THE GARDENERS OHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[JaAwvantr 17, 1863. 
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Aum and Apricot | 
[ laid in a lari е ' stock of any downy skin, intermediate betwen a Е і Aprieo 
neighbours, the agricultural "— ei ^ | удам Ind any е kept til t g ower it may be y" м X исе енй узет, 
s sanguinea at ғ ca 
ei im use will admit. They plough open a urrow ;|and then retained жч the best varieti sg uch is eet "E : Query is there hot in BAUMAN 
into this the manore is thrown ; upon this is turned over the turarious height to wbich Orchis-growing | 1 Ок ord glan 
poor so nstituting it а ridge; up лей; but of course a this prodigality cannot | а dwarf e enlled N D гере еасһ some ewhat—to 
өчө 3 i2 motc ОТ g se gi ener s phrase пе same way r 
d а i lation of corresponding ~x- | use a gare 
hie ridge p^ ой i а TW; not | tent m ed for the m nts; and that there ів по| Ra infall at cogat Сэ Hall, Witham, in 1862; pei 
io — from largest Turnip | stinting in n this respect Los r К з seen by a glance at the : т< еса той 
he soil save and except опе: | ranges "of houses filled by Orchids in many private | Februar e 169 | July ii aoro -An 
Бен наба my "Se root, which, though the bulb, establishments, such, for nd emp, as those of the two x y 06 August, 5 
the Turnip, lay чроп the poor ridge, had i еей ramifi rs to whom I hav just t allud " or by aj | Рр n aq тегез " 149 
tions in the om p pe below. And y к= visit = the suburban nurseries of Messrs Williams, | May 1 s a 
by our near pem urs jt never | Rollisson, Low, or Veiteh. v ast named firm have | June 2.20 | December E 
yet Ed induce one to domm nstrate to me satisfactorily чи ves our large Orchid houses, and Messrs. Low an m | sad m 
the why. W. E iri, "Digseell House, Welwyn. |equal number. All thisseems strange e and wonderful to ce ас . Total ers aos _ 
me, remembering, as I do, the time when my own 5 "А дав, рү? £0 feet. 
colleetion—a fair one of its period—was comprised | gr. р; 
DIES mm comet —No. IMI. within the limits of а dripping- pan! Let me explain. | [эче at Cirencesier :— 
There had been a coming-of-age in my neighbourhood, | Ins. ы 
bject of hartivultaral shows inevitably sug | with its usual roasting-of-an-ox whole accompaniment, | January 270|, pen forward ns 
gèsts another point of comparis ison—1I should rather say | апа for which a dripping:pan of huge dimensions had | Februz d dest : n 
of contrast—between the hid-growing of the pre- | been specially i This it was that in due time | yon in | September i" 
sent day and the Orchid-growing of 30 years ago. For | did me such excellent servi father had, indeed, Ap 2.22 | | Qetober. .. in 
then a plant was valued ки to the beauty of its| already allowed me to intrude a few Orchids into | ей ү parasa is 
flowers or the comeliness of its habit, and without|the corner of a ar but these were so ly | | 
reference А - P gd publie “ exhibition ; 2» but|infested with ^ woodli which swarmed : — 6.59 | Total " 
now thes t have to be eene ed as of su E the tan of p? pit; neither could mene suffi : ies. 0 Zoe Mp © 15 years, 80.00, 
ramou nt importan hat зинен which ean lay cient hümidity. In this Ec ethought me of| dá i: 
Flaim to t importane th high its me r pretensions may the great. dripping pan aving petitioned for and | Сат тетет ЫЕ roni м, че Ww m r { 
be, will rarely be able to make its way in the world. | obtained it I lost no time i in placing it at the end of the | agr i it o d офи. еп г db i Љоно, t т 
It will avail a plant little to n the right flowers | Pine pit and filling it 2 ог З inches de water, | raton subscrip. ions est 
unless the; roduced at the t E and in the | whieh thus not only su ppli e сі 
right way. 16 won't do to bloom, "like t ngræcums, ач көң served the 
in the winter months, or, like the Stanhopeas а and 
Acinetas t could 
purpose y 
ic Epi m dn — À the plants, p 
d defia nce y thei best] 
1 Orchid 
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kx de Жайды. {о spire too hi gh. Regard must be 
had not А ч the dates of баг great shows, but йо to 
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the stage а modation afforde e at "re uth erred 
and the Regent's | Park! Int this у 
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but 
ely è А. them in pensions, Do 
e other hand, o Py een to be all invested and thus form - 
y the interest of which A uarterly _ 
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tract nto which m; my с collection eventually peer vies d. paymer ents m LT ^ made. hers a fun dede 
and the enterprise of our nurserym ecessar "d From this long digression I return once more to the accidents unavoi гл Жн. mg mage dr shrerpkiou 
curtailed. For if the Pee меа мечи енче а new | Messrs. um nh nd their great Palm.stove, which, be | !9 my mind, ther pA eus А moro тобо le than 
ant ultimately becoming popular, there will of course | it remembered, the Orchids shared with Ims in | having to pay annual subscrip t therefore make - 
the less inducement reh for p and the | their earlier e Even then Mr. G. was 4 ы -— to pay down in one sum the required compo- 
ctief жаи of the importer will be d towards | convinced that the Orchids had a great fi fore | Sition е ед But D ЕЕ think with 
obtaini large supplies of establis че; == йеті them, and that our knowledge of their beauty was en i jJ ot t геа E he rw * have 
us, while until 59 lately, scarcely an effort, has quite in its infaney. But he added, * when we come to | done all that is due from them when they have paid 
been кезй durin t all know something eA single 107 10s, but should after a e years 
East In ж І ые еу е many expedi- of itj" and Mr. Loddiges has proved himself a true rand pa rry d p my own teach- - 
tions e^. мы fitted out for of Vanda | prophet. h fbi s$ ave en guineas to the 
iscovery 
es of which only но ог уте plants Үз 
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been received. alive from the Philippine Islands i 
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mit that such displays do 
and end „of F Orchid-growing. „Ont contrary, I аш 
wheel cA a pony-carriage wou 
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wheel of a cart for even the t of o 
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recently ве 
Secretary eh de Istituto, d am rejoiced to see - 
that others about oso. I mention this а 
фи, aud did not intend to p 
it, but now : see "hat it may be adva vod to d 
S pee es relate Mee mir 
ыт the great Palm- sede шл 
теа к. as long becom "hin bE o of the 
r|Th s of London basig greatly impaired 
the чантите убод of the ground at Hac 
vy d en 
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m-house—abso rbed by the Crystal Pala ace, wbich last, 
pursuit is due to the fact iat. a large e of species, 
including ds of the most beautiful, produce their 
blossoms at ded rdc eer ние 
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Pe бя structures of its time than was Messrs, Loddig 
Palm-house upon those by which i£ was feecdod, 
days remi gn were now nu 
culty was how to compass its demolition. U 
"Pie: I take ou eie of a establishment at кылу; | 
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red, and the only ae- m 
many others the annual  subseripti ion is far more con- 
venient, and, on looking a* the last 94р v "s Ju 
tution, it seems to e "a that class 
to be It а the hey a 
to derive benefit from the Insti | 
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to the i I: of — in both — and t 
to ons. C. C. B.——I am . pleased 
the me would n^ be sacrificed, but would the vis mm 
the sashes, even if saved, pay for the scaffoldi 
о арреаг аѕ ү the EM GN could only be rs Hil нр 
for when the structure was put up for 
instead of чл. үз. a d E repeati ы eer 
a second хк мес given. 
v а third To 
mind this is an error. MM. Pes give once 
e present winter is past to sh сап be | in the negative ; 
m this way, b mms а үз st ros тана that le — the auetioneer's hammer, it was actually | tPeY сас | well help themselves; if the list shows that - 
flower er daring the f s of the year, viz., | knocked down for 107.! The purchaser’s axe was then they given more {һап once—twice, thrice, or 
November, ber, Miis. Y, February; and I | set vigorously to work at the root of the great rafters, times f positive that they heartily support 
should be indebted to any ө your теайетѕ who | and, in a little while, down with a smash came what had the Institution. Again, the effect of putting 
obligingly assist in this object, by sending me | once onder of y whole A of horti- ,to stop — MÀ А well wisher, we 
(to your office) the nam such kinds as may lture! Its frágments were carted away for fire- say for instance a rising nurseryman, would like to 
bloomed with them d the Mm yt * | wood. Serapias. port the M yeh he sees Mr. Veiteh 
эм de the we а Pee wi into | n i 
w ch years view, Im 
the еб number of duplicate plants of the same Home pondence yet 
that are now to be found, even in éatles- Plums.—The writer interesting article | rival in trac 
s allowed you no if den оза ser а Ое ече vl 
you happened to Cattleya or а Saccolabium that fruit on the continent. | which, from. 
hich а back bulb or an offset could by amy pos. | Ре із а late greenish-yellow ашай egg:shaped Plum | has six times 
P be — ; but the grower of the present day miring its flavour until it becomes | hope to do s 
alm 
ide i n in- 
"the species T 
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timation t that "де! gum 
ira in | 
Germany. Тһе Nea Green Gage, of the best 
quM as to size and om: is different oe 1 have 
in England; large and of a mueh yellower and 
ru тпай ер er green when quite ripe, and with a less dense | 
e| поен One of th 
Diamo; 
investigation of fruits. 
less acid but of equal flavour with the Damson. | however, p 
ar rt dione 
ves wi 
Lap en = equal rite nne 
