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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Marcu 16, 1895. 
but in a costly form; but no one is more com- 
petent than M. Pierre to furnish a compact Flora of 
i ia, si ell as his 
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include principally the collections of Schomburgk. 
The flora of Tonkin is being studied by M. Franchet, 
In 1886 I laid before the Académie a review of the 
firat collections sent by Balansa from the north of 
the Delta, and also those gathered in the south by 
YAbbé Bon. Since then Balansa has made us 
acquainted with the flora of Mont Bavi, but the 
mountainous northern regions, andalmost all Annam, 
remain unknown. For this country the “ Flora ” 
account or poaniet br 
French possessions in India paa eee and 
too scattered to render a general fi ecessary. 
A catalogue of the plants of — ur 
been begun by M. Léreillé, who 
consult the Museum which 
working there, en and botanists to furnish it are 
plentiful in the n of Africa, In 1882, M. Vallot 
Seer the beginning of A — alogue of the Plants of 
negal, fo ones her 
ected o 
ce 
then we — received interesting collections from 
a 
by M. Hud, bere 4 
— =m account of the plants of Mada- 
whose large atlas have already appeared. His 
materials were the ectio: _ ernier, vin, 
Richard, Pervillé, &c., and the recent ones of 
MM. vae S ee Hildebrandt, Scott — 
Douliot, &c. 5 is so rich in Madagasc 
plants as that at è the Muse Each importation in- 
eludes some new species, Thes stady of the Comoro Isles 
is not commenced, but made sere thanks to the 
researches of M. Humblot. regards the French 
Antilles, with the flora of which M. J. Poisson is 
dencies of Guadalupe, Desirade, Marie-Galante, Les 
Saintes, Saint Barthélemy, Petite-Terre, and Saint. 
Martin, which require investigation, 
M. Drake del Castillo, when the Flora of Polynesia 
is finished, will begin that of French Guinea. He 
will continue the 8 of the lamented Dr. Sagot, 
who published in des 
beginning o 
es Naturelles 
a catalogue of the plants of this 
THE WEEK’s Work. 
THE ORCHID HOUSES. 
By W. H. WHITE, Orchid Grower, Burford, Dor, 
ELDORADO and its several varieties 
are well worthy of attention. These plants are now 
corner of the Mexican-house, their cultivation will 
present no difficulty. 
eriana, T. = i T, e . 
and T. Veitchiana X, are now pushing up new 
growths from the base of the pseudo-bulbs, and as 
these plants require fresh material once a year 
and over these a layer o 
roots may peoe 3 ‘the nat 
buds show, 
rim of the pot, yan all oe to their base with peat, 
loam, and moss re are parts, adding a few handfuls 
of clean crocks d to the porosity of the whole. 
After potting, de pe — bulb to a neat stake. Plac 
them in the lightest or available in the East 
Indian-house, and the nearer are the tips of the old 
pseudobulbs to the 3 the better the chance 
of the plants flowering well. 
th 
ber ed must be sparingly afforded; but when the 
w growths lengthen, an come more 
plentiful, it may be increased in quantity, and when 
well established an ‘pene a application of weak 
liquid manure wil 
ZYGOPETALUM MACKAYI, AND OTHERS.—Z, 
Mackayi, Z. — Z. Sedenii, &c., that require 
repotting, sh 
the same iztar re as that recommended for Thunias, 
and growing them in a well-shaded position in a 
warm in 
DENDROBIUMS.—D. MacCarthie, D. Huttonii, 750 
rhodostoma, D. O' Brienianum, m, D 
riantly if placed 
and periodical a of the foliage should there- 
re receive atten 
TTED AND TOP-DRES8ED PLANTS.—In 
where species of Aérides, 
* Saccolabium, &c., have 
-dressed, the night ag 
ys 
he a the middle hours of 
ted whenever practicable, 
closing the Magi ema sed. 2 dampiog the 
floors, stages, & o., early in afternoon, Slightly 
syringe pee Dendrobiums that are sA n bloom ; 
most of t ipediums will a appreciate a 
slight dening o overhead, but carefally avoid syringing 
that were mentioned in a former 
co 
A 
g 
E CATTLEYA-HOUSE, AND OTHER HOU8ES.— 
with a moderate quantity of air allowed wh e 
8 is dans; both divisions will now require 
am ng down morning and afternoon. The Mexi 
of 2 P “early in the afternoon 
8 and thoroughly — i floors, &c, 
1 us named species 8 be —.— D 5 
es 8 p well up tothe 
light in this house in —.— position their — bui 
will, now the sun’s h 
g, soon push out 
and develop ae highly-coloured blooms, 
overhead at leaat 
once a d ndd ee 
ay, and during ht weathe 
three times a day, Sim il treatme a ch ould b 
requires ag Hookeriana, wi . N that 
ny position in the E - 
se to 2 it successfully. 888 
ventilators freely. 
h A 
orning and evening will suffice og me own botk 
for the prese 
HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
By W. — pues * Highclere Castle, Newbury. 
TREES,—See that all materials 
watt i for tn kind of work are in readiness before 
are suf- 
a start, as the stoc 
ficien y advanced in growth, which will be meen a 
la 
buds are just 3 sre leaf, 7 shoul 
proceeded with. Ac of kni one — 
heading down stocks, an pies — ag — size, 
for the m more delicate te parts of the Work, should * 
„ two- 
clean and wel- ur- 
nished with dormant wood- 2 
P, OR TONGUE GRAFTING.—For small stocks, 
or ran Tasik the ends or leaders on w 
slight shoulder at the od 52 — this cut to rest 
e top edge of the take a thin slice 
of wood from the stock, — pradene correspond- | 
aying the fpes first rub 
the clay over the point of union, so as to fill up 
all crevices, then take a ball of it ‘of the required 
ing off the job, aad pre the pei 
firmly — — ng all es and se 
ane a of 
grafting i is better suited for renovated old stan 
-trees, or for i 
t on the scion, and gently rai ed 
bark with the handle of a budding-knife, or a piece 
of sharp hard wood, nearly to the bottom o of the slit, 
then insert the — pen git down as far as the 
cut extends, binding it round careful and claying 
he large — 80 clay should be 8 z 
PLANTS UNDER GLASS. 
poa H. SMITH, Gardener, West Dean Park, Chichester. 
PACRIS.— Plants — son — flowering 
ve shoots e a — 
4 in water for tw 
ee is better 
uns. but this takes a long time, 12 it is cong 
all plants from a nursery where they 
CLIMBING PLANTS in the conservatory shoal a 
neatly tied-in, and all bare places laces covered lovely 
. Bougainvillea 2 makes & 
climber in a conservatory, if the tem 
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