March 28, 1891. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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but it shows a most extraordinary divergence of opinion 
among the growers, from whose lists it has been made 
up. Mr. Stewart and Mr. Thomson are nearest the 
average opinion, as shown by the list, having “ spotted ” 
all in it except four ; and Mr. Ross and Mr. Russell are 
furthest out, having only succeeded in naming twelve 
and fourteen respectively. But the most wonderful 
thing of all is, that no fewer than four of the judges 
selected Pansies for the third place in their lists, which 
are not in Mr. Irvine’s list, and all the four must have 
selected different Pansies, otherwise they would have 
been in the said list. By the way, Mr. Irvine has made a 
slight mistake in summing up, as all the four Pansies 
that were voted third place in the lists referred to 
should have been before Evelyn Bruce, because one 
vote for third place is of higher value than the three 
given for Evelyn Bruce. The average of any of the four 
alluiedtois 22 A, while that of Evelyn Bruce is 23 A • 
Mr. Irvine offers to furnish a list of the Pansies that 
come after the list of twenty-four already published. 1 
am sure that a great many of your readers would like 
very well to see it, and if it would not be too much 
trouble he might tabulate the four lists sent in to him 
Auriculas. 
I am afraid that those among us who grow Auriculas in 
unheated structures, either frames or houses, will find 
ourselves quite out of the race on the occasion of the 
annual show of the National Auricula Society on the 
21st of next month. The fact is, it is quite impossible 
to have flowers sufficiently advanced by April 21st, 
unless with the aid of artificial heat. Auriculas in 
cold houses have scarcely moved forward during the 
past three weeks. As soon as the long frost broke and 
something like a mild time came, the plants moved 
forward with a kind of rush, but an unwelcome change 
soon occurred, and now there is little progress indeed. 
Plants of the Rev. F. D. Horner and Heroine, for 
instance, stand just where they were three weeks ago ; 
unless warm sunny weather should set in, I shall have 
nothing presentable by the 21st. I am keeping the 
plants as close as possible, but the external atmosphere 
being so cold, inward warmth is out of the question. 
One can only wait and hope. Even Polyanthuses and 
Primroses are very late, and in contrast with last year 
I may state that while there was a good display at the 
Royal Aquarium in the third week in March of 1880, 
Shuttleworth & Co., represents the collector, Mr. E. 
Kromer (the right hand figure), and his small party in 
the hour of triumph, just as they have discovered a 
fresh locality in Brazil, and made up a load of 
Lcelia grandis ready to be taken to the rendezvous 
or head - quarters, from whence by means of 
some other conveyance the whole collection may 
be taken to the coast. The photograph has been 
taken in a clearing close to the spot where the plants 
grew. Everything looks bright, and the Lselia is in 
flower, but the picture gives no idea of the difficulties 
and dangers of collecting, the downpours of rain often 
experienced in a tropical country, the danger of losing 
the way when suddenly overtaken by night in a strange 
country, when it is sometimes safer to sit out in the 
cold and wet, than to proceed with the chance of step¬ 
ping into some pitfall, or of falling over some precipice 
on the mountain side. Under such conditions the 
native guides and assistants often get disheartened 
and demoralised, and become mutinous, or abandon 
the collector to his fate, to say nothing of wild beasts. 
After all, a long journey may be altogether profitless, 
or even if rewarded with success in making a good 
Mr. Kromer collecting L.elia grandis in Brazil. 
which he did not use. I am certain that most Pansy 
lovers will be very anxious to see how a list made 
out of these would contrast with the one he recently 
furnished. I think your readers quite understand 
that the four gentlemen who sent in these lists did 
not put in 1891 varieties, so that the publication of 
this list would not affect the position of new sorts, and 
might give a more correct estimate of the value of the 
other varieties than the list given. 
It is quite evident that a good many of the ten 
gentlemen from whose lists Mr. Irvine’s is made up 
have a lingering love for some of the leading varieties 
of a few years ago, which are now seldom if ever 
seen on winning stands at an}' of the principal shows, 
and give them precedence over newer varieties that 
were exhibited on most of the prize stands last year. 
If this be the case, as I presume it is, their opinions, 
as expressed in Mr. Irvine’s list, instead of being valu¬ 
able to beginners when making selections would be both 
bewildering and misleading. I am certain that I am 
not only expressing my own opinion, but the opinion 
of the majority of Pansy growers, in saying that any 
one confined to this list would find his chance of 
winning a prize for the best twenty-four fancy Pansies 
almost nil.— Veritas. [Then of what use is it to com¬ 
pile such lists or publish them ?— Ed ]. 
this j ear, at the corresponding date, not one was 
forthcoming. Auriculas in the open are just beginning 
to move, but they have had a very rough time of it 
during the winter. 
On p. 464, third columD, under the head of “Auriculas 
and Species of Primulas,” after giving a list of the 
Alpine Auriculas given in the report of the National 
Auricula Society, I am made to say, “ I am afraid it 
would be difficult for any one to purchase any of the 
foregoing, simply because they have not been put into 
commerce.” It should have read, “some of the fore¬ 
going,” and I had in my mind such as Edith, Mungo 
McGeorge, Lovebird, Placida, Miss Blackburn, Hotspur, 
and Toujours Gaie. It is true they find their way into 
the hands of a very few private growers, but they are 
not offered to the general public through catalogues.— 
R. D. 
-- 
COLLECTING- L^ILIA GRANDIS. 
Cultivators at home find difficulties enough in 
growing Orchids, especially when the conditions are 
unfavourable ; but they probably seldom think of the 
difficulty experienced in collecting them. The ac¬ 
companying illustration, which has been prepared from 
a photograph, kindly lent us by Messrs. Charlesworth, 
find, the greater part or the whole of the collection may 
be spoiled with excessive wet and tropical heat before it 
can be conveyed to its destination on the coast or the 
port from whence it may be shipped to Britain or con¬ 
tinental Europe. Lcelia grandis first found its way to 
Paris in 1849, and to a London exhibition during the 
following year. It did not make its appearance in 
Britain again till Messrs. H. Low & Sons received a 
small consignment in 1364. In both these cases it was 
brought from the province of Bahia, in Brazil. It is 
believed to inhabit the region round the Bay of Todosos 
Santos, where it is subjected to much heat and moisture 
during the growing season. Those who attempt to 
grow it should therefore subject it to greater heat and 
moisture than is given to Cattleyas and Laffias generally 
when making its growth. The treatment given to 
Cattleya Schilleriana and C. superba would therefore 
suit Lielia grandis. 
Allamandas, Clerodendrons, &c.— Those re¬ 
quiting 3 T oung plants of such climbers as the above 
could not commence at a more suitable time than the 
present. Owing to the greater amount of heat and 
light, cuttings soon form roots and become fit to pot 
off singly. The present is also a suitable time for 
rooting cuttings of Clerodendron fallax for flowering 
late in the autumn, when the bright colour of the 
flowers is very acceptable. 
