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THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Marcu 26, 1887. 
r two каннын were finely though somewhat 
irregularly crested both at the tips of the fronds and 
= наз innz—a result so unexpected that ha ot 
fully registered the sowing and equally a 
kept it isolated, I could not have believed tx t that 
e error ha ad crept in vé — me; later o 
eta the plu 
manifest to gern of doubt; and besides, I ascer- 
ined that I had s nothing the offspring of 
which could be еа a: "a the crop Pk e ced. 
have hesitated 
ns, elwyn, Herts, from whom 
ite 
ing spores from the 
ine 1 
erised ыт b 
thoug mon 
plants, seems to live est s —— ә the Ferns. 
Chas. T. Druery, Радо, "Forest Gat 
ET WELLSIA ^d Wt lb I call the 
attent ion i ан our rea most magificent 
ovely peril pcc constitution, 
-size “ flowers) and fine long — pronounce it 
ngle Violets. Being so la 
it 7: will ie ve rough spring weather out- 
of-doors so we ome variis es, but giv 
За dn which t 
ен to the plants in summ hey will not 
disappoint you when called upon n for t e blossoms. 
J. Bust st, Eridge Castle, 
LAELIA ANCEPS HILLI AND 
L. DAWSONI 
TuzsE two beautiful varieties of Lelias should be 
in all choice collections of Orchids, affording their 
owers, as they do, during a season of the year when 
the СТЕ is the most bare of bloom. The 
c The labellum is of pürplish- 
crimson, vit th yellow ow Noi in the centre. For 
further hese and б fine varie- 
ties of Lelia anceps see our issue for February 26 
last. 
The лу figured in our present illustrations 
(figs. 82 and 83) grew =з the per angen fg 
Baron Schréder, The Dell, Egham, and t 
indness we are indebted for the тоте ейн Атр 
us of engraving them. 
THE ORCHARD HOUSE, 
Owrne to the continued cold weather the trees are 
in blossom in the late house. Аз I write this 
keen from the east. Whe 
. it is much better that 
. We will not take any кашта чачин vinea 
ment, In the earliest house the fruit has arrived at 
houses are n 
that stage when керсе. it out becomes necessary, 
and at the "- time the superfluous growths must 
be pinched out, In thinning out the fruits on Peach 
and Ne M trees many persons leave a very large 
time? Fruit that has been е will not drop 
off at any stage of its grow unless the trees 
may be overladen, when ar ture ai do what 
= d of the cultivator should ve done 
earlier stage. It may be en for 
granted that if the trees are well саңа ut و‎ 
in pots or m out, not 5 cent. of 
tis outs ui the 
stoning process, and only th at portion of it that has 
not been fertilised ; bui. any one with some little 
SOCIETIES. 
pie el ict 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL, 
Marcu 22.—This gathering of spring subjects was 
held in the conservatory at South Kensington, The 
tables were bright with pot Roses, Cyclamen, Nar- 
cissus, Hyacinths, and Amaryllis. 
Scientific Committee. 
Present: Dr. Maxwell T. Masters, F.R.S., inthe 
chair; Messrs. G. oo wi ": idley, W. 
Smith, G. Maw, I. Smee, А. ү, 
Ве A.D Michael, G. Y. рә ee а a 
nnett, A. 
Lowe, Hon, and Rey 
Henslow, Secretary, 
1; Te [i ag 'and Rev 
Fie, 82,.—LÆLIA ANCEPS VAR, DAWSONI, 
knowledge of the work can tell such fruits at thin- 
ning time, and would remove them— they are smaller 
and not such plump specimens as the others. The 
freely, and plants in pots 
Insect pests are also on 
the trees, and must be destroyed by tobacco-smoke 
before the leaves curl up. The blossoms in the early 
house have set very freely. The weather at the time 
the trees were in flower was very unfavourable, but 
we kept up a continuous circulation of air, with a 
dry atmosphere and the temperature sufficiently 
high. J. Douglas. 
EXHIBITION eae Aylesbury Horti- 
cultural Society’s summer show will take place on 
July 14, That of. the Glamo — Horticultural 
Society will take place at Cardiff on August 11, and 
es by way i eal I: celebration, on the 
The sh enhead Horticul- 
t 18, 
rerit bimus учиб sar 
SPATHOGLOTTIS LEVAES. 
Mr. Worthington G. Smith reported t thathe had 
been unable to detect either fungus or ins sect upo 
the leaves which he was рисо to report upon. 
EPIDENDRUM COCHLEATUM, &c. 
Th ре oscawen exhibited 
Mns plants of this ritish pcd 
duras. also exhibited sundry Daffodils, : 
vated and naturalised in Cornwall. Both re ига 
and the double form o "Te lamonius were naturali 
at Roseland, on the south coast of Corm wall. 
RICHARDIA JETHIOPICA. 
From Miss Sullivan came a specimen Med 
uppermost true leaf partially developed as а вра 
JaPANESE DWARFED P 
ey ice exhibited a 
