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= in suitable condition an early sowing may be made 
_ in pots, and after hardening off they « can be planted 
1 pro already done no time should be lost in getting 
p in E and Ranunculuses. W. M. Baillie, 
53 Eo» 
[REES AND SHRUBS. 
A DESIRABLE HARDY SHRUB. 
Snowdrop tree (Halesia tetraptera) is a 
pretty Snow- 
1 К ike flowers hanging 
p n 
| that in which I have seen it doing best was prepared 
. peat. and where the situation was what would be 
, considered as well sheltered. 4. D. W. 
GAULTHERIA PROCUMBENS, 
nown spicy aromatic odour of the sweet Birch 
p lenta).G., N 
LEYCESTERIA FORMOSA. 
This shrubby plant is about as peculiar as it is 
. Pretty, and twice as interesting; a border of it in our 
| home nurse 
n it in such, and when once fairly established 
n forms a dense mass of Bamboo-like canes of 
LIGUSTRUM LUCIDUM, 
erto your inquiry concerning the к= 
lucidum at this p 
mu 
5 
S 
E 
ма a te he ground, 
, nches respectivel irth of stem at 
| the base, 6 feet 9 inches, T dit 
n in bloom. The soil is 
Ж urbery, Arundel Castle, 
EURYBIA ARGOPHYLLA. 
: I ot unfrequently culti- 
* +0 grow this plant.in anything like a satis- 
factory manner a warm sheltered position must be 
assigned it, such as at the base of a sunn y wall, or as 
a wall plant in some cosy nook, where abundance 
of sunshine i is always rmitted free access. Another 
а general 
m & sunny wall it is now bursting 
PyRUS MALUS FLORIBUNDA 
is at present one of our most rap pene plants, the 
bright crimsom buds and 
erybo 
garden, large or small, should possess a plant of this 
Pyrus, for it is D accommodating, bears trimming 
with impuni ty, and as an isolated | specimen for the 
lawn it is partieulariy well Anim The better 
known P. japonica, for depth of flower-colour and 
general понинин is certainly not Ана зур by 
any other in the genus to which it belongs. Some 
plants growing on an ‘old wall within tind aoe of 
the sea at Bangor are just now in sight, rich and 
rare, hardly a branchlet wanting its several ^ of 
the most brilliant scarlet flower ers imagina Of 
this there i is a white variety, but in our aad it 
is far behind the normal form as an ornamental 
flowering sos. 3L DW. 
ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
ORCHIDS AT BOCKING PLACE, 
BRAINTREE. 
ү progress is being made in the neat and 
from his p to 
accounted for by his having such well-constructed 
and perfectly ventilated houses in which to grow 
them. Notwithstanding every care, however, formerly 
the Ph halenopsis used to be a source of great trouble 
to se owne Orchid grower, Mr. A. Wright, 
but now the 
house t 
which they have at init taken a fancy being literally 
filled with large branched flower-spikes sent up from 
among their handsome and perfect foliage. Some 
superb Phalznopsis Schilleriana are in bloom, one 
especially being large, perfectly sound, and of fine 
colour, and with them some good uartiana, P. 
amabilis, and P. rosea, and in bud speciosa and 
m 
difficulties with these plants should spur on those 
who are not succeeding with them to further efforts, 
for Phalaenopsis, although among the most stubborn 
of plants when not properly managed, are very easy 
o grow when once their wants are oe 
The Cattleyas here are also grown to perfection, 
the house devoted to M having a large number of 
ne forms of C. Tria in bloom, together with 
some good C. E ватам C. amethystoglossa (one 
with two spikes of twelve and eighteen flowers), the 
white C. 
very strong spike of flowers. In this house there 
are two plants not to be beaten in their classes: the 
one a fine mass of a qo coloured form of C. 
Trianze, which may be called Courtauld's variety, 
has sixteen flowers of Ака size and perfect shape, 
the sepals and petals bright. rosy-lilac, ‚апа the 
fusing the whole; it is in the way of C. T. Norm. 
housiana, but far superior to both 
these fine varieties. It came out of Messrs. Veitch's 
importation, and is worthy to be included as one of the 
best d ark-lipped Trianæs ever introduc eside it 
is a large specimen of a fine white form of Sander's 
importing—a lovely thing, with just a shade of pink 
in the front half ind the lip and some yellow in the 
; it has jus three dozen flowers all ex- 
pan nded, and bres a a beautiful object. 
Another intermediate-house has a fine display of 
Cologyne cristata in all its varieties, E fine speci- 
men of the Chat 
them with four flowers), a 
selection of Lycaste Skinneri, some large specimens 
of the pure white "es fragrant т pul- 
chellum, O. Cervantesi, O. as ‚ О. Oerstedi, 
many О. Rossii majus, the hinge icala Lælia harpo- 
phylla, Comparettia m 
some good scarle 
m Ceylon, where it is called the Lily of 
the Valley í Orchid. Its pure white flowers are borne 
oral оше 
show their beauty like 
their нт: cared-for bret i ren 
Nepenthes-house, in wich the Angrecum 
and peek warmth-lovin re 
i И 
‚ А. hyaloides, and some gran о ossum 
Roezlii are in bloom ; and in th house adjoin- 
ing is a very healthy collection of С; pediums and 
other plants. The Dendrobium-house is gay with 
D. Wardianum, the varieties of D. nobile, D. primu- 
linum gi 
which contain a 
among which are , are showing 
well for flower. asdevallia- má has one of 
the best collections of these plants both as regards 
botanical and showy varieties. Later on it will 
be a sight worth seeing, with scarlet and other 
varieties of M. Harryana. At oap t there are in 
bloom M. ‘nie. 9 M. pulvinaria; M. Armini, M. 
xenthocorys, M. polysticta, M. abbreviata some Е 
M. ignea, the handsome and little known M. cucul- 
lata, , with its pretty prs git i flowers, and а 
probably new species with very fine fleshy-white and 
and a new range, glaz 
more in the open, the flowering and 
plants and flowering climbers evidently appreciating 
the change. The old range of а was the 
last trace of old-fashi at Bocking 
and the whole of the garden 1 e now be said 
o be rnised and mad 
HABENARIA MILITARIS, 
A terrestrial Orchid, discovered in the mountains 
of Phu-Quoc, Cochin China, by M. Godefroy. The 
leaves are lanceolate, diminishing gradually in size, 
the upper part of the stem being occupied by a loose 
many-flowered ео of flowers, each about 14 inch 
ish segments, forming a 
long, with small green 
and a large oblong four-lobed scarlet lip. The last 
number of the Orchidophile (February) contains a 
coloured figure of this remarkable and beautiful 
species. M. Godefroy does not give a very tempting 
account of the new French colony. 
AN AMERICAN SEED-HOUSE LONDON 
We learn that Messrs. W. Atlee ы е & С 
пеһ donde in 
Philadelphia, U.S.A., have opened a 
London, for the purpose of facilitating t "eni trade in 
seeds with English gardeners, &c, 
