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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, January 29, 1861. 
trill succeed both in growing and also obtain that which is tho 
object of growth—abundance of flowers. 
TREATMENT OF NEWLY-IMPORTED ORCHIDS. 
There are many noblemen and gentlemen that have connections 
abroad, in countries where Orchids abound, and those friends 
send home large cases of Orchids. Collectors, also, for public 
gardens, and nurserymen when they meet with them, gather them 
and dispatch them to the parties who have sent them out for 
that purpose. I have seen, I might say, almost cartloads arrive 
and in a fair condition, but owing to mismanagement the greater 
part perished. I saw large patches of Oncidium, Odontoglossum, 
Catesetum, Epidendra, &c., arrive in good health sufficient to 
stock a Crystal Palace. In a very few months the whole, or 
nearly the whole, except a few miserable bits, were dead. They 
were laid on a platform kept very wet and in great heat—great 
mistakes, indeed, in my opinion. 
Now, if any of our readers should be fortunate enough to 
import a lot of Orchids, the first thing they should do should 
be to cut away all and every part that is dead, then examine 
every part for insects, and use the proper methods to destroy 
them. Then for the upright-blooming species procure a number 
of flat logs and fasten the plants to them. Do not cut up the 
large specimens—fasten them on blocks just as they have arrived. 
If there are a number of small bits that are alive, I advise them 
all, or as many of them as may be convenient, to be tied to a 
round log of a considerable length. Stanhopeas when they are 
imported require a different treatment. I once received a large 
mass just as it had been torn off its native bed. I cleansed it and 
placed it upon a simple raft of rods large enough to hold it. I 
put no mos3 or compost about the pseudo-bulbs, only fixing a 
wire at each corner, and, drawing them together, I then formed 
a loop, and thereby suspended the mass and raft to the roof. A 
great number of new shoots soon made their appearance, and the 
year after several flowers were produced. It proved to be one of 
the best varieties of Stanhopea tigrina. 
_ Till shoots and roots are produced, very little water should be 
given, and the heat should be rather below that given to esta¬ 
blished plants. It is a great mistake to give stimulants in liberal 
quantities to Orchids that have had a long journey, perhaps shut 
up in boxes or Wardian Cases, and arriving in a shrivelled-up 
condition. The treatment should be analogous to that given to 
a sick or half-starved animal—just enough at first to revive the 
dormant living power, and to induce, as it were, a gradual return 
to a healthy and growing state. 
When fresh roots and new shoots are produced, then the im¬ 
ported plants may be potted, or put into baskets, or kept on the 
blocks just as the different species require. T. Appleby. 
REPORT ON THE GARDEN PEAS, 
Grown at Chiswick during 1860. 
By Robert Hogg, LL.D., F.R.H.S., Secretary to the Fruit 
Committee. 
{Continued from page 232.) 
8. Early Ringwood 
Syn. j Ringwood Marrow . Noble Cooper & Bolton. 
Flanagan's Early . Flanagan & Son. 
Beck's Marrow . Beck & Co. 
_ Plant with a moderately vigorous habit of growth, to 4 feet 
high, not branching. The pods are single or in pairs, in about 
equal proportion; they are produced from within a foot of the 
ground at every joint even to the extremity, and contain from 
six to eight large Peas. Ripe seed white. 
Sown February 19th, the plants bloomed May 31st, slatted 
June 16th, and the pods were ready to gather July 6th. The 
large well-filled pod, and the great prolificacy and earliness of 
this Pea, commend it as a useful variety in ail establishments; 
but the pale colour of the pod, which is white instead of green, 
has acted as a great obstacle against its being extensively culti¬ 
vated for market supplies. To those, however, who have no 
objection to this peculiarity, which does not in the least affect 
the merits of the Pea, it cannot fail to commend itself. This 
variety equals the Early Frame in earliness, and is much 
superior to it in quality; it also retains its tender marrowy 
character longer than most other varieties. Being an early Pea, 
and not Marrow, I have substituted the name Early Ringwood 
Or that of Ringwood Marrow, 
9. Early Frame .Hurst & M'Mulien. 
In adopting the name “Early Frame,” I mean to include all 
tho forms known under that name, whether they are called single 
or double-blossomed, for in fact there are none that are abso¬ 
lutely “single” or absolutely “ double-blossomed.” These ex¬ 
pressions are not meant to indicate any peculiar structure of the 
flower as regards the number of the petals, but merely that the 
blossoms are produced singly or in pairs on the same peduncle. 
Great efforts have from time to time been made to preserve the 
single-blossomed character, and notwithstanding the care that 
has been bestowed upon the selection, growers have hitherto 
failed in rendering it permanent. There is, however, no real 
advantage to be obtained even if that character were secured, 
for the supposed earliness of the single-blossomed frame-Peas is 
now far exceeded by other varieties that have been introduced of 
late years. 
The variety I shall now describe under the name of Early 
Frame is one received from Messrs. Hurst & M'Mullen, under 
the name of Marshall's Bouble-blossomed Frame , a very excellent 
and carefully selected stock of Early Frames. 
The plant is 3 to 4 feet high, and has a single stem of rather 
vigorous habit of growth, more stout and robust than that of 
Early Emperor, and bearing from nine to twelve pods, but 
frequently as many as fourteen. The pods are produced either 
singly or in pairs, and contain seven to eight Peas in each. The 
ripe seed is white. This is decidedly the best form of Early 
Frame I have met with. The seed was sown on the 19th of 
February, and the plants bloomed on June 1st; on the 18th 
of June the slats appeared, and the crop was readv for use on 
July 7th. 
10. Early Warwick .Noble Cooper & Bolton. 
Syn. Race Horse; Essex Champion. 
What is now grown under the name of Early Warwick is very 
different from the variety to which the name was originally 
applied. When first obtained at Evesham in Warwickshire, it 
was a single-blossomed Pea, and somewhat earlier than the 
double-blossomed Frame of those days, but it gradually lost its 
single-blossomed character, and has now become identified with 
the ordinary Early Frames ; the sample grown in the garden 
this season also proved to be the same. 
11- Dickson’s Favourite .Noblb Cooper & Bolton. 
Syn. The Wonder .Charlwood & Cummins. 
Cotterell's Wonder .Flanagan & Son. 
Tonvoodlee .Lawson & Son. 
This seems to be a form of the Auvergne, but the plant has a 
more slender growth than that variety, and it is a day or two 
earlier. It grows from four to five feet high, with a single stem, 
and pale green foliage. The pods are produced in pairs to the 
number of twelve or fourteen, and are curved, but not so much 
so as in the Auvergne, and contain from six to seven Peas in 
each. Ripe seed white. 
Sown February 19th; bloomed June 9th; slatted June 20th, 
and the pods were ready to gather July 7th. 
This is decidedly an inferior Pea to the Auvergne, which it 
resembles, and which produces long well-filled pods, containing 
from nine to twelve Peas each. 
12. Bishop’s Long-podded ...Noble Cooper & Bolton. 
Syn. Bishop's Improved. 
The old Bishop’s Dwarf is now entirely out of cultivation. It 
was a low-growing plant, 9 inches to a foot high, with a 
branching stem, and produced small insignificant pods 2£ inches 
long, and half an inch wide. Such a Pea is of no use in these 
days. 
Bishop’s Long-podded is a great improvement on the old 
variety. It grows about 2 feet high, produces numerous side 
branches, and bears from eighteen to twenty pods on a plant. 
The pods are either single or in pairs, and contain from seven 
to nine Peas in each. Ripe seed creamy white. 
Sown February 19 ; bloomed May 30th ; slatted June 20th, j 
and the pods were ready to gather July 9th. h 
13. Auvergne .Noble Cooper & Bolton. 1 
Syn. White Sabre; White Scimitar. 
This is without doubt the best second early of the Frame class 
in cultivation. The plant is of moderately strong habit of 
growth, 4 to 5 feet high, and bears from 12 to 15 pods. The 
pods are generally single, and sometimes in pairs; when fully jj 
grown they are 4£ inches long, and over half an inch broad, ■ 
