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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
(Jury 20, 1895, 
The seedling Odontoglossums mentioned by me 
continue to grow well; they require special care, 
and dislike 2 as much as they do excessive 
dampness. Afte a fine Cattleya gigas I was 
shown a C. Gaskellians nobilis with several flowers 
of a very delicate tin : ? 
_A plant of Cypripediam Chamberlainianum, v уа 
1894, still bears two fine blooms on the same a raceme, 
notice, It has twenty er-stems W i 
looms on each; these 120 flowers are very bright 
in colour, Three fine samples of covered 
with flowers; O. mulus Holfordianum leriopteron, 
an каин N with flowers of a very clear 
O. orustum, О. elegantius, with a 
Ns bearing flowers whose ground 
colour is greenish yellow, with а large spot on the 
sepals, and on each 4 ап petals two small spots ; 
and О, macranthum with very large flowers, ener: 
my list of the Orchids now in AP uia Ch, De 
Florists’ FI FLOWERS. 
SOME NOTES ON | TAKING THE BUDS OF 
CH ` 
RYSANTHEMUMS 
Dovsrrzss localit at difference as 
to the best date for this operatio the seasons 
calculations are liable to be upset in some particu 
I like to get a good free growth for exhibition 
flowers, and allow the plants, with very few excep- 
As а rule, I have no 
trouble with the plants showing their crown-buds 
too soon; in fact, many of the incurved varieties 
are often too late, and this in a season like that of 
this year 
The best flowers of Queen of England I ever had 
were taken on August 4, 1891; the plants had grown 
than usual. during the n jug and late p but 
were not stopped in any wa n 1893 several of 
this elass were cut back in May nn da per- 
sisted in flowering instead of growing; they grew 
I never find Lord Wolseley and Prince Arthur 
enough. The best flower of Lord Wolseley I have 
had was from a bud taken August 23, 1 
I find from my note-book three more buds were 
, and five on September 12 
se uite 
in that year; latter, of course, were 
useless for exhibiti year five were taken on 
August 3l, and did “pea in 1890 the first three 
were were good flowers, 
The Princess of Wales family, in челт I include 
Mrs. Heale, Violet Tomlin, Mrs. Culeman, and Miss 
„is very similar to the above in — matter of 
showing bude, Ce. many of the shoots during 1893 
Auguat 81, that 
that pra of! no use for exhibition. er 
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quite favourable to atopping these in any season ; the 
best flowers I had were taken on August 31, some 
much earlier were quite useless, and I ind them 
quite large enough for the centre row on the atands 
occasional 
ies in some 
wont i asa rule they may be left to make а natural 
eak, Т! ily 
and I will mention a fow i of tl the principal varieties, ебіев, 
Avalanche and cresta are classed together by 
pow de Dame, taken on July 20, also peso 9, 
were first-rate ; Crystal Qaeen, taken on August 9 and 
August 22, were poor; Etoile de Lyon, taken on 
July 29, were almost white, but of god form ; those 
taken August 22 and 31 were also good flowers, and 
perfect as regards colour—liberal feeding has muc 
plants were very healthy, and buds w 
July 29, August 9,22,31 ; those on August 22 were the 
best, but were not full in the centre; in 1891, those 
taken on rat · 
„were very fine. 
owing to premature flowering; buds taken on July 20 
and 28, gave fine large flowers, but without colour; 
others, taken on August 15, were perfect, but not 30 
large as usual, owing to having been cut down. 
W. H. Lincoln, taken on July 20 and 28, gave good 
large flowers, but pale in colour; and on August 15 
proved the best date for this variety in 1893. W, Н, 
vers. 
GERMANY. 
Nor Missep!— We read in 
мог "Роад @ we (rete that the Darm- 
number 
of thirty-eight m ot forty firms there established, to 
take an recent exhibition held by the 
horticultural Беш of that town; and, curious to 
relate, says the reporter, “nobody missed diem? 
No one knew the reason for this wholesale non-par- 
ticipation on the part of the trade, Perhaps it was 
to show the Society that they were indispensable, 
and that without their assistance the show would be 
& failure, However, one good result of their refusal 
to show was a very lively participation of the nur- 
serymen from а distance, and the show was ren- 
dered & much more * one than would 
otherwise have been the e 
red! Maréchal Niel Riss was shown. It is one 
of numerous FO ны raised by Dr, Miiller, and is 
the result of a ss between Maréchal Niel and 
General ш, a fact that is readily discover- 
r in the foliage and in the bloom, which is exactl 
milar to that of Maréchal Niel, excepting in colour 
—a beautiful deep red. Of all the seedlings from the 
selfsame seed - capsule, only this one possessed these 
striking sese the rest having а m 
resemblance Лазыми. This red 
; and may never receivea 
x is no business man, but an 
amateur who finds his chief delight in the raising of 
Dm" " 
е se 
n the 
sole possession of certain oses which he 
can — in obtaining still more remarkable 
ts 
A YELLOW-COLOURED KAISERIN AUGUSTE VicroniA 
Козе, 
We read that Mr. Peter Lambert, of Tréves, 
asserts that he bas the above variety, but as yet it 
has not been exhibited, 
A Wurre Sronr or Para Gowrrgg Ross, 
Papa Gontier is essentially a variety for cuttin 
for market, an almost perpetual leu 1 Sy 
early in season, The sport е good 
properties of the type, and is likely 23 to be 
of value to trade growers. It was found in 
the garden of a Frankfort -on-Maine urseryman 
and shown by Mr, C. Р, Strassheim, of that city. 
——— 
Г Gontier is a vivid pink flower, centre buff, 
verse of the petals reddish-purple, Raised by 
Naboanand i in 1882. 
OLEANDEBS. 
These rarely cultivated plants, which are such 
„еы т зит 
were we w 
mann, Ma ence. The vigorous healthy plants 
were abundantly flowered. 
MARKET GROWERS AND 
SALESMEN 
Тнк memorable saying, * Something is rotten 
the State of Denmark," has a manifest dut к: 
the fruit-growing community in Wore estershire, I 
da excursi 
һа т some Ъееп ш ап excursion 
t h the districts o orcestershire, 
and naturally I came in extensive contact with 
that industrious class known as the mar 
deners. It is impossible to view wit 
edisiratioh the wéll-conditioned allotments which 
panying n contents, tha the 
the depression and heart-sickness Pe which I have ly: 
ferred, ae 
fail to meet the cost of gathering ; 
others a balance remains againat the grower, aich 
he is expected to remit, These disappointments, 
together with sundry others of a like kind, are те 
sponsible for numerous and barrast 
ments which the 5 minem fraternity is 
perforce made to endur ces of this char- 
acter have so multiplied ey jaro years that & 
serious problem confronts us, We must either kill 
the patient, long-suffering gardener, “ne” by 
mean & x nati onal read or we mu 
è is deep-seated, 
surface Кй but despite this the obstacles 
are not altogether fnsupérable, Let growers take 
heart of grace, show true manly confidence, : and here, 
to a great extent, a solution of these disa 
experiences will be found, It has been suggested to 
me that the Government rael be invited to appoint 
salesmen, who should be gu 
according and in зоа" н their capacities. T 
commission, together with pa f 
cidentals, I confess I do not like ier pipes State 
interference would be cumbersome, and before it had 
produce should be sold i 
counties, but this contention is too absurd to be fot | 
assoc 
bership honourable and dixil men, and to 
entrust your future success as growers. The 
culties that would at the outset bestrew ko | 
e went on; d: 
аз salesmen would vanish entirely as tim 2 
mutual confidence, forbearance, and collective 
me say, m on на 
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