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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[Marcu 5, 1887. 
exposed cannot endure the force nd p to 
water when a syringe is employed. The use of a 
hose to damp between the pots is a ke 
method if care be not exercised, as many Orchids 
have nearly all their roots outside the 
but, if plants do well with this treatment it i 
proof that they do not mind fold water. When Medicis 
rafts, ie blocks are suspended T the roots e hc 
chids are growing over and hanging down, it is 
not easy tö take them down every in and dip paw 
without injuring the roots, therefore, I am convinced 
that many grow best when watered as they hang. 
Some Orchids delight in constant moisture at the 
roots, while others do best if allowed to become 
quite dry before being watered. We tried an experi- 
ment with some Cattleyas here growing on cork, by 
keeping the roots always wet, but the young roots 
imagine, for although, if well shaded, the pseudo- 
bulbs and foliage might keep green, the roots do not 
keep in so good a state of health as those that are 
allowed to. become rather dry before watering. 
Plants of Phaias tuberculosus now sending up 
flower-spikes should be examined often for yellow 
seem particularly Pun; of it. This 
xed to a piece of 
cork placed in a pot and covered i live sphagnum ; 
it should have sufficient water to keep the latter green, 
ay be kept a ине 
warmer. than that of the Cattley esa 
this Onci 
Odon Ss i 
у ist end of a Cattleya-house through the 
wint ths. Masdevallias in the way of Chimzra, 
that require a little more he an the other species 
in winter, should now be gone over; baskets а st 
for th that send out flowers mong th 
roots and close on the ace, If these plants are 
kept in a shade f the house they will estab- 
rs. i 
is in grow it can be potted, but should not 
overdone with pot-room as this species has finer 
roots than many others. C. Woolford, Downside Gar- 
dens, Leatherhead, 
CYPRIPEDIUM CALLOSUM. 
Tuts species—a ом per ns from Cochin 
— one of t 
diums. In agii. it is like a py 
and in the мар" - its flowers it A d resembles that 
species. The flowers, however, are very large, that 
from Mr. F. G. - Tantra plant, from which our illus- 
flowers on the spike, 
remaining in flower some six weeks. 
"owe [vendus was taken before the secon 
ower had expanded, but now that it is in full 
ej. the Ма effect of the plant may readily be 
imagi "m m dorsal sepal is much like that of 
C. Lawre um, pure white, striped with dark 
u RR Re the petals and pouch being soft 
or crimson on a greenish-white ground. C. cal- 
losum is likely to be one of our most easily culti- 
vated and showy Cypripediums, 
INFLU or Fi OE TA s di Pup de Mos 
to whose renis d n: re Complete de 
has lately 
уне an address ier subject of the import- 
sts in the. onomy of Nature. The 
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i Count Jaubert's efforts to arouse the French deputies 
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THE GENEVA GERMINATING 
APPARATUS 
Ета. 63 gives an excellent idea of the apparatus 
employed by J. M. Thorburn & Co., and other 
nurserymen, in the United States of America, which 
is so sim 
inches, in which are placed fifty pockets of asbestos 
felt supported by movable rods, and so arranged that 
when one of the pockets is opened for the purpose of 
putting in or examining the seed the remaining 
pockets are tightly closed, thus preventing any of 
the seeds becoming mixed by accid 
The tank contains about one-fourth inch of water 
into which the ends of the felt project. The excel- 
lent capillary properties of the felt cause a uniform 
moisture throughout all of the pockets, while the 
cover, which is not shown in the engraving, insures a 
sa aturated atmosphere and even tempera ture. The 
thirds of the 
pockets removed, and with tod. “of the remaining 
ones open. 
THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 
SEED SOWING. 
Onions may es sown whenever the ground is in a 
fit state; and i ntage has been taken during 
interv als of bal o is the surface soil no diffi- 
and moderately firm, and the seeds sown in shallow 
drills one es apart; this method of sowing is to be 
a general way, and especially in well 
drained and cultivated soils ; but in low damp situa- 
or in drills from 6 to 8 inches a 
Parsnips.—For these a distance of at least 15inches 
between the rows must be allowed, sowing thinly, 
nd on pipe ground that was manured for 
Ро a sti — loam suits them best. 
russels s Sorva —The first and prin cipal sowing, 
if 75% already made, ipud be got in at once, in 
& cold frame under glass, or on a warm pee 
border outside. Some light friable soil to sow i 
should be 
if in a frame, it should be kept shaded and closed 
until the seeds germinate, when air should be given 
feats ca every favourable opportunity. If too thickly 
Early Penzance 
Broccolis, Veitch’s Autumn and Walcheren Cauli- 
flower, Cabbage, Lettuce, &c. 
he following seeds may now be sown in the open 
ground :—Se deals. Asparagus, Ma and also 
additional ones of main crop of P. ең Early Horn 
Carrot, Spinach, Turnips, and Rad 
elery, T M 8, бы GALA &c., may 
be sowni i n hea 
iF X. Ра 
for virt into frames for summer and autumn 
can be utilised, Frames also that have been used 
&c., can also be put to a similar use, 
this _ 
with а — анай should be selected for tms 
ound 
preferable to any Mp in this respect, 
desirable size, good co ur, and in every Way 
and satisfactory. 
GENERAL 0 ЕК. 
frosts, standi 
After ases ng crops 
Cabbages, Broccoli, 
ts supported and 
ng an additional earthing-up ; 
кы ы the Cabbage lines should also 
good from the store-beds. 
Беса. 
Winter Spinach should 
all dead and withered leaves, and the gei m A 
firm and cleaned; if any of s 
tendency to go 
