JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
May 24, 1883, ] 
Lychnis coronaria atrosanguinea, L. Haageana, and Cardamine 
pratensis fl.-pl. The majority of these were also in flower. 
- Our reporter at the Manchester Show inadvertently 
omitted mention of a remarkable collection of CUT flowers of 
Orchids numbering fifty species, exhibited by Messrs. Ireland 
and Thomson, Edinburgh, and which he says attracted, as they 
deserved, much attention. 
- Among the Orchids in flower at the Glasnevin Botanic 
Garden, Dublin, are some of the most beautiful of the family. Of 
Dendrobes there are, besides varieties of the old and favourite 
D. nobile, the lovely D. Devoniensis, D. Jamesianum, and D. 
Farmeri. Of Odontoglots we noticed, besides several forms of 
O. Alexandras, a very beautiful white variety of 0. Pescatorei, a 
good plant of that noble species 0. triumphans, two or three speci¬ 
mens of the exquisitely beautiful 0. vexillarium, as also of the 
prettily marked and crisp-flowered O. cirrhosum, 0. Gervantesii, 
and 0. nebulosum var. pardinum. This last we do not remember 
seeing before ; the flowers have a very distinct aspect by reason 
of the sparse but the large very distinctly defined chocolate dots 
or blotches on their clear white ground. Of the stately Vandas, 
V. tricolor and the remarkably fine form of it known as the Glas¬ 
nevin variety, V. insignis, V. suavis, and several Phalamopsids. 
Oncids are well represented by the very remarkable Oncidium 
serra, with its wavy flower stem some II or 15 feet long or more, 
wreathed at intervals with clusters of its large, crisp, chocolate- 
coloured flowers, and O. concolor with flowers of the clearest 
yellow, one of the most telling of its colour. 
- Among the Orchid curiosities in the same garden 
may be noted Uropedium Lindeni, with its singular floral appen¬ 
dages 2 feet or more in length, and its ally, Cypripedium caudatum, 
and its fine variety C. c. roseum with singular drooping appen¬ 
dages, even longer still perhaps, the very dark-lipped variety of 
C. barbatum, and several others of this curious genus. Coming 
now to the cool Orchid section we found it represented by quite a 
host of Masdevallias, including such fine showy forms as M. ignea, 
M. Harryana, and its fine varieties cserulescens and violacea. The 
singular M. Shuttleworthi, one of the prettiest of the genus; M. 
triangularis, also very pretty and rare ; M. Sanderiana, &c.; and 
though last, not least, that microscopic little beauty, Restrepia 
elegans. The Orchids have led us on so far, that as regards other 
plants we have merely space to name among stove plants the 
glorious Brownea ariza, and that lovely shrubby stove climber, 
Petrea volubilis, the pretty little Impatiens Sultani, a curious 
Gesnerad, Sciadocalyx digitaliflora, and several pretty and curious 
Bromeliads. Of greenhouse plants, the gem of those in flower 
first is, we think, Boronia elatior. It is a plant no greenhouse 
collection should be without, and it is just the one plant exhibitors 
at the spring shows should take up as being worthy of their best 
efforts .—(Irish Farmers' Gazette.) 
- Mr. Smith, Clubmoor, West Derby, Liverpool, sends the 
following experience as a beginner in Mushroom culture 
after reading the articles in the Journal last year :—“ It may be 
interesting to you to know that I have been very successful so 
far in growing Mushrooms. I cut 800 lbs. during the winter 
months chiefly from beds inside a Cucumber house and vinery. 
I have now, however, 170 yards of beds outside, made on the 
system described in the Journal ; about 20 yards was made 
and spawned the last week in January, and the remainder in 
25 or 30 yards every fortnight or so as I could get the 
manure. I was very doubtful whether the beds were going 
to be a failure, but I am glad to say the spawn is beginning to 
show through, and in some places clusters of Mushrooms. Mr. 
Barter tells me that it has been one of the most difficult springs 
for Mushroom-growing he ever experienced—such a cold March. 
He also states he has had beds do well after being dormant five 
months, and I am now waiting for genial weather and good 
crops.” 
- We observe in a daily paper there is to be another Crystal 
Palace, not in England, however, but in the park of St. Cloud, 
near Paris. This park is celebrated for its picturesque beauty, and 
for its fine cascades and fountains. The proposal is to pull down 
what remains of the historical chateau, and with the materials 
thus obtained to erect a building similar to the Crystal Palace at 
Sydenham. The Palace will be erected on the highest part of 
the site ; it will occupy about 18 acres, will be of a rectangular 
shape, and divided into five naves. The front will be to the east— 
that is, towards Paris. The length of this building is to be 
1650 feet, by 450 feet in breadth. It is to have a vaulted roof 
and a lofty dome. 
- We regret to record the death of Mr. William Cox, the late 
well-known and highly respected gardener at Madresfield Court, 
where he was successfully engaged for forty-two years, and was 
head gardener there for thirty-eight years. He has left behind 
him a monument in the form of the Madresfield Court Grape, 
which, notwithstanding its tendency to crack, is a splendid 
variety, and will be cultivated for years to come. The esteem in 
which Mr. Cox was held in the district in which he was best 
known was testified in a remarkable manner at the Birmingham 
Autumn Show last year, where he received quite an ovation. He 
died on the 8 th inst. at the age of sixty-one years. 
- At the meeting of the Linnman Society on Thursday, the 
3rd inst., a valuable and interesting paper was read by Mr. 
J. Elliot Howard, F.L.S., the well-known quinologist, upon Cin¬ 
chona Calisaya, yar. Ledgeriana, How., and C. Ledgeriana, 
Moens, and in illustration of his remarks there was a magnificent 
display of Cinchona plants, bark, seeds, dried specimens, &c., 
brought together by Mr. J. Elliot Howard and by Mr. Thomas 
Christy, F.L.S., and the keenest interest was taken in these by 
the members of the Society present. On the conclusion of the 
paper, Mr. T. Christy said “ That specimens of Cinchona had 
been sent to him from Bolivia by a botanist who had been in 
his employ here for some time. Mr. Christy impressed upon him, 
before he went out, the extreme importance of gathering the 
flowers, leaves, and the seed pods of all the varieties of Cinchonas 
cultivated on the plantations, and that gave the best results, and 
he had very fairly followed out these wishes. Mr. Christy then 
drew attention to the dried specimens of the various varieties 
which were placed before the meeting, and acknowledged the 
great assistance he had received from Mr. Howard in classifying 
these plants ; and he said the result was, that after a great many 
letters passing, and a great amount of information being thus 
diffused, that planters in Bolivia had found that it was to their 
advantage to grow the Calisaya verde, a very large tree, and 
which they found answered their purpose the best of any. It did 
not yield quite as much quinine as the C. morada, but the growth 
was much more rapid and the yield of the bark was very much 
greater. Taking into account the twenty days’ mule journey 
which this extra quantity bark had to support, it still paid better 
to cultivate than the richer variety of Calisaya morada, on account 
of the larger yield.”— (Planters' Gazette.') 
WALLFLOWERS FROM CUTTINGS. 
Last year, in June, we inserted a quantity of Wallflower 
cuttings in a turf pit covered with sashes. The plants are now 
nearly all in bloom, and present a very marked superiority over 
the few seedlings that survived the month of March. Ninety per 
cent, of the seedliDg plants were killed, 90 percent, of the cuttings 
saved, and constitute our present small stock of plants. They are 
much more fioriferous than seedlings ; they can be lifted better 
from the absence of tap roots ; they are more uniform in size of 
plants, and better and more reliable for masses of colour, where 
that is a consideration ; in fact they are better every way than 
