NovemBer 29, 1919.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
275 
a ection лр severe frost and snow. Trees 
should be laid in the soil and have 
э, и ш they are required for 
sels correctly fastened to 
—The grace of large, 
"ms a very pleases 
Weeping Stan 
weeping gh Roses for 
ntra of the more erect-gr 
ey show 
to the hab 
may develop heal growth and produce larg 
quantities of flowe e soil is heavy clay, 
mark out the si 6 feet 
feet in diameter and 25 fe 
I 
temporarily, relay the t 
covering of litter over the sites until 
peret, 2 prevent the penetration of frost a nd 
snow. allow for the development of wide- 
i zu plant TA closely to the 
Ae a 
"ese —Now i most of the 
fallen bos the trees give ake law 
sweeping and a gentle rolling rhe 
aisy and Plantain е should be re tanen 
and top utin: men ld not be neglected if the 
grass is at all p 
PLANTS UNDER GLASS. 
By James Wrrrock, Gardener to the € of BUCCLEUCH, 
Dalkeith Palace, Midlothia 
—Primula malae coides m iP kewensis 
ow plants. 
mosphere са EERS of 
ther is Muar ae for 
е of these 
Pri imula.- 
S ide, 
ts. 
Lom ra fertilise ise 
ulbs.—Care should be taken not a 
bulbs plunged under “ashes to АТЛЫЙ out t doors 
nto rowth, and the quer 
a little 
radu nally р 
di the 
Spur, may, if well ro 
hm but do not force them 3 for the 
ORCHID NOTES AND mie 
DS FROM “USK PRIOR 
R. WiwNpson Rickarps, Esq., логу 
Monmouthshire, writes: ''Do you 5 
o- flowers on a spike? 
t recollect doing so before, but this year 
I am flowering several em, as m as 
Sophro-Cattleyas, with thre have never 
grown Cattleyas so well as in this sunny ы 
and autumn. I have used no permanent shading, 
only somewhat dilapidated lath blinds. 
CATTLEYA AMIEL. 
between С. а and С. 
fulvescens is represented by a fine spike, the 
owers i Дд ees cream- us te sepals and 
petals tin ith r and a well-s d lip, 
the orange. Dd ps о artes with, ‘dotted 
lines Pus. nr evidence of Ке fulvescens 
(Dow 54 SE ae besii). The front a Hed and 
cee: ‘of the Za "ri are tinged and veined 
with е5 rplish г $ 
ARTT Аттргт 
LARGE and Secun. shaped н ег, obtained 
b». fnere Cattleya Dowiana aurea and Laelio- 
Cattleya Айыр (С. labiata x L -C 
bloom with pure white dorsal sepals making a 
сас ies ton Gardens. ‘This 
has always been a 
у ‘hos propagated a large 
Mr. Musk, has done, from.one or two 
specimens. For example, William 
of nm ool, 
— full of this Orchid and still 
The wh toc . insi 
in Y this country can es traced 
appeared i IM 
The original specimen w s divi 
half um into the collection: of the late 
oe penn who paid 70 guineas for it. The other 
half w vided and ae ‘of f the ow: s 
ve 
pro! obs Бабу 
gardens, some of idi are M eas dd 
seeds. 
CATTLEYA PRETORIA. 
A vERY interesting flower of this cross between 
C. Les tersii (Handy ana х abiata) and C. 
Dowiana aurea, gene by Pantia Palli- E 
ponis ark chid grower, Mr. 8), 
a Farne 
suggests some thoughts on the colour question. 
Cattleya Dowiana is employed twice in its pro- 
Fic. 128.—CYPRIPEDIUM INSIGNE SANDERAE AT WISETON, BAWTRY. 
Haroldiana) has been received from Usk 
Priory Aided by the C.  Hardyana in 
L.C.  Haroldia e flow adheres to 
the | Dowiana and C. labiat ;' кы 1 
larger, and broader in all its parts, and florally 
perfect. The broad sepals and petals are bright 
e colour with s -yellow v e 
о ur о 
petals; the lip is ruby- purple and there 
Tayod lines of En yellow from the base to the 
А "трт RY AG 
ND inflorescence of three flowers of a fine 
s between В.-С Мал Chas. Maron and C. 
ower measuring 
ikes 
r than 
NSIGNE SAN DERAE. 
t 1s 
gran oup gne erae, comprisin, 
some з plants, several of them’ carryin 15 
to 20 ке of fine size, their clear, yellow 
duction, once directly and oncé ii ndirectly, and 
this Toh as is to ДУ expected, plays an i 
part he form and appearance of the 
n Pond a hu C. Hardy- 
by R. G. Thwai 
ribs rargins, а 
"the E: we 
especially on ғо 1р а crest, 
presence of these basic tints w 
produc un or ‘Continu ation of scarlet, as in the 
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