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Garden and Forest. 



[July 18, iS 



sometimes called the white C. caudatuin, witli twelve 

 strong growths and four tine flowers, the tails measuring 

 fully twenty-one inches, of C. Vcitchii with seven bold 

 flowers, and an exceptionally fine variety, C. prcestans, with 

 enormous flowers and broatl foliage of stout leathery texture ; 

 of C. mnanthuin, a grand specimen, promising a fine display 

 of bloom ; of C. Arthuriainini, with eleven strong growths, 

 together with five i)lants of C. .Irnesianiuii, C. albopurpureuiii, 

 C. Fairieaniun, C. tonsimi, C. Druryi, C. St'deiii caiididiihiiii, 

 C. Petri, C. sclligeruin majtts, C. JSIorganice, and numerous 

 other rare species. The Catlleyas were showing a marked im- 

 provement, the foliage having a dark green appearance, and 

 quantities of newly made roots were spreading over the pots 

 and baskets in all directions. Mr. Robinson, the gardener, at- 

 tributes this to the aliundant supply of air he gives the plants, 

 the atmosphere in the house being always fresh and invig- 

 orating, a point he considers essential if strong growths and 

 well formed flowers are to be expected. Several specimens 

 in grand condition were noted, amongst them a plant in 

 full bloom antl with 100 biflbs of the rare Cattleya Wagnerii, 

 the showy C. Reijieckiana with twelve flowers and in fine 

 form, also two magnificent specimens in full bloom with up- 

 wards of 200 bulljs of Cattleya Skiiineri. The rare C. Triajicr 

 Leeana, C. Ti'iancv Osinanii, Lcelia bella, I.. Per7'inii alba, L. 

 callistoglossa, L. grandh, with large specimens of L. purpurata, 

 L. elegans and L. elega/is alba, are all in superb condition. One 

 of the finest examples in cultivation of Sobralia .xantholeuca 

 was in bloom, its large yellow flowers affording a delightful 

 contrast with its dark green foliage. With the Cattleyas were 

 noticed a handsome plant of the scarce Civlogync Dayaiia with 

 six iine spikes, a specimen of Dendrochiluiii gluniaceum, and a 

 striking variety of Calanthe inasuca, the mauve color of its 

 flowers being unusually dark. The Pleiones occupy a shady 

 position of the same house, where they receive an abundant 

 supply of water during growth. Thunias also were in fine 

 health. The rare T. Veitchii, a hybrid between T. Beiisoniec and 

 T. Mayshalli, is in blooni and very attractive, certainly a 

 splendid acquisition to this desirable genus. The Vandas and 

 ^■Erides in this collection grow very rapidlv, ;ind among the 

 former are specimens of ]'anda Sanderiana, ]'. ca-rulea, V. 

 Lowii, V. siiavis, V. tricolor, and the recently introduced V. 

 Amesiana. Aerides I^eonii expansidii (in bloom), A. odoratuiii, 

 A. Fieldingi, A. crassifoliiim and others \\'ere represented liy 

 fine sjiecimens. Many hybrid Odontoglots of the Alexandr;t 

 type were growing freely in the house set apart for this genus, 

 also large jjlants of Oiuidiiun inacranthuin with stout growths, 

 and a fine healthy group of Masdevallias growing rapidly, in- 

 cluding amongst others a fine plant of the rare Masdevallia 

 Carderi, with examples of M. Frascri, a hybrid between M. 

 ignea and -')/. Harryaiia, strong plants of M. Schlimii, M. 

 / '('//(V;//, and several plants of the ci.n'ious and interesting J/. 

 Chiiiucra. 

 June Hotli. A, D. 



Odoiitoglossit/ii ncbulosiDH. — This is a pretty Mexican Orchid 

 l.ielonging to the rnaciflatum group, with roimd, compressed 

 bvdbs, and short, broadly lanceolate leaves. The scapes which 

 spring front the young growths are erect, about 10 inches 

 long, and bear six to eight flowers. These are about three 

 inches across, piu'e white, with the whole central portion spot- 

 ted with greenish lirown shaded to a red brown on the outer 

 circles. The crest is yellow and column white. There is a 

 variety called candidissiina in which the spots are absent. O. 

 pardinum, a species spotted more thickly than the average, 

 has been long introduced, but does not seem to be very 

 popular for some cause. It is easy to grow, requiring the 

 same treatment as O. crisptcm, except that it needs a longer rest 

 and much less water during this period. Odontoglossuin 

 Walisii piiruni is quite distinct, hi growth it resembles O. 

 roseuin, but has rounder and larger bulbs and longer leaves. 

 The raceme is slender, drooping, and l>ears some twelve 

 flowers. These are about two inches across, not unlike a 

 good variety of 0. Sandcrianum. The pandurate lip is beauti- 

 fully fringed, rose purple, bordered with white. It is a native 

 of the mountains of Venezuela and gri;)ws well with the treat- 

 ment required by the other species. 



Cypripediuni Parishii, a striking species with leathery, dark 

 green leaves. The stout, hairy scape bears three to six flowers. 

 The sepals are pale green or straw color. Petals four to six 

 inches long, drooping, narrow, and very much twisted, vinous 

 purple in color. The lip is green, stained with purple. This 

 species is not so amenable to cultivation as most of the 

 genus, doing best here in liglit potting material with plenty 

 of heat and water. 



Dendrobiuin chryi'oloxiuii siiavissiiinuii. — This flowers 



much later than the type and differs from it in having a dark 

 maroon blotch in centre of the golden yellow flower. It pro- 

 duces many flowered racemes from the top of the clavate, 

 deeply furrowed bulbs, and will continue flowering from the 

 old bulljs for many years. It makes a grand plant for dec- 

 orative purposes and is very useful for cut flowers. Coming 

 from the liot plains of Burmah, it requires considerable heat 

 to make good bulljs. These must be thoroughly ripened by 

 exposure to sunlight and air, taking care not to burn the 

 leaves during the resting season. Only enough water should 

 be given to keep the bullis from shriveling. 



Angra-cuiii falcatuin. — This is a small, compact Orchid, with 

 narrow dark green leaves about three inches long, from the 

 axils of which are produced many flowered spikes of pure 

 white fragrant flowers, with a spur about three inches long 

 also white, yi. densum may only be a variety of this. The 

 leaves are shorter, broader and more erect. The flowers are 

 white, as in A.falcatuni, b\it with much shorter spurs. These 

 two kinds are native of Japan and are generally supposed to 

 require a cool house, but they are doing well here in the East 

 India house. F. Goldring. 



Notes from the Arnold Arboretum. 



BY far the most lieautiful of the American Andromcdas is 

 A. speciosa. It is a native of the coast country from 

 North Carolina to Florida, where it is found ;flong the borders 

 of the Pine-barren ]ionds, and, in spite of its southern origin, 

 is perfectly hardy and at home here. It is a low shrub, never 

 more than three or four feet high, with bright green foliage, 

 which, in one variety {x-m. piilverulenta), is chalky-white, with 

 a dense glaucous bloom. The flowers are pure white, a third 

 of an inch deep by as much wide when expanded, and appear 

 in large racemed fascicles, on naked branches of the preceding 

 year. This charming plant has been in cultivation since the 

 beginning of the century, and once was a great favorite in 

 English gardens. In this country it is rarely met with in culti- 

 vation, in spite of its many attractions. It is now blooming 

 copiously. 



Not less attractive in its way is Philadelphus inierophylhis, 

 the smallest of the family, and a native of the mountains of 

 southern Colorado and New Mexico, whence it was introduced 

 into cidtivation by the Arboretum a few years ago. It is a 

 twiggv shrub, with slender stems two or three feet tall, with 

 broadly ovate, hairy leaves, half an inch long, dark green and 

 shining above, pale below, and small white, deliciously fra- 

 grant flowers, which no one who has ever climbed over the 

 clifl's above the Grand Canon of the Arkansas in the early days 

 of July, will ever forget. Philadelphus iiticrophyllus is per- 

 fectly hardy here, and an excellent little shrub for the rock- 

 garden. The earliest Ceanothus to flower here (where 

 none of the handsome California species are hardy), and ten 

 or twelve days earlier than the common New Jersey Tea {C. 

 Amcriianiis), is C. ovalis. It is a conimon western species, 

 only just reaching New England on the eastern shores of Lake 

 Champlain, and probably very rarely cultivated, in spite of the 

 fact that it is a useful low shrub, two or three feet high, of 

 compact liabit, good foliage, and handsome, wdiite flowers, 

 which come later than tliose of most shrubs — a valuable 

 quality. 



It is the habit of late and continuous blooming through the 

 summer which gives value to the AUsaints Cherry, a Euro- 

 pean plant of very uncertain origin. It is a handsome dwarf 

 tree, with long, pendulous branches. In nurseries it is gener- 

 ally grafted standard hi.gh on the conimon Cherry, when the 

 branches soon sweep the ground. It produces through the 

 season large, white, solitary flowers, on long, drooping stems, 

 ripe fruit and flowers ap]>earing on the tree at the same 

 time. The AUsaints Cherry makes a very pretty specimen 

 for a small lawn or garden. It is very rarely seen in this 

 country. 



Aeanthopaiiax spi?iosiiiit {.Iralia pentaphylld) is now in 

 flower. It is a very hardy Japanese shrub, which attains a 

 height here of eiglit or ten feet, with wide spreading, arching, 

 jiale gray liranches, armed with stout, solitary prickles, and 

 covered with bright green, shining, five-parted leaves, five or 

 SIX inches across, and borne on long clustered petioles. 

 The small green flowers, in axillary, long-stemmed umbels, 

 are not showy, and the value of this plant lies in its graceful 

 habit and handsome and abundant foliage. It is an excellent 

 subject to plant on a rocky bank. 



Rosa repens is probably a form of the common and widely 

 distributed European Field Rose {R. arvensis), although 

 abundantly distinct for garden purposes. It has trailing, 

 ])i-ostrate branches, eight or ten feet long, handsome dark 



