JULY 4, 1874.] 
LMHE.- GARDENERS'.. CHRONICLE: 
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ORCHIDS. 
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UCH LARGE IMPORTATIONS 
and Consignments of Orchids are 
gonstantly arriving at Mr. WILLIAM BULL’s 
istablishment, that he is able to offer the 
llowing at the low prices annexed: 
Each.—s. d. 
ATTLEYA TRIANÆ é 7 6and ro 6 
» DOWIANA t 6 and 42 o 
ops aman TRIUMPHANS . 15 © and 21 o 
PESCATORE I5 oand 2r o 
ERONAT new sind aeaiia. 2t oand 31 6 
7 6 and ro 6 
IDIUM MACRANTHUM 42 o and 63 o 
15 oand 21 o 
THYRSIFLORUM 42 o and 63 o 
M CEN U M.—This pretty Des diš: 
bium, the flowers of which are white 
tipped with pink, and scented- like 
Violets, has lately received a First- 
class Certificate, both m the 
Royal Horticultural oyal 
Botani¢ Societ he +» 3i 6 and 42 o 
15 o and ax o 
tnts oand at o 
ERISTERIA BRUCHMULLERIANA. 21 o and 31 
YPRIPEDIUM NIVEUM ar oand 31 6 
PAR “i ü. 31 6 and 42 o 
NGULOA CLOWESII s% +s to 6 and i5 o 
.ERIDES oo ari ROSEUM si .+ 70° 6 and 15 o 
-» CRISPU ae tw .. ro 6 and xs o 
b; marano os T 35° 6 und 91 o 
TTLEYA EXONIENSIS" dė af and ro gs. 
ENDROBIUM SENILE 21 o and 31 
LANTHE VESTITA LUTEO. 
OCULATA 5 oand 7 6 
>» » RUB RO-OCULATA. sg 6 apd 
IDONTOGLOSSUM CITROSMUM 7 6and 10 6 
a e ROSEUM /.: as -» 20-6 and 15 o 
] SIPRENARIA AURANTIACA oe *. £5 ° © and 21° o 
EIONE MACULA as «+ I5 oand 2t o 
a REICHENBACHIANA ec. 4. 5h pand 2r 
OM ane Pibin Royer SS 7.6 and ro. 6 
1 SOROS GRANDIFLORA +» 3r 6 and ja o 
\NCIDIUM WELTON 21 oand 31 6 
S)DONTOGLOSSUM poate 21 and 3r 6 
GRANDE . . a 6 and 10 6 
MATODES ROSEA 5s es 33,28 oand y 
LIA PURPURATA ae 15 oand 2r o 
-PIDENDRUM DICHROMUM... to 6 and 15 o 
/ENDROBIUM PIERARDII 7 6 and 10 
ISHII . x ro 6 and 15 o 
». JAMESIANUM .. ‘ +s 15 oand 
DEVONIANUM 9 6 and 10 Hi 
MELLATA.—This scarce 
utifi anda has lately received 
a First Certificate 
i ieti + 31 6and 42 o 
PRIPEDIUM LONGIFOLIUM +. 2x oand 31 6 
O [OULLETIA L NA ro őand i5 0 
PONTOGLOSSUM LINDENI .. .. ar o and 31 
P a. CUCULLATUM .. “« 9 Gand 10 6 
E; ULLA . ie s+- 10 6 and rs 
iaia CHOCOENSIS ae +. 15 oand 21 o 
~~ greta apes IA es I5 o and ar 
D KRAMERIANUM . oc 3G 6 
DA ize NSONLE > 
+» I5 oandzı ó 
IMIA JASMINODORA 31 6 and 42 o 
NTOGLOSSUM PHALENOPSIS... ər oand 31r 6 
ROBIUM oa OPERET ae f5. O Gud oF 
CHRYSANTH UM -- 97 6 and ro 6 
CASTE HARRISON ++ ss Io 6and ys © 
CIDIUM SPHACELATUM ... -. 7 6 and 10 6 
NTL š new and handsomé a. 6 and 42 0 
Oice a of Orchids sina at 
and 12 gs. per dozen, nie 
y sending names of those already pos- 
will have a good selection made 
to reign over our 
different varieties can be- given, and 
clearer one sees 
SATURDAY, FULY 4, 1874. 
CUT. FLOWERS. 
I HAVE often been asked to give some hints 
for different arrangements of cut flowers, 
and always feel inclined to ask in return, Have 
you tried those combinations I wrote about last 
year ? ? My correspondents beg me also to 
give common names instead of the Latin ones, 
In Scotland 
we talk of a Plane tree but mean a Sycamore 
(Acer), an Syringa, but have Mock Orange 
(Philadelphus) in our mind, and would consider 
the nurseryman at fault who sent us a Lilac. 
Then Hyacinthus non scriptus of one’s young 
days is a Scilla, and Bluebells in England are 
this disputed bulb, while in Scotland it is Cam- 
panula rotundifolia that represents Bluebells. 
Surely there is not- a more vexed plant than 
wild Hyacinth, be gue over in both its Latin 
and English n Linnzeus himself is pro- 
nounced wrong, PE its divided perianth is torn 
open to show that even he had made a mistake in 
not classing it with the piere ; and Sir Walter 
cott is misgoubted, if he = was so 
thoroughly informed in try matters 
would have made Fitzjames hunt the stag-when 
the wild Hyacinths were in bloom and the deer 
still with the velvet on their horns, or expect 
‘Ellers “tread” ld not crush sich sappy 
ee Harebélls, the Bluebells of Scotland, 
Campanula rotundifolia, make his poems read 
ln both in the Lady of the Lake and Last 
Minstrel :— 
fy Guat rice A s eve with balmy breath 
e Bluebells on Newark heath,” 
It is necessary for me to premise and repeat 
. 
that my first object has always been to use ha 
arrange, and those which last the apeti in E 
glasses. Arranging.flowers here is a a thing that 
has to be done, and if I had time and leisure 
enough to make it a mere amusement I would 
use a still pee variety of different plants and 
arrangem 
A ae like a Lily, for instance, that one 
sweep of the finger and thumb clears of leaflets, 
is a prize; and those, like Michaelmas Daisies, 
t require scissors to snip off the keka 
spoilt -flowers, and useless buds, are a triz 
particularly in the short days when daylight i is 
so precious. ; 
po ; 
use, or disuse, of a plant, be it a rare exotic or 
hardy flower, or a glass. 
Surely it is enough for that supreme 
hou 
dress, food, vine to twist upside down 
misapplied words, taste and vulg ai qe 
frequently heard that inappropriate adjective 
“ vulgar” a apie toa plant, as if 
any pretence or pretension in Nat : 
works, and as if they could be vulgar ; common 
they may be, and the wiser one grows the 
ne sees that it is the commonest and 
e tyrant | 
uses, carriages, aig 
there was ever | pang 
ature or her | 
for the loss of our grasses and daisies. There is 
no fear of Orchids, Stephanotis, and Gardenias 
being despised or unapprec ciated, Have they 
not cost much of man’s money, man’s trouble, 
man’s skill to grow ?—and therefore in these 
mammonish days must they not be more uti- 
b 
open air, 
rain? Any mind that can see the extreme beau 
and fitness in the commonest plant, is sure to be 
able to admire rare exotics, but the reverse is 
cy is not met with 
where out-of-door plants are the hobby. 
A truce to moralising : let me at once proceed 
to name any novelties in the arrangements I 
have tried during the last season or so which 
appear to me worthy of note. 
All Spirzeas (Meadow-sweets) I have had—some 
dozen varieties—are useful both for foliage and 
flowers. In early spring (March) the young un- 
developed leaves of the largest one (S. Lindley- 
ana) are good; the whole stalk andrib of the leaf 
is then of a fine red (rich brown later in the 
season), very like and quite as bright as Begonia 
splendens ; the shape is also peculiar, and in 
March there is a scarcity of red for tall glasses. 
The pink and white flowers of S. Douglasii 
and S. callosa alba last long, and look 
well together. 
With Campanula carpatica, pale blue, C. 
media (Canterbury Bells), dark blue, or "Cle. 
tis Jackmanni, dark purple, sprays of S, 
arena look well. All the white Spirzas 
are of a warm yellowish tinge, which combines 
far better, I fancy, than a EJEA pure white 
flower, with certain shades o 
The young shoots of H sida Androsaemum 
at the end of the branch, are very attrac- 
tive; and even when the petals fa the oiee 
calyx n the 
centre are a When in 
Skye last autumn I saw this native St. John’s 
Wort in its wild state. It is always a pleasure 
to find a plant for the first time. H. orientalis 
is the most delicate S:. John’s Wort we have 
here ; its young shoots, although not so highly 
coloured, make, from their way of growing, 
ery go oliage ; the lovely yellow blossoms, 
like little single Banksia 
fusio on in ovember ; 
s and the little dark red reer : 
ehato: Bob, make a most lasting and E 
glass. A. longifolius is a en toe ty, indly 
sent us by Mr. Niven, of Hull; its double row 
of florets were curled up after 4° of frost, — 
in perfection to the end- of 
m 
A glass of the following single flowers. lasts 
long (a double Rose s Carnation; added for the 
colour, looked coarse and 
them) : — 
mca bright yellow stamens, green h 
ia glabra, clear lilac, yellow and blackish - 
heaft Hypericum EEA foliage ; ; Thalic- 
trum (Meadow Rue), small leaves of Tanace $ 
boreale mi F erula pagea ae Acca 
greenish ee z 
think I am correct in n saying all b bul that 
ane on Bee stalks, in 
