May 31, 1919.] 
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r1 Fic. 131. —PYRACANTHA GIBBSIT VAR, YUNNANENSIS, 
(One-third natural size; see р. 266.) 
i а гыш ich 
Xow lege might Losey ie been. avoided. 
"The desired Lees is always something 
mer Some aims are not 
encouragements far out- 
ving a Ew Orchids 
. and w 
THE GARDENERS’ 265 
therefore it did not deter him, and of what I may term “beginner’s”’ Orchids, 
> he merely sip isa. “ Never mind, they viz., -Coelogyne cristata, Dendrobium 
E will soon fly away," and continued his n bile, and afew Cyripediums. се b 
purchases. The- resu't was that all the too much to say that these plants willgrow 
о. 1692.—SA TURDAY, MAY 31, 1919. plants e destroyed. I have very anywhere, but with a small amount of 
little sy iy with such an obstinate- attention, and just a little ordinary care, 
- CONT ui gy attitude, but such a catastrophe would they. will bloom freely year after yea 
Allotments +++ 270; O. e t notes probably result in the loss rchid eul e initial cost of such plants may 
Chelsea vod Ше ... 271 VUE Aero272 ture of a possible enthusiast, a - more than that of good Rose bushes, 
co dtes у БЕН >. Р Schombolaelia tainly would be a great hardship to his but there Ча much тоге јоу in th E n r 
сро Ка шк 6 КАТЫЙ now ort SORTA 22. gardener. This ^ an extreme case, but ing o of one Orchid than in many 
Eo Roue es worthy — how many of us have been guilty of buy- «The fb: tive ease. with hich ‘the 
Floral fete, Birmingham A Pyracantha yay ee ing, at sales, halt dca d plants with high- Orchids named are growa should induce 
Horticultiral Soctety's 27 Plant п sounding names, because the p w the owner after a time add similarly 
ne ' how Rech Milastrüii. 5 low compared with that of а healthy sily grown plants to to his agi iai м > 
Hort шипга обасы б [Асты «рарын гу е2 nt Aa amps Ё m a nurseryman, and М e gain he may n be he 
and research . 270) ManchesterandNorth = then expected our grower to flower itt track. It жаза dus ek haga that tI attended 
Kent "ee fruit Fee MNA ОСА 430 oes not, ines: follan that at а private sale and bought all the rubbish 
Kew Guild). |) 5 978] Royal National Tulip 274 . sales all plants are obtai e at be no one else would have, ch ав 7 
1 х soe pas peat prices. My iia ience is that Orchids of —Cyrtopodiums, Oncidium. lanceanum, ^ 
шы, y “i 215| letters Ae 7 Pleiones, and MENDA names 
аана Sulphate of alumini E Tee ea) T of which were Greek me), simpl 
275)" for destroying slugs 271 ! ОНО т MS. Du А >” I Py 
win ng. ihe. Trade untae 1274 a Ў Ж because there were no hé bidders. 
eoa OÍ..  ...2650| Week's work, the 268, 269 Ў vir E ENS А aub uta A little later on found that I А 
LLUSTRATIONS. pO pop. 5} could grow Coelogyne cristata, I bought 
is : j i ; t x 
C d sation flowering plants exhibited by m Ж. OR Con NEL os ^W дг Е ч. variety for £20 at a sale 23 
Fane eae Qo., үм е Ch Chelsea sho ams ў v SN ee se 2 kenn this lant home I 
Muro eam үт т = Gee 
owers о ' aor N { 
Orchids exhibited by Mes Y 5: à 4 - | divided it, a it in peat and 8 hag- 
Б Pyracantha Gibbsil var. yunnanensis, 265; А. Neues = ; Qa QU num-moss, and killed it. I have ng 
RU Ч var. yunnanensis; B, leaves of P. fo t be z | since that Coelogyne cristata obj 
Я доага а Snowflake 7. ma PON le et + MED i this kind of treatment. 
dudes a D I now began to realise that I was pay: ; 
CS ne xl un ees a NS BON E. 5 | ing my experience too dearly; in fact — 
THE е OF ORCHID К pus Quy 0 Cuna ме етене was of no use to me at x 
GROW ING. AULA NOBLE NE N : any It y~ Ж ve experience I 
Xe у m > рур and n negative kind. I^ - 
Er P charm jn. the cultiva- am уолу that at his tim Bt had no  . 
=, Or chids lies in the great myself, and I — 
the уези а, ro- tender du mad: YD athy to any gar- —— 
duce, uere ut ap AE class of pner b s loyer expects hin, to grow 
to be fo 1 of such varied Ў plants, 
size and col x. S. MES 
, Orchid rowing, or Orchid possessing, died Mr. A Mia E 8 oa 
is a ho hich I venture to thin short, concise, gs very у 
fewer beginners educate uro haa: than me time  . 
in any other hobby whi es n be named. 4 ў 
‘When à person sets o make a sob uw 
' lection of any kind he dne Ad b. 
mences by making mistakes, yet a НЕ к “a 
of, say, old porcelain, pue. 8S, or T 
Postage stamps  educates himself very nt to persevere, and frequently visited — . 
early in his - alesis Беноа: with е his charge at —— 
object of avoiding mistakes whi ich m п to realise that the  . 
prove ex expensive; Х lets 
To о experience the fascination of Orchid was 
ne o of the requirements of 
“Orchids, I found it ET needed to be 
grown in their ow mperature, 
and to be carefully studied as to shading © 
умы. I found that Odonto- — 
s cannot $e successfully grown in — .— 
glossu 
. The 
(now a partner in the firm of dinis. з 
Flory and Eee of Slough) as grower. 3 
