_84 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
EE RONICHIE. 
all good collections. 
Man 
mber, they dad benek in iowa: by Christ- 
as, and are still (Feb. 3) regaling us with their de- 
other 
i, 
heiit R both for the above objec ts, oe also 
Am 
erica and 
account. 
do not re 
moist atmosphere of the same temperature as before. ORCHI IDACER. 
eur ee "slightly shaded in belch oe nshine, and air T. Arrey, late Gardener to T, KLEHURST, E aa ses ~~ = meve ae 
admi at all favourable opportunities taking great | No. .—Natural Habits.— ge ae them.—To | ral nh g A ike Aa e eatea Al : 
Gn to oer ‘subj ecting the piep ans Meiza When | understand the cultu: ure of this phe S tribe of plants | Others send their : 
ad a 4 rs 4 the he of | inc che y wish to b the pseudo-bulbs, as the RA a — the Pla 
ae ai SGE tho. ocd of of April, tl t ed with the climate, = and situation, in| grow on the forked branches of tree am oneal é 
in found in a wild s r z 
be staan wees conte a nn ie hy aro found in Some grow on trees in shady situations, near th 
Siarka y every available means, being watere margins of ers = Iakes others grow on treeg 
i more exposed situations; and som r 
a aTa Sethe ri Baring ile ary season fo th birning Taya of a 
bie weaved eon if top-dressing of super-phosp ti sun. Taking all these Ereann into considera 
of By the en e the pots were filled with roots, Ma r d BPTI le eR ie: ne 
i ’ 
= Bs Lie; a4 124 Ane or m m aa A to cultivate successfully here t : Y interesting, and 
as before, wit addition of a sprinkling of half-inch mady e PaRa 2 rR T 
bone-dust. Being potted, they were again removed to aa EERE ii thd of . 
4 ? ; 
roe salen peee oa prety thay adideon ork. spheric air. AdaSipoationa in houses—in pots plai 
dence of bein; ished he new soi this stages; O iy: Ra geet tl the sped 
time the strongest plant was stopped for the second time, | asta o 1 85 a arg ai p ns 
and it produced a fine head of bloom ; I ld here es e ET ae 
remark, and also caution the inexperienced, that it is not | thi Meas go i pedi oe los 
advisable stop this plant later than the middle of tee nae ess ov wero eff zl a 
i ah fe rong gaat ong Se a Te re that Highly | Suitable Hothouses or Habitations.—Bearing in m 
t that t lants require a season of growth 
r flow d that the seasons vary in the di 
of flowers. gyw this ihe Shoat were p ia a inured season of rest, an 
to the open air, and from the beginn nng of August to parts of the world fro e they are br 
October were fully exposed, takin under cover the time of the year, so that almost all the year ro 
only during the ni and on oie, days. During part of a good collection will be growing, and will 
October and Novem! they were képt in the green- quire more heat, m re, and er ; while tho 
house; but being re pn nto an yom ree house, | rest m reduce to be kept comparatively cool, and. 
ata Nome bag Sr fee 5° to 60°, about the first week be th a oot pi the air; it is evident that at 
0 e necessary to completely effect io 
n 
1 
ioa f 
Suc. s the treat ment to which my plants were sub- 
jected ‘ae ati the first ets of their pan coi How far 
ances 
may accord with those natural circum: to which a x 
thi t is exposed in i hers cou moe I am. unable Plants in flower, from even the er p a 
to say, but that it is there e d to considerable heat TONIA CLOWESII. | much longer and be less liable to spotting on the delici 
= the growing season, a as to a low temperature of those kinds cultiv untry sepals sher d gees sae ae = ays dg papa ides 
after the growth is completed, cannot be doubted. With ~ | ever, where a 
tran wana Ec ant el |e em Samer rae low Sorenist ater tude # ar erect “ore, o 
well as plants could fi b of it may be kept cooler and drier than the other 
p n and from the hotte er climates, should, 
kinds 8 growing, 
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time they are in the intermediate house, and breaking 
strong shoots all most vertical buds. These 
shoots, when about an inch in length, will be cut out 
with a part of old wood adhering ; or, as gardeners 
ter z m Sia heel,” and be immediately inserted in 
well- -pots, partly filled with re before-ment 
The cut- 
dra 
Soko; tarot Mer 
ngs must be made aa and, after n 
ati ct 
a Barwel 
firm the 
the 
same manner are spurred in. 
to produce large specimens the plants must * keeling lly 
excited at onc he days 
lengthen ; but i more ordinary plants a are sd ea the 
old stools niy be evict in the greenhouse, and kept dry 
until the end of March, when e 
into iter growth, which can 
—_— bottom-heat, and a moist a 
By the middle of May 
th + 
the e po’ ot : fth 
plant into a clea 
the plant in the, aid yy remove T pan rie 
of the compost, to whic 
=< ha ndfal of bone-dust m added. Return 
Jal 
may be 
you two and so) 
thus making in the 
to 50 t 
re-water 0 
anu! 
r the flower-bud is formed, pot 
epiphytes, 
l as „a very: ornamental 
$ m of the houses is not, in my opinion, o 
| consequence, provided they are 
the Orchis tribe attain a great height; they are 
better plac he glass. 1 
| high inside it will be sufficient for all u 
| I conside Rucker’s Orchidaceous house a ve 
one, a plan of which appeared 0 
the 
ng 
as 
Fen 
ements, pey be studied with Advantage by bei n 
that i b 
suitable for large plants, and for plants in flower a 
nce, “on account of ioe varie ty of for 
r. Barker, a ing am. ee 
Howie (almo aie ) with a walk i the ey 
AVPR Ye is aden ingly well adapted er a "sto vi 
house; the other hee which ‘is more lofty, 
structed I h 
—The bes t known; a nd I may venture to § 
| the oa eligible mode of heating ae org Ong c 
is by hot-water pipes, and if the latter’ are 
| troughs upon them that will hold w: 
| so as to be conveniently and readily kept full durin, 
| growing season, so much etter. 
| system to supply both atmospheric heat and moisture 
the air , has n at I am aware of, be 
tried to any extent for Orchidacese. If prop perly co 
THE 
of regret that I witness persons, especially t 
have had the adva antages of a liber 
NATURAL HISTORY. 
Toap (Rita Bufo).—It is always with = 
al es shri nkir 
ana din 
pressions of h ey 
Gy’ 4 je high $ £, 
pos enlightened or ‘tional conceraing raeh m 
our childhood, as si aE hoo! 
not been already is surprising, sinc 
tive or interesting branch of study cannot be found 
value yond price, e 
REN or as i 7 
the min gi ight di The a 
ing i a a taste for admiring and studying the bes 
tiful works of creation, not 
of useles 
t 0 
it nevér can be 
rile $ e fair 
dices ye "hell 4 
f our beco mir 
made 
85, if not of wor: rsuits ; and the 
f vulga 
=: em singly in sm malk potasi and “plunge them in r Degas >. generally tends to a 
sot hip t, and = may have plants 6 inches in height, in | 65° to more ont 100° Faht. "The Not saves the spide 
sized ape beautiful truss of flowers upon | into wet and e rp je some a rige seasons childs ited but its fears, and when 
enit 1 tet be oceur twice ring the wet season | in ae the > pe are exhibited by the © 
with young, healthy, vigorous | the rain falls ver Sanne poe sissies she es inter- pa rsecution of | animals, nd eve 
til they haye accom- | mission ; whilst RE he as ae ane o rain “Wi ith a vi of ais Ssipating such absurd | 
lish. a this plant i is | occurs, but a heavy dew falls at night. b purpose to sketch the histories ol 
. in ; rept tile Ah ‘hoping that it m see 
ee 
entral America, fon whence a yj tad 
Tomkins, Wales H 
the same nature as 
Ce 
number or ai have been collected and iai to this | 
of 
country by Mr. Skinner and Mr. Hartweg, and as 
those are mostly fine species they are usually found | 
flowers from the inroads of noxious insects 
the greatest service to S in pr eek g our 
ts. 
