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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
455 
AZALEAS, 
Forced Azaleas after flowering should be placed 
near to the glass in the Camellia house, the condi- 
tions maintained being e for them until 
used to абе growth, removing 
carefully all Nai aedi biin agp damaging the young 
shoots, and as these lengthe 
stopped to cause them to branch, 
often troublesome, and so 
allowed to remain eté must be destroyed on 
potting should be done quite firmly, and the plants 
afterwards be kept tolerably close, and syringe 
daily, but no kind of fertiliser need be used until the 
eir blossom-buds expand. 
Thomas Coomber, Hendre Gardens, таф» uth. 
MESSRS. W. I Rain AND SON'S 
NURSERI 
Messrs. W, CLIBRAN & Mut Oldfield Nurseries, 
n the usual way, a e 
e dedi те the numerous ee 
rip сап always find м flower show in the Old- 
field Nurseries, which y attend by thousands 
from the Lancastrian iwi without paying an 
entrance fee, 
At the proper season, in a good climate for such 
shrubs, we osor F ave seen both in the nurseries, 
and in many a well-kept garden in the district, a 
тн display of Rhododendrons; but i 
evoted 
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season, ite time or our visit we were interested 
to find chic а quantity of gr had ted tot been packed 
or Bombay, ren a number of tropical Ferns 
g hê, үсем es of this establish- 
ment to а country ines glass will be found as ne- 
account of cold but to 
r subjects from the sun, and 
ani for them the moist atmosphere which they 
uire 
leased to learn that Messrs. Clibran 
ve paid icit attention to many of those goo 
i i arce, ш 
ulturi 
Messrs. Clibran 
evra a real method of pro- 
ting the ae Acacia pubescens. They state 
seed imported as that of Acacia pubescens had 
grow more largely is Clianthus десс cad ә 
grows and blossoms freely here in а cool h and 
is found easier to P iig M briug to the Aui. 
ing stage than C. Dampie T 
well after the second Aes d le the form 
luxuriant, and still produces the scarlet “ кшш» 
elaws " in cci in the site the plants occupied 
six year i 
Аз wes shall make it our special business to m 
s it may be. The Eucha 
of t 
in the wholesale het. es а third more than 
those ofany other variety, we must Eucharis 
amazonica, as standing at ша er of the list, and 
superior to the rest, Of another class a note was 
made in regard to Euphorbia sata e whose 
vim 2a gl dac que excel those of E. splendens. 
Draczna Lind оо, reqnires а pus for its golden 
табаса orte variety and contrast by the side 
[n and carmine еа foliage of the 
ies. 
ipladenia Brearleyana is considered as the best 
of the dark erimson varieties, while D. 'Thomas Speed 
is expected to surpass D. amabilis, 
Two hybrids and improvement of Ixora are I. 
Fraseri and I. Westi. Thunbergia Harrisi bns! en 
blue flowers under the roof of one the stoves here, 
ra is strongly ае а аз obust species, 
flowering, and n псу known. It i 
free in 
sioltood here ar ды. for which there is a great 
demand, that new double varieties seem to be 
wanting in SERAIS tame and are less thiving 
than the ordinary white and scarlet varieties. 
Caladiums were not at their best at the time of 
our visit to Messrs. Clibran's establishment, where 
there is а large collection, and we are pleased 
to note à rom e се riety, С. minus erubescens, 
the ing 
bei 
of pe same a eight, har Savio brilliant crimson 
leaves with bright green margins. АП the popular 
forms are here, and are grown to meet a large 
demand, including the dwarf Maidenhair, Adiantum 
Paccott tti. 
pacris Eclipse and E. grandiflora are recom- 
e the experts here as the two most popular 
г 
three times during the year 
i keep up the sup 
Cyclamens coming i into bloom ES = 
favourite flower in this pues The n propa- 
ted e fr . pers is i epey those 
derived from C. pc 
Chrysanthemums filled a house 150 feet long by 
24 feet, and in the early winter this forms а special 
attraction for the ening dirus people o 
and although we 1 hardened in 
а mum аон we regret that only these few 
0 п be spared for so fine a collection 
Five acres of ground are occupied by herbaceous 
plants, including a n family of Hepaticas, 
which do not ارو‎ yield seed satisfactorily in the 
positions the only consenting to do so when 
they are well Mir n and feel at home. sine 
seem to be in first-rate condition чаб and we 
told they produce seed Dener “St. Brigid ds" 
Christmas , the Brockhurst variety, or Helle- 
ifolius, 
spondence in the Gardene 
since, and to this we may refer, me 
that the variety has been long known in this part of 
the coun should be so soe eee for the 
sake of its 
Among hardy Carnations and Picotees Daniel 
Adamson is in great repute here vigorous 
grower, which will stand out all uis winter. The 
flowers are large, and of pure yellow. Pansies are 
cl aee as another specialty, and of these large 
readths are grown, as of Primula japonica and P. 
Sieboldi, ges both do well here out-of-doors. 
H. E. 
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ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
OAKLEY, ert MANCHESTER. 
Apropos of the lamented death of William Leech, 
sq., mentioned in your columns last week, it will be 
three years. 
—— ed in ges collection, and here also, amongst 
ny ot otable spe cimens, some ч: е est 
"sd of Dendrobin um Falcon this 
country were flowered, - exhibited ds nein years 
by his gardener, Mr. Sw 
Curtous GROWTH IN A CGLOGYNE CRISTATA, 
end you а Venta ete from the Professor. 
You will see my letter to him has gone astray, so 
that he misses the “remarkable point about it. In 
flower-spike came from the top of the bulb—the one 
with nine, a the other with ten flowers. The 
plant i ery fine variety, and usually has seven 
and idis а to the spike.. W. Vanner, Camden 
Wood, Chislehurst, 
бх following is the communication referred 
"eT; am indebted to Mr. W. Vanner, Camden Wood, 
i o Mr. 
Chislehurst, Kent, for two most remarkable shoots. 
one, the other with two eases all narrow, la: 
acuminate, rather rigid, an е inflorescences of 
eight or ten flowers. H. G. 
CALYPSO BOREALIS. 
This elegant ep bro huge Orchid is now in 
flower in the Kew ction. It isa plan a г, is 
very rare in cultiv be although in a wild state i 
widely dispersed throughout Northern Europe, fele 
d Nor rica. The solitary е 
"xii the sepals and petals being a delicate rose and 
n, with a yellow crest on т i pfi a 
Tha figure, which has appeared in these 
copied from Hooker's Exotic Flora, d eme a 
good idea of the beauty and peculiarity of the plant. 
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ORCHIDS IN FLOWER Ат Kew. 
The Kew Orchid collection now boasts of upwards 
of 1 аи in flower. If varieties were counted 
in addition, the — of course could be very 
нанета increas 
CALANTHE SIEBOLDI, 
is a rare and certainly pretty Orchid, which most 
Orchid growers 
€— with a fine 
аа. Тһе udine are s nw large, the large lip 
being yellowish, and Is and petals brown- 
woe It Men in the Hevue Horticole 
855, p. 881, ү a t. 635. 
We nie that all "—-— se the section 
to which this belongs (of Vhich 9 гезинде is the 
best known type) with the sas species bearin 
pseudobulbs have so far been essful. 
TRICHOPILIA SUAVIS. 
A agr of this beautiful Orchid, with its large, 
handsom rn-scented flowe 
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spotted with 
et-rose, and having a eer throat. Itisa 
й figure is given in the 
Botanical Magazine, t. 4654. 
