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double red tulips with an undergrowth of 

 myosotis, or Eastern Queen waJlflower, 

 above mauve arabis, prove very successful. 

 The tubs need not be ornamented^ as they 

 are sunk, but if the wood is painted inside 

 and out it will last much longer. By hav- 

 ing an extra supply of these tubs, and 

 growing plants in half of them for a sum- 

 mer display, sinking these in the place of 

 the spring ones as soon as the early flower- 

 ing plants fade, a lovely constant adorn- 

 ment for a usually bare part of the garden 

 is gained. Pinks and snapdragons make 

 an excellent combination; not only will the 

 flowers quickly succeed the early favourites, 

 but the antirrhinums will continue until 

 winter, while the foliage of the pinks re- 

 mai»^« decorative. ~ 



LYCASTE BALLIi^: 



Nearly nine years ago the writer, discuss- 

 ing L. Balliae, stated, ''Not only is it beau- 

 tiful, but it is easily managed in an inter- 



mediate house, or the 



end of a green- 



earlier display white columbines should be 

 chosen. 



A large Ijed of aquilegias, from prize 

 mixed seed, proves one of extreme interest 

 and beauty early in the year ; it can safely 

 be carpeted, or broadly edged, with mixed 

 pansies or violas, as all the lines harmonise, 

 a faet that should be remembered by those 

 who are choosing seeds for sowing*^ under 

 glass. Crimson bedding pansies are most 

 meritorious in shade, because they provide 



the rich warm colour that is always lacking, amply justified in recent years, and further 

 Then the whole family of the primrose, in- 

 cluding polyanthuses, oxiips, and the lovely 

 long-stemmed cowslips, can be congregated 

 in shaded soil; even the delicate double 



white and other primroses will flourish if Sunningdale Park,"'Sunningdale, exhibited 



the specimen figure<l in the present issue. 



house, and as it does not take iip a great 

 deal of space when its leaves fall, it is just 

 the sort of plant for an amateurs limited 

 collection.'' These remarks have been 



evidence of the attractiveness and freedom 

 of this hybrid lycaste was seen at a recent 

 meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, 

 when Mr. Thorne, gardener to Mrs. Joicey, 



For positions of special planted in interstices of low rockwork. 



LYCASTE EALLI.^:. 



between 



macrophylla and L. Skinneri, with rose-red flowers, lliis specimen carried ;30 flowers, and was exhibited 

 by Mr. lliorne, gardener to Mrs. Joicey, Sunningdale Park, Sunningdale, 



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importance such as sunless front gardens, One of the prettiest spring d'splavs in 

 mu^ chrysanthe- 



mums montbretias, pansies, and Sed 

 spectabile are most suitable subjects. 



faiW fv. *"^ ""'^i*^ foxgloves are among the 

 la rest things that a shadj border can con- 



8prinJ\ ! / earliest summer, or latest 

 chari' f 7' s realise the stately 



tWfl^ g^^'<l^« bed of 



pannes r'' - g^l^ 



Then all Ti, T^^' b« recommended, 



flourish u-itb f""' Campanula latifolia 



of \T* sun, giving blue or white 



green f r ^^^^^^^^ ^he tufted ever- 



yet^^ value throughout the 



and colourp;i /^*t "^^'^^ campanulas 



coloured foxgloves look well, but fo 



r an 



a suburban front garden is a centre rockery 

 mound covered onlv with vellow primroses 



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and blue, white^ and pink forms of Scilla 

 nutans ; this is an instance of how the sim- 

 plest ordinary blossoms attain importance 

 when represented in sufficient quantity by 

 themselves. 



A small grass plot can be turned into a 

 fair spring display, even if shadowed, by 

 outlining it^ except where an entrance is 

 left, by a two-feet wide stretch of rockery, 

 and introducing spring-blooming bullous 

 and perennial subjects into this ; for colour 

 in summer a variety of begonias and dwarf 

 asters can be introduce<l, without the per- 

 petual early plants receiving an injurv. 



M. H. 



This fine example of skilful management 

 carried thirty flowers^ and was greatly 

 admired by the many visitors inter- 

 ested in orchids who were present at the 

 meeting, 



Lycaste Ballite is the result of crossing L. 

 macrophylla with L, Skinneri^ and as the 

 cross has been made on several occasions, 

 and as L. Skinneri shows so much variation, 

 it follows that L. Balliae varies somewhat 

 in colour. This variation has le<l to the use 

 of several names, such as L, Charlosworthi 

 L. Cappei, L. Mary Gratrix^ and L. schoen- 

 brunnensis. Generallj^ the petals of 

 Ballia? are retldish- 



, si>otte<l with deep 

 red; the sepals soft reddish-rose, and lip 

 cream coloured, marked with blood-red. 



c. 



