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1180 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL "3 [Dicis d l3 
rare and beautiful Odontoglossum Phalenopsis in | variety of the present species with the white plant, without that miserable ET 
ron dm t health, and bearing a spike of its exqui - | сопйпей to the margin. pem and round the pot which. we now so often see 
sitely-coloured moth-like flowers, very much finer, | Ртевіз SERRULATA, var. CRISTATA, Moore in Proc. ben 
‘MORLA than any he had ever Roy. Hort. Soc. iii. 289. dapib. АЫ tol у ` I have th 
been successful in growing before, successful as he | — Apices of the fronds, pinnæ, and pinnules, multifid-erisped. т in hei id ith ge-flow f 29 rit perhaps 
is in Orchid culture. We Memo me that this| Pteris serrulata, one of the commonest of our culti- | tod to a eight, Иши à anre or жинау Шоо MEM 
plant had been КЕРТ ALL THROUGH THE SUMMER | vated greenhouse Ferns, rns, is also one of the а elegant the stems күн around it. Mowi contend that a fins 
IN А GREENHOUSE, 1 в elegance ith foliage down 
into a CLOSER COOL HOUSE, erie it is to к а resulting from the abundance of its long о dike to the pot without, any unt Бабата [2d 
. to remain CLOSE To THE 61455 until next May or | drooping pinn and pinnules, and its value for the done and the sooner we fall back upon that plan tle 
June. When facts like these come to de realised 2 of case-culture resulting from its in "The batter for our reputation as р pint cultivators, — Planta 
by the lovers of horticultural pursuits, we шау |. » its hardihood, and its freegrowing habit. Тһе | (ецбе in the way recommended will require по 
expect to see large accessions to the ranks o h bear А tak TA ihe stopping E they are a) Et to su si pyramidal 
tinner! growers, which have no doubt been kept wilds р a variety now qii AND was met wit th me in ane жч оо, олана 
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general impression of the great expense att iig |to that country. 1 ral babit of К 
the cultivation of. this race of plants, as yo ШЙ акы селат, ЕМ. Шш, КАШ 2 өйне — -sized blooms is far vitas ton fow 
the little enjoyment to be found in view them | and m less drooping fronds, C VET kf ts 
Now one word for the mmn ch ce 
in "i stew-pans in which wy iis was "thought, divided, iis tips « of the gore — as we Epl Ot [33 calle the people's flowers, for they ure — 
x no in 
to be seen that this i 2 a the case, and indeed that ч з їп which consi a its y^ mm fr 
уре жиен adapti 5g 0 eee e every condition, and 
~ А A d under almost any circumstances, In the case 
while subjected to the discomforting conditions | The cr quinto vari X. of Ferns being especial favo: ourites | poom uis x much to be 
again, reg ey that the 
under mid onl ter latel i cl A d. they | with cultiva: ng dar epe that the e pos тр i 
E ъа у ware а RA -"- ey | so useful for Wardinn са ili -adon sita hish plants are so m nical) ined, and terly 
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sed ue] yariotios ot Jum A b reproduo X fron the | The time was when a collection of Pompons would as 
Hu РЗ nearly as possible resemble a collection of Turner's or 
£ Bailey's fancy Pelargoniums—I mean of course as 
tha oultiration on of Sowers min mer uo s do Ч ECYTERTYMISCUVXOGERGMT re © their r le pat th; but instead of this we 
» К di pied Se ell adapted fordüch a uode of CER FLOWERS. now have placed upon our exhibition tables plants as 
. We have often felt some degree of surprise fien ee ee rd urface, and every bloom and twig secured with twine, 
that the hosts of glowing Mesembryanthemums and “ыу! LES the Chry santhemum „Season come and It would be impossible to place such plants in any con- 
some other succulent plan X € suitable habit to be again servatory seu offending the taste of those who 
found in the gardens of here and there a lover of роб by the past, and making resolves for the | gazed upon "e The following s pessu of the very 
succulents, are not more freqüe ently seen employed | f ure. Under these circumstances I ез) sure ће time | best Pompon varie ies "- m — Andromeda, 
for this mode of — which would most e^ not be unprofitably spent in taking aretrospect of| Aurora Borealis, Bob General 
suit them admirably; it is not, however, our presen nt | the rysanthemums and the rysanthemum exhibi- | Canrobert, Cedo Nulli, " dolden Cedo Nulli Miss - 
object to refer further to these, We only wish to |tions of the present season. At rs T would efr to the Mrs. Talfourd, Requiqui, Saint Thais, Rose Trev 
р y l— That he ld at the Agricultural Hall, o Autumnum, Drin Drin, Graziella, T? Beterbouclé, m 
designed for a basket flow ourse, will take precedence, and for quantity it mes. They may be trea tly as the 
It is sufficiently well зод t that Мг. б. Surra, of | f very far, surpassed any previous exhibitions of this others meer that the 'Pompons will require stopping 
the Hornsey Road Nursery, is a raiser of new Fuonstas | А wer; but, on the other hand, к SL ld either of | several times during the season; the last stopping, 
—Íindeed he is perhaps жа д for the production | the plants, or blooms, is taken t, I have no however, must not take "n later than the middle 
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that as it may, there occurred amongst his of | the Royal Eac aeea $ the early Stoke Newington, | No Pis, I ped Ф ert more from imperfect drai 
last year, one which refused to grow upwards, but|and t Pg og ey tuse: vil, I am quite sure,|than the Chr vsanthemum, for сы such ретт. 
persisted in thrusting down over edle aie м the sam nclusi ow this is to Бе | Ње e foliage turns yellow, and thus one of the prettiest 
: to hav 1 for, I [scarcely kno kno w, for те the season | features of а wellgrown specimen is lost. The soil 
too little of the * le" c Бат has been by оле сопітагу the Chrysanthemum is a compound of 
E Ly con: а forists pem but was just ай |it has been an unusually fine one. ud abi o-thirds. cs and one- pedit well rotted manure, 
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е habit how рсе be | a of several exhibito V Daas EAN x xs cm -shells freely Mixed with th the soil will be fou 
LI ry pecia and cante disimilar r from Е hat of other | ye beak as зоне words among Chrysanthemum minm e this ъй - be found | the best a 
varii No upright stem was developed, (5 the|growers, but which this year by|for dra In all s liquid manure should be 
Mob. оғ the асова were dir downwards, | their absence. 
iving out branchlets and flowering freely: having Tt has been stated that the improvement which has| Let me E offer a few remarks upon plants grown 
in fact a thoroughly dependent or drooping character. | been effected in the Chrysanthemum is due rather to|for the special purpose of producing specimen blooms. 
Now as Fuchsias are very good me тй E ADS | improved сй ation than to the vobi of new | We will suppose the selection of sorts and of plants to 
of basket-culture which has gro pular, | varieties; and to a certain extent this is true, for we re been already made, and that we have reached the 
the new Fuchsia dependens Rer "probably Б bust to | find such sorts аз Lycias, Lucidum, Formosum, Vesta, | month of April АП that is — hes ag to 
be especially suitable for being grown in this way, if|and King still holding their own. How soon they will wer: ihe plants perfectly free and 
in it does not put on an entirely new face when - to give place to others which are both newer and | also from severe frein which lat ars nde y^ jugi by 
it comes to be propagated. At any rate it will be|better I wil not say, cgo T among Salter's cold frame. As pots me 
w inquiring about amongst the novelties of the oS d of this year ome varieties which are | { Шей with roots t the ey may be shifted into larger ones; 
ensuing spring, iby those who adopt this style ofj unsurpassed by any that 1 dave $t seen, and I have | not as in the case of specimen plants put immediately 
decoration, and we invite their attention to it. о hesitation in saying will es : uisitions ие. - blooming pots, but gradually shifted on 
to the most select ооо ion. For would one size to another, till they get up to the 
| mention one called Prince Alfred, a ndis riens i | bloomin ng pots. The advan ше of this mode of proce- 
NEW GARDEN FERNS. ren za tifi - чае зт ure is, that the теа never а - 
PLEO esi e colour is a silvery в the ing process is Ча. р у 
ree зе piste реттүү унуш те E 2 this ів а first-class varie ti: Then Pri pr Wales, an | secured. This ripening i is an essential elem n ће 
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зе: A variety called General Bainbrigge deserves | strongly M than in the present year, іп "мев 
M 1 Perna, t. d. ором ABOS S uaa Hooker, pecial mention ; ; its colour is gode yd cinerem M Ihave met with a collection of wonderful p pass - 
Fronds " Clyde, a ve owy flower, and | they ет n pots wonderful as to size, certainly; 
lan mg er faclus, cupidat | —— M e e well adapted for a specimen p ih think I never saw plants so fine before. I have also 
pee m a E М v сө. the, ш pper surfaco along| Опе of the hat among Яне: flowered imr, a this season seen a — ралы кын їп пш 
m meme сс атра а th small white үн which, ks y, make but very little € way, at|bloomed in 48- and for quantity о 
пие velas ФЕИ ali evidént babeat ; dori ín. T CT {Е for t о ар, али ve and Eo o or three antin the plants or rather the рне 
: nearly terste, and, as е costa and margin s spes Y mn d will be fevouritco), i el e ч мз бурзай» ок Ai from the large over- 
hnic MO GN NUES сиз omisi: "blush flower with yellow centre. Among | potted'plants. I conten 
j one called in its 
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duced to England by Mr. Veitch, of Chelsea, from | tipped; this is as near perfection as I ever Saw a|fowers, unfit for exhibition, or even for d 
Borneo, whence also i t has made its way to the collec- SIS an abundant bloomer, and of good ha bit, each | rative purposes. Hence, I think, little or no stimu- 
tion at Kew. Iti th and full i ,|lant is required until the bud is formed; then it 
with the beauty of & smooth-fronded pinnate Fern . Iwill now offi k the culti be applied gradually with advantage, withhol 
having ca — e pi inns, the interesting. му arking of i 1 it as the bl h 1 of the varieties 
upper в single tier | As the habit of the вно sorts varies Es it ма ir bloom d by in middle o Е 
EN м. к Pen vi và ТӨ vigoro : 
the intervenin g space pre ааг gn The tail- | wou P pr suggest tbat a ч аилы should. be | be orem TUE. cde sr Тыл before said, they wil bo of 
like extremities of the pinnæ to be rather less | made ose varieties which are stocky and short | little the bu bud can be seen, 
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c than in ҮЗ Javanese plant. jointed i in s their habit, and of decided colam, such as | remove боону өрчү to th cA 
2 а moderately thick creeping Julie а а vère, res j Monnt Е mirr ra лш Dr. | vigour of the plant. into "e bud. 1t is as these 
1 ly rhi ie ce, ce А1 р 
and drooping, о dea M Ni Sor handsome Qe eje за ie. produce really fine specimens the|advantage. 16 is i o "remembered that several 
Fern for cultivation on blocks or in lacte. е baskets. | Ат lants should be меле A at eem Select the | branches е = a plant, but only one bud 
he pi distinctly stalked, alternate, 6 incl - kers from the old them|on each branch. e-8 its are not to 
more in length, and about an inch in breadth, the fertile | separately into 60-sized pots, place. them in a cold heben The plants must kept free from 
and sterile ones being uniform. Sir W. J. Hooker|frame, and iet them remain till April; then shift earwigs, and especially f aphis, 
both in | them from the sixties i ming pots, which 
і Р. ақ of Pes wi success will be bly certai 
Java aud the Philippines, but this has the white scales Lue ee say eleven inches іп diameter.| Iwill add a uli a Tist of the finest заба for producing 
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e pinuze, and appear blooms:—Abbé Passaglia, brassy ber; 
ure, s0 the veins are not evident m break uniform. ly at almost every joint, and thus а еъ foy Rua; Lady Russell, shaded shaded lilac; 
to Blume, there is, however, a Xin Беа алышу at at once the foundation of a! White Globe, white, fine; Cassanăra, white, slightly 
