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THE GARDENERS’ 
Orcuips AT THE MANCHESTER Royat BOTANICAL 
Ga cQ 
Few private collections can boast of plants in 
n are the Orchids cultivated at 
the Manchester Botanical Gardens. A general col- 
i is not attempted, but the showy classes 
Findlay makes the best use of the rather poor accom- 
modation provided for their ra aaah The Whit- 
aun-week show tunity of com- 
paring the classes of plants — — in the gardens 
which figured in the exhibition building; 
and in the case of tile Cypripedium, the comparison 
was much in favour of the plants in the gardens, 
C. supercili bellatulum, and most of the other 
ahowy speci while even the smaller specimens 
were in fine health. Oa the other side of the house 
mber of plants of Vanda are equally sturdy, 
a large nu 
he lobby and end of the 
and in fine condition; and int 
house was to be seen a good display of oa on 
plants on D-ndrobium Dalhousieanum, Cymbidium 
Lowianum, Vanda suavie, Lelia purpurata, Casters 
Mossi, C. Acklandiz, C. Lawrenceana, C. sag 
deli, Angræcum Leonis, Odontoglossum eitrosmum, O. 
triumphans, O. crispum, Miltonia na poet 
m "o other neg e In the Orchid- 
he other houses at Old Trafford, the 
and 
and th 
=v — arrangement, is ae a eres 
feat 
BELTON HOUSE, GRANTHAM. 
At lovers of Violas and Sapen — see these 
gardens in spriog pom the e lawn are 
filled with them. masses * Cloth of aad 
yellow; Cliveden Parple, myak white with narro 
edgiag of blue; Admirati Blue 
King, aad Tory, dark Sita pelvis, are the kinds 
ep used, one good reason for this ryan that they 
l flower at one time, a few dark Walldowers, two 
kinds of Aubrietia, viz, A. Leichtlinii, eee th 
ordinary form of A. greza, with a few Talips for 
dotting, are the pri neipal plants used, the whole 
forming a picture which is but seldom equalled, and 
is worth along journey to see. I was fortunate in 
calliag just at the proper time, May 8 to see them 
this season in full age one long borè e in front of 
Tais had a 
the e 
band of dark Wallflowers at the back 
broad row of Cloth of Gold Viola, in front of this a 
much broader piece of Cliveden Purple Viola scal- 
pe lle cat half-circles at the front; between the half- 
circles we mall patches of? Skylark \ Viola, i the margin 
To stand at one end and look along the whole length 
charming—the whole of the We 
had done well, and were fall of flowers. 
vantage Violas possess is their nites tse 
for narrow beds, and was seen in an intricate 
en Ce stones, 
way well done with ne, Oae seldom 
in a 
wing for 
ed, 
away gd the summer months, ordinary bedding 
used here. The Violas remsin until 
“The pleasure-grounds are large and well ke 
necessitating much ‘nities daring the spring and 
summer, ze forest trees and conifere a m4 
amorg them y esp-c'ally noticed a large specimen 
of Libocedrus decurrens. Many thousands of Poly- 
e Daisies, &c., are planted around these 
until after the flowering is over. i 
flows through one portion of the pap ey ee 
and has b3en well treated at some tim , forming 
some pretty eee &c., near to 5 it is 
crossed by a ru e. 
Many other interning things may be seen here. 
s lofty, and contains a good plant 
ny Camellias, &c. 
plant-houses, in one of which was a plant of Orni- 
thogalum lately received from abroad, carrying a 
very pretty bunch of white flowers, with black 
centres, Amaryllis had almost finished a fiae lot of 
flowers, and a batch Taberoses nearly in flower 
were by far the beat ever seen by 8 or by a — 
successful gardener who accom mpanied m 
jasminoides growing in this house is a very e 
plant w rien in flower, and it is very seldom 3 
bloom own in an intermediate temperatu 
Surrey 455 plant succeeds well out-of-doors, mht ras 
an “spss winter if on a southern aspect. 
t of Dracenas and Crotons were growing 
in miei division, with som us Veitchii 
le 
n wer- was doin ot of 3 
plants small state for room decoration. A 
small keikia of Orchids looked w me 
very large pans of Cœlogyne cristata had 
freely, the spikes being unusually large 
In the kitchen-gardens—which are some distance 
Nicaise, a 
kind known, es ies in constitation, and a great 
favourite with Mr. Emmerton for forcing purposes. 
tation. Strawberries get plenty of heat, — and 
air, and not too much moisture in the house 
Belton, which suit this variety well. One — 2 
a 6 inch pot, taken haphazard, bore thirteen fine 
fruits. elons were carrying nearly full-sized 
i rench Bea Satton’ 
were plentiful, and in first-claes order. Gardenias 
planted out looked remarkably well. "o Peaches 
—Amsden Jane— rs coming 8 
y 
heavy crop; some o 
8288 renewed, as they have been 
many years ago, and will not recover, A houseful 
of Tree Carnations and Roses borne a tine lot of 
ete had a Violets also, the latter Basy 
wn ia 
Time * space fail — to tell of Siny RN things 
seen, and I — only advise everyone to call next 
spring when the Pansies are in flower. V. H. Divers, 
Belvoir — Gardens, Grant 
RHODODENDRON FORMOSUM. 
Oon figure of this plant, see p. 711, represents a 
remarkable s n, 21 feet in circumference, and 
with several thousands of blossoms upon it, grow- 
ing in Mis. Mann's gardens at Heath Hill, Soak. 
stead, Manchester. R formosum, sometimes called 
Gitront, is aspecies fre m the Eastern Himalaya, and 
naturally branching babit it may readily 
specimer. The leaves are 
small, and the flowers large, white, tinged with blush 
The usual season of flowering is the month of May. 
CHRONICLE. 
NURSERY NOTES, 
WM. CLIBRAN AND SON, surge : 
Tas nursery once limited in extent, ha | 
f 
Mancheater, and for a gene 
It is pleasing to see the different tints of a 
d 
plants as the Pyrus Malus floribunda, are 
of bloom, The Lilacs, too, now in infinite 
singles and doubles, are profuse. The 
grand ornamental plants, suitable for any 
Some of “the Japanese Pyruses, 
e 0 i 
have stood the best, arier. -i urse 
root · actio e gree of 
breed _ suffered me son in 
even they have not escaped. N 
3 useful as Hodgins Holly. 
it here which individualises itse 
pyramidal habit and su roundly-ovate l 
in importance to is the n 
Madeirense ; this a a 
work, its leaves are so coriaceouF, and i 
— 
c y 
putting on a fine sheen of go 
shoots. The Golden Yew is 
3 and promises to throw ff any 0 
the season pro 
seem upon the w í 
alpines, to haye come through the late ice · 
with impunity. The earlier Anemones 
and pretty; the Aquilegias are Ch 
ur points none 
run after here. * 
lant, cularly integrifolium. 
p parti 7 2 
m a 
op, Hypericum caljeinu . 
flower, The rich vellon-flowered ; 
