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GARDENERS 
CARONICLE. 
[JULY 17, 1875. 
Cut-leaf. We lately. heard of its employment 
proving that plant to = a ye than was believed, 
BET аныз. 
may well be M that the flowers could not be 
: : à : + deu - and to have a most ur. roduced with any profusion or vigour. The 
x e ONS nett of €— Maes which its healing It is highly erating за state that Mr. Wallis sent had i fact beds vlog on the bulbs, the ground 
properties меду велев of good results, = full materials, Thinking the plant one of the most | had not sufficient moisture to allow the for 
seemed likel ove of permanent benefit inte ree discoveries of Mr. а allis (who, it is to | of those surface ts ich о nec 
but thane гы thè smell of ihe plant was so will very s ee t to make dis- | to the well doing of the plants. Notwithstanding 
offensive to the patient that the treatment could стед), 1 асе had great pleas ure in giving it Mr. | this, however, I saw here for the first time several 
not be persevered with Wall , to the er sie of Messrs E Veitch, species which dly exist in any other garden— 
P sine a si m gr under this name Hansoni, the fine Japan species, which has 
The merits of Self- heal (Prunella vulgaris), | It would not be candid not 5 gx that the fresh been twice exhibited by Mr. Wilson ngland, and 
Plantain, Bugle, and a host of other plants r proved uch inferior to the flowers of Mr. | figured in the r í Chroni 7e [р. 231, vol, it; 
might fitly find mentio v ; but the above | Wallis xq Now those are inferior to the flowers | 1874] and оосо Mana L ne I 
i ill suffice 5 that even Pustié the dried specimens, ave not the least | may here mention that the plant is easily listinguished 
instances w doubt Lg "e pes when established, will prove | from L. avenaceum he bulb, is large an 
practice is not altogether to ве аеѕр as un- | good. Æ. С. Rchb. f. solid, like that of a Tiger Lily, while the bulb of 
worthy of notice, “and that the Корее of of small loos 
MAX LEICHTLIN'S GARDEN. recently the opportunity of showing living specimens 
an 
Maximowicz, the distinguished 
on them. If not the жеше which their Tue name of Max Leichtlin has for some years рч traveller. Не recognised at p a 
adniirers proclaim them to be, they have at | past been well known to all lovers x: hardy plants, | plant which he had found at Victoria Gulf, 
least as much claim to notice as the many and of Lilies in particular. wished to see | and had supposed to be a yellow variety of L. avena. 
foreign plants with high- di the far-famed garden ee т м this gentleman, but eum : 7 tenflora, L mowiczi was 
нк As Б ies A in pee нны E erai I had often good c o know how rich it | another of M Leichthn's plants which h uod 
5 rare and beautiful. en I never had the | found its way to England. It seemsto be very nearly 
ments, 5, M, 
New Garden Plants. 
ENDRUM WALLISII, s 55. 
e views have 
ch u 
is Pleurothallis. 
gan 
Odontoglossa а p re desirable, and that 
and Rogersii are far better ; yan that old 
басм ium Lanceanum, though an Oncidium, is a ver 
as E. Friderici Galicia. verrucosum, fine PURA 
of atropurpureum (macrochilum), ocarpum, 
m, &c. I feel very lucky to recommend to-day 
one that must be rega nice as it be- 
comes fully established, equal to t its di 
coverer . Let us begin wit h the ewige that 
w secti leafy 
When ed the 
on of the Epidendra, with a 
bous). I propos 
uranthium I included the ЗЕ енун. which 
have a lateral аю авес like that of so many D 
drobia, and op d th Pod rule, all others 
having t vend ones. "Now ere are a few sum 
which have both terminal res 
ме the difficulty can pues solved by денний 
мената which ка cropleuranthium. The 
m d by Wend- 
essrs. Carmiol an 
I do not know 
those of a good асани ч vitellinum 
mun but with a very broad fla v qe lip; e 
cem I stated before) as ba in seme 
orescences, e se id ha s are ligu. 
late mous yellow, often with few, Veram jug wit 
many, dark purplish spots. The lip is cuneate flabel- 
кте and appears to be eme to variations, re 
шыр now yellow, with orange keels and даг 
lish v ieties ce sha) 
a mined by Mr. Wallis, and m 
offers a fo 
observation. 
Ihave just at hand е 
however, without M e been in 
great em embarrassment, Mes: having "enclosed 
in the same box a те бач а of Vanda Parishii, 
гати Sw., sect. nov. Acropleuranthium.—Dis- 
n; columna adnata; inflorescentize laterales cum 
in basi label belli terms 1s seu quini Das ane ec venis 
radians айлаа а tuberculatis ; androclinii limbo quad- 
—New Granada, Wallis. 
This year, however, I found 
ure and variation of Lilies, and having received 
most cordial invitation. from em Í started for Daden 
on June 23, spending a couple of days 
examination of the gardens of Paris. 
been often so well described that I need not say much 
about them, except that I was surprised to find 
Nelumbium speciosum growing luxuriantly in an 
unheated tank in the o J 
des Plante Professor 
that the water frozen 
heated in spring by. putting a aon баке. over s 
tank for two or three months, and that the pnta ри 
grown and flower ed eat | in this. situation for yea 
Leichtlin tow 
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drought, w 
had dr injured a great m 
garden, however, тон quite newl 
richly stocked nd viis of 
inds that in two rim I had by n 
its interest, and the admirable neatness and hi 
ure which is kept up was an agreeable contrast d 
the wilde ient of weeds which is seen in some Con 
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affect to een down on hardy apre I am q 
sure that some of M. Leichtlin's Irises, Lilies, and 
other things would make piss at не acknowledge 
their superiority to many of our new stove plants. 
T ate of Raden is wall suited to such a 
rden, being hot i Т; in winter, 
many, and 
though alpine and American plants do not succeed so 
d 
m. agin ng its most tbs do better, as 
hey get thoroughly ripen autumn. The soil 
is rich ies light, apparently composed of decom 
granite, and — ying at a rather ee pee 
it has been laid out in terraces 
es. 
he and 
rows Hi Frames, r^ well filled 2 bits, which 
mak es nl ater to think o 
M. Leich having heard of a y plant, spares 
ане trouble nor age женит to getit. The prices he 
metimes gives are alm t fabulous, but, having got 
a a new o or ч thing, he Ф 
nough of it not only to supply his numerous fri 
Hi 
iile чен t he is 
о mention more 
ts i 
allied to, if really distinct from, L. Leichtlini, fase. the 
and differing principally in 
of the flowers, which are red. rather than 
same stoloniferous habit, 
the alae? 
ellow. 
„ет are Lilium кыш, xd I ids does 
now exist elsewhere urope urishing 
a quantity at Baden, M. Таса "having been 
fortunate enough to raise a lot from seed four years 
ay be remarked that 
жуз Ve Moa E me that h 
r 
proved species or кайту ЖАА will soon be more 
generally cultivated, but it is impossible to mention 
all of them Tees е; 
I should like, A: to call the attention of 
travellers tr Japan е y varieties 
hic 
in the Sas 
hybrids Бе between E onim, auratum, and eae 
Their beauty is astonishing, their v. SE endless ; 
but er on “accoun t of th ir rarity, or from m the 
whethe 
he pe of their 
Eng A 
at the Vienna аю, some of which are still clive 
in ong them being a plant nam 
L. Elizabethii, ` which resembles speciosum rubrum in 
colours, and auratum in form and size 
The Irises are also great favourites at Baden, p^ 
cially the varieties of I. Kæmpferi. One or 
which were in flower far surpassed * size, form, 2 
x thing I ha in this try ; and 
re being ignes 
s they ripen seed freely, and а 
азе obable that he 
years 
hybridised м M. Lectin 
will owers in a 
They tie iini v perfectly 1 шы ы bat M a warm sun 
and a good soi iberica and 
some of its сга. also do well en ана out in 
frames, on ес reir e put as soon 
flowers are o 
pas plas 
at present to be found 
Атим of A;phodel-like plants found in 
Turkestan and the 
tall flo stem reaching, in the case 
robustus, a height of 7—10 feet, and covered for a 
g of that distance Lese showy star-sh 
fl e th a 
itoma, are radical, an 
le 
die down early in 
season, but the tall strong stem remains 
nd capsules.. M.  Leichtlin Бен 
robustus to be the finest of t ; 
but the one he most priz VS poa sal Baume 
of which only a single plant à isi 
Another guns "e is very =й represented here 
is Agapan arming little species, called 
Moor s hie I believe i is quite new and distinct, 
was throwing up numerous flower stems, 
lan a few inches in height, the 
oportion to the size of the 
resembles the others, 
aveo tution. 
Most of the new Yuccas, Aloes, vite a 
plants may ee here planted out for the summer 
l. | on rockwork, w me they seem to ger fast and enjoy 
o 
t; are are almost 
empty at this ааб M. Leichtlin soe follows 
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