See р аа н 
‘Messrs. VEITCH’S 
ке 
 drical neck, З or 4 inches long, with the column at 
С А slight elongation is co 
at any show at which they may compete, 
50 THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE. 
[Jancary & 1887, 
-— A PARALLEL.—In our last issue we had 
occasion to note the Rice between the weather 
in January, 1841, en our first number saw the 
light, and that in dis present year of grace, when 
the parallel. Though the snowfall was heavy, yet it 
will probably not be so destructive as that of 
December 26, 
CLIVIA AND IMANTOPHYLLUM. ost 
know the slender tubular curved бое wers of 
the old Clivia, and the very different looking funnel- 
shaped flowers of Imantophyllum, of which so many 
fine varieties are now grown in Belgium and else- 
where, and they are so handsome that it is a wonder 
they are not more grown. Mr. Вехтнлм (Gen. 
mbines the two genera under the 
those of the best shapes—revert to the original 
Clivia type. By the way, why is this genus written 
Clivia? It may be more classical, but then it does 
away with the appropriateness of the dedication. 
—— GREENHOUSE RHODODENDRONS.—A few 
of these are still to be found in bloom in Mess 
Verrcn’s Nurseries. Diadem, a variety with large 
tubular flat-limbed flowers of an р 
colour, is especially noticeable. By t , how 
unlike Rhododendrons some of the pe r ae 
Narcissus, Арзы and Cle AN. The Ta 
close 
to Tuberoses i 
BULL’s ORCHIDS.— The recent fogs‏ س 
have Р punished the flowers, but there are still 
to be some fine Lælias of the anceps ty 
well as T. bella, a few MA чаза чины including Insleayi 
splendens, and a fine form of Rossi s 
2e yeu i, &c. эрур Pus coming 
way of Clitleyas à did Lelias is very 
hopeful, the piiat being in fine condition er with 
abundance of sheaths showing. How does Mr. Burr 
manage to get that кеча ыд colour into the leaves 
of his sesquipedalian Angriecs ? 
—— BRASSAVOLA DIGBYANA.— Going through 
| Orchid-house gen Mr. SEDEN 
drew attention to the singular hi 
plant, which outvies in йакин any that we 
some time since. After flowering, the top of 
the ovary becom жеш d int 
the top, and the ovoid or oblon ng ribbed ovary below. 
mmon in many Orchids, but 
ere was а new production, as thick and as long as 
an ordinary Cedar pencil, 
CARTER & CO.'S SPECIAL 
amounting in the e aggregate to £18. It may rt ace 
de ыы to give a list of the winners of 1886. 
as follo 
"in Phiten i. ars 10s., 
cas: Ir. J 
for seventy-six prizes": 
. McLean, Head Gardener to E. Н. 
wrorp, Esq. Auchenames, West Kilbride, 
Seco Pinces 5s., for sixty-nine prizes : gained 
Mr. рын. н ead Gardener to Colonel 
rwich. 
by Mr. T. Foaarn, re Gardener to Mrs. WILSON, 
Tapton Hall, Sheffi 
Fifth Prize—£1 ue or thirty-seven prizes : gained 
by Mr. Н. L. Serr, Windsor Street, Luton. 
ERS AND CUSTOMS OF .ORCHIDS. 
after fertili- 
rchid growers. In Messrs 
Verroen’ s nursery Phalænopsis violacea at the n 
time is showing these enlarged green perianth s 
ments. Mr. бирем tells us that this section “at 
Phalznopsis is characterised by this peculiarity, 
while in the amabilis section the segments wither 
after fertilisation. A —— explanation 
0 peculiarities would be found in the 
suggestion that an additional re of nourish- 
fertilisation in the fleshy flowers, say, of Renanthera, 
eed іп Phalwenopsis violacea the TERANE 
uld = manufactured by the green perian 
segments as by so many leaves. It has been te 
shown isti in some Orchids at the time of impreg- 
nation the ovules do not exist, or onl 
i id “н effect of the 
pollen in such cases is to cau ovary to swell, 
the pollen-tubes селы ая phat the 
column, and reach the interior of t 
when the ovules are Hr developed = 
fertilisation. is effected. It is evident w 
know much more of the life-history of Orchids а 
we can understand their diverse peculiarities, 
E wieder otl INSTITUTION.— The next 
meeting will be held on Monday, January 10, when 
the adjourned discussion es th 
last meeting, 
entitled “The Tithe Question, with Suggestions for 
the Redemption of the Rent-Charge," and on the 
en and the Re- 
demption э ж 1886," read by Mr. J. W. WILLIS 
UND at the meeting of November 22, 
will be inne The chair to be taken at 8o'clock, 
Ro 1 OPICAL SOCIETY.—At 
the next sage de of this Society, to be held on 
Wednesday, anuary 12, at 8 o'clock рч چ‎ the 
following papers will be read :—Mr. A. W. BENN 
“Fresh-water Algo (including Chiroy ceon 
Protophyta) of North ааш, with reos = 
six new species;" Mr. J. MAYALL, j jin, “A Visi 
ena,’ 
IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION.— 
Inder this tifle an CE having its ee at 
57, Basinghall Street, E.C., has been 
р 
e opinion that surveyors, &c., 
not always so attentive to their professed work 
as E ibo should be, or are perhaps “ ignorant of the 
first principles of scientifie road construction and 
maintenance.” ^ Perhaps 
events bad roads are not 
assoc cen gg Мы: have plenty of work before it. We 
wis ss. А pamphlet on the subject, 
imr hay ME Wheeler, has been published by the 
Tohoi plants may, in + this country, fall a prey to 
n th 
—— А New PAL Pp SARGENT has 
ae detected a new Pal orida, not only 
as a species, but sufficiently айыы to consti- 
хай а new genus, Dr. Wxxpraxp roposing to call 
the plant provisionally Pseudo-Phonix Sargentii. 
is 10—12 чам іп 4 
in height. 
4—5 feet long, plata divided ; pinnge lanceolate, 
12—16 inches long. No flowers, and only immature 
f 
described. 
been found. w extract these particulars from the 
Botanical Gazette, vol. xi., No. 11, 
COCOA-NUTS.—A Cocoa-nut plantation in 
the е West Indies, well established and in full bearing 
(say at the end of eight years), with sixty trees to 
the acre, may, says Mr. Mornas, in his annual report 
x the public gardens of Jamaica, be safely assumed 
o be of the annual value of £10 per acre. 
s e of maintaining а Cocoa-nut rade "bes 
once — M is vies pni nothing ; hence the 
thousands of acr ordering the gae. of 
our West India terek are capable of immense 
development, 
ех: 
Ты 
e 
IN THE oe OF THE 
NGS.—The 
exhibit. The entire framework of the ture 1 
composed of = rails, such a е in con- 
wo of these bolted back to 
back, wi e T ds out, make a very s g 
really ornamental column. The only casting re- 
uired is an angle iron and eyebar, into which the 
ke it down, and when fin 
marketable as 
purchased. This invention, in fact, solves the prob- 
lem of large temporary structures which can be 
quickly and cheaply built, 
—— NATIONAL ROSE SOCIETY.—A meeting of 
the deerat кошш will be ема at 1, Henrietta 
Street, Covent Garden, on Tuesday, January 11, at 
3 o'clock, forthe purpose of electing the Executive 
Committee for the ensuing year, 
— THE “GARDEN ORACLE."— This useful 
little book appears for the twenty-ninth time—a 
m good indication of its utility. 
pe there are rden 
lists of ins principal varieties, and various odds and 
ends, e book is abi at the office of the 
e  Magácine 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL STATIONS.— 
It is proposed to extend these stations in the dif- 
from the national exchequer. The followi ing details 
are given in the TESE Horticulturist i in connection 
with this matter : 
* OBJECTS OF THE STATIONS, 
l be the чалан and duty of said experi- 
original researches or verify 
“ Tt shall 
the compositio 
of the he different ids of food for domestic animals; 
the : economic questions involved in tho - 
production of butter and cheese, and such other 
