FEBRUARY 28, 1863.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 197 
need occasion no el 
ihey were un ndér uet іт immediate: "окей ч "ds EM plants, Iam reminded that Mr. William i in n {һе | head ponderi Ths фо rries are bright scarlet. Er zi 
author of * The Orchid Growers Manual." w that last edition 06 hi is ^ Manual" reports the alle ged|sure that their appearance is unusual, as I am an 
І have mentioned this unobtrusive little vk i n of ‘scarlet (query orange red) Phalæ- | observant person, and thou ugh always на amongst 
avoid bearing my testimony to its rare excellence. | nopsis Жү in the Indian ur s ce and I shrubs I never saw berries on an Aucuba m R. W. 
Nothing could be more trustworthy, more impartial, Чону erum e report may speedily be corrobo- |н, Hall Dare, Newtownbarry, Ireland, F. 7. mk 
ог, up to the eve of its publication, more complete. | rated by the introduction of the pla sa Nor r do I see e| few | days TS oticed that red berries were form ing 
Looking at his subject from a purely popular point of | any inherent improbability in tho case, ucuba japonica, Опе of the bushes 
view, Mr. Williams selects from the almost endless | least than yoe have been felt ii. prior to our | which are fratiog is 7, and the other 8 feet high, and 
1 6 (0 я б quai i they are growing in a shrubbery here, Having never 
‚ two or three hundred of the most beautiful kinds, | we had heard of fiho гана of а “ scarlet” Aerides.* observed fruit on the Aucuba before, 1 apprehend that 
gives full instructions ШЕ their ена and| In Mr. Willia collection I also noticed with gr eat! x an unusual Сш аш, пазнан 
altogether ignores the rest. This Һе in aj|interest a ug Mic of that truly remarkable | table, perhaps, t excessive iue of the ent 
measure compelle o do, sinee to br in pet Vanda gigantea. Its habitis most stately, and | winter. Sion о "Waterford, F. 20. 
detaila host of species some thousand strong, would |in this respect at all events it may be эсен Ше e|. Lycopodium denticu latu Some оғ уаш, бур 
have swelled his little volume to an unreasonable bulk ; | * нечае rival of the matchless e," V. Lowii, | that this will succeed f doo 
p= р -— still be a question d т, when a new | V. Batemanni, gn nd Angræcum ыалы aaki to wit. Кы In confirmation of that fact, Im may m n that t1 
is called for, it mi ight n ө desirablo just to йокы too, according to the report of its eia rer | | have seen this Lycopod growing out of d pus p seven 
d 
e 
n 
je ri 
all the kinds that have ever Бача Qa way into being (so he said) the only one he rod seen in Ts 
European collections, distinguishing the varieties and | capable of vying with the Бош American 
— the synonymes. All this might be accom- | In this expression he is tax y Dr. rx with | whiore me gas was kept pretty short with 
plished in less than 20 additional pages, while the gain | “ exaggeration,” the Ко meaning no doubt to | 
to the eral — the non-scientific — reader | assert the claims of other In dian Orohida, je wave | plants of dodo hardihood out of doors, it is best to 
mean 
. Indeed, unles ch 
“ help ”as this be speedily provided, I dread to think and with no purpose whatever of dis a: ME : away from them, and to cover them over in severe 
ofthe confusion in nomenclature that must soon set | charms of V. gigantea. Ра here Dr. Lindley is taken | vaa with om e open material, ИК. as leaves or а 
i 2 i JOrchido-mania is s i rie to tas B. aie turn M M. Lemaire, who seems to | pie e of an mat. 5 Dawson. [But was it not 
ain to expect the b ers of | regard the arks I dd asa direct had Lycopodium h Bolveticum ? ] 
E. 
e Күлү prehensive work as tha t ошдон d is T. redoubtable enda (of which he lately. el Strawberries.—Allow me to ask whether it is in the 
already беба is for the labour and ex pem ' an excellent figure LE ede ' po ie of aif rover id p British Queen to assign a 
ич for its р iction would be so great as to Son mice idt had owered finely in Belgium), and cause or suggest medy for the occasional utter 
0 chance of A to the рее, етеп i he | like a true knight he maintains the attractions of his failure of о: РА plant daring some certain 
vas none other tha an Mr. Bohn himself! АП there- Р т; with considerable vivacity, and erideniiy. winter seasons, І have grown the British Queen with 
fore that сап` be dnd is to take advantage of works | thinks Mis can be no “е exagperwion | in the cas | great care a MEA med uecess for 12 years. І cultivate 
dedicated like that of Mr. Williams to a particular| In corroboration of M. Lemaires views І was за! the land for | its злет nearly 3 feet іп | dopth, intro- 
tribe, and introduce into them complete lists of all the | to hear that the А, һаа lately flowered in great | ducing a variety of new earths and rich manure, and I 
plants in cultivation = bo their attractions what they | perfection, with I know not how many spikes, in some am generally rewarded with abundant and magnificent 
than two 
may—belonging to such tribe. suburban collection. This was doubl satisfactory as fruit. I never let the plant stand more 
here is one шаг vx ence observable between msi the beauty of the plant, re gea roving too | seasons; I mulch the bed in the autumn, taking care to 
the озуле of = ЕСЕ = nd that of Mr that when well established it readily Dont its mes disturb the surface with the fork as little as possible— 
e form bati Mice ly to their | to "perfection; many of these in the more recen d 
Vorlátioné foc the su ply. or their Orchid- | — individuals having pep. aid T | remarkable for their pti mig mildness, almost the 
t, while the latter mainly relies upon careful and | here I k how the ia de tablished second year's plants are 
skilful propagation. Either system has its attractions. Vanda i is beginning to › dominate | over its fellow No dying. Z. ` 
Ix у 259 +о = Williams if you want a xa boast of so many first plants. е list of Timber Clearing.—ln your impression. of ‚Тап, „31 
riety a particular species, "put must repair to thes ow comprises V. suav xa А ум sm V. | (see р. 102) you invite 
Clapton f. aed, have confidence in your own judg ment, etm Үз, hi lon ME Lowii, V. gigantea, V. Paid concerning the removing of large stumps of 
wish t eculate in improved plan But | carti, V. v d V, teres, to which ihe Bishop of | m In looking over an American paper the othez 
В, ci ai x1 extensive an importer ag ion others Winchester ["^ E added У, densiflora, ub Linden п | дау the following novel plan came under my notice, 
in the trade, Mr. Williams was fortunate in being the V. Giuberti (a —€— thing) and ow V. | which may be interesting. The writer says that he 
Hookeriana. Flo of the и aro now бейте me; | removed а large stump from his house in the following 
into the gardens of this country, "не s has tidy | they rival in size those of V. ter ich has a some- | manner :—* In the fall with an inch үг he bored a 
established itself as a popular favo d no| what similar habit), but are perfectly distinct, The | | hole in me ты of the stump, es deep, and 
wonder, for its РА mottled їй, even if. its | lip is the wow in the genus. Serap | into it put half a pound = e of vitio, and corked the 
flowers сз worthless, would n days ensure it a | p TEES hole up tiem In the s 
place in every collection. Such indeed Is the rond. extending throug all. heir ramifications, were so 
итоге for тайермо сүтүм ede а horticultural Нот e Correspondence. rotten that they were eni PT b ^. This seems 
Jacques E mpted to exclai Benthamia /fragifera.—Your correspondent in Wales, to 2 т - LT mee ing stumps 
Seed the he wear." who speaks of the size and general appearance of some Tüchings End по, Gardenan to C Chari » М, eeking, Esq., 2 
is, will be glad to learn that there Е 
And it із really curious to note how ће maxim are specimens of це plant far бене r than those which |  Winter-blooming Orchids, —0n дө ЭЕ хори o ME 
| pondents lately d о know the names of Orchids 
bloom ar in the w саш I have the following 
species now in Phi :—y. ænopsis amabilis, 
he mentions. Some few years ago, ai un I was Mis 
political. economista, that * demand creatos зарру? 
s in Cornwall there were a ^ many Bentham а. 
i g in he gr 
MTM AE ed to the domains of Flor 
empire of Plut For no sooner had t k 2 
ese were standin 
d 
specimens; A these some had clear Stems several feet 
n height without a branch, lookin лена аз ч — Бич, a and Pa анов x m 4 
ma 
Ore gan 
make their appearance, with the sure Sapi to popu- 
i at is to be found in blotched or brindled 
враг ! op, ; eof a tre 
n | Many measured from 20 to 25 feet ig, ET РЕ which 
"o in a sheltered place was over 30 feet in height, but 
t was drawn up, and not so handsome а those "that 
stood in more eh n situations, I have seen these 
mander Benthamias rine cov ue with flowers, not 
d 
inet and suavis; ; Lelia ies EM with 148 
on a spike, an d anceps ; ; Cattleya Warscewiczii алова. ғ 
nly t те Mackayi; Lycaste Skinneri, numerous 
ad бо ges din of the blossoms Колай, is x dull а amy white, pee T ED 
Е, : ае very effective viewed from any position, but facem 
CET the folies 5 Vin: euni po by seen to best advantage Е green shrubs s гетд ts E -— Catalogue RU P E ge the Hor E 
Of the last piesn жадын. t the best imen that I | Hollies or A Laurels, Almos Cornish ида Ad A ео x dings,’ оя {ре ed T 
lad eue in Mr. Williams's Orchid | 18111068 possess good specimens of Benthamia. About 2 m ie wi oh ill keit: ings, adet же in 
rw peur а oins Гара. lanis to fall seven or eight years ago I collected in one season nearly | 21648, which wi make it very u use, it has 
DM cor чы аа ду -— now — hed about the middle of letter Ei in the list of 
attained, according to РМ. Lemaire, who td very apt to destroy, evon before it iiri - Tt Зр d a o£: Aei: Po Bud ful de 
several pages of the last number of ti the “ “ Illustration р € if it continues to drag ny g at the same гаф. 
n 
у xc urely, so useful and important a ‘thing as this list 
markable novelty. de ie PANE of flowers, Y ы ау т. es it P y rad Me e E should be, is ee ж x: Bu a little more 
] aves, cultivators, it would | 7.74 of Wi ii and as one of the m kinds of infor- 
А e native sp ation the в Sooiety i is Y to tot P ie а the 
qom Vies 
host in themse а host, b wa у, EDT 
i ar Maxi 
yt 
1 h di les. та 
(2), with rae вооа upon its leaves, has been 
ing t ^ 
ripening at the dullest season of the al е tho sun 
dino" GU Fruiting in Ireland.—I had Анаја р. latter have 
rer 
we 
вее 
жер have borne a hundred flowers on 5 upikwiweubyc КҮ шы that the common spotted Aucuba was з 
vation, perceivi nothi uds about iti 
anc р : your 
2 
ine is the largest number ever obtained in culti 
i collection of Madame 
but Mr. Day has achieved even so much as this. | 95 "^9 " 
Nothine ; | never had been i in i 
чр тула : Карт алад чис эче Мез! srüing he renti importers of Chi "d г убор 
РЬ : 5 À , v ng the “true female Aucu a e piant a 
фы пора», though, paradoxical asit шау sound, all which I have already purchased. I men dee 
M es myg mie n the arrival of ne irue iare rg 
t Sha: tt called to Апеп! 
k them in surprise yesterday one o the men took mo ton 
N сако. безш чатышы are да Ancuba а роне чу 
Witness io te), to the effect that P. P. Schilleriana | for 
never m Er in shady or moist situations, , 
it affects the trunks rather than the branches of mmus 
