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having enormous blooms, So beautiful are these 
k 
decns which will be their equal ; Another house had 
mens in flower of Cattleya Skinneri, another old 
splendid C. bellatulum, C. Godef um, 
caudatum, C, Chamberlainum, С. ‘Cartiai sii, Ca, were 
in flower. 
The next бо was occupied chiefly with Cattleya 
Trianei and other of the C. labiata class, some good 
glossum citrosmum, and some 
In the cool house a few fine e of Odontoglos - 
sum rsd and other Odontoglossums were noted, 
0 
als asdevallia Harryana and M. ignea, 
M. Аша la, A ps eathii, апа 
Ada  aurantiaca; d ightly warmer 
house а fine dis y uf range-scarlet flowers 
num majus; Oncidium 
flowers as large as O, ely 
flowered О. cornigerum, d" six m es; Odonto- 
glossum hastilabium, апа other Odontoglossums, and 
Oncidiums, and a healthy batch of Miltonia vexil- 
laria, The co , 
&c.; and in th n 
garden, herbaceous and alpine КЫ" fill the borders, 
and furnish the rockeries outdoors 
LuppEMANNIA PESCATOREL 
е understand that the Dum exhibited by Sir 
Trevor Tadia under this name has since been 
ate to be a new species, inf has been named 
т. Rolfe—Luddemannia triloba, 
энд, заи МОТ 
у say that continued obser- 
vation in the cultivation at Tomatos has led me to 
the belief that one cause in particular Шаў be 
given for the ит е? of the earlier fruits; but 
m o or a 
warmer closer temperature than i is really за ог 
һе on is afforded, and i n either case the ear 
case it is also in the “three earliest houses” that the 
Don-swelling is most noticeable, a fact which appears 
to give кик my view; while in the “later 
houses : trusses are swelling off all 
right,” * it would appear that the later- 
raised plants, with presumably less fire-heat 
and more sunlight and sunheat, have produced firmer, 
арі t therefore more fruitful, wood. Any forei 
gi nure which would cause the plants 
turn black" in a few days after being planted would 
and small, while the: third йш 
prove of prodigious weight, 
Light, again, is a most important factor, and 
all important so far as setting the fruits is con- 
е еї i av 
inch pots, 
first bunch already set, and some swelling the fruit, 
But at the side of the house there are 18 inches of 
brickwork before the wall-plate is reached, so that 
the firat-set bunch will be about 9 inches below the 
wall-plate, and therefore in obscured light. Whether 
planted with plants out of lar 
bu EP 
have appeared, the two first by reason of their 
position being always shaded, producing only puny 
worthless fruits; the third in full light, bearing from a 
x 20. 
FIG. 10.—LEAF-SECTION OF C. MACROCARPA. 
(SEE P. 62.) 
Fig, ll.—C. ARIZONICA: SHOWING FOLIAGE AND CONES, 
— 
FIG. 12.—LEAF-SECTION OF C. ARIZONICA, X 20. 
— 
dozen to . fine fruits, weighing between three 
and four to the pound. This is not an isolated 
3 ые the асуд result noticed for some 
years past, and with different varieties. It demon- 
strates the great value of fall light in obtaining a 
в, I fear, 
the rule, involving loss of weight, and its consequent 
excess of growth of shoots. 
Too much and too rich a soil, and too much 
moisture, are common causes of failure 
Tomatos. One of the heaviest crops I have grown 
was planted in a cube of 6 inches of soil, on а 
рун atage, with a thin layer of cow-manure 
e bottom, the soil being beaten down firmly 
Jo the plants were put in. The stage was of corru- 
ga S Ket 6 Medes йош Gi d 
The re 
Jointed, and fine bunches occurred in about every 
7 inches of stem, "The variety was Chemin Rouge, 
a splendid variety, that sets freely, and has fine 
e ruit of a useful and uniform size. 
plants, judging by their "pum at 
carried а d 
crop. inly not assi * op 
the plants at 4 feet high, реч cr such а proceedin g 
would be quite right with a late b 
The extreme point of the growth is full of embryo 
bunches of flower-buda, and to remove the point at 
4 feet high would only result in axillary growth, and 
such growths would attain a considerable length 
before eat A become mid again, 
or som t I have planted my earliest 
Tomato Wnts in dent the first batch rarely 
doing much good ; pear to set well, but seldom 
swell of & useful d Gain to lack of sunlight at this 
early date. I am satisfied if I get a good bunch on 
the stem at 18 inches i 
laying it on its side in planting, which I think is a 
mistake, since the Tomato, being a rampant grower 
naturally, is rendered more so by furnishing it with 
а greater number of roots in its early stages. A 
shallow narrow bed of rather poor and firm soil con- 
duces greatly to a good early set; but the plants 
must not be neglected in any Way, and once a good 
liquid manure, and a surfacing of. fairly rich вой, 
Tomatos for planting in cred should be sown at 
ge os ptember, and grown steadily on in as 
ool ure as is consistent with healthy 
row a long season of заду growth being ап 
important factor in very early fruiting. J. 
ROUND GHENT. 
IN the houses of М, L. De Smet-Davivier 2 
noted recently Anthurium M. Georges Mon 
raised from A. Rothschildianum X sanguineum, The 
spathe is rounded, the form charming, with blood- 
red spots beautifully shaded. The upper surface is 
covered with а cloud of dots, mixed here and there 
with sj he 1 beautiful 
- distinct than the other, and bears large spots 
entirely cover the whole surface. This 
s а very — Anthurium. 
A fine specimen of Aralia monstrosa, which is 
ecoming very rare, grows in the ваше house with a 
ade of 
specimen of Tapeinotes carolina, a fine old plant 
which deserves to be more widely grown, 
M. L. Ds Smet-Davivier’s garden suggested Italy, 
owing to the large numbers of Bambusa aurea there 
growing; these Bamboos sh 
more in 
gardens; they are 
At M. Jos. atk знай 
fine specimen of Mitraria coccinea, ан. 
much neglected Md and a good example of 
avi Rhodod n, the green centre of the 
foliage being sante pes & yellow edge. 
M. Ch. Vuylsteke has now some fine Orchids in 
bloom, Iwould mention Miltonia vexillaria Empress 
Augusta Victoria, of fine colouring ; Odontoglossum 
Harryanum, with large flowers, the lips of which are 
of considerable size. The upper half is wide, and of 
an unusually pure white colour, the purple part of it 
veiaed with white, the yellow of the беса section of 
remarkable brightness. 
