March 21, 1891. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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established tubers, judging from the large quantities we 
have seen, whether the tubers be grown iu pots or 
planted out. 
Clivia, Lord Wolverton. 
The flowers of Lord Wolverton appear larger than those 
of Lady Wolverton, owing to the way in which the 
segments are directed upwards and outwards, but not 
revolute as in the last named sort. The tube is also 
longer; the inner segments are obovate and the broadest; 
all are of an orange-scarlet in the upper half, and 
therefore, several shades darker than those of Lady 
Wolverton. A plant was shown at the Royal Aquarium, 
on the 11th inst., by Mr. P. R. Davidson, Iwerno 
Minster, near Blandford, and received a First Class 
Certificate. 
Clivia, Lady Wolverton. 
Tiie leading features of this variety are the size and 
substance of the flowers, and the strongly revolute habit 
of the segments of the perianth. All the segments are 
very broad and overlapping, but the inner ones are 
broadest ; they are orange in the upper half, with a 
pale yellow and white throat. The variety is evidently 
a very vigorous one, judging from the truss exhibited 
at the Royal Aquarium spring show, by Messrs. J. 
Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, on the 11th inst., and 
which carried about thirty fully expanded blooms. A 
First Class Certificate was awarded. 
New Varieties of Cyclamen Persicum. 
Miss Beatrice Edmonds. —The flowers of this variety 
are of medium size, but produced in great abundance. 
They are beautifully and closely striped with soft rose 
on a white ground, and each segment has a darker 
blotch at its base surrounding the mouth. If 
this peculiar striation can be perpetuated from 
seed, the variety may be the progenitor of a new 
race of novel striped and variegated varieties. The 
leaves are of moderate size, and slightly blotched with 
grey. Princess Ida. —In this case the flowers are of 
large size, with broad obovate and unequal-sided 
segments of a beautiful soft rosy pink, with a rosy 
purple blotch at the base of each. Both varieties were 
awarded a First Class Certificate when exhibited at the 
Royal Aquarium, Westminster, on the 11th inst., by 
Mr. C. Edmunds, Hillingdon. Vesuvius .— 1 The 
flowers of this variety are of good average size, and of 
' an intense, dark crimson, as the name is no doubt 
intended to convey. The segments are broadly obovate, 
and the flowers are carried well above the foliage in 
profusion. The leaves are cordate or reniform and 
slightly splashed with grey. The variety was shown 
at the same time and place as the above, by Mr. John 
May, Jordan Nursery, Twickenham, and was awarded 
a First Class Certificate. 
Campbell’s Fumigating Rolls. 
In reply to “G. G’s ” question (p. 449) respecting 
Campbell’s Fumigating Rolls, I beg to say that I have 
used them since they were first sent out. “ G. G.” 
can use them safely for all the plants he names, and if 
used as directed they are the best by far of any fumi¬ 
gating material I have tried. They kill thrip. I 
always select a quiet night for using them. I had two 
of McDougall’s Tobacco Sheets sent me for trial, but 
consider Campbell’s Rolls far before those in killing 
power. — T. B. , Ileaton Mersey. 
Winter Moth and Greased Bands. 
As we are about to take the greased bands off our 
fruit trees, the time has come for a note on their 
results. At Oak wood, where the winter moth has in 
past years been a real plague, we have this season 
caught a large number, but in the garden here, and in 
our cottage garden near, a very few. On the 13th 
October last, all the fruit trees at Oakwood had their 
bands on ; on the 30th of that month the first moth 
was found, on the 13th of November a few moths were 
observed ; in the week commencing 21st November 
they came in hundreds, the frost then checked them, 
and but a few have appeared since. The bands we used 
were made of the Willesden Paper Co. ’s Canvas D. D., 
extra brown. Some grease gets through these to the 
tree, and as some object to this, it may b9 well to state 
that with a slip of Willesden waterproof brown paper, 
two ply, placed once round the tree before putting on 
the bands, the bark was clean on the tree on which 
this was tried. I was told by an old Australian that, 
in Tasmania, orchards are visited by an inspector, and 
the owner fined if trees are found unbanded.— George 
F. Wilson, Heatherbank, Weybridge, March 13th. 
Bullfinches and Their Ways. 
I HAVE hitherto stood out during the bird and bud 
controversy, but “M.’s” contribution at p. 430 re¬ 
specting Finches, and especially his remarks concerning 
our mutual friend or enemy the Bullfinch, has stirred 
up the spirit within me, because his utterances are 
somewhat at variance with my every-day experience 
during the late autumn and winter months for some 
fifteen years. “ M. ” says they may knock a few buds 
off ; but does he think they do this by way of amuse¬ 
ment ? I trow not. Why only a fortnight since the 
wife of one of our garden labourers, seeing one of 
these gentry busy in one of her Gooseberry bushes, 
endeavoured to scare it away by clapping her hands, 
but the rascal would not budge an inch, so striking at 
it with a stick she fetched it down, without, I suppose, 
hurting it very much, for it almost immediately 
resumed its work of destruction, and continued until 
a second blow brought it down, never to rise again. It 
was crammed to its mouth with Gooseberry buds, so 
full in fact that the marvel is it did not die of 
suffocation, as a result of its greediness. Our Goose¬ 
berry bushes were for years pruned by them in such an 
haphazard fashion, despite of lime and soot washes and 
dressings of paraffin and carbolic acid, that the fruit on 
them was often like angels’ visits, few and far between, 
and this continued until we adopted the plan of drawing 
the bushes close together with twine. We have never 
had our Cherries interfered with by them, but Plums, 
Peaches and Pears have often been the object of their 
polite attentions. Now a few words as to their living 
in pairs. During the pairing and nesting period they 
may possibly portion out among themselves to some 
extent their respective feeding grounds, but this cannot 
be a correct view of the situation during the late 
autumn and .winter months, because at that time we 
see them passing over here morning and evening in 
flocks at very frequent intervals for about an hour. 
They make their home in the woods at night, and go 
forth to the enclosed gardens for their food in the day¬ 
time till the buds, which they evidently prefer to 
anything else, get too advanced to suit their palates.— 
W. B. Glasscock, Shirley House, Croydon. 
Peaches and Nectarines—A Good Set. 
I send you a Nectarine shoot taken out of the early 
house here, in which we have a very successful “ set.” 
The varieties are Grosse Mignonne, Bellegarde, Dr. 
Hogg and Princess of Wales Peaches; and Rivers’ 
Early Orange and Oldenberg Nectarines, which I 
selected to give a supply over about six weeks, and 
planted in October, 1889. The trees are now about 6 ft. 
in diameter, clean and healthy, and all set equally well 
except Rivers’ Early Orange, which did not bloom so 
freely as the others. During the setting period the 
weather was very dull and unfavourable, but by avoiding 
a night temperature of over 60°, with a rise of 15° by 
day, the vigour of the trees carried them through, and 
I am well pleased with the results. I do not practice 
very early closing on bright days as some recommend, 
but give air earlier than I do in the case of Vines, and 
allow a little to remain on after syringing so long as 
the sun has any power on the house. A good set is 
half the battle, as I have little trouble as regards stoning; 
nor have I ever cause to fumigate the trees, a good 
syringing twice a day until the fruit begins to ripen 
keeping them perfectly clean up to that time. When 
the syringing ceases, the red-spider of course soon 
makes its appearance, but when the crop is gathered, a 
few good washings with a strong solution of soft soap and 
water, and a good soaking at the roots soon put matters 
right. —J. Carter, The Gardens, Wombourn Wode- 
house, Wolverhampton. [ The shoot received was 9 ins. 
long, and bore twenty-one perfectly set fruits, and 
three of them were twin fruits from single flowers—a 
remarkably fine set. Ed.] 
The Setting of Peaches. 
It would be interesting to learn how others have 
fared this season with the setting of Peaches and 
Nectarines under glass. In our case, I would not wish 
for a better set. The weather in February was all that 
could be desired for that object, the borders being in 
a good state as regards moisture, which I think is the 
primary or cardinal principle in the attainment of a 
good crop of Peaches or any other stone fruits. By root 
pruning and by copious watering at all times, except 
when in flower, and by strict attention to the fertilising 
of the latter with a soft brush, daily, we have reduced 
bud and flower dropping to a minimum, so much so 
that the “set” has become troublesome, as thinning 
will have to be resorted to in the near future.— Nemo. 
ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
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The Orchid Growers’ Calendar. 
Dendrobiums of various kinds which having flowered 
early in the year are now well started into growth, 
should be re-potted or re-basketed as the case may be, 
so as to afford all the help possible to the plants to 
enable them to make good stout bulbs early in the 
season. D. Wardianum, D. crassinode, D. nobile, D. 
Ainsworthii, and D. heterocarpum are good examples, 
most of them now growing freely. The less the plant 
are disturbed after being well established the better 
for their well being, but it is folly to keep top-dressing 
time after time, either Dendrobes or anything else while 
the lower part of the pots are full of dead roots, spent 
peat and sour crocks. Where baskets of teak are used, 
and the plants want more room, and cannot be taken 
out of the old baskets on account of numerous roots 
clinging thereto, the old worn-out peat should be 
removed by picking out, and the basket put inside one 
a size or two larger, pieces of charcoal and crocks being 
used to fill up the spaces in the inner basket, with good 
peat and sphagnum moss on the surface. The young 
growths as they get longer should be tied up loosely, 
and kept free from green-fly and thrips, occasional 
syringing being very beneficial while making vigorous 
growth after the roots have got well hold of the new 
material. 
Calanthes of the deciduous section, such as C. vestita 
and C. Veitchii, should now be potted—two-thirds of 
fibry loam and one-third of peat being a good mixture 
for them, if broken charcoal and crocks be mixed there¬ 
with—and the bulbs should be well cleaned to free them 
from mealy-bug or scale before they are re-potted ; 
they will then require but little attention during the 
season to keep them free from insects. Very little water 
is needed for some time after re-potting, in fact it is 
more wise to keep them over dry till well rooted. The 
reason I have not mentioned any manures in the com¬ 
post is because none is needed in the early stages of 
growth, and it can be supplied easily in liquid form 
when roots are numerous and the plants need it. 
Tlmnias likewise need re-potting now if not already 
attended to, and they like a light compost of peat and 
sphagnum, with plenty of drainage, into which the 
roots can run freely, and a tolerably light position must 
be allowed them to enable them to grow strongly and 
flower freely.— W. P. 
Mesospinidium vulcanicum grandiflorum. 
The species of Mesospinidium are now included in the 
genus Cochloda by the Genera Plantarum. We have 
now four species in this latter genus—namely, C. rosea, 
C. sanguinea, C. vulcanica, and C. Noezliana. The 
plant under notice is a new variety of the largest- 
flowered species in the genus ; the flowers of the type 
measure 2 ins. across, but those of the variety are 
2£ ins. in diameter. They are also darker in colour, 
and of a bright carmine. The lower part of the lip is 
paler, but the prominent terminal lobe is darker. I 
have seen a coloured drawing made from a photograph, 
and also dried specimens in the nursery of Messrs. 
Cnarlesworth, Shuttleworth & Co., at Park Road, 
Clapham. The dried specimens were much darker in 
colour than the flowers of the painting. The variety 
comes from a newand unexplored districton the Andes of 
Peru, at an elevation ranging from 8,000 ft. to 9,000 
ft. It will therefore be well suited for cool-house culture. 
The pseudo-bulbs are ovoid, compressed, and 2 ins. to 
3 ins. long, while the leathery leaves are 5 ins. to 7 ins. 
in length. The erect flower scapes vary from 12 ins. 
to 18 ins. in length, and carry from twelve to eighteen 
flowers.— J. Fraser. 
Ccelogyne cristata alba. 
A grand specimen of this gem is now flowering in the 
collection of H. Mason, Esq., Bankfield, Bingley. 
The plant carries twenty-five spikes, with over 100 
flowers. It has been successfully grown from a small 
plant by Mr. Midgeley, the gardener. Odontoglossums 
and Ccelogynes seem to be his great favourites, and his 
cultural skill is fully testified by large and finely 
flowered pans of Ccelogyne Lem'oniana, C. cristata 
maxima, Chats worth and Trentham varieties.— E. 
Phal/enopsis Lowii. 
Although smaller in all its parts than most of the 
popular moth Orchids, yet Phakenopsis Lowii is very 
beautiful, and is all the more tantalising because 
it is difficult to manage with any degree of success. 
The best specimens we have seen were those grown upon 
a raft covered with a layer of fresh sphagnum. In its 
