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THE FLORIST AND POMOLCGIST. 
[September, 
it ripened its fruit quite a fortnight earlier 
than our earliest kinds growing in an unheated 
Peach-house.” The statements afford suffi¬ 
cient evidence of its being a variety which 
is not likely to disappoint those who plant 
it, either as to its precocity or quality.— 
T. Moore. 
CALANTHE YEITCHII. 
I N this plant we have one of the finest of 
decorative Orchids, and one due to the 
(V) skill of the hybridist, since it was the 
' result of the intercrossing of Calanthe 
vestita (male) and Limatodes rosea (female). 
It is of deciduous habit, losing its foliage just 
as it comes into ■flower. The plants are free 
blooming and continue in flower for two 
months ; they produce flower spikes from 
three to four feet or more in length, and some¬ 
times hear as many as fifty flowers on one spike. 
The sepals and petals, as well as the lip, are 
of a rich rosy pink colour. By having a 
sufficient number of plants, and starting them 
successively into blossom, a gay appearance 
may be kept up throughout the dull months 
of winter. 
This Calanthe is very accommodating, since 
it will thrive well in baskets suspended from 
the roof, as well as in pots suspended in the 
same way as the- baskets ; it will also thrive 
in pots 'standing on the tables, where room is 
not an object. If grown in baskets it will 
require more water in the growing season than 
if grown in pots. We prefer them grown in 
this manner where there is room, as they look 
so pleasing with their spikes hanging grace¬ 
fully from the roof. 
The plants are of easy cultivation when 
they obtain the treatment they require. Like 
other deciduous and bulbous plants, their 
blooming season follows that of the completion 
of the growth of the bulbs, and their growing 
season commences when they have finished 
blooming, after which they will soon begin to 
throw up their young growths. When this is 
observed, let them be fresh potted. We have 
found it best to do this every year, as they 
lose all their old roots annually. We shake 
the soil away and cut off all the roots, and 
repot them, when as -soon as they begin to 
grow, they will send out their new roots into 
fresh soil. The material we use for potting 
is good rough fibrous loam and leaf mould, 
with a little rotten manure, mixing them well 
together, and giving good drainage, with a 
layer of rough peat and moss on the top of it. 
In potting, fill the pot up with the soil, and 
place the bulb on the top, just making it firm ; 
it will soon root and support itself. If planted 
in baskets it is necessary to place some rough 
fibrous peat round the sides and at the bottom 
to keep the soil from washing out; fill the 
basket up with the same kind of compost as 
that recommended for the pots, with drainage 
at the bottom ; place the bulbs upright in the 
basket, about three in number, on the top of 
the soil, and finish by giving a little water. 
After the plants get into growth and are making 
roots freely, they should be kept always moist 
until they have finished their growth, when a 
less copious supply will suffice ; and after they 
have bloomed they may be kept dry for a time 
until they are ready for potting. When the 
plants are in vigorous growth a little manure 
water may, with advantage, be applied to their 
roots once or twice a week, but it must be well 
diluted before being used, as, if given too 
strong, it might destroy the roots. 
We find the East India house to suit these 
Calanthes best, or they will thrive well in a 
house where stove plants are grown. They 
are propagated by separating the pseudobulbs 
at the time they are potted, and as they 
generally make two growths from one bulb 
the increase is comparatively rapid. Like all 
other of these plants, they must be kept free 
from insects. — B. S. Williams, Victoria 
Nursery, Upper Holloway (in Orchid Album). 
PEIZE PANSIES. 
S HE thirty-eighth annual competition of 
the Scottish Pansy Society was held at 
Edinburgh on June 23rd, and was in 
every way successful. The 1st prize 
in the nurserymen’s class of 24 show Pansies, 
dissimilar, was taken by Messrs. Wm. Paul 
& Son, Crossflat Nurseries, Paisley, who 
had very fine blooms of the following:— 
Artemis, Captain Knowles, Alex. Watt, J. P. 
Barbour, Peter Lyle (seedling), John Stewart 
(seedling), dark seifs; Dr. Campbell and 
George Piudd, yellow seifs ; Mrs. Galloway 
(seedling) and Silverlight, white seifs ; Miss 
Baird, Gertrude, Mrs. Jas. Millar (seedling), 
