June 2, 1860.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND dada E 
505 
verely; most of them died spz the winter. H. 
Munro, Cleveland G Lyme, Dorset. 
Bulbs.—As an old cultivator of Cape bulbs I 
answer your correspondent’s Metin in 
n principle it has — es in your 
enerally y dori wn as 
six spikes ot Mn i red blossoms ; 
iho T pur als py i een flowered Cy 
mum, Oneidiuns ampliatum majus, the Rhubarb- 
scented Dendrobium macrophyllum, and the Wallich 
Phaius. 
_ Mr. Rhodes’ plants were for the most part of smaller 
the others. The most conspicuous 
amon was a nice specimen of the Fielding 
<— r Norwood. Many of the plants in this w 
me as those i i the firs Shenae and open fine 
Spat mens; but others were sca S 
| a plant in it yee t 
was the Heath-lea sitet By 
or in the espa profusion with beautiful lilac 
blos ossoms. This oh enhou ant of the 
em 
say Aerides. 
roups of W Orchids vere contributed by Mr. 
Carson, a 9 W. F. G. Far: 
ll, o H E Gurney, 
should not be inadh it Prone freely even in a young 
pore and ou be iversal favourite. f 
Adenandras, especially ‘ips bets were also some 
spec imens, and a a large plan nt of Draco apani oe 
gracile, 
fore w 
temperature no’ 
slightly rw ieiment 
r deep i = 
ents a buried) ; ho 
Tride: pai; wth, abundance of light; 
winter as 
a 
| Disa 
Bt Gaildford, , and Mr. _Page, gr. to W. Lea 
yee collections came fe RT 
gr. to W.. H. Sm at ee grown oa e 
cover ed w ith fi 
oe hen eu 
oom in bou 
Mr. nee ne, 
ve Cypepa r 
; Camarotis pur oer rey 
six spikes of 
angement 
MS eben mE Hines, the bright crimson- flowered Com- | small shell-like _ ‘rosy pe flowers whose arr 
bretum purpureum, | Coleonema rubrum, the « 
m 
Whon athe leaves | 
the e place 
die n spring, put them into 
the irido but place under eac ee a me two- | 
a 
teres, forming a globular mass of Tga uen 
| with sweet scented white flowers, Cyrtoceras reflexum, | | stand o n aria top of a strong wooden pedesta 
and the singular parry Hederoma tulipiferum, tole aed 
but it with water. Treated thus 
ugust they bs np throw u 
fo 
do not cover 
er in successive years. | 
making Nerine flower 
+ 
Nor is there any difficulty in 
do not 
regularly every year, but they 
require quite so 
sma. 
gens aaam bright 
pits ‘oups of 12 Stove ae: gs OR plants were con- | 
tributed by Mess Kail, Cutbush and | On 
R 
Lachenalias and Oxalis require nearly the same treat- 
t 
| awar rani: ie 
ra 
f| Cyrtochitom silat, 
biums and Cat Mr. 
e +l aranne Va ie pels: is, 
Er oe tricolor, the Bear E TESI 
lanth 
ceful appearance 
Dendrobium 
k 
pean 
rellis, which, is the way o0 
Mr. Green’s a piy i “which the first prize was 
pects excellent. His Allamandas, | 
zaleas a ae olygal as, Pimeleas. 
Paxtoni 
eye; ”D: nobile, REUE N retusum, 
kinds of Oncidium. Mr. Warner had Cyp 
`i 
grow. 
and PETERR d “fally maintained the | villosum, with polished yellowish brown binant the 
on mi rm biog held as a| Moss Ca Fara Dendrobium nobile and tortile, - the 
to fine growth, they Whi tterfly Plan’ mh Je mana a me e 
anag: :have them in tiie Cattleya o two, and so 
rfec tion "just on the S ay of exhibition, a | grou Eom a from HES Green 
point worth the attention of less experienced growe ful s 
sta on he 
skilful cultiva 
aae Ina 
BTE sco haute 
ia ciosum, loaded maaa its 
s; but 
with s success, when I could watch them individually 
| Alla manda, and Erain COE scape A 
one p 
ek of Den 
| = topiary Deautifal ake s Ara ste! blosso; 
ollections of six Lining ome e from M 
mine. ang ora ap oll QM bell-flowered - Genet; ylli AG 
- | Hooker: odes; Hoya Pax Reread, Bullen, Bunney, olley. In these phic 
Binns ent Abele iii, the Oleander Leave Anguloa Ruckeri, ‘Dendrobiu um Tai nsparens, W: mall 
blush white flowers, to Which a pretty ile parle 
ya viata 
Penk “ry ee pees names have been already 
m Mr. 
Peed; and in the 
grown plants of kinds who 
ner Co: 
self. I can hardly recommend their 1 
et to an amateur who will seen the precise 
cab ts of each individual species and act et ap 
pafen ey of your bee-keepers account for the 
its 
7 TA swarm of „bees evidently from 
Exhibitions of other Stove and Greenhouse plants in 
collections of eight and six were numerous.” The best 
ee Waste we observes Acrophyllum um venosum: beau- 
nii 
a | tifully in bloom, each y branchlet being es they d Cail sae the 
i of Ke length w ls of | t ng, were very tor ness the, 
recorded 
_Of ‘Ags 
nts ve 
aleas thee was, as might ne aresern a grand 
nthe roof of an out-house. A hive was prepared in 
the nual way my and placed over them, into whi ich they 
sett. 
port: 
pure flowers crowned b much ron In both were 
leaves vid S, 
among the othe hives. The next morning every bee 
one ens the white a 
RAEN 
was.dead. The gorani is in 
wall. 4 Constant Re ader. 
Societies. 
ie nts aed in cultivation ; 
Stanleyana, Em Sir H. Have- 
ih bright oran a a a pe "Miltoni, i rosy 
Prince J orome: brilliant digas reds and Pet 
rosy lilac, a kind. Mr. Ivery, 
Of Plants remarkable for the beauty of their foliage, 
Messrs. Young, Rhodes, and Hutt sent highly eggs 
ing collections. Amo ong { ‘these were beautiful m of 
YSTAL PALACE aen eked ai EXHIBITION : 
oe, pe company’s grand floral féte of the 
was 
bath conde of “different kinds, Araliag, “Marantas, pA Dork sort like Criterion: 
which one of the handsomest is is capitata, a noble „plant but w <4 
place on ee lay last, and 
Samre altho: ough W hea wers continued to aal 
pur spe igen cy E i 
ake 
pee 2 and effective; “Cissus discolor, Palms, Ferns, white h red flake; Gem, Criterion, : and ‘erlspiflora, 
at intervals duri the wliole of the d s, Dieffe pn chias, 
exhibition wort was in every respect highly su fal | to em with a handsome collection of variegated- persion? edges. Messrs, Green, Fraser, aud Jackson 
a ey before perhaps were so many plants brought sr ‘Begonias oe Young. also ee in this class. * Barnes had some neat 
as there was upon this. ‘The; Orchids, as we have already stated, were produced | little standards of Magnet, salmon kind, very 
west end of the nave e was re i anks | in great abundance and ae We, however, missed | hardy se free floweri 
ciated with statuary in such a manner 
to be extremely effectiv Fruit, surrounded 
by a living frame-work of Mareli Stove 
nts, occupied the end 
of t ong each side of the 
tern of the nave were arranged Orchids, 
al nu e 
nig. 
Messrs. Veitch and Heaths were e proged in large quantities, and 
however, did not observe 
e pogr po 
furn ssrs. Green and 
oun oth collections ii ake plants of wile 
known, Finds, among which we noticed a white kind 
allied to 
Ww or F 
on 
J. Butler, 
Roses in i n were truly magnificent, and, as a 
matter | of course, were much admired, Notw ithstand- 
the severe winter minge. we haye 
great a 
ration ot all who ortun ; 
oa nt i a and G ; 
ere were four exhibitions. That to which the first Mr. Bullen came the or pages, blossoms. 
prize awarded came from Mr, Whiths d ages H. folium, a Lelia allied to Peruri Om “ om Juri- oan pinks Ps k; Pa 1 Perras (H; 
Colyer, Esq., of ford. It contain ed beautiful dum guttatum, Cattleya oss erides ane, | Hybrid Bourbon pink u ri Tet throug, re 
oe: rely leas, a Aitiandac: Bo an excellent specimen of. "white Coleathe, arag sme pce ng tit blosso a oh A t (Hybri A Bourbon), 
among whic mondi a d orsum, the latter bearin; et y 
berless rosy red star-like paeo Sér capital Sette at of toa gage wes Fe f flowers; peaz ey two brilliant crimson “An guste Mie fea “Peryetal, 
the blue Leschenau Do — bushes F ges or of Vanda, Cattleya intermedia, the rare “ig Pe fi i lish 
thn gene. Hench s ful Cattleya Aclandiæ, “ye three brown | Batailles (Hybrid Perpetual), purplis ry a 
arming Dipladenia oy ad purple-lip flowers; a Phalaenopsis, | Odier (Hybrid Perpetual), pink ; Dehens o batt. 3 
Erica. e in vigorous extrem plants ae Phaius Wallichii, the — rather tun eh eantifal bag ct land (Hybrid nase a rose colour t mip ; uvenir 
bloomed ; + magnificent cut of tg Ty mey ete aah anil K Aerides odoratum eln = (Bourbon), white fleg e red centre 
Ixora, and some of the finer vari is o RA e D were ste eye Fox-brush Aer ides, | flow mpl > sen i NI old ak 
aod pelea. The next group in. point of it C ‘ele a labiata, Den nobile, a variety of Chenêdolé, Paul Perras, voniensis (very 
Mr. Peed, gr. to T. Treadwell, ast Tric hopilia coccinea, iaia with blossoms; Lælia | Souvenir Qun Ami, Queen, Bie: Jules Margottin. 
