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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
{January 22, 1887. 
- iba Great.Jubilee Exhibition to be Mm in Man- 
` chester this year (and which w il open the begi 
of 
n the gardens. For some time it 
.Was doubtful whether WA exhibition кок һе bald 
this year, but after m ouncil of 
the cel NE resolved to hold pa e exhibition on 
of land near the Old 
. Exhibition, The year being bilee of Her 
Majest reign, will be a memorable one, 
and the Council thought that many exhibitors would 
he Medals denominated “The een's 
` Jubilee Medal.” The quantity and kind of exhibit 
will be left to the shapes of the exhibitor. 
pe that this proposal (which, 
ge out this year) will 
m requested by the 
i| to ask whether de. can rely upon your 
cordial co-operation as an Sar uk The exhibi- 
tion will open on May 27 n 
ERNANDO NORONHA —Mr. .N, RIDLEY, of 
m, 
will, we rstand, shortly un expedition 
fo th ава for the purpose of exploring its flora, 
3 [lenger expeditionists investigated the flora 
о naturalist has 
ndo Noronha 
t 
' of the sea, and also the fauna, but n 
x yet been permitted to land. Feri 
s & Brazil Шап 
ve obtained URS n for this 
he ларек of Brazil. pe it will, in all ны, 
lead to Sis Гы ел ды discoveries, 
HISWICK пие MuTUAL IMPROVE- 
. MENT ASSOCIATION.—On MY rera February 
md meh ng ALEXA will give a 
leetur К Character i in мутун фет: а the gardens 
- of thé: Royal Horticultural Society, Chiswic к. 
citar office has been established in 
жы : 
e office publishéd decor DOMIN CER RINT ng 
to Tak = the: гаг — New Zealand, 
the Cape, and Natal. MA cular may pai had on 
application, for one е passages are given 
to selected agricultur all haces е Des б ыи, ic 
servants to ендк and to female servants to 
ustralia only. Assisted 
vants is general throughout the Colonies, but y 
male labour-market is overstocked in the Austr айап 
"and South African Colonie 
AMATEURS' NOTES. 
WHITE LAELIA ANCEPS. 
I am very much obliged to “An ырыл, for so 
fully replying an quite con- 
rm his statement as to their odii habit, and the 
growths being well away from material of any А 
but my epi is of growths being “ over the 
_ sides of pots or baskets,” or receptacles of any kind, 
-that ira are good M but they get too far 
J CCL 
over as time goes on, о back in size. I a 
air sem аса damp to suit 
isite quantity 
in а house containing some 
and some a 
oisture to 
s and at once identified 
isis variety Williamsii. He stated t 
supply these roots, therefore I like the bulbs to be 
in, or rather within, the di 
en. zol 
(with but few ex xcep- 
e given up “Teak rafts ” 
tions) for them, as the plants require 
on them 
‚ but for establishing quickly we find 
nothing exceeds n nconfi oting. We have air 
in plenty, too. If “ i 
and say where his plants can be seen, I shall be much 
pleased to come, and hope he will do me the favour of 
: coming to see mine, De В, Crawshay, Sevenoaks, 
LAELIA ANcEPS Dawsowr, 
A strong and vigorous кып (formerly part of that 
belonging to the late Mr. К, B. D 
-— 
its flower-buds from the spathes. 
ng 
| three spikes, showing two, three, and four flowers 
pectively ; once before this plant bore four flowers 
on a spike, which greatly attracted the notice of Mr. 
Dominy, who happened to see it when in perfection, 
and who stated he had never before seen more than 
three flowers to а spike. . The Album drawing shows 
a spike of three flowers; iu Manual (sixth edition, 
р. 351) says “two or three.” Warner's Select Orchid- 
It is, however, quite certain that & healthy plant 
should, when well gr e fo wers. Can 
ur? 
: spike with four flowers is u 
es; it is true L. anceps of the ordinary 
E is stated to produce *two to fi w 
om 
had five flowers this season, or when? An Amateur. 
LÆLIA ANCEPS VAR. WILLIAMSI, 
Mr. H. Williams, of Holloway, was here last week, 
d the imported plant in flower as 
thatit was far finer 
the peculiarities 
of this variety to come like e perfection of that 
-the lines in the tube are, as in T this, da 
So that there is no cestina that this is L 
EE a very fine of the variety ; but 
an judge 
he 
by Baron Schroder, and 
South Ken on the llth under the 
зану of Stella, It is identical with mine, only not 
so fine a form, neither so strong nor large. 
What Sell is was unknown to m ст апа 
ар wn to others, as 
orchidist i in this neighbourhood sent eid up to 
the same meeting of a Lelia he called Stella, also 
from one of the eri imported plants, and which 
really proved to be Sanderiana, and on the misnomer 
being ee out it was corrected, and shown as 
Sanderia 
Hence we are able to fix on what Stella is, е it 
turns out to be Williamsii; and as this latter has 
already been shown snd certi ificated under the n name 
of Williamsii th 
iz., L. anceps _ and a. Williamsii— 
the former a form very near wsoni, but not 1 
t at grand variety. L. a. Schroderi has not, that 
aware of, flowered yet; but I ami informed it 
ngs on it 
فيا 
from the Вазе, and. in the ЖАГ delicacy of the‏ - 
as to the 
——— 
plant and its difficult cultivation—hy far the most so 
of all the new importations, 
Of the varieties poring dd ае on the sepals 
very possib меа ' on p 
and petal 
Gardener? Chronicle the we 
TREES AND SHRUBS, 
AZALEA OBTUSA. 
Амоха the many different forms of Azaleas this 
stands in the front rank, and with the view of 
bringing it more to the notice of cultivators I am 
induced to make this note t was deest in the 
ee | Si last spring (May 8, 1886, 
585, fig. 26), when a description of the 
plant was given zu Mr. Nicholson, of Kew. I would 
does not so rw outgrow the room at command ; 
distinct in colour, easily grown ; so well 
adapted, therefore, to the wants of the present day 
when so many cut flowers are wante obtusa is 
go, but P Ew to have Зов gone out 
ooming without much forcing. John Crook. 
AZARA MICROPHYLLA AND PHOTINIA SERRULATA. 
Your Cork correspondent is very much mistaken 
tenderness of the above, The ot 
only quite hardy in England, but does best in а north 
aspect. [It waskilledat Kew a few wintersago if we re- 
memberaright. Ep.] Here it doesremarkably well, and 
have never seen it the least injured by frost, although 
it gets no protection whatever. It stood the winters 
nd 1880 at Petworth without any protection, 
and came through the ordeal well. I believe it to be 
quite as hardy as the Laurustinus and Sweet B 
that it is too te 
reverse y being miffy. 
speakin 
seldom xe with other than growing against а south 
wall. H 
It is certainly a very telling tree in the spring 
if backed a im other foliage, and well worthy а 
place in 
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shrubs. R, Conway, Зыр басні. Worthing. 
CES RIGIDUS. 
a chapter d be written on handsome, 
254 icm y hardy plants which 
ed from cultivation within 
not the plant whose 
at the commencement of this note à 
Douglas in California, and first 
.country in a living state ate Veiteh through | 
