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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
April 20, 1889. 
weather he bright. In the case of Lady Downes and 
Gros Colmar, the night temperature need not be quite 
so high. 
THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Strawberries. —Plantations may be made in the open 
ground of Strawberries that have been forced. If this 
is intended, the plants should not be thrown on one 
side and neglected after the fruit has been gathered, but 
placed rather in a cold frame, and carefully looked after 
in the matter of watering till the fruit has been 
gathered from a sufficient number of plants to form a 
plantation, or the successive batches may be taken to 
the ground and planted out at once after being inured 
to a low temperature. Loosen or carefully break the 
ball before planting out, so that the roots may extend 
radially on every side. 
Peas. —Make successional sowings of these from time 
to time, and prepare ground for others when the soil is 
in a suitable condition. As a safeguard against winds, 
and partly against frost and the attacks of birds, stake 
all Peas, at least, as soon as they are well through the 
ground. Nothing will be lost by attending to this 
matter early, but much will be gained. 
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ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
A Well-stocked Orchid House. 
There are many persons who would grow Orchids if 
they only knew what could be accomplished in a small 
house. The prevailing idea is that in order to grow 
Orchids well it is absolutely essential to have an East 
Indian house, a Mexican house, and a cool house ; but 
had any such idea ever crossed my mind, the recent 
visit I paid Mr. P. Wheatley, Ringmore, Teignmouth, 
has certainly dispelled it. In a small house, 15 ft. 
long by 6 ft. wide, were the following species and 
varieties in full bloom—viz., Cypripedium hirsutis- 
simum, individual flowers measuring 5J ins. across, 
C. Sedeni, C. ciliolare, C. insigne, C. Lawrenceanum, 
Dendrobium albo-sanguineum, with twelve strong 
spikes ; D. Devonianum, D. primulinum, with bulbs 
24 ins. long ; D. chrysotoxum, D. tortile roseum, 
D. crepidatum roseum, D. crassinode, D. thyrsiflorum, 
with four racemes, and on an average fifty-four flowers 
on each ; D. densiflorum, D. eburneum, D. Jamesianum, 
Odontoglossum Pescatorei, 0. maculatum, 0. vexil- 
larium, 0. Alexandra, 0. Cervantesii, 0. Rossii majus, 
Cattleya Trian®, fine variety, one plant with thirteen 
and another with ten flowers ; C. Mossi®, C. Mendelii, 
C. intermedia, C. citrina, C. Skinneri, Oncidium 
sarcodes, with strong spike; 0. ampliatum majus, 
O. papilio, with three strong spikes ; 0. Kramerianum, 
Ccelogyne cristata, C. Parishi, Saccolabium giganteum, 
bearing two strong racemes ; S. Blumei majus, S. 
ampullaceum roseum, with five racemes ; Aerides 
odoratum, A. Fieldingi, Lrelia purpurata, Chysis brac- 
tescens, Burlingtonia venusta, Leptotes bicolor, Epi- 
dendrum vitellinura majus, and last, but not least, 
Miltonia cuneata, carrying seven strong spikes, with an 
aggregate of forty-five flowers. Mr. E. Wheatley 
employs no gardener, everything being done with his 
own hands and in the most thorough manner ; but his 
plants amply repay him for the care and attention 
bestowed on them.— J. McNab. 
Dendrobium Harveyanum. 
At a short distance this carious yellow-bloomed species 
resembles a small-flowered D. Brymerianum. It differs, 
however, in having much smaller flowers, and the 
oblong petals are deeply fringed, whereas in D. Bry¬ 
merianum the lip only is fringed. The fringes of the lip 
in this case are shorter than those of the latter. The 
flower-stalks are produced from the upper joints of the 
stems. A specimen was exhibited at the last spring 
show of the Royal Botanic Society by Messrs. F. 
Sander & Co., when it received a Botanical Certificate. 
Cypripedium calophyllum. 
In this hybrid we have one of the oldest obtained 
through the skill of the hybridist. The seed-bearing 
parent was C. barbatum, while the pollen parent was 
C. venustum. The resulting progeny is intermediate 
between the two, but is so distinct from either that the 
practised eye only can detect the resemblance. The 
standard is white with conspicuous green veins, but is 
much larger than that of C. venustum, as is the whole 
flower. The petals are greenish at the base, purple at 
the tip, spotted with the same colour at the base, and 
furnished with some blackish warts along their upper 
edges. The lip is large, deep dull purple, and netted, 
the foliage being also distinctly marked with deep green 
markings on a paler ground. The plant is very 
vigorous, and like others of its class, occasions no diffi¬ 
culty in its cultivation. It is flowering strongly in 
Messrs. Shuttleworth, Carder & Co.’s nursery, at Park 
Road, Clapham. 
Platyclinis (Dendrochilum) glumacea. 
The beauty of this, as well as other species of Platy¬ 
clinis, better known among gardeners as Dendrochilum, 
lies in the quantity of flowers produced on long slender 
drooping racemes, possessed of much airy gracefulness, 
rather than for the individual beauty of the flowers. 
The bracts are pale straw colour, almost white, and 
very conspicuous, bearing each a small flower in its 
axil on the upper half of the peduncle. The sepals 
and petals are white, contrasting with the small but 
bright yellow lip, and the whole taken together 
possesses much decorative value. Add to this their 
strong but agreeable fragrance, and we are not surprised 
the plant finds favour with many growers. There are 
several well-grown plants in different stages of 
advancement in the nursery of Messrs. Shuttleworth, 
Carder & Co., Park Road, Clapham. 
Dendrobium Findleyanum. 
According to the experience of some cultivators this 
species is difficult to maintain in sound vigorous 
condition for many years after its introduction ; 
consequently it is much less common in this country 
than it would otherwise and should be. A batch of 
plants in full flower have a very fascinating effect, 
owing to the lively yet delicate colour of the blooms, 
which are produced in clusters along the sides of the 
long greenish yello.v stems. The latter are also divided 
into numerous club-shaped, but laterally flattened 
joints, giving them a distinct but curious appearance. 
The sepals and petals are soft lilac, flushed with white, 
and the lip has a yellow blotch covering all except the 
white margin. Being a native of Burmah it requires 
warm treatment. It has been flowering at Kew for 
some time past. 
Phal/enopsis at Clapton. 
All the leading species have been flowering fitfully 
during the past winter, which will long be remembered 
on account of the frequency and density of the fog. As 
is well known, Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton, grow 
this class of plants extensively, so that some or other of 
them are in flower at any period of the year. Now 
that the fogs, as we may reasonably expect, have left 
us for a season, a fine display may soon be expected. 
On the occasion of a recent visit we noted P. amabilis, 
P. Schilleriana, P. Stnartiana, P. Sanderiana and P. 
rosea in flower. The beauty and diversity of the 
foliage of P. Schilleriana and P. Stuartiana are well 
known, while P. amabilis is also subject to variation. 
Of the latter we noticed some very fine forms with large 
flowers, having the base of the sepals spotted with 
purple, as well as the basal portion of the lip, where 
the usual yellow and purple markiugs of the lip were 
very well defined. The most correct name of this species 
is P. Aphrodite, as has already been pointed out on 
several occasions, although the better-known name of 
P. amabilis will no doubt long continue to be applied 
to it by gardeners. The broad, rounded leaves generally 
serve to distinguish it from P. graudiflora, to which the 
name P. amabilis is now more correctly applied. P. 
grandiflora should therefore be altogether dropped 
now, as it will no doubt be by the rising generation of 
gardeners. A large number of the species may be seen 
at this nursery, mostly grown in small baskets. 
CATASETUM TR1DENTATUM, 
Imported specimens of this Orchid are very variable, 
so that several forms of it have been described and 
figured under different names. Besides that above 
given, we have synonyms in C. macrocarpum and C. 
Claveringii. Catasetums are now being more largely 
cultivated than formerly ; probibly from the fact that 
their requirements are now better understood. The 
general belief used to be that imported pseudo-bulbs 
generally flowered well the first year, not so well the 
second year, and very indifferently or not at all the 
third year. Then the plants gradually dwindled away 
and died. A specimen of the above Catasetum recently 
flowered at Devonhurst, Chiswick, bearing thirteen 
large well-developed flowers. Now the same specimen 
has been grown and flowered there for the last four 
years, and the pseudo-bulbs continue to gain in 
size and the flowers to increase in number. The whole 
thirteen flowers were on one spike, the slugs having 
destroyed a second in its young state. The sepals and 
petals are yellow tinted with green, and spotted with 
purplish brown. The great saccate lip is three-toothed 
at the mouth, orange-yellow, and much spotted 
internally with brown or purple. 
Cattleya granulosa Schofieldiana. 
The Orchid under notice is the finest of all the forms 
of Cattleya granulosa which have been introduced. 
The type was first discovered in 1840 by Hartweg, but 
C. g. Schofieldiana made its appearance as recently as 
1882, and first flowered with Mr. G. W. Law-Schofield 
at New Hall-Hey. We received a specimen the other 
day, through Mr. Sander, from Major Mason, The Firs, 
Warwick. It is a native of Brazil, and differs from 
the type and its other varieties by being more highly 
coloured. The flower sent us measured ins. across 
the petals, and the latter, together with the lateral 
sepals, are more or less sickle-shaped. All are densely 
spotted with crimson-purple on a tawny-yellow ground, 
with the exception of the contiguous halves of the lateral 
sepals, which are almost without markings. The lip 
is very markedly three-lobed, the lateral lobes being 
whitish externally and yellow internally, more or less 
deeply stained with crimson-purple on the anterior 
sides, and all over the throat and interior of the tube. 
In general appearance the flower resembles that of 
C. guttata, but differs in many minor particulars. 
The middle lobe of the lip has a long claw, which is 
deeply channelled above and keeled on the outer face, 
while the blade is densely covered with magenta-purple 
excrescences suggestive ol the specific name. 
Masdevallia Ghestertoni. 
While one of the most distinct of species, this is at 
the same time one of the most carious, and not alto¬ 
gether devoid of beauty. The sepals are divided almost 
to the base into three nearty equal pieces, terminating 
in black tails about 1J in. long. The ground-colour is 
a dusky or greenish yellow, heavily spotted all over 
with black on both surfaces. The lip is something in 
the way of that seen in the M. Chim®ra section, but is 
several times larger, transversely oblong, bifid in the 
middle, concave, with numerous elevated, branching, 
salmon-coloured lines on a flesh-tinted ground. The 
small petals are orange-coloured, with two black spots. 
The flowers are borne singly on peduncles somewhat 
shorter than the leaves, which attain a size similar to 
those of M. triangularis. The species is a native of 
Colombia, from whence it was introduced as recently 
as 1883, so that the plant is by no means common yet 
in collections. 
Dendrobium Wardiano-aureum. 
The origin of this hybrid is indicated by the name. 
In the pseudo-bulbs and general shape of the flowers it 
resembles the female parent D. Wardianum, but the 
flowers are smaller than that popular species. The 
sepals and petals are white, tipped with pale purple, 
while the lip has a large brown and yellow blotch on 
the base similar to that seen in D. aureum, white 
upward, and pale purple at the tip. The plant was 
exhibited by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, at the 
Royal Botanic Society’s show on the 10th inst., and 
■was awarded a Botanical Certificate. 
Phal/enopsis Schilleriana alba. 
The white variety of P. Schilleriana is beautiful and 
by no means common. It seems to flower equally as 
well as the type, and is equally vigorous. The flowers 
are pure white, with the exception of some bright 
yellow spots on the contiguous sides of the lateral 
sepals, on the crest, and the side lobes of the lip. It 
was exhibited by Geo. Frith, Esq. (gardener, Mr. F. 
Collier), Minningham, Bradford, at the last spring 
show of the Royal Botanic Society, and received a 
Botanical Certificate. 
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HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 
Birmingham Spring Flower Show. 
Although Birmingham does not “go in ” for a great 
summer exhibition of plants and flowers, it enjoys a 
reputation for its spring as well as autumn displays. 
These exhibitions are always held in the Town Hall, 
as it is so central, but the exhibitions have grown 
beyond the capabilities of the Hall, and “crowding 
out ” is very much the result. The exhibition of 
Wednesday and Thursday, the 10th and 11th inst., 
was indeed a grand display throughout, hut held under 
very adverse circumstances on the first day, which was 
continuously wet and gloomy, and in the hall with the 
disadvantage of a subdued dull light. It may be safely 
asserted that it was the best spring exhibition the 
society has held, and to use the words of Mr. John 
Pope, “ The Orchids are the feature of the show, and 
the feature of the Orchids is the Dendrobiums.” It 
certainly was so, for large masses of various Dendrobiums 
very profusely flowered, and masses of rich colouring, 
