December 20, 1919.] 
ќег than the pseudo-bulbous kinds, 
ne water i» however, needed by these 
. If the Sph 
them. 1 E it will- usually absorb near] 
sufficient. moisture, fromthe atmosphere. for the 
$ of the plants. Vanda teres. will .rarely 
flower well when treated like the other members 
у. This species likes a decided and 
of rest, and if kept many wore 
nd 
hrivel, no more injury to foliage wil 
055 а few of tae and 
An interme diate hou 
ot lon e.—At this eee О! year this house 
nh à ceps number plants that are 
and many Odonto lossums will 
a = 
lants that need frequent жараар 
and ge а M ‘the pot 8, owed 
material that holds moisture, and fro w which 
the pots absorb it until the material within 
m is almost in a state of saturatio 
t Pests of Orchids. — Opportunity. ees 
be tel edm Praga the plants are 
E" atte — to the era айгайы. кр 
T ned ci 
he 
ly caius Ё he cuticles comparatively 
tough, theref cleansing operations may 
be undertaken. with little risk of injury. О 
of the worst inse ts of hids is а soft, 
White scale that conceals itself under the outer 
sheaths of the bu f Cattleyas and simil: 
plants. In cases o in iion the sheath- 
mg should be stripp i 
Insecticide, the scales remov: y m fa 
small, pointed s he removal of this pest 
may be the mor sily accomplished with the 
aid of Phyto; hiline, a safe specific that is very 
effective in the truction of x ite and brown 
scale, as well as thrips ап ies. a 
number of plants requires roses t the plan 
adopted in these gardens is to prepare suflicient 
of the insecticide in Е t 0 sed ient 
utensil, to form a each plant 
ba p 
vard in the din in wetting 
the leaves and pseudo-bulbs to ensure the 
i After withdrawing 
ub to drain for a 
n 
drain n dry. 
plant should b 
PLANTS UNDER GLASS. 
By James үүғттоск, Gardener to the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, 
D an. 
alkeith Palace, Midlothi 
The Flowerin us Conservatory.— 
Chrysanthemums will for the present form the 
brightest a d nt subjects, and wit 
due attenti to harmonising the colours 
r ciation with other 
ient fire 
a dry pre: here in ^ue house. 
intain 
даш air ie E favourable occasions ‘and’ use 
wai 
ап: effective ees 
Valley. Only 
! or peg a eep them sufficiently 
Moist, plunge them aes bottom heat, and keep 
THE GARDENERS’ 
Teta ^ crowns 
en for TE Place the crowns · 
them dark until the flower spikes have extended 
4 inches, rng they may be removed and placed 
near the 
— Where 
Forcing Plan quantities of cut 
I1 are requ nad durin 
mely атт н should фе made. rly 
potted bulbs Roman Hyacinths and early 
white Ra Aly the growths of which are 
sufficiently ope to a exposed Y to the 
light, ce lac use near the 
zt 
ool ho 
ns are "required place them 
in | a a Soe Шы апа рро t the flower spikes 
ith sta. e as they dev oec Van Thol and 
Pig ot rd Au "i Tuli will form a 
VM but unless these are required specially 
cay they should not be submitted to hard 
should be given the r 
CHRON ONIC LE. 
311 
THE ALPINE GARDEN. 
GENTIANA CRINITA 
RINITA, the Jagged-Flowered Gentian, is 
xp a set of iino closely-allied species = 
similar Ў pehi bearing fringed flowers and found 
over v north а 
rth Ame 
each. season eautiful 
being a native of 
—If placed in a temperature of 55° ^ Europe. This plant grows from six incl 
Be “frequently ЕШР at the roots with weak nine inches high, and bears bright blue, deeply 
eas manure Freesias provide an early supply ringed flowers in August and September. The 
flow esie pr batches intended for succes- plant figured under this name in the Botanical 
Wer blooming авлаа be grown іп а cool gree Magazine, ta 9, is G. barbata, the other 
house and carefully watered. European species which “has a more northerly 
Li 
pU 
Fic. 146.—GENTIANA CRINITA: FLOWERS BRIGHT BLUE. 
Winter Flowering Begonias. kd runs ie and habitat in Norway and Russia also extending. 
varieties that will continue to flower for some throughout Siberia and North America. W ith 
time to come should be carefully preserved irom such a wide distribution, it follows that it is a 
damage by attacks of mite an hrips, by either somewhat variable species to which several 
dipping the i (сеш їп н. еа bly рге УЕ solu- names have been applied, among others С. 
tion of nicotine migating so Macs. letonsa and С. bn : = us ья рне aon 
occasionally. Continu e to feed th pes With one foot high, bra TOW 
weak solution of plant fertiliser. When the leaves, and long река. p гн В cae 
ants pass out of flower, place them in a violet- blue flowers that are buff-coloured on the 
warm house, and whilst resting them for under side of the petals. О. barbat 
a short period, care must be takea not to let пасон (Bot. Mag. ,609) is a Mec 
them become dry at the roots. The shoots growing, large-flowered form with flowers up to 
should then be shortened to encourage growths three inches in diameter G. ini (G 
from the tar of the plants to provide cuttings. fimbri ata), illustrated in. Fig. 146, i pu 
s of this Verein American plant which was introduce into culti- 
1 dni ost ее а vinter for sup vation in the year 18 The plant is figured 
ср en ies яя of bright colour.. The most dr in Bot. Mag., tab. "2,031, and Miel Чо 
cd for ir culture is а Ы hou ‚ a perennial. It grows a foot more high, 
vith low roof, where the shoots of the plants. with many branching stems, each terminating, in 
e be ke near the roof glass, at the sam August and September, in solitary, bright-blue 
time аъ i them sufficient space for develop- flowers about 2 inch oss. The petals are 
ent. > — rate — ems suit them. best deeply fringed and closed in Hos ,weather, but 
this stage to tain their vigour an . expand fully with sunshin ens planted 
Жа ч ant b "qui plant fertiliser m moist, peaty soil очы wall чыз EDT at 
ew, and ripened plenty of seeds. 
