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зал 6,1885] THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. '627 
=" one, thab should be up in boxes. After | be Wm if the prineiple I am attem iwo of 
your eorrespondents 
ж e Anen a little Myosotis sylvatica, white and blue, | had been wrong, Odon farw nskii O. | have discussed "m and question ари 
| ec ppt sown; also som of the M. monticola, where — Inm have ins to eld ie » and | А must be said obscurely. They beg the ques 
ә early mora is required. J. F. — өп» 60 flo flowers to the — nor — а plant | by drawing comparisons between the “ol аз 
тегу ear Ма о р 00 flowers, whi ch have border and the Mes 9 а. of course award the 
kept in perfectio: ә Pe м АЎ eks; nor 
окно A ano ND THEI 4 CULTIVATION.—No. VI. | equ ually rare m cordatum have grown to а size to| Now, as the worst len arrangement сесии 
distribution of Orchids йаа с Bpikes, s. кир 12 flowers, just ж Аан than the PAM xed border, as gen 
eograp 
ws тач табо must not "e 
rticular temperature. The abl 
emus ber 
ow in he deat of bea 
Th majority | of DÀ more rare and 
inel garden к 
—-— огоц hl recognising and acting upon n 
Bde of ov sb ariation of temperature to 
the condition of pla ants. Cw La ants have 
valuable 
belong to what one might call 
? region, and that too in , proximity to the 
and as edo m for some years at t all 
x iosita the b 3 the old eni. Bardis 
against those of the popula his of 
wr Pe n the subject is Tuy like building pA a 
n rin 
m line. ^ an e will be t 
of tem mperature n tha : region than in auy other 
quts tio 
git 
perished ither 
чак 
е 
very much prin by air “currents, which must exist 
the satisfaction of quickly 
ve ing it 5 
he question, a, if fairl fairly put, is а very simple опе: Is 
P or is it not desirable to add more beauty of form to 
ur flower garden 18 by introducing to them а few good 
of, sach req together. Tha is v y the great supporters at the — — the lanta are found, ,16 has 
Wl eniin а and the foremost of their gardeners alway ys bee the riter's opinion that want 
ut, in recent times, for tl "ot һе an.) in question. was more 
m € cde ealling o 
“cool treatm 
80 as to 
Er ow of a ym more freedom and tne: of leaf 
t Or chi ie The notes of warning ананар чау to summer than фо winter treatment, | о * set off " m rege Pb im Calceolarias, 
iere еа d our months the pseudobulbs were во dried &c., with g 
as x" as by o other agene во tl otherwise! Y Байа va 
ol tbe, pr entbusiaste, especiall lly new beginners, an p wo 80 [ser treatment could induce them to become plump. the iur answer to үа nd be * yes, if it can be 
КҮ m m "new iut thrown oa Orchid y affected by the | done well" Then who shall say we have not the 
Ly рези Ше s th Ein be ides inually бүйүр Pe beo er^ hown at Batte 
exis! e are giving ou r, Gi y shown à тзеа w 
КЕ. тей yr шу: [^ inn o- | assist the e of ^Y Топун and bulbs, and the capabilities of our house a nts in this бома 
UE NT paraly e ей; ‹ Let | When di is arrangement last summer, I said 
li d А wd be ti ughl y understood. that this is not influenced that y hardy plants might be used —- M 
уту simp becau а goo А. о пеу f nut t in fact it would be possible to have 
арп cene in se carrying out ofa an impracti- and solely the want ot sufficient humidity in th effeots without the expense 
cable idea, 00, fori ^et g Му has been by the | trouble of wintering and protecting. Some of the 
s n ence cen ра “This is а peen presence of too much heat. rchids are so totally |“ monea v pa n^ E Aralia papyrifera and 
itate of matters; but the picture i is "certain nly no different a class of plan m any dp 2-6 lars ld b e iu mind, 
requires to be e explidi it on this point, else some people nisi ^» ame alm ap фм е plants 
might suppose that if the vitality of oia roots was | themselves. 
Clever practical men can go a certain length in 
or forwarding the growth of plants, and in 
unimpaired, the ^r s тгк would beright enough. The 
udo be 
e leaves and pse lbs are | 
ог a too low temperature, but. а novice or à 
їз sure tò ^ burn Li agm with any — 
kiud, Beca 
often all but а ruined when the roots are in 
Mesi boli Rae wr is absolutely essential, йг or for | 
all Orehid euch kind a p to study and provide a an 
The suitable hardy plants are of various types of 
Character, Ishall begin with a few of Fern-like leaf 
and aspe 
ES. Adiantum’ cuneatum 
pen "as кж аз Stachys lans 
could be grown in * the 
ta, 'whas a beautiful 
EN, A 
ments of the i lan мыл шон rgo 
temporary check in Braz = айа, 
even China and Australia, from а 3 deg ost, | e 
ЕЭ t£ 
1 Tag; 
VM» bitat totally 
n ereate, is it new to 
z E DM permet in like m 
m LY А "granted that plants. "will 
E^ dicas in omar im of the more c choice Н 
er | Odontoglossums cool n: in such a hot summer as 
this is imer tly proving self to be, is s во great Шаб I 
1 Eos СЯ 
0 
Er LI 
"it of Orchids” was an admirable 
failed in even pre nea to put on a|] 
а resemblano any 
do (indeed I am Ё. -— © "йөге is other 
[n > like it at first s sigh t), a moreover whi ich 
[iot in 
Fer 
ы 
— ble appearance, No amount apparently of 
artificial moisture an nd judicio ous ventilation, with — 
J 
si 
of humidity to prevent орар x 
tendency is clearly towards the pposit 
-— І have Z the greatest difficulty imagin- | 
ld be counteracted, How ma ny plants of |а 
an Phalænopsis have been alive to 
кл his way with Odontoglossum Pescatorei, 
find it io be the aost диво of all the “cool” pla 
| treatment ? | And what of Cattleyas in 
I|in мо soil. 
off t 
ank plant : are quite thesi size | 
th 1 HTS 
of ад вип, or exposure—Th лаа minus 15 
for compact, — bushes, from a foot to 
18 "abs high, 
e slender gy er 
t is al 
of those of O. — ад what wit 
100 and t vigor ous young growths, the | 
a tempera 
proportion to the sr I stick to the invariable rule | | 
ionally bear а 
40 —will they be any the s for ау E 
а trying ordeal ? Such leading is simply m 
the end to be att d t 
Б 
tha halt зә а. 
man’s taste leads hi ín ike diei: F ende: 
d meridian heat of ihe em Te is sne 
rules of Orehid qoum - let it n: тошу =, gene- 
rally kno w to ob E shrivelling tendeney 
ames cuc 
E 
2 
is not а very eed sum in e 
enlture. He obtains а respectable 
RE 
T 
2 
á 
f 
ing a 
ol — Ач ей his gardener that 
ll right if 
zi 
& 
gag y have ex 
upon dozens and 
ft e ed ly 
ilani the aps р; а T — manure 
diluted with "tepid water, so weak not to ZZ 
material ке refused 
F 
Ht 
n any 
reete 
вау, 20 
d 
H 
f 
Q 
is Tana: 
absor à which it was charged. 
joy I saw, after "the 
my yr relief. and j 
MIRA and qe the t way in Vieh it сап ni 
d € 
ust kee 
cias "y "cte om heat will 1 
— 
B 
E 
= 
5 = 
jv, 
: 
То 
t isbest, but will | grow “ * an yyhere is by thinning 
p this tempera: em e ilh 
gardener or gentlem who h 
)rehid eulture, рет" ped if T en 
would be likely to be healthy, but I 
. scd how many of them 
Bm alive by the let of April next? 
meii оов race, which of all others belongs 
the cool house, would grow and thrive 
86°. Only | more 
|| 
е, 
what are technically called чоо Orchids €ool. Ventila- | 
more luxuria Е than ever. 
ва Й of this kind must o. resorted to. So 
asa re se » rmi well, when it requires to be re-potted, 
{ей or зы. Моке do поё disturb 
manded success — by 
"afin — ar as 
€—À for — has ta me that. I em маб 
n gaius by een tei 
“ыкы. yx 
Now, and mot during wi the time to keep 
th day,a and 
ali the 
more severe for з epus; à the | 
partial during. the night. 
Moisture should be applied | g 
out the shoots in в spring, 80 beh abe rim cm g one 
shall 1 
d its exquisite иги 
th 
Artem 
out with а pri 
gracefulness, een itisan elegan nt 
Pise but < inferior for di distinetion or beauty to 
оң of the foregoing, which have the additional 
— of being perennial. 
Meum eerie ti is one of the most Vae ccm and 
secon: 
T. 
"dcm the temperature to 42° 
for ten days else 
iiti Serious, „18 поб this 
the | heav 
nd dobulbs may be thoroughly charged for the 
h y perspir ation t that is —— um iam дау. 
Sh from the sun' s T is eq 
ing much со: 
ac (his ав an axiom, as I told 
dert the other day,that | Bank. 
Naim бе йшй sd pir 
а л 
future paper "Y will fee 4 
tretago monthly іде E 
house "€ 38^: ? Sich a at all events | i 
i - 
8 year; meantime it may ну eec Kudane e корен, бада 
rises cm чна 4 
inducing solidity p ба. James Anderson, Meadow 
— 9 
Agnes ORNAMENTAL PLANTS.—No. I. 
admitted that some 
Жү зи бун flower gardens by thi 
AS Wed? heighten the 
D 
too 
ped UP sorb it is "invaluable не 
" sata a dwarf and neatly-habited plant, 
and very gracetul leafage, far more e 
Xt ^ 
— plant too, as the brightly 
ме pum А flowers remain оп for &long time in pane 
summer. зч gene erally grows from 12 to 
16 te high. 
То бо а step higher, few plants are more graceful 
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