillaria venusta hol arom: matica, and one 
| eros) + ^ I E som 
pi 
| but it can bee otddérod NT a 
there are 
berg when nicely f 
| admired. E, m 
plant, with a re somewhat resembling f 
| Luculia gratissima. e hs te variety requires an 
ordinary Orchid-house. E. macroc! iilum rose 
grow in a cool house, „but the _hardies 
with leaves tinted 
from Mr. Schi 
id 
is 
sets i, received 
d 
g 
£ 
m 
o 
ERE 
Pg 
E 
S 
"d 
freed 
believe this n 
in old collections, and I reco: 
TO 
yom show a PHA for cool houses 
making much finer growth when 
I have had the pseudo-bulbs of 
Mx in a cool ouse. _ T have a 
uri 2 
plant now showing 
Ihave 
from 
Nlowanoo must hey be made fo dropping Ma" belies 
m immature w 
B ous Seitan nd E hype iad aly from 
» from want of water m 
the doctrine of “ impossibility.” 
Tee ee I. oia. = kaposihie is 
Say it is ot English, t ough I o: 
D Oa ame garden te first thing to do is 
à Hu n "m or afterwards, i 
neglecta ents oF the and of man, or by his| drains 
the foliage often arises from destruction of 
wae ofi ey laprioto may be of some interest. To 
grow Saraan vies 
would recom 
w 
narrow span-roof house in 
more An 12 feet long, aud ven 
under the floor, so that the 
vf rchi t least, 
| from ‘the e growt my own plants, I 1 flatter” eur d 
that I have imitated pretty closely he natural co 
TOO! 
y moist 
judging | b 
own Bar es Skinneri and dbi ina 
ool house, and very beautiful gy they are, but = 
| have e ei seen them do better ina warmer pla 
poa 
uite "€ 
Both I b 
is generally given to pg ien] 
- | growth and most of the 
f 
has not scratched under vated the olloning ia in my à mta ~~ 
t hire hi I In growing these Orchids, from the beginnin of | affine cri; 
as I do notknow| April to the end " October 'I i$ give any fire- | called rubrum I think ‘Mr. Y Veoh h importa 
| frosts bl eri A what comes from ai joining Pine pit | from Central India. Also Lelia cinnabarina an 
h the same e boiler, and from elgg e | purata. 
thouse, and otherwise i of ‘er. These Aerides make short stout growth in a cool 
how me that “ impos- The telloviug is tlie M of Odontogl I have | house, and flower finely the pening season, Lelia 
‘our rea are u urai mi e s I ever saw i 
heart will hold more 0. rei O. grande Epo hous till I t “the as M 
ion. e arilabiam ^ mer c cma house Orchids, for i& does not answer to keep them in 
re-union] ©; pulchellum O. Ehrenbergii such a I are cribed during our winter 
hood. Salmon K con ote s. inert E $ t is not natural to them ; 
y ew Granada Odontoglossums have grown | and they require a der atmosphere to ke 
a greater and more | splendidly à in em cool Mee: the four Jast in my list! health. Although I would = cho ie — 
