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THE GARDENERS: 
CHRONICLE. 
[Marcu 26, 1887, 
origin. The Desmids are a retrograde group. The 
brown seaweeds adapted to a deep sea life terminate 
in the Fuci. The Confervs lead to the Floridex, or 
red seaweeds, а natural group of great variety in 
the development of their sexual organs. m these, 
it is AN were derived the Charas, the 
mosses, the gy osperms, and, ae the higher 
ngiosperms, pe qnas wering plant Mr. BENNETT’ 
views will doubtless hereafter receive much critical 
comments, but should he carry the day it will cer- 
т! relieve the student of much of the difficulties 
ant on a study of the lower vegetable = 
which at present are in a very complicated state 
FRUIT BLOOM AT GORDON CASTLE. — Our 
correspondent, Mr. Соомвев, Monmouth, in giving 
an account in our last issue of the recent weather in 
his district, mentioned the -— that the bloom of 
Apricots on t date unopened. 
ar (M 
oh 
covered with fully ye flowers 
quite итере by frost, of which there had been 
from 8? to 10?, the lowest point being reached on 
March 12. This difference in ees state of vegetation 
astle the sea may account for its com- 
азы Camas from severe cold. 
PHAL/ENOPSIS via Sous ia ON 
HOUSE, CHESH 
[SEE “Erien ake’ 
Tue Moth Orchids are not generally well grown, 
even now that Orchid culture i is much better жалат 
8 
perfection ith t 
be placed the collection of C. J, gie Saal of 
Heaton House, Cheshunt, of whose Phalmwnopsis- 
house . ive an illustration. In this ouse 
T plan ow to verv la ons, some 
proporti 
of the plants of P. н» таа; twelve ог 
whic hw 
nts which шау be useful to those who are less 
successful. The house, which is a lean-to, es 
south. and that is rather against the preconceived 
ever, built in a sheltered angle, and every care is 
n to protect the plants from sun. For that pur- 
pose a roller-blind is now in use, and soo 
inted on the glass to give 
shade in addition to that agea for by the roller- 
blind. The plants are all i baskets, their 
roots being rather em filled in between wi 
sphagnum moss, so that the air is not so excluded a 
when impe packed. The 
60° and 70° марай іп larg A now as the sun gets 
power, and the p are actively commencing to 
grow, t the Fra giai is allowed to range over 80° 
in the day, the floor, staging, and walls (the ge one 
ime 
ither are any of the other 
Orchids here, and to that Mr. Benjamin Searing, the 
gardener, attributes a good 0 
| X X gen are in S E and 
equally well, the plants 
section 
equal vigour with the P. amabilis and P. Stuartiana, 
uses are usually thought E^ be better growers. For 
of flowers on all the species, and expel 
зы grandiflora, P. лет lis, апа Р. Schille- 
m за to our illustration will serve to 
give some idea. 
А Odontoglossums are also grown to а great 
ze by Mr. Searing, and many of them are sendin 
ч» spikes as thick аз an ordinary d inan 
some are already in beau Among thes 
ood Ly апа Masdevallias, some gra 
flowered vermibus nobile and other Deniela 
and in the Cattleya-house, which has no less 
methystoglossa, C. 
gigantea, v. кес, Calanthe Stevensi, 
nieri, and some Aérides, and other Orchids, iin 
whole being very healthy, and free from insects of 
any kind. 
CULTURAL MEMORANDA, 
CINERARIAS. 
THESE contribute not a little to the floral display 
abu 
e plants on n all fav 1 c 8, انا وو‎ 
weak growth will ensue, не the наара fall a prey t 
the attacks of aphis; 
gate lightly. In the matte 
at the roots, e care, at every stage, should 
exercised, for t the roots 
the plants become s 
leaves. Iti is therefore advisable before кшш water 
e soil has become moderately dry, 
and then к "uec: | water to ариз: moisten 
the ball of eart 
et 
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` MAIDENHAIR FERN. 
This is a good time to pot up a good stock of young 
plants of Adiantum cuneatum. If sufficient seed- 
divided and potted into 3-inch or 4-inch pots, using 
peat and light er in dom apes with a sprinkling 
of sharp sand a 
warm, moist, on 5 
оп тш wes underneath Cucumber and Melon plants, 
oran early vinery, will soon start into growth, an 
siiis nice useful plants for decorative purposes 
during the summer and autumn months, 
RICHARDIA JETHIOPICA. 
The large white trumpet-shaped flowers, borne 
stout stems well above t 
se k size and substance, 
and the plants be liable to the attacks of aphis. 
Should these insects appear the house should be 
fumigated lightly two evenings in succession with 
to equ H. W. Ward. 
| ADA AURANTIACA, 
This beautiful Orchid is now in bloom in the 
stove, where its spikes of. t flowers 
are very conspici uous at this season of the year, Tt 
of land of about 1 acre 1 rood, 
a free grower and flowerer, and easily managed 
its there is a hothouse kept at a temperature of 
02—70° ; 
e pots гы i clean 
and well drained, and should be mossed o 
DENDROBIUM DZNSIFLORUM, 
A specimen of this fine Orchid commenced flower- 
ing here early in February, lasting in full beauty over 
a month. beca lovely orange and yellow-flowered 
Dendrobe с lated when i i 
stove or conservatory, if warmed up to 60°, 
well adapted for placing i in vases. When the kis. 
post I use is good peat, broken crocks, and moss, 
with a little sand added. Carefully pot the plants, 
and keep them well up above the rim of the pot. 
The plants are then placed in a strong heat, and 
the gro : are 
formed, which i is ее the 2 > үйрөн ог اا‎ 
of September, I remove them to a с ouse whe 
keep Mp M shr si org a given. 
in the s r Orc ouse wn the end of 
October. 2 “Smith, [wen Park, Alto 
LAW. 
ain a Кыны 
PURSER v. THE WORTHING LOCAL Wine 
ase (Queen's uenis Division, Mar 
before “мг. Justice Day and Mr. Justice wit) 
raised the question whether poco and gree 
houses in which fruit, flowers, and vegetables are 
grown for market are to be rated at their full rate- 
able value, or only at one-fourth value by virtue of 
sub-sec. 1 (b) of sec. 211 of the Public Health Aet, 
1875, which provides, inter alia, that “ market 
gardens or nursery ground 
respect of one-fourth part only 
The special case found that George 
the appellant, was a grower of fruit, vegetables, ‘ai 
flowers, carrying on business 'orthing, and 
describing himself 
nurseryman," and that he was the alee of a piece 
ich 
property under the description of “ greenho ouses." 
Mr. sss d Smith, Q.C. (with а б English 
Harrison and Mr. Bartley Dennies), f he Local 
Board, aiite dod that this was in no sense еї 
is was à 
y pl 
ground were covered with glasshouse p к plants 
merely put 
in to be forced. The appellant's ена were 
covered in this way, with the a ает of a few 
ards of gr rated. All 
soil was oni ficial. 
Mr. Justice Wills.—There may be 
in an open market garde 
Mr. Justice Day.—Is a mere forcing frame rate- 
able gad d 
. Yes, if it rests on brickwork. [Mr. Smith cited — 
be artificial soil 
