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macro duchy a, Scut (curia Stcclil, Renan thera 
coccinea, Vanilla planifolitt, and a Stan* 
hopea or two complete the group. The water 
below might have been utilized by the cul¬ 
ture of some of the smaller N yrttphems, or 
other aquatic plants. In houses of this kind 
suitable, openings could be left in the rock- 
work, so as to introduce pots containing 
flowering plants as they come into bloom ; 
and by adopting this system, a naturally 
arranged house might always be kept gay 
with choice exotics, while Ferns, Selaginel 
las and Mosses, together with a few trailing 
plants, would form an appropriate back 
ground to the delicate colors of the fragrant, 
dowel’s. 
brass, and gkized with the very best flattened 
crown glass. The brass astragals are grooved 
for the reception of the glass, and not re¬ 
bated, as iu ordinary glazing. Eyed studs 
are cast on the inner side of the ridge astra¬ 
gal, about half an inch in length, for the 
purpose of suspending small Orchids or 
Ferns from the roof. The inside of the box 
is lined with zinc, and at one of tlio corners 
an aperture is formed into which a copper 
tube, 2 inches long, is inserted, and furnished 
with a cock for withdrawing any superfluous 
water that may at any time accumulate 
within the box. One of the panes is made to 
takeout—Mils provision is necessary for the 
occasional arrangement and airing of the 
plants, but the general arrangement is made 
by lifting the top oil' entirely.” 
there, that the idea of such a hedge origi¬ 
nated with Lady Middleton, and that the 
idea was no sooner entertained than it was 
carried out; hence the result. Lady Middle- 
ton has also had a hedge of Sonuteur Valsse 
planted to the same extent as Gloira de Di¬ 
jon, but more recently ; consequently the 
plants have not the same line appearance as 
the others. Those hedges ure planted as 
screens to the kitchen garden, and nothing 
could be more appropriate; and, as Mr. 
Wn itelaw remarked, there was no end of 
cutting Roses from them, which is another 
matter worthy of consideration where quan¬ 
tities of flowers are required. 1 may mention 
that before those hedges were planted a neat 
wire fence was put up, with five strands, and 
after the plants were put, in they were Lis¬ 
tened to the wires. As they grew, the shoots 
were intertwined in and out until they 
reached the top. By this means they are 
quite compact, and independent of any other 
fastening to the wires.” 
AN ORCHID-HOUSE 
Many American amateurs have a passion 
for Orchids. A good many are grown in this 
country in private conservatories, and found 
where least expected. More than one New 
York gentleman whose house we have visit¬ 
ed has unostentatiously revealed his partiali¬ 
ty for those singular and beautiful plants, by 
taking ua into his conservatory, adjoining 
and opening into his library, where we have 
found scores of Orchids in all positions and 
stages of growth. It is for this class that we 
copy the accompanying illustration of “ An 
Orchid-House in Natural Style” from The 
Garden. Orchids, as grown in this country, 
are in no wise arranged with a view to sim¬ 
ulate nature, indeed, it is to be doubted if 
many who cultivate them have ever seen 
them in their native habitat. The English 
writer, whose article accompanies the illus¬ 
tration, says : 
"To the professional Orchid grower or en¬ 
thusiastic amateur, there is a certain attrac¬ 
tive beauty in the strong growths, fresh fob 
age, or plump pseudo-bulbs, but an ordinary 
visitor overlooks these minute details, the 
general affect of the whole only being taken 
into consideration. Some Orchids, however, 
have a graceful habit, as Aerides, Vandas, 
ami a few others, but in general they are un¬ 
attractive when notin bloom. We get a step 
nearer to natural arrangement, and see a lit¬ 
tle more of its beauty, when we group grace¬ 
fully -habited Furus and Palms along with our 
Orchids. Orchids grow luxuriantly, in their 
native habitats, in close contiguity with 
Ferns, Mclastomads, Grasses and Palms, and 
it is possible to follow nature, to a certain ex¬ 
tent, in the way of natural arrangement, 
here in our Orchid-houses at home. 1 am 
quite well aware of the practical dilftculties 
that present themselves to our notice, and 
know that these, in some cases, are amply 
sufficient to preclude the possibility of the 
natural system being attempted ; but there 
are cases in which this plan may be followed 
out judiciously, and with the best possible 
results. 
“Terrestrial Orchids, in pots, are portable 
and more convenient, for many reasons, than 
when planted out, though I very much doubt 
whether they ever grow so luxuriantly as 
they would if planted out in a suitable struc¬ 
ture. In a state of nature, Orchids grow with 
a wild luxuriance quite unknown to us, their 
aerial roots extending m all directions in 
quest of food and moisture ; and they would 
grow more vigorously in our plant-houses if 
planted out in suitable composts, though, as 
a matter of course, this plan could only be 
adopted iu places where there was no proba¬ 
bility of their having to be removed. All 
Oreliids are not adapted for planting out, but 
there are some that are specially amenable to 
this course of treatment.” 
Our illustration, which represents an Or- 
chid-house arranged in a picturesque man¬ 
ner, shows what ihe idea is when properly 
carried out. The pipe carrying the water 
for the cascade passes round the boiler. The 
plants have a graceful appearance, and the 
tout ensemble is considerably heightened by 
the little cascade tumbling from the partly- 
hidden rockwork. It is easy to recognise 
such plants as Peristeria elata (Dove plant), 
some species of Oncidnvm and Cycnoches 
Loddigesii in the foreground, while Cedi a 
ORNAMENTAL WARDIAN CASE 
AN ENGLISH ROSE HEDGE 
struction of which is specified fus follows: A correspondent of the Cottage Gardener 
“ The sides of the box are of mahogany, 1 thus describes a rose hedge he has seen :—“ On 
inch in thickness, and the bottom of deal, U<£ visiting the gardens ol' the Right Hon. Lord 
inch thick, well framed and dovetailed to- Middleton of Applecross, about the flist week 
gether, and strengthened with brass bands, in August, I was much astonished to find a 
and with two cross-bars beneath. The upper hedge of the Ololre de Dijon Rose over 800 
edge of the box is furnished with a groove feet long, and nearly 5 feet in hight, and in 
for the reception of the glass roof, and this the Jjart possible health, and one sheet of 
groove is lined with brass, to prevent the I flowers—and such flowers! I was told by 
wood from rotting. The roof is composed of Mr. Wuitklaw, the intelligent gardener 
MARECHAL NIEL ROSE AS A WEEPER 
1 have a magnificent specimen of this bud¬ 
ded on the Dog Rose and trained as a “ weep¬ 
er.” It is planted in the open air, and pro¬ 
tected from the north and east winds by 
matting. It has now more than twenty 
bloom buds, but little foliage. Can you ad¬ 
vise me as to the best treatment ? 1 fear none 
of the buds will come to anything, and the 
whole strength of the plant seems concentra¬ 
ted in them, and not in making foliage or 
wood. I have little or noHoft water. Ls hard 
water injurious to plants ? and, if so, are there 
any means whereby its hardness maybe tem¬ 
pered ?— Hkrijkrt Millington. (Mr. George 
Paul of Cheshunt, to whom your query has 
been sent, says :—If there are plenty of un¬ 
broken eyes left in the shoots upon which the 
bloom buds are, the better way would be to 
prune back to one, and let the plant break 
afresh from the dormant or unshot eyes. 
Hard water should be exposed twenty-four 
hours to the atmosphere before it is used. 
Have two large tubs filled on alternate days, 
and always use that filled the day previously.] 
—Oardm. 
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POND LILIES FROM SEED 
I have a pond In which I wish to grow 
Pond Lilies. Last Full, vvlule on a fishing 
excursion, I gathered some seed from lilies 
I found growing iu the river. I wish to 
know how I am to propagate them from seed 
and introduce them into my pond ; the water 
in the pond varies from two to four feet.— p. 
You have only to throw the seed into the 
pond, when they will sink to the bottom and 
take root in the mud. You should have sown 
the seed as soon as they were gathered, al¬ 
though it may not be too late even now. 
The seeds of water plants usually fail if kept 
until once thoroughly dried. 
SNUFF FOR GREEN FLY 
Gardeners who have tried snuff to kill the 
green fly, or aphis, on house-plants say that 
it works well if properly applied. The plants 
should either be dipped in water or thorough¬ 
ly wetted in some other manner, then the 
snuff may be blown upon the plants through 
a pipe tube, sulphur bellows, or in any way 
to have it reach every portion of the stems 
and leaves. Of course the snuff must be very 
dry, and the following day wash it off with a 
syringe, or by again dipping the plants. 
