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or во out of bis way. But we are given to under- 
stand that this bird is so painfully shy that the 
cracking of a dry stick, the occasional sound of 
the axe is sufficient to diffe : “out cf the cover” 
(whatever 8 that may be), a course which 
it seems loth to adopt nn: an army of beaters. 
A, C. Forbes, 
ELMET HALL, LEEDS. 
А ттеу of the picturesque rockery and other parts 
of the garden at Elmet Ha ll, the property of J. Н. 
the gardens 
the establishment beute as ever, the rockery 
bright with 1 alpines and 
other herbaceous ни. g 
of the lovely dwarf blue Myosotis rupicola, the yellow 
and purple Arnebia echioides, of blue Gentian, 
species of Edrianthus, Androsace, Lithospermum 
and other plants of similar class 
beautiful, and the herbaceous 
П and strong growers 
bewildering mass of varied colours. From the man- 
sion beautiful views of hill and dale open up on all 
sides, and care is taken to preserve the ами of 
the scenery from the very walls of the house to the 
vanishing point, the intervening space of garden and 
pleasure ground being arranged so as to merge into 
the distant landacape, and this object is mainly 
attained by keeping a large unbroken ехрапве of 
for flower-beds containing Pelargoniums and other 
ly denominated „еМ plants, which 
to mar w otherwise be 
Tue Orcus, 
In the glasshouses & collection of Orchids was 
and the flowers found specially adapted for cutting 
for use indoors, additions have been made, until 
now а large number of plants of showy species are 
remarkably well grown, and occupy places in most 
of the plant-hcuses, as well as in those devoted 
entirely to Orchids, Perhaps the greatest succe: 
has been attained with the cool Orchids, the range 
used for their culture being at the present time 
filled with some hundreds of strong plants of a good 
strain of Odontoglossum crispum, chiefly established 
мешн though there was a batch of importations of 
year, which are making satisfactory pro- 
few other species of Odontoglossum 
were in flower; but О. crispum, in its various forms, 
i the favourite here ал їп mort o other gardens, 
with its good crop of fruits, is 
utilised for growing 833 го 
derianum, of which there are many plants, 
ntrance, pend spikes 
bearing each three of the ыа fleshy and singularly- 
„light orange - coloured flowers; the plant, 
which isi ina basket, was growing luxuriantly. Ја the 
wea 
anum, O. S 0. ee чуй elata— 
noticed to be standing n 
bras tura-tables, which have the merit of pontesing 
THE GARDENERS’ 
. colouring of its pitchers. The bas 
vinery were Ferns, Palm 
holders for water in the lower division, the upper 
half on which the plant is placed, and which revolves 
easily, allowing the plant to be readily turned round 
for examination or to alter its position from time 
to time as may be found necessary, in order to cause 
sides. The n 
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Orchid- gro were, aud some rather heavy revolving iron 
stands are in use; but these ке опев, invent ted and 
patented by Mr. Kitson, are2 way in advance of 
former things of the kind, and eels difficalt to 
improve on. 
In the next house, the show of flowers was chiefly 
furnished by Dendrobium, Cymbidium, and Masde- 
re were in bloom a lot of 
matica, covered with 
pretty Phaius Owenianus, Nanode 
Melee) Maxillaria Beslan, &. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
In the large stove, a few Phalænopsis were sus- 
pended among the Nepenthes; and of the latter, 
a specimen of Nepenthes Curtisii with two stems, 
displayed a curious dissimilarity in the form and 
al ones are of the 
ordinary form, and profusely blotched with dark red ; 
the upper ones more slender, and perfectly green, 
without spotting. Some other good specimens of 
Nepenthes were N. x Mastersiana, which is un- 
doubtedly the beat of the N. sanguinea class, and a 
favourite everywhere; №. Rafflesiana, and N. Mor- 
Also in the house were some well- flowered 
Stephanotis floribunda; at one end being а collection 
of Stanhopeas which are very healthy and in good 
condition to flower. 
Passing through one well - eropped " we noted 
large bushes Rogieria gratissima covered with 
owers, and uantity of Аара yielding 
a profusion of Gloxinia-like blooms, Inthe llia- 
ilies were flowering, and in another 
ғ, &c,, and a nice display of 
Gloxinias. This lofty 8 vinery range 
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and planted out; and other houses were filled with 
small Crotons, Dracenas, Ferns, &c., such quantities 
of which are continually in demand that Mr. Bonsall 
must exercise considerable skill and forethought in 
preparing the supplies in different stages, such as are 
in the Elmet Hall Gardens. J. OB. 
THE WEEKS W ORK. 
THE окон 7 HOUSES. 
By W. H. WHITE, Orchid абу. pute En. 
PLATYCLINI FILI 
See: ced n now in etes Platye elinis fi . 
may be a gem, its slender drooping 
racemes of its golden-ye| ing espe- 
cially gine The flower-sjikes are produced 
from the cen the young breaks, which 5 this 
particu — are only partly de t is, 
therefore, necessary sedit hae 
copious supplies of water намы} it until the pseudo- 
зг су нт while. th plats wb 9 
- is in flo 
ould be sponged 684, After T th . 
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growth recomme 
leaves in a plump condition, f. 
the undersides of the foliage ШЫ Has im Й. * 
of insect pests, bung carried out. 
CHRONICLE. 
[Joy 13, 1905, — 
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MISCELLANEOUS. —A aweet-scented and prety 
trum tigrinum, whose cultivation is easy when 
plant is suspended in a shallow pan on the shady ih 
of the hottest house, Me ty а 1 mall quantity g 
peat and sphagnum- moss if the roots are mu 
covered with compost they ае apt to quickly 
and the leaves to spot in a similar manner to 
both species while 
Nane of water at the root to keep their И 
YSTOMA  THOMPSONIANUM. — This | 
another отау little sre: t 
and its flowers, if pres 
considerable tim 
admirably in a shallow pan, hung up close to à 
roof- glass ; i Imost the same kindi 
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the shrivelling ot the bulbs. 
judgment ів required in watering the m the bul 
being very liable to decay The Eulom 
guineemis should be treated in the - Ee | 
CATTLEYA nt poet in C. LAWRENCEIN. 
C. SUPERBA HILLERIANA, now Qr 
mencing to grow, should e placed in more wa 
. To be L 
example Нет 
e shou 
but soon after the Ben fade; but any of the ott 
varieties named m 
afford pe» g even to * 
compost, and afford no more till each plant 
becomes ОРЕН de йгу 
THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 
By Joun LAMBERT, er, Castle, We 
MUSHROOM —Horse-droppings ! 
again be — үөр ( 
roduce from these beds will foul 
for haste i in t 
lover, Furze, &c 
of v: use in ш. fr cult 
BRUSSELS 8 Lid planting 
useful vegetable should | now be made. These 
will not grow so tall as earlier plantie 
calcu w 
A still later planting ma 
weeks; these will give the 
burn and produce small, very solid 
BEANS.— The last sowing for the 
may be a about this date, Lm erence 
early podders, as Mazagan 
een Gem. АП of the is 
pry of tall growers, should be top 
e 
h 
ing the = ne kind of sup 
weak to в 
GARLIC AND SUE Rat may be be ҮП 
tops te рзд of grs i — 
thinly in the 
clean e the soil 2 Аан 
to 
LEEKS.—The present is M good time 
main erop Leeks, s ways plant, 
trenches, like those mad As 
So 3 they are 
weather, Leeks will, 10 
