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fine novelties, including Cattleya Hardyana alba 
var, President W та son and Bina ee a Prin: 
Берн ын; 
and the richly bl lotched шыл, eximium 
Le Papillon 
The pom of plants for which Awards of Mer 
were given includes many destined for the higher 
Award en mature, and the Preliminary Com- 
mendations show 2 UD in Odontoglos- 
nd Odontiod ihe work of evolution is 
чике continued id y. 
It is to be ——— ст but few eo or 
varieties і species were entered for awards, 
not a single a о a species was UM 
crispum d i M see оя viz, О. c. 
wood Trium from Mrs. Cookson ; О. 
Britisher, from Mrs. Ogilvie; О. с. Beauty of 
htead, fr Mr. Ralli, secured Awards of 
erit. The perfectly shaped O The Presi- 
dent from M . Charlesw Co. gaine 
only a Preliminary Commendat There are 
be t at 
for it must be сааи 
апа collecting, hg ашы ose 
d that 
А the war ive bile hidden 
icle 
hybrids during the past year two hundred and 
u: CTOS 
thi 
Dow and O 
their денс endants are lugay 
but the crossing y regulated, neces- 
sarily, by the plante in dover at the same time 
advantage being taken, when La of a de- 
sirable kind flowering out of s 
Those who are BOE in p work con- 
tinuously must have acquired many g 
facts which woul i 
Subject of hybridising, and they would aid in 
ing methods adopted more вош ty 
unicating their observations to bu ү 
cultural Press. Facts of great interest h 
recorded relating to the production of “albinos, 
yellow hybrids, on the possibili the 
labellum, generally the richest in imis dud 
part in heightening the colou er seg- 
ing 
ments in the ee under certain condi 
In Gard. ree: 
Laelia 
was 
the hybrid, quite changing its character. 
3 ; fimbriated lip of Odontoglossum 
Н num, in successive crossings with 
1918, p. 194), evidently f t£ ion of 
the many folds in lip me s by the 
rm structure of the ot! mpled lip 
of O. Hunnewellianum, O. Adrianae and O 
e Mime were thought to be ы de- 
fo pri 
cts by many fags chidists, but Tho ask f the 
hybridist, if corre ctly exercised, may get шш 
tages even from so-called defec 
In the early care of hybridieing the male and 
н vec This record 
THE б. ARDEN ERS' 
Orchids have been illustrated in The Gardeners’ 
Chronicle during 1918 :— 
Aerido-vanda Mundyi, March 2, 93. 
Brasso-Laelio-Cattleya Antoinette uam Park 
variety, December 7, p. 229 
Catasetum {ЗА БАП, 
flowers, jue 10. p. Sb 
Cattleya Iris Ansaldo's variety, September 7, 
p. 101. 
Cattleya Venus The Knowle variety, October 
5, 
male and female 
Сораја ornatissimum, September 28, 
er 
кы 
а macrostachya, August = © 
буге: purpurascens, Mar h 23, . 122. 
ipedium Eurybiades Shil es poo 
Doritis рен» TERY 9, p. 57. 
Bi сда Fowler’ s 
Laelio-Cat: J. 
variety, ie i 
Laelio-Cattle final, November 9, 
ha Cattleya Oenius Bryndir Уйнау ©... 
ary 19, p. 
Lycaste ТШМ гре! 15, р. 154. 
Lycaste Imschoo ren. 24, p. TT. 
р 
Neo: 135. 
baer aes Memoria Ё. М. зу, p; o 
Odontioda Windsor, March 16, p. 115. 
Odontoglossum sem February 9, p. 53. 
Odontoglossum Oakwood Triumph, 
April 27, p. 174. 
Odontoglossum Gatton hybrids, variation in, 
20, ·р. 22. 
Одон р рп гет Hes 29, р. 262. 
Odontoglossum Jas ar. oehampton, 
April 13, p. 160. 
je glossum Lady Veitch, November 30, 
p. 
boe Sama Peerless var. Jas. MacNab, 
June 22, p. 252. 
ripe des Victory The Baroness, May 4, 
SOIL CULTIVATION. 
loams, as 
tion and а; of soil-fertility. 
may be carri ed to three degree nd it is for 
Ne bara cultivator to ic ide which is best 
тс 
Aye 
digging, hid Nds give a 
cs el e тч: the second is d trench- 
ing, wi a depth of of 20 sag jap and 
the deli is trenching with an equal or greater 
these the last-named із the 
Whi r system | 
top soil should be turned as roughly 
. sible and kn to ae action of the weather. 
hea 
and be wheeled 
some time longer. the 
case of light та ws lack the necessary power 
of holding plant food, loosening is undesir- 
ете efforts should be directed towards 
ооа would en- 
oe nn the 
_ CHRONICLE. 
9 
manuring, to which attention will be drawn 
forthwith, the kn should be carefully and tho- 
roughly firmed before sowing or perse. ы This 
matter is worthy of attention from growers, for 
if e digging is done when th il is in the 
ee condition of moisture, it cannot be pro- 
t 
no 
good to the plants 
в ili 
sa pre of deep trenching. 
rong em are cultivated in the 
y, wherever possible, be рез 
а the finest manure 
bbages, Onions and Leeks would each 
ive a ion, and I am convinced tha 
is tl stem to adopt, but where manure 
is scarce it can be placed eithe 
Pi 
trenches, according to fancy, and it 
be mixed with the second spit and not laid in 
will lie de- 
pends upon 
rule, it should not nea: oot 
the surface nor deeper than 2 f Soils of 
ground, and for this 
bet: han well-decayed cow 
naturally cool and moisture-holding 
9 have “i. however, to vorat the indis- 
Tato of 9 ozs 
y 
For spring application bui Pup de of lime 
of phosphatic fertiliser; the 
f 
is the best form 
best form of potassic food 
and the 
Nitr: а of 
alone have not .the slightest value at 
that early time of dre 
venient obtain both do not 
food, b reserve it for application as a stimu- 
lant at a later e of the plant’s 
е best ti apply lime is in the autumn 
It is worth w also th 
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