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THE 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



October 22, 1898. 



Pandanus Sanderi. 



As a companion plant to Pandanus Yeitchi and for general usefulness for 

 table decoration P. Sanderi cannot fail to become popular as it becomes 

 better known and its price declines. There is a great general resemblance 

 between the two plants, and at first sight the difference of colour is the only 

 one readily recognised. Nevertheless there are probably sufficient points of 

 distinction to warrant specific rank for the new comer. It has rather 

 longer leafage than P. Yeitchi, While these are armed along the margins 

 with very small spines ; the habit of the plant is also rather more dense 

 than that of P. Yeitchi. The long sword like leaves of P. Sanderi are 

 variegated prettily with bands of creamy green and yellowish green 

 alternating with a darker green ground colour. This variegation is not 

 confined to margin or centre, but is spread over the whole suiface, and 

 is as evident in a small plant as in a large specimen. Our illustration, 

 reproduced from a photograph taken specially for us at the St Alban's 

 Nurseries, gives a very good idea of the elegant contour of a well-grown 

 example, and shows how useful such a specimen would be either for home 

 decoration or the exhibition table. A large plant was staged by Messrs. 

 F. Sander and Co., its introducers, in their splendid group of novelties 

 at the Ghent Quinquennial Exhibition of April last, as noted in our report 



L/ELIO 



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Greenwood 



Va/ \J \J i 



This is an exceptionally handsome Laelio-cattleva and 5..^ 

 its free and robust habit, is one that is likely to eventulnv g l™" 1 

 a permanent position in orchid collections, for there can be no V, ■ ln 

 as to its beauty when in flower. We first saw this orchid at ouf* 

 April of the present year, when at the Ghent Quinquennial Show, £ was 

 so greatly admired by the jury that the members unanimously awarS J 

 it first prize as the best new hybrid orchid, and raised the prize from * 

 silver to a silver-gilt medal as a recognition of its merit. On that orW 

 sion L.-c. Henry Greenwood was exhibited by Mons. Charles Maron of 

 Rue de Montgeron, Brunoy, Pans, who is also the raiser. The parental 

 was given as Laaho-cattleya Schilleriana var. Stelzneriana andCattleva 



accompanying page illus 



tration, are as large as those of good forms of C. gigas, and are ex- 



uvul "i ri • l tluu Luiour. i ne rattier narrow 



sepals were very pale lilac in the case of the handsome plant shown at 

 the Drill Hall, on the nth inst., by Messrs. B. S. Williams and Son 

 Holloway, but they were lighter in colour, almost white, on the plant 

 we saw at Ghent ; the petals are much broader and brighter the 

 veinings of rosy-purple spreading over a greater part of the pale rosy 



PANDANUS SANDERI. 



of that show given in our issue of April 23. Since then plants have been 

 repeatedly shown m London, and on September 20 last the St. Alban's 

 firm had the satisfaction of seeing their introduction stamped as " first 



lilac ground colour. The labellum i 

 over the column, but have their tips 



is magnificent ; the side lobes meet 

 ; rolled back, and of a bright purple 



firm tio^ c /■ ' utfin.L.uw «*• o v-^uiuii, dui nave tneir tips rouea deck, anu ui a um S iu ( — 



rh« » L fif £? , J? n ° f . see,ng their introduction stamped as « first colour, a shade that spreads into the broad apical lobe until it is lost 



i-wss D y tne t loral C ommittee of the Royal Hor ticultural Society. in the intense crimson-purple area that occupies nearly the whole of it. 



New Fr..s+ iw„ " , i . : , . T h? thr oat is bright and soft yellow, save for a central band composed 

 tree* Jthonr i™,tl 5" ^ the soil is yet dry in lifting and P. ,antin S of lines of dark purple. The margin of the lip is waved and crisped 



S',* 1 o t dou J, t orders are flowin g >nto the nurseries, and there rain is awaited into a narrow frill that V Srt JrW margin of Dalest lilac. Messrs. 



SS?S^°uSi t W ° rk ° f HfUDg to - * P roceeded With - u But ev , e P With a Willi *™' „ h l S two flowers, as 



Af ? mi lt must some tin *e ere soil and roots become thoroughly moist, 

 ana lor that reason those who wait nnt far fV»« u nr ho,r* rr^Ac \n *t nn™» w ;n 



reason those who w«it ™h fa* fk- but have trees in at once will 



paratory to planting next day. 

 , . V w.s are exposed appreciably in 

 Nothing helps to put the roots in 



' ^ — •»«- "ivg a moist umt 



transit and reach the purchaser rather dry. 'Nothing helps to put the roots in 



fw\Ti, -r m S ° readlly M a « ood making in water and a proper trimming with a 

 sharp knife prior to planting. - A. D 



purple, t he margi.. „ - 



into a narrow frill that has a wire-edge margin of palest lilac 

 Williams' plant, which our illustration represents, carried two 

 shown, and the Orchid Committee considered it worthy of an award or 

 merit. Many orchids of equal merit have gained a F.C.C., and per- 

 haps this will some day, if shown again, for to our mind it deserves sucn 

 an award. 



sharp knife prior to planting. - A. D. 



rriiiri!!; U l! l,, T SoWn 0nion S-— My recent note on these subjects in reply to a 



, y conveyed a meaning totally diverse from what I really in- 



thl U C ? DV u y / 1 do not wish *° induce framers of schedules to change 

 hT IZT r ordinary class, Autumn-sown Onions " Nothing could 



oe runner Irom my desires. But what I do want is, that exhibitors 



Tomatos. 



Tewkesbury Lodge, Forest Hill, recently, where the peach and nectarine tree 

 are trained crosswise to wire trellis, I noticed that against the iron u P rl S Dls . 

 the alley sides of these trellises, the supports running up to the span-roots, in 

 single plants of tomatos were Prowintr. and they had each reached a neigai 



in 



were the hne 



round Jn^tlr/ 6 COOa f l ? the «»clusion I have long held, that the harder 

 the best TW 1 ^° IS ,?,! 1 hat We 04,1 the Spanish section of onions are by far 

 tVPedlv adviSS Jk d - hkC r t0 • S€e those wh o are so constantly and so stereo- 



didi S "fhat old 7S° f tn f^- ia the autumn ' sim P ,y becMie their fathers 

 have referred to A rt- '■ t nd advise ^ sowing of the varieties or forms I 

 well as he Sn b ulb\ n7^ SW ^ Mr " Wri 8 ht h as kindly promised to preserve, as 

 I can ^ave?o pS A™}}*? in the recent trial, and state t- 



sound month! Se? tL tr irilk ^ the bulbs of the harder formS 

 in spinach sowing ye ^another l££ *l ^ or otherwise, are rotten. We have 



saying sow round spin^h i the 841X16 kind - Calendar wri ters PC rsist in 



thereby the round anH r. summ er, and prickly spinach in autumn, meaning 



absolutely igSSt rf £ e tZ S ed$ u° f the Fknders ^ ariety - They seem to ^ 

 Long Flanders and rhJ % ^ the finest summer spinach is the large-leaved 

 R-PVB laqaers, and the finest winter sort is the Viroflav or Victoria. -A. D. 



about eight feet, with foliage right to the bottom. The varieties were iu- 

 red selection of perfection named Polegate, and that nice golden yellow va 

 Koyal Jubilee. All the plants were Harrying very full fruits, those of Vo 

 being especially handsome, richly coloured, and perfect in form. JNo ass 

 new tomato I havf»c»»„ : f >,;= ^l^tion. Where so 



will keep 

 We have 



legate 

 assumed 



..^ v^uy lianasome, richly coloured, ana perieci iu cn anv 



..^w tomato I have seen anywhere is superior to this selection. Where son; ia n> 

 so-called new ones are put up as distinct, it is well to have ample kM'WF 

 what good ones there are in commerce, and what their qualities are ***£J a 

 pmg Mr. Taylor, the gardener, said that he expected to take during to 

 fully twelve pounds of fruit from each of these plants. What new variety ca 

 excel such productiveness ? Some others planted against the side of the r 



rather loosely trained semi-horizontally, were also fruiting S^waiUble 

 ad for these fruits is here very great, and it is needful to have all ^ ing 

 space occupied to keep up the supply. Of course, the P^^V^ stiff 

 peach border, which is, howeverfvery firm, as the local town is s ^ 



. has to h« t»! — -~~a V p ra much bv a liberal addition < ^ ^ 



earth 



and 



The 



re, that it has to be tempered very much by. a literal addition 01 ^ 

 No doubt, this substantial character of the soil has much to do w 



I DrodnrHnn .» _ ofr^r vpar.- — A. ' 



constant production 



