46 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[January 8, 1887, 
found in the forests of Mexico growing on trees at 
? Fahr. 
ventilated part of the East Indian-house, in a b 
near the glass, but shaded from the vovg sunlight. 
Abundance of water should be — uring the 
owing season, but in the resting season the plant 
must be placed in a cooler and drier менан It 
flowers in May. Heichenbachia, t. 18 
CATTLEYA SPECIOSISSIMA VAR. BUCHANANIANA. 
A form of C. speciosissima which flowers at the = 
=» оние: when Orchid flowers are scarce. 
road petals and magenta-coloured lip with a д 
or ening the upper part of the tube — it 
biata 
e à мад: Moderate water supply, free drainage, 
plenty of light with little shading, and a moderat 
perature are the principal requirements in its 
culture. Orchid Album, t. 261. 
LycasTE DEPPEI PUNCTATISSIMA, 
A form of this species remarkable for the — 
tude of small pink spots with whicl$ its flow are 
besprinkled. It is à pede Ил form, ied pem 
in beauty for several weeks. They should be grown 
in a cool house and given abundance of water during 
growth. Orchid Album, t. 262. 
THE COMMITTEES. OF THE 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Wiru the close of the year 1886 the Fruit Com- 
mittee of the Royal НЫШ Society completed 
. the Nc year r of its existence, The C ouncil 
of th yal E 
in =e 1858, their intention to form a permanent 
Fruit Committee, the first meeting appears to have 
been held on - 5i in that it year, m = ош. — of 
the Society in St. M. 
continued нөр ыд ever since. At the time 
of the UN of th the . permanent t Fruit Committee 
the Bri iot ^ 
иар" bee founded in 1854, and it commenced its 
operations at a end of that year. It continued to 
to 
ist, finding itaelf superseded by the Fruit Com- 
ыст of the Royal Horticultural Society. It was 
not until 1859 that the Floral Committee was form 
Floral Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society, 
and the first meeting was held on July 28, 1859, the 
late Rev. Joshua Dix being nominated the first 
some years the two committees were perma- 
nent bodies, and the practice of revising the com- 
mittees а] then to have been in this wise:— 
At the close of the year t of the attendance 
mber read out; t oft 
nomi 
ject to the approval of the Council, which body rarely, 
© if ever, itt 
lat tila nacio acted | py in the ease of some 
а distance from Lond 
to exist at the end ofthe year, and were reconstructed 
by а committee of the Council; ими ш р “ 
п nominating 
HY! +h rt nfnortat 
influential members of thè eominittecs; but nothing 
came of it. The members of the three committees are 
prin now the nominees ofthe Council. Whether 
that body is well adapted to constitute an important 
character is 
rt nal 
likes and dislikes, The best man should be pic 
quite apart from considerations of this character, 
'The lists just эш ve sho ow that each of these 
two committees Is not 
this number t 
purposes s? то. the credit of members of both bodies 
those who live at a distance, and to whom the matter 
ne o 
pense, invariably put in a 
sence of subjects in écris the 
ay expected. e than this can 9A À be 
pitied of them unless i aur are men of means. But 
the average attendance is so large, that it аһа 
проп the Chairmen-of both cipe ел Scam ly so 
in the case of the Chairman of t ral Com 
mittee—an amou e of labour ens niis taxes his 
анду tein humou re is observ- 
dg 
able (by way of illustrati] а ре нн оп the part 
0 
flower, to group themselves together and hold 
conferences among themselves when anything is 
the table in which they do not take a special interest 
What can be more T to a Cha when 
he is endeavouring to concentrate the e. of 
the committee on а ee eren object than to observe & 
coterie examining a box of blossoms some one has 
brought in his pocket, and with which the committee 
have nothing whatever to do ? 
Sometımes a member is held in converse = зай 
sider in reference to matters al 
the са business 
tion is racted, an 
кем аа б cannot occur. 
ean scarcely reprove a member of 
openly, as a teacher would do an inattentive school- 
boy. It should be the азн endeavour of each 
member of the committee o act as to give the 
Chairman the support nec y toan adequate dis- 
harge of his duties, so that the work shall move 
forward smoothly, unitedly, and thoroughly; and 
this can only be done by the heartiest co-operation all 
round. AX. 
With reference to the nomination of new members 
of the committees, we believe the — lies with the 
members of the committees themselves. We 
mber, only a year or two ago, алт bm ques- 
tion was last ра ublicly hah, that some member 
or members of Council attended the Floral Сош- 
mittee and expressly stated that it was the desire of 
: 
the Chairm 
in amari as a matter for discussion 
the first meeting i 
no doubt the Council would gladly listen to the sug- 
gestions made. Ep.] 
PLANTS AND THEIR CULTURE, 
————— 
ЯПО 908, 
welfare of the jc grown ae depends, io ри 
no other time із attention to this 
than during 
necessary d ty weather, when seas 
temperatures have to be kept are not 
excited to start into premature growth. At present 
near 60° Fahr., and may fall a few degrees lower for 
a short time rather than that excessive firing, which 
injurious influence of artificial heat. 
mediate-house should have а night warmt 
55°, with а cup pe i rise by day. use 
s that will not succeed satis- 
'True greenhouse subjects 
45? to 
from frost and damp vourable opportunity to 
give air to thése should be missed, but cold dranghts 
would be hurtful 
Forcep PLANTS. 
In order to keep up а regular supply of these, it 
will be necessary to introduce some at short intervals 
into the Soret aes which should be provided 
with a bed of warm leaves in which to plunge those 
that are benefited by bottom-heat. Space should be 
made by eS i 
intermediate t 
du 
an 
Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissus Lily of the Valley, 
Staphylea colchica, A few Amaryllis and 
Callas, if. gently Pied пат, will prove admirable 
wk maed plants. The Lilacs should have been 
par this purpose га being lifted and potted 
in the detis but if neglected, this may yet be 
attended to, as mb are T accommodating in this 
respect, and yield undance of blossom for 
little labour. Л Dosis; Hendre Gardens, Monmouth, 
VARIATION IN PLANTS, 
Ix spite of the assertion, by De Can dolle and other 
authors, that “ а cultivated 
w. 
degrees of variation — different organs : 
often extending to other parts of the plant Mir 
'This statement applies both to plants in a w ild s 
nd to those und 
affect it, at least by selection. This is especially the 
case where we have obtained by selection in the 
nts causing 
albinism will serve to illustrate 
Plants u CE red, дл, purple, yellow, or ev ven 
blue flowers normally, often both in a wild or culti- 
i deas ngs with pure white 
ld describe this as & 
often be Some me the absence 
paleness in the colour of the foliage does not not owe its 
