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THE GARDENERS’ 
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€ grügners Chronicle : 
1671.—SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1919. 
ENTs 
ricultural and horti- Нано i sugar- 
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islar 
Wa duction i the 
udas tree iu London, the 
be 
Al deuham, Chris S as 15 w nd 
lowers a 10 Illeg: as use of Wheat.. 1? 
"Allotments . 7 | Leaf- mould, the sterili- 
н rican blight 11 satior 1 
"Apples in Canada 8 усын 
ctic, life in th 7 Besant, J b. Pac 11 
d Ee Briar Roses lu Roe, M. .. г. КАЕ | 
s, hydrogen cyanide Orchids in 1918 .. M MER 
ж 7 | Park, gift of a xc ш 
in Belgian and French h us- £5 Plant Immigrants ' a ы 
band forme the war 3 | Rosary, the 
Е“ bids 1 ps spot t dise ase .. 
R.H exhibitions at 
The Pra хра 8 ee P and Holland 
| Ceylon, foo ТЕ ore 6 House K. 
iatis the los 10 | Silver leaf disease 1 
фр posts NA 4 | Societies 
ps апа stock 
ro, National Chrys. 
AM М оше 12 
6 
toyal Hort. Ki Ireland 11 
2 
Rowers in season 7 Windsor Ros: 1i 
roduction, on in- Soil cultivati vee <a 
* creased .. 10 | Trade notes 12 
french “Kew Gardens” 6 | Week's work, t Le 5 
its of ses apr 6 | Winter доп Т mong 
revillea Thelemanniana 7 small fru 
ILLUSTRATIO 
tleya Bowringiana lilacina 1 
ercis Siliquastrum in Dover House Gardens, Roshamp- 
ton 
4 2 
x evillea Thelemann: іа 7 
raits:—Messrs H, "8. Alexander, 4 ; G. Ellwood, 4; 
d E. Hathaw: T" 55 HS md b; W. - Messenger, 
5; J. Whytock 5 
* BLUE" ORCHIDS 
о respond literally to an 
у invitation to write 
Orchids ” wo 
on “‘ Blue uld be a simple task, 
for I know of no truly Blue Orchid save the 
ovely Vanda coerulea, and even thi в ВО 
onscious of its solit isolation or fearful 
being thought › that its c 
Ing, possibly even artificial ecie 
у yet be discovered to surprise the Orchid 
forid and help the hybridist ; or, marvels 
2 hybridisation a y accompl H cross 
(пау be added between this beautiful Vanda and 
some т species, ulting in a series of 
enuinely blue Orchids. But if ac ea 
t ly “blue”? amongst Orchids, it is a 
uly magnificent representative, admired П 
some regard as blue the tty Dendrobium Vic 
oria Regina, but it райы he imagination of 
hakespeare, who A i 
Rose 
But, no doub ; I am expected to pies the 
: nebulous forms usually ате mated 
rulea ”” coerulescens.” t to 
390956 amongst the fraternity iu oni mid gioi 
ча ppreciative enthusiasm of these would be a hope- 
й ask—abou easy as to acid an active- 
Tvice hero by an article u upon the merits of the 
on-combatant corps, — ре cial reference to 
Conscientious Objec е so-called 
Orchids Sey not in The expert 
which in arcae size, substance 
with cp exception of the а Ibino, strong, 
ing, or gorgeous colourings—just the quali- 
Nevertheless if, 
} Sequence of arbitrary ино they ате 
о alowed their plac the nd 
n ves 
$ 0: { 
ja Borla? under no misconception as to the Orchid 
8 estimate of the 
Orchid 
E "О one intr pics 
бапа wever, 
Blue Orchids ia their 
gardens in the fond hope that they will bring 
fame or fortune. Their very name invites d 
ns ae age although appropriate enough if we 
mbe " ies are as often le aden or sil- 
she ғ as і 
po se, diy 
Perha ps it the principle of hom ien 
ү the atmosphers e of the Blue Orchid can be 
ribe ue. 
lal 
(Bowringiana { i 
пз), and C. Alcimeda 
coe sii Gaskelliana coerules 
ird putos pes in shape and size, but lit tle varia- 
tion in colour. But, as might be expected, when 
CHRONICLE. 1 
supe rior richness of colou ur. A further ү 
'bridists attempt to rival this nov velis 
they should not fo 
parent of the deris is € 
but the — achieved аана suggest that 
the finer as are us 
Ww 
T у fion: satisfactorily 
One Sowa not be [ oidir 
colour. 
there are mee forms of most species, 
so blue types are no means rare. In my 
collection E tabs [ quite distinct b] 
of C. Bov of 
proved. 
a ау 
Jus 
sanguine 
ue forms 
t 
» fro each oth in size. 
colour and shape. In many species the blue ap 
ears only as a oue on the lip, or merely a 
pencilling in the throa Every Orchid 
will be familiar with various blue forms 
Fic. l.—cATTLEYA BOWRINGIANA LILACINA. 
crossed with coloured varieties TN lose their 
individua ality of colour, e-g., I have raised 
labiata i vi labiata coeru- 
lea, and the resulting hybrid, although coerul 
o a degree, f "warmt ign the 
true coerulean ty n other way “they are 
gg arent: e Blanche, rine | in my 
collection between labiata coeru and C 
maxima €: 
dri 8 and refinement w m t 
highly attractive. have ntly seen 
Blanch rai by a Orchid friend from 
flower of fine si and substance at the expense 
of beaut But Brasso-Laelio-Cattleya Antoin- 
e (C. Portia coerulea x B.-L. Helen), raised 
n my e tion, ‘which ly red the 
H.S. First-class Certificate and was illustrated 
in Gard. Chron., December 7. 1918, provides a 
greeable surprise. Unique in Жы ч ye 
of lip and petals, the result is remarkabl 
unexpected, the а os mane gati sae 
of “blue,” but a close 
that T idee the surface-colour 
a ground of pov which may account for its 
Mossiae, C. Mendelii, C. Trianae, C. labiata, 
d Laelia umila. s with the albinos, the 
varietal forms often prove difficult subjects i 
s in 
cultivation, "e ng the law of nature, which 
ea ужа” 
& to inclu а w xclude. For in- 
Hance, should the ases and понети е 
gl metric чуч ensem d ded? It is as blue 
Violet and as ny is Orchids dubia ated 
se Many of "the > Odontoglossums, too, have a 
apspicion of blue, d - 
which oceur haies 
, besides those nae aa 
Tanda i coerulescens, Bollea coelesti, 
Laelia pumila Gatto 
very lovely Cattleya Mendelii Lady 
I have endeavoured to write something in- 
teresting, атата practical, and pe he 
historic. For beauty and мса the Blue 
