Jery 15, 1865.) THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 651 
^ [surer, the better they liked it. The list of subscripti th were tried against one or two 
ZYGOPE UM MACKAI. M a ч. ен ever had. Не then qom rm uite Sid sorts t Noto т - dore — M n 2 
Tus is a fine eoo Orehid. The length Colo on тетер fio Nursery aud Се Trados," dd ones. e best of ios 
of time чнч To br kid mulo for this Me. plug lcs n s Mis бао, of Mr. Lee, of Hammersmith. a^ hui dat eren is ey a ber ^ stock of an old 
decorative one 4 be divided, À- and 55tled X Pe lis responded for the Stewards. -2 l kno to London and provincial market 
purpose eio should be divi: requt р ai tthe Ladies," and. gos other tosata followed, which brought | ннд To бы rother gardeners I would there- 
in good rich fibrous 5 in adi 10- dw. I with | the proceedings to a clos | fore say, let us in future keep our 3s. 6d. and 5s. in our 
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in ow sitions gone the w: 
rowth during the latter T of the Hom irand temor of all short-lived t Mem I myself shall still keep to 
summer, and flowering in December and January ; the nomalous Growth in Orchids.—When rt ti Daniel O'Rourke, which I have m 
flowers are deliciously fragrant, and last soven n weeks in & 1 was once more мча 3 Consul Schilers i innu- for some years, and which after this season ^s experien 
tion. t i s I found two plants of 
p the winter they should have a moderate supply 8 ithal 1 f $.H R, Gardener, W he 
БЕ Aes tha t, when required, should be app li ed i in t fully, as if they belonged t БЕ —Permit me to suy a word in "behalf. of hee. 
Lin р section Spsthium 166 oe us vile thinning fruit from an out-door Peach t 
hreig v the flowers are about four inches across, | 8а; " ot cbe I entertain no doubt these shoots ago, I no 5 ants in all directions; I bred 
ES ч nd eripe poe Salot Aep and will perish after flowering, since neither axillary nor them and , dise: red that they Mem gn ile 
arg covered wit! green fly, 
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me. 
е Ww dis beanifaliz | fas а йө growth о on its 
whic 
side. I жопа have much carrying in their mouths. А weel later 1 оша "nd nd 
ue m ved with m viol j^ det plants will | liked een that Исени ne had been 56. ants nor pe fly, although the tree had not 
house; each spike b seven or more | previously produced out of the axil of f every leaf, but been touched in the meantime; a week later still the 
nad pecie: l house ; | this had not been the Y If i g *y had нарро, and во had Фе апёз. At е 
the temperature in winter should range from 40° to 50? | have had an inversion of the pt opment observed in | present time the tree is free of both; the young shoots 
by night, with а rise during the day, a little air such Palms as Arenga, x gd =. where the first | have been slightly wounded in places, and some of the 
ing gi n mild itted just d the fallen off. A Camellia 
vi p e 8 av д gst шу s 
һе Жм, and B by the side e E ZH passing bell, at the base tof "the axil of the oldest | have one Moms the leaves having a kind of seale 
vel with the she as the cold air c in | leaf. Such cases of чейн inflorescence in lieu of |inseet upon them; upon this tree only there are ante, 
ontact with the dens (is apt to be very proe axillary are of course of no consequence for the life of | and they are attacking the scale. І сарпоб see that 
› their growth. The temperature in summer must | pseudobulbous Orchids, since these produce axillary | they have as yet done апу harm to the plant. 1 think, 
e guided by the weather, If hot and dry give an Shoots i, 9 base of the bulbs. We have observed | therefore, that this s a proof that they do some good ; 
ith fi in Oneids, Megaclinias, and Aspasias. | I, however, do not deny that they do mischief to fruit 
t. Theré are many varieties eI this plant, some Oncidium. 'anabotryam "of Dr. а ri rore and buds of Roses, before the floweris expanded. А 
fi to the one described. The pere пен whatever but th eold O. Harrisonianum, with a terminal | Subscriber. 
well wort worth wing, viz. Tu bra: inflorescence ка in the living plant. Such cases | Earwigs.—The best mode of destroying nde is the 
7, crititum созгше Z. Pec Rm do not generally mislead the Orchidologist, but some- | following, which I чаң practised for many years. Take 
iu четт These are all froof а t gU times, in the case of dried specimens, they may lead | pieces of dry Bean straw 5 or 6 inches CE ri from 
in the winter months; they | him astray. І do not now entertain the least doubt of | joints, that is, open from end to end; or what is sti 
require ibus үлүш to that re sopiendel for | having committed а very grave error зме proposing, | better, pieces of the stem of the Cow Parsley, eut when 
Z. Mackaii, T. Brown, Exotio Nursery, Too in 2, Epidendrum cyenostalyx from а single | деай at the end of the summer. Lay them between the 
c ——— — d specimen of what, no doubt, is "but а бе сн branches of trees or plants, so that they cannot be 
variety of the well-known E. Stamfordianum, be: ved shaken out by the wind, Every morning go round 
GARDENERS' ROYAL BENEVOLENT an ge эж ы, bulb with a terminal infloresce with a small water pot ^ x jug of boiling water. 
INSTITUTION. ronicle would ni pe very through erf tube, ба hooter fa shion, and shoot the 
Tuae 22d Anniversary Festival in aid o funds of this is for go ublieation of Orchidaceous earwigs (wh ich take tigi fü e men | "€ 
Institution was held on the Tth Toat, at us London Tavern, | extravagances, an “4 1 would ask A be allowed to beg | night) into ed е boiling water; by this means you 
MÀ Led uere ДА d Le D M -— of РАФ = БЕ fin Qeit ое Kd n i x" silos, ари! T Tees ТЕ oy thou "2 cx aday. Fo feeds or ducks "will eat ГЕЗ 
respon id th ei 
propose was the health of tho DEM e tont То dt uld be of high onapartea Juncea.—A specimen of this graceful- 
Manu UM ppycbeH eH es an | interest if we could prove the natural cause of 1 p in а 12-inch p 
ит отс Doct ed x durent death of such as these to = the Кеа of а flower spike first вї the 29t 
gardeners, and he was sure that his Grace felt satisfaction in | terminal inflorescence in place of llary one. sine which time it has erben to lengthen very 
cope РДЫК, s incitement i to, labour H. G. Rehb. fil. 4 гама са РЕ d is mow 5 ас беды, d dcs vm 
Š , Who once earn 8. т OE een e 
Fer aeu m Mie nda v MAMMA Шеш s Chus fon iwi "бутоо “Н. ri t бе upwards of 2 ven inde pie rii treatm ak: 
Paxton, and the example set by that eminent man it would be p. 601 seems to me to be hift sent ро, E 
eie torii eed. Mus еш а Pes Patron; phe = Critique raisonné еб rófatation s sur 23 théorie ‹ many ` loose roots that had Бой. form 
toast was drunk with loud pev TaS = Б polli ini iques” a of M. Lem Ik ow "nothing the ыйы» "of pk ed bes n ur ei 5 
ОнлївмАх then proceeded to the toast of th Lemaire loam. James Ticehur. ань 
“ Prosperity to the Gardeners” Ro; КДА ЗН ria f it le. 
The i yal Benevolent Institution. Ke quoted; but so far from м announcement of its | Cast 
LIT had A api СЕКИ p poverty m ЖА, bes iu sed Programme being ing 3. аја jns Jis mais of s E T 
[ет anted aid contempt" to the anis m, S, 
with Tw "o poverty, yet if they voii telis Be | hr lg opinion, a fair subject Je discussion at a horti- | Foreign Correspondence. 
He felt that [Ai iul Zu officers would not o Ee pen еши onm Hd Correspondent affects to treat | TRE CLIMATE AND VEGETATION OF OOTACAMUND,— 
пез was а dificult one. CP ores tonis nn ad Peas achronism апу do dot a px the truth and suffi- | There seems to be "eonsiderabe difoulty i: raising m 
ir pockets, and to canso to fow ti that stream which refreshes cienoy of R Med enel Ё and asks why M.Lemaire Коал lowland countries; this pends in a 
iid каи = They had 57 plants under their care, which нан be ns from a botanist—as if bota- re on the want of natural ht. In. 
miele Ней frait, ley were not youug That | nists тул apon t , aud sp if it were a pèr- аш hero the sun in the day time is most intense, so 
Poa thosa planta which had done theis petes кай "hil feotly c on question. s sos Aper оң, indeed, is, Жн reri e^ be t when T fos i вне igit et 
сыа taken сате of, Of those 57 plants (the | there is à hof one nist in te 
pensionera) 30 were women 81е 0 e 57 plants ( 
he should lie to у g 76 years of Не kni ui kill ur iia р lm of, much prire өнү more 
ft aid in vam, Hh ШЕ wp friends of the Institution Pr үү uei ghe: alf IT is имей by by the | sure to light? The wint This 
at would forego — thei л н, е theory in question; which, І v о assume, your | season has been extended de увай its usual „time; 
they would Breo nO EJ t Ta opes tables, ra ed ed н age thou d 1 pon fih TX ' seemed to promise well for a very barren aspect 
the latter, If pee er rather to give | indeed, he one in ten thou ermit me eyes seeme 
Bed ned ton T0 ad boo wora aub cg ted sugzest a doubt, whether it is во evident that, in the during summer, büt a few thunderstorms bend 
% the pend; йде Jat latter days happ Having glanced | Case of a plant with a thousand Seeds, а reu nd p W Ра 
that thoy must pardon Li Institution, Кө went on to вау | tubes are required to fertilise them ? —еас tube pe Graso h has become quite green, things are growi 
tothe pardon him if for а moment he referred again | ;t throughout na length. ot most vigorously. Some of our ioi delicate plants, ав as 
pep pt очер Paxton ўга а "ime en FE^ bn iti v ph ong the placentze Pteris argentea, and other delicate 
Tecelpt. Я . Рах i 
iml Society ; керер Week, in ihe servico ot "he Ноо | finding out an ovule «ы "ita infinitely minute foramen ; ; BM D pe m dune là Ci а 
member of the А associate а e, 
All this arose from bis me, ані етпетаБеғ of the aristocracy. 4 Tis Т thi +} ti have 
wn strength of mind, and from his own ey egiii As enoro quy "3 аьа gen odke tidie tlie foll 
won and a own sb 1 4v labo of th 1 ul 
fm another. o, ped not from опе employer, he Sud | T Ts there rt ubt, нена boil | Pen of th "3 eng ted that I ооа scarcely 
the success not let this pass without alluding t rees of fállaey are so numerous | place my [en upon Py e little soil was so 
шту. 0С the workin ] dificslt and who where e the sou cid nid 
the working were замаа to work out the salvation a that even the ables ZZ may have been deceived ? Б ү, а es гош loui piaco ту маң 
With which and to break up the bonds of i Are thoro по! Ы шапу opinions upon the | between e Pteris an 
dh to contribuia ы е Пенета. Е would айе then pollen mu: and théir dus andi, as there have | Hymeno fedis kr now Tos fast, Although thé 
idee тош have the reward к ыа been m etent to observe d If к, опе will | days аге so hot jn thi s season, the nights are very cold 
dowi his A was the 9t agia ране. Strike HM stie "pistils of Passiflora quadrangularis, or any and ehilly, fi rost occurring g suficient to ni Acacias, 
idee óf the mee ny The annual | other plant, after ийй, I doubt і 12 he | Geraniums, Fuchsias, &c., and. to kill Tropze 2e 
Bre mt, d te ky to ont » 216. - will find an any visible ace of pollen tubes in "pde style; eai I should say bas аА е j um phn 
в as they had to be iac dae d t| bis les of spiral vessels level Spaces оп w. 1 i 
ma autio was startad qm aig ЧЕ раушоца їз айтапов | but he will fnd thore MESE еп the stigma settle down. Yet notwithstanding all this we have 
the sum of 12,7 ince its establish- | a direct and free com EA bium rübrum at a much 
Fe funded sto SR, ыраа in rel Жез and the ovary. It is 17 the seeds alone which are | beautiful eei ts of t me рэ. Md doli, ообо splendidly 
Раве with him pee : affected by the ке регї its con a ir ^ 
iake олыо that eum In half eMe ops ront which grow independently of the seeda (and im this | оп trees and on rocks; іа the latter habitat T have seon 
had tusi, азап, he co ended most st strongly, | climate grow as frequently without them), are equally | two plants growing wild, They were м u^ 
X Ж TAS e tle аена, бе hl оте амт riri deed Коп decr Mos 
Tte health ^ trunk am idst the most enthusiastic applause, | quickened by the action of the pollen; T it seems | trating into a li ET: UM d 5 : g \ . 
Аку in огне Chairman was proposed by Mr. Т. |quite as likely that the impulse may be conveyed | and held together by а fe ‚ ап 
otar асн, in ier dn ito the honth the пөш] honours, оа h the medium of the comparatively "doi bi blooming beautifully; they were about а "m x зеру 
RE CAE tho Treasurer, |. i. vessels as by hypothetical pollen tubes pene- rom 
whi Pazion had achi by in T dustry attain the same ren. — pi s Pus d only i the seeds. An other three, some of them branching. Us inilr position 
I! 
ET tho hearth or of thë Secretary in сот: | ү 1 
п Variat иву а great pe the account given of New | little I have seen of Orchids in their native abitats, 
TN That e ма le they Жөн. ru Р "Lon ful eniin и» Еб, Ml чиай к would recommend for their culture in the growing season. 
