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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 515 
I which, as an ornamental one, promises to 
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nurseryman, King's Road, Chelsea, began to flower 
with him in November, 1795. 
This is oder by a figure of Trifolium incar- 
ily rich in E pur A forms and brilliant 
colours. It was raised from seed Mines. ar 
other equally curious things in the of 
$ Barr, near Ball’s Turnpike, Kingsland. Caleeolaria 
Iu (pl. 348), first named and figu 
nin the Zortus Kewensis, was intr ту from 
"а aie home in the Falklands in 1777 by Dr, 
em ergill, 
e figures in the remaining volumes (xi.—xiv T) 
E of pe period are mostly of hardy and Cape plan 
p thelatter including many bulbous kinds ideo 
E to the genera Ixia, Antholyza, Gladiolus, &c. 
(pl. 469) 
3 stipularis (pl. 475) ; ‘Ss latter pes dedicated to 
$ he hi T of botany in Englan 
er women in these нга merit a word 
or two, булк thos 
successive generations of florists. Cymbidium aloi- 
folium (pl. 387 —Epidendrum), flowered by Grim- 
wood & 
a ykes, | nd 
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the previous volumes; a classified index to hardy 
trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennials, biennials and 
E. annuals ; an index to the greenhouse plants; an 
= index to the stove plants, and an index arranged 
. according to the Linnean system 
hg ios MN FROM EN то 1800, 
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ей was ols so much activity in oe er 
dening. In Austria alone, judging from the kK 
ably illustrated ei of the younger Jacquin, was 
there anythin 
'5 Delight, a folio work, illastrated 
with aile inel which I have not seen, but which 
Dir масц with plates, by James Maddock, a florist at 
Walw This edition is not in the Kew library, 
cerning whom I shall have more to say further on, 
had a fine garden at Chapel Allerton, in Yorkshire, 
where he cultivated а large collection of plants, а 
catalogue of which, somewhat on the plan of Aiton's 
Hortus Kewensis, he published in 1796, entitled 
Prodromus stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton 
vigentium. The author’s annotated copy was pur- 
at a sale of Burchell’s 
is w 
plants, on the ground that е old ones, from a variety 
of e were inappro pria 
comes Andrews' атт пэт а rival 
of the re Magazine, issued in parts, at half-a- 
cro h, from 1797 to 1812; the rich contain- 
ing 664 parse quarto plates of very unequal execu- 
tion. A second edition was published in 1816, and 
i i crable. The 
ng of this genera 
drawing is d fairly vi though not equal to 
some 
of the ers 
but these are often inexact and pirata inadequate 
to be of any use bugie 
Nevertheless ‘the hipa ory was in one su 
to the Botanical Magazine, because the majority of 
the plants figured were of recent intro on, An 
drews was apparently strongly supported by Lee & 
Kennedy, for he figured ve of their introduc- 
tions from South Africa, Australia, and elsewhere, 
Hemsley 
(To be continued.) 
THE ANÆCTOCHILUS. 
No Orchid collection should be thought complete 
without a small group of these charming little p 
They are doubtless capricious in their habits, a 
refuse to make bright healthy growth рен bia 
with the best care and attention bestowed upon them. 
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any other pla he te 
atmosphere, e pcm are the essential ee de 
whereby success may be obtained. I potted the 
nts i i 
pla ixture of peat, sph: Шы, 
and potsherds, the latter ecce up into small pieces. 
a hand with a movable top, 
moistur ure. 
omparative rest, but ч o even 
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plants for half an hour or more. There is some 
a 
should be watered through a fine rose, but the leaves 
should not be watered, as it is injurious, sometimes 
causing a cag mould я еен over Tid upper wes 
face of t When t 
En in the ordinary com x arr and if the operation - 
is performed before the growing period commences, 
they will be nice established plante in a few weeks, 
The object of the cultivator is to be careful not to 
in the world may not be enough to restore them to 
their pristine vigour. Red-spider will attack the 
leaves, and do mischief before it is observed. To 
destroy this, sponge the leaves. Thrips may also be 
sponged off, The G 
he Goodyeras may be treated in the 
same way. A selection of hothouse speci е 
Dominii х,а garden hybrid; A. Lowii, A. petol 
8 е are of course many other species, 
but they cannot all be obtained when wanted. T 
lovely yera Dawsoniana I u grow for its 
spikes of pure white flowers in winter. As a rule it 
K y end not to allow the plants to produce flowers, 
CHEAP STORAGE FOR APPLES. 
A recent zs of the Ohio State Horti- 
cultural Society Mr. J. Jenkins described a simple 
method used by him in storing and кер Apples 
for л вргїп pages e s follows :—. 
f the est and most rapid profits t that а 
horticultarist Wii айп can take advantage of is in 
October 
and е price of good winter терла 18 seldom 
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spring, so that a moderate amount of shrinkage from 
rotting, &c. m asily be met in the “large ely 
усе 
oe a profit of late selling. 
In earlier times, when there was a greater lack of 
pitta room, quantities of Apples were preserved for 
the spring market by simply burying them in the 
orchards where grown in conical urs span ies 
straw over the heaps, then enough eart 
freezing; and even at the present dies some f нчы 
choicest Apples that reach our late spring market 
which gr tei veral feet deep and 8 or more feet 
wide at the top, and in the bottom, extending its 
full length, & eg is ки made of а e ard 
1 foot wide for m, and 
nches 
ic dt for the sides, "with s little drain шау 
This trough, ges up the full length, and in 
of the vation, is covered with slats 
d across n in 
the bottom 
Th rt f four thi 
3 о same unge ery rhe ons of 
. Such plants as are either useful o injurious in 
fl as " by К,Р, Nodder, otis E карар to Her 
e appeared periodically from 1792 to 1795, 
n 1794 Haworth issued the first his writings on 
succulent plants, then very popular and commonly 
cultivated. "The Roses of the ped were depicted 
by Miss Mary Lawrance in a folio volume containing 
ninety plates, Richard Anthony Salisbury, con- 
akaka 
шту. "The first edition was published in 
as followed by a second in 1769, containing 
tes. Pritzel Eie Literature Bo- 
не 2 iy states that the first edition contains plates, 
the second therefore * ' minime differt," 
Iallude to this case because the plants 
w under bell-glasses. Three nice plants 
were potted in a 5-inch pot ; this w as placed in inside 
a 7-inch one, some drainage being placed in the 
эө of the edid pot, on which the base of the 
one lants rested; this is done to 
нн the rims of dis two pots level with each other, 
е space between the two pots is to be filled with 
potsherds nearly to the rims, and the surface between 
the two to be filled up with finely chopped live 
-glasses oug 
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sphagn be clear, in 
end that the plants underneath may be seen with- 
hem. It is also very desirable that 
dé glasses should be removed every morning, at the 
same time wiping them clean with а cloth. 
They may also remain off with advantage to the 
a 
is done in the old way of burying fruits. 
t w gives а circulation of cold air 
TOM all Loos Apples stored above it, and ends in a 
s 12? or а 
advantage to let the cold air circulate through. But 
eather it is an advanta age to keep the 
ane osed, tl ld that is already 
there. This simple а inexpensive. arrangement 
preserved Apples until very late ewe spring 
ey market 
flavour, and bro ght prs treblethe pr ice they would 
have commanded in the best fall or early winter 
market. Farmers’ Review, 
