June 7, 1890. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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Vineries. —Ventilate freely on fine days all houses 
containing ripe fruit. A little air should also be left 
on all night. See that the borders are not allowed to 
get too dry, or the foliage and the berries will suffer. 
Where the Grapes are colouring in succession houses it 
will be well to keep the pipes slightly warm all day. 
Close the ventilators early, and damp down freely. 
Where the late house of Black Hamburgh is coming 
into bloom, a little fire heat early in the morning will 
assist in the dispersion of the pollen. 
Peaches. —As soon as the fruit is gathered from the 
earliest-forced trees the latter should receive a heavy 
syringing, to clear them of vermin—particularly red- 
spider—which may have obtained a footing during the 
ripening of the fruit. The houses should be freely 
ventilated during the remainder of the summer, and it 
would also be advantageous after the foliage has been 
hardened off to remove the lights altogether, keeping 
the borders well supplied with water. Also damp the 
paths freely to keep the house cool. 
Cherries. —As soon as the crops have been gathered 
from the earliest house the trees should be subjected to 
much the same treatment as the Peaches above 
mentioned. If the trees are not over vigorous it would 
be well to assist them with weak liquid manure or 
guano-water. 
Kitchen Garden. — Keep the hoe constantly at 
work amongst all growing crops during dry weather. 
All sowings of Beet, Salsafy, Endive, Parsnips, &c., 
that were sown in April should be thinned out without 
further delay. Scorzonera and Salsafy require a space 
4 ins. to 6 ins. between each plant; Endive for blanch¬ 
ing purposes require 12 ins. Make successional sowings 
of Radishes, Lettuce, Endive, and late Peas. 
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ORCHID ROTES AND GLEANINGS. 
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Orchids Certificated at the Temple Show. 
Cattleya Mendelii, Prince of Wales. 
The ovate petals of this variety are soft pink, darker 
towards the margins, with dark veins. The lip has a 
pink tube, with an intense crimson-purple undulated 
lamina, with radiating purple and white lines in the 
throat. The side lobes are white, as usual. A First 
Class Certificate was granted it, and Messrs. F. Sander 
& Co., St. Albans, were the exhibitors. 
Oncidium roraimense. 
The ligulate leaves of this Oncid are light green. The 
scape varies from 1 ft. to 2 ft. in height, and is more 
or less branched from near the base with short lateral 
branches. The sepals and petals are oblong-lanceolate, 
deep yellow, and spotted with pale brown on the lower 
half. The three-lobed lip is yellow, with the terminal 
lobe bifid, and the area around the crest is pale cin¬ 
namon-brown. It has a pleasing appearance from a 
horticultural standpoint. An Award of Merit was 
accorded to it. Exhibited by Messrs. F. Sander & Co. 
Odontoglossum vexillarium, Fairy Queen. 
The plant exhibited by Messrs. F. Sander & Co. had 
light glaucous green foliage and two arching spikes, 
each bearing eight flowers. The latter were of good 
average size, and white, with a tint of pink at the base 
of the petals, and a large yellow disc and crest. A 
First Class Certificate was awarded it. 
Dendrobium Falconeri delicata. 
The stems and leaves are as in the type, but the flowers 
are somewhat smaller. The sepals are lanceolate, 
acuminate, and white, with a faint tint of purple at 
the apex. The petals are ovate and darker at the 
tip. The lip is cordate, acuminate, convolute at the 
base, but more flattened than in the type, with a large 
pale violet blotch in the throat shaded with crimson, 
and surrounded with yellow, and that again with 
white ; the tip is purple. It differs from the type 
chiefly in its smaller and paler coloured flowers, 
especially the lip. An Award of Merit was accorded it. 
Exhibited by Mr. James Cypher, Cheltenham. 
Sarcopodium Dearei. 
The leaf of this species is solitary, elliptic-oblong, 
leathery, deep green, and terminates the ovoid pseudo¬ 
bulb. The peduncle is one-flowered, and the prevailing 
colour of the blooms is yellow. The upper sepal is 
ovate, with dark veins joined laterally with short 
brown markings ; the lateral ones are curiously curved 
or twisted on the contiguous sides at the base, and 
marked with two longitudinal purple bands. The 
petals are lanceolate and reflexed, while the curiously 
three-lobed lip is auricled at the base, and swings on 
the tip of the curved foot of the column. It received 
an Award of Merit, and was exhibited by Baron 
Schroder, The Dell, Egham. 
Cattleya Lawrenceana delicata. 
This pretty variety differs from the type in the sepals 
and petals—especially the latter—being of a soft 
pinkish mauve mottled and veined with white. The 
lip is similarly coloured, except the throat, which has 
the customary white blotch at the opening of the curved 
tube, which is white externally on the lower side. It 
was exhibited by Baron Schroder, and received an 
Award of Merit. 
Odontoglossum hybrid, Bleui splendens. 
Tins is a hybrid between Miltonia vexillaria and M. 
Roezlii, and of similar habit. The sepals and petals 
are white, and the latter has a large mauve-purple 
blotch at the base, and a smaller blotch is sometimes 
noticeable on the base of the upper sepal. The lip is 
white with a yellow crest, lined with purple, and in 
front of this is a large semi-circular dark purple blotch 
with numerous diverging rays. It was awarded a First 
Class Certificate, and was exhibited by Messrs. F. 
Sander & Co. 
Cypripedium volonteanum. 
The broadly ovate upper sepal is green ; and the 
spathulate declining petals are purple towards the apex, 
and green spotted with dark purple for the greater part 
of their length. They are undulated on both margins 
in the lower half. The lip is green, heavily suffused 
with brown around the curiously circular, erect mouth. 
The leaves are pale greyish green, beautifully marked 
with a darker colour. The purple pubescent scape is 
one flowered, erect, and 18 ins. high. An Award of 
Merit was accorded it. Exhibited by Messrs. F. 
Sander & Co. 
Dendrobium Bensoni/e album. 
The flowers of this variety are similar to those of the 
type. Tne oblong sepals and the ovate petals are 
white; and the hooded lip is also white, with a large 
deep yellow blotch on the base, but without the two 
black blotches characteristic of the type. It was 
exhibited by Mr. James Cypher, Cheltenham, and an 
Award of Merit was accorded it. 
Dendrobium MacCarthi^e. 
The flowers of this species are of large size, and assume 
a drooping habit, with the sepals and petals ascending, 
almost covering the lip, giving the whole the appearance 
of a huge insect or a bird about to alight. The lateral 
sepals are lanceolate, the petals ovate, and all are of a 
pale rosy mauve, suffused with white. The lip is 
rhomboid, shallowly three-lobed, and mauve-purple, 
with a mauve-purple blotch on the disc surrounded by 
a white zone. A First Class Certificate was awarded it. 
Exhibited by Mr. J. Cypher, Cheltenham. 
CCELOGYN E PANDURATA. 
The flowers of this species, although not possessed of 
striking colours, are yet singularly attractive and 
interesting on account of the peculiar combination of 
hues on the lip, such as we seldom see amongst plants 
of any class. A much smaller species—viz., C. Parishi — 
exhibits something similar, only in a less marked degree. 
Some plants of C. pandnrata are now flowering at 
Blenheim Palace, Woodstock. The sepals and petals 
when they first expand are of a bright green r while the 
lamina is jet-black, curiously variegated or marked with 
green warts. In some individuals the amount of green 
on the lip is greater, more prominent and presenting a 
more blotched and variegated appearance. The long 
pendulous racemes arise from the base of the pseudo¬ 
bulbs as in C. cristata. 
Cattleya Mossi/e. 
This superb Cattleya still maintains its position in 
collections, nothwithstanding the many valuable in¬ 
troductions of recent years, and when seen in a high 
state of cultivation, as I saw it the other day at Mrs. 
Haslam’s, The Greaves, Bolton, it is evident that some 
time must elapse before it will even take a second 
place. The grand specimen alluded to is now carrying 
the enormous number of sixty-four fully-expanded 
flowers, and on an average the individual blooms attain 
a measurement of 7j ins. from tip to tip of the petals. 
Great praise is due to Mr. Hicks, who has the Orchids 
under his charge in a high state of cultivation.— 
J. McNab. 
Cypripedium caudatum roseum. 
For three successive years a specimen of this lovely 
and curious Cypripedium has been an object of great 
interest in the select collection of Orchids grown by 
G. S. Slater, Esq., Bonnington Bank House, Edin¬ 
burgh, and at the present time it is carrying twenty- 
six grand flowers, exceedingly rich in colour, and whose 
petals measure from 33 ins. to 35 ins. in length. I 
enclose a photograph, which will give you some idea of 
its merit. Mr. Lindsay, who is the gardener in charge, 
is an enthusiastic Orchidist.—./. McNab. 
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 
Erratum.—A t p. 612, second column, for “Osborn's Nursery, 
Hampton,” read “ Osborn’s Nursery, Sunbury. 1 ’ 
Melons at the Manchester Show.—I n the report in out¬ 
last number we inadvertently stated that the first prize for a 
green-fleshed Melon was awarded, at the late Whitsun exhibition, 
to Mr. Blair.Trentham, instead of to Mr. Whillans, of Blenheim. 
Names of Plants. — Beauregard: 1, Habenaria bifolia chlo- 
rant.lia, both specimens, the variegation of the leaves we fear 
would not prove constant; 2, a Melastomad we do not recognise ; 
3, Phyllanthus (Xylophylla) angustifolius ; 4, Peperomia mag- 
nolisefolia ; 5, Sedurn Sieboldii; 6, Phyllanthus (Xylophylla) 
speciosus. J.Sykora: 1, Nothoclilsena ferruginea; 2, Hymeno- 
phyllum tunbridgense apparently, but in bad condition, with 
no fruit; 3 and 4, Adiantum tetrapliyllum acuminatum; 5, 
Pellsea andromedsfolia; 6, Hymenophyllum sps.; 7, Pellaea 
ternifolia. A. N. D.: 1, Leucojum sestivum ; 2, Iberis semper- 
virens snperba; 3. Caltha palustris flore pleno ; 4, Veronica 
g.ntianoides variegata; 5, Sedum Rhodiola ; 6, Berberis Dar- 
winii ; 7, Aconitum Napellus ; - 8, Lupinus polyphyllus ; 9, 
Lamium maculatum aureum; 10, Diplacus glutinosus (if the 
orange-scarlet flowers are the more constant, then it is the 
variety D. g, puniceus). Roxburgh: Polygonum viviparum. 
Tomatos Diseased.— Dearsley: The spots on the leaves of 
your Tomatos are caused by Cladosporium fulvum, which is also 
accompanied by another and different fungus. The spots 
originate on the under side of the leaves, and are at first whitish 
but soon become brown as the fungus reaches maturity and has 
formed its spores. There seems to be no certain cure for it when 
once the leaves are attacked, although it may be worth while, 
syringiDg the leaves with a solution of sulphur to prevent the 
spores from attacking healthy leaves. The worst affected speci¬ 
mens you could cutbff and burn Keep the atmosphere of your 
house dry and well ventilated, and the plants may yet recover 
or grow out of it as gardeners say. Avoid cold draughts from 
one part of the house to another by providing ventilation equally 
all over the house; for if your plants are tender, and cold air 
comes in at the door or a ventilator, then the wind transports 
the spores from one plant to another with great rapidity. 
White-flowered Shrub .—John Morison: The specimen you 
sent was a shoot of Leucothoe Catesblei, a North American plant 
belonging to the Rhododendron or Heath family, and requiring 
the same treatment. It was formerly classed in the genus 
Andromeda, now divided up into several. It may receive some¬ 
what similar treatment to the deciduous Rhododendrons, 
generally known as hardy North American Azaleas. The 
requirements are a moderately moist and friable soil, and if the 
situation is slightly shaded, as under trees or amongst other 
shrubs, so much the better. If your soil is of a clayey nature, 
or light and gravelly, it might he necessary to remove part and 
replace with peat. The latter would, of course, improve the 
conditions under any given circumstance, and should you 
possess only a plant or two, then we should advise you to make 
up about a square yard of soil for each plant. By growiug it in 
a shady place, in moist soil, the peat could he dispensed 'with. 
Communications Received.—H. J. V.—J. S.— J. C.—T. S.— 
C. B.—R. 3. 0.- Cosmus—H. B. 
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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
William Bull, 536, King’s Road, Chelsea.—New and Rare 
Plants and Orchids. 
Dammann & Co., Sangiovanni Teduceio, near Naples.—Whole¬ 
sale Catalogue of Bulbs, Roots and Orchids. 
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OOVENT GARDEN MARKET. 
June ith. 
Vegetables.—Average Retail Prices. 
s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. 
Artichokes, Globe,doz. 3 0 6 0 Herbs _per bunch 0 2 0 4 
Asparagus_per 100 3 0 5 0, Horse Radish, bundle 3 0 5 0 
Beans, French, perlh. 1 6 2 6 Lettuces ..per dozen 16 2 0 
Beet .per dozen 2 0 3 0 Mushrooms, p. basket 13 2 0 
Cabbages_per doz. 1 6 2 6 Onions_per bushel 3 6 5 0 
Carrots_per hunch 0 6 i Parsley per bunch 0 6 
Cauliflowers, English, ; Radishes ..per dozen 1 6 
per dozen 3 0 CO Small salading,punnet 0 4 
Celery_per bundle 2 C Spinach, per strike ..20 
Cucumbers _each 0 0 10 Tomatos _per lb. 16 2 0 
Endive, French, doz. 2 6 3 0 Turnips _per bun. 0 6 
Potatos.—K ent Regents, 80s. to 100s. per ton ; Kent Kidueys 
80s. to 100s. per ton ; Champions, 70s. per bon. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s.d s.d. s.d. s.d. 
Apples .J-sieve 2 0 7 0 Pine-apples, Eng., It. 
— Tasmanian,per caselo 0 IS 0 — St. Michaels, each 2 6 7 6 
New Grapes ..per lb. 2 0 3 6 Strawberries., per lb. 2 0 4 0 
Peaches.... per dozen 6 0 15 0 | 
