JULY 3, 1875.] 
IHE 
GARDENERS’ 
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CHRONICLE. ] 
Orchids. 
consequence of large Importations 
R. WILLIAM BULL can make special 
er of the following :— 
DENDROBIUM DEVONIA ANUM, 2s. 6d. and 3s. 6d. each ; 
d 
суй ЕРЫ NIVEUM, 25. 6d. and 3s. 6d. each; 245. 
d 3 
DENBKOBIUM T THYRSIFLORUM, 75. 6d. and тоз. 64. 
and £5 per doze 
орбо оз натан, 55. and 75. 6d. 
each; £2 10s. and £4 per 
1 ACINETA ETT ot p "éd. and ss. each; 36s. and 
doz 
ANŠCTOCHIL US DAWSONIANUS, 2s. 6d. each; 245. 
Я оч CLOWESII, ss. and 7s. 6 each; 
: DENDROBIUM PIERARDII, 23, 6d. and 3s. 64. each ; 245. 
and 36s. per dozen. 
_ CATTLEYA TRIANÆ, 5s. and 7s. 6. each; £2 тоз. and £4 
per dozen. 
geen designe особа 2s. 6d. and 3s. 6d. each; 
са БУКС CITRINA, ss. and 7s. 62. each; 42 1os. and 
44 per dozen. 
- ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM (ALEXANDR4#)), тоз. 6d. 
and 155. each; 45 and Z7 per dozen. 
LELIA AUTUMNALIS, 75. 6d. and тоз. ба. each; £4 and 
45 per dozen. 
PLEIONE ЖАШАДЫ, as. 6d. and 3s. ба. each; 24s. 
MAXILLARIA L LUTEO-ALBA, 25. 6d. and 3s. 6d. each; 
. per 
INSLEAYI LEOPARDINUM, 
d тоз. 6d. each; £4 and 45 per dozen. 
DENDROBIUM CRYSTALLINUM, 7s. 6d. and ros. 64. 
each; £4 and £s per dozen 
EPIDENDRUM c о. ANUM Paess sng 7s. 64. and 
4 pe 
HOULLETIA С СИЙУЗАХНА, у E "6d. and тоз. 64. each; 
4 and £5 per 
MAXILLARIA LUTEO- PURPUREA, 3s. 64. and 5s. each ; 
r dozen. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM RAMULOSUM, 7s. 6d. and тоз. 6d. 
each; £4 and £5 per dozen. 
EPIDENDRUM MACROCHILUM, 7s. бї, and тоз. 6d. 
each; £4 and £s per dozen. 
ERIA ODORATA, 3s. 6d. аі = each ; 36s. and sos. р. doz. 
DENDROBIUM SENILE . 6d. and ros. 6d. each ; £4 
DENDROBIUM F. FALCONERI, 21s. and 315. = 
HAL/ENOPSIS SCHILLERIANA, 425. es ach. 
PHALENOPSIS GRANDIF рова, 1$. 66 ані е each. 
PHAL/ENOPSIS AMABILIS, 3 Ue ind pem 
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42 тоз. and 
24s. and 
ЕЕ ut s eas per 
doz sending names of those AR A ие UR, x differe nt 
variations a" = кл, and purchasers will have a good selec- 
tion made for 
Бузан ГЕ et and Rare Plants, King's Road, 
Chelsea, London 
BENJAMIN 9. WILLIAMS: 
UPERB STRAIN O 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS 
(Post Free). 
ws parkot, —s. d, 
CALCEOLARIA, Williams’ superb strain, rs. eus 
35. [^ gn s.o 
CINERARIA, Weatherill’s extra — Te 15. 6d., 
5 о 
апі 
CYCLAMEN PERSICUM, Wiliams E ES 
62. and 
25. o 
GLOXINIA, saved from the De ost drooping varieties T ~ 6 
o> saved from the finest erect oe z 6 
PANSY. saved from ex хф: Заа oe v varieties 1s. and 2 6 
Bel, ian, finest mix is and 2 6 
PRIMO A SINENSIS FIMBRIATA, Williams’ 
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35. 6d, and 5 0 
ТОА and PARADISE сая 
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SATURDAY, FULY 3, 1875. 
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COLUMBINES. 
MONG the old-fashioned flowers, which are 
now becoming somewhat more appreciated 
than they have been of late years, the Columbine 
of Aquilegia glandulosa and other foreign mem- 
bers of the genus; and Aquilegia 
vulgaris is a lovely plant, none the less so for 
having been relegated for a long time to cottage 
gardens, or poked away out of sight in out-of- 
the-way and neglected corners. Like many 
other old-fashioned things besides plants, these 
favourite flowers of old days only need to be 
kn i 
presen 
cate the claims of the Columbine to be again 
received as a popular favourite. 
The foliage alone of this plant is very hand- 
aves being w technically 
They are bold and striking 
and hence were employed by 
medizval фб s for decorative purposes 
ust of ages" brought to 
light most unmistakable Columbine flowers 
peeping out from among the leaves. 
The botanical architecture, so to speak, of 
we must return to our Columbines. 
The infinite variety in colour of the flowers 
of the Columbine yc another of their 
attractive features. stone-blue, 
the truly wild state of the plant. e 
chalky woods of oec sp qn we have 
gathered magnificen t specimens of Columbine 
in which the blossoms, both in form and colour, 
were handsomer than any of the more civilised 
garden varieties. Nor is this the only plant 
which has scarely improved by cultivation. A 
yet more striking instance of this may be found 
in the Jacob’s Ladder (Polemonium cceruleum), 
which abounds on the limestone about 
Buxton. The wild plant is taller and more 
robust than the common cultivated form, and. 
the flowers, meret less numerous, are both 
larger and brighter. 
When the Columbine was a more fashionable 
flower than it has now become, a yet greater 
D and variation in colour was attained. 
John Rea, the seventeenth century florist, says 
that ae ае Columbines “ are not regarded," 
foliis ra p pipiti bri qr 
nitide bus penales vel sese" 
and even the self-coloured te € ones “are 
not valued:” “those that 
n f well a colour, Columbin 
offer condita. ey. Bes des the miners 
ouble Columbine, there is a form 
t the heeles or hornes of th 
ward, and st out in ne middle 
of the flowers cometh T en is the 
ede also figured by Parkinson as the “ Robe 
or Starre Columbine,” in which regular star- 
stad | т атн are produced, ther = Беше, Me 
that author has it, “ по heeles or kind e 
inward or об ух the flowers being “ like diito 
a small thick double Rose layd open, or a 
xis read Marigold.” Phillips in his Fora ей 
torica qe these three: len 
modern phra: He says 
Фан де їп the natural Ve of this lee 
that it prone t ae three ho met mo epe аб 
doubling its flow It metimes 
doubled » "he multiplication of € the pitis. j^ 
the exclusion of ед aries ; at о h 
increase of the 
the petals, and reat 
of the nectaries wis the proper petals r 
=. {һе s form of the flowers, үт 
to tiv vé соев almost dee ensi the 
ider of birds, the Columbine owes its AS 
and popular names in various langua he 
Latin ayer er or, E ‘Clusius calls b. Aquilina 
gave ris e German Akeley or Agley, 
Dutch Akelei. чі min; Esel Ancolie—in refer- 
ence, it is supposed, to the hooked claws of the 
e parts of Normandy it is called 
Aiglantine, er name referring to the same 
ird ; and it is no doubt the similarity of this 
title with that of Eglantine which has caused 
the Columbine to be substituted for the latter 
the neck of The Itali s call i 
C Ear d a verwo another English 
e, has milar signification. be have 
thought that t Aquieg ia signified a oir o 
drawer of w n allusion to is iiy in which 
rain я гадны upon the leaves ; but this is not 
its meaning her 
Like the napdragon and other flowers which 
mecum insects, so 
ined. The Co ав di referred 
mien of our older poets, such as Spenser an 
W. Browne, = latter of whom seems to allude 
to some, t onal association plant 
when he says :— 
“ The Columbine, in tawing often taken, 
as are forsaken. y 
The same author refers to “ the m the blue, 
the flesh-like Columbine.” Drayton speaks of 
the * сеа Culla vue and the erican 
Соње in purple 
матоб 
includes it among the flowers of Ophelia's 
garland M. ; 
New Garden Plants. 
PEED AN (Оромтороѕ) RUBRO-VIRIDIS, 
Baker, n n. sp.” 
the kind. But if, 
eee e сон xubro-viridis, aa п. sq 
voideo tuni secus colhum onge —— 
m em. б. 
orga umbello 
cellis 
