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_ there was a d example in bloom. 
Prominent by its distinct marking is a кызд plant of 
the C. J. М 
Fennvany 19, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS? 
CHRONICLE. 
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NURSERY NOTES. 
MESSRS. HOOPER & CO.’S, TWICKENHAM, 
fine lot of winter-flowering Tree Car- 
nations here recently. Аз in many other fine col- 
lections the maggot has made its pq xen appear- 
ance in the nursery, and Mr. 
е be successful ? гт жс the best 
varieties of Carnations are that capital free pink- 
flowered and invaluable variety, Miss  Joliffe, 
R 
Jean Sisley, dwarf and die; bee PW flaked 
with reddish-scarlet ; , Raspail, fi deep scarlet; 
Souvenir de la B 
Comte, also a lemon 
flushed with magenta-red ; Zouave, а plant of robust 
habit, and presenting novelty in colour, ы d us 
being white, with scarlet. 
bloomer 
iful clear rose is Irma; 
and one of the best for winter work, 
fine yellow. 
ongst noteworthy etsi subjects may 
be mentioned Palms, which are are gro in large 
gaan in 48's for Buses Amongst what may 
b | 
chosperma Alexa t^m Phoenix rupicola, Thrin 
grandis: this has been well described as a minia- 
ture Latania borbonica. ons gave bright- 
ness to the surroundings—Evansianus, and what 
= table work are grown in 
quantity, Adiantum аа and А. mundulum being 
especially d e eerie J of plants for table 
work, we no ticed a 
very suitable table plant. The true Dracæna rubr. ra, 
| b Irises, 
Pæonies, and a good collection of herbaceous plants 
are grown, but on this nothing can of course be said 
just now. B. 
: ORCHIDS IN FLOWER АТ Sr. ALBANS. 
The rie. season at Mes F. Sander & 
Co.'s t Orchid E eran may now be said 
er, rapidly replaced by many hundreds of flowers 
f good forms of Cattleya Trianæ. 
bewildering show ó n 
the plant 
at St. Albans having the Өш ий, on the tips - 
als 
ent as to give an idea of three 
d cool kinds, and admirably adapted for- 
` Tobacco of 0 s quality can 
pie is well bloomed ; some large masses of ie 
nceps and other Orchids are in flower, and hangi 
overhead are some baskets of Lycaste Skinneri vith 
about a score blooms each ; and a quantity of a very 
fine Oncidium of the Cay ven ndishianum section with 
grand spikes of yellow acre изме with brownish- 
crimson ; it is эрес е О. расһу phyllum of 
Lh 5 g., t. 980 с and is certainly a far 
finer thing than the М o. Cavendishianum. 
the Mexican Orchids those two fine intro- 
ome extra- 
Ped e АД v нае insigne, grand 
in themselves and destined to introduce new features 
urneri, but with 
cream-coloured sepals and petals; Odonto glossum 
odoratum, O. Sanderian 
n scripta, 
Reichenbachiana, Calanthe masuca, C. Sand 
C. vestita gigante 
nt not ‘generally well done in 
collections, being completely анаи at St. Albans. 
TOBACCO CULTURE. 
THE Messrs. W. D. & Н. О. Wills have offered a 
prize of £50 for the best crop of Tobacco grown in 
Great Britain, and a similar prize for the best crop 
ractical expe- 
perfect байан viik all the details. 
cost of 
s in some instances fen times what it ought 
to have puso, and there was a want of the 
costly than Y otherwise would have been. 
The blem , however, ig as to whether 
be grown in this 
country. Now I contend the experiments. should 
germ on a larger 
and tithes, &c., which the foreigner does n ot 
expense is incurred for hogsheads, transit 
across the Atlantic, no expense for worming, which 
in some countries from t. of 
curing, &c. 
the experiments тоге. 
. placed a i shal piece of charcoal 
acre; and if the crop is good enough, and cured as 
bright Tobacco, a much better price may be counted 
on. 
An Approximate Estimate к! те A of Growing an Aere 
of Ti 
Rent, 40s. ; tithes, rates, and але. 145. . #22 14 0 
лола s, at 6з. рег thousand p pnoal10 8 
Planting . uu I i 
Fifteen loads farmyard manure, at 4a. wm 0: 
A eading s 918 
cwt. guan о, at £12 per ton... oot 0.,0 
Three e ploughings 4.110 0 
Ridging and hilling by hand.. 0P 0 
wo harrowings e 98 w 
Three hand-hoein 43:387 
Three horse-hoeing $0 6 0 
Topping and suckering B M д 
Harvesting, including sticks... S501 M 
Labour fixing scaffolding in barn s Ris oO 
Curing. E eso r cutting up w ood. 010 0 
е man one week attending fires 015 0 
Su NTR ence, packing and cases 179 8 
Stripping and so , &c.—say, 1000 1b, at 8s. 
00 Ib. .. 0 0 
Total... ..£2110 6 
Results 
es Ib. Tobacco, pr 8d. per 1b. - £1618 4 
00 Ib. t6d. p ow 40:0 0 
y Ib. » B ME 55 113 4 
1000 Ib. dco exe. d ue ЮВ SN 
Кюй o iow dno 1618 
£38 6 8 
To this may be added al«o petes j for the unexhausted 
value of the manure left in the soil, as the land would be 
in excellent voidition fora read crop. 
In the estimate of cost I have put down 15s. for 
the negroes of Virginia. There is 
мүч 8 a ent us ra wing a large proportion of 
obacco, prov ding the Government will 
relie. the duty. Old Firg. 
CULTURAL MEMORANDA. 
MARSH Mp UE TUM PALUSTRIS). 
ner knows 
of as value for forcing аха For his purpose 
ère recommends the plants to be divided in 
oaiiy spring, Lor out in rich moist soil, in the 
shade, the ‘plants 12—14 
? removed boa hirii Nettie nitet dbi (блан 
range from 15°—30° C. (599—869 Е.) ` 
The plants should be kept very moist. The first ` 
batch can thus be brought into a flowering state in - 
about a € successive batches demand a 
shorter tim n heat. The double-flowered variety · 
should be ch osen by preference. i 
Draczn. 
de may — be кыгын te to some of your readers 
er way o ting Dracænas, - 
Men that mere mentioned which I consider much  - 
superior, and a little more speedy as well. It is 
a well known fact that 
be 
where this very simple and cheap way of doing im 
has been practised. heads are cut just below 
the lowest leaves, then tied together with a piece 
of raffia, and 
In each — should be 
our . and the temperature 
not 
below 75°, This treatment will cause them to send 
