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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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Dendkobium Findleyanum. 
Tins is a very useful and effective decorative Orchid. Plants 
growing in 3-incli pots and having nine or ten knotted or nodated 
stems, about 1 foot high, covered with medium-.sized flowers of 
CtELOGYNE CONFERTA. 
Like many others of the smaller Coelogynes this charming- 
species appears to be a good deal overlooked in gardens. It is, 
however, really an attractive little plant, and is quite worthy of a 
all who are anxious to plant for protection to substitute for them a 
most valuable tree for the purpose—viz , the Austrian Pine. 
Austrian Pines are great favourites here, and many thousands 
have been planted on the estate from time to time. Not only are 
they valuable to block unsightly objects and to form a break 
against high winds, but they are conspicuous in the landscape, and 
for this purpose few trees are their equal, especially during the 
■winter, when they seem to give a tone of warmth to the whole 
surroundings, which deciduous trees can never give, let them be 
planted ever so thickly. 
We have recently planted many more •'Austrians.'’ In one 
case 600 were used in one clump some two miles from, but still in 
view of the mansion, on a most exposed 
and elevated position. In spite of that, 
out of this number we only lost three 
—a convincing proof I think of their 
suitableness for such a position, but we 
should not have succeeded so well had 
we not selected the right time to plant 
them. To have placed these in such an 
exposed place several months or weeks 
before growth had commenced would 
have been courting the death of many, 
and this I think is the great secret in 
establishing them—delay planting until 
growth has commenced. These under 
notice were not planted until the first 
week in May, a little too late perhaps, 
as the young growth, some 2 or 3 inches 
long, flagged, but after a good soaking, 
and the rain, which shortly followed, 
they commenced to grow, and have con¬ 
tinued to make good progress. 
Whether for shelter or landscape 
effect they should not be planted too 
thickly, neither should much underwood 
or deciduous trees be planted near them, 
as this would cause the lo wer branches 
to dwindle away, and the tree might 
soon become top-heavy, under which 
condition it could not be expected to 
withstand many severe gales. I have 
experienced this recently, where several 
trees in mixed plantations were blown 
over, while isolated specimens withstood 
the force with seeming impunity. 
On the east and exposed side of a 
large orchard in this neighbourhood a 
double row of Austrian Pines are planted, 
and I have more than once proved the 
great protection they are to the fruit 
trees, not only while in bloom, but also when loaded with fruit. 
I do not suppose anyone would recommend the planting of the 
Austrian Pine with a view of timber for profit, but though it may 
fail in this respect, it more than compensates in being so valuable 
for the two purposes above mentioned.— Richard Parker, 
Impney. 
CyPRIPEDIUM CONGO-La-VVRE. 
An award of merit was granted to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., 
at the February meeting of the R.H.S. for the hybrid Cypripedium 
named above, and which fig. 41 represents. It is the result of a 
cross between C. concolor and C. Lawrencianum. The chief beauty 
of the flower, which is undeniably distinct and attractive, lies in 
the dorsal sepal, which is well rounded, and of a greyish white 
colour veined with rose. The engraving well represents this feature 
of the bloom. The petals and lip are similarly coloured. It is to 
be hoped that the name given was only a provisional one, for 
although to a certain extent expressive it is not euphonious. 
delicate and pleasing appearance, are very attractive. The petals 
and sepals are white, shaded with delicate mauve, the lip being 
cream and orange and slightly shaded with mauve at the edge. 
The plant is of erect habit of growth, and is deciduous. 
Dendrobium formosum giganteum. 
This charming Dendrobium is a native of Burma, and blooms, 
at the points of the current year’s growth, producing racemes of 
lour or five large, pure white flowers, with the exception of the lip 
being blotched with bright yellow. The plant does best grown on 
a piece of board, being secured thereon with copper wire and tacks 
of the same material. Strips of cork should be placed between the 
roots and the wire to prevent the former being injured by contact 
with the latter. 
For ordinary-sized imported plants I find a piece of board (oak 
or deal), about 5 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 1 inch thick, large 
enough. Of course large plants should be given proportionately 
larger rafts on which to grow. The plants should be suspended 
from the rafters near to the glass, and be given a high temperature 
with plenty of atmospheric moisture during the growing season,, 
immersing the boards to which the plants are attached morning and 
afternoon in tepid water during hot weather, dipping them less 
frequently when dull.—H, W. W. 
Lycaste plana. 
This Lycaste is one of the most ornamental members of the 
genus. It is a vigorous growing species, with large pseudo-bulbs, 
and long deep green leaves. The flowers are also large, often 
exceeding 4 inches in diameter. They are rather showy, the sepals,, 
in good varieties, being of a fine claret colour tipped with green, 
against which the smaller white petals stand out in bold relief. 
The lip is white with numerous small rosy crimson spots, the petals 
have also a single crimson blotch on their tips. The species was 
introduced from Bolivia by Messrs. Loddiges about 1842. A 
rather highly coloured figure is given in the “ Botanical Register ” 
for 1843. A fine plant is now flowering at Kew. 
The variety Cumminsi differs chiefly from the type in having 
the lip wholly rose coloured. In the variety Measuresiana tho 
petals, as well as the lip, are thickly spotted with crimson. 
FIG. 41.—CYPRIPEDIUM CONCO-LAWRE. 
