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enables the sewage to be conveyed by gutters, or in a tub upon 
wheels, to wherever it is needed. The pump never chokes, nor 
is anything offensive ever carried on to the land. 
In smaller establishments, and where the wellage being not so 
capacious, the sewage must be used more promptly—filtering 
might be desirable, and for this purpose the following simple 
arrangement was suggested in The Cottage Gardener, Yol. I., ! 
page 61:— 
“ The object might be accomplished by one tank only, if fur¬ 
nished with a division. Then, suppose a tank, five feet each way, 
and deep, with a four-inch division in it, and the communication 
to be at the bottom of the division-wall, and big enough to get a 
hoe through,—or say six or eight inches from the bottom of the 
part the sewage is to drain into, and then the bottom of the 
other part to incline about six inches on the three sides towards 
the communication-hole, and the filterer constructed as Mr. j 
Johnson says, and resting on the top of the enclosed sides ; the 
filtration would then be upwards, the sediment would sink to the 
bottom of the receiving-side, and the filterer would be less liable 1 
to choke. See the sketch below, on a scale of half an inch to a 
foot. 
Cemented brickwork would be more durable, there is no doubt ; 
but two large butts would answer the purpose—the R one sunk 
to six or eight inches lower in the ground than the D one, with a 
communication-pipe at the bottom, with grating over the hole to 
prevent it from being choked.”—J. 
{To be continued.) 
PHALBENOPSIS AMABILIS CULTURE. 
The geographical condition of Manilla, the natural habitat of 
the genus Phalamopsis, is characterised by two highly contrasted 
seasons; at one period subject to the parching influence of a 
vertical sun, and then deluged with almost incessant torrents of 
rain. In the latter season the plant forms new foliage, which 
eventually becomes the reservoir in the formation of an enlarged 
base, possessing the same functions as pseudo-bulbs. 
It is the practice with many to grow this plant in a basket 
filled with the debris usually employed in potting Orchids, the 
result of which, to the discomfiture of the operator, is ultimately 
the death of this valuable but easily managed plant. Good billets 
of the Quercus saber, which have been cut and stored for up¬ 
wards of two years, should be employed, the plant being fastened 
on with a little cut sphagnum moss wetted, and having a little 
good sharp silver sand mixed with it. Even these materials will 
in time wear away, when the plant, after being established, will 
luxuriate best upon the bare billet, and when in a growing state 
should be dipped into water of the same temperature as the house 
four or five times a-day, great care being taken to ensure around 
the plant a moist atmosphere, and a temperature from 80° 
to 85°; but during the resting season, which is, in a measure, 
the flowering season, the temperature should range from 60° to 
65°. This truly fine species is extremely rare, and its flowers I 
have retarded in perfect beauty for upwards of three months, but 
it is devoid of fragrance. It is identical with Epidendrum amabile 
and Angrcecum album majus of some botanists. It is destitute of 
pseudo-bulbs, having glossy-grccn leaves four to five inches loDg, 
and about three inches broad, oblong ; flower-spike about two feet 
long ; flowers produced in panicles, and of a beautiful dazzling 
white; sepals about one inch long and half an inch broad, 
oblong, obtuse; petals nearly two inches long, about the same in 
breadth, suborbiculate, unguiculate, labellum three-lobed, the 
outer ones ovate, obtuse, incurved, base lutescent, the middle lobe 
has a pair of horns resembling the antenna) of an insect placed 
at the apex. The three lobes are splendidly marked with a 
purple, approaching mauve at the base of each.—J. Ransley 
Tanton, gardener to II. 0. Eether cote, Esq., E.II.S. 
REMOVING TULIPS, HYACINTHS, AND 
CROCUSES. 
My flower-beds are full of bulbs—viz., Tulips, Hyacinths, 
Crocuses, &c., which have not been taken up for two or three 
years. Will it hurt them to take them up this winter, as I want 
to put fresh soil in the beds, and fresh plant them ? Some of 
the bulbs have grown a good deal, I am afraid it might injure 
them to move them now.—A Constant Subscriber. 
[As Tulips, Hyacinths, and Crocuses cast their l-oots an¬ 
nually, and renew them every autumn, it will no more hurt 
them to be removed at any time till the end of February than 
our own bought “ roots,” which we move every year, long after 
they have made all their roots. But as some of your bulbs 
among the “ &c.” may be such as have perennial roots, you 
must be more careful with them. Yet there is no great fear 
or risk in so moving them, the renovation of the beds will make 
up all the difference.] 
LONDON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
It is with no ordinary pleasure that we are enabled to an¬ 
nounce that the Council of the Horticultural Society 
have succeeded in securing the services of Mr. George 
Eyles, of the Crystal Palace, as the new superintendent 
of the gardens at Kensington Gore and Chiswick. It is 
needless for us to say one word commendatory of Mr. 
Eyles, and of his fitness for the appointment, as he is 
well known to be one of the best gardeners in the country. 
As a decorative gardener he stands, perhaps, unrivalled; 
and coming as he does with a well-tested reputation, we 
cannot but congratulate the Council and the Eellows upon 
the judicious and excellent choice that has been made. 
With such a man at the head of the garden department, 
with Chiswick retained, with ample funds and unusually 
powerful patronage, there cannot but be, with good ma¬ 
nagement, a glorious future for the Society. It starts 
afresh with an eclat and advantages such as it never had, 
even in its best days ; and, if carefully conducted, it has 
a sphere of usefulness before it which, if it earnestly 
embraces and carries out, will raise it again in the con¬ 
fidence of the country, and enable it once more to take 
its place among the first of our national institutions. The 
gardening spirit of the country is still alive, and only 
wants an object round which to centre. The steps which 
the Council have just taken, and the feeling by which 
they seem to be animated, bid fair to make the Society 
that centre of attraction. 
It is with great pleasure, also, we are enabled to an¬ 
nounce that the whole amount of £50,000 for the con¬ 
struction of the new garden at Kensington Gore has been 
subscribed. This fact has been communicated to the 
Royal Commissioners of 1851, and steps have already 
been taken to prepare the lease and other preliminary 
matters, so that the works may be proceeded with forth¬ 
with. By the beginning of tbe year, therefore, we may 
hope to see the commencement of this great work. We 
have been favoured with a list of the subscribers to this 
fund, which extends to such a length as to preclude us 
from publishing it in our pages. 
