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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
Garden by M. Maximowicz, and the same, or a very similar plant, was 
brought to this country by Mr. J. G. Yeitch on his return from Japan. 
The plant is a dwarf herb, with short stems, and approximate leaves, 
narrowing into the petiole, which is dilated, so as to sheath the stem by 
its base. The form of the leaves is ovate, acute, the margin being of a 
clear pale yellow, and the central part barred with bright green reticulations 
on a deep olive green ground. The flowers are upwards of an inch long, 
of a pale pink colour, hairy on the outside, with linear erect sepals and 
petals, and a lip of the same form, but shorter and recurved. It is related 
to the Georchis biflora of Lindley, and M. Maximowicz regards it as forming 
with that plant a very natural section of the genus Goodyera. 
For garden purposes it will be very welcome, because, with much of the 
beauty of the Ansectocliils, it is far more manageable than they. Indeed, 
M. Regel states that it succeeds well in a cool house if placed in a light 
situation, protected from the influence of the sun by means of shading. 
In Japan it is only met with in cultivation, and brings a high price to 
the Japanese dealers. M. Regel suspects that this and another species, 
Gr. velutina, something in the way of G. discolor, both come from the southern 
islands of Japan. Their free growth, easy culture, and nicely marked 
leaves render them both desirable for general cultivation. It is recom¬ 
mended that they should be grown in flat pots, planted in freshly gathered 
sphagnum, mixed with a little loamy earth and sand, and kept rather 
elevated above the edge of the pot. 
M. 
THE FINCHLEY VINE. 
This Vine, the history of which is a study, and the progress of which 
speaks most emphatically in behalf of the extension system where circum¬ 
stances favour its adoption, is so remarkable an instance of success in 
Grape-growing, that, although it has been frequently noticed by the 
horticultural press, it deserves a special record in our pages. We find so 
circumstantial an account of it in the new edition of Mr. Thomson’s excellent 
treatise on the Vine, that we quote his description, all the more readily, 
since it would appear that Mr. Thomson was himself in some degree instru¬ 
mental in inducing Mr. Kay to plant it. The account given is as follows :— 
“ In the year 1838 I became acquainted with the late Mr. Kay, of Finchley, near 
London, and up to the date of his melancholy death, I continued to discuss with him, verbally 
and by letter, every question that bore on the culture of the Vine. He always maintained 
the great importance of what he called ‘ carrying a large amount of foliage on the Vine ’ as 
the only sure way of keeping up its stamina, and acted on this himself. I used to reply, that 
practically it was not expedient to allow more than two leaves to grow beyond the bunch. 
This, with the sub-laterals stopped at one leaf, I considered sufficient, and pointed to the 
example of the Oak Hill Vines, near Barnet, then and for twenty years so ably managed by 
Mr. Davis, who produced splendid crops of Grapes, ripe in March and April, for many years 
in succession from the same Vines, and which he pruned to one eye, and left only one leaf 
beyond the bunch. I thought the system I adopted, of leaving two leaves, sufficient; Mr. Kay 
thought otherwise, and left from four to five. 
“ Carrying his ideas still farther, he said he believed that better would be the plan of 
planting only one Vine in a large house. This I urged him to do, and in 1855 he built a 
span-roofed house 89 feet long, 16 feet wide, and 9 feet 6 inches in height to the apex. In 
this house he planted a single Black Hamburgh Vine in March, 1856, the roots all outside, 
and the border prepared 89 feet in length by 15 broad. Beyond this border are the borders 
of other houses, giving it scope for its roots little if at all under a quarter of an acre. The 
Vine is trained with a leading stem from the centre of the north side wall up to the apex, and 
down to the south wall, for the house runs ea3t and west. From this main stem five laterals 
are trained towards each end of the house—one at the apex, the others equidistant between 
