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sts, I have come to at conclusion that s grown well in pots in a cold greenhouse, without че ашп all the year round wh 
cess depends as much, or more, cn the пзи апу shading, near одлив А. zad at tim nen eather mild. a js 
skill and judgment of ihe grower, on the cli- күш but no one as so в I "1 shall re grateful dug сон "e and Bia 
mate of the place where they are grown, and know, to be able to -€— with & them for bts y if they will tell how - das 
on careful watering, airing and lighting, than years together. It may be that they gradually modify these "hri und M е gu 
оп the compost. If anyone will read the account lose their constitution in this country, and must very fine and robust form of Disa E 
of the conditions under which Disas grow on be grown from seed, as Messrs. Flory and Black Жога was once figured under ^w name Ж ilm 
Table Mountain, most carefully described in the grow them, to keep up their vigour. When I first llii. I lad if anyone az ala p 
Botanical Magazine for 1844, under Pla 5, ot Disa Luna I thought that itwas a much more whether this still exists, and where t 
y ohn Herschel, it will be seen that we vigorous and easy plant to grow than D. grandi- tion was published. 1/7. J. Elwes, oe. ja 
cannot reproduce these conditions i d flora, but d plants of this hybrid are 
I have tubers sent from Cape Town in the now going back in the same house and under —— b. 
hard, black, sandy peat in which they grow the same treatment as formerly ; and it may very 
ere, and have lost them, as regs йе a likely be the case that Messrs. Flory and Blacks THE ROSARY, {ш 
done, after a year ог two in I seedlings, which are new hybrids, will decline c cue DT 
have tried them in the soft, irs us je in in vigour, and that the strength of the plants Мы» 
which Mr. Smith grows them so well, in a cold is due rather to their skill in ыйар ше MM em Н. Т. ROSE MRS. HENRY MORSE. g 
frame facing north, at West "pes ean Park, and than io. the Beech leaf-mould in which they AMONG the several new ers. which эю 
have failed, as Mr. "St. Quintin—a most careful аге potted. National Rose Society awarded p Medal 
at Norwich, on July 10, an variety which mg "i 
attr: the attention of 1 named гл. ү 
Mrs. Henry Morse, in саноа {н 
a a ae olesale grower of 1 "m 
rwich district. This Hybrid Tea v i 
: lightly fragrant, and though its blo z A 
of the largest exhibition size, ri зеб у; 
rare beauty of form (see Fig. 47), ili 
ness of ro that оча. “qualities Че о, ( 
commen: e Rose to f flowers fom, - 
market. The diu is” bts "hell pink, vitis 
salmon pink gl is deepest at the base 
of the petals. H. T. Rose Mrs. Henry Mom ug 
was raised by Messrs. S. McGredy and omg 
Portadown, and exhibited by them at Norwich m 
Sal 
NURSERY NOTES. (= 
TOMATOS AT READING mi 
s. SUTTON AND 80 а large range o] 
of glasshouses at their extensi al тош 
on the outskirts of the borough of Reading, ай p 
ses in normal ti vo oD 
cultivation of indoor-flowering plants such Sh; y 
Cyclamens, Primulas, Gloxinias, Calc af 
gonias t numerous other рорш о 
greenhouse ‘place raised annually te 
Th houses are always nteresting, Matin үү 
only on account of the great variety of subjed р 
g em, but also xcellence Sj. 
the cultivation of these flowering plants ш Р Иш, 
They the widest sense "show boue 
for even the expert gardener wo Lr 
поте than. satisfied in seeing the groenho i with 
conservatories under his charge mS LT 
suc sid 8 and floriferous spect кы 
n with ера and gardeners i а, 
ally, Modan Sutto: grok Sons beo sed Ae 
ore im sant luring war 
food crops ead plants of a purely cel {ы 
character, and so, instead of growing SU heu 
quantities of indoor flowers as usual, only = 
cient to maintai Sary Bw ` 
т s 
other char acters of the me 1 
Fic. 47.—H.r. ROSE MRS. HENRY MORSE; A NEW PINK VARIETY. pono i Ea aa 15 
N.R.S. Gold Medal, Norwich, July 10, 1919. number " Leva nares 
each variety had oum g бе 
itv far ral s 
and successful mea of many rare Orchids— I believe that the panapa points to attend ee ee сн bes 
iim me he has also failed in унну I have © to are :—First, admit as much fresh air th sonal eal rison s 
isas, mie years ago, most successfully and light as (беле ei all — of the In ail. theca were” pe ight; 1 
мна at Messrs. Pubs d: nursery at York year, without direct exposure to str unshine x А well-proved sorts as well as 
planted out in a bed of peat mixed with clinkers or cold draughts. Second, p рази АР the in ens varios, 
and surfaced with Sphagnum, where for a few against thrips, for the lea will not bear fumi- AS зар Шаг with growers for 
years they increased and flowered beautifully, oo and are very беу injured by this АП ы iad all, were of th 
but when a fresh man was put in charge they pest. Third, very careful watering and frequent T jp frs iot "which, Perfection, 
were all lost. Col. Stevenson Clarke grows syringing about the pots in order that the roots, type, e Hr E Eodem ad 
them very well in Sussex in a peat bed in a when in active growth, shall never be dry or баку Чин ies ring a 
cold house, where the stem bases are waterlogged; and about three months of partial variety was Беа S d ds its o 
uried in luxur um. The late Mr = after flowering. Fourth, repotting every ^ coloured any i ә inti po s 
Gumbleton grew them for-a tim th succ о years, either in autumn, as is done | el y vans Ба 
in the ‚ Soft cli u rm, out efi or in early spring, as practised by main «s M is 
of doors during the whole su where they Mr. Smith at West Dean. Lastly, a tempera- тона ‘gives alm ке. but " 
did not suffer from thrips oe pes always $e em E falling (conr about 35° m winter and in an indoo > pak 
out of doors at Colesborne. I have seen then about in summer, with top and rot be ined. to support 
