E, 
Joss 4, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
735 
The plants of L. Marie at Kew were raised from 
y Sir F. von Mueller last year. 
which has 
Leichardtii, is neither dwarf nor unarmed. Mueller 
“Аз Bentham thought, L humilis seems 
merely а equ state of L. inermis, which is not 
unarmed, and both names are therefore mislea ading." 
ormer name must, however, stand, but instead 
of the height of this Palm being only “stems 4 to 6 
feet high,” it must be said to attain 50 feet in length 
of stem, as shown by the specimen now growing in 
the Palm-house at Kew. W. Watson, Kew. 
NURSERY NOTES. 
MR. WARD’S, WALLWOOD NURSERY, 
LEYTONSTONE. 
Tur one of the large number of nurseries 
thickly mie on the outskirts of London, the pro- 
ductions of which к za end to supply the ever 
increasing demands of Cov Garden, and the 
numerous ра towns dal draw much that they 
ers, and fruit, 
wer, Mr. ard was garden 
Wilkins, Esq., at Leytonstone, those who 
in the habit of attending the metropolitan horticul- 
tural shows will not need to.be told that he held а 
gg iere amongst v ren exhibitors of 
hids, and greenhouse plants, Heaths, and 
Nus all of which invariably bore‘the stamp 
of a master hand ; the Pelargoniums especially, that 
he used to stage have never been surpassed, and 
ET equalled, either in the size or PEN NTA of the 
plants. It is deme needful to say that the keen 
observation and unceasing mpra с marked the 
successful Rire Sar been brou о bear on the 
EAM which, with like success, она for 
Laie Grapes are one of the € features; the 
"m Me are fie os Colmar and Black prone 
occupy seven large houses, ranging fi 
n te 4 feet el by 15 to 24 feet wide. The Vines 
are planted inside, mostly from 2 to 3 feet apart, the 
borders occupying the whole of the space within the 
s placed on those that are 
inside, as with their wants well supplied, the inside 
borders are thickly packed with active feeding PT 
The Gros Colmar, intended to come in first, 
a 
Jensen’s fish potash has been largely used, with an 
occasional springs of nitrate of soda. 
washed in 
ect, the berries of 
"tie usual ае in fact, the verdict of several of the 
Ing trad 
d Alica 
| kept for the first two 
ver alite the new year. The Vines in these houses 
ike carrying full crops of beautifully finished 
in the g of m edium-sized bunches, 
“ме of those intended to hang until after 
Christmas are reduced in size at the time of thin- 
ning by removing the shoulders, smallish bunches 
epe easier — clear of decayed berries, and at 
e time тео си liked by the generality 
my bets The bor n thes : late houses were 
covered with а ns ipn of straw to keep the 
moisture from rising, without ci ap the soil 
d practised. In common with others 
t а reasonable view about the condition of Vine 
roots, 7 Mr. Ward looks upon the comparatively dry 
state it is requisite to keep Vine borders in where 
late эрэн are hanging, аз a necessary evil, and as 
the fruit is cleared from a house the border 
a ure 
which the surface is formed into 
enclosed by ridges of earth. 
filled so as to enable the water to Ж чон whole 
mass of soil down to the drainage. Directly a vinery 
s cleared of fruit it is iem with some or — 
of the different kinds n this 
way made to do duty жый e Vines. s are ган 
started. 
Palms.—Of these immense nümbers are grown 
се а number of long houses. The principal 
sort own are Kentias, ah Weddelliana, Sea- 
forthia elegans, Phoenix reclinata, and Corypha aus- 
tralis; these are now nearly all crore ime one 
time the seed of such kinds as the Kent diffi- 
cult to secure se > condition =н it была piraisiti, 
and which e much loss and disappointment, 
it not — happening that when £8 or 
spent 
s The stock of pec 
the best of all greenhouse Palms, in common w 
the other sorts grown, ry E beautiful condition, 
showing the advantage of e plants being allowed 
sufficient room, and their rione located in good light 
houses, from the time the seedlings appear until they 
are ready for sale. 
Ferns occupy а large space; the principal sorts 
rum, 
ket work. 
extremities of the agp coming just sufficiently sub- 
divided to give the plant an elegant effect; in 
appearance it is Hare и! эе) to the Chiswick crested 
serrulata, with the advantage of its 
pores, whilst the variety of P. 
has to be followed with it. 
cretica is also much superior to the ordinary variety. 
Dicksonia antarctiea is well known, in the form of 
large tree-like specimens; but it has not hitherto 
been nearly so muc 
s in a small state 11 
managed in 5 ог 6-inch isis its pretty appearance, 
combined with the hard-texture and enduring nature 
such as p^ -— it eq f 
the popular kinds. It is up to a useful 
size in fifteen months, rom ae time the spores vege- 
tate. Pteris tremula ge feet ac 
in twelve months ; this i is н of the best decorative 
Ferns, a remarkably free grower, эчт well inliving 
fooms, and is elegant in appearance 
Chrysanthemum Pesci! Etoile T Or (yellow Mar- 
guerite) is grown in quant The narrow, and the 
broad-leaved white аад deep up the supply of 
flowers in winter and summer. 
Celosia pyramidalis was represented by large num- 
bers, that keep following on in succession all through 
the summer : and autumn. The. strain is A very good 
woll 
as s the. brilliancy and diversity of the colour of the 
feathery flow 
Heaths, of UE considerable numbers are grown, 
were чүлүгү y the usual ети sorts, 
d Genistas, fill several houses, an 
markably pi done. 
ra lurida variegata is one of the best of all 
subjects for growing in halls and rooms, as it will 
live and maintain a healthy — > an atmo- 
sphere where not many things can be kept in pre- 
sentable condition. This plant is one ө the few 
to be overdone, as it incr 
with enough zT colouring in the leaves to make 
them kt at 
tte a Rot some years this fragrant favourite 
has учу grown here in a way that, taking into account 
the small pots in which it is grown (in 48's) Ihave ied 
before seen equalled, either for the size та vigou 
of the eq or бм profusion of flowers they 
he first sowing is made in July, the plants from 
Of the firs 
the French 
considers lif eat for pot culture, both for the 
be habit of the plants, and the length and sub- 
stance of the Маа мв those on the plants selected 
il d frequently reaching a length of 18 inches: 
it is a are 
housed um 
aes that run along over the paths down the centre 
of the houses; here, close to the glass, they жер short 
The e plants from the early sowings are 
stopped once, and the side shoots are all e out 
пое, во as to Mee well furaished bottoms. 
A 
Fuc: с — Of these, The dus are struck in 
pira and January, to have them in flower early 
in sprin 
АП the houses are span-roofed, their on standing 
north and south, except those але ра e boundary 
n of the nursery, whic 
eedless to say, they are hide WAT away to give 
all the light possible; this, combined with close 
bservation as to the extent which each kind of 
plant ig ah the regular use of stimulating 
man ‚ and strict attention to their requirements 
in iia respects, results in the high standard of 
cultivation here attained. T. B. 
ORCHIDS AT THE CLAPTON NURSERY. 
It is always a treat to see the great summer 
towering Cattleyas and Lælias, together jak - 
r strain of 
and colour; b 
d pure white Cattleya, something like a massive 
chrome-yellow in the 
the c of the finely fringed la 
b 
eauty. The Cattleya затар and Lelia pu 
re also ing in sc f fine varieties, and 
the lar -roofed ho d 
spotting and marking are much у 
all of the same perfect form, without a single 
them. The fine batches of 
1 
Cologyne cri cristata Lem 
ScHOMBURGKIA TIBICINIS. 
In the great —Ó at Messrs. Jas. Veitch 
a splendid sight with 
y ds several plants of 
of which the labellums are & perfect 
same nursery, in the Odontoglossum show-house, 
