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Bulbophyllum Weddelii. Anon. (Gard. Chron. No. 936, p. 382, 

 fig. 167 ; Dec. 8, 1004). — This Orchid is remarkable for the curious way in 

 which the lips of the flowers move with the slightest breath of wind. The 

 reason of this peculiarity of the lip is that it is attached to the rest of the 

 flower by a ball-and-socket joint, much in the same way as our legs are 

 to our bodies ; the mechanism of the joint is well shown in the figure. 

 The sepals and petals are greenish, with some indistinct olive-green 

 markings : they are glittering white, like mica, splashed with blackish- 

 purple. Native of Brazil. Nat. ord. Orchidacece ; tribe Epidendrece. An 

 epiphytic herb with many-flowered racemes. — G. S. S. 



Bulbs in Grassland. By E. H. Jenkins (Garden, No. 1721, p. 328 ; 



12/11/1904). — In this class of gardening failure is more evident than 

 success. There is more than one reason for this. A by no means 

 unusual source of failure closely follows on the heels of those who plant 

 bulbs in grass lawns, in all probability the worst place in creation. Any 

 good lawn, to keep it good, is subjected to a very heavy rolling many 

 months in the year. In this way the under-sod becomes so consolidated 

 that the bulbs literally have no chance whatever. This is especially true 

 when the turf is raised, the bulb dropped in, and the turf firmly trodden 

 down again. In the first place, the lawn is not usually a good place, and 

 the mode of procedure is wrong. Even in woodland grass there are too 

 many failures, and usually there is a due want of preparation. The 

 round cheese-taster-like tool is not, as a rule, suitable for the work, and 

 the dibber, where it can be used, is even worse. — E. T. C. 



Bush Fruits {U.S.A. Exp. Stn. Virginia, Bull. 147, April 1903; 



9 figs.). — Notes on varieties of Raspberries (Bubus strigosvs, R. neglectus, 

 and B. occidentalis), Blackberries, Red, Black, and Golden Currants, Goose- 

 berries (varieties of Bihes oxyacanthoides and B. Grossularia), and June- 

 berries (Amclanchier sp.), cultivated at the Virginia Experiment Station. 

 The European varieties do not appear to succeed in Virginia. — F. J. C. 



Bush Fruits, Propagation of. By G. H. H. {Garden. No. 1720, 

 p. 305 ; 5/11/1904). — Considering what an easy matter it is to propagate 

 bush fruits, such as Gooseberries and Currants, from cuttings, one is 

 surprised to see the specimens which encumber the ground in many 

 gardens. Some of these have grown out of all bounds for want of the 

 timely use of the knife, and others have old age and debility plainly 

 written on every branch and twig. Exactly how long a Gooseberry or 

 Currant bush will remain fruitful and profitable is largely a matter of 

 treatment ; but market men who grow them on commercial lines know 

 that the heaviest crops and the finest fruits are obtained from young and 

 vigorous specimens, and consequently a certain amount of propagation is 

 continually going on to raise stock to take the place of old specimens 

 when they show signs of debility. Old and partially worn-out Gooseberry 

 bushes are subject to various evils. Branches are apt to die off when 

 laden with fruit, and the bushes are apt to be rendered leafless by attacks 

 from that little pest the Gooseberry mite, which always plays more havoc 

 with an old specimen than it does with one possessed of the vigour and 

 vitality of youth.— tf. T. C. 



