F музон 1, 1862.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 189 
| = ———— d, by the scale, all the radiuses | found upon the pl ү g each angle of the | } is preferable to the black. Some editorial 
| fractor, all tbe angles, an у! on, setting off upon tl |? lyg РЕТ prot tor, and aft Cp ke tt 1 pp li у D per for M: y, 1852, which 
drawn to the арр ings of the angles, and the lengths | was just now mention'd above. ( To be continued.) made a strong impression on my mind; and I must 
ground the same openings g 8 J 3 à | make that my excuse for referring to them here. The 
occasion was that of a sale of imported plants by 
THE DWARF COCO NUT AT SYON Stevens, and persons even who were not buyers, were 
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g what they grew in 
in their wild state—** what masses of entangled roots, 
dead sticks and leaves, afford them sustenance ; what 
swarms of Ferns and other plant 1 g them ; 
hat 1 1 Г 41. 
("== most rich but not stimulating, most cool but not cold, 
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у р == how, as they themselves decay, they furnish pabulum, оп 
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2 substance. АП these things the Orchid grower may see 
a 208 and largely profit by, has he but skill | to interpret the 
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ti bl l in woods and fields and on rocks 
n undergrowth of Laurels, Vacciniums, Heath 2 
immediately оп surface of the red sandstone; ir 
some cases І peel akes from the sandy, rock 
m peelit off in 
itself. With proper modifications, such as praetice 
points out to be necessary, most Orchids are quite at 
home in this material, ái 
Sphagnum is almost indispensable, and may be used 
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latter, either for mixing with peat or for neatly topping 
up the surface after potting; the greenest, if kept 
damp, will commence growing, and be much more 
pleasing to the eye than bare peat. For potting 
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them. L. W.J, ib 
Indoor Gardening. 
THERE are several mo: of managing 
oors, each of which isin fact adapted to some 
sort of plant which thrives under that system, though 
not under others equally. The greatest number of 
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is to remind any indoor eners who are now buying 
new ones, to have such by all means as protect the 
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| surround the stems. 
TüaNES to the skilful pencil of Mr. Fitch we are able to produce the above portrait of the Dwar? 
Coco Nut that lately flowered in the Stove of His Grace the Duke of Northumberland. 
(See page 91). 
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MATERIALS BEST SUITED TO THE GROWTH | consider it worse than useless ; for charcoal, which is | baskets filled with trays of zine, the wood ds 
OF ORCHIDS. | much more wholesome, answers every purpose. also made like boxes, and above all the beautiful 
be а тшу years’ experience I find that it would | Hypnum Moss, mixed to any extent with peat, is поё | fountain-shaped vases of majolica and such like ware, 
t to say in what Orchids will not grow, for І | conducive to the welfare of plants іп pots, as I have|are the things really suitable for keeping plants in 
seen many of them livi d thrivi 1 found it to decay very rapidly when it changes to a health. Itis, too, rather difficult to suit the stands 
and in soils which would be fatal to | dark mould. Sphagnum has not this disadvantage. I|sometimes both to the room and flowers, and for this 
any other tribe of plants; they can seldom, | however managed a collection for several years tole- | І think that the English majolica would answer 
; be had in perfection without proper means|rably successfully, with nothing but Hypnum for а | want. The French ware of this sort is by 
sly the first thing is to provide | Moss, but the peat was most excellent, and ће | disliked, because I 
uxuriate in, and I think | Hypnum was only used for lining baskets, and for |“ pretty pictures" оп the flower vases, but some 
i covering the roots of plants on blocks. I used itin English. majolica sho е во a 
akes with the greenest side outwards, finishing by | P hillips's shop іп Oxford Street) seemed to me quite 
clipping off the'loose ends. I should have continued | perfect in soft rich colour, such as would harmonise 
mmons became enclosed, and І | with t rers, and yet not be out of keeping in any 
Successful results. | found Sphagnum to be a great assistance. sort of drawing-room. I know that things are 
үзе, generally understood that Orchids! Тһе kind of peat most suitable is that of a light, | strictly beyond my “indoor province ; still 
eat and Sphagnum, with the | fibrous, and porous character, which can generally be | they keep plants во healthy and look so charming for 
a few terrestrial species which require | found on heathy ground, where the common Ling | the 1 ord. here : 
УЦ? Under the name of peat I have seen | (Calluna vulgaris) and. Vacciniums abound, more espe- | there in their favour. І have seen too so many things 
RH кт that the destruction of valuable | cially where the Heath and turf are not often cut and | intended for growing plants, and it is so seldom that 
treuted © only a matter of time. Sometimes | pared. The material from such situations consists of | any of these are suitable. 
than {0 а soil more suitable for American | decayed leaves and roots of the plants just mentioned, | І do not know if all window gardeners care as much 
becoming, as it does f tant | intimately mixed with a dead und growth of M. 1 Ido for raising plants themselves, Bulbs and tubers 
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to stuff from a bog, when dry | Should soil of that kind not be obtainable, the|because they grow up so fast and are really р 
Water mania 216 When exposed to the action of | next best substitute is the top spit of a heathy | during all the time of growth ; then, when they die 
Boing ылы) approaching a state of decompo-| common, with the earthy portion well shaken out,|down, they can be so easily stored away in dryness, 
EN rotten wood is freely used, but І | retaining only the more fibrous part; in any case the Í till the time for repotting and for starting comes—thus 
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