638 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
June 2, 1888. 
Dendrobium secundum. 
There is a -well-coloured variety of this Malayan species 
in Mr. Wm. Gordon’s nursery, at Arnyand Park Eoad, 
Twickenham. It is, of course, a deciduous species, 
with tall stout stems, bearing dense lateral racemes of 
blooms arranged along one side of the flower-stem, 
giving rise to the specific name. We have seen several 
importations of this plant which, when they came into 
bloom, exhibited only pale washy rose flowers ; but 
those under notice have lively rosy purple sepals and 
petals, with a yellow labellum. We generally see this 
species grown in pots ; but the specimens in question 
were on rafts, where it is difficult to see from whence 
such tall stems can get their sustenance. 
Oncidium concolor. 
Rarely amongst Orchids do we get flowers so nearly 
of uniform colour ; and among Oncidiums we should 
the less expect to find it, seeing that they are so prone 
to variation. Sepals, petals and lip alike are of a 
charming bright yellow, with the exception of a few 
orange lines on the crest. The flowers are numerous 
for the size of the plant, while the individual blooms 
are also of unusual size, and the whole plant being 
small and compact, occupies little space. Whether 
grown in small pans or baskets, it delights in a well- 
lighted place near the glass. 
A Sportive Miltonia. 
We noticed a plant of M. (Odontoglossum) vexillaria 
in Mr. Gordon’s nursery at Twickenham, with four 
instead of six segments to its flowers. The lateral 
sepals had become connate, forming only one piece, 
while the lip was entirely absent, unless we consider 
that it had become completely amalgamated with the 
lateral sepals, which bore two red lines near their base 
corresponding to those on the crest of the lip when 
normal. The rest of the flower was of a bright rose 
colour. 
Dendrobium formosum giganteum. 
From the Liverpool Horticultural Co. comes a flower 
of this fine Orchid, out of their last importation, the 
dimensions of which are worth recording. Width 
across the flower, over 6 ins.; breadth of petal, 21 ins.; 
length of labellum, 4 ins.; width, 2 ins. Pure white, 
with orange middle to the lip, and of fine substance. 
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THE WEATHER. 
SITUATIONS WANTED. 
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean reading 
of the barometer during the week ending Slay 26th 
was 30'll in. ; the lowest reading was 29'64 in. at 
the beginning of the week, and the highest was 30'26 
in. on Monday evening. The mean temperature of the 
air was 54'0°, and 1'3° below the average in the corre¬ 
sponding weeks of the twenty years ending 1868. The 
mean showed an excess on Sunday, Monday, and 
Wednesday, but was below the average on each of the 
other days of the week. The general direction of the 
wind was north-easterly, and the horizontal movement 
of the air averaged 12'3 miles per hour, which was 2'0 
miles above the average in the corresponding weeks of 
sixteen years. No rain was measured during the week. 
The duration of registered bright sunshine in the week 
was 62’3 hours, against 57'1 hours at Glynde Place, 
Lewes. 
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Messrs. Hurst k Son, 152, Houndsditch, and 39, 
Seed Market, Mark Lane, London, report no activity 
in seed. Prices of Clover remain unaltered. Mustard 
and Rape are firm ; and Bird Seeds realise rates current 
last week. 
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May 31 st. 
MARKET. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s.d. s.d. 
Apples, i sieve. 2 0 5 0 
Grapes .per lb. 3 0 5 0 
Kent Cobs_100 lbs. 40 0 45 0 
Melons. 20 36 
s.d. 
Pine-apples, St. 
Michaels, each_ 2 0 
Pine-apples, Eng., lh. 1 0 
Strawberries .. per lb. 1 6 
Vegetables.—Average Retail Prices. 
s.d. 
5 0 
2 0 
5 0 
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Beet, per dozen. 2 0 3 0 
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Carrots.per bun. 0 6 
Cauliflowers, English, 
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Celery, per bundle ..20 
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Endive, French, doz. 2 6 3 6 
Herbs, per hunch.... 0 2 0 4 
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Horse Radish, bundle 3 0 5 0 
Lettuces .. per dozen 2 0 3 0 
Mushrooms, p. basket 0 9 13 
Onions, per bushel ..7 0 9 0 
Parsley, per bunch ..06 
Radishes, per dozen.. 1 6 
Sea Kale, .per punnet 16 2 0 
Small salading,punnet 0 4 
Spinach, per strike ..20 
Tomatos, per lb. 2 0 2 6 
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The Carnation and picotee: 
HOW TO GROW, AND WHAT TO GROW. 
Plants in Pots.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s.d. s.d. 
Aralia Sieboldi, doz.. 6 0 18 0 
Azalea .perdoz.12 0 18 0 
Bedding Plants, in 
variety ..per dozen 10 2 0 
Bedding Plants, in 
variety .... per box 2 0 6 0 
Calceolaria ..per doz. 6 0 12 0 
Cineraria ..per dozen 6 0 12 0 
Coleus .per doz. 3 0 6 0 
Cyclamen_perdoz.12 0 24 0 
Cyperus ..per dozen 4 0 12 0 
Dracaena term., doz. .30 0 60 0 
— viridis, per dozen 12 0 24 0 
Erica ventricosa doz. 18 0 30 0 
— various .doz. 9 0 IS 0 
Evergreens, in var., 
per dozen . 6 0 24 0 
s.d. s.d. 
Ferns, in var., do .. 4 0 18 0 
Foliage Plants, vari¬ 
ous, each. 2 0 10 6 
Ficus elastica each ..16 76 
Genistas.per doz 4 0 6 0 
Heliotrope ..perdoz. 6 0 9 0 
Lily of Valley,perdoz.12 0 IS 0 
Marguerites per doz. 9 0 12 0 
Mignonette ..per doz. 6 0 IS 0 
Musk.per doz. 16 3 0 
Palms in variety, each 2 6 21 0 
Pelargoniums,scarlet, 
per dozen . 40 90 
Pelargoniums, dozen 9 0 15 0 
Roses .perdoz.12 0 24 0 
Spiraeas.per doz. 6 0 12 0 
BY 
MR. E. S. DODWBLL, 
THE COTTAGE, STANLEY ROAD, OXFORD. 
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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS. 
Origin of Garden Mimulus.— S. R. Leith: The true parent 
of the numerous fine garden strains of Mimulus has been 
obtained from M. luteus, a South American plant that has truly 
become naturalised in this country. True, as you say, the 
flowers are yellow and very faintly spotted ; but more distinctly 
blotched varieties were introduced later on, and in those days 
considered distinct species. M. 1. variegatus has a large crimson 
blotch on each segment of the corolla, with numerous smaller 
blotches, and M. 1. guttatus is a Californian variety, spotted 
with purple-brown on a yellow ground. Hybrids were obtained 
between these forms, and there can be no doubt that the blood, 
so to speak, of all these forms now mingle in the large-flowered, 
beautifully blotched and spotted garden forms, as well as the 
hose-in-hose strain which is occasionally met with. 
Dendrobium Devonianum.— A. R. L. : A very good variety, 
but not larger than usually results from good cultivation. 
L^lia purpurata.— IF. Furze: All very fine varieties, and 
especially beautiful is that with white tip and margin to the 
labellum. They reflect great credit upon their importer, Mr. 
W. Gordon, of Twickenham. 
Seedling Rhododendrons.— Liverpool Horticultural Co.: Your 
pure white and fragrant hybrid Rhododendron is a grand thing 
in the way of Veitchianum, but apparently longer in the tube. 
It is as good or better than Veitchianum, and that is saying 
much. The flowers are very thick and wax-like in substance. 
Names of Plants. — B. J. G. Bead: Asperugo procumbens. 
Cattleya sent without a letter: A Cattleya Mossiae of great size, 
hut without colour. Constant Subscriber: 1 and 2, seedling 
varieties of Anthurium Scherzerianum, and not particularly good 
ones ; 3, a seedling Amaryllis of the A. Leopoldi type ; and 4, a 
seedling from A. aulica, very near to Johnsoni psittacina, if net 
that variety; 5, next week, we have not yet been abletoidentiy 
it. C. Robinson : Your plant is Sedum Sieboldii medio-variegalu*i; 
Communications Received. — D. P. L.—D. T. F.- Caledonian. 
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Out Flowers.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s.d. 
s.d. 
s.d. 
s.d. 
Anemone, doz. hunch. 
1 6 
4 
0 
Narcissus, various, 
— fulgens, doz. buns. 
2 0 
4 
0 
12 bun. 
2 
0 
4 0 
Arum Lilies, 12 blms. 
2 0 
4 
0 
— (double) ..12 bun. 
4 
0 
6 0 
Azalea .... 12 sprays 
0 6 
1 
0 
Pelargoniums,12 spys. 
0 
6 
1 0 
Bouvardias, per bun. 
0 6 
1 
0 
— scarlet, 12 sprays.. 
0 
4 
0 6 
Camellias.... per doz. 
1 0 
3 
0 
Polyanthus, doz. bun. 
1 
6 
3 0 
Carnations, 12 blooms 
1 0 
2 
0 
Primula, double, bun. 
0 
9 
1 0 
Cowslips ..doz. bun. 
0 6 
2 
0 
Roses (coloured) .... 
2 
0 
4 0 
Cyclamen.. 12 blooms 
0 4 
0 
6 
— Tea _per dozen 
0 
6 
1 6 
Deutzia.12 bun. 
4 0 
9 
0 
— Red.per doz. 
2 
0 
4 0 
Eucharis. per dozen.. 
3 0 
6 
0 
— Saffrano ..per doz. 
1 
0 
2 0 
Forget-me-not,12 bun. 
2 0 
4 
0 
Snowdrops ...12 bun. 
Gardenias, 12 blooms. 
1 6 
4 
0 
Spiraea .12 bun. 
4 
0 
6 0 
Heliotropes, 12 sprays 
0 6 
1 
0 
Stephanotis,12 sprays 
2 
0 
4 0 
Lilium longiflorum, 
Tropaeolums . 
1 
0 
1 6 
12 blooms 
3 0 
5 
0 
Tuberoses, per dozen. 
0 
9 
1 0 
Lily of the Valley, 
Tulips .12 bun. 
2 
0 
4 0 
12 sprays 
0 6 
1 
0 
Violets, French Parme 
Lily of the Valley, 
1 bun. 
2 
6 
4 0 
12 bun. 
4 0 
6 
0 
Wallflower, doz. bun. 
2 
0 
4 0 
Marguerites, 12 bun... 
3 0 
6 
0 
White Jasmine, 
Mignonette, 12 bun... 
3 0 
6 
0 
per bun. 
0 
9 
1 6 
White Lilac per bun. 
4 
6 
6 0 
CONTENTS. 
page 
Amicia zygomeris . 636 
Amateurs’ Garden, the_634 
Begonias, tuberous-rooted. 635 
Bletia, a hardy . 637 
Brompton Stocks . 633 
Centaury, the Mountain .. 636 
Combretum purpureum .. 635 
Coolcronan, notes from .. 630 
Cypripedium, Mrs. Canham 632 
Dendrobium secundum .. 63S 
Doronicum Clusii . 631 
Fuchsia, Venus victrix_632 
Gardeners’ Benevolent Inst. 62S 
Gardeners’ Calendar . 636 
Gardeners’ Orphan Fund .. 628 
Irish Gardening notes .... 630 
Ivy, effects of, on walls .. 629 
Ivy-leaved Pelargoniums at 
Chiswick . 628 
PAGE 
Ivy, the Golden-fruited . 636 
Market Flowers . 627 
Orange Culture in New 
South Wales . 634 
Orchid growers’ Calendar.. 637 
Pansies, fancy . 632 
Paris Exhibition. 635 
Plants, Hardy, in flower.. 630 
Polyanthuses, Gold-laced 632 
Poppy, the Eastern . 630 
Rose prospects . 632 
Rubbish heaps . 634 
Saccolabium curvifolium.. 637 
Scottish notes. 631 
Sutherlandia frutescens .. 636 
Temple Show, the. 634 
Tree planting at Braemar 631 
Water, hard, how to soften 635 
Weevil, the Brown. 634 
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