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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 79 
and fruit and bud, The broad leaves of Cauliflower 
plants do much injury by shading the borders, an 
the roots exhaust the material resources of the soil. 
Potatos do harm in other ways. In fact, to do the 
trees well, nothing at all should be grown on the 
borders. Lettuce, Radishes, and small salads of 
various kinds would do least harm 
has been discussed periodically, and it has not yet 
i 
e so much attention to Peach trees 
on walls as the old gardeners did. 
Tue Way a BORDER SHOULD BE MADE. 
When quite a youth I knew old gardens where 
splendid Peaches were produced from wall trees, but 
the border in front of the wall is 10 бе wide. It 
ought to be well drained. In most cases a gravel 
path runs parallel with the wall, the border for the 
roots being between them. A drain 3 feet 6 inches 
If the loam is heavy it may be 20 inches 
deep, if light sandy loam it should be 2 feet. 
ght 
is cast we can obtain plenty of t 
would place in the bottom of the border freshly cut, 
urf, and this we 
and with the grass side under. n many cases it 
and the 
garde In that case it ought t 
trenched to the depth of 20 inches or 2 feet ; but if 
it is sti 
case be desirable to work in during the process 
of trenching some decayed stable manure, J. Douglas, 
continued.) 
DAVALLIA FUMARIOIDES.— This species, ap- 
parently a recent introduction to cultivation, belongs 
to a small section of which perhaps the 
member represented in British gardens is D. aculeata. 
АП the five or six species of this section have fronds 
in fully matured plants several feet in length, and 
print usually climbing in habit. 4 
апа segments are 
smaller and more deeply. ext. Plants of both are to be 
seen in the Kew collection, where iieri flourish and 
look remarkably handsome in nded wire baskets, 
ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
CATTLEYAS AND LJELIAS AT PRESTON 
HOUSE. 
Durine the past twelvemonths I have made it a 
rule to take a list once a week of the Orchids in 
flower. . This, I think, is advisable, as it is then pos- 
sible to compare the flora of one year with another, 
and note whether any particular species is earlier or 
later coming into flower. and also to note the eg 
of time any particular form has remained in bloo 
During the twelve months now past we have xit 
been a single day without flowers of Cattleyas or 
Amanda, and L. 
иа жы bicolor, many fine forms, including 
C. Measuresiana, C. Wrigleyana, C. Percivaliana, C. 
'Trianz, and C. luteola ; jb anceps, L. Schilleriana, 
L. jum nalis, L. Perrini, many ; and L. albida. 
ruary,—C. bicolor, c. Trianx, C. Percivalliana, 
С. песне та C. amethystoglossa, and L. albida. 
Mareh.—C. bicolor, in variety ; C. Trianze, a great 
number of fine varieties, including C. Dems 
C. Percivaliana, many ; C. Lawrenceana, two 
distinet varieties ; and C. amethystoglossa. 
a ge 
; C. Mossix; L. cinnabarina, and L. 
Schilleriana, 
May.—C. citrina, C. dolosa, С. Мем s 
number; C. Mossiæ, very many; 
three plants; C. ا‎ oss, C. Sins 
elegans, L. саза . purpurata, and L. SEA 
Mos C. Mendelii, С. citrina, С, 
аан C. Ж "Arnoldiana, а cr M 
variety; L. "pene many fine bl En 
barina, and L. e 8, 
July.—C. Miss C. Mendelii, C. Mossiz Arnold- 
iana, C. Eldorado, C. Gaskelliana, C. Sanderiana, 
twenty-seven flowers on one plant ; C.labiata gue 
large 
. Lelia Schilleriana, L. monophylla, L. purpura 
a, many fine forms; C. 
C. Eldorado, C. velutina, C. сгїзра, C. 
rba; L. monophylla, L. 
Dowiana 
crocata (true), and “С. впре 
Septeiber.—C. Eldorado, C. superba, С. Gaskel- 
liana, C. erocata, C. слы А buds pinched off; 
C. bicolor, and C. marginata; L. Dayana, 
Schilleriana. 
October,.—C. bicolor, over fifty spikes, some with 
seven flowers on а spik . Gaskelliana, several 
with four flowers on а spike; C. Eldorado, C. mar- 
gina i C rba ; Pate Day L. 
Schilleriana, L. tans, L. pee very dark 
pras 
form; L. Perrini, and L. autumna 
November.—C. bicolor, C. Саден. C. superba, 
C. maxima, C. Harrisoni violacea, C. luteola, C. 
Regnelli; Lelia Perrini, many fine spikes; L. præ- 
is, L. elegans Wolstenholmis. 
iber.—C. dolosa, C. luteola, C. ni 
violacea, C. Trianz ; Lelia anceps, L. autumnalis atro- 
rubens, L. elegans Wolstenholmise, and L. albida. 
The foregoing list is in most и pretty satis- 
factory. We, however, antici far greater 
number of spikes and flowers, as well as more 
variety, as several sorts have not bloomed during d 
ear. Already we can count over 500 sheat 
of Cattleya Mossise, over 300 of C. Trianz, a ie 
number of Mendelii and Percivaliana, whilst = 
kelliana and many others, thoug 
present, give every p of bringing good porik 
and bloom in their . W. Swan. 
MASDEYALLIA BACKHOUSIANA, 
This is one of the Chimsera section, grotesque as a 
mask in a Christmas pantomime. The flowers 
came ti inches к Кы ue and vh 
gu 
iom A ground бшш, irregularly blotched ا‎ 
e 
I 
purplish-brown, and beset with bristly hairs, pro- 
longed into very long, slender, a tails ; des lip 
is relatively very small, white, in shape like 
or blunt-bowed boat. It is а Sais of ране: 
It grows best in the Cattleya-house, іп а compost of 
sphagnum, peat, sand 
the year, diminishing the supply in winter. 
temperature should not be allowed to нар pend 50° 
in winter, апа the plants require {о aded in 
summer from the direct sun. yeu t. 19. 
CATTLEYA CITRINA. 
People who like popular names will be interested 
in мала. hue р 
unbecoming h tion, 
s “ Coztiecoatzontecoxochi tl” 
or own part, we p 
ron citrina. 
of the bachia, and is well known for its 
singular habit of growing head downwards, as well 
as for its large egg-like peer ye pest flowers, The 
ny. lon prinio — оса e bought in in De- 
sri any soil in a prias of 55?—60? Fahr. 
in full sunlight. As growth begins the temperature 
should be increased even up to 80? Fahr., and more. 
water given, After growth is finished a ~ period 
(at least six months) of rest should be give 
ODONTOGLOSSUM тне Rchb, f. 
This Odontoglot, recently in d Vene- 
zuela, is SPREE A natural ына Saas О. nevium 
scri recently in our 
and petals ovate-lanceolate, 
white, with purple oe the white ovate-acuminate 
lip has a large violet blotch in the centre near the 
Lindenia, t. 
САТАЅЕТСМ GALERITUM. 
This is the x car lately described by Professor 
Reichenbach in our columns, and now figured in the 
Lindenia, t. 67. The oblong-acute sepals are green 
spotted with  purplish-brown spots, the codi 
purple, the lip canoe-shaped, green, spotted with 
purple. 
TREES AND SHRUBS. 
A HARDY VERONICA. 
Тнв Veronica, which I showed before the 
mittee at South Kensington on the 7th ult., excited 
some interest owing to the flowers and foliage having 
1 he correct 
it will not pass muster for a form of parviflora, but 
considers it to be V. ligustrifolia, A. Cunn. George F,- 
Wilson, 
ILEX INSIGNIS. 
Unfortunately this noble Himalayan Holly has not 
ved hardy in this country; it was killed in the 
open at Kew two or three seasons ago. 
foliage, however—we have measured leaves 
were 11 inches long and 2 i 
very suitable 
cool conservatory. 
dark dull green, and the veins whitish ; the margins 
are very wavy and armed with strong spines. 
(Tur GOLDEN Ѕсотсн Fm. 
Unlike the te анаар form of th 
T 
Stone Pines, which nearly green during a 
r months, and only in ch ter during summer, 
the Golden Scotch Fir is seen at its best in mid-winter. 
When in full the needles are n, as 
winter approaches ly assume the rich 
colouring which renders the tree qr picuous at 
the present time. In the Pinetum w there isa 
good scties rms of the Vm "Fir, but the one 
here noted is S far the most attractive now, 
G, Nicholson, Kew, 
