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a first-class collection together, The last 
saw were at Mr, Groom’s, Clapham 
Rise, about the year 1852, ‚Не had at that time one 
col- 
out of flower, and a prices he akad were exceed- 
ingly high, ranging from 100 guineas downwards. 
Mr. Middlecot, of the Greyhound Inn, Dalwich, also 
had a fine amateur collection, which he used to cover 
with an awning during the flowering season; but 
they are also thin ngs of the past, and we must look 
and would only advertise their bulbs, 
they vni, I no find а ready sale for them. 
Raisi s from seed is a very slow process, 
the bulbs ны гш five to seven years before they 
flower, and several years longer before they brea 
pals Ке of lenf. d and lom; keep them from 
heavy rains, but not to let the soil get very dry. 
ait ог the seedlings to flower, then 
select such flowers as you think que eligible in 
d ж вһаре, ee e &c. They must be hand- 
mely cupped, clean bottoms, s being 
enen, in ise flower, whether roses, bizarres, 
r bybloemens; select from these those that nearly 
Aii Glenny's properties of a good Tulip. Edw, 
Bennett, Lyne, Cherts 
ABOUT ee 
(Continued 
DEVONHURST, "OHIBWICK. 
А соор collection of Chrysanthemums may be seen 
in the garden of E. H. Watts, Esq., and when the 
plants are in flower it is thrown open to the inspec- 
tion of the residents of the district at а small charge, 
the sum thus obtained going to some charity. "This 
season it is the London City Mission that will benefit, 
dwarf * — and the bloom buds are СЕ. 
three plant cutting - back system 
z ies — ree Liquid from the cow-shed is 
only man applied to the plants, and that 
2 "eiiis. 2 The plants were clothed with clean 
oduced just the kind of wood 
Many good varieties were noted, viz., М. P. Mar- 
tignae, incurved, a good нел in the way 
of Jardin des енне; the rosy-blush Princess of 
e И: 
Wales was in » orange- 
3 good shape, full bloom, and 1 
x coming into 7 press India was 
capital АЛШ 5 с із, ап 
— ee a Magnificent 
flower, dwarf habit; Duchess of Wellington, clear 
yellow, with long narrow florets ns, Panckoucke 
is another bright pure yellow, not quite so rich in 
colour as Thunberg, but in other че = 
to it, having Sunflower and Phoebus as goo od co 
panions ; Colonel . В. Smith, golden pues 
shaded terra-cotta, very fine, 
— of the very Eiaa Viviand Morel, rosy-pink, 
is pure white on an early bud; Interna tional, pale 
yellow-tinted rosy-lilac, fine spreading flower 
collect tion seems to be co 
ort d 
fully tinted bronzy-rose ; Colonel Chase, pale blush, 
long drooping florets ; Niveum is a light pink, changing 
to pure white, a good exhibition flower, and one that 
should also be an acqu uisition for market purposes, 
Seward, Kentish Yellow, 
MA Guirlande, M. Gruyer, Mrs. W. H. Lees, 
Madame Carnot, Philadelphia, King of OE 
mums, М. Paul Lacroix, Robert Owen, and Mrs 
G. Whittle. J. B. 
Messrs, Pearson & Sons, CHILWELL NURSERIES, 
well-known pepe situate about 4 miles 
from Nottingham, are just ow a a centre of attraction 
and admire the noted collection of Chrysan 
which is on view. ere they have the с 
of inspecting all the latest litis; and judging any 
novelties without the fear of becoming salmet ә 
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Г) ү ре diu dis ae 1 
in the spacious houses in which the plants a are ataged ; ; 
as the pot Vines and other fruit trees, which have 
ек them during = summer, have been to a 
great extent disposed of to customers, space is бету 
able for the exhibicion 88 interfering in any 
way with the numerous houses filled with stove and 
greenhouse 
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In the principal show-house, 100 by 30 feet, the 
plants are arranged in semi-circular groups along 
each side with an immense bank at either end, 
Large-flowering varieties compose the main 
contrast to each o wo a ng houses, each 
00 by 24 feet, the first brilliantly gay with blooms 
pecially eden with demand for 
mas, 
tance from the above-mentioned houses 
is the raha (not open to the public) devoted to 
lants for exhibition purposes; and where may be 
seen some splendid blooms, which will, no doubt, 
figure at many of the forthcoming shows, Amongst 
the most conspicuous of Wes blooms are to be 
noticed Pallanza, — f J, Jones, 
r , 
lussett, Primrose League, E. Moly- 
neux, M, S. H. de Clermont, Descartes, &c. 
LIST OF GARDEN ORCHIDS. 
(Continued iii. p. 684.) 
91. балалы, Lindl., in Bauer Ill. Orch, Gen., t. 8 
id. Gen. д Sp. Orch., p. 186; Benth. et "Hook. f 
г Р iii., p 536; Rolfe in Gard, 
Chrom, 1892, ii, р. 430; Cogn. in Ma 
S я й .— Terrestrial or 
epiphytic herbs, with fusiform, leafy, 
1 
z ms ther crested ; 
shaped gland. S — about 20, ran from 
Brazil — S. Mezi Specie Е 
(1) G RN Lem., in IId. Hort., iii. (1856), 
Misc, pp. 86, 89; Id., vii., t. 248; Rolfe, in 
Gard. y; — 1892, ii, p. 490. — Brazil, 
CHRONICLE. 
Amazon district, Introducad by Me 
James Veitch & borg and des 
[Мотвмвев 16, 1895, 
— ета, 
d in the establishment of 
mala,” but these evidently belon 
other species, as the old bulbs are fusiform in 
shape. Paydt has ea the error. It 
ia now rare in cultiva 
(3) G. Bauer, Lindl i in Bauer Ill Orch., 
Mimi one 
afterwards flowered with Me sii Loddiga i in 
840, and was "eren by Lindley under 
the name of С. cristata. : also flow 
Syon House in 1 , when it was th 
represent a distinct ‘variety of p pred 
The New Granadan div 
considered identical, but this is — m as 
1 
thought it was probably new, but did not 
fterwards it was е һу 
. Claes, probably from North Brazil, and 
flowered in the establishment, L’Horticaltare 
ot Ww 
ot. Mag., t. 4610; Maund. Во, v., t. 281 
Gard. Fleur., ii., p. 195; ZU. Hort., хх 
p. 110, t. 176; Warn, Sel, Orch., вет, 1, 
‚ 97; Lindenia, ii., p. 67, t. 80 (var. Del- 
phina); Rolfe, in Gard. Chron., 1892, ií, 
p. 431 ch Man. — pu ; Со» 
in . Fl, Bras, iii., pt. 4, p. Am 
in the r Amazon district, British үс 
and V ela. "This gest 
y 
N d d ith 1 Lan 
egro, and flowered wi i Schombargk 
i [auritia flexnot® 
with 5 both on the stems of Mauritia been jou 
and the ground. It has since 
in cubes localities, 
and Warse., in Bon- 
в ага 
what different. It was described in 2% 
“a we : Luc 
by Hartweg, who sent 8 
Horticultural Soci 
Venezaela, — by 
owered at L'Horticulture In 
Brussels, in 1887, 
anger ку 
