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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Marca 16, 1895, 
the warm shine of the sun . .. and my chamber i 
the open garden, 
amongst them, the climate being favourable to the 
continued health of the plants. This matter of 
climate has to be well considered, damp accompanied 
frost such as 
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plants are now in exactly the same ede as r. 
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quite so rigid as those in the fra Fir 
planting is very material to the esd of — 
ground 3 either those grown in pots, or such 
as are trusted to the vicissitudes of our clim 
the open border, In the latter case they have not 
peo to be planted Kay at first, but e be pressed 
do -planted a second time when the soil 
When a severe — comes after 
is Bed by — 
snow, the surface is raised by the expansion of the 
water in the soil, and when the thaw comes, some of 
the plants will be found lying on the surface, thrown 
h 
ome. seasons, I believe, even 
w injorious, Barly i in pret is a good time to re-pot 
the yellow- ground Picotees, and they are treated very 
much the same as the other classes. I do not care 
pot- 
which are very < ——— 
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put into 
prote the lights ta until the end of April; but 
this protection should not extend further than what 
d be injurious bee a 
ell adapted for forcing. I do not eee them 
for winter-flowering, but to obtain a display of 
flowers in M. une; for this purpose, single 
plants in 6-inch at. For flowering about 
the end of July in the ordinary course, they are 
potte i h pots. 
A little fibrous peat mixed with the soil is beneficial, 
Douglas. 
AMATEURS’ GOLUMN, 
HARDY FLOWERS Son i ae AND VILLA 
GARDENS (continued 243).—In previous 
papers I have referred . some na Rab to the beauty 
and value of annuals, bo 
there are any oF Gar — nT 
1 pagna reek as as biennial, for ey will bl 
e year after they are sown, ag 0 
e used to eee tuch t things a 
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Hollyhocks from cuttings oi eo sorts. on 
however, by saving seed of the best- ile d flowe 
and these properly Weise we obtain — 
quite equal to the best- named sorts of former times. 
— — — 8 = —— a stock of plants from 
very m n raising them from 
orist flowers can 
raging a quick 
development they will all lot with great freedom 
the year after mens the 
Dianthus,—Amongst th 
biennials, I should neder the Dian 
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S ojt beautiful of all the 
thus Heddewigi 
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the Indian Pink, For 
diversity of working, there is no genus of 2 to 
surpass the Dianthus p During the last 10 or 
15 years the . st has been busy in — oving 
ular rp wers, and his labours have 
n in dy successful, for we have flowers not 
only of fine arge size, but also per ect in 
ontour, are specially adapted to small 
as they are ready in their blooming quartere. Let 
the situation an e, and the ground 
well dug and manured. The plants average fro 
Heddewigi laciniatus—the 
flowers are large and strong, with finely- -cut or laci- 
—— edges; D. chinensis * wigi lacinia- 
ae -pl, oo double flowe The above rank 
most 5 “Bowers, and are ane 
invaluable re cutting pur 
Scabi This is a mars hardy biennial, which 
also blooms andy the same year that it is sown. It 
e thrust into backg Now that people 
e tired of the monotonous lines of arlet, 
yellow, and blue, they are ing their attention 
to these d old plants of our forefathers, e 
Scabious is a fine bloomer, and honey-sweet 
flowe much sought after the bees, Th 
greatest certainty when 
sown on & slight t hot-bed or under a eo tee s, but 
as soon as possible. 
= — m.—This is a e known hardy 
biennial, that produces large heads of rich and 
bea, coloured ace which make an imposing 
display. The seed should be sown in the early 
plants 3 inches apart in the rows. The 
r, where it can be 
make an excellent ten 
itself. Thie is one of the plan 
which the hybridist has taken special pains 7 
during the last few years, and now we on perfect 
8 with clearly-de e colours 
igitalis, or A plant which is bein 
increasingly cu Itivated « every year in front lines in 
shrubberies and woodland walks. The seed should 
be sown — in the spring, and the stronger the 
plante beco e first year, the finer will be 
toon as the seedlings are ready to handle. 
of plants are destroyed or rendered worthless by 
thick sowing, and afterwards allowing the ‘apenas to 
emain long before either thinning o 
planting takes place. R, 
(To be continued.) 
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ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS, 
CATASETUMS, 
In the following note we give a condensed descrip- 
tive note of the fine series of varieties of Catasetum 
figured in the last number of Lindenia, and several 
of which have been shown in don. It is supposed 
hat most of them are natura brids between C. 
macrocarpu C thi; but whethe 
revealed by Darwin, Rolfe, a 
surpass one’s powers of belief, and their interesting 
life-history and manners and customs give them an 
interest beyond that of most Orchids. The cul- 
tivation of these plants, moreover, offers no 
difficulty. For the illustration 44, p. 329) we 
are indebted to M, Lucien Linden 
Catasetum Linpent, Cogniaux, Lindenia, t. cou, 
Flowers as large as those of C. Bungerotbi; sepala 
and petals 3 thickly spotted with numerous 
purplish spots and bars. Lip yellow, greenish exter- 
nally, base spotted like the sepals, Column yellowish, 
carpum, oe is stated to grow in company with those 
species; hence M. Cogniaux is disposed to consider 
it as a 1 hybrid (fig. 44). 
9 Lucrant, Cogniaux, in Lindenia, t. orm. 
. splendens var. Luciani, Rolfe, in Orch, 
Revue, i ii., 336. 
This is also considered to be a natural hybrid 
between C. Bunge and C. macrocarpum, The 
Eto 8 
le Pape ae -orbicular, greenish-white. 
CATASETUM SPLENDENS, Cogniaux, var. ALBUM, L. 
Linden 5288 in Lindenia, b. cDLY. 
Sepal wal tals greenish- white; lip white, 
ee daila iss at the m 
CATASETUM SPLENDENS, Cogniaux, var. ATROPUR-= 
M, Linde 
nia, t. 
Sepals bee spatulate acuminate petals oval 
oblong acum very fleshy, orbicular, and 
CATASETUM sPLENDENS, Cogniaux, var. ALICIX, 
L. Linden et Cogniaux 
Flowers larger than in the type; sepals and petals 
purplish-lilac, spotted and barred; lip white, sub- 
orbiculate- cordate, toothed at the margin. 
CATASETUM MIRABILE, Cogniaux, Lindenia, t. cDLVI. 
Flowers v rge, sepals and petals 3 
lanceolate, green sp ted an 
ae near the base; lip reniform, bright yellow, 
a large purplish blotch on each side near the 
bas edge denticulate (see fig. 44). 
CarasETUNH BUNGEROTHI, E. Brown, var. 
AURANTIACUM, Cogniaux, Lindenia, t. CDLIX. 
Sepals and petals yellowish-white ; lip br broad, 
pom triangular, denticulate at the edge, mar 
mouth of the spur marked with faint orange 
— yellowish, 
CaTASETUM IMPERIALE, 2 et Cogniaux, 
Lindenia, t. CD 
epals and petals ov e 
the base with purple; lip sub- aer i 
a large central reddish-purple blotch, * 
narrow band of white (fig, 44). 
OrcHIDS at THe Grange, SOUTHGATE 
All over the country, and N in the 99 
bourhood of our 1 amateur 
vators of Orchids are ‘sage 
suburban garden, ree Orchids would not 
