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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[Макси 29, 1862. 
to yield w | what is is оё some importance in the par terre, а an 
wers pies wei npe its possess 
these characteristi is found that 
»- nted with this ori King, t 
| furnished. Anot odel sort 
ена па, but the habiti is different from the former 
it is sensibly dwarfer, and ies b 
cover the surface of the 
round, are prostrate, and d^ closely over a con- 
OW, z the habit of these two well- 
when beds it are 
ranches, which are : 
coloured, that is of one uniform ti 
nt 
r shaded 
n to fl 
hic it remembered, repre 
only forms of the Verver na as to growth which a 
really suitable for flower-garden uses, be compar red w ith 
that of nine- tenths, we might almost say ninety-nine | a 
more 
what 
and 
erg 
or less des ex whic 
it is as ume d Sage and perfection of form 
аб the re 1 
ту СУТИ find that very few indeed come M M 
to be standard, 1t d the ey а 
Verbe 
parterre. 
Viewed 
na has reached о а very 1 
1 Sim 
ал or st; raggling, or not ev 
trusses; if not prostrate the му "шә stiff- базе, o or 
bond dioc] and consequently their йон n 
of perfection in form 
flowers and the 
on and Nin 
, both as бот be чег 
truss, and „they, are scarcely jes 
A 
arge a 20 inches. 
e lon ng and blotched with purple, th 
| mH lip purplish green an nd shining. EHE 
18 to 10 flower: s on a spi 
being 
та 
owing to o the еі 
К пч? RES 
of the m 
m Assam, flowers in autumn, Ks 
one of the most beautifully. marked of the e genus ; it iy 
even though fine individually, do not mass 
therefore effecti ive. 
What ме wish to impress upon the growers and 
: that аз, in respec (od 
in 
i 
no 
uy e babit. 
, This habit however їз 
tn that. of xfi: ple кї 
0. venustum "has very _ handsome foliage, "d 
лет певз 
8, rieties m fa опе о the form 
(1) beddi r (2) exhibition пее, For the flower garden therefore thes er rem 
the ve should be accepted and recognised to the е the highest models in respect to habit. 
his would do something t to relieve our fat, catalogue osum up: These two groups of varieties of Verbena 
барм should at once be recognised e here and on all 
rubbish which occupies useful space in both, to the hands as —— oen nid Ys for the absene 
XV. 
Lr srl Y А x bes things. 
pe t that n 
we ma 
ew Verbenas will 
disappointment and dissatisfaction. 
flowers here in the w itisa v 
hills and mountains ror Sylheti in India. 
ч rry "€ ee: 5 ur а аге much 
le, 
gc m reddish purple beneath; it 
of the Khasiys 
how 
Ohim À 
Of C. barbatum there are several fine varieties, the 
s | best. being superbum, which is much finer than the 
ii this куба гіп un тати it wo y classified or the ot other 
fore, if, before the g peri riod а rives, the subject the groups, no ambiguity, no uncer rtainty being ed 
could be "оттау игд, and discussed if need to exist as to «ш, they are respectively adapted on 
be, so that derstanding may th hether for bedding out or exhibition. 
what is түл wante go де er-garden varieties is that which st 
Our vi t A matter is this. The A SAA in need of being augmented with varieties of 
Wires s beddi varieties with the proper habit and useful colours, for which purpos 
de King, and Miri nde of pure distinct | varieties indicated as pev s habit or those which 
colou se vari ea als * T ins colours, with | approach near чо ыта em should b e ta ke om as points of 
the hab bit biot 'Tweediea: ant one single departu ntly, refore. f 
oye to vim ^d » definitions d do "uot "closely apply. 
re. T 
Verbenas should най from two w 
the 
G. insigne, also from Sylhet, is a p le: Pu 
ver ароопшойа ie d in habit; it wi ill g 
ything. 
id ite njoys 
and will FE we a I with the treatment usually given toa 
e 
"1 gs peat, sand, pt pots rye 
moderately early Vinery. 
I pot all, after fowering, i ыз rather large ров, as the 
sorts require nty o m, in uu bee 
рі о 
distant termini 
re flower- trusses, 
indeed, a vt multitude of 
moderate e or even AY allah flower-tru: 
kept 
in view, perde to 
t think this has been sufficie 
ntly borne in mind 
o tem mpe erature, need n 
e 
pies nage; the plants should 
be only slightly «ао above the rim of y pot, the 
үрен во, excessive as that which 
е. L. W. J. 
estos vi tr le MÀ! is to Е а sine vp non, а or acted on, or we should have been supplied ere this 
of blco He „дов not care in the | with a better series of bedding sorts. nd Gardening. 
i ings lst 
D ` flne fom” ог not, e epe аге none the wi А mess gs "v me he. inda тт збан XX no 
for his — if they happen to possess this hem E GENUS CYPRIPEDIUM. witn 58 sooner or la in this bus 
liarity, and perhaps not much the better; but| Ор all 9 dns I su confess that I hie а strong | attempts of this kind. 
it is iy eni; Y desirable that they should -be Lorie for this us—at leas ыза the tropical e Geranium cuttings generally do best when 
of “good substance" as the phrase is, to ear пр | spec whi ch hav ny good qualities to render taken „во ав to include three p through the lowest 
nst ungenial weather; and а pure our re very easily cultivated, are h peres should 
which will not be injured by rain or by hot pus usu is учен jects of interest when in ve iy зт е n not|ent off near the , and t ings should be 
essential to the notion of perfection in a Verbena taken | in flo ower their E arh habit, and i rna- | either она xem in aid pos 
from this point of view. It is this class of varieties, in | mental йк pole repay the "ог du 'the|firmly against the edge of a Nee Lin pot. The 
"e Оа x: -— requisite, that кыш. to sta x little room and attention which they centre of d pot, slightly Lee should be left 
^ re катт ation 2. replenishment, and w To pe, Cypripediums in pe br scita n, "it is neces ary|quite empty to facilitate watering. 
eder" е especially to the си of the та sers of | to to know under what conditions they are found in their | woody cuttings, do admirably thus treated. Heliot 
seedlings, who are e probably er too uch given t M rs " ч кене st erbe Fuchs: if yo Apes Dd 
» c rst principles. Nearly а the| Begonias, do most beauti when in pes 
rd, i irrespective e of habits. at least i irrespect. nd i a wild atte in edi regions roo : оа ' oi a little sheet 
he flower garden, 
standa: 
these ids features of ] — whieh render the mini 
int E i һа; 
“Floral ио are not el 
вр e f 
within the tropies, and in th 
the. moisture which is E ә нез оп the lower and 
ossible, may be 
— 
of water, 
stuck 1 in all over, and if p ut into a a warn ан 
n" 
ch nearest to ideal per- 
fection i in form; but then on the other hand, tke merit 
n only be j don the 
i [nitet di proe 
| season 
y day th 
There also the с Шош, 
of 
s almost i imper rceptible. а 
he atmosphere i is ‚ nearly | ci chi 
mif amisi of t itte ie 
Si e Ded often strike in small fairen ia 
eph 
convenience of which is that they 
Vm 
velling censors жеб "risit and report on plants that 
cannot be brought in true — cter to any — 
о exhibition—such а taff as е believe ex exists amongst 
which 
Sarawa 
of India. 
Ibelieve that the wbole of the pee де mie 
situations of that kind, with the exce of C. Low; 
is found wild 
К, in hiak jungles jm Mp 
gle i Boc 
and C. insignis i in colder пті їп er 
to overcome. the difieulty as we best may. 
in 
exhibition in the form of pot specimen plants з= еге ye i 
there vy ien carried ү, and exhibition in the 
form of cut flow баке t of varieties altogether 
distinct from Mew we have piat speaking of ; E it is 
these ан си which in the „very n 
be m enerall 
They do 
their cultivation 
шге st ice e of eoe Lo ы pum "ike ic of 
to guide п 
s soil temperatur ie 
em S luxuriate 
drai т 
as regar 
In practice I 
chopped fi 
ere 
ue 
The cuttings grown 
to plant yer in pots by 
usly to drawing out emis little BR 
d again most ughly. 
Very small ber о best for planting 
а little charcoal and then a 1 vem ет 
І rainage—then во : some leaf-m 
itle half charred, xs from som: 
slightly a i hola should be kept 
pow уфт сара 
р 
Ба require во 
ead and zd the root. 
“ mere decorative Sorte 
РЕТ 
house. 
x rea cM risa temperature of th e 
I до not “consider “that they UE m rest 
r winter gives them, as 
sE} 00 
«d into which to Фс ш © 
with soil й 
mes up it * 
ted plan re want а little sbade рай 
S re REM be accustomed 'grad 
They 8 Es ould not "hovever b be 
в. 
indivi idual p pips "are as pie їп 
а other Odit t : 
hick, fl ih 
In к to favit p growth, the more essential 
features in this exhibition class а vigour and robust- 
such as has fused in 
8 
18 
boxes al. barbatum, purpuratum, and j javanicum, the 
cid i 
e head of varii rchids— suc 
of all of Which are beautifully mottled wit 
ай оне 
M dug 
Tittle Гр, m 
uisite perfection of 
truss and pi 
requisi 
is obtained, des Ber it is little cared 
ds exhi bitio 
ipe 
of | and C. villosu: 
[E мна of "the ei Dik 
th e sepals and lip deep green "tin rio with p 
го this н n в, all w T s in cultivation are well = 
y ofa yes hes within the las 
: тий gom eh меня es sfondo 
derable quantities. 
i noble 
posit I 
more Se benini than either, 
large and rich purple, 
ot 
in- 
like the last it is chiefly remarkable for the petals, which 
another sedie бы. sli aro 1 
vid m нб: in thick jungles in рено куе ern 
urple, and | red 
ы cal Terra-cotta is ratb 
the colours 1 Ern 
