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to iiho genus Myoporum, but its numerous ovules 
proclaim its affinity with the order Scrophulariaceæ, 
in which family Lindley placed it. Benth an 
Hooker, however, have placed 18 Å jie s et cis 
at the end of Solanacex, together with some allied 
genera which form a little Rodo ae the two 
orders, 
ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
ORCHIDS AT ERCY LODGE, 
WINCHMORE HILL, 
In the gardens of Walter C. Walker, Esq., 
ost compact and thriving uie 3 — 
h of London is to be found. 
In it an unusually large 1 of good and 
seen in flower at all 
not eee many having also been | shown er these 
garden meetings. 
Buko yèn the hard weather departed iai a very 
fine show of Orchids come out hern re, some of She 
Ke 
ir long time in bud on account of lac +k of 
sunshine, now with the brighter weather rapidly 
developing and expanding. 
e commodious intermediate-house, span-roofed 
range, in two gs sions, built on a plan designed by 
Mr. Geo. Crag, e gardener at Percy Lodge, suits 
the class of . grown pe the great masses 
of Lelia 2 in the first division, and the 
Odon in the sie. being sufficiently 
vigorous lies even such an exactin * amateur 
as Mr. Walker, who daily renews his ac quaintance 
ot aithar 
improvement or decline, 
In front of the first house 
each side, is a 1 asd we must 
tically arranged—display of Orchids, the slender 
stems of the brilliant scarlet Epidendrum radicans 
carrying its fine heads of bloom far up to the roof, 
where they mingle with the bright yellow of oot 
citrina, and other plants in flower suspended over- 
On each side hang over long sprays of very 
fine varieties of Cymbidi 
them tall branched spikes of Oncidinm ampliatum 
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and extending far back 
n, C. 1. Schroderæ, and some ve 
pain” C. Trianzi; fine plan 
Wardianum, D. nobile, and very | 
state; a - plant of emt Mendelii; Lelia har- 
lla pact of Arpophyllum gigan- 
our e 3 plant has not 
for years, and hence, probably, its 
for too-frequent repotting 
which is here showing ir Bower profusely, though 
many keep it for years without seeing it bloom. 
Also in flower in the same house are Dendrobium 
Dalhousianum, Cypripedium callosum, good speci- 
mens of Van ee. V. suavis, Oncidium Caven- 
dishianum, a e-flowered form o ymbidium 
eburneum, varieties * Cypripedium insigne, and 
various other attractive things. 
In the cool-house division is a great show of 
re tte on the Odontoglossums, at presen 
bloom being O. triumphans, O. m me ulatum anceps, 
O. N O. cirrosum, a number of plants of 
Lelia albida, Odontoglossum ewas — 
Sophronitis grandiflora, &c, Here the specimens of 
Oacidium macranthum and Odontoglossum Edwardi 
thrive remarkably well, and show strongly for bloom, 
On the last occasion of flowering, one spike of the 
latter had 240 flowers, 
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y other things a u 
eect being Cypripedium caudatam, C. Chamber- 
lainianum, C. concolor, C. Lawrenceanum, and other 
Cypripediums; Cattleya Forbesii, Broughtonia sau- 
guinea, Dendrobium McCarthiz, a ve ry fine speci- 
d 
the results D saison to bo 
object in garden is more nearly attained than in 
the majority of 9 gardens. 
SWEET PEAS. 
No one has done so much toward the improvement 
of Sweet Peas as Mr. Eekford, at his seed-ground 
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3 of one colour on ye 
unbroken supply of flowers from the middle of J, ane 
the same time in October, A frequent mistake is 
to sow the seed too thickly. Sweet Pons, like edible 
Peas, require sufficient s for P o of the 
haulm, so may be 
— as e these a continuance sg bloom is 
red, metimes see plants 8 feet high, and 
aalen 5 feet long. There are so many conve- 
ent means of utilising Sweet Peas as <a 
rdu plants, that no cultivator need have any diffi- 
culty in adapting some of them to local conditions, 
I grow my plants in clumps of two of each variety 
by the side of the paths in the kitchen garden, where 
they make a charming display, and are conveniently 
attended to. Some gardeners sow the seed in Octo- 
r, with a view to getting an early crop of flowers 
in June. The method may be successfal in sandy 
soil, but I would not advise the system in the case 
of soil that is heavy and retentive. 
Four plants in one clump will give much better 
e. bi will double that number. The seed 
wn by the end of February, to allow the 
lants a res season of growth. I prefer to sow 
five seeds in 33-inch pots, and gak them in a cold 
frame. The soil here is hea retentive, bese 
oots, 
I transfer the plants to pots 54 inches in diameter, 
employing a compost of two parts loam to one of 
partly-decayed horse-manure, When potting, I re- 
move the fifth plant from the pot, as this was sown 
to n= pea a 1 fallure. Directly tendrils 
is 8 for th 
open, su 
In the meantime, the sites in the open ground will 
have been prepared. A space of 3 feet between each 
clump is allowed, the wen. is dug out 15 inches deep, 
a shovelful of partly-rotted manure is placed at the 
bottom of the hole, i having been first broken up 
6 inches deeper. roots run fully 18 inches 
deep, and during a pad summer they require much 
moisture, By planting-time a small basin-sha 
hole will be seen, this will be of use when 
su Directly the planta 
are put out their permanent stakes should be affixed 
so that no check to the 
perc The stakes should d 
tead of drawing them closely together 4 he top, 
as is generally the practice, they should stand quite 
free, allowing space in the centre for the plants to 
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an increase of light and air, and the yield of bloom 
is in proportion, Should the weather be dry, — 
ance jen water ought to be given to the roots, and occa 
sanie Man ny pers rsons make a mistake 2 
not e ee blooms sufficiently often, The more 
r and better they continue to 
tion. Foremost of all in 3 are the white- 
flowered kinds e erican-raised Emily Hen- 
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charming variety; exceptionally 2 in gro 
and strength of its flower- ste The standards are 
white deeply een Lene pink; the a i are white 
with a faint trac blush. Mrs, Eckford is the 
nearest approach a yellow we yet have, although this 
tinge of purple on the wings. 
self, short T Bis Nai very pilin Lady 
Penzance is somewhat small, on short stout stalks; 
the colour, bright rose self, is pleasing. Emily Eck- 
dards suffused reddial- 
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and sometimes four blooms. Mr. 
lain also belongs to the flaked section ; 
the eee white, is heavily ia 
ose or crimson. Lemon Queen has 
blush standart, and wings a trifle plát, evidently & 
ge Prince, standards bright 2 
towards autumn the 
pink. 
blue keel. Gaiety m 
lain, except that the stripes are purple i 
Salopian has wings of bright rose, 7 
standards good. Robe is 
coloured self, quite a charming colour. 
veined with blush r the 
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ight r self, ne 
Basing Beauty, vag ge a deeper , 
tandards than olyneux o 
