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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
August 14, 1886. 
and other such like subjects, it will be advisable to 
prepare a mild hot-bed into which the pot cuttings may 
be plunged ; if the frame be kept closed and well shaded, 
they root quickly, and then they can be thoroughly 
hardened, and as a matter of course be successfully 
wintered. 
THE FRUIT HOUSES. 
Care must now be taken with the late batch of 
Melons that they do not receive any check at the roots, 
or it will soon show itself in a distorted and probably 
dirty growth. The bottom-heat must be kept renewed 
at intervals, and where this is done heating of the pipes 
may be altogether dispensed with, and this will allow 
of the necessary cleaning and repairing of the heating 
apparatus. Ventilate rather freely during the day, 
and close in good time in the afternoon, so as to husband 
all the sun-heat possible. Look over the fruiting 
batch about mid-day, carefully setting the fruit until 
three or four are swelling away together on each plant, 
when it may be discontinued. Train the Vine evenly 
over the trellis, but during this period do not stop too 
closely ; in fact, it will be far better if some of the 
shoots are always left growing, that there may be no 
stagnation. \\ hen the fruits attain sufficient size, 
place the square of wire netting under each fruit, as 
previously advised, and should fly make its appearance 
fumigate without delay. Where French Beans are 
needed in the autumn for venison, a good portion of 
the heated pits must be devoted to them. In ease they 
are occupied with Cucumbers or such like, crop heavily 
as they must shortly be removed to make way for the 
Beans, which are of more value. 
THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 
The dry weather has favoured us in this department 
in the destruction of weeds, so that now all is in fairly 
good order, and more time can be devoted to the 
watering of such crops as Runner and French Beans, 
Peas, &c., which stand sadly in need of a good soaking 
rain. We have pricked-out a good batch of Ellam’s 
Cabbage, shading with Laurel boughs and watering 
through the rose morning and evening. By this means 
they will quickly take hold of the soil, when shading 
will be removed. We are to-day pricking-out a good 
bed of brown Cos Lettuce, so that should we have a 
repetition of last autumn’s early frosts, we shall hope to 
be better provided with good saladmg. We have also 
had the Dutch hoe run through the Onion-beds to 
destroy any weeds there might be, after which the crop 
was laid ; they are perfectly healthy and promise a 
heavy crop. The Celery badly needs rain, which we 
are waiting for before giving a good earthing, as we are 
short of water ; however, it will not admit of much 
longer delay. Endive, too, we notice is almost ready 
for pricking-out, and must receive attention in good 
time, as this is rather an important crop, and good 
blanched heads cannot be had unless the plants are of 
good size before winter ; too often they are expected to 
grow when all else is dormant. Lose no time in pre¬ 
paring the square for the planting of the spring 
Cabbage, giving a good dressing of manure ; it will 
then have time to settle ready to receive the plants.— 
Walter Child, Croome Court. 
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ORCHID ROTES AND GLEANINGS, 
Cattleya Trianse Massangeana. — This 
variety requires the same treatment as the parent 
species, a subject on which we have often remarked in 
our previous volumes. W T e may, however, here state 
that we have never seen Cattleyas grown as they are in 
the establishment of M. Massange, who has a span- 
roofed house filled with various forms of C. Trianse, C. 
Mossise, C. Mendelii, C. Warneri, and others, which 
have such vigorous roots that one could safely hold up 
the plants by their leaves, many of them having re¬ 
tained their roots fresh and sturdy for four or five years. 
The retention of these roots must prove to be a great 
support to the plants, and no doubt secures a large 
amount of vigour in their growth. When we saw them 
their flower-sheaths were broad and of great length, the 
flower-spikes were beginning to show their robust buds 
in the sheath, and since then they have produced some 
hundreds of flowers. Many of the plants of C. Trianre 
were in full bloom, and were most wonderful examples 
of good cultivation. All the Cattleyas at the Chateau 
de Baillonville seem to be treated in the same way. 
They are grown on stages, not far from the glass, it 
being a low house in which they are kept. They are 
allowed a good season of growth during the summer, 
with a moderate supply of water, but are never kept 
very wet at any time. When their growth is completed 
very little moisture may be given, and that only when 
they are supposed really to require it, and this must be 
applied with great care. These plants are well drained, 
and good fibrous material is given them, which con¬ 
sists of the roots of the common Polypodium vulgare, 
collected from the rocks and hills where it has been 
growing for ages, the fine material being taken away 
and only the fibrous part used. We have never seen a 
more useful material, the good results it produces, not 
only with Cattleyas, but with Odontoglossums, On- 
cidiums, Masdevallias, &c., being the best proof of its 
suitability. We never give advice without good reason 
for doing so ; but ive cannot refrain from remarking 
that anyone desirous of seeing these wonderful plants 
should go and inspect for themselves. We can assure 
them of a hearty welcome, as M. Massange is always 
pleased to see any persons who are interested in Orchid 
culture .—Orchid Album. 
Herschelia coelestis.— This rare South African 
terrestrial Orchid, which is commonly known as the Blue 
Disa, and which has beaten so many to flower, has 
again bloomed' in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Glas- 
nevin, Dublin. Its flower stems are as thick as an oat 
straw, and bear seven or eight flowers, each about 1 in. 
across, of a beautiful blue, the spur-bearing portion 
being enlarged and curiously hooded, the fringed 
labellum is reddish blue, the whole having a charming 
and elegant appearance. Mr. F. W. Moore, the 
curator, grows it in a similar manner to his fine Disa 
grandiflora. He pots the blue one in good peat and 
sand, and keeps it in a cool house close to the glass, 
where it is watered freely while growing, the supply of 
water being lessened as it dies down ; the tubers are 
re-potted in October. Mr. Moore says he only flowers 
it occasionally, and not regularly as with D. grandi¬ 
flora. Many would be glad if they could say as much. 
The curious brown and yellow Grobya Amherstia is 
also in bloom at Glasvenin. — J. 
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HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 
Royal Horticultural.— August 10th.— A very 
bright and varied show of plants and flowers was got 
together at South Kensington on Tuesday, the marked 
features being the revival of the Hollyhocks, which 
seem to have emerged from the cloud under which 
they have been of late years, and the great excellence 
of the hardy plants in flower, which contributed largely 
to the success of the show. The prizes offered for six 
distinct Fuchsias were awarded as follows :—First, to 
A. S. Price, Esq., Parkside House, Ewell, Surrey, for 
some neat bushes ; second, to H. W. Segelcke, Esq., 
Elfindale Lodge, Heme Hill, who staged standards ; 
and third, to Mr. Edgar Cook, 26, Queensberry Mews, 
Kensington, who had a very fine flat-trained plant in 
his lot. For twelve quilled Asters, Mr. W. Archer, 
gardener to Mrs. Gibson, Saffron Walden, was a long 
way first with some grand and perfect blooms ; second, 
Major Scott, Wray Park, Reigate ; and third, A. S. 
Price, Esq., Ewell. For twelve Asters, Chrysanthe¬ 
mum-flowered, Mr. A. S. Price was well first, Major 
Scott second, and J. Rain, Esq., Balham, third. 
Begonias were well represented ; those from Sir E. 
Saunders, Fairlawn, Wimbledon Common (gardener, 
Mr. Newell), which took the first prize, were very 
grand in quality and culture ; and the second prize 
lot, from W. N. Cheesman, Esq., the Hall, Dulwich ; 
and the third from Mr. Henry Little, of Twickenham, 
were very good. Gloxinias were hardly up to their 
best: W. H. Segelcke, Esq., took first prize, Mr. J. 
Waite, second, and W. N. Cheesman, Esq., third. 
Among miscellaneous exhibits the large group of 
Orchids and Maidenhair Ferns from R. J. Measures, 
Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell, were a feature in 
the show, and did credit to his grower, Mr. H. Simp¬ 
kins. The leading plants were a new Trichopilia, 
Dendrochilum filiforme, with forty spikes ; Aerides 
odoratum, with twenty-three, grown in a cool-house ; 
several fine Odontoglossums, good specimens of Oncidium 
Jonesianum, one with twenty flowers j Maxillaria 
venusta, very well flowered ; and many other showy 
things. Mr. Ware, of Tottenham, had his usual fine 
display, prominent being the many species of Lilies, 
Phlox, Pentstemon, Antirrhinum, white Clove Car¬ 
nation Gloire de Nancy, white, yellow and scarlet 
Papaver nudicaule, and a grand bunch of the elegant 
Sparaxis pulelierrima. Messrs. John Laing & Co. dis¬ 
played a magnificent collection of Begonias—single 
and double—of grand quality, occupying nearly 50 ft. 
frontage ; Messrs. Kelway & Son an equally large show 
of Gladiolus ; Messrs. Paul & Son, The Old Nurseries, 
Cheshunt, a very fine display of hardy plants and 
Roses, prominent being large bunches of the white 
(Enothera speciosa, the yellow Polemonium flavum, 
Phloxes, Pentstemons, &c. ; Messrs. H. Cannell & 
Sons exhibited a grand lot of cut Verbenas and 
tuberous Begonias ; Messrs. Jas. Carter & Co., of High 
Holborn, a stand of their superb Emperor Petunias 
(illustrated and noted by us at p. 265) and their 
equally good and varied Challenger Balsams; Mr. 
William Bull showed in grand form the lovely pink 
Ceinkowskia Kirkei and the matchless scarlet-crimson 
Impatiens Hawkerii ; and The New Plant & Bulb Co., 
Colchester, a grand lot of Lilies and hardy bulbs. 
A Silver Medal was awarded to R. J. Measures, Esq., 
for Orchids, a Silver Medal to Mr. T. S. Ware for 
Pentstemons and Hollyhocks ; a Silver-gilt Medal to 
Messrs. W. Paul & Son, of Waltham Cross, for a grand 
show of cut Roses ; a Silver-gilt Medal to Messrs. Paul 
& Son, the Old Nurseries, Cheshunt, for a fine display 
of Roses and hardy flowers ; a Silver-gilt Medal to 
Messrs. Kelway, Langport, for Gladioli ; a Bronze 
Medal to the New Plant & Bulb Co., for Lilies, &c. ; 
and a Bronze Medal to Messrs. Webb & Brand, of 
Saffron Walden, for some very fine Hollyhocks. 
First Class Certificates were awarded to Mr. William 
Bull, for Miltonia spectabile bicolor ; to Mr. George 
Miles, Victoria Nursery, Brighton, for a fine sulphur 
Chrysanthemum, Mrs. Burrell; to Mr. Blundell, West 
Dulwich, for Hollyhocks, Crimson Queen, crimson, 
Princess of Wales, pink-cerise, Primrose Gem, and Mrs. 
Shirley Hibberd, a fine red ; to Mr. James Douglas, 
for Carnations, Annie Douglas, a fine yellow, flaked 
with pink, and Almira, yellow, with a few rose 
lines; to Mr. J. W. Phillips, Coventry, for a tall 
and fine Adiantum, named A. cuneatum Phillipsii; to 
Mr. Owen, of Maidenhead, for a grand Begonia with 
two sets of petals, named Imperial, a grand fiery crim¬ 
son ; to Messrs. Vilmorin, Paris, for Dianthus chinensis, 
double brown, a very dull thing; Zinnia, dwarf striped, 
very fine, and Zinnia pompon ; to Mr. Charles Turner, 
Slough, for a fine Picotee, named Duchess ; to Mr. Ware, 
for Single Dahlia, Squire Gammie, rose, with dark 
centre; to Messrs. Kelway & Son, for Gladiolus, 
Clarence, red, flaked purple and violet eye ; Lord 
Salisbury, cerise, slightly flaked, with crimson eye ; 
Sir M. Hicks Beach, pinkish sulphur, flaked scarlet, 
yellow centrS ; and Sir P. C. Owen, yellow, tinted sal¬ 
mon ; to Mr. Chater, of Cambridge, for a very fine yellow- 
buff Hollyhock named Revival; and to the Royal Hor¬ 
ticultural Society, Chiswick, for Fuchsia triphylla, a 
pretty and well-known species with large sprays of 
orange-scarlet flowers. 
Mr. Thomas Moore also sent from the Chelsea Botanic 
Gardens, sprays of Sambucus Californica, a fine plant 
with rather soft thick leaves and stems, and fine heads 
of cream coloured and very fragrant flowers. 
Messrs. Edward Webb & Sons, Wordsley, offered 
prizes for the best collections of vegetables, and three 
competitors entered the lists. That very successful 
young exhibitor, Mr. C. J. Waite, gardener to Colonel 
Talbot, Glenhurst, Esher, was a good first with some 
two dozen varieties ; Mr. Beckett, Cole Hatch Farm, 
second ; and Mr. J. Buss, third. 
Matlock Bath Floral and Horticultural. 
—Aug. 7th .—This society was established some sixteen 
years ago, and for a time carried on an exhibition on 
quite a small scale, filling one small teut mainly with 
cottager’s produce. Then a few classes for amateurs 
were added, and for a time the society carried on a kind 
of precarious existence. Some eight years or so ago 
Mr. A. Clark, the postmaster of Matlock Bath became 
the lion, secretary of the society, and a little more 
vigour being thrown into the management, the shows 
began to increase in importance, and became more 
popular. A few years since Mr. Edward Speed, for 
some time manager of the Barborne Nurseries at Wor¬ 
cester came to reside at Matlock Bath, and he was able 
to render great assistance to the committee. The 
