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in a mixture of leaf-mould and brick- dust, and he 
ost to their full length; but 
he remarks under Malaxis Hine it shows a tendency 
to = ——— From the way it grows dl it may 
rmed a sub-epiphyte, anm imitating t » wild 
we read, if planted in a mixture of le af-mould, decayed 
Pine leaves, and sand ; and no doubt, but for spe cial 
rcasons, it pigs pon be planted out-of-doors, though we 
it best as a greenhouse Orchid, with less 
e author, we 
Orchis 
fore 
-— 
r seven vears 
eeds were sown on а patch of Gen- 
verna, and on some of the mossy Saxifragas, 
several fine plants being now the reward. 
n 
these Orchids germinate in the axils of the leaves of 
grasses, about the lower ligules probably, and are 
consita minis totheground. Cultivators should 
wing in any way that this may suggest, as 
British Orchids, if any, should be poss sible from the 
seed, and no doubt, by those who have ere the 
best results would be had from seed, in those cases 
of kinds found difficult to establish. All ene how 
well Ferns often grow when self sown from spores, and 
these plants might have a better chance for the same 
should not be allowed to ripen, and knowing нр 
influence the development of the seed- has 
stopping the growth of tropical 5 we think it 
would be well always to remove the rom hardy 
Orchids that have no strength to s 
There are many hints for successful treatment in 
_ this book to which no allusion is possible, but to 
. take a particular case we may note that Herminium 
monorchis wn very successfully by 
planting it alongside a block of stone, and in soil 
of chalk loam. 
The omission of a natural key to the genera may 
‚ап 
the species even, 
be no 
4 be regarded as the chief deficiency of this work 
м key might have been provided for 
E Th 
| n the case of such а genus 
: Orchis. The fall dein is equally useful 
_ when the plant has been determined in all proba- 
ibes . 
аз 
of the lip in Orchids, and there 
pis authority for this, за it is not the general mper чй 
ion of the the column we are not 
t 
said for that term. Corallorhiza is 
nately given as an of an , 
though in the body of the work it is described as a 
his Orchis maculata præcox, to ут botanical 
attention may be drawn, as we gather from what is 
said that it will prove to be quite dist tinet as a variety 
at least, and worthy of addition to our Floras. If, at 
first sight, it seems too near the ty 
milar appear- 
ance are sometimes essentially distinct, just as plants 
of widely different appearance are sometimes of the 
closest relationship. We have not seen this plant, 
but, judging from qx ee given of its habitat, 
dt 
worthy of specifie rank. 
freely given, and botanists m r the pages 
with advantage. бырай! as habit will be found 
useful, and во also the notes 
seen only in the living plant. There is valuable and 
interesting information throughout this work, and 
we give it our cordial recommendation, 
2 
THE APIARY. 
—— MM 
PAINTING HIVES. 
To talk about summer at the present time seems 
to be talking of a very far-off season ; nevertheless, 
are not at present in use, or that you will be making 
New hives will of course want 
рабай. and it will be a good thing to give the old 
ones à coa t will be a good thing to paint them 
all, or nearly all, white, bec 
off the heat of the sun 
to the 
alike. 
© hives being all of one Pe is the chance o 
young queen returning to t iv 
wedding trip. This, however, dus not often happen, 
and I am more inclined to think that when the 
queen does not return to her own hive, she has most 
likely fallen a prey to a bird, or met with some other 
accident. 
Meap, 
Many persons have -— me the Mcd to make 
еге is a pe taken a great- 
grandmother's ey ap a rn a а half ago, 
from the Morning Cloud :—“'ТаКе a quart of honey 
to three quarts of water, and lett them boyle an 
pint more of water, and put it in; then scum it very 
well. This will help to make it clear; then if it be 
not very clear put it through a clean flannin into a 
clean cask and clay it up very close, letting it 
half а year. 'Then bottle it, and let it stand half a 
year use it." The claying-up was the 
plastering of stiff clay round the bung to ensure the 
perfect, exclusion of air. 
“ To Make Small Small Mead.—To 8 gal. of water put 
l gal. oi of honey, 3 Ib. of loaf shuggar Boyle and 
it seumed for an 
put in it mace, 
cinemon, and ginger. If you think. fit, let it vies 
an houre lon Take it off ye fire and infuse with 
ye juice of six Lemmons ; when it is cooled clear it 
from ye sedments into a barrel with six or eight 
of new ale yeast and a good handful of 
close it up in ye el, and after it has 
ight bottle it up аа ш of loaf shuggar in 
every bottle.” ad i: spicable liquor. 
e bee-keeper may make it at appreciable cost 
y soaking the combs in cold water after the honey 
en ed by thus washing the combs 
riepa A id arse Tw 
when а ba spices in it, a lit 
liquor Lemon juice and rind, and then cleared and worked, 
as in the above old recipes, makes excellent mead. 
Walter Chitty, Р, ades 
following details :— 
The 
: coddled or treated in any special manner 
AMATEURS' NOTES. 
THE VARIETIES OF NEW WHITE LELIA 
ANCEPS 
Tue new white Lelia anceps var. virginalis, diffe s 
from L.a.albain the form of the lip, which i in the latter 
is rounded, w 
in virginalis. 
growth than alba. 
importations of 1885 о 
in 1881, and so far as can be traced 
imported by Mr. W. Bull, of Chelsea, prin this 
must remain matter of conjecture. 
My experience of establishing these Lzlias is not 
quite that of Mr. Crawshay as given in his note, ante, 
р. 43. "They appear to be true ramblers in habit and 
rather impatient of having their roots confined either 
hs 
e plant is entirely potted or 
branched push rather wee and away from the 
little peat I give them. The best 
а 
Ф 
=e 
plants on Teak rafts and boards, with a little 
peat and sphagnum, n t not over the 
rhizomes, the drai ently is most 
rapid. They hang са near the in a 
span-house, running north 
strong winds, for the diae is glazed with open laps, 
d very airy; whenever there is wind the 
sway gently with the seins and to this condition 
I think much is due, 
Clearly, if what we are told is correct, these plants 
grow on trees at the edges of forests, where a breeze 
is generally induced by the vegetation, or in the 
clefts of rocks and stumps, and whatever wind blows 
pct feel it; thus the rain, though copious enough at 
т 
tat, and a very hot sun by day is often 
followed by a chilling wind at night. The habit of 
the plants induces the d that bulbs and 
leaves grow in comparativ 
nies, while the spikes »- out 
hottest sun if not directly falling on them, 
Mr. Dominy, when a plant began to push roots, 
was accustomed to encourage it by building up with 
a Pág peat, charcoal, and crock, nearly up to them— 
whieh seems to commend itself, parti- 
E е where the old bulbs look dried and 
shrivelly. 4n Amateur. 
New WHITE LAELIA. 
: One of the imported plants of 1885 has just come 
в turn 
I venture to ask your permission to insert the 
t was one of Mr. een tat 
I could see, мы. at Mr. Shuttle- 
and rounded, and of а fine fall dark 
When brought here the Shak aoe | rd xd 
the glass in an airy intermediate house, never 
КО d v sens sigh: Уша, 
