4 
of all the 
- segments and then 
white. 
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THE GARDENERS’ 
CRAG ee ont eee gt сылы a Vh pe Paks A Ee ee 
TULIPA TURKESTAMICA ANB T. BIFLORA. 
These two small, early-flowering species of 
Tulip Spoor: to be US grown and yet they 
are worth a sheltered, su k 
exceptionally severe and backward. Both ar 
interesting for y have branching stems six 
to eight inches in hei and T. torkestanic at 
ny rate, is capable of bearin, many as ten 
flowers e 11) The flowers are em: all, but 
en out wide y in the sun to a flat star- singed 
form and so produce an effective display. 
very similar 
They 
leaves 
At first sight the two species seem 
and hard to distinguish from | each other. 
both produce 
from 15 to 10 ‘inches in length, and 4 to 1 
in yik the NE held erect so as to form 
Ly 
wavy than T. “thie PrE: is 
hardly constant uds annot be relied upon to 
separate the two E 
‘hai 
woolly nature than those 
that line "the neck of "the bulb of T. turkestanica. 
ts of the 
i urple which is more con 
spicuous in turkestanica T. biflora. 
The inner segments th have a coloured ridge 
purp 
edges 
halfway: up the 
fades pubs into the 
Other points of difference are to be f 
dn the stamens. In porn the the bases are thick 
ш 
set but, whe сор 
filaments bear scattered hairs shes 
T. turk there i е молат ote 
In T iflora the anthers and poa are a 
mber o f flowers завез d seenis to vary 
n to the size of the bulb. In T. biflora 
three flowers, 
The тенор of both these Tul 
provided that the Magos aa реа ill ei, 
= fol tine e withers, and not replan until as 
possible in ge Pesaran, еа: h they 
should not Leo kept out of the. Neck 
y have shown signs of b 
n The soil should be light, w wel po 
and rich. and not deficient к R. 
Dykes, Charterhouse, Godalmin 
when о аа 
ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
BRASSO-CATTLEYA FAIR ROSAMOND. 
From the Duke of res gardens, 
Blenheim, Woodstock, Mr. J. Barker, the 
Orchid grower, sends a ars ie and үн d- 
some flower of а new cross ween Brasso- 
Cattleya Digbyano- ‘Schroderae and Cattleya 
 Mossiae. | The Sover, ‘which is са inches 
across, has petals two a half inches wide, 
гоа i 
both sepals and petals being blush white with a 
slight aa shade. In the broad, fringed lip 
C. Mossiae is clearly. indicated by the markings 
at th ye base т running into the chrome-yellow disc 
as in C. Mossiae. The "ip i is I with a ШП 
tint in front; the fleshy column is pure whit 
loom is very fragrant 
ASSO- arae eq 
fates бый. specio aised by crossing 
В.-С. Digbyano-Mendelii Fortuna and a wh 
1 
Frc. lll.—TrULIPA TURKESTANICA : INNER SURFACE 
THE A YELLOW CENTRE. 
OF SEGMENTS WHITE WITH A 
Cata Schréderae, is also sent by Mr. 
poids ШЕ, ан of LU Mendelii has given 
t to the white 
ot T nant on done py but although both of 
e parents have white ' Воже ў 
ї С. Макен is again 
p parta 
y. 
the fringing [fe in this case much reduced. 
ане disc E. pios. and there cias faint pups 
CHRONICLE. 
THE ic m a. 
By James E. HATHAWAY, Gard HN BRENNAND, 
Esq. з Dalderhy ps TES Yorkshire. 
ts carefully di 
Thinning Peach and ae 
season is at all Ed 
trees set an abundance of 
pee 
4 deal depends u 
gr y 
varieties т will 
but a 
the 
and bes 
Apricots.—Apricot fruits may 
esie 2 those of Peaches dM Na 
the case of large varieties two fruits 
11 but with m medium 
Wal 
the best- shaped a 
osi 
ecta reae) 
cannot sustain over many years 
Vir EM Бусы аы осы 
PLANTS os pega 
Bv Jawrs WHYTOCK. arden o the Duke o 
ieu. ow ел е 
Poinsettia.— 
being ics and plac 
give a supply of cuttings. 
off with a heel of o 
pane in a cool gr ЧЕ ы 
ви at all times d always grow Ci 
conditi 
ons. $3 obconica. | 
in f mmt rge 
че чеп final n ine pin ; 
D be ble 9T 
pots, sher mA nd. a ftl ges de 
aced in 
mould, oes кш, 
ond udo dried cow 
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