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THE GARDENERS’ 
rade, 
” knowledge is 8 chiefly, if 
Grant- 
gentleman's arguments, what are the e 
ith those obviously inseparable from 
compared w 
merits of a 7 
an an nurse man! 
re the 
every assistant is qualified to answer most of the 
e I must leave, as my object is to 271 the 
s of a Nursery and Seedsman 
» 
who is up 
to 
s, has a comprehen- 
tional merits that are required to constitute a 
urse 
qualifications 
desman 
” over and eee 
of a mere seedsman 
ve 
the ideal man of practical . through “al the 
branches of the nursery and 
knowledge of plants an 
nhouse and exotic; an inti 
ese acquain 
ntance 
gr 
with all the 3 genera and their species, forest 
ental and decidu ous shrubs, Roses, &c 
best stocks 
< A ges Slate to giv en aspects or other conditions, 
e ‘then with the dual qualification “ Nar- 
Seeds fro 
sery and man” from a practical standpoint, 
where i tical om m 
to disparage the claims of either individually, but I 
must contend he c- 
tions is the man of the future, as employé 
at all events. And this brings me to a point on which 
poi 
I should like to dilate as briefly as possible, and that 
system of apprenticesh 
as regar 
it appeared again in 
pg which attain a 
load 
ing 
ORCHIDS AT MESSRS, JAS. 
SON’S, 
se the 
neral educati 
po 
am firmly resolved that 
it understood) there 
2 
in the nursery 
and seed-trade that its exigencies demand. I mean 
the — — 
r hand, if employers — nd 
stand 
of u soni a 
good general = tpn of, say, 
which might 
re- 
: IUM INCURVUM.—The value of this species 
. was wan freyarntiy 3 last year, it a me 
8 
employed excess, 
arranged grou 
at the leading 38 in Ae e South 
See aaan 
NURSERY 
umber of rare Orchids, both species and 
Goop n 
hybrids, are now in flower 
Nursery, Kin 
ia Phalen 
NOTES, 
VEITCH 
in the 
(rosea leucaspis 
numbers, The jong branching 
a height ot 4 feet in good h 8 
with C blossoms that 
le flowering 
& 
Royal Exotic 
gs 8 20 Chelsea. One of the prettiest 
50 Vesta 
* 
Aphrodite), and which is oe last pen in hybrid 
Ph ape raised by Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Son, 
and who have hitherto aea e wo orked 
in this “difficult branch of Orchid senera in 
media d), 80 o finely 
gardens te the last meeting of the Royal Horticul- 
tural Society; P. X John Seden (amabilis 9, Ludde- 
harming rose- -spotted flower; 155 
„rosea g), a Close ally 
P. X Harriettæ (amabilis 
* violacea), a besntifal hybrid and P. x Rothschild- 
bilis), a large and one o 
These with the 
a ode x Ve ata, now furnished with its pretéy reddish: 
and 
nin a 1 remarkable ai of work done with an 
3 genus. Another pretty and rare hybrid 
in flower is Epidendrum X Endresio - Wallisii 
(Endresii x Wallisii), with terminal bunches i light 
violet-tinted flowers. he spec 
flower are two very pretty and distinct Batteries 
viz., D. subelausum, with peculiarly-formed oran 
scarlet flowers, and D. glomeratum, with bunches of 
1 blooms. 
Among others better known are many exception- 
ally een plants of Dendrobium luteolum, 
which few growers seam in bringing to perfection ; 
the pretty and fragrant D. x ieee nt 
and the old favourite, D. x ianum. h 
warm- houses, Angrecum e Saccolabium 
violaceum, and its white variety, S. v. H 
Amesiana alba; Calanthes, in 
them profusely-flowered large plants, Among these 
the most attractive were C. anthum er- 
um, C. x T. B. Haywood, C. x Lathamianum, in 
many 8 C XG n X Azon, 
Germinyanum, and the last two new ones, 
Minosa superba. n n * Spicerianum), and 
C. X Norma (Niobe X Spicerianum). 
In the cool-houses there war, considering the dull 
weather, a good show of Odontoglossum crispum, 
Sophronitis grandiflora and Ada aurantiaca, good 
d other Oncidiums; the pretty and 
uncommon O Jontoglossum cariniferum, an 
blandum, &e. In the large Cattleya- house, the ocen- 
pants of which maintain their remarkable vigour 
unabated, were some of the plants of Cattleya Trianæi 
in flower, one variety named C. T. rose 
fine flowers of a pale lavender-rose hue, that are 
very distinct looking and attractive 
coloured forms of Lelia anceps still continue well ia 
loom, also a variety of Lelia tenebrosa and 
various other interesting and pretty species, 
A Great Forcinc ESTABLISHMENT Re VISITED, 
e suspect that the name of Mr. William Iceton, 
of Patney Park Road, S. W., is associated flees ee 
with the growth of Palme and other foliage 
popular with and used by furnishers and re 
in London and out of it. Sucha reputation could 
pees be snakes ‘rom mE energetic horticul- 
turist who, during the las 
ae rx in this 83 x 
tity of flowers, the lar 
items of which are Lily of the Valley, Roman Bys: 
eg Talips, Azalea a mollis, &e. When we paid a 
one of the most striking 
wers during winter, Th 
r : osely into boxes, and 2 
put ke each box, and covered with Cocoa- nut 
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examining them, one sees that the spikes bear an 
unusual number of bells of large size, As many ag 
sixteen may be counted over and over again on extra 
strong spikes, and gardeners who en 
d that 
varies a little in each case. Mr, Iceton says his Lilies 
this year have been better däs usual, and so it would 
ppear. 
Talips require more care in forcing. It is found 
that fashion idole different colours in different 
seasons, and e ip i 
varies from eer: 
Roman Hyacinths 
these pay best during early winter, and the stock is | 
now practically exhausted, Azalea mollis lasts 
generally throughout the forciog season, and s 
formidable stock is requisite for the purpose, Lilium 
ub 
date for a plant that usually resents very 
forcing. r me Pancratiums, and a 
and the ee — of Stephanotis that we hare 
T 
referred to when prev som visiting this nursery, 
ield an enormous return in flower. re is 10 
better practice than to N thin out this 
ion of this 
useful climber each winter, and the 0 
necessary operation is the cause of plants in many 
8 
0 
excellent age 
bi ive to be exec 
species 15 or 20 feet high, may be seen in thst 
factory condition ; indeed, anything in this ene 
would bs re nired for the largest, as well as 
3 enen. contract is here. Phe 
cola e handsomest species of this genus 
is next È impossible to cultivate a larger u 
er Wert meet with a brisk demand. P. 
worthy of note amongst these species as 
of L. rotundifolia i in ae health; the ee 
young, dwarf, and strikingly good. Species i 
are very well done, and all the marketable appli 
are in large stock; whilst the same remarka SPT 
equally well to the ever-popular Kentias. 
gracilis is very elegant, an and 
tion of this species. 
popular mah: 75 furnishing as on the 
Bambu e been used a good 155 
ppa hii i is hra plant p 
but during the winter the ends of 0 ; 
eee turn yellow, that ite appearan 
rred, A variegated variety, 
b of the leaves, appears 
this respect, and the leaves seem m 
oe J 
ew other 
ers at different periods of hey. 
a 
umber 
e sold, Livistonas of 2 ai a 
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