34 FHR 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[JULY 11, 1844, 
his mind by eg Re himself living Orchids to Europe, 
and he bega do so, assiste ga Pas his young Belgian 
_ friend, pr as ur Patin. o thank the latter Se 
the materials I used si rae description sikin e Flor 
e. e 
des Serres of our excellen E Fia 
Houtte. In the itadie % ean the fresh. aaike 
from Mess 
ssrs. Veitch, and give the description in the 
. Gardeners Chronicle. H. G. Rchb, oe 
BOLLEA PATINI,” 
Flowers larger than in B. Lalindei, yet not nearly 
so bright in colour. Sepals and petals p allid blue. 
upper sepal and inferior halves of literal sepal 
yellow, like the lip, Thec n is bright t; and 
the anther purplish, The history is quite the same as 
that of B. Lalindei, but I have not seen fresh flowers. 
I have at hand coloured photograhs, dry flowers, and a 
dried plant h rs been named in ho of 
Monsieur Patin, the young Belgian —_— or. May 
he remember that, if the living plant: e sometimes 
acceptable material, yet good dried pecans brought 
for the service of scie aad give a sure passport for 
immortality. H. G. Rchb.f, 
CoLcHICUM LUTEUM,. Baker. 
T a yery ities and striking species of Col- 
icum, “which 
perate region of the w malayas, it would no 
do at be found to be ciate reme in our oath 
- All the other species of Colchicu 
5 taane off into ay but in this pe pad 
E vo shh ht a yellow as c tern- 
-. There are numer te Pee ew 
was also g 
rson on, his expedition to 
T. Ait en has lately sent from Hazara 
a plant of rated more slender habit, which he reports 
as growing at an elevation of 
time would seem to-indicate a different species ; 
e. out any clear botanical difference between 
. Varle- 
hisi isa groups Me contains 
Mediterranean 
cultivator garg neglected. The plant may 
evoid, 9—12 lines thick, the € numerous coa 
and chestnut-co the inner en 
ches above the surface of the soil as a 
sheath round the tuft of leaves ; leaves 3—4 to a corm, 
e, glabrous, fleshy; blunt, lelle down 
: the face, faleate and shorter than th 
i alf 
ae ‘the o blanceolate. blunt. 
road ; ges at the throat Fa ning pa 
thirds o fthe wag AA e pee incar basifixed 
yellow anthers or four times | 
ery ` t 
yin separating from. 
one another i in the upper quarter « or ‘third. Z. G. Baker, 
GREENHOUSE PLANTS—_XIL 
THEIR CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT. 
sia eee en: See aW lants, natives of New 
and N ales, are in every wa 
violaceæ, Rchb. f. sie late cuneato a Coe 
s oblongis attenuatis, epalis 
labello a basi hast 
triangulo ani = replicato, callo transverso in dis 
multisulcato, j columna amplissi 
extrorsum o Jugis rugosis a, ; ser „Pai utrinque 
ranaceis, interiori 
earibus n verna- 
: brerioriras dem = snipe: 
oribus I—=3; tubo 2— 2—3-po 
in. longo, i ke splendide lotao, 
eo t 
us; Saman ibus 
us ; reels toe 
inter sese | bens 
o 3—4-plo ntibus 
luteis antheris zequilong s vel superant 
Tongi i in stylos sensim si k oh 
Suner 
ing is March, April, May, and June, according as 
they hav e been pepe by r oe s or otherwise ; 
yet, if required, they can be brought in 
earlier inter, as they will ree rate 
otdi more especially the Box and Oleander-leaved 
wie 
would be fatal to many hard-wooded pla 
itable for oe in the cultivation of 
greenhouse poes They flower freely 
Pta and con sequently are well adapted 
fot conservatory decoration, where, if allowed suffi- 
a room not cramming them too 6.-closely in 
mongst otis things, they will receive littie injury 
dee uring the time they are in flower. Even when not i 
om m, if well grown, their dense fresh green foliage 
nders them at all times interesting. They are the 
fret ste of New Holland Piatt and cannot 
ear cri want "of pot-room in the early 
stages of their ex sitiaaen' 5 consequently, in een a 
plants, care psa be taken to somh h 
u O 
ants, rendering 
is a vastly more im- 
portance than ano oh as these Eriostemons take 
longer than of a foe mane ure to 
have been at all pot- -bound. 
They will bear without injury a continuous lower 
bet ae during th 
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pete 
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beginning of April, giving tiem a 3-inch shift in good 
fibrous pes ai which o sand may be added, 
It is ncaiiate toe the e plants to bi k the 
peat ates in the case of some more spare and 
Eno subjects, ak let the sand be well mixed 
wi e peat, as these, like all other plants that have a 
req uire more 
water, and i consequently must have the soil in which 
they grow in n such condition as will admit of the water 
tion to push these over r-strong branches that rob the 
eaker ones. Place them in a house where they will 
kept at .a night not less than 45°. 
s th 
syring lants overhead every 
not only promotes growth, bu ut keeps 
in sit alee ‚by which they are sometimes 
ta 
tion to that recommended for the bie slaty, Pot 
d, ve sufficient depth from the rim of the 
pot for atering. .The sun at the time of this potting 
eg poret, the plants will require Slightly shading 
D rtnight, after which let the gr 
per Sc the use = the Syringe every after- 
Augu ich they « should 
oe #.% air a and day 
tone the fo owing m Eriostemons are not 
pei to mildew, consequently there is no necessity 
oo eee „stage of the owth to expose e them in the 
a view to 
oe free 
growt giving S int ae side es and shutting the | house 
completely y, ei S = to en amount 
piema again commence 
to use the singe — afternoon. Attend well to 
far Lae yo ig to keep them dense and well 
ants ; sa attention to 
w 
3 
Be 
Be 
aa 
3 
B 
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bis 
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air 
ber, This i 
not be dispensed with, if a a ig fod of flower is 
much thinne 
- profuse flowerer. 7, Bai 
cy oy and these plants, unless profusely blo ood 
this w. e small size oft 
are enor sufficiently attractive, iF the end of Septemb 
they must be brought indoor: 
by reason of their SE - no growth during Ù 
winter 3 but they must on no account be placed § 
close together. , or the bottom leaves will suffer a 
fall off prematurely. A 
ved to the 
attractive foe several w 
seed-pods m 
u 
recommended required to fl 
ove them under glass before there is 
of frost, and k m = d n 
them to flower oe If th 
required for exhibition sey should, 
under cover in the autumn, be at Sale 
much more sow 
=e iret hard- ood house 
and their pep Bed ill. be half over a “4 
required. The 2 lants will need-littl 
their treatment to keep them in 
igus them 4. or 6- inches 4 
after A when the soil becomes at all E aa j 
. they must = pare with manure-water aun 
growing seas | 
They are Sot very liable to the attacks be in 
although they are sometimes ecte 
spider, . whi use of the syringe, 2 
arema ded, ep down. 
cale will also live upon them ; i ed, 
whit te at it is a ee matter to destroy it, aS 
leaves are unable to withstan ication si 
ciently song to "all the “insect. 
sini i ý 
he ollowing „Species ar 
6; A 
A profus ely-lowered pl plant o 
is,very effective on the exhibition 
. intermedius, —This ha 
other kinds, but is not -so g gro 
ing such . number of branches, and having 
= arren nevertheless, it makes 
nt. ^ s 
leaf. 
E. pulchellus . a weaker-wooded. plant, + 
d compact, not forming so large a- 
the others, neither are its flow 
picu 
E. lineari ifolius forms a nice companion plant to 
the last named variety. wer, its 
commonly grown pe ; it-is a free grow 
ITALIAN GARDENS. 
PALAZZO TAR NEAR VIN- 
TIMIG 
ment ab Wa bota h Pa 
A FEW miles from the sais at Monaco, ¥ 
we figured and described in a former number ( 
b $19, 1874, figs, 170. 172), is the little y 
of La Mortola. This is situated on the 
1g. 
to call it Lower Mortola, = ae u aa mo 
e nu MaR. s of he same 
