104 THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. [January 22, 1887, - 
colder and damper climate and soil of the Riviera, аз every one who will visit the courts and alleys top must undergo similar restriction at the root 
Southern теу, Sicily, Malta, Algeria, and Lower of London can see е for Hime elf. therefore, biennial-or triennial lifting a E pere 
e third group the still colder and +} formed to check undue luxuriance, at the same time 
йөре aimed of the Italian lakes, the West Coast gute soe 2 and mulching must be ies if fine 
of France 
E ngland. ` his last 
of England into relation with that of ie Mediterra 
will 
and Portugal, end the Sout h of 
vCiiillatoc 
nean, connect this schedule h 
. which F hive à specially prepared for аеннан 
1 climates in the British Isle 
“Tt ld be desirable to make concurrent obser- 
vations on t imu i ade-tem- 
perature at each station (by means of ve regis- 
tering th eters, e tevenson’s stands), 
ascertain the extreme ge m , and 
the lowest which each plant will survive now. 
its oots are killed by a t 
з an 
so the 
cate, ht or , during y cu- 
tive years. rvations on the rainfall cannot 
obse 
? carried on all the year, the Үү dampness or 
шунык of of pode sitions: ox e determ 
by the rain-ga and wi iit: re "Y t 
habits of рып ep in their Ага! to moisture of air 
and soil, to о help us this respect. Any one who 
has qui Palermo, an 
Algiers, cannot but have noticed the difference in 
+ the general he vegetation at each place; 
its greater activity at the latter station indicating a 
greater nt of moisture in the air and soil than 
Palermo holds an intermediate 
ould be re соне 
amou 
at sheet while 
appear р Do its frui 
visible) ; 3 first blos- 
e first fruit о or seeds n? 
Čaro Bean Bamboo ааа vul- 
Ceratonia Siliqua)  . garis?)  . 
Pear or Indiam © Dwarf E 
Fig (Cactus PUMA) (Chamsero| emer. É 
American Sary (Agave Oleander Neriùm Ole- 
etie (Phoenix dac- e Magnolia QU Ша 
(2) Pomegranate . (Puni came (C. j pum. 
Banana (Musa sapien- 
tum) * 7 Vine ایا‎ vinifera) - 
- Lemon tree (Citrus Li- eh a g (Ficu 
monum) 
Sweet Orange (C. auran- Ager 6 Needle (Yueca 
tium loriosa) 
ramen Аче бше us com- 
fun Chestnut GEsculus 
hippocastanum) 
B ans of simnltaneons ration on these 
plants, or a "s mber Ae them be easy to 
lay down on isophenal lines illas to, but 
by no аар "identical with, the isothermal ie 
laid -d by meteorologists; and thus produce a 
representation ‘of corresponding ей 
matos, and tbe difference of one station from 
anothe 
ы ар this subject Mr. Roberts dis- 
cusses, Transactions of the Sanitary 
Institute f:G reat Britain, the evidence affor 
by plants as to the relative degree “ — of 
in large towns, and he gives a diagram 
square the Larch, the Scotch 
Fir, and the Heather, will grow and lichens 
may be found on the trees. In the 
to represent a more deteriorated 
atmospheric state, the plants included in the 
outer square will ‘not grow, but the Sycamore, 
the. Horse Chestnut, the Yew, the Deodar, the 
the Laurustinus, and various fruit trees 
sin ie, which they will not do in the 
and 
a tradition that n Lon- 
don, and, therefore, the squares were а with 
Privets and Lilacs, the deplorable ert of which 
in the winter months was but familiar. 
out, бе, that 
m 
consequently proportionately vigorous. T 
as a rule, do not do well in such places, indeed o 
of the best rough tests of the purity of the air шу 
E obtained by. the observation of t the co 
a few leaves. at the top, and then it disappears 
entirely. vec to our surprise, however, we 
know of n which Pinus excelsa grows in 
in vide the Biota will no longer do so. 
matter of practice much depends upon 
фе саге еба y those in charge. Frequent 
cleansing with a a syringe o or garden-engine will 
enable plants to grow in the most unlikely places, 
and in the cases we have in view this démands so 
little time and attention that we can but press it 
on the attention of the Society over which Lord 
Brabazon presides. We know from our own 
experience of a garden where Roses had long 
since ceased to blow, but where now not only a 
large assortment of choice Mts ves e be 
found, but where also occasio; al Moss R 
س‎ * kd this il 
n the а аа e 18 
pray more siiis if not fouler that formerly, 
but to increased attention to syringing. 
It'is obvious that the sources of fallacy and 
exception are so ея that it will be long 
before we can any degree of statis- 
tical precision. бир an amount of precision is, 
however, quite within the bounds of probability, 
and it must be attained by extended comparative 
observations on plants under all conditions and 
circumstances, such as Mr. Roberts. advocates 
from the point of view of hygiene. 
UPRIGHT CORDON PEARS. 
Мосн of our finest fruit is now obtained 4 
imp 
storehouse of food of the plant, is laid -— 
he wall or wire, as the case may be, its 
entire length. Me coe of Crawley, Feli 
to whom we are for the photograph 
pe at p. 105 (fig. r^s ait that by not behead- 
the young tree the of the stem 
bodas furnished with fruit-buds and spurs, while if 
the quens be ae the new growths assume the 
-buds. When the cordons are fur- 
bilka phe fruit-buds from top to bottom, which 
may. eed before bein ng en | planted, they 
may afterwards notes tained in a fruiting con- 
dition by appropriate pruning. This pruning is 
performed in e1 when the foreright and lateral 
pe cut back to within two or three eyes of 
t pruning, and the process is repeated in 
September. The trees being thus restricted at the 
fru expected—mulching being especially neces- 
e in afe that are light or sandy in their nature. 
PLANTS NEW OR NOTEWORTHY. 
LAELIA ANCEPS SANDERIANA, Rchb.f. 
15 glorious beauty is in flower with Mr. Alfred 
Wilson, Westbrook, Sheffield, grown by Mr. Edward 
тез — sei letter I copy the following 
ails:—‘ The flower sent was cut from a three- 
Hye: spike, which dis er etin > on Deceniber 25 
1 beoe long by 2 inches in breadth. The imported — 
pseudo bulbs range from 4to 6 inches in length by4b 
to 54 inches in circumference, leaves 53 to 73 inches 
long by 2 to 24 inches broad. They thick and 
leathery. Old pseudobulbs are somewhat furrowed. 
е specimen consists of about a irc pseudo- 
bulbs. 1% has been recently М by Mr. 
Wilson from Messrs. Backhouse & Son, of the York 
Nursery. They t d е the best white Lelia anceps 
they have Lis flowe 
Th i ёнге. ates а seven days, in 
а glorious state, as Mr. one of those wl 
understand packing Airing frost, Tki is unc: dus 
large, ia atleast by one-fourth any common 
anceps bstance is very sti road - 
sepals iub: as strong as of a Vanda tricolor; petals 
very bro: As long as you do not me uite near 
you e it is Dawsoni, but a careful inspection 
shows the separation of the mauve blotch on the 
Мел disc : thelip. The red nerves or side lacini 
are, indeed, stronger than is the type of Sanderiana, - 
I v a en Peg e nerves subject to many 
ions, and would not wonder icd one of Mr 
same strong. nerves. I think of su 
notes of high value, but how few such кре exist 
on the rich earth! H. С. Rchb. f. 
CATTLEYA x Harrisin, nov, hybr. art. 
A glorious grand Cattleya. It was raised from 
Cattleya Mendelii and guttata Leopoldi. obtained 
those details from Mr г. Harry. Veitch, no doubt sent 
Fi ar 
flat y 
that of O elen Mende 
So much D my кина, Now I tell what 
I saw. The flower ту; me think a moment 
Cattleya scita, Ў Cat 
pe h purple lines in the disc. The anterior s lamine 
blade, toothed 
1 en 
There very obscure indigitations of the usual 
asperities v Cattleya guttata on the anterior m 
Column white with th ums hou at the top, 85 т 
often seen in Cattleya Mendelii. The wae” 
intermediate ev ida that of the parents. * 
flower is as large as that ofa very strong Cattleya 
gran 
The plant i is dedicated to the late Dr. Arar! 
has only flowered now in the collection has! 
