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Empress of India, are very fine, while Comte de 
show LR improvement over the named sorts of 
their kind | 
һе ao nthes-house, hung with тне e ere 
rhead, has the scarlet-spathed Anthurium shov 
rianum are here, 
Among those of the үн class, A. Leoüierise 
pod plants in flower, as well as the Riss of 
Fic. 8b,—TOBACCO: BIG FREDERICK— SEED LEAF, 
New Holland plants. A batch of the snow-white 
chotri . 
her 
Pretty things, are to be found in flower at this time 
in this establishment. 
THE HERBACEOUS BORDER. 
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BORDER CARNATIONS.‏ 
Now that the-time for spring planting has come‏ . 
round border Carnations are amongst the first to‏ 
ies attention, and must be put into their bloom-‏ 
qua is it we hear so man‏ 8 
complain that these beautiful fl ve unsatis- 
factory with them? e fault is, in the majority of 
tn due to late planting, the plants not having 
me to make proper бута before гесе time 
arrives. Late planting is often done under the 
mistaken idea that Carnations are tender. I have 
for m 
many 2 planted out large quantities, and my 
plan is to commence a 
evine the wor 
the middle of April. Any plants kept їп pots after 
that time get starved, Apes and drawn, hence the so 
oft heard cry, “Oh! I can't grow Carnations. Last 
year I bought some, ма they гап up with just one 
cius and did not make any ‘ т апа позу 
my plants are all dind. " To lay the foundation of 
suecess plant Carnations, Picotees, and all ó 
the family early in the spring. "The following is a 
selection ipn Pipes to find a place in every vers 
viz. Alic ar, pearly white, striped car 
Comte ie Moris "is flesh, eia and Et: 
(SEE Р. 452.) 
Prince of Orange, yellow, margined with carmine ; 
General Stewart, deep cri form ; Gloire de 
haded ; 
Pride of Penshurst, pure yellow se 
W. P. Milner, pure whit H тет sweet; Walter T. 
Ware, rose-lake, striped yellow. F. G, 
PRIMULAS. 
Amongst the many Primulas of recent introduc- 
tion, three at least may be taken as acquisitions of a 
nature; I refer to P. floribunda, P. obconica 
(poculiformis), and Р. Rusbyi. The two first sur- 
all 
and the last named by the striking еш of its veas 
le flowers, relieved with the bright golden- 
d 
ro ye. P. floribunda is eher year -showing 
signs of improvement, "T in the intensity of colour 
and the size of its flowers. A plant in flower at Kew at 
the present time, and the result of selection only, has 
flowers twice the size of those of the original plants, 
plant has been flowering more or less for the last nine 
or ten months, and is just now thro wing up numerous 
new flower-stems, and as yet shows no signs of deteri- 
oration. At the meeting of the Royal Horticultural 
xw December 7, 1886, a variety was shown b 
Mr. T. S. Ware, with white flowers ; this is a decided 
metier se 
yellow flowers of which are almost touchin 
other, is & very desirable peras ‘me the dull 
winter months. Of P. obconica, with regard to its 
continuous соме too much can hardly be said: 
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in such as we had lately there. is 
tos, hope ae + It zh bé дщ be kept in a cold 
frame, where it will continue to flower all throu 
eg winter if frost can be хар надой 
п Атегісап к» larger P. angusti 
al usickiana, а dus are 2—6 inc 
oblong or spatulate, and often denti 
stem 6—12 v е with from 8—12 ог more 
bif ep flowe about 2 inches in diameter, 
d with a pretty pa каре ы, eye that shows it 
oots, It 
as, we believe, first published in the Bulletin of the 
"Torre rey Da. viii, p. 122, and was introduced to 
eultivation two years ago by Mr. T. S. Ware, of Tot- 
tenham. P. Parryi is another charming plant, which 
we rarely see doing m = gardens. Dr. т, whose 
name it bears, says th: è always found it growing 
ides of Riin: я ice-cold water, cad when he 
d your water is not 
If cold is essential surely this winter 
ower-heads 
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good depth and plenty of good rich soil to get strong 
growths, as it appears to be a gross feeder, D, 
INDIAN ORCHIDS, 
Тнк CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THEY GROW, 
Some eyes are found confined to special situa- 
tions and growing in a limited area; ort "vm 
are widely distributed, and grow under 
ditions of climate and temperature, which makes it 
difficult to aE the climatic conditions best 
suited to them 
PHALÆNOPSIS CORNU-CERVI 
is a р to which the above remarks are specially 
This curious Orchid i is found i in abund- 
sha 
throughout the dry season, and losing none of their 
leaves. 
P. Cornu-cervi is found from Akyub north, through- 
