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great many names. I will ask Wilfred about it when 
he comes. I was a fool to think she loved me. 
She must have known what I was going to say that 
evening in the music-room, and if she had cared for 
me in the least would have written to Susan, if only 
to send her address; but not a line ! Still, I wish I 
could have found her, if only to satisfy myself that 
the poor girl was not in want; perhaps she is 
half starved like the poor wretch who has painted 
this picture—but why do I think about her! Heigh- 
ho !—here, Carlo, old man ; let us go for a run and 
find an appetite for dinner.” 
The curate not putting in an appearance, Lord 
Bewdley dined alone. The cloth had been removed 
and he was smoking his evening cigar when the 
butler entered. 
*• If you please, my lord, there is a young person at 
the door who says as how she wants to speak to your 
lordship.” 
" Who is it, Cuthbert ? You know very well that 
I never attend to business in the evening.” 
“ That's what I told her, my lord ; and I wouldn’t 
have troubled your lordship; but I couldn't do 
nothing with this young person. She spoke that 
impudent to me as I ain’t accustomed to ; and when 
I tried to slam the door she put herself between and 
started a-screaming. Shall I send for a policeman, 
my lord ? ” 
“ No, no ! Tell the young woman, whoever she is, 
that I will see her to-morrow morning.” 
Cuthbert looked horrified. 
“ I assure your lordship, she ain't a fit young 
person for your lordship to speak to. She have 
evidently been a-visiting public-houses, and is a-going 
on awful in the hall; James is obliged to hold her 
to prevent her a-coming up to your lordship.” 
Did she not give you her name, or say what she 
wanted ? ” 
"Well, my lord,” answered Cuthbert loftily. 
" She said as how her name was Susan ; and-” 
" Susan ! ” cried his master, rising hastily from his 
chair. “ Show her in at once.” 
“ But, my lord, the young person is intoxicated.” 
" I do not believe a word of it; however, intoxi¬ 
cated or sober, show her in. What are you standing 
there for ; do as I bid you, man ! ” 
Cuthbert slowly left the room, muttering, “ Of 
course your lordship can do as you please.” 
A few minutes later, down in the servants' hall, he 
informed the horrified company that Lord Bewdley 
had got a most disreputable-looking young woman 
in the dining-room ; adding, in a tone of virtuous 
indignation, that " if his lordship were coming these 
games, it was high time they all gave notice to quit!” 
Lord Bewdley’s pulse quickened considerably 
when he heard Susan’s name. What had she come 
for ? Had she brought news at last ? In a few 
minutes the door opened and Susan rushed in un¬ 
announced—more like a rocket than a well-brought- 
up housemaid ! 
"Oh, my lord! I'm that out of breath! Oh, the 
hateful villain ! Oh, my gracious ! Oh, oh, oh ! 
“ Come, come Susan,” said Lord Bewdley, kindly. 
" Try to calm yourself; sit down on this chair; 
that’s right. Had I known you were coming I 
would have given orders for you to be admitted.” 
“ Oh, the odious villain!” sobbed Susan. "To 
dare to say as I was drunk, too ! Oh, I'll tell my Jim, 
I will! oh dear ! oh dear ! ” 
" It was wrong of Cuthbert to insult you, Susan ; 
I will speak to him about it. Have you brought 
me news of Miss Eiley ? ” 
" Yes, my lord ; yes,” cried Susan, smiling through 
her tears. “ That ugly vagabond made me forget all 
about it; but I scratched his face and that's some 
comfort! ” 
“ I will make him apologize, Susan. Try to forget 
him for a few minutes and tell me about Miss Eiley. 
Have you found her ; where is she ? ” 
" Yes, my lord, I've found her. Quite by accident 
like—and not at all where I expected to find her. I 
am that glad ! Ain’t you, my lord ? " 
“Yes, yes, Susan, of course. But where is Miss 
Deane ? Is she in London ? ” 
"I’m a-going to tell you, my lord,” said Susan. 
"Well, you see, it was like this here; yesterday, 
Mrs. Prigaul says to me-” 
" Well, well, Susan,” Lord Bewdley interrupted in 
despair. “ Never mind what Mrs. Prigaul said ; tell 
me about Miss Eiley —where is she ? ” 
“Well, my lord,” said Susan, an injured look 
upon her honest face; “ I was a-telling of you, only 
your lordship will keep a-stopping me ! ” 
(To he continued .) 
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Questions add adsujgfs 
*,* Will our friends who send us newspapers be so good 
as to mark the paragraphs or articles they wish us to see 
We shall he greatly obliged by their so doing. 
Lycaste flowers.— W. Sharpe-. The flowers you 
send are not those of Lycaste Skinneri, nor any 
variety of it, but are those of L. plana measuresiana, 
or L. plana Measures’ var. Though not the species 
you bought it for, you may rest satisfied, for it is 
the best variety of Lycaste plana in cultivation as 
far as we know, and was probably sold by mistake. 
Seeing that two pseudo-bulbs bear twenty-one 
flowers with footstalks io in. to 12 in. long, you 
evidently understand its cultivation. 
Dendrobium infundibulum. — A Subscriber : It 
may be grown with great satisfaction in the inter¬ 
mediate or Cattleya house. Some growers prefer the 
Odontoglossum house. Consult the calendar given in 
The Gardening World every alternate week, under 
the heading of " The Orchid Houses,” for the tem¬ 
peratures at different times of the year. The plants 
may be grown in pots or Orchid pans hung up close 
to the glass. The bottom of the pans should be filled 
with crocks, leaving only 2 in. for compost, which 
should consist of equal portions of sphagnum and 
fibrous peat, with some pieces of charcoal. Give 
plenty of water during the growing period. Your 
other question next week. 
Colours of flowers. — Rubens : The Violas and 
Pansies we mentioned were garden varieties. We 
think it very probable that you would find something 
very closely approaching madder in varieties of 
Sweet William and Gloxinia. The seeds of Euony- 
mus might be described as orange, and the flowers 
of Polygonum Bistorta as rosy purple. The names 
we gave on a former occasion were merely instances. 
Veronica caucasica is pink, and generally poor at 
that. The colour of the fallow deer would not find 
many admirers of flowers so coloured, and we have 
never seen the colour amongst Gloxinias. You 
would find copper-red in Mimulus cupreus, and 
copper in Helleborus cupreus. The other name of 
Cydonia japonica is Pyrus japonica or Japan 
Quince. The other queries next week. 
Cultivation of Reed.— A. Anderson: The 
specimen you sent is the Egyptian Paper Reed 
(Cyperus Papyrus). It requires stove treatment 
in winter, so that 45 0 to 50° is hardly sufficient. 
This is, no doubt, the cause of the young stems 
damping off as they push through the soil. The 
best plan of growing it is in a pot or tub, plunged in 
a tank where the water is kept at a temperature of 
6o° or not much below that in winter, with a rise in 
summer. By lifting the pot or tub out of the water 
in winter, and keeping it somewhat drier you could 
probably prevent young growth taking place till 
spring, when there would be no danger of its damp¬ 
ing off. The ground of the bed where it is growing 
must be too cold, and, perhaps, wet and shaded. 
Names of Plants. — A. Anderson: 1, Davallia 
hirta cristata; 2, Polypodium aureum ; 3, Cyperus 
Papyrus.— Wm. Davey : Crinum asiaticum.— A.T.: 
1, Eranthis hyemalis ; 2, Luculiagratissima.— A.C.; 
1, Laelia anceps ; 2, Lycaste Deppei; 3, Odonto¬ 
glossum nebulosum.— E. W. M.: 1, Euonymus lati- 
folius-albus; 2, Euonymus radicans variegatus ; 3, 
Pelargonium comptum ; 5, not recognised, send when 
in flower; 6, Adiantum trapeziforme Sanctae 
Catharinae ; 7, Daphne Mezereum alba. 
Acorns, Sweet Chestnuts, and similiar seeds. 
—How can I store them for one to two years so as 
to be likely to then grow when planted l—Australian. 
Communications Received. — J. CameroD.— 
Albert Porter.—S. Arthur Sewell—D. Houston.—- 
Daniels’ Bros.—Sutton & Sons.—Webb & Sons.— 
Canned & Sons.—" Natural Science.”—A. Findlay. 
Veitch 8 c Sons—J. Pound, Junr.—D. Houston.—J. 
Ring wood.—R. B.—Ay ton Castle.—Scotia.—F.T.— 
Anxious.—A. R.—S.—D. Chisholm. 
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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED- 
Thos. S. Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham, 
London.—Illustrated Catalogue of Choice Hardy 
Perennials; also Catalogue of Hardy Florists 
Flowers, New Roses, &c. 
Sunset Seed and Plant Company, San Francisco 
California.—Catalogue of Vegetable and Flower 
Seeds aud Plants. 
Wilh. Kliem, Gotha, Erfurt, Germany.— 
Catalogue of Fruit Trees, Vegetable and Flower 
Seeds. 
OOlTTBIsTTS 
Amateurs, hints for. 
Apples, keeping . 
Apples, storing of . 
Begonia manicata aurea 
maculata.419 
Carnations.4 J 8 
Eiley Deane (a serial tale)...420 
Encephalartos Hi'.de- 
brandtii .4 r 9 
Gardening Miscellany .4rg 
Glasgow Chrysanthemum 
Society .419 
Grapes, well kept, in Feb¬ 
ruary .4 J 3 
Himalayas, British Fruits 
in the .4 12 
Iris stylosa.4 : 9 
National Chrysanthemum 
Society .4 1 ® 
Orchid Houses, the .4*5 
Orchid Notes and Glean¬ 
ings .415 
Pitcairnia corallina ..419 
PAGE 
Plant houses, the.415 
Plants, arrangement of.420 
Peeblesshire Horticultural 
Association . 413 
Retrospect and Prospect...4:1 
Rhododendron grande.419 
Roses and the weather.412 
Rosslyn, Stamford Hill.413 
Royal Gardeners' Orphan 
Fund .414 
Sankey & Son, Messrs.417 
Scilly Daffodils.417 
Seakale roots, deseased.4:9 
Snowdrops at Kew.414 
Southampton, Horticultural 
Society of .412 
Tulip, the English show.... 417 
Tulips and Hyacinths.418 
Vreesia suringariana.419 
Woolton Gardeners' Mutual 
Improvement Society ...412 
Woolton Wood,Orchids at 413 
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