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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ May 21, 1885. 
respective functions of the two sets of flowers have not, I believe, 
been determined.— (Castle’s “ Orchids.") 
INARCHING VINES. 
The present is the best of all times to perform this operation. 
The wood is green and sappy, and a union would take place almost 
immediately. When inarched early in the season they are far 
more likely to succeed than when done late. At this time last 
year we inarched a shoot of Foster’s Seedling on to Gros Colman. 
The union was a good one, and Foster’s is now bearing fruit. 
Two months later we inarched a Black Hamburgh on to a 
Muscat of Alexandria. They united, and at pruning time 
seemed fairly firm. In starting the Vines into growth this 
spring the inarched Black Hamburgh branch pushed forth 
leaves too, but before its young shoots were many inches in 
length they began withering and failed. In both of these cases 
inarching was done in the same way, but there was, as I have 
said, a difference in the time, and this, with other good reasons, 
makes me advocate early inarching. Green wood only should be 
employed in this operation; no matter how thick or how small 
the shoots may be, they will do. We have inarched those no 
thicker than a quill, and others as stout as a walking stick, and 
secured success in both cases, but it is better when the wood of 
both the stock and scion are about the same in thickness. Black 
Grapes may be inarched on to white ones, or vice versa. 
The stock should always be a strong healthy Vine with plenty 
of roots in good condition. It is not advisable to inarch on to a 
Vine which is not healthy, shanks its fruit, or is known to be in 
a poor border and deficient of root-action. The inarching would, 
no doubt, be a success, even with such a stock, but the after 
results in securing a satisfactory crop of fruit need never be 
expected. Poor weakly Vines, or Vines which do not fruit 
freely, may often be improved by inarching them on to strong 
neighbours. One may be in a pot, the other planted out, or 
both may be planted in one vinery. In the latter case the in¬ 
arching shoots of each should be allowed to grow until they meet, 
and then unite them. Where one is in a pot bring this to the 
stock and get them close together. The shoots must be side by 
side before inarching begins. The shoots should come as close 
together, then with a sharp knife pare a slice off each and bind 
the cut parts face to face firmly together with a piece of soft 
matting or raffia grass. In a fortnight’s lime undo the tying 
gently and slack it a little without taking it quite off, just easing 
it enough to allow of the wood swelling without being obstructed 
with the binding. This must be looked to now and again. The 
mnion will be completed in three weeks at most after the operation, 
but the binding must be kept on all the season, as any twist 
might spoil the work. The stock shoot must not be allowed to 
grow further than the ordinary side shoots on the Vine, but the 
scion or variety which has been placed on may be induced to 
grow and make as fine a shoot as possible, as it is this which 
should be the most desirable variety, and the main object will be 
to induce it to produce plenty of fruit as soon as possible. 
Cutting away any part which is not wanted must be deferred 
until pruning time next winter, and the binding should remain 
on until then.—A Kitchen Gardener. 
CHOU DE BURGHLEY. 
I HAVE grown this vegetable another year from seed sent by Mr 
Gilbert, therefore there is no question of spuriousness. It afforded a good 
dish from the time Cabbages failed in the autumn, and they always do 
with me after they form hearts and the weather becomes wet; but Chou 
de Burghley has by the time Cabbage is over heads fit for cutting, and it 
keeps them right through the winter, and is better than Cabbage in spring; 
I mean before Cabbage has formed hearts, being of a different and 
peculiarly delicate flavour. I had it with close heads in late April on a 
north border, the plants being from seeds sown in May last year. 
Its merits, however, are so well known and deservedly appreciated, 
ihat I must give as my excuse for alluding to it the prospect of one 
of the faults attributed to it being likely to be removed. 1 allude to its 
tall and spreading growth. In some seed sent me for trial, of something 
more like a “ Savoy than Cabbage,” came plants that are very dwarf, 
all heart, with few leaves, and these kept in good condition until 
May. The flavour of these was better than Cabbage—a sort of Savoy- 
Cabbage and Cauliflower flavour combined—which, if it can only be fixed 
in so compact a plant, cannot fail to take a foremost rank amongst winter 
vegetables, beffig valuable to owners of small gardens from its requiring 
little room and having a long season of usefulness.—G. Abbey. 
THE ORCHIDS AT THE CONFERENCE. 
To convey a more accurate idea of the proportion in which the several 
genera of Orchids were represented at the Conference last week the fol¬ 
lowing list has been prepared, and it will also possess some interest as a 
record of the species shown at the most cxtessive exhibition of the kind 
ever held. The total number of genera was fifty-six ; of species, varieties, 
and hybrids 347. With only two or three exceptions these were all in 
flower, and in the opinion of a noted continental crchidist, the whole of 
Europe, exclusive of Britain, could not have produced such a number in 
flower at one time. The principal genera were represented by.distinct 
forms as follows—Odontoglossum, 66 ; Masdevallia, 48 ; Cypripedium, 40 ; 
Dendrobium, 34; Cattleya, 27 ; Oncidium, 19, and Lmlia, 11. Taking the 
number of times they were shown in distinct collections, and exclusive of 
duplicates in the same collection, these genera stand in the same order 
with the following numbers — Odontoglossum, 174; Masdevallia, 91; 
Cypripedium, 84 ; Dendrobium, 67 ; Cattleya, 66; Oncidium, 31 ; Lselia, 
16. If the number of plants of each variety or species had been counted 
the Odontoglossums would still further predominate. It might be 
moderately estimated that between 600 and 700 plants were shown. 
In the following list the numbers after the names indicate the number 
of collections in which those forms were shown, in other cases they.were 
only represented in one collection. The varieties follow each species to 
which they belong. 
LIST OF GENERA., SPECIES, AND VARIETIES. 
Acineta, Humboldti, 3. 
Aha, aurantiaca, 2. 
Aerides, Ballantmeana, Fieldingi, 3; Houlletianum, 2; quinquevul- 
nerum, Veitchi. 
Anguloa, Clowesi, 2 ; Turneri, uniflora maculata. 
Bollea, Huntleya, Lalindei, Patini. 
Brassia, Keiliana. 
Bulbophylltjm, Dearei, Lobbi, siamense. 
Burlingtonia, fragrans. 
Calanthe, Dominiana, igneo-oculata gigantea, Sanderiana vestita oculata 
gigantea, veratrifolia. 
Camarotis, purpurea. 
Cypripedium, alho-purpureum, argus, barbatum, 2: var. grandiflorum, 
biflorum, Bulleni, calurum, 6 ; caudatum concolor, var. niveum. ciliolare, 6; 
Dayanum, Druryi,2 ; Godefroyse, 2 ; grande, 4; grandiflorum, Harrisianum, 
3; Haynaldianum, Hookeras, 3 ; Isevigatusn, 4; Lawrencianum, 7, Lowi, 4 : 
marmorophyllum, 4; microchilum, niveum, 4; Parishi, Pearcei, Roezli, 
Schlimi, 2; Sedeni candidibulum, selligerum, 3; var. majus, 2 ; Stonei var. 
platytasnium, superciliare, Swanianum, 3 ; tesselatum porphyreum, villosum, 
virens, vernixium, Wallisi, Warneri. 
Dendrobium, albosanguineum, Bensonino, 4 ; Brymerianum, 2 ; Cam- 
bridgeanum, cariniferum, chrysotoxum 2 ; clavatum, crassinode, var. album, 
cruentum, 2; Dalliouseanum, densiflorum, 2 ; Devonianum, 4 ; Falconeri, 
4; fimbriatum, infundibulum, Jamesianum, 5; Jenkinsi, 2; lituiflorum, 
2 ; macrophyllum, 2 ; nobile, 3 ; Parishi, 3; Paxtoni, Pierardi, primulinum, 
pulcbellum, rhodostoma, 2 ; rhodopterygium, Smillise, superbiens, tetra- 
gonum, thyrsiflorum, 6 ; var. Walkerianum, Wardianum, 2. 
DeNDRCCHilum, filiforme. 
Diacrium (Epidendrum) bicornutum. 
Disa, grandiflora, 2. 
Epidendrum, ibaguense, Parkinsonianum, rhizophorum, vitellinum, 3; 
var. majus, 2. 
Eria, excavata. 
Galeandra, Devoniana. 
Grammatophyllum, one unnamed species. 
Houlletia, odoratissima. 
IoxoPSiS, utricularioides. 
Cattley'A, Blunti, citrina, 3; dolosa, intermedia, 2; gigas, labiata, 
Leopoldi, lobata, maxima, Mendeli, 13 ; var. elegantissima, var. selbornensis, 
Mos 3 i£B, 13 ; var. Arnoldiana, var. grandiflora, var. maxima, var. pulcherrima, 
var. Rothschildiana, var. splendens, nobilior, Percivaliana, Schilleriana, 
Skinneri, 5 ; var. alba, 4; Triame, 2 ; Wagneriana, Warneri, 5. 
Chysis, bractescens, Chelsoni, 2 ; Limminghi, Sedeni, 2. 
Cip-rhopeTALUm, fimbriatum. 
Cgslia, Baueriana. 
Cielogyne, cristata, elata, Lemoniana, ocellata, var. maxima, ochracea, 
pandurata, Parishi. 
Colax, jugoms, 2. 
Cymbidium, Devonianum, Lowianum, 4. 
Keifeksteinia, graminea. 
LcelIA, albida, autumnalis, bella, cinnabarina, elegans, var. elegantissima, 
var. Schilleriana, lobata, purpurata, 5 ; var. alba, 2; Schilleriana marginata, 
Wolstenholmim. 
Leptotes, bicolor, 3. 
Luddemannia, Lehmanni. 
Lycaste, gigantea, plana, Skinneri. 
Masdevallia, amabilis,3; ArminiBackhouseana, Benedict®, 2 ; Chelsoni 
chimmra, 3; civilis Estrad®, Fraseri, Gairiana, Harryana, 9 ; var. acanthi- 
folia, 2 ; var. ccerulescens, 3 ; var. Dennisoniana, var. lateritia, var. lilacina, 
var. rosea, var. regalis, var. Russelliana, Houtteana, ignea, 3 : var. 
aurantiaca, var. coccinea, var. Massangeana, var. violacea, Lindeni, 8 ; var. 
Mendeli, var. superba ludibunda, ochthodes, psittacina, racemosa, radiosa, 
Reichenbachiana, 2; Roezli rosea, 2 ; Schlimi, 3 ; Shuttleworthi, 7; var. 
xanthocorys, 2; trichaste, tridactylites, triangularis, trochilus, Veitchiana, 
7 ; var. gigantea, var. grandiflora, 2 ; Wagneriana, xanthina. 
MaxilLAria, Harrison®, luteo-alba, Sanderiana, triangularis Turneri. 
MesospinidiUM, sanguineum. 
Odontoglossum, Alexandra (crispum), 18 ; var. aureum punctatum, var. 
Bonnyanum, var. Cooksoni, var. giganteum, var. guttatum, 2 ; var. roseum, 2; 
var. Sanderianum, var. Veitchianum, Andersonianum, 5 ; var. superbum, bic- 
tonense, Cervantesi, 4 ; Chestertoni, cirrhosum, 6 ; citrosmum, 4; var. album, 
2 ; var. maculatum, var. Coradinei, cordatum, 2 ; coronarium miniatum, cris- 
tatum, Edwardi, 3 ; elegans superbum, excellens, facetum, gloriosum, 3 ; 
Halli, 6: var. magnificum, var. xanthoglossum, hebraicum, hybridum, 
hystrix, Jennmgsianum, lseve, 2; luteo-purpureum, 7; maculatum, 2; var. 
superbum, mulus, nsevium majus, 2; nebulosum, 2; var. pardinum, 2; 
odoratum, Oerstedti, 2 ; pardinum, Pescatorei, 2 ; Phalsenopsis, Pollettia- 
i num, polyxanthum, 7; prsenitens, pulchellum, Rossi, 4; var. majus, 4; 
