[Avavsr 10. 1895, 
162 THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 
"well as pain. Is t Mt Mn Mme W large uncut leaves; Adiantum Bellum, useful in Care must be taken not to have peat too 
to be also deprived of Barron’ rvices, winter; A. tessellatum, one of the finest of Adiantums; moss too 1 
or may he continue to hold his bo of yarobal til 
the end the year, and then become a member of 
the body of h he has so lo the secretary ? 
To deprive that committee of advice and knowledge 
h er man can give ssesses, d 
tion to that effect would create A asam the m 
ave regre n's fortune 
have earned far and wide a most distinguished repu- 
dd feel otherwise, 
e 
to the effect, but it is 
d bite Y a — e till after the 
тууна season, Ер.]. 
D-KIL vei can fully confirm the state- 
"ment in the note i week's i 
t ав 
ip. e 
down, to be used the next day. There were 
several | in the enclosure, and my attention 
was called to these licking round the drums, 
more especially on the uh where, with А jolting 
of e railway а cart, together with the hot 
ther, a little 
i u or what i 
for. PF, — it is prepared 
NEW INVENTION 
THE PATENT STAMFORD HOE. 
Wes hoeing the land amon ly- 
kitchen-gard closely-ranked 
d 
34 
es of the plants, With the 
3, p. 163, no such injury can be 
r$ being done a with 
A. Кок, resembling A. Birkenheadi; 
rhodophyllum ; A. tenuissimum, differing. * little 
from formosum, and other varieties. plant 
newly put into the market this ge маң -— for 
beds and borders, is Raellia Makoyana; Begonia 
Duchess of York is also à илен iih introduction. 
Among the Pandanus i m 
houses I noted P. javanicus fol. 
gated with white; P. Baptisti, des "elegant, f 
velvety with a double yellow line along the m 
sedens. Mach t o be 
Eucharis tai, è which is baja 
valued for its useful qualities. Among the rimas 
М. rosea arm and M. Louise. Asparag 
sed in Germany for * 
ur poses; * corcovadense, also used as an 
indoor plant; 10h. alzinei, an excellent 
exican Fern, atd Asplenium laxum, deserve atten 
on from plant lovers. Vriesia splendens major із 
an excellent plan o Nidularium rutilan 
with its pretty rose tint; and so is Rhodostachys 
anding, А nu f Dracena lentiginosa were 
Gj;mnogramma growing out-of-doors. 
A New HORTICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENT. 
A new ^ mue рш oo has gradually 
been eatablished i ssels, and is now quite 
completed, and N созбай» some thousand 
plants of Cattleya and of Cypripedium. It is MM. 
Linden who have started this enterprise, and we 
think that when it is open to them, plant-lovers 
will tind much to interest therein, In this, a brief 
preliminary notice, I will only say that, built on the 
plan of l'Horticulture Internationale, this place is of 
sense ja › and fulfils all 
requirements for the cultivation of Orchids. i 
Linden will erc cultivate choicer species of Orchids, * 
are preparing to raise some new varieties. 
this purpose they are collecting considerable был 
tities of oe Cypripedium, &с, that they may 
make careful selection. Erected іп an open situa- 
tion, ‘eas there is no lack of fresh air, this estab- 
ment starts with every chance of success, and is 
sure to take a high place among Belgian nurseries, 
p de B, 
SEEDLING ORCHIDS. 
Вахе much interested in the hybridisation of 
Orchids, it has always been a wonder to me why so 
few seedlings ever came from the millions of seeds 
sown, Years ago I sowed а pod of Cattleya Dow- 
iana x C. Warscewiczii, and a glorious crop of seed- 
ре іп due time appeared on the basket containing 
the mother-plant, for it was the surface of the basket 
that I considered the best place for seed as well as 
parent. They disappeared in a most 
BELGIUM. 
M. JACOB MAKOY ET CIE, 
this loss, sow seed on Fa te or pans, and do 
not let them ever get too dry, or the living seed will 
shrivel, I have to-day examined about sixty sow- 
ings, and I find invariably that the the seed is rmi 
ting far better, when the 
na- 
enough water for the 
he seed plump, and it soon shrivela, 
upon, Water very carefully, so as not to fl od the 
seed up the pot, and treat it as a delicate cs With 
all the care and attention possible, 
Some pods contain ia very little good seed, Isowai 
one to-day, L. Crawshayana, that had 
but a few fertile iets to thousands of Chaff-acaley, 
Uader a strong lens it is very eas | 
and bad seed : one contains veritable moisture Andis 
transparent, the other is a silvery-looki 
To raise hybrids when Nature cannot do it will be to 
unite Colombia and Mexico, a triumph that is worth 
trying for, De B. Crawshay. 
SOCIETIES. 
COTTAGERS, ETC., HORTICULTURAL, 
YTH'S. 
J 25.—I have already noted som» of the finest 
Roses ic the two 
worthy of t 
But ae Aera prizes were offered in the ams 
teur classes, "S Saplar from these was not satis- 
factory. The ory Garden an э its products, s 
conspicuous alike in the ts and in the 
garden, nme а и things, ит Roses, 
may be w this district, мй it is hoped - 
that the tm Obfect- Сретан by the е will 
in a vigorous effort next year to pull the Roses of 
amateurs "p to something approaching high tri 
In other өй the St. Osyth show was well arranged, t 
richly furnished with = productions, The first Sehn 
who had ges ei ción d 
„too it was pleasing to fini e 
Royal Ноне ати "Society of London offering through Mt, 
W. Watso e Banksian Medal of the R. H. 5 ub. 
cottager who — ount of money in prizes 0 
the show day. ti was йет dren, who 
in. four classes, 3 (amateurs) contained twenty" 
classes devoted to fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Section 
contained c n of fruits, a nd a collection d 
cut flowers, open to all comers. Section 5 was devoted й 
home industries. ad 
en there were many special prizes offered ery is emet 
her the schedule of the — 
the Priory 
— plenty and beauty everywhere prevails. 
THE MIDLAND CARNATION AND 
PICOTEE 
uty 31 is 1—As plendid Exhibition 
in the Botanical Gardens, Birmingham, 9 
was held in the Botanical Gardens octt- 
the above dates, All the available space а шй] 
pied by n of high merit, and if the " 
continues to as it has dose during t 
years, a ister 7 аве of exhibition will 
cessary. Mr. G. W. Latham's resou 
г аш to the utmost, but accommodation wae 
b 
king the lst prize with ма blooms of O.. 
Hedderly, P.F. E Lewis, C. ter Fred, ne i 
Rowan, S. F. Gui n, P.P.B. Sarah Payne, f B. Toh 
wood, S.B. С. H. Herbert, P.P.B. Fred Philips, S. Bp, gg | 
wae Seedling, and . Rcb Roy; 2n: = DES 
with some у ood flowers. 08 
T 17 — stands of six Carnations, Mr. os A 
STAN, Wolverhampton, taking the 1st prize wish 5. Irache 
аб Sarah Payne, and W. Skirvi irvine. Le 
S.F. Miss C. Grahame, and R. F. Cristagalli ; 2 
a Brid dge. 
The best twelve Picotees came from М! 
Todmorden, who had refined blooms of 
Н. Ro. E. Mrs. Rogers, H.P.E. Zerlina, Н. Ro. 
H. P. R. Mr. A. Qnancelor, Т, L, жЕ, Esth: 
Heard, H . Mrs. Sharp, 
. —— Ro, E . Mrs “екше, and L. F. E. 
Паш; 2nd, Mr. А? R. Brow 
