May 2i, 189 \ ] 
JOURXAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
425 
SOBKALIA MACRANTIIA. 
A week or two since I noticed a correspondent was recom¬ 
mending peat for the cultivation of this terrestrial Orchid, and 
to raise the potting mateiial above the rim of the pot. Now 
according to my experience this is the wrong material, and also 
naising it above the tim of the pot. AVe pot ours in loam, leaf 
soil, and cowdung in equal parts, and place the crown quite an 
inch below the rim of the pot. A plant in a G inch pot two 
years since is now in a 14-inch pot, and the plant a yard through, 
and still growing vigorously. I think terrestrial Orchids, as a 
rule, are treated too much to the peat, sphagnum, and crock 
compost. All Orchids of the above class, such as the Cymbidiums 
and Calanthe veratiifolium, thrive well under the same treatment. 
L-T-LIA ma.jai.is. 
AVe have several plants of the above Loclia showing for bloom 
well. The plants are hung up in the Rose house, and by their 
condition appear to like their position. All the Mexican Lajlias 
and Cattleya citrina thrive under the same treatment.—A. Young, 
Ahberley Gardens. 
Orchius at A\"addesdon. 
The beautiful garden at Baron Rothschild’s residence near 
Aylesbury has long been celebrated for its Orchids, but a specially 
fine display was provided on the occasion of the Queen’s visit on 
AA^ednesday, May 14th. Her Majesty was presented by Mr. Sander 
with a bouquet composed of A’’anda teres and a few spikes of 
Odontoglossum Pescatorei flowers, a unique and happy combina¬ 
tion. Mr. F. Sander also conducted the Queen round the Orchid 
houses, explaining the characters and attractions of their principal 
occupants. 
The Naming of Orchids for Garden Purroses. 
The Council of the Royal Horticultural Society have adopted 
the following rules :— 
SECT. I.— genera, species, W'ELL-MARKED varieties, and 
natural hybrids. 
1, The names of natural genera, species, and well-marked varie¬ 
ties, as well as of presumed wild hybrids, shall be written so as to 
accord with botanical language and usage, and to conform with the 
laws of botanical nomenclature (Lu's de la Nomenclature Botanique') 
as adopted at the International Botanical Congress at Paris in 1867. 
2, Exhibitors showing, for the first time, a plant under a Latin 
name, shall be required to furnish the name of the botanist who 
has described the plant. 
SECT. II.—ARTIFICIAL HYBRIDS BETWEEN GENERA. 
3, Every bigener shall receive a generic name in Latin formed 
by combining the names of the parent genera, and a specific name 
also in Latin, the sign of hybridity x being always added. 
SECT. III.—ARTIFICIAL HYBRIDS BETWEEN SPECIES. 
4, Hybrids between species raised artificially shall be named in 
Latin, with the addition of the word hyhridus, or of the sign of 
Irybridity, X. (See par. 1.) 
SECT. IV.—ARTIFICIAL CROSSES BETWEEN VARIETIES. 
5, Crosses between varieties raised artificially should receive 
suitable vernacular names. 
SECT. V.—GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS. 
6, The Orchid Committee shall decline to recognise any un¬ 
authorised name, or any name that is deemed unsuitable, or is not 
applied in conformity with the preceding rules. 
7, A name once authoritively adopted shall not be altered, 
unless in case of material error. 
8, An award may be made to any plant that is considered by 
the Committee worthy of such distinction, even though it be 
unnamed, or not named in accordance with the preceding regula¬ 
tions, provided that within a reasonable time, to be determined by 
the Committee, a proper name be given. Any award made under 
the circumstances shall be suspended until the plant has been pro¬ 
perly named. 
9, The operation of these rules shall be prospective, not 
ratrospective. 
10, The Council wishes to inipress upon Orchid growers the 
desirability of obtaining drawings or photographs of all new and 
certificated Orchids, and of depositing such drawings in the Library 
of the Society for reference. 
11, The Council also desires to remind cultivators of the great 
importance of preserving specimens for future reference and com¬ 
parison, and suggests that, wherever practicable, specimens should 
be sent for this purpose to the “ Director of the^Royal Gardens, 
Kew.” 
C(F.LOGYNE PANDURATA. 
Green flowers are rare, and when they do occur they are usually 
monstrosities, and devoid of any pretensions to beauty. Black is 
also exceedingly rare in flowers, and this renders the above named 
Orchid all the more remarkable, for it contains a combination of the 
two colours very strongly marked. The sepals and petals are a pure 
bright green, the lip also is green at the margin, but it has a black 
centre and veins of black in the lateral lobes also. The plant is of 
stout growth, and produces a long raceme bearing six or eight large 
flowers in well grown specimens. It is a native of Borneo, and has 
been repeatedly found flourishing on trees in damp situations. 
Our illustration (fig. G2) was prepared from an example shown 
at one of the recent meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society. 
It is grown successfully at Kew, also in Baron Schroder’s fine col¬ 
lection at The Dell. The plant requires the temperature of a 
Cattleya house, and a shaded position, succeeding w’ell in a basket 
suspended from the roof. 
TOMATO CULTURE. 
fA paper read liy Mr. J. 'NVoodfield, at a meetirj? of the Walkley Floral and Horticultura 
Society, Sheffield.] 
The cultivation of the Tomato has lately received a large share of 
attention both in the horticultural and daily press, and the subject has 
been treated in such an exhaustive manner that it would seem nothing 
new remains to be said ; but as I have been a cultivator of this delicious 
fruit for some years, and generally with a fair amount of success, a few 
details as to my method of treatment may be of interest. As the Tomato 
can only be grown out of doors with any advantage in the more 
southern counties, I will confine my remarks to its culture under glass. 
As far as my experience goes Tomato culture is not making very rapid 
strides among amateurs, for successful examples of culture seem to me 
to be the exception rather than the rule, and frequently the pro¬ 
fessional gardener’s efforts are not rewarded with the best results. 
In Tomato growing a good start wins half the battle. For very 
early supplies cuttings may be struck in the autumn and kept on a 
shelf near the glass, where they will have the advantage of every 
minute of daylight, and kept gently growing until the^new year, when 
they may be transferred to 10-inch pots, and grown in a brisk heat. 
These afford ripe fruit in April. To follow these, seed may be sowm 
in January, and the planes will produce ripe fruit by the end of May. 
But the main or summer crop is the one which chiefly concerns the 
