September 3, 1887. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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at the leading exhibitions in the United Kingdom. 
Should anyone visit this neighbourhood, and be so 
fortunate as to meet the Brothers Bowler, of Crag Brow 
Villa, Bowness, they will find them gentlemen greatly 
interested in the two fancies above mentioned.— 
Rusticus. 
-oHXo- 
THE OLD HALL, SOUTH- 
BOROUGH. 
A true lover of plants, and an intelligent observer 
of nature—C. B. Powell, Esq.—is continuing, in his 
larger and more convenient garden near Tunbridge 
Wells, those experiments in hybridising and culture 
for which he was so well known when at his old place 
at Bury St. Edmund’s. Indeed, the pride of his present 
garden even now is one of the treasures brought from 
Bury—viz., Crinum Powelli, which is certainly the 
best, handsomest, and most robust hardy plant for the 
open garden which recent times have produced ; and it 
is to be hoped that no one will attempt to pervert it 
into a greenhouse plant, for its proper place is in the 
open ground,' in which situation, left undisturbed, it 
increases in beauty every year. 
many others among the hardy plants ; so much so, 
that the Phloxes, which are looked to for colour in 
summer, are much below the average in quality. 
Tropoeolum speciosum, in a sheltered north corner, is a 
mass of dark scarlet or crimson flowers, its luxuriant 
growth showing what a weed it is when in a proper 
situation ; on the other side of the wall it would 
probably have died if replaced a dozen times. Also 
very noteworthy in the garden is Romneya Coulteri 
(with grand flowers like white satin), Primula luteola, 
P. rosea, P. obconica, P. intermedia, P. Caslimeriana, 
Silene pendula, Androsace lanuginosa, Zauschneria 
californica ; some fine trusses of the white, rose and 
lilac Galegas, and some fine rows of Alstrcemeria aurea 
and A. Peruviana, which have flowered most profusely 
this hot summer. 
The tuberous Begonias of Mr. Powell’s raising, in 
flower in pots outdoors, are very showy and exhibit fine 
colour and form, but those planted out in the garden 
are not good this year, and are only now coming in. 
Tomatos indoors and out are exceptionally well grown 
and cropped, Hathaway’s Excelsior and Carter’s 
Dedham Favourite being the varieties used. The 
plants are grown to single stems, and so treated they 
crop heavily. 
places ; it is grown there in slices of Trepho fastened to 
rafts, and the plants which are now in flower root into 
it freely. 
The new Odontoglossum house is filled with specimens 
of most of the good things usually to be found there, 
together with many of extra merit. Few are in bloom 
now, but the show is naturally assisted by a very 
pretty row of blue Streptocarpus raised by Mr. Powell 
between S. parviflorus and S. Rexii. Some Odonto- 
glossoms are also in bloom, as well as Epidendrum 
vitellinum majus, Masdevallia Bella, Zygopetalurn 
intermedium, Oneidium dasytyle, &c., and in this cool 
house the beautiful Vanda ecerulea is freely sending up 
spikes. Here, too, is a grand example of Oneidium 
macranthum, which is the finest variety we have seen, 
its large perfectly-shaped flowers having violet edges 
to the angles of the labellum, with pure white crest, 
and the circular bright yellow petals having a peculiar 
shade over them, while the light brown sepals are 
beautifully shaded and edged with yellow. It is 
nearest to Southgate’s variety, and equally as hand¬ 
some, but quite distinct from it. The branches are 
closely set on the spike, which is not straggling in 
the manner usual with the species, and its score or so 
of large blooms make it a lovely object. 
Crinum Powelli in its Raiser’s Garden. 
Crinum Powelli has clear blush-white or pale rose 
flowers, and the plant, which succeeds admirably every¬ 
where, attains noble proportions in favourable situations, 
such as the marsh at Glasnevin, where it grows to a 
height of over 5 ft. A glance at our illustration will 
serve to present to the mind its beauty with its raiser, 
Mr. Powell, who obtained it by crossing Crinum 
capense with the pollen of C. Moorei. There is also a 
pure white variety now in flower at Southborough, and, 
curiously enough, this was raised from seeds of the 
rose-coloured forms of C. capense fertilised with C. 
Moorei, which is also pink. In the grounds many 
other interesting hardy plants are in bloom, a row of 
Tigridia pavonia and some extra fine named Gladioli 
being very effective. Among the latter are some of 
Mr. Powell’s crosses with G. purpureus auratus, which 
are very pretty, but seem identical with the G. Lemoinei 
strain. 
The Lilies at Southborough are usually very fine, 
and even this year some of the L. auratum and the 
earlier-flowering kinds have been good ; but the L. 
superbum section, which made fine growths and many 
buds, have now the half-grown ones perishing on the 
stems from the drought, which has also greatly affected 
The fruit garden, which contains all the best Plums, 
Apples, Pears, &c., obtainable from Messrs. Cheal and 
Bunyard, contains young trees j ust coming into bearing. 
In place of attaching names to the trees, a plan is made 
of the plantation, showing the rows and the relative 
position of each sort in the rows by its name on the 
plan. This kind of record is good for all time, but 
labels attached to the trees are open to many objections, 
and generally prove useless in time. Among the Apples 
Ecklinville Seedling is one of the best; Pear, Fertility, 
a heavy and sure cropper ; and Farleigh Prolific 
Damson seems bent on breaking itself down with the 
weight of its fruits. 
The glass department is devoted principally to 
Orchids, most of which are well grown, and many 
exhibit high culture ; for instance, four large baskets 
full of Dendrobium Brymerianum now in flower are 
grand examples. The Cattleyas, too, are excellent, 
and this season Mr. Powell has begun to use the vinery 
for some of them while in flower, and afterwards for a 
time to harden up the growths ; those so treated this 
year are evidently benefited by it, and the practice is 
to be extended. Oneidium Jonesianum, too, grows 
better at Southborough than we have seen it in other 
THE EUCHARIS DISEASE. 
A few years ago having some fine healthy specimens 
of E. amazonica, which had become rather cumbersome, 
I determined upon dividing them into several smaller 
pots with a view to their being more easily shifted, 
as well as more useful in that form. At any previous 
time this operation gave every satisfaction, and no 
difficulty was ever experienced in their assuming the 
natural condition in due course. Hot so this time ; 
the large deep green shining foliage each day gradually 
pined away, and eventually presented an unnatural 
dirty yellow-green, which, undoubtedly, indicated that 
mischief was at work somewhere. 
Every means in the range of possibility and reason 
were tried to counteract the fate that was but too sure 
to end in complete dissolution ; but all of no avail. 
Indeed, the more doctoring they received the greater 
seemed the ravages of disease ; of course, this was 
quite reasonable to suppose, for it would, no doubt, to 
some extent hinder any natural efforts to push away—- 
but what else could be done ? In the process of time 
the cause was discovered, the bulbs being eaten away 
in some cases to a mere shell; and what seemed strange 
to me was that apparently the process of the healing 
