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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[OorokER 19, 1895, 
ee ak coe Laurels, Thojopais dolabrata, Abies 
er Conifers in small groups and as 
be don n excellent effect would follow the 
further eta of Rhododendrons, Aucubas, ae aad 
K Irish Heaths, and other such dwarf a 
useful plants, 
The giass-houses again show Mr, Hudson's re- 
gard for the usefulness of things. The most 
important of these is an excellent span-roofed 
Peach-house 72 feet long, 22 feet wide, and 18 feet 
high. The site necessitated the 
nearly north to s 
„ 
uth. Evident, here, is the goo 
culture the trees pret for though t rop was 
gathered, we could observe the healthy appearance 
eaves, and 
splendidly after bearing во — 
һе season 
varieties are iva Waterloo— 
wW good crop of fruit here, 
Dymond, Hales’ Early, julii June, Bellegarde, 
Condor, Early Louise, Crimson Wut Ssirling 
Castle, Princess of Wales, Warburton даш, 
—— Peach, Sea it and Dee oo yt A 
Nectari are Humboldt, Rivers’ Orang 
Napier, mát Elruge. "The trees were — rather 
thickly, in order to furnish crops of fruit at once, 
Other 
fers two divisions 
raised on the place, and they were excellent canes for 
the purpose, There is a lean-to vinery, and another 
span- roof house, used for late Vines, in addition to the 
&bove, as well as & moderately-sized greenhouse. 
i at а portion of 
Wa ха by эы: е for 
or three, suffice— 
but W splendid anton ‘and a few 
excellent ГА Alderney cows were i Mr, Hudson 
s studied uel ‘iy’ 5 — thoroughly, and has 
done much i ith a view to populari- 
sing fe т б thie айыру; for the free-trade 
1 of our hospitable host are not inconsistent 
that the dairy products now importe 
of proprietor and зор alike, each of 
whom seconds the other’s effor 
ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS, 
PLEIONE LAGENARIA, 
lo re 2 poti pot 
bulbs has thirty-three ed flowers, 
some of the bulbs measuring 5 inches in circumfer- 
ence, They ha 
Ti 
had fairly started into growth, they were watered 
two or three times a week with soot-water and liquid- 
manure made from horse To any one having 
they are very useful 
being decia nous like Calanthes, 
in ixed Ferns, which 
W. енот, Parkfield, 
they 
var. rhinophorum was given, and in the accom- 
ying note allusion was made to other known 
varieties of this species. One of the most singular 
t ith Joseph 
he underside, and the singu'ar upturned margin of 
Ivory-white t 1 e 
broad, 1 inch long, and nearly $ of an inch thick. 
it was the куйе де wi short, and thick callus 
Min т the tu Prof, Reichenbach to distin- 
guish 16 by name, and evidently зз, РОТИ is 
varies in one,section of the spec 
HouzrLETIA BRAC TERRE SITAR A. 
Like many other Ох of early int troduction, 
this Bion species taster — attention 
cultivated and of the 
ns whic 
e Iadian yellow, closely marked and tinged bus 
м ee Its fragrant flowers borne on 
stout erect stems, and they arrange well vith the 
broad arching pale-green leaves, J, O'B, 
CATTLEYA AUREA. 
There is а grand form of Cattleya aurea in fluwer 
A. Warburton, E q.s, Viae Lodge, Haslingden, 
e ty in the 
анны п ,of the colours, particularly in the 
EY: 
labelium 
THE BULB GARDEN, 
BELLADONNA LILIES. 
MONG s plants, 
few Сап vie witn these charming plants, either from 
& decorative point of view, or for general chasteneas 
and beauty. Quite 
b 
urse, to а ure success, all such things 
must have Sion weil а roperiy planted, and this, 
too, in suitable etes ; indeed, position is one of 
the most important items to their 
— s for them, Неге they will receive that 
ount of aun and warmth which is so conducive to 
umi м. and protection at other times 
from the extreme weather; not that they are 
tender any means, for while the 
beneath the soil. 
in dlieir success lies in 
several inches of rough 
material, for drainage, in the bottom, Unless the 
original soil is fairly good to the required deptb, 
other soil should be substituted, If peat and rough 
eaf-soil and turfy-loam, with plenty of sharp sand 
wish to make & specialty of these hand 
will do well 4 ; — 
no further attention in this respect for 
at least. In districts where the soil is not well 
drained, it will be best to raise the level of the 
—.— rather than excavate to the re 
as it is Е ая that the гооба maga, 
near * in winter“ ti Moreover. г, the ida 
would soon sour, and be unfit for the r 
sickly plants would result, 
ever, which all w 
individual. 
inches below the surface, 
may be planted nearer the 1 provided that 
6 inches of short manure or leaves be given 
muleh each wi 
fally demonstrate their real value, and is worthy of 
frequent imitation. J. 
CATTLEYA CULTURE = 
STAND HALL. 
cultivation of Cattleyas and Lælias 20 
N cas 5h at Stand Hall, if not em 
ment—the vigour of the plants, the quantity and 
quality of the flowers, and the maintenance of aaoand | 
Statter, the ‘genial owner of this renowned lot, is 
gives in assisting 
Royal Horticultural Society in their laborious 
highly useful work in rewarding sterling a LE 
well known to many outside of his own committee, 
The collection gathered together at Stand, no e M 
rai 
meetings is оодан i 
as poor quality plants are intolerable in the eyes o 
experts, and now we have all st-informe 
orchidists going for selection; hence the a 
in value of good Orchids, 
we have taken our te 
doubt it will be interesting matter to tell, a8 
ud 
pendieulars, half brick, 
high. The height from iod to apex is 
leaving, therefore, the 2 roof on either ak 
about an angle as will be 
those who follow me, is howe 
substantial, without 
which more anon. The brick walls are also 
can make it, the system as pracy a А 
