Octdser 9, 1875.] 
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formed flower, creamy white, tipped with rose 
ink, which deservedly gained a bb class Certificate, 
т, Stevi vens, Trentham, sent evallia Harryana ; 
Mr. Dou 
the single Macartney Rose ; an ith, Tol- 
on Nursery, Hornsey Rise, specimens of his fine 
Ee scarlet DRE Won , which 
ust become a grand market plant, Fath | its excellent 
habit, and the анне with which its petals adhere 
together. т. Green, eigate, 
again showed a plant of x Streptocarpus Greenii, 
which has been flowering over four months, an 
been exhibited at four successive meetings. 
FRUIT конь —Henry Webb, 
chair. This a more than 
meeting, owing ps the gr weg by Mes 
on, and Mr, Dan 
Esq., in the 
usually ian m 
s, William 
cer, of Chi wie of large 
ul & 
collection: A s and Pears v 2 Paul 
& Son's collection of Apples included some 165 sorts, 
am t whic all the leadin ng perde and 
many that are very sel 5 also the 
case with the Р sorts, 
anks, and 
his collection was also reccommended for a medal. 
A vote of thanks was also given to Mr. Fenn for 
a collection of = ешле. Potatos, numbering over 
thirty sorts John's Nursery, 
aF irst-class. Certificate for 
ward was also ие 
St. Edmunds, on the St. Edmunds Pippin, a richly- 
d ^u» Эзе ж the Golden 
vet an p = Grieve show 
ing Pear, whieh “being unripe, ais тебене for 
the next meetin 
Жет Operations. 
(For THE ENSUING FORTNIGHT.) 
PLANT HOUSES. 
tage showy kinds will 
OrcHips.—As i t be 
tice of removing them into a der 
owing = irem st the bot 
ter-flowering Es 
m, О. aurosum, O. ma 
a plan become shrivelled ; 
inging will be ary. The Calanthes 
are ing up their flower-spikes ; these sho d 
have every encouragement in the shape of heat and 
Men: and other plants which are commencing 
the rots of Orchids ; qoom 
ght, as th 
Baker, Coombe 
ung 
sho mld be sought after by 
ey ‘are then very easily caug 
Wood, 
FRUIT HOUSES. 
uglas, Loxford Hall Gardens, cut flowers of 
r. G. Sm 
the fruit is to keep satisfactorily ; wooden shutters are 
the best for the n but farpauling, E a thick 
of straw or brack O carry 
the water quickl n erson- 
ally I prefer the bo of tirely 
inside, and to those intending to plant such I strongly 
advise them arrange th ‚ ога 
light covering of straw placed on inside borders, will, 
to some extent, prevent the rising of moisture, and 
also the cracking of the soil. The Grapes should be 
frequently look ver for the removal o u 
ying time for Hamburghs, and 
ptis V that das; ; damp—their greatest enemy 
—aboun and to the end of 2^ Mee ү; 
daily акай ой of the fruit wi essary. 
Keep the ventilators of the house аы per 
all d and open only when the 
ould e pruned, an use 
thorough. ‘cleansing, the border being top-dressed, ә 
previou: wd advised and directed. Fermenting material 
shou w be prepared, to be placed on outsid 
borders a len a fortnight Зона to closing up the 
house: m of a quantity inside at 
n the more kindly | ve deri 
o 
T 
"omi started, and ifa a light bottom-heat yid be 
d them, such as a bed of leaves; they will break 
t starting should 
all . The tempera not 
ex 55°, but it may aly be i to 
65° as the Vines show signs of breaking. The can 
should slung in a horizo position, to induce 
and replenishing of Vine borders. 
now, the winter iren ite and other insects 
likely " bel — will make their exit, W, Wild: 
smith, Heckfield. 
Variorum. 
THE POTATO DISEASE. 
By A, MURPHY, 
BE aisy a minnit, I’m going to prate 
Of the dreadful disease that has tak’ the Pot 
Of e Mae ars that have passed since the ерте first 
оғ. the way. it has struck the philosophers dumb, 
Of 
Only to = the Gaaran as bad ev mr bit ; 
And to speak like a parable— w ye'll wink ! 
‘ll com par it ae to the new бИ RINK. 
t wise men, who know it all clane, 
ds add 
Writ, 
To sho 19; their knowledge they start with no brief, 
Break crowns, redden and А 
*! Stand ke ye poor cripples!” cries Shirley the 
great— 
“K nm 
orm 
Sure it's me it eim ! See me finish the job! j” 
Then oe pican the ice with a n his nob, 
tor, the '' 
Then Doc 
“Let me PN desi right wa 
EA new @ иы. lads ! Howisi t — 
the or has gone OW. 
urroo! See new skaters, the 
Who come with a rush, and some € e ers 
Down forwards — down backwards — they growl and 
they swear А p 
As their heads all get cracked to their utter di 
Poor sliders! they'd teach all the wor orld how 
And to spake in == тан = s 2: Potts 
Where eck and hjii 
But, like the poor Tater ay only sh M ped 
And there sit the angels—ould ] B. and young S., 
ith a ft 
Just waitin’ their time, till the others have done, - 
ped are HOME their skates on, with blades 
arked A 1 
There's a hush, ge tet ЛУ ye can hear every sound 
As the clustering and lingering around, 
iie a an тайн shortly to see 
To the e person. of fine —- Agaricus B. 
guess), 
8 
z 
B 
= 
E 
3 
Е 
Put 
He joins with t nd 
Round and round, up and down, with the сез of 
Th grows painful—the wounded all groa: 
As they б up en ura n their espe Жо; ; 
Edad 5. seg y ch B. bo as they pl 
ye skate page sens disease 
ease— 
ees paring allo 
subject’s a А 
c Potat o disease,” but now sae tian it out ? 
SALE OF THE MAYFIELD ORCHIDS. —Mr. Steve 
ypripedium 
Lowi ; Олай splendidum, 
eight old bulbs and two reci growt 305. ; 
um, fourteen leaves, 588;.; another 
plant of the same, 567s. ; S. Holfordi, 30 to 36 in 
across; 462s.; Angrecum sesquipedale, twenty-six 
leaves, 5045. ; ia inii majus, seventy old j 
189s. ; Chysis bractescens, eight old bulbs, 357:.; 
Aerides Fieldingii, sixteen strong leaves, 210s.; 
another plant, with twenty leaves, 4417.; Odon 
glossum citrosmum roseum, 2315.; Angreecum ebur- 
neum, 4 to 5 et across, 210s,; Vanda tricolor rubra, 
6 feet high and 3 feet across, 2315. ; Saccolabiu 
guttatum, p to3feet high and wide, twenty-two te 
, twos I bottom. 
and eleven leaves respectively—ten spik d 
13057.; Ae two 
young breaks, 
across, 3995. ; $ nee um, 32 inc 
high, 5257. ; Van tricolor superi, 3 feet r 
inches high, "hist eight lea P Ае suavis, 
hi ji. Јем eo m ung 
is Rollissoni, юк leaves 
mes ri 
Ellisii, four MANARE lea 
Schilleriana, sixteen , two E leading growths 
inclusive, 1805,; Lelia e сые urneri, nine 
one extra strong leading break, nit .; Cattleya lobata 
mp rien seventy to eighty ball bull 
abr d su 
Mr hes high,a oí 3 sia t thr 2 
Skinneri, twenty-five bulbs, and 
; datum 
2005. ; 
iden m, 3 
Cattleya Rubin, dod thirty ple bulbs, and 
five strong leading growths, Ux ; Lelia Pilcheri, 
2 feet high, fifteen АНЬ 1995. 6d. ; Cattleya Warneri, 
quens си twelve 
s, 320s. ; Cattleya 
fifteen 
оті, 5505. ; Cattleya Mendelii, about 3 feet across, 
3157 ѕресітеп, 25. 5 
forty to fifty ^ 1314. 5 Саак jugosus, 
Masdevallia Lindeni, 
specimen, 
Coelogyne cristata, 3 jo across, 3007, ; 
cinnamomea, 3 oss, 460s, "total M 
realised, £2211 
т Weather, 
STATE OF THE WEATHER AT BLACKHEATH, LONDON, 
FOR THE ENDING WEDNESDAY, OCT. 6, 1875. 
TEMPERATURE OF 
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4 29.68 zo 49 а ES FS 4.6 о! v NS 
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5 EU PME 752 16.650 da 7455.4 s. S.W. [^ 
6 3.25 +057 64 4,44-4)20.052,9 0.043. sf wNw 
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me yr tir rg * "ui ant Ёле throughout. Slight rain fell 
A.M 
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X Showers ИП з aw Fine 
morning. Fine till noon. 
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