100 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Jury 27, 1895, 
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UNIVERSITY EXTENSION COLLEGE, READING. 
ed by Messrs. Sanner, Cer- eae are still extremely scarce, Up to i | ! B 
Gir d hand opened were allotted to M. present we have heard only of Stanhopea Sind The 3 Ne tag! ж He 9 va Ex: 
Jorxs Hye for Cypripedium Youngi, which has long тава, Mire by Mr. Weser, gardener to uw и F LUN 
petals, quite covered with great black spots, exactly Spiyprer, Berlin (S. oculata X S. tigri ina) The or ^ x g lb: бодома aa | 
resembling those of C. Veitchi, whence this fine ain jen crom between S. insignis (Frost), and the р, ҮРЕ ee ч: a Tesche M 
hybrid was raised; to M. PxNAxRT for a hybrid Cypri- S. oculata (Lindley), and was shown b i for- 775 0 С * Ж; 5 Бо те ped r- | 
pedium between C. Stonei and Spicerianum, the tunate raiser, Mr. Maxrix, president of the com- tificate, Jane Fo ae үзө id a uns | 
parentage was plainly shown, the new моиве is mittee, at Olivet, Orleans, This plant, S. gs first year » ergebe р У p Mn qud W T 
very free-flowering, and easy of cultivation, Certifi x (Mantin), is exactly intermediate between its two Thomas war unter, Ley 8, 
cates of Merit were given to M. L. Dz Suzr- D parents; the flower is pale yellow striped with and Charles OR Md d — — 
for Pteris longifolia Marildii, the fronds elegantly cut, brown. The fertilisation took place in April, 1880, except biology, Clau — — — € n, 
the colour very distinct from that of other Ferns, & and the seed-pod ripened in April, 1889; the first all subjects — e wg Ty srt ee e 
noteworthy variety for growing on a large scale; to flower opened June, 1891 ; three plants having already Thomas энин; а іп — a 4 e ology; 
M. Jores Hr for Odontoglossum Wilkeanum ; to Wees are alike, S. Bellaerensis X obtained a First- Eric Dowson; passed in geology, ment Hugh 
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i i he examinera: 
2 j edlin Weston Malet. The following were t 
Sapa old еони 1 dut — — Professor E. B. Poulton, F. R. S.; Professor A. H. 
bracts are much larger than in the t ре, апа Ше i Green, F. R. S.; Mr. D. A. Gilchrist, B. Se.; Mr. A. 
J. W. Axe, Mr. E. Brown, Мг. W. W. Fisher, M. A.; 
and Mr. H. N. Dickson. 
with rosy-blue flowers or bracts. Certificates for 
Cultivation were awarded to M. Jures pg Cock for 
Angrecum sesquipedale with twenty flowers and 
buds; to M. Jures Hye for Cattleya Mossiæ var. 
alba Wagneri, bearing twelve well-expanded flowers ; 
to М. L. De Swmer-Dovivier for Promenæa 
oo with very numerous, small, golden yellow 
CORRIDOR AT MR. W. BULL'S 
NURSERY, KING’S ROAD, CHELSEA, 
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flowers; to M, Szewezrx for Saintpaulia кун or pleasure have ever visited Mr. Bull’s н ka 
with te lovely blue flowers; to M. Pywarrt, for w plants, will have Um 11 
Cienkowskia (Kæmpferia) Kirki, an e ар tastefully constructed range of b ildings кыр 
greenhouse plant, wers unfortunately are i ^ nis block consists E a ge 
ephemeral, but recall in size, form, and colouring central show-house well adapted for tree 
ose of the beautiful Miltonia vexillaria a, A 
9271 for good cultivation was allotted to M. Ок 
Suer-Doyrvier, for a splendid specimen of Иры 
Luddemannianum, a variety reputed to Бе very 
difficult to cultivate, but this example was a strong 
and hundred characteristic and 
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London market. This was many years ago, in 
the infancy of commercial Grape growing, long ante- 
cedent to the extensive culture of the Grape as We 
see it now at Rochford's, Ladd's, and elsewhere. 
mày be sure it did not remain a vinery after 
ee into the possession of Mr. Bull he had other 
and more profitable uses for so large a house. 
The wings of the mm consist of offices and two 
small lean-to plant hou 
he rear are a * of span- roofed houses, in 
the longest and widest of which Mr. Bull displays in 
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and three impo of 
Cartisii, quite distinct ЖТЫН, of which the 
one named magnificum is the most noteworthy, 
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POTATOS CULTIVATED IN JADOO FIBRE.— 
We have been allowed to see some Potato tubers 
usefulness or otherwise of the fibre named as 
medium for growing Potatos, we are still enabled to 
CONSTANTINE FLOWER SHOW.—We learn 
from the Western Mercury that amidst the dust and 
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Near the entrance from the street is а pair of 
Encephalartos Vroomi of great size, second only t° 
some at Kew. Encephalartos caffra is also a fne 
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to prom nte i crowns of deep green fronds. C. circinalis Р 
it embraces, and this found in splendid examples; and the door 
was worthy of high flanked by some msjestic Dracæna australis, 
OE ed " which there are many examples in other parts 
hak the . Specimens of the ^ wk 
Pats nt — — den vouf to Epa D. &. lineata figure the door; it Ў 
exportation of flowers cut from bulbs fees ín that very desirable variety for the cool co! 
cipe Seaforthia elegans; S, usta (Еһорао t 
markets, it felt by many of the prin- specimen plant of . Elis ite мн) puis 1 Are 7 
growers and balb merchants that th ; the plant was splendidly grown and sapida, specimens with stems three feet high, ® and 7 
Dors is one of our leaves measuring 10 feet in length ; Phoenix inter | 
ЖИН, Р, reclinata and P. rupicola, a most 
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peine Eon RAL m Stow us to change this atate of things, and i 
: » species, This by n letes the e i 
ТЕ noticed, у our Paris corres Ж ко alow London and English nurserymen ап oppor- Cycads and palms, Put it will enable the reader 5 
meeting of the Orchid committee. a ne 4 ; , * form an idea of the larger plants in — a 
and interestin w the Society decided that the show at the "o X 
1g Stanhopea raised from seed, Hybrid should be held earlier in the ее тебі -— i ачуда — remarked "— th tall stemt a 
ctica, the hardiest species, | 
