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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
{ August 15, 1878. 
may be found necessary. If the shoots from the stools have 
been thinned out at the first cutting, both the remaining 
poles and also the nurses now cut away will, especially in Hop 
districts, now be worth a considerable sum. Two years after 
the second cutting of the hardwoods remove most of the 
remaining Larch, and layer in all directions. Continue such 
layering every two years, until the whole space is well filled up. 
The writer is aware that in many quarters there exists a 
considerable amount of prejudice against the system of layer- 
ing in plantations ; but at the same time he is thoroughly con- 
vinced that a fair trial under favourable circumstances of soil ; 
and situation will convince the most sceptical of its advan- 
tages. From the middle to the end of August is probably the 
best time for performing the operation upon strong coppice 
shoots.—ALFRED J. BurRows, Pluckley, Kent (in Journal of 
Forestry). 
NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
THE nursery of Messrs. Veitch & Sons at Chelsea has a 
wich addition made to its already rich store of Orchids, and 
Mr. Dominy, the firm’s famous hybridist, has achieved another 
triumph. The latest addition and striking acquisition is a 
NEw CATTLEYA raised by Mr. Dominy, and now flowering for 
the first time. It is the result of a cross between C. Dowiana 
and C. exoniensis—parentage which might have been expected 
to produce something fine, but such a remarkable flower as the 
one just expanded could scarcely kave been anticipated. The 
most striking feature of the flower is its grand lip, grand alike 
im size and colour. The form of the lip is evidently taken 
from C. Dowiana, but where the colour has come from is one 
of those mysteries of Nature that occasionally evoke both our 
wonder and admiration. The lip of the new variety is 
24 inches broad and 3 deep, and the margin is undulated. 
The colour is not easy to describe, indeed it was possibly not 
quite fixed when we saw the flower immediately after its 
expansion. The prevailing colour, however, appears to be 
velvety maroon, very deep in the centre and shading to 
purplish violet, the undulated edge having a narrow wire of 
pale violet, and the throat is slightly veined with’ buff. The 
Sepals and petals, which are 3 inches long, are a purplish 
magenta, the former being about half an inch broad. The 
swhole flower is massive, and is suffused with a satiny gloss 
that renders it additionally attractive. It is unlike any other 
Cattleya, and is unquestionably a rich addition to a rich genus 
of plants. Three flowers are produced on one stem, and they 
well compensate for the ten years of waiting and cultivation 
which have been necessary to bring the plant to its flowering 
state. 
ONE of the finest and mostextensive displays of BALSAMS 
that we have seen was in MESSRS. CARTER & CO.’S NURSERIES 
at Perry Hill, where special attention has been devoted to 
this popular flower during the present season. The plants are 
of course grown for producing seed. There are five thousand 
of them. They are grown in low span-roofed frames that the 
firm had made for growing annuals in pots early in the season. 
The flowers are now fading and seed pods are forming, but 
not in great profusion. for the simple reason that flowers so 
double as these are do not seed nearly so freely as semi-double 
flowers Two distinct types of Balsams are represented—one 
a strong robust-growing sort with correspondingly large flowers, 
designated The Challenger ; and the other dwarf, sturdy, and 
floriferous, with smaller but equally double flowers. The 
plants are arranged in groups of distinct colours—of white, 
¢ream, flesh, salmon, pale rose, violet, purple, plum, and crim- 
son as selfs ; other groups contain striped and marbled flowers, 
and then there are large groups in which all the colours are 
mixed. In order that the plants have good attention both as 
regards selection and culture they are placed in charge of a 
man who deyotes his whole time to them, and who further 
acts under the immediate supervision of the firm’s critical and 
energetic manager Mr. Sharman. 
—— Ar the monthly meeting of the ScorrisH HORTICUL- 
TURAL ASSOCIAYION on Tuesday night, the 6th inst., the 
President in the chair, Mr. Alexander Honeyman read an in- 
structive paper on the “ Nutrition of Plants,” dividing his sub- 
ject into four heads—viz., How Plants Grow ; On What Plants 
Grow ; the Application of their Food; and the Influence of 
Light and Temperature. The essayist dwelt at considerable 
jength on the different heads of his paper, and succeeded in 
putting before the meeting some of the principal facts that 
every gardener should make it his study to know. He con- 
, tion. 
cluded by strongly enforcing the necessity of gardeners making 
themselves acquainted with the rudiments of chemistry, and 
expressed the hope that the time was not far distant when 
chemistry would be as widely known among horticulturists as 
it now is among agriculturists. Mr. Wm. Black next read a 
paper on the “ Cultivation of the East Lothian, Warriston, and 
Ten-week Stocks.” He described the modes of cultivation 
followed in the Dean Cemetery, where these Stocks grew so 
luxuriantly. Messrs. Dickson & Co. received a certificate for 
new Phlox Surprise, and Mr. R. Robertson received certificates 
for new Carnations Rosy Queen and Mrs. Robertson. 
WE last week referred to some attractive flower beds 
in Mr. Baring’s garden at Coombe Cottage. Equally worthy 
of notice are other departments under Mr. Baker’s care. VINES 
IN pots for starting in October for producing ripe fruit in 
March are splendid. They ate cut-backs, the canes being 
15 feet long, strong, and studded with bold eyes. Young Vines 
planted out are also in a most promising state. Peaches under 
glass have just ripened a fine crop and are now ripening their 
wood. The lights are removed on account of alterations being 
made, otherwise they would have remained on the principle 
that it is heat, not cold, that ripens wood. A fine pit of the 
Criterion Tomato, which Mr. Baker considers the best variety 
in cultivation, is affording fruit in abundance. Plants through- 
out the houses are in excellent condition. Orchids are nume- 
rous, healthy, and clean ; several plants imported this spring 
appear quite established and are making remarkable growths. 
Gardenias grown in large pots and plunged nearly over the 
rims are most luxuriant and produce blooms continually, 
and Stephanotis overhead is producing wreaths of wax-like 
flowers. To brisk heat and abundant supplies of water the 
satisfactory condition of these and other tropical plants is 
attributed. 
Frew men work harder than those employed in nurseries, 
and a day’s recreation now and then is well merited by such 
mep. We observe by a local paper that the employés of Messrs. 
Carter & Co. of Perry Hill and those of Messrs. J. Laing & Co. 
of Forest Hill have had a change of occupation—namely, a 
day in the cricket field. The representatives of the Perry Hill 
Nursery were the victors. 
IN visiting cardens in different districts we occasionally 
come across the DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH GRAPE thriving satis- 
factorily. At Hast-Cliffe House, Lincoln, a Vine in a mixed 
house has this year produced seven good bunches, and the 
berries are not only admired for their splendid appearance, but 
are highly esteemed for their superior quality. The owner of 
the garden referred to, Mr. N. Clayton, has all the best varieties 
of Grapes, but none is so much enjoyed as “the Duke.” A 
few of the berries are slightly spotted, but others are perfectly 
clear, and measure 44 inches in circumference. The Vine is 
on its own roots and has grown as freely as any of the other 
Vines in the house. Mr. Wipf, the gardener, states that it 
bears freely enough when not too closely pruned, but if the 
laterals are cut off close to the old rod it is not certain to 
produce bunches. When well grown this is certainly a noble 
Grape of splendid quality. 
WE have received from Mr. H. Cannell, the Nurseries, 
Swanley, some flowers of BALSAMS of remarkable quality. 
None of the blooms are less than 24 inches in diameter, and they 
are perfectly double and inbricated. The colours are white, 
flesh, scarlet, violet, and crimson, many of the darker flowers 
being further marbled with white. The flowers sent to us re- 
present an excellent strain. 
—— Mr. GopWARD, The Royal Nurseries, Southend-on- 
Sea, writes :—“I have the EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS growing 
in my nursery which is now showing bloom buds. Can any 
of those who read your Journal inform me if this tree usually 
blooms in this country? The seed was sown in March, 1876, 
and the seedlings were planted out in June the same year. It 
is growing rapidly, and has attained the height of about 20feet. 
If the Eucalyptus grows in other parts of England as it does 
here it must become a valuable tree.” 
Ture Trish Farmers’ Gazette, after referring to the 
excellence of the plants and cut flowers exhibited at the 
Royal Horticultural Society of Iveland’s Show, states that 
the SHOW OF FRUIT was magnificent, the display of Grapes 
being one of the best ever seen at the Society's Hxhibi- 
The Veitch Memorial medal for the best three 
bunches of Muscat of Alexandria was deservedly won by Mr. 
Roberts, gardener to the Countess of Charleville, with a stand 
