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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[November 14. 
and handsome, and emit a sweet perfume during the 
night. 
We have now brought our labours to a close on this 
section of* our subject, that is, on such plants as thrive 
best on blocks. We have had much pleasure in giving 
such information as wo possessed on the subject. We 
have kept nothing back, but have endeavoured, in plain, 
simple language, to make the culture quite easy to the 
most uninformed or new beginner, to grow these most 
singular, interesting plants. It only remains, now, to 
give the culture of such as thrive best in pots; and our 
next paper on orchids will commence with the third and 
last section of orchidaceous plants. 
We had the pleasure to pay our annual visit last week 
to our good and estimable friend Mr. Bassett, gardener 
to R. S. Holford, Esq., of Weston Birt, near Tetbury, in 
Gloucestershire. As usual, we found the extensive col¬ 
lection of orchids in most excellent health. There was 
a degree of robust strength about them that we do not 
often meet with. The point of excitement is carried 
just to the right patch, to produce larger and stronger 
pseudo-bulbs than the previous year. Below is a list of 
those we observed in flower, which list will both give 
our readers an idea of the kinds that flower in autumn 
and the extent of the collection there :— 
Angracum bilobum, white 
Barkeria Skinneri, pinlc 
Brassia brachiata, yellowish 
brown 
Calanthe vestita, white and 
rose 
Cattleya bicolor, green,brown, 
and purple 
- Candida, white 
-- labiata, purple and rose 
-marginata, purple and 
rose 
- Mossice, purple and rose 
- violaeea, violet and white 
Cypripedium barbatum, and 
Javanicum 
Dendrobium moniliforme, 
rose and white 
Epidendrum ciliare, white 
- crassifolium, pink 
- paniculatum, white and 
chocolate 
-vitellinum, scarlet 
Lselia Pen-inii, lilac and white 
Lodi a rupestris, purple and 
white 
Lycaste Skinneri, white and 
crimson stripes 
Maxillaria picta, yellow and 
brown 
Miltonia Clowesiana, choco¬ 
late and brown 
- Morelliana, deep purple 
lip 
Odontoglossum grande, yel¬ 
low and brown 
- Insleayi, yellow and 
light brown 
Oncidium leucocliilum, white 
and brown 
Yanda fusco-vioides, rusty 
green 
Zygopetalmn brachypetalum, 
purple lip 
- Mackayii, white, with 
purple stripes 
- Crinitum roseum, yel¬ 
low, brown, and rose 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
Cinerarias. —Such as arc showing bloom should now 
be re-potted into larger pots to encourage free growth. 
If they are kept in small pots the blooms will be poor 
and few. Encourage them by liberal treatment to pro¬ 
duce leaves as large as cabbages, and of a deep green, 
healthy colour. The compost for them now should be 
of the richest description; good light fresh loam three 
parts, and two years old dung one part. If a portion of 
loaf mould is added it will be useful, l'ot blooming 
plants into pots inches diameter. Plants in a younger 
state to succeed the first will not need potting till next 
month. Great care must be taken to protect them from 
a single degree of frost, as they are now flush of growth 
and very tender. Now is a good time to procure the last 
year’s seedlings, or any other good sorts that may be 
desirable. If postponed till spring the plants will be 
weak, and will not dower so fine as if had now and re¬ 
potted immediately. 
For other dorists’ dowers, then - treatment, protection, 
watering, giving air, and keeping clear of insects, see 
the back numbers of The Cottage Gardener. 
T. Appleby. 
THE KITCHEN-GARDEN. 
Globe Artichokes should now be protected for the 
approaching winter, by placing neatly and systematically 
round each stool of crowns some dry leaves, fern, or 
mulch, and covering them all over afterwards with an 
inch or two of the surrounding soil, so as to keep all 
close, and prevent the wind from blowing the leaves, &c., 
about. 
Jerusalem Artichokes should have their stems cut 
off within a few inches of the soil, and the surface should 
be mulched with some kind of refuse, otherwise the soil 
in the winter months may perhaps get frozen so hard as 
to make it inconvenient for taking them up. 
Red Beet may now be stored in cold sheds, or banked 
in narrow ridges out of doors, and thatched. 
Peas and Beans. —Those who have plenty of spare 
soil may form sloping banks, and get in a sowing of 
beans and peas at once; but if not convenient to do so 
now, the last week in this month or the first week in 
December will be found early enough, so as to have 
them just breaking through the surface of the soil by 
the shortest day, when they may be protected with dry 
dust, &c., with very little trouble. Where a convenient 
place, such as a shed sufficiently light, a frame, pit, or 
hothouse, or any thing of a similar kind, is at hand for 
sowing the early peas in small pots, shallow wooden 
troughs, 3-inch semi circular drain-tiles, strips of turf 
3 inches wide scooped out in the middle, or any such 
simple contrivance for forwarding the pea crop, and 
where at the same time ground for cropping is not very 
abundant, the end of January, or any time in the first 
two weeks of February, will be early enough for sowing 
peas ; and beans may be sown in pans and placed in¬ 
side some kind of shelter, or under hand glasses, to get 
them ready for transplanting. 
Routine Work. —Take an early opportunity of finally 
earthing-up some of the most forward cardoons, as well as 
celery, previous to drenching rains, the winds and frosty 
mornings which, may now be expected ; make all secure 
by systematically earthing-up-to prevent any being 
battered and broken down. Sea-kale, rhubarb, and 
asparagus should be prepared in small quantities as 
previously recommended for forcing. Sow cucumbers, 
and keep the young plants close to the glass, with the 
heat applied at the top, and take care to air liberally; 
those in bearing should have the fruit kept thin, allow 
ing at this season only a few at a time to swell off, or 
the plants will soon exhaust themselves, now that there 
is so little daylight. James Barnes. 
