DecemBeR 21, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
743 
ooo mE 
Staphylea colchica, „ Lilac, and yellow 
from the foreign flower 
expect, 
ince we saw at Mr. Iceton’s nursery 
at Putney Park L an astonishing quantity of 
Lily of the Valley, om С for cutting. This bloom is 
f new crowns or buds, not retarded 
forced buds, and relatively 
to this, a batch of retarded buds are useful, The 
flowers are less fresh-looking, and of weaker quality, 
bnt there is plenty of foliage, and this has to 
be used sparingly when marketing the finer 
blooms from the new buds, The retarding 
varieties were Chrysolora, оа Prince, White 
e and red Dac Van 
From the above will be seen ** re is ample 
material fod the making of bouquete, button-holer, 
nd the furnishing of ball-room ave not 
mentioned Orchids, rro there are few sold in 
the wholesale market, and they are always scarce at 
Christmas; Cypripedium insigne, though, may be 
had in some quantity. 
The difference in quantity of the lowers and plants 
now available at this 
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the prices they realise ; 
tban one-third of what was given for them then. The 
public is the gainer, and apparently the growers, by 
dealing with NU dw quantity, manage bi о make them 
pay well, One of them remarked to п”, anent this, 
that “© The growers grumbled then, [o only do 
that now!” P. 
alpines, &c., will be held from May 1 to October 15. 
Temporary ‘exhibitions will also be held from May 1 
to 15, Jane 10 to 15, July 15 to 20, August 15 to 25, 
and September 22 until October 15 
OuR ALMANACK.—Secretaries of Horticultural 
Societies and others, are earnestly requested to for- 
tes of Show Fixtures and of 
of any kind for 1896, for insertion in the Almanack, 
to be pablished in our issue for January 4. 
GARDENERS’ RovYaAL BENEVOLENT INSTITU- 
th the Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent 
"aper o and of the Royal Gardener Orphan 
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Fro. 125.—MILTONIA VEXILLARIS, IN МАЈОЗ JOICEY'S GARDEN, SUNNINGDALE PARE, 
im m i means of a refrigerator has been prac- 
sed for years, and with other plants beside 
Lites of e Valley, though the method was inaptly 
describe by the Times last week as a totally new 
departure in horticulture. Asa matter of fact, it is 
fifteen to twenty years since Mr. Iceton, and Mr. 
Jannock of Dersingham, both of whom were living 
the Barnes, together made experimenta in this 
matter, and the system has proved to bea useful one 
by which to obtain flowers in late autumn. It 
às only now at the end of December that the produce 
from crowns so treated can be beaten by early forcing. 
At Tuesdays mar there was some bloom of 
Astilbe (Spiræa) japonica on the stand belonging to 
Mr, Thos. Roch hford, of Broxbourne, which we were 
informed was from last year’s clumps y to treated. The 
reserve was nearly exhausted howeve 
In addition to the Lilies at Mr. е! в were good 
Supplies of Rcman Hyacinths and Tulips. The last 
named take badly to such hard forcing, and always 
at this date have the appearance that they have been 
TOused from their natural reat cruelly soon. е 
MILTONIA VEXILLARIA.—Oar illustration above, 
resents an unusually fine specimen of a 
of the specier, as it appeared 
garder, Sunningdale 
in an 8 inch 
ich bore on 
our Rises will ee ata agree with 
ur, that no finer specimen of this beautiful species 
been seen under cultivation, and that it reflects 
redit on Mr. F. J. Тновме, the gardener at 
Sunningdale Park. 
GHENT.—A great Chrysanthemum exhibition 
will be held at Ghent, under the auspices of the 
Royal Society of Agricultare and Botany, from 
November 15 to 17, 1896. 
NATIONAL Swiss EXHIBITION, 1896.—In con- 
nection with the exhibition to be held in -— 
next year, we are informed by Mr. Marc Mic 
that a permanent exbibition of trees, pere 8 
institutions have been supported in a generous 
anner by the publie. Toe concerts were com- 
menced in 1892, and have been continued annually 
since. This year it was decided to give two concerts, 
this special €ffort being made with the object of 
^om [o local orphan fund for the purpose of 
‘on both evenings was very large, every 
tute being К; Programmes ‹ of more than or 
evening,and the 
d. The com- 
mittee were also fortanate in securing the services 
d the Sale and Ashton Amateur Orchestral Society 
of mái performers, and the Veronese Mandoline and 
Guitar Band, whose selections were quite а feature 
of the entertainments, The amount realised, after 
paying expenses, was a little over £56, forty guineas 
of which goes to the Gardeners’ Royal Banevolent 
Institution, and 
orphan : fund, Since 1892 the amount of £161 ha i» 
been raised in this way, £105 of which has been sent 
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