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outside with considerable success in favoured s 
in 8 England, but o 
found it rather more . than M. comm 
This —— is not at all to be despised for its ide, 
which although somewhat small, is liked by some 
persone, being agreeably perfumed, In order, how- 
2 
spots 
the whole I a 
CL 
species we have one pr the handsomest 
In 
planta — the cool conservatory or 
W mae 
W, 
O). 
(Pe 
Fie, 24 oP gr visi HE DEBILIS * e RAY: FLORETS BRILLIANT YELLOW 3; 
1 B! 
ever, to fruit it successfully, it should be planted out 
in a sunny position under — nina is much the 
better mode of 28 
can be effected by faking . 
ripened shoots, or by layering, which T have found 
to be a quick method of increase, will, in 
addition to the red-spider, causa trouble if not closely 
looked after, and scale is sometimes troublesome. 
E 
FS 
y explanation that I can offer for this is a ve 
simple one, viz, it is a plant which attains to a 
height of from 
ection of stove a 
3 
grow too tall for that purpose. At home, however, 
it is a plant that can be strongly recommended, 
flowering as it d on whe y good 
and distinct things are not plentiful. Given the 
entral bed of a con tory, where it could be 
planted out, I know of nothing i season wh 
an surpass it. Its white racemes of flow r 
freely produced, and resemble the finer varie 
ties of the A a. In houses of ordi 
out this species of Clethra can be kept fairly well 
in bounds, by stopping the stronger upper shoots, 
rather liberally watered when growing freely, If 
planted out in the open border, the addition of some 
tain the soil in a healthy condition for a longer time 
than would be the case were peat alone used. In com- 
a small healthy example, for if thus taken 
would be possible to check its natural 
ward growth. Any actual pruning should be 
uttended to after the fall of the leaf, when also the old 
with an insecticide, James 
[There are two varieties of this Madeiran 
plant, one having emaller, and one with variegated 
leaves. Ep.] 
(To be continued.) 
HORNAN S ag a VAR. 
MERIFOLI 
* the . rit our 9 . 24), we have 
showy Composite, a ve of Texas (see 
Gray, in Synoptical Flora of North America, vol. i., 
part 2, 1884, p. 273). The stems are 3 feet in height, 
of a purple colour, mottled and scabrous; leaves 
irregularly toothed. The ray r are 
1 
n effective plant pe renn 
border for pooping on the turf, or ee in 
** wild garden 
ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
CATTLEYAS FROM “eure NEW 
JERSEY, 
From the collection of E F 
. Roebling, Esq. 
which is one of the most extensive in the United 
States of os tare Mr, H. T. * the * 
dener at ds a box of superb forms 
Cattleya Tris, which, notwithstanding their le ia 
0 and in a remarkably fresh con- 
the best series of fine forms of C. Tria 
we have seen this season, and each of 
kinds, by its beauty and dissimilarity from ordinary 
forme, gives a good reason why it should be dis- 
tinguished and recorded 
Cattleya Triar ci“ Miss Emily M. Roebling,” and 
which bears the name of the eldest daughter of the 
house, is a charming flower, with pure white sepals 
and petals, and similarly clear white side-lobes to the 
lip. The base of the lip is light yellow, and the front 
oe of a clear 8 with a distinct white 
rgin. C. T. Miss Ellen Roebling” isa very large 
and capris variety, with broad w 
petals, which appears the most delicate pearly 
blush. The lip is pale lilac, e, 
reat of the flower makes this peculiarity 
The sepals and petals are of pure white ; he bane of 
the lip white, ch 
Up the centre of the lip eee 
and left as 
which diverges right it reaches the front, 
which is of a peculiar ligh ge ae eed 
ordinary and attractive flower. C. T. e arren- 
has flowers of the C. he 
T. delicata e a i 
sepals and petals "np pasie i the lip pisi rose, 
with = broad oran 
3 ts a veritable giant, of the 
