Арві, 9, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
sional watering will be pares А, until is — 
established. From these plant 
a good supply of fruit for the پنسا‎ in е th of 
October. To lengthen out the supply plants can be 
grown in frames or cold pits, but where such means do 
not exist old lights placed over the icis varieties 
will greatly assist in bringing on early fru 
2 
GENERAL Work. 
Still continue to push on with the grafting, and so 
have all finished as early as possible, also attend to 
the clay on the early grafted scions, occasionally 
damping it, and pe s the moss when found to be 
necessary. The stock of netting should be examined 
in bad weather, xd where n das eor should be 
repaired with fine twine, and n taken of further 
requirements, so as to have a in readiness at an 
early date. E. Ward, Hewell Gardens, раан. 
SOCIETIES. 
TORQUAY HORTICULTURAL. 
THE д. an а mag Society was held on 
March 31 in the Bath Sal The aig us "s 
were gene IA well ыйбаа, and the ibits 
mos cially the Hya — were oiii 
mer year: 
six о, 1 greenhouse ap M r. H. Yel- 
m gr. to Bis Loch, V Villa Com 
e 
Ina class for three plante ditto, Mr. H. Yelland, 
who һа magnificent Azalea Stella and a large 
дуд | edhe Chorozema, n lst, and was followed 
by Mr. A. Watson, gr. H. W. C. Twed dle, Esq., 
whose cag ae reas a splen ndid Phaius grandi- 
flora with from twenty to thirty grand spikes of 
flower 
nde a Ber rris, gr. to J. W. Kimber, Esq., was the 
most ssful eggs of three Primulas, doubles, 
dist tinet, Ene е lst prize here, an ui^ d r six 
singles, with, hehe , the finest and bes vered 
m. that have ever E Deci exhibited at this ا‎ s 
"Рауана cw and Tulips Mg very well 
n, Кү Yelland carrying off сар 
1 both cla. deo while Mr. Ferr s 2d. 
This exhibitor 2 be another class for "Tulips, 
showi ery 
For nine УМ distinct , Mr. $ Hunt and Mr. 
ord rder 
wers. n e 
t also d the best six. 
class for twelve Hyacinths brought a strong 
competition, all th exhibitors showing unusually 
fi 00 st prize fell to Mr. J. 51 1 
"i Ad size and compactness, 
and vell deserved She 
Three Orchids.—1st 
Lavers, Esq., неч exhibited a fas plait A p 
Skinneri, Cattleya Harrisoni, and r 
oss ?d, Mr. Medland, witl FEY on ebur- 
neum, Dendrobium гате че, and Odo 
um Halli. 
. and s Tucker bt respectively Ist 
and 2d i Azalea, and th hey also ime 
the 1 ur prizes in the classes m a collection, Mr 
Yelland show the best six, and Mr. Tucker the 
finest three The latter also = wai - e н 
Cyclamens and for Camellias 
Mss ы 2 zo Yelland, who ed planta "^ feet 
оош. 
um The Бап loka of ‘Lik of the Valley came from Mr. 
Spir and Mr Cole staged the best Ferns and 
Vegetables were extensively represented, Mr. 
Kent having the finest collectio k : 
SPECIAL Prizes. 
i arranged group of plants, g т 
лм, and Ferns, to аа md 10 f dien 
by Col. 
lyacinths, Tulips, “Orchids: 
ыч Crotons, Ferns, "which w 
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491 
six Cinerarias (Smale's Superb), prizes 
Seana by Mr. W. B. Smale, The Central و‎ 
tural Depot. Torquay—Mr. J. Hunt and Mr. Yel- 
i idly grown and flowered 
izes in the above order. 
Sandford & Co, of Torqua 
offered 1 prizes for twelve cut Roses, not more than two 
blooms of one variety, ا‎ here Mr. Cole secured 15% 
w ith р good bloom ir set up. 
prizes offer Messrs. R. Veitch & Son, 
Ro ifl Nurse E Exeter for twelve Hyacinths 
, Mr. Slowman; and 2d (good), 
ompe etitors’ € энъ саати by 
eral ime priv. ves collections. Moreton Sparks, 
Esq» nap ged a fine lot o plants, principally Orchids, 
odly nomeo of Odontoglossums and 
ycaste and Cymb idium. 
азо principally Orchids, came 
from W. on о had Lelias, Lycastes 
Onlontogionsums, &с., унн "Pans p Ferns i inter- 
R. W. Beachey, ei Nursery, Kingskerswell, 
d boxes of Violets im great variety, Polyan- 
, бс. 
Son, "pr? made a spec 
owers. 
Mr. W. B. Smale, Barton Nursery, Messrs. Philips 
Т Со., Messrs. Horn i Mes Mr. Mitchell, all £ 
orqu ay; and Mr. Burridge, Paignton, sent splend 
MU. of flowering mi suitable for rini un 
purposes. 
Mess rs. Curtis, Sandford & Co. contributed & fine 
aréchal Niel ps es 
and others. 4 Orion den 
ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
DENDROBIUM MICANS x. 
Tuts beautiful hybrid between D. lituiflorum and 
D. Wardianum is in flower at Messrs. James Veitch 
well defined 
pare ges as the 
m to bind а ei 
"s en a ta any other Den E micans is a 
free grower, (pitt snes kina ‘altogether а gem 
of the first w 
PHALÆNOPSIS X. 
new hybrid, an deer d cross between P. 
Schilleriana зен e Ti ee. just rae its 
flowers in Mess i- and Son 
а was anticipated, it gives ння ‘the same RE 
P. Stuartiana in flower and leaf, but in a Seden’s 
hybrid the ipi is very distinct from that of P. S 
gr its labellum almost entirely кайы with 
that of P. amabilis, its side lobes being broad 
rounded, and the middie one wide gan tapar in the 
upper portion, as in P. amabilis 
MasDEVALLIA CHELSONI SPLENDIDA, 
A very brilliant thing. The ed Chysis 
Chelsoni and other fine hybrid Orchids 
flower in the | Exotic Nursery, 
profusion of flowers will be found in all the Orchid- 
houses. J. ОВ. 
CaTTLEYA €— 
This beautiful pep is now in bloom in the 
stove here. e plant has nine o Sl five of 
which bear seven Ten each, making it very 
attractive with its Ema dark rn flowers. 
This lovely plant can | nin any ordi- 
mary stove by a a little extra attention in 
placing it where it gets light and free admission of 
air on all fine days, and is near the glass. During 
the sunny part of the in summer time the 
plant requires to be shaded with some thin material. 
Cattleya Skinneri is much benefited, after having 
flowered, by being placed in a structure where an 
increased amount of air and moisture can be given it 
until the growths are completed. Win. Smythe, Basing 
Park, Alton, 
MR. LOUIS DE SMET. 
interest many readers of the Gardeners 
Chronicle Ni had not the pleasure of the personal 
se рст of Mr. Louis De Smet, whose death 
as lately announced, to be made acquainted bes 
some of the leading patiens in his career. He w 
one of the foremost of the 
and perseve 
uds - and wide as a centre of horticultural 
n early age Mr. De Smet entered the estab- 
Hein of Mr. Alexander perp a at that time 
a valued coadjutor to y 
genius of a iet and an exteptionally idm 
judge of men, fou . De а man after his 
own heart, passionately attached to his work, not 
fresh conquests, and, after the manner of men of this 
E edd мег th атр) victories. In 1856 Mr. 
Sm n hisown account, imme- 
diately made his аыл, and took his place i in ше front 
rank. lants 
-— iria habits, - made collections of many gen 
ial gardening had received iu 
fresh peres oí 
e been a 
ultural pursuits 
reped be claimed to ha 
irodden, lay then entirely unexplored m 
business point of view the main > in Mr. De 
Smet’s character may be sai have nergy, 
acter m d to 
oe and perseverance in an unusual рж: апа 
o them may be added a downright passion for work 
which no exertion seemed to tire, and he upheld by 
precept and example the doctrine of the dignity of 
labour. Nothing pleased him more than to w 
liri self into it that sabes 
an indication of what mann 
private life he was loved to a degree, and those who 
knew him best regret him the most; and it will be 
' the pan made in the circle of his ea 
filled, for, as Mr. Auguste rr 
Geert well tirer Mr. De Smet will be wan 
many atime. He lived pr —— life, rieh in 
the esteem and гез s friends, and had 
нек the high satisfaction © wem ng that his are 
o advance an interest of great commercial import- 
ciated in the highest enced b 
the bestowal by the King of t the Cross of Chevalier 
of the "pe of Leopold. A very large concourse 
to pedi E TE assembled 
composed both of 
to pay aac last tribute had so 
ng and so vali seed fought lifes. "petite e, and 
addresses full м. sympath y d Ic — 
em, Auguste van бей, апа Mr. Lonis van 
Houtte, and others. 
