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- can be set to plough away from the ORCHID NOTES AND  CLEANINCS. NEW HYBRIDS 
— but I do not think this will be 
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fecessary the soil will be returned to the ORC HID SALE. i AE Pi DDLI de to Y i 
int S Se )8 l ) 
E sufficient tly by the use of "th he horse-culti- i the Sale of UNE iei cid theroe ui , РУ q., Scam} — за | tc - Y 
х 3 srs. í sends flowers oí tw nt hybrids і ‹ 
о щй urs chards -that cannot вца Morris Rooms Chea side, London, Cattleya Mer p à etu f ^ i : ( с 
D а ве, rc a ) = ye ope, es X ro ossing 
BThere are, о arenes oria pecie M : Friday, February 7, Mr. J. Slade, who jn. Sava PH ght h C. Е, E Я, жр ng oh 
ghe £ е еге аге : f а ley: "lanae а (LX { aure: 
b p ati hed, Or ms yikes d bác i sided in the absenco ыр, illness of Mr. wd ; үте x T TER | 
Bushes between ide rows of trees, and they have p MOS dd (en ote wis tho fügt vi ibiata), while Petr closely to the best 
grown so large as practically to fill the space. ihe sales of Orchids which it was intended to coloured forms of ‘rianae, is an improve 
ME may be nece ied ne he he "ira aen hold at frequent intervals throughout the year. ment on that d. and еуі le utiy extends the 
st this condition spo jut a mii Dei i Unfortunately the railway troubles prevented period of flowering into the mili asol 
E. instead for several ye wien p 1 grs the sending of all tlie o dim ee. _ The when flowers are most in request. The form of 
E еп ‘Planted а and a yee im they have ux part of the lots submitted sold : irly the flower is perfect, the petals and lip being un 
and are gru low prices, Dendrobiums ke other popular kinds, usually broad and we!l displayed. The КЕ: 
T r se di rs те: tals, 3 » of are brig os 
PRUNING NEGLECTED TREES. useful for cut flowers, finding purcha re adily. petals, and tube of the lip are bright rosy 
The rarer kinds and small, Sim re = hybrids, mauve; the lip is purp M a series of 
On the ideal fruit farm all the trees would be of which there was a good selection, Soc em lines extendine from the b "Bie 
pruned every yea but there are pro farag not attention in proportion to their merits entre, which has a vellow blotch on e «v aide. 
many far y size where this is accom- 
plis e younger trees must be pruned, and 
thi at some of the o 
8 s th 
Ба-а dor a year or two for want of time or 
labour As a matter of fact, trees that have 
earin 
бакт have "- ng from the stem or 
main branches, and are taking most of the 
in 
ran 
Ini к. and de dead wood, probably carrying 
ungous dis 
am vm with veral neg! xe patches x 
th Tt is slow "ad laborious work, par- 
ticularly where there are many rd spurs to 
as is often the case wit Plum 
s і is are eon and there is none 
them about, an e 
much m 
Eo i is Жы ы орава than the training 
of y Younger trees. However, there is great satis- 
ena pearance 
Eun g the cen tre or peed upon others, as 
J crops have borne them 
ien remove 
ots as a result of bh rot dise 1l 
E ai С pared smooth with the knife 
е: with cen өт or on e 
touch iden E a ле The finishing 
Wash Pini spraying with a d wth “which is Fic, 29.—cyPRIPEDIUM PERSEUS. 
generally to be seen on neglected tre 
CYPRIPEDIUM PERSEU Dendrobium Erota, two forms of which have 
Complain Raperrs. E fine form of this excellent BA illus- been sent by Mr. Puddle, as its record Ton 
to be ts of rabbits g ing fruit trees seem trated in fig. 29, raised between C. Lady Dillon lead us to expect, shows signs of a reversion 
is Кон. general than usual this br ter. This (Mrs. Mostyn x nitens Sallieri) phe C. Alcibiades towards Dendrobium aureum, with improvement 
rabbits ER as the weather has been mild, and illustris (Leeanu iganteum x Monsieur de in size and substance. It was raised from seeds 
dt о not, as a Tule, give much ышы antil Curte), was shown by W. R. Lee, Esq, Plumpton borne by D. chessingtonense (aureum X 
"described sets in. The barrier of tarred strin al eywood, Lancashire ( Mr. Branch), at Wiganiae) crossed again by aureum. The 
in а recent article, h ed a fail the meeting of the Royal Horticultural flow f both varieties primrose-yellow, 
"but the ое е answering urpose, оп January 14, and received an Award o Meri the labellum of one form having an orange di 
ey hav its have evidentlv become used to it, The plant is one of the best of the C. Alcibiades with red-brow base and short, radiating 
Of renewa rua one much damage, in spite crosses; the flower is of good shape, ime su» ines, the other having the base entirely choco- 
the only effici Tring of the string. Evidently stance, and rich c ing. The dorsal sepal is late colour on a yellow ground, with lighter vein- 
Netting sc plan is the erection of a wire- pure white with heavy blotchings of dark claret ing on the side lobes and margin. The D. 
fa 0ч antation or a colour, the spotting being lighter and smaller in nobile i Vigani s entirely eradica 
| of netti йг can have a 3-feet size the r part. The lip and petals the other parent—the ye low D. signatum— 
i ng placed round t em. Person- se with a dark purple line up the can be traced in the wax-like substance of the 
1 > ste wi 
And altogether 1 latter plan, as it is inte middle of the petals and a narrow yellow margin flower of D. Erota, although its bright yellow 
er less troublesome. Market Grower. at the edge of the labellum on the upper side. colour is toned to the lighter D. aurew 
