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cf houses are entirely devoted to these emp апа 
under the care of Mr. 
he pre me, the two moat 
showy plants contributing c i est number of 
cos flowers e ва om most other collections, 
varieties endrobium  Phalznopsis 
б-н Pais апа M i-em Анори which may 
be regarded as two of the seful plan oa 
ever introduced to gardens. po К are free-growi 
and profuse- flowering, AM seem to * te 
he halænopsis have 
flowering nere a months, but still they 
embellished re gracefal — of bloom ; and with 
them in flow tterianum, D. Hilde- 
brandii, and ipei species, 
In the adjoining house, ^er re over & be 
fruiting Pines, and taking full sunshine at all 
— is а fine one of varieties of Lelia anceps, 
so thickly set with flower-spikes that more could 
scarcely be got from рин of their size. ол 
опе 12-inch basket an example, we counted 
on it twenty-seven — which on — 
their flowers will give a specimen of extraordinary 
Fie. 91 FLOWER, AND SECTION OF FLOWER, OF YUCCA GUATEMALENSIS. 
р and there will be many others equally 
y. On s shelf on the back wall of the 
and Lelia monophylla is in 
Cypripedium-house, which contains 
many choice varieties and hybrids, there is a good 
- of Cypripedium ее, C. Charlesworthii, 
well as varieties of 
bo the Cattleya- i. — the door is a fine 
group of Cattleya labiata, together with a few other 
Orchids in flower, and in the warm-house range in 
urprisingly good in 
the culture “ cue not generally found to be easily 
managed ar fo F f these may 
be noted а eee v. of the different species of 
Bollea and Ре which few succeed in growing 
even passably well, but нф һеге аге ed luxuriant, 
and flower ossa da. & great part of the na 
= large specimens of Miltonie Roezlii are 
emarkable e Quien of good culture, and ген 
Barde, d gel other difficult subjects are 
in m" 
‚жЕ? mhar 
‘Tomar kably ' well- -grown з рани a апа among them 
pro splendid varieties, Some fe dontoglossums 
аге in flower, as well as some S ня Brassia 
longissima, Zygopetalum en Oncidiam 
tigrinum, &c, 
CaTTLEYA 
t the numerous — a Orchids which 
plentifully 
табет ah У pam к^ 
ууа 
f 
November, wie Med o Sowering: -plante are not at 
all plentiful, is a very poi ur. 
is also what may * ена a general gardener's 
plant, seeing that anyone with a stove may, with 
ordinary culture, have it in perfection. In this 
respect it may be com npared | to Dendrobium — 
d ud s nearly forty years, crown under 8 
ondi named ng 
TON n ite favour is the чове — of forms 
there are in, вау, & dozen plan I saw ten distinct 
varieties in that number of cd the sn day ; and 
they had been just purchased in bud as unflowered 
plants Ped the nursery. us e price, too, at which 
good plants can be purchased is quite mode 
For the read of yn 3 table or other in- 
door purpose they are invaluable as cut-blooms at 
(SEE Р. 524) 
this dull season of the year. I was reminded of the 
or less similar vie 
choice flowers are indebted to 
plentifully ‚арен бең — labiata—autumn- 
flowering variety. Yorkshire Gardener, 
More 
of fruit has been planted, with the result shee deck 
éner fruit is sent to market and grown in private 
places, This year the crop is a plentiful one, ! ut 
of the ground are to be 
which is in many instances Ди а rubbishy 3 
and yet these {г to remain from 
to year. All thie might bé wegen by et ooa 
healthy, sound young trees in new situations, which, 
if carefully түс and consist ot "Me varieties, 
d the fruit is ot 
zoon begin os oii into bearing 
good size, 
11 we are to keep v the times, 
colonial, more trees must be planted, and trees in 
— — эк їп re. hene condition by 
ul pruning. Any kind 
of — —— is — x de other good crops 
such as cor bles, is suitable for — 
culture, The tial thing t d at is good 
rainage and a fair 
Trenching land for newly-p orchards entails 
а great deal ч laborious work, and is not very 
necessary—at not in all parts; but 
ep be no — mp care in the due preparation of 
h tree stati plots of pasture land, if 
holes should be dug out and pre 
roote, and a mulching of well-rotted manure 
which will be found of great benefit to the trees in 
promoting a free 
It is very seldom, after trees have been well 
planted on a somewhat firm soil, and where space to 
grow is practically unlimited, that root-pruning is 
required, as with a fair proport 
sion, and a moderate use of the knife, the gr 
quickly come into good bearing. It is of far th 
batter method to let the cro 
wn become well devo- 
eu to ait in 
made of the old sean soil, mark 
out the places for each tree to be planted, avoid- 
ing, if possible, spots on which trees have "i 
digging out the old y to a depth of from 2 to 3 
feet, and breaking up the subsoil. The holes 
not be less than 8 feet in — and it is good 
practice to leave them open for se i 
will allow the frost to pulverise р-н stiffer subsoil 
usually bod in old orchards, Advantage should 
