THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, February 2, 1858. 
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OXALIS BOWIEI AS A BEDDER. 
I AM pleased to add my testimony as to the merits of this 
plant, which has been mentioned by Mr. Beaton. I have 
grown it successfully for several years; and consider it 
deserves a place in every flower garden. Were its merits 
more fully known as a bedder of the first class, I am persuaded 
it would be more generally grown for that purpose. Hitherto, 
with few exceptions, it has been grown only as a greenhouse 
bulb, blooming in the early spring months : hut to develope 
its full beauties, I consider it should not be confined to a pot, 
but turned out into a bed of good, fibrous, loamy soil, with a 
good portion of leaf mould and sand added. It will then 
continue blooming, in great profusion, till late in the autumn. 
One great recommendation in its favour, and especially to 
those who have but limited means for wintering bedding 
plants, is, that it requires no extra care in the winter. My 
practice is to take up the bulbs about the middle of November 
to dry ; and store them away like Tulips, until the third week 
in March; and then to pot them in a mixture of loam, leaf 
mould, and sand, two bulbs in a 32-sized pot, covering the 
bulbs about two inches. The pots are then plunged in a nice 
gentle bottom-heat; and in about a month they will commence 
growing. As soon as tw r o leaves make their appearance, the 
plants are gradually hardened to the cold frame; and the first 
flownr stems secured to a small stake, which keeps the plants 
steady. By the first week in June they are in full bloom ; 
and are turned out of the pots into a bed of the above-named 
compost, producing an immediate effect; and are seen to the 
best advantage during bright sunshine. The situation for the 
bed should be sheltered from the wind, and fully exposed to 
the morning sun. The late hot summer has been verv favour¬ 
able for its growth; and the bulbs have increased fourfold, 
many of them being as large as Van Thol Tulips. Of these 
large ones I intend putting only one in a pot; as I have 
never found the foliage to overbalance the flowers, except 
when they had been planted too closely together.— William 
Adderley, Yales' Court , Mereworth , Kent. 
ONCIDIUM; TENUE. 
Received through Mr. ITartweg, in February, 1841, from 
Guatemala. 
This is a small Oncid, remarkable for its exceedingly thin 
pseudo-bulbs, winch, although two or three inches long, are 
not more than one-eightli of an inch thick in the middle, from 
which they gradually fine away into an edge, which is almost 
acute. The leaves are thin, oblong-lanceolate, and much 
shorter than the slender narrow racemose panicle; the branches 
of which are nearly of the same length, each bearing three or 
four flowers. The latter are not unlike those of Oncidium 
Suttoni in size and colour ; that is to say, yellow, mottled 
with brown. 
This species is distinguished from Oncidium suave, by its 
broader leaves, and acutely triangular column-wings and from 
O. citrinum by its roundish oblong pseudo-bulbs, large 
column-wings, broad leaves, peculiar habit, &c. 
It is not of much beauty, but adds something to the variety 
previously known among the species of its own division. 
Fig. I represents a transverse section of the pseudo-bulb ; 
shows the column and lip magnified. The representation 
of the plant itself is much reduced below the natural size.— 
{Horticultural Society's Journal .) 
Oncidium tenue. 
REPLANTING ESTABLISHED 
VINES. 
You have had some correspondents asking 
for advice as to the best plan for replanting 
established Vines. The following plan I have 
found to answer:—Suppose the Vines to be 
replanted had generally started for forcing the 
first week in March, I should take them up the 
first or second week in February; lay them in 
by the roots, in some sheltered place; then 
remake the border the first week in March ; 
make a hotbed one foot six inches thick; and 
after the heat had gone down to about 88° or 90°, 
cover the bed about three inches thick with 
decayed leaves. I should then take the Vines, 
and lay the roots rather closely together on the 
bed; cover them tw r o or three inches w r itli de¬ 
cayed leaves, and finish with a covering of dry 
leaves or straw. The tops must be secured to 
stakes, or some other contrivance; which must 
be inthe’open air, for they must not be excited. 
In three or four weeks the old roots will have 
produced a mass of fine young fibres. Plant 
them carefully in the new-made border; place 
some fine soil over the roots and under the 
roots ; give a good watering with water at a 
temperature of about 100°, and alter that, a 
good covering with dry leaves or straw; place 
the tops of the Vines inside the house, and they 
will scarcely know they have been shifted. 
When I plant young Vines, I place them 
