Febraary 26, 1831. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
1G3 
T). nobile and D. Linawianum ; D. Aiusworthi, D. Laechianum, 
;and others also have D. nobile for one of their parents. 
Of the species which on account of their drooping habits are 
best suited for basket culture D. Devonianum is one of the best, 
■probably the most showy of all. Its principal attraction consists 
•of the delicate lace-like fringe of the lip. It is a noble species 
■and very floriferous. D. primulinum and D. Pierardi are beautiful 
basket plants, though of less imposing appearance than the fore- 
•going. 
The Australian species have not found much favour in gardens, 
probably because their requirements are as yet little known. A 
few of the species which are generally accorded stove treatment 
succeed well under cooler conditions, and in some cases even better, 
such for instance as D. Jamesianum.— W. E. Williams, Great 
■Marlow. 
Odontoolossum maculatum. 
A RATHEU curious freak has occurred here with a plant of this 
pretty Orchid, which I thought might be of interest to some of the 
readers of the Journal. Instead of the flower spike growing from 
’the base of the pseudo-bulb, as they usually do, two have grown 
from the apes, one with four and the other with five flowers. The 
■ pseudo-bulb from which they have grown is not much larger than a 
walnut, so over-luxuriance could not have been the cause of its 
doing so. A larger pseudo-bulb on the same plant has produced a 
-spike in the ordinary way. There is very little difference between 
the flowers. The sepals of the flowers of the larger pseudo-bulb are 
a trifle longer than the others ; in other respects they are alike. 
'The varieties of this, as of most other Odontoglossums, appear to 
be almost endless, as no two which have come under my notice 
‘have been exactly alike, and some of them are very handsome. 
INot the least of its good qualities is the time the flowers last in 
perfection, and flowering as it does at the dull season of the year 
■jgreatly increases its value.—A. Wiiibley, Eastbourne. 
Orchids at Camp Hill, Woolton. 
Among numerous varieties of Orchids in bloom at Camp Hill, 
AVoolton, the residence of F. H. Gossage, Esq., the following 
varieties are vigorous in growth and have abundance of flower. 
There are six pans of Coelogyne cristata and its varieties, one pan of 
•C. cristata with 365 flowers, and one of C. Lemoniana with 232 
flowers, being especially good ; a very fine plant of Cymbidium 
■Lowianum with six spikes and seventy-six flowers ; a grand piece of 
Laelia anceps carrying thirty spikes, some of which have five flowers 
on a spike. Dendrobium nobile is represented by four pans all well 
'flowered, and Dendrobium Wardianum Lowi, six pots, with eighty- 
eight flowers remarkably good ; a beautiful plant of Dendrobium 
■Iieterocarpum bearing sixty flowers, and another of Dendrobium 
‘fimbriatum with twenty-four fine spikes. The above are only a 
few of those in the very choice collection grown at Camp Hill. 
]Mr. Jellicoe, Mr. Gossage’s head gardener, knows the treatment they 
require, and it is astonishing how rapidly many of them have 
thriyed, and they are certainly the finest they have ever had in 
bloom. Another feature at the present time is a splendid collec- 
ition of Primulas in full bloom.—R. P. R. 
Orchids at Forest Hill. 
An attractive display of useful Orchids is now to be seen in 
Messrs. J. Laing & Sons’ nursery. Forest Hill, where the plants 
are extremely well grown. Dendrobium Wardianum is a special 
feature, producing long pseudo-bulbs and fine flowers. D. nobile 
and its best varieties are included, together with D. crassinode and 
the variety Barberianum. Phaius grandifolius is well represented 
by strong plants and flower spikes. Dendrobium Ainsworthi, 
D. primulinum, Lycaste Skinneri alba, Cattleya Trian® varieties, 
and Cypripedium callosum constitute a bright group at the 
entrance to one of the houses. In the cool house Odontoglossura 
Rossi, O. crispum, 0. Pescatorei, and a very richly coloured 
Oncidium cucullatum are noteworthy amongst those in flower. In 
other houses there is a brilliant display of forced flowering plants, 
and in the Tuberous Begonia department great activity prevails in 
, preparation for the coming season. 
Death of Mr. Frank Casey. 
Many readers will learn with the deepest regret that Mr. Frank 
■Casey of Clapton died suidenly on Thursday last. ]\Ir. Casey hid 
been for many years manager for Messrs. Low & Co., Clapton, and 
was widely known and respected in the horticultural world. He 
possessed an extensive knowledge of plants, but had been especially 
ndentifled with Orchids, his geniality hiving rendered him a general 
ifavourite. His death appears to hive been occasioned by hurryiag 
■4o catch a train at Liverpool Street station. 
SciIOMBURGHKIA SaNDERI.ANA. 
The members of this genus are not very abundant in cultiva¬ 
tion, though S. tibicinus is occasionally seen as a curiosity. The 
new species, of which a flower is represented in fig. 30, appears, 
however, likely to be a useful addition to the list of cultivated 
forms. The flower is about 3 inches in diameter, the sepals lanceo¬ 
late, half an inch apart at the widest part, It inch long, and pale 
rosy purple. The petals are broader and less tapering, the same 
length as the sepals, but deeper in colour. The lip is U inch long, 
the central lobe rounded, an inch across, and slightly cut at the 
margin, rich crimson-purple, like the lateral lobes, which are folded 
over the column, and the white blotch in the throat brings the 
colour into bold relief. In general appearance the lip is suggestive 
of a small Sobralia. 
The plant produces hollow pseudo-bulbs like its relative, the 
“ Cow Horn Orchid,” as S. tibicinis is sometimes termed, and it is 
supposed that these cavities are utilised for a similar p'urpose by 
the ants of the districts in tropical South America where the 
plants are found. The flowers are produced in short racemes of 
four or five each ; but it is said to be very free, and its colour will 
render it a favourite. The plant was introduced a few years ago 
by Messrs. Sander & Co., St. Albans, and flowered a week or two 
back for the first time. 
BRITISH FRLTT GROWING AS AN INDUSTRY. 
On Saturday evening, at the G-rosvenor Museum, Chester, the usual 
fortnightly meeting of the Chester Paxton Society was held, when the 
President, Mr. John Taylor, took the chair, and Mr. E. J. Baillie 
delivered a lecture on “ British Fruit Growing as an Industry.’ 
Mr. Baillie pointed out that the question of fruit growing had 
latterly been very much in the mind and upon the lips of the public, 
and this was due to a multiplicity of causes, which he enumerated, and 
upon which he commented. He reminded the members that there^ was 
a great difference between growing fruit for the needs of a private 
establishment and growing fruit as an industry. When a rnan had to 
get a living out of a followed occupation he had to put his faculties 
into motion, and look about him to see what should be done, so that it 
would be ■well to take a brief review of the class of man wanted to meet 
the requirements of the new industry. 
A good deal of misconception prevailed on this matter. It was 
believed that the British farmer would also be the British fruit grower. 
He probably would be a fruit grower in greater measure than was at 
present the case, but we would have to look further afield for the class 
of man required to meet the spirit of the times in this particular 
undertaking. In horticultural parlance he would have to be somewhat 
of a hybrid. He must have the qualifications of three or four per¬ 
sonalties, so to speak. He should be something of a farmer, much of a 
gardener, must possess business tact, commercial enterprise, indomitable 
energy, the spirit of the student, the suavity of manner ox the samsman, 
with° the instinct of the artist and Nature lover, so to speak, which 
sees what is pretty and proper, and puts it so. Theie were other features, 
b’at the catalogue was long enough for the present. Poets, it was said, 
were born, not made. He ventured to improve upon the aphorism, 
say a fruit grower must be both born and made, but he will not be made 
by taking a twelve months' course at any so-called horticuita.wl college, 
or any other establishment where the expeiieiceof half a lifetime is 
