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THE GARDENERS’ 
delicately. tinted flowers of various shades. In a 
shelter the many plants of Edelweiss carry their 
woolly white heads erect, and in several parts of the 
gardens are large patches of Narcissus poeticus and 
ita double white variety, the former being Mr 
Broome's favourite ebene and the en e one of 
the most useful for cutting. Along the borders is 
a fine 3 of ae Polyanthus ial ebene 
owers, however, are now on the w ; and 
occupying ki stretches of edging, are iie rows of 
A nny Hill, and 
bloomed as to nearly co 
cultivated in gba ond ve eee k: that the 
ome of the tenderest back, they 
have already recovered, and are well set with 
flowers. The sunk —_ partly walled in and 
partly enclosed by ornamental and flowering shrubs, 
is a be nook, in e the rarer alpine plants, 
the h American Cypripedium spectabile, C. 
Tar s, and other angen Orchids are 158 
ee On the rockery on on the 
ifferent varieties of ioe Phloxes, ‘he eee e 
pervivums, and plants 
Rosa rugosa and its 
past. At the end of the smooth green lawn an orna- 
mental summer- house appears, the 8 on each 
side bein ed Ste Roses, mollis, 
and other showy flowers; here, too, are Seats of 
the blue ccelestis), and a 
quantity of Anemones, which are very 
spring but are now past blooming. 
Tue ORCHIDS 
still occupy the old houses, though a nice block 
f is approaching completion 
The collection is chiefly noted for ite fine varieties 
h 
C. Mendeli with over thirty large blooms, and beside 
it the handsome and distinct C, Mendeli rubicunda, 
vith eight flowers, wholly tinted of a bright light 
rose, the lip being ruby-red. At one end isa fine 
form of Lelia purpurata with thirteen flowers, and 
at the 
several | 
with them are Sobralia macran Cattleya 
Aclandiz, Dendrobium suavissimum, with eight 
also well 
C. niveum ‘class 
a number of fine C. bellatulum, C. niveum, and C. 
represented, 
Godefroyz being in bloom. Dendrobium thyrsi- 
florum and ove eee. 2 = fine, the D. 
ardia: king wths. Vanda 
ll at “Senay Hill, pte Coelogyne 
its accommodation, and 
flower, and L, 
* ee e eee Ja 
iy or some speci- 
Regs ot she ee section 1 * 
ur ; y fi 0 a Mr. Saill, 
the Orchid-gr te at Sanay mi, keeps these alwaya 
oist, and in a er of the house where 
there is an „ and the result is most 
The cool-house has a good number of fine Odon- 
dale eee Laaer ere Ace bad &c., 
the greenhouses are a 8 of aeaea 8 
3 Lilium Brownii, I. Wallichii, and 
other Lilies; charming 2 of Schizanthus retusus 
ra flowers, and which 
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B 
a ami, cover 
are grown to perfection ete C 
the drawing-room, Mrs. Broome has some 
cleverly-arranged vases of cut Orchids, in ee the 
fine golden sprays of Oncidium ampliat ro ee 
strong spikes of Cypripedium ee pendent 
toglossum ci ae an assive 
their beanty 
give at least o 
Visitor, 
ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
cay aa CONCOLOR een 
Sts 
5 
of its peendobulbs seemed to promi 
extraordinary size, and these have not belied the 
promise. Its bright-coloured flowers are more than 
2 inches across transversely, and the fine labellum 
1} inch wide, the bright orange edges of the crest 
and wings of the column adding much to its 
attractiveness. The inflorescence bore ten flowers. 
Like all of gs ame e from the Organ yee 
it succeeds which is maintained a 
tolerably dii eee J. O- 
CYPRIPEDIUM BELLATULUM ALBUM, 
A most beautiful albino of Cypripedium bella- 
tulum is now flowering in the collection of Sir 
Frederick Wigan, Clare Lawn, East Sheen, to which 
the above appropriate name has been given. The 
flower is potless 
the centre of th ode, an ite t 
size and shape. Farther, the entire plant has 
all the purple markings, the underside of the leaves, 
as well as the scape, ovary, and bract being entirely 
green, and thus the 5 extends throughout 
the entire plant. It . 
Moore, Assistant Superintendent of the Shan States, 
the gentleman t are indebted for the 
discovery of the beautifal ee Charles- 
orthii. Several plants are in existence, and were 
distributed by Mesers. Charlesworth & Co., to whom 
they were sent by Mr. Moore. It is a ee 
distinct form, and undoubted isition. 
R, A. R. [Shown at the Royal Horticultural ‘Society 
on Tuesday last.] 
e CHARLESWORTHII 
RM hes 
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e * 13 + 41 Ce Oh 
eanth 
5000 feet above sea-level ; and very recently it has 
been gathered in qaite an opposite direction 40 miles 
h-east of the Jake, or some 60 miles from the 
place in which it wes, originally found, It appears 
i=] 
ticular , they, — looking at the hill, will tell) you 
whether C. Charleaworthii will be found there or not, 
If it occurs at al), it will be in eion quantities, and 
not a plant will be se on neighbouring hills of 
different shape or form The roots ee to the 
rocks with peel spi se Orchid R 
ONcIDIUM H#MATOCHEIL 
This is a native oe Trinidad, and, acccratag to 
Mr. Potter, writing in the June number he 
i i e 
Th 
and O. Lanceanum, Mr, Potter „ various 
evidence 
in support of his conclusion. 
ROUND BORDEAUX. 
'REYERAN has, at his country house, a charming 
winter-garden attached to the billiard- d 
there many and splendid Ferns form the greatest 
house, 
where are sturdy plants of C. Mossis, Warneri, and 
CHRONICLE. 
[June 15, 1895, 
Lawrenceana, in excellent health, as are 
very large plants of Cypripedium, &e. ‘The po 
here, as in all the other houses, are ed ieee 
a 
large plants of Cycas revoluta, 
Two other houses are specially devoted t 
of which plants M. Treyeran collec che teat 
ties and species. There are ny Cate Claesi 
unusually well-grown examples of C, a 3 — 
a Monsig, 
; Ci Te ae an elegant 
de petale, 
of an unusually dark shade, rains of the 
maritime Pine are found in quantities 40 kilomėtres 
(25 miles) away from the borders of th 
ab 
its splendid colouring, many examplesof Cypripedium 
Chamberlainianum bloomed „ some fine 
plants of Cattleya Schilleriana were seen, 
w plants, among which was a Bromeliad 
with leaves of a very deep red colour, 
Besides these houses, there are others devoted to 
the cultivation of Azalear, Gloxinias, &c, All are 
well kept, and attest the high degree of horticultural 
ill possessed by the proprietor, M. D. Treyeran, 
one of the most energetic of Bordelais horticulturists, 
TIN Canuzac’s Praxrs. — M. Martin 
Cahuzac ie President of jeie Soc:été Hor- 
ticole and Viticole of La Gironde at Bor- 
deaux, has a summer residence on the heights 
re surround the town, and whence he enjoys a 
agnificent prospect. The flower-garden w 
cee the houses abounds with Roses and Car- 
e r 
e of Bordeaux, the plants are in €: 
condition; perforated pi ve allow of the flow, from tbe 
end of 3 until September, of an 2 water 
which : 
es the maintenance of t 
mum, 
fi 
schildianum is there, near an Eulophiella Elisabeths 
In another beute we noticed a splendid Phalænopnt 
with purple ; also an interesting collection o. 
There is here an unrivalled Pritchardia 1 
and a beautiful eee of Areca sapida 
argenteas. 
M. Vipeaup has conservatories in the e ; 
Lelia anceps. 11 
A second house is devoted to Oneidiam * wih 
ge of roots and bulbs; O. t 
with unusually fine bulbr, M 
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