Di 
APRIL 26, 1919.] 
г ORCHID NOTES AND GLE GLEANINGS. 
уени d е; J. 
CYPHER 
AND 5 
VR PASS he s has 
demonstrated in a higher degree ем the war 
than at any previous tim thro t th 
long peri vhen the sale of plants was re- 
perio 
stricted many Orchid grow ers found some return 
of the oldest gei 
y have 
very handsome examples decine ы types 
at present in fine condition. 
Fic. 93.—RAMONDIA SERBICA (SYN. 
_ The erous varieties of Dendrobium nobile 
re еса а with I their xn vary- 
pure whit m to t pus 
ing from the nobile 
large, rich vinous- etg the S D. 
nobilius, "id = most г А is “still one of the 
best coloured forms. D. n. elegans, D. n. Cypher’s 
variety, and D. i n thii. are other desirabl 
la Forms of D. Ainsworthii class are 
y D. Ai 
Id topi de Шү; rer xx 
mne with h mauve Pr D. Apollo 
С of fine shape. : 
n * (Findlssanum x nobile) is аа al 
by anteum, | 
W. А 
disc 
eae, a compact and pretty йй, 
and other hybrids ч also included. : 
THE GARDENERS' 
CULTURAL Oona? DA. 
THE CULTURE OF THE RAMONDIA. 
А CONSIDERABLE number cultivators of 
ве x та novices— 
appear to experience considerable difficulty in 
Е i satis actory manner. 
two experiments 
ave acquired. the impression that these 
5 roublesome—though this 
E 
E ч 
© 
m 
ET. 
of the most important details in th 
successful Vu ug qa of the Ramondia is shade. 
Being nativ 
of t 
2 these they are easily ierdie and seared as 
if А. fire, and shade is necessary to secure their 
FLOWERS PALE MAUVE. 
NATHALIAE) : 
Many years ago, when Ramondia pyrenaica (se 
Fig 95) was coming into favour, and doubts we 
to the proper conditions it required, 
I saw a large number of the plants in a hard 
plant nursery i кык established їп 
pots for sale е growing admirably о 
a st promptu pavilion compose 
f thick cheese cloth to supply shade from the 
sun. t excellent, and an objec 
lesson was who saw the plants 
year or a on visiting the garden 
of the late Rev. C. Wolley Dod Malpas, 
Cheshire, a flourishing g of Ramondias wa 
seen on a little bank sloping gentty e north 
and with a low screen 
har antsmen s justly proud 
of the success ot his Cesare dh E oem emphasised 
the point that shade was essential for ^ 
etis I pes eee ne in ang со 
and experimented not a lit tle 
i "My unie is that this ыа 
[ shade shou ae ре placed in the forefront of the 
conditions 
Дале. ide bre iln is moisture. This need 
ot be бота but its absence leads to a 
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sickly condition on the part of the plants, "аи 
shrivel badly, and although they respond wonder 
fully to a supply of water art 
this is sometimes neglected, a 
tually: succumb if great care is 
them. It has been iai Ша the shriv elled 
leaves of а Ramondia soon swell and recove 
i rg. signe after eing 
it i 
ail to be weakened by its ordeal. hese two 
pcints seem to be more important for t 
Ramondias than that of soi The plant is not 
e been Заар 
Shade and moisture may best be secured by 
planting the Peces on the north side of a 
rock garden or a wall. the former situation it 
is not difficult to secure ‘the necessary conditions, 
i ficult 
In a a garden it is more difficult, unless the 
wall is a retaining one and well supplied v 
moisture. /here the plants ar f-grown ones, 
such и sometimes found in an old morta 
bailding, € roots penetrate between the crev 
of the ж ey uffer less than those planted in 
similar iti On a properly built retaining 
wall, wh the veste are laid so that the rain can 
enter between the joints, the supr 
metimes th 
behind a retaining wall is too ry for the w 
e Ramond On a northera exposure, such 
as ‘tube plants have in Sir Herbert Maxwell’s 
garden at Мовай, 1 no difficulty is experienc 
'se ar 
These remarks the result of considerable 
experience in tł cultis ation of the Ramondias as 
represented by renaica, (sy 
Nathaliae; see fig. 
or varieties of this charming genus of rock 
wall plants. S. Arnott. 
THE ALPINE GARDEN. 
CORTUSA MATTHIOLII. 
This old plant, known ommon Bear's 
Ear Sani cle, is a native “of taly, Siberia and 
Austria, and has been in cultivation in this 
i oes been 
o 
B H 
his Commentary on Dioscorides, кей а figure 
descri te 
in cultivation. It d j 
to sink into oblivion, although 
e it 1 
its near alies, the Pri - ud е clipse it 
attraction and intrinsic beauty. The ant 
grows from eight inches to pm high, and 
has prettily lobed leaves and umbels of droop- 
ing, deep purplish-crimson flowers in April, May 
and June. Its cultural requirements are 
shelter from rx winds, a a moist soil. Peat 
ifüxbure of lo , le ai eodd and sand. Pro- 
agation is effe by division or seeds. In cold 
districts it is advisable ve the plant pro- 
it suffers even more than from frosts. 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
VERBENAS. 
HE Verbena гей рт ятт ke: ше - 
y 1g" 
of thes ards wer > mad the '60's, when 
'erbenas were largely grown for exhibition pur- 
poses. With cogent w ihe R. st of certi 
H.S. li 
ficated plants it may be noted that in the last 
