orar 



inck 



February 3, 1912 



THE 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE 



89 



CYPRIPEDIUM VENUS. 



This hybrid 



first recorded in a cata- 



cok 



h>gue of the "W'oodlands Collection of Cy- 

 priped^ums, at Streathanij which was pub- 

 lislied about the year 1895. The hybrid was 

 descril>ed as having been obtained from the 

 intercrossing of Cypripedinm insigne San- 

 derje and C. nivenni. If I remember cor- 

 Tectly it was not until the spring of 1902 

 hat the late Mr. Norman Cookson showed 

 t yprij^ediuni Venus^ Oakwood varietj^ 

 which was said to be superior to the plant 

 which had flowere<:l in the Woodlands Col- 

 lection, and the H.H.S. Orchid Committee 

 conferred on Mr. Cookson 's plant a Fii\st 



Class Certificate. 



¥or some years this plant was regarded as 

 the only one that had been raised at Oak- 

 \\o(xij but from a batch of plants with un- 

 recorded parentage a second example 

 flf) wered , a nd th is has proved to be 

 more vigorous in constitution than the ori- 



broken crocks, the latter to assist in icii- 

 dering the compost porous. The plants are 

 divided and i-epotted annually, as soon after 

 they have finished flowering as possible. 

 They are raised to within a reasonable <lis- 

 tance of the roof glass to prevent the leaves 

 l>ecoming drawn an<l weakly. The normal 

 temperature of the house is fiom GO to 65 

 degrees in w:nterj and 68 to 70 degrees in 

 summer. C. Venus likes a liberal sup]>ly 

 of root moisture at all seasons, and as it has 

 thick robust roots an abundance of water 

 is necessary when the pots have be<:'ome well 

 filled with them. H. J. Chapman. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM 



MRS. GEORGE RUNDLE. 



With an occasional 



has 



(exception this 

 been alnvost ousted from cultivation by the 



members of the incTiived 



larger-flowered 



section, yet it is such a charming flower 



DECIDUOUS HEDGES. 



(Conchuknl from page 55.) 



The Whitethorn, or Quick. 



ThiSj the favourite plant for forming 

 hedgerows throughout estates^ is so well 

 known that any special <lescrij>tion tliereof 

 would be superfluous. That tlie thorn will 

 thrive in most localities goes without say- 

 ingj but, all the s:ime, there are but few 

 common plants that respond more readily 

 to good treatment. The great <lrawback 

 in existing htMlgeroAvs is, too often, the pie- 

 sence of large, sprea<ling trees, beneath 

 the sha<low of which no Innlge jilant will 

 thrive satisfactorily, though the line of 

 fence may be maintained, for a])pearan<'e 

 sake, by the addition of wire or other ex- 

 traneous ai<l to strengthen what otherwise 

 must always be a weak part. 



The tliorn will thrive equally well n]K>n 

 level groiuid or upon a bank of soil thrown 

 out on one side or thr^ other from tlie line 



OD 



2«* 



-1 ''/L.'*^Se^ 



CYPRIPEDIUM VENUS OAKWOOD VARIETY 



Oakwood 



Tlu 



nolvL^' ^^^'J"^' ^^''kwood variety. 



lenSKv il ""' ^"^^'^^'"^t entirely di^ap- 

 abo ,n !^i^8e ; the spotting^ a/e hxrger 



in the or i , l""'"^' '^"""^ "P than 



.Jr: form. The flower-stalks are 



^•^^::t:^v:i {"H-- . T1..S Vigo™,. 



grower iva^ « i V-^ " "^o*^- ^ms vigorous 

 ^'enus On? ^^'V'^^*^.^^ ^"th the original C. 



•''Hi Xorth T^f'^^^f '^'^ Manchester 

 •-■^tinr on T "Sland Orchid Society's 



"^'"g, on January 20 loin „ ■ 

 ""^1 Venu^ Oni- • V ' ^' Cypripe- 

 '-<^iverr?hp ^^^''^^^^^^rise superbum. and 



Th,. unan-mous award of a F T C 



^'-".^rT^'f iii-tratiLf^iil 



and * t '^'^teh of this vigorous 

 ^^'^-^ t lVcr^ ' P^-t«g-'»Ph taken 

 yonr, ^ew Year's Day " " 



, t f this 



:*?»'fihrousiw P'-oportions of 



'^^i^iit on or sand and finely 



that 1 should not be surprised to see it 

 regahi a good deal of its old-time popu- 

 larity. On the show boards it would be, 

 of course, quite overshadowed by the giants 

 of the present day, but for decorative pur- 

 poses, especially where the blossoms are 

 brought near the eye, so that their refined 

 character may be duly ap2>arent to the ob- 

 server, there is, I am convini:ed, a future 

 before it still. 



Without referring it isdiffiiultto say how 

 many years back this dates from, yet with 

 the exception of its sports, there has been 

 nothing since then its equal in a similar 

 way. The flowers are pure white, and th(» 

 Nj>orts referred to, Mr. Ceorge Olenny and 

 Mrs. Dixon, have priniiose and <leep yellow 

 flowers r e^spe<^t i e I y . T h ♦ >se a re ! )y n o 

 means the only ol<l chrysanthemums that 

 have practically <lisappeared from gardens, 

 and yet are, in my opinion, well worth 

 preserviiig. Especially noteworthy among 

 these is the brilliantly coloured Tokio. 



s. w. 



of the proposed fence. After <!eai"ing 

 away all rough herbage to a width of ahout 

 six feet along the line, or site, a space not 

 less than thirty inches in width, and fuUv 

 half this in depth, should f)e thrown i)ut, 

 so as to form a trench, the lower strata of 

 which can then be deeply broken up. If 

 the soil is poor, liberal supplies of manure, 

 turf, or even leaf-mould, can, with much 

 after benefit to the plants, be well in- 

 corporated with the excavated soil, as it 

 ;s returned to the trenett. r-are l>eing taken 

 that a good po tion of tlio l)est and most 

 IiTielv [)ulvei'i.sed is kept neai" the ^lUiace 

 to receive the r')ots. 



Plants, which, having been twice tian>- 

 ])lanted, at least, otKX^ from the seed he<! 

 to open quarters, and again twelve niont]i,s 

 later to afford them nivessary sj^ice. \vilK 

 hy tliis time, have attained a lieiglit of 

 two feet, more or less, and he proportion- 

 ately furnished with fibrous roots. Should 

 a single line of plants he decided U]>on a 

 space approximating four inches apa rt 



