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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGHST. 
[ May, 
not to disturb the soil more than three inches deep, as the most active roots 
probably lie about that distance from the surface. Spread the manure over the 
surface about an inch in thickness, and prick it in carefully with a light fork. 
The summer roses have now nothing to do but to grow, but the autumnals have 
to grow and flower. In either case, if a single shoot pushes with unusual vigour, 
it is well to pinch out the growing point, or the surrounding shoots will be 
deprived of their just share of nourishment, and will grow weakly, and thus the 
head of the tree will become ill-balanced or mis-shapen. 
Many sorts of roses, of which the Geant des Batailles and its race are the 
most common examples, are subject to mildew. The best remedy for this is a 
good powdering of sulphur, put on when the leaves are wet with rain or dew.— 
William Paul, PaiiVs Nurseries^ Waltham Cross, N. 
LESCHENAULTIA BILOBA MAJOR. 
S his plant, if well cultivated, has few rivals among greenhouse plants, 
the colour of its flowers being of the most beautiful blue. A young plant 
f taken in hand now, if well rooted, may be shifted, say from a 5-in. (48) 
to a 6-in. (32) pot. Fibrous peat of good quality must be used to grow 
the plant successfully. This material should be broken up into moderately 
small pieces, and a sufficient quantity of silver sand added to cause water to pass 
through freely ; the whole must be well mixed together. Provide ample drainage, 
and over this place some of the rougher parts of the peat to keep it from becom¬ 
ing choked. In potting, press the soil down firmly. Regulate the shoots by 
tying the strongest of them to small stakes, so as to form the foundation of the 
future specimen. Place the plant in a greenhouse, in a light, airy situation near 
the glass, where air can be given, but where it may not be exposed to currents 
of cold air. Attend carefully to watering, and keep the shoots properly tied out. 
By the middle of June the plant will require another shift, the treatment 
above recommended being otherwise continued in every particular, always, how¬ 
ever, bearing in mind that this plant requires to be grown near the glass in order 
to get stiff, short-jointed wood. By the beginning or middle of May the flowers 
will commence to open, and the plant will bloom on for four or five weeks. After 
blooming, as soon as new growth begins to push, give another shift, and treat 
as before. Cuttings of the half-ripened wood strike freely, if placed under a 
bell-glass, and put in a little bottom heat.—H. Chilman, Somerley Gardens. 
LADY’S SLIPPERS.— Chapter III. 
'HE beautiful CypriiKdium Lowii, of which a woodcut figure is annexed, 
was introduced from Borneo by Hugh Low, Esq., to the Clapton Nursery, 
about 1846, and was described in 1847 by Dr. Lindley, from specimens 
which bloomed in the garden of A. Kenrich, Esq., of West Bromwich. 
In its native habitats it was found growing on high trees in thick jungle, and 
