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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[Jantary 2, i887, 
Roses answer this ie better than anything. 
After all sta: we pea ons баво. нун below them 
appear to be well s to many villa gardens, where 
it would be difficult ти cultivate dwarf bushes, R. D. 
SOCIETIES. 
HULL AND EAST RIDING CHRYSAN- 
THEMUM 
Tue annual дис of this Society was held о 
the 
the. evenin. 24th inst, at the Station 
Hotel, Mr. 0.1 п, С.Е. (С an), presiding. 
The committee submitted the a 1 report and 
balance-sheet, former of which spoke hopefully 
of the present condition and {айе prospects of the 
Soci 
e ann show, held on November 18 
and 19 last, was attended by ne 10, visitors, 
being an increase e реса уеаг. The 
osin, the" 
o'clock, and expressed the ho 
show Ал Tir be hel 
The balance-sheet also showed a satisfactory 
, after a short discussion, both 
Judge (vee Mr. Cogan 
resigned) welt prot Treasurer 
THE ORCHID HOUSES. 
POTTING, Ere, 
Durine ~~ weather the porting of Orchids 
should be pushed forw: 
ting mate- 
me before using ~ 
The a еш, in hes East perinei can 
аф first че, T two parts rave 
fibrou t mis one PLE sphagnum, with 
сме of drainage ; _we add a pa lumps of yellow 
loam, and do not 
peta 
ts 
of the pot, if the potting material be still in good 
condition, plunge the pot into a larger one, and top- 
dress lightly with fibrous peat and green sphagn 
rge specimens of йә Mackayi if getting 
y roken up, and the pieces potted to 
form new plants. 
Ceelogyne barbata can be potted, also — of the 
Maxillarias which are starting to grow. d 
that have become unsightly through jane their 
leaves, may be cut down if there are plenty of roots 
above the pot. When potting fill in about the roots 
ith clean crocks near 
е the warmest part of the house, an 
n often until the plants are well 
established. — Pachystoma Thomsonianum will be 
ing to w now, and should ree 
eive attention if 
pitting or top-dressing be necessary. It should be 
watered more frequently as the growths advance, 
MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS, 
Imported quem of Angrecum Scottianum that 
are suspended head downwards in the € 
house and cine twice a day, should n send- 
ing out roots from the stems that were qst this 
growing freely without making 
flower-sheaths. The Cattleya-house is the best 
place for the plant, veas d it under-potted, with 
little else but crocks tor 
cochi кч 8. Fitzgeraldi grow 
best under A conditions; they enjoy 
plenty S water when suspended. With these grow 
the sma View T и — of Celogyne 
cristata com o flow n opportunity will be 
afforded of жайиз hib a are me best Nite: the 
two best in flower here at present аге w kab 
as the Chatsworth дек s St. Albans Тасетов; ; апа 
tko other good varieties жа flower later are С. 
— hololeuca (alba), a d the Теш һа variety 
C. eristata, which last is very fine 
CarrLEYA Trianx. 
e are beginning to open be blooms, and 
will receive no special treatment whilst in flower; 
the requirements of the айа il "yé studied first, 
as we generally find the blooms last too long for the 
good of the plants. Asa — of course, they are 
never syringed overhead, but house is damped in 
the usual way ; the bottom Veces аге not closed 
ra 
eep ies 
ery bien now in m 
h 
sphoric paste that is sold 
in small jars. С. Woolford, circ. Leatherhead, 
CULTURAL MEMORANDA. 
SCHIZOPETALON WALKERI FOR POT 
CULTURE 
Тносен by no means a showy flowering plant, the 
characteristic neatness of the small white flowers of 
this species of Schi 
that many more pre 
t hardy cient it should 
реа it is 
affording Ned 
nhouse plants. It t does best on 
in any other positio wt s in pans 
boxes in the month of Marc nd hen ties 
eum transplant the young plants several bis 
d 
lan enough to require extended root-room. William 
Earley. 
SALVIA PATENS, 
Those pe possess no roots of this cep 
pecies ca n raise a number of plants from se 
This should p a or pans of sifted Бой 
bench пане ог, rina that, in loam and leaf-sọil 
in equal proportions, with the addition of a little 
standing them aside. sowing thinly, 
sufficiently to damp and settle the soil, and place i in 
a moderate смагу лр Ше уо ing plants ap 
place the pots cooler, airier 
frame, atit the plantlets are mee enough to be 
end when they m ied € эт рен — Eee 
Il 60's, апа be grown nery o 
hating till April, when hel wir be Ha aly inured 
to the air and planted out in the end of Ma ау. Salv 
patens makes a fine bed by itself; the flowers are 
produced in long succession, and are effective till 
J be potted, a ngs 
taken as soon as the young growth ^ attained the 
yength of З inches, 
CAMPANULA CARPATICA, 
This fine light blue-flowered Bell-flower is parti- 
cularly fine for small clumps, and edgings to beds of 
tall flowers and shrubs. Where old Dia ts exist. 
these may be taken up in March and divided, potting 
up the pieces into 60's, and keeping in a cold pit till 
or division may take place ea 
April, the roots being at once 
ite. Seed can be sown in February in a 
^ lace the seed-pans i in a 
cooler place on the true leaf а ing. Тһе ве 
is minute, and requires thin so 
seedlings, as soon as 
other pans of ordinary soil, and treat as recommended 
for divided plants, finally planting out in May, or 
when sufficiently large. W. M. 
THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 
GENERAL WORK, 
Sreps to Sow.— Where апу deficiency i is likely to 
occur in autumn-sown subjects, provision shoul 
i nt 
Beans also succeed well and come 
into use early, ifsown in shallow boxes in Mete and 
planted out before the roots become too tted 
any plots already dug, thus соата 5s soil in а 
fine and workable condition, and also in destro troying 
slugs and other insects. 
TRADE NOTICES, 
PERS 
MESSRS. WEBB AND SONS, STAFFS. 
Ох Saturday last Messrs. Webb's clerks, numbering 
about fift he 
H 
ub was teen а vari icd program vocal 3 
inst ани music being gone reb: in а very 
ича styl 
Мв. E. Witson SERPELL, SEEDSMAN, or PLYMOUTH, 
having M to confine his attention solely to to = 
seed busines 
expiratio i ol his lease, and offers for sale the нё 
stone Nursery, and the whole of the stock it contains. 
PLANT PORTRAITS. 
CarrtEYA Mossi ALBA vam. M. Prmor, Orchide- 
ni mt — 
rnc TRAVIATA, a RUBRO-STRIATÀ, 
en di l Horticulture Belge, n 
CyPRIPEDIUM ODERIAN. 
Gard, Mots xix. р. rg 
ns NCIDIUM РЕЖ tenflora, t. 1238 
x CN MORICA, у билиим, Januar. ry, р. 
dae Daniar Chr 
i eR t. 69 (set 
16, See 
PHRONITIS runs (arrrramis), Revue al 
? Horticulture dA. de Janua 
