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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
145 
daughter of лы neighbour, who happened to be а 
кэ апа а Му, uch so that he, like 
Turner, could never be got to allow any one within 
mole the old 
cuted by Severeyns at Brussels actually lured a bi 
humble-bee. ttracted by the odour of a 
Melon into a n seed warehouse in Cork, a 
th 
Je s plates that were 
framed for си іп cet “warehouse [Are you 
sure it w e Gai з’ Chronicle Almanac ? 
р.]. Herc ere are Pus cases s of “self- deception in man 
and insect, --the one certainly a question for another 
Müller." 27, 
о, 
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PLANTS AND ) THEIR CULTURE. 
DECORATIVE TABI TABLE PLANTS. 
most gardens а for this purpose have to be 
profided to meet sd 
wan 
winter months; а vites miscellaneous collection 
has, therefore, to be cultivated each d while 
every place has some particular demand in this way, 
st, while some of them m may be pro- 
fit one for com i y preparing а case for the 
p :: ary frame answers admirably if 
placed upo , retaining a heat of 
where a brisk stove temperature is to be ha 
DRACÆNAS. 
In dealing with Dracænas the best material from 
which to raise well furnished plants is the highly 
coloured heads of those t ing service- 
he 
and shifted into 6-inch pots. a ad flowing e 
useful sorts:—D. gracilis, D. norwoodie D. 
Guilfoylei, and D. Lindeni; the hae eigen in а 
. young state is beautifully marked, but with us it 
loses its colour with age. 
Свотохв. 
hese C. angustifolius, C. tortilis, C. Chelsoni, 
C. Johannis, and C. Weismanni, when quickly grown 
thy strong cuttings make graceful 
VARIOUS, 
Old plants of Reidia glaucescens cut down now 
will soon break and produce cuttings which will 
readily root and grow into pretty plants by the 
the vari Curculigo are very distinet and grace- 
ful, and are easily increased suckers, as 
like iegated (Pine-apple), Pan- 
that are best 
eset should be added Aralia Veitchii, its variety 
gracillima, and А, leptophylla; the elegantly cut 
Mid ud glassy’ үрсө, “Keough Pelee le 
light and pleasing appearance, Am Palms the 
following should be included :-—Cocos Weddelliana, 
Geonoma gracilis, Areca litescens, and Euterpe 
edulis. Add to these some Ferns, such as Lomaria 
ciliata, L. gibba, Onychium дзена Adiantum 
си eamm: А. gracillimum, and the golden and silver 
nogrammas, all of which forthis purpose form 
ве prettiest plants when raised from spores, and а 
seful group will have been Mene although some 
јене. worthy are omitted. ose enumerated 
thrive ure, and "their colours are 
n beds near 
ould at no time be heavily 
shaded i Ferns Beste ), and be afforded free 
space, and turned weekly to keep them symmetrica 
in thong Thomas inn. Анн Hendre Gardens, Mon- 
mouth, 
ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
—P——— 
SACCOLABIUM BELLINUM, 
Охе of the prettiest and most interesting Orchids 
in the Kew collection is the one now noted. It isa 
recent introduction from Burmah, and probably the 
only figure is in Williams’ Orchid Album, iv., t. 156. 
d with mauve, purple, yellow od en 
—is beset with a number of thread-like processes 
PraTYCLINIS, 
Two of the species of the genus, viz., P. Cobbiana 
e: ат. rmn — better known under € in- 
e of Dendrochilum) are 
finely i in homens in TU Kew Orchid collection. Both 
are — graceful in habit, and in spite of th 
ize of the individual flowers in comparison 
with ‘nun of the more widely grown popular Orchids, 
are certainly desirable plants. The slender, arching, 
pendulous 
ne e species above- 
named come from. the Philippine Lins G. N. 
EULOPHIA SCRIPTA. 
hid is not very frequently seen 
1878 ins fessor Reichenbaeh 
n fresh flowers. A 
recently reached 
'This rare old Orc 
in cultivation, and in 
wrote that t on T on 1 hgh: 
mportation h 
small i wever, 
‚ this country, iiis as it is quiu» a pretty plant, it 
may become more common, The pseudobulbs are 
very singular, just like those of a Catasetum. 
flowers, which are borne in panicles, and appear in 
advance of the leaves, are greenish-yellow, with 
purple-brown blotches, except that the lip has some 
white near the base, and the two-lobed callus is of 
this colour. The front lobe of the lip is crowded 
with small warty protuberances, It was described 
long ago from Mauritius, and it is pue to find 
it also occurs ne clump of 
it exists at — and a panicle of flowers is now to 
seen there 
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MAXILLARIA PICTA. 
This is one of the more showy members of the 
ms the flowers measuring over 2 inches in Lt 
The sepals and petals are “of a deep ye 
inside, ө ы а little dusky shading on the alargi, 
but ou y 
with numerous purple markings. This peculiarity is 
the Botanical 
punctata, 
tainly should not be the case Bot 
B veral fine бочен w were gem 
gardener to E. E 
di ee 
by Mr. Dodman, 
Witley, for determination 
CELOOYNE — 
anma ant Жир) 
h one of 
did fed of tho ciila section, К had ушы Mig 
the Kew dei cene with sev veral 
t has this pec 
now be seen in 
racemes of flowers. The plan 
azine. The colouring, however, 
of this figure is To the sepals and peta 
inted green. The lithographer appears to have 
een short of yellow, and so used the same colour as 
that used for the pseudobulba, 
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A New Cypripepium: с. ELEGANS. 
This jr aces. genus of Orchids is apparently. 
not yet exha , ав we notice pecies 
described b Pr ofe essor Reichenbach under bove 
name at p, 561 of the Flora for 1886. It isan extremely 
interesting species, manh perhaps not likel а ^ 
much sought after as а garden plant. 
member of the Diphylla group, and has the habit 
e 
and appearance of the : debile, but 
the flowers are a little dn than in that species, 
and the stems are very villose, instead of being 
glabrous, C. elegans is a native of Tibet, and was 
collected by one of Dr. King's collectors for the Cal- 
utta Herbarium, С, debile is a re able species, 
its habit being so diverse from all others, except the 
new -— ; and this fact renders the close resem mblance 
betwe indicatin ng 
a pin ae “origin for the two, now so wide ely sepa- 
rated in geo, ical ition, The flowers of both 
a = E dark purple judging. by the dried specimens. 
RUELLIA AFFINIS. 
may be just worth asking why this showy and 
edd winter blooming plant has gone out of cultiva- 
tion? It must be but little known or 
n 
judging by the applications I xm 
enquiries respecting it, many would Tike to 
This no doubt arises from the figure you gave of it 
in your issue of January 1. I refrained from adding 
any notes on its cultivation, nor can I now add 
able cultivator would give us his experience This 
being absent, has induced me to give my method of 
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е grown this à ДҮ sepes here for 
seven or «pes. ears, 
from 
to bloom freely, and only obtained a few blooms. It 
grew very well and was healthy, but having to be 
— with other plants that need 
moisture 
soon 
ery season satisfactorily, and over a long period of 
whet ' rad ber 'ebruary, 
