Marcu 23, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
“My WEATHER- WISE Priests Me iia 
d to be pre- 
b 
to the sky, wind, fog, 2 — moon, &c., and to ssi 
past ot ble weather consequent upon the conditions 
these natural objects, To be enabled to foretell ins 
b 
he will 
find many kindred interests, The era oth the 
W. Bracxwoop & Sons, of Edinburgh and 
London. 
THE First Crocus.—The first flower of a 
as been 
being always noted, 
dates 
ary 22; ; 1894, January 21; 
1895, January i (before the sl frost). 
MEETING OF THE BRUSSELS ORCHIDEENNE.— 
At the last oa no fewer than seventy Orchids 
were staged, ollowing were especially interest- 
AROCQUE, flower of 1 re Lig bright 
Comte pz Bousizs came a plant 
sepals broad, clear yellow, with an almost 
white ae at the base of the petals, broad reddish 
dots are sprinkled over the centre and base of the 
petals ; lip white, with a es we > spot, and several 
little dots of a reddish tint. O. Pescatorei nro 
varie iety, the flow uc 
flashed with lilacy-rose, especially about the. Gae 
there are some small purple dots in the centre of the 
divisions, lip with tufts of very bright yellow and 
radiating featherings of carmine-red; Cypripedium 
Charlesworthii from M. Cx, Van WamseKe has a 
large standard, sped ger 3 the edges, petals 
furnished at the a large and effective 
Ade; Triansi var. 
ceps var., from 
owers — unusually dark 
colouring; Cymbidium eburneum from M. LIxDRN, had 
a beautifully coloured flower, the lip was Ad AE 
form; Cattleya rien ec fro 
n ual v E colourin a 
lilacy-rose, ne Mp well marked and coloured ; Cypri- 
i um from the e exhibitor is from 
C. ee it ue a standard like 
that of the latter, petals and sabot like that of the 
er; Dendrobium nobile nobilius, from M. LINDEN, 
is a brilliantly coloured variety ; dontogiosenm 
m, from M. Mapovx, was represented by 
feveral good vari leties of which one was pure white, 
another very pretty 
tepals darker than the centre, a fine raceme; O. 
EKE, flowers eee 
ble i 
Cattleya Trianwi, with a very dark lip and 
two spots united at the top and separating at the 
base of the 11 M. 82 eee ‘exhibited Odonto- 
Rossum ae plant, with a beantifal 
1 lip; n e — 
to AN Laxsn and bore a Peel ‘towed — 
that on Tp same 5 ote as previously mentioned. 
EN sent Phajus tuberculosus, 
eath: 
mith dark purple; M. Lrypen exhibi ie Oji 
m Lowi superbissimum, with a eber lip, 
on background of pure white a blotch of rich 
“ammine-purple, The same exhibitor showed Mas- 
devallia Schroderi, flowers of good size and colouring, 
also Cypripedium Lathamianum, with the standar 
almost entirely white, with a very broad midrib 
purple; also Dendrobium nobile var. Phillipsianum, 
of a pale err hap * M. Moens sent a 
2 . 
na 
across, and —.— Tuai ‘150 trusses of aka this, 
and a fine specimen of Cœlogyne cristata alba fro 
M. Linven, obtained certificates for being well 
bloomed. Ch, De B, 
BIRMINGHAM ee MUTUAL IMPROVE- 
MENT ASSOCIA 8 usual 1 
meeting of this associ — was held o onday 
evening, the llth inst., in * Athletic Institute, 
Mr, W. B. Larsam in = chair. A paper by Mr, 
T. Bepparp, gardener to Lord Lerem, Stoneleigh 
Abbey, on Cordon-trained Gooseberries: Varieties 
and Cultivation, ” was read by the Secretary, Among 
less room required for na them than for bush 
fruit, t the grea 
could be done, asia’ facility for quicker netting. The 
Gooseberries are planted 9 inches apart on t 
he walle, 
FIG. 49.—ABNORMAL FORM OF PHALNOPSIS SCHILLERIANA. 
remarks by several of the members on pruning, &c., 
the meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to 
Mr. Bepparp for his paper. The Birmingham Gazette, 
h 13. 
AMSTERDAM.—The —— Exhibition to be 
held in eee n the t year has a horti- 
cultural section, in which — are entitled to 
ost important err in the pro- 
w, to be held 
from July 6 to 8, together with an exhibition of fruits 
and vegetables; a general exhibition from Jaly 27 to 
313 a similar one from Sept. 14 to 18. On Oct. 10 to 
17, a great igh se of fruits and vegetables is 
arranged, W on prizes will be awarded to 
ere of Engl Apples, Pears, Peaches, 
pes, 8 en — isas fruits. The Grapes 
n bunches, without either branch or 
Mi J J. P. R. Gals t, 
Mr Bots, first secretary, and Mr. P. F. LAARMAN, 
tary. In ee these periodical 
Ne e „there will be a permanent display during 
the whole duration of the exhibition. 
FROM THE FIRST REPORT ON A PION 
isco 
very on this day, remar J. F. 
te kind of Misleto parasitical on the 
branches of Pinus excelsa. I originally found this 
within the border 
It is published i: 8 Flora 
CHRONICLE. 
367 
under the name of re minutissimum 
The Zojl La is rather a gore 
Kashmir side, the Sind 
Valley is beautifully Wel The different climatal 
conditions prevailing on the D i 
b 
he pass 
„287 feet. Some interesting plants were found on 
the ridge to the west o 
n elevation of 9000 feet. It 
occurs also in other parts of the Himalaya; and on 
the Black mountain in Hazara it was the cau 
2 
on 
8 
principle rennt in the plant, whilst others affirm 
that it acts mechanically as an irritant, and is not in 
any way chemically poisonous, Dr, Aitchison, who 
has given much attention to the subject, and has 
witn many e ponies having been poisoned 
by eating this grass, believes that the symptoms are 
produced by some kind narcotic poison, A 
disappear and the mal r recovers rg 
are sometimes given. The e 
not of their own accord ‘at this grass during the 
spring and summer, but in the autumn, Dr, Aitchison 
says, they do eat it. If this be so, it tells somewhat 
against the plant p 
against Ee only mecha- 
nically irritant properties, for during the autumn 
months the rough awns of the spikelets are fully 
developed, 
PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.— Hints on Family 
te Mae By Mrs. J. G. Barer. 
udes 
Bonaparte.) = "Plants without 
Earth, (London: C. & E 
on 
Street.) Lehrbuo der Biolog Pflanzen, Von 
Professor Dr. F. Lupwie. (Stuttgart: Exxx. 
London: WILLI & Guide to the 
Cultivation of Vegetables, Flowers, e. By F. C. 
Erfurt. —A St Text- Book of 
0 
wey H. Vines, D. Se. Second part. 
o) — 
Syp 
(Scan, ——— & 
PHALENOPSIS SCHILLERIANA. 
TuE gaa bag. (fig. 49), from a esia Kapas 
sent us Trevor Lawrence, show 
petals —.— to x deggie form ; the ‘tip also 
much reduced, na 8 
enough, the peut odes} is unaffected, 
PLANT PORTRAITS. 
Mechans’ 
AQUILEGIA CANADENSIS, Linnæus, ' Monthly, . 
FES ORT wb 2 Ls Jardin, Webraary 6. 
CympipiuM GRANDIFLORUM, Var. 
Le Moniteur d Horticulture, February 10. 
HOME CORRESPONDENOE, 
WINTER.—On m my way 
PRESERVING CABBAGES IN 4 
home ge the Gres 3 tain wan telling m 
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