DecemBer 13, 1919.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRON ICLE. 
into the centre of the plants: a me 
roots on frequent occa Rem 6 а 
в an ө for this “attention "will help 
to oru the | a of flow 
chiza Plants of en cid of T ak 
More B rh bride, raised from se 
in August, fo се owering in the greenhouso | in 
w be growing 
ру should in xi or zs 8. 
Place the p ДАЛЫ оп а stage or shelf in a ш 
house near the roof-glass. They will "t require 
-heat, out drost. A light, 
Pot Roses. Ecc ha 
pruned, and 
cold frame in Octobar 
ro 
taging 
y only 
Doereaiiig i 
ew rm 
with weak soapy W plan 
in growth, give бнс зын, liquid юл у made 
either from cow manure or sulphate of ammo 
of Humea Eug 
will succee i 
i ns 
essary. To pat [" haste 
eas by forcing, would ied 
i gratissima.—li this sweetly-scented 
exponit, species is planted against the 
E the 
pae а wall of а 1 greenhouse, and t Dom 
tric in narrow, сапа bord 
in aal consisti of a ur oe 
peat, with lime rubble to en ep ч “open, it will 
flower well in early winter. The roo require 
an abundance of water and frequent appli tions 
of liquid manu hen flowering the 
plant should be'pruned somewhat sev ed re- 
агы, the ol wering wood. e roots 
flo 
drier than hitherto, and grow ihe plants 
in a cool house, but protect t them from frost. 
THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
Ву Н. MankHaM, Gardener to the Earl of STRAFFORD. 
Wrotham Park, Barnet, Hertfordshire. 
h th 
or purpos 
will ed in med -— ki nd 
us sho ould be 
er 
ро! 
an n 
1 not thriv 
plants wil ive. Thinning out crow ed 
plants and trimming back straggling shoots on 
established specimens need attention. 
ahlias —Tubers stored in sheds will need 
the beds, and if fros 
ink ne firm y un: 
seme -dress with as manure 
ed n this respect will 
Cuttings.— Шр pe 
receive peat. few 
degrees of frost will 
Make th 
ings dari gen 
Aton tio: 
add piety 9 grit to 
gate efore in- 
~~: 
Ие ог of the 
‘weather, 
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CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
HEMUM JM LADY ASTOR, M.P. 
— created 
-formed 
CHRYSANT 
їз very beautiful 
quite a little gt among lovers of finely 
хе ry ба У 
Pe 
mum те ап m io eden Horticultural Societ 
on the 1st and 2nd inst. respectively. Although 
any lovers of the. antila find реи їп 
ess irregular or loose 
nthemum growers 
ts 50! 
colourin у its peret und its stems, the latter 
being sufficiently provided with elegant leafage. 
ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
ae M GATTON cag 
IN Chron., July 18, 
mad. M- ^ brid Odontoglossums fae 
Bar 
е! 
їп the 
EA of Sır Jeremiah Colman, rt., Gatton 
ark (gr. Mr. Collier), particulars of six forms 
of this beautiful cross between Queen of 
Gatton (triumphans x percultum) and O. exi- 
mium (ardentissimum X crispum), taken from 
a batch of twenty-five, all varying in some 
J ted; and in the same issue, at 
p c Sri i 
ia 
still more poseer for 
the best of his hybrids. "The ТЕО which is 
Fic. 141.—CHRYSANTHEMUM LADY ASTOR, М.Р. 
is of interest to note how quickly a popular 
opical — was —€—— for this new 
[essrs. God and Son; 
the variety pande he F.C. 
Chrysanthi атна Society just about 
Lady Astor was taking "her seat in the House ot 
Commons. 
OHRYSANTHEMUM € 
execrable 
GO € 
ted t the var: nos was г 
S. Dunton, озен mpton, is res- 
pons i it; he was the exhibitor and he holds 
the entire stock of Golden Goacher. C. 
= er 
Ti Mr. 
is of fine sub 
tals are one and 
three and a half inches across 
stance and good shape. The 
a half i e, and the e ac udin as broad. 
The а: part of the apo E and back 
is heavily blotched with clearet-red. 
CYPRIPEDIUM GOLDEN 
Тніѕ large yellow and white hybrid between 
Li 
C. insigne ‘Sa сони ge oh ры colin was we 
shown iby Mes apt a at the 
R 
FLEECE. 
pcm 
general Tiras es are as als 
called C. ‘Golden Gem: but. fne name eps 
Fleece, under which Sir George Holford firat 
showed it, takes priority. 
