Fesavary 16, 1895. ] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
207 
ss 
. tage IN 
TAE hap co on on a trade of 
Param efers to Balat one of the tt 
valuable ae 3 of Sarinam m, and says, the 
tree which produces it is widely distributed over the 
without the wasteful extermination of the tree should 
havea positive future value. Better means of access 
f working are required before the expenses 
of penan form the proper proportion of the value 
ced. * 
. as some of our readers will no doubt 
remember, is the milky elastic juice which flows 
from wounds made in the trunks of Mimusops 
5 aa the product has had somewhat of a 
chequered history. In consequence of the substance 
lata is shipped 
from Parimaribo are the United sare (to which the 
balk goes), Holland, and Great Britain. 
Oa the important subject of ae and 
the export of fancy woo 
ie (Brosimum Aubletii) is 
exported ont of the map y 
Eis Hat l woods to be found. It i 
a 5 England, and the Uni ae 
States of Ame a preter 
— — ͤ ͥ—j0— 
on AS ee SPRINT .. 
BERLIN. 
ame time past we bave bad here a har 
mg & great deal of snow. The daily snow- 
hi am soh are scare ) o are 
i. ids are very much in request, and 
(Caan tively good condition. Snowdrops 
us) in pots 
Wii pots, came very late, the first not 
ty G. Elwesii is earlier than 
ses in pots are not yet seen, 
: ginn 
a — they are already sold. There is a demand for 
= te alien Re but they are sold at a high price 
85 Roses are wired, Forced Syringa i is goo ood, 
ia “i it was better. Medeola 5 
; = nable ; it is curious that so long a 
5 5 ah this plant obtained the attention 
ren ie n floral arrangements, 
ban will . give gs hope but that these valuable 
a 2 — f 
re sieglected for a long time. 
alittle more appreciation was to 
be noted, especially at the large flower-show at 
Leipzig in 1893, and now they are sent in from 
every where 
PAŒNIX HUMILIS ? 
Under this name I received, two and a half years 
ago, from a German seedsman, seeds from which I 
have raised one plant well worthy of remark. The 
now more or less pinnatifid. The largest 
one is 76 cm. . The opines are about 40 cm. long, 
but only 03 7004 5 em. (4 to 4 inch circa), 14 to 24 lines 
broad, At first they stood straight upright, but in 
Though 1 bave 
seen a great many Palms, I do not remember to have 
re. The pinnæ are as slender as 
Weddeliana, but, as already 
said, four times longer. 
nt, well as its rapid growth 
= Asri pes: drought, make 2 
especially valuable, Dr. Udo Dammer, Friedena 
CORDYLINE CONGESTA 
Ovr illustration (fig. 29) shows a plant of this 
elegant g reen-leaved species, which has been grown 
in a Meg Fook from the time it was 6 inches high 
GROWN 
Fra. 29. 5 1 
VING 
till now, when it has reached a height of 10 feet, 
and having arri "a in uncomfortable proximity to 
peos ceiling has to be stopped. The e 
obligingly 2 us by 28 e gardener, 
Edgehill, Milltimber, Aberdee 
BELGIUM, 
HYBRID CYPRIPEDIUMS, 
Ar the first of the monthly horticultural shows 
which will, for the future, take the place of the 
meetings of the Ghent Chambre Syndicale des 
Horticulteurs Belges and of the Sociéé Royale 
d'Agriculture et de Botanique, M. Jules H 
although the temperature was extreme, sent thi 
ye, 
peas Cypripediums. To protect these from the 
= cold, they were packed in a case warmed by a 
piss ong the a deer raised from C. Spicerianum X 
C. Sallieri Hyea were 
Œ lipe, Z ph 
tion of C. V 
with reflexed borders, the upper part and the margins 
white, with a bright purplish-red mid-rib, the lower 
part pale green. 0. E'éocle is yellowish - green 
in general colouring, the upper half of the 
standard a beautiful white, the lower half tinged 
with brown 
remaining third green, marked and lined with hand- 
some purplish-r ed. C. Surprise in general colouring 
le are pale green, the r part 
atreaked and spotted with rather W | ; 
staminode pale dull yellow; lip glossy pale outsi ide, 
inside dotted with cinnabar-red, All these hybrids 
obtained a Certificate of Merit, the last of them par 
acclamation 
rid, the parents of which are unknown, i is 
waved, “and _— speckled. It e a Certi- 
ficate of Meri 
. Flam vent is, in my opinion, the best and 
brightest of M. Hye’s thirteen hybrids, The plant is 
sturdy, with two healthy blooms and a bud; the 
flower of excellent form; the standard like that of 
wide, 
daik papii -red ; veins 8 ed; petala br broadly 
somely rr clearly showing the 
he colour is greenish- 
0 
yellow, the upper part 8 er the lower, the 
slipper of excellent shape, well setting o off the 
colouring of the inside; all a divisions of the 
flower are glossy. 
CHAMBRE SYNDICALE DES Horticuttevrs BELGES 
Oa February 3. at the orb Meeting presided 
over by M. VEchevin O. Bruneel, M. Ed. Pyna 
read a detailed and careful Cot ‘on the position of 
the Association, the work of the past month, and the 
progress of Belgian horticulture. a Smet 
then . the Position of the legal rection, 
wh hich, tho g y 
had alr d lected 
debts. Ta * the Chambre heraa lost one 
member, and gained ninety-five new members 
Ch, D. B 
g 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
TREE CARNATIONS. 
r correspordent, “ A. H.,“ asks some questions 
about tee which I will answer with pleas ure, I. 
is now quite time to have the slips pni in, and if a 
good collection of flowering plants h 
there will be plenty of growths.. 
may be taken off and planted in fine sandy iy soil, usi 
small 60-si not use larger pots, or put 
two or thr i in each, , “i ~ 
varieties do not root so quickly as a fe 
variety has to be -off eom 2 
ready. e cuttings or form roots be ] 4 
foreing or g-house, with a temperature 
there should be a 
prop paga ating- frame, and the bei 
2 ought to be erapr in aa ina gels at 
angio — 
instructions were given 2, 
8 > k 15, 1894, as to potting- off and — 
