October 7, 1898. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
89 
are terrestrial species, and have all been recorded by 
Harvey from Lindley's description in Hooker s 
London Journal of Botany, that under notice being 
given in Vol. I. (1842) 16. The stem leaves are 
few. and ovate with a long point. The flowers are 
borne in a terminal spil<e and are small. The sepals 
are lanceolate and lilac, the upper one being almost 
hidden by the petals which lie over it, and are of 
the palest lilac spotted with violet. The lip is very 
small. The dorsal sepal is furnished with a long, 
recurved spur, funnel-shaped at the mouth and 
hooked at the end. A Botanical Certificate was 
accorded it when exhibited by Mr. James O’Brien, 
Harrow-on-the-Hill. 
Catasetum Gnomus. 
Though by no means a new introduction, this 
singular-looking Orchid is not very frequently seen, 
particularly in public, and is then an object of con¬ 
siderable interest. The sepals spread out horizon¬ 
tally, are incurved at the sides, green on the back, 
and densely spotted with brown on a yellow ground 
on the inner face. The petals lie parallel upon the 
upper sepal, are revolute at the sides, and heavily 
blotched with brown on a green ground. The lip 
has a deep sack, mouth downwards, and densely 
spotted with brown on a green ground externally, 
and creamy-yellow on the inner face. The small 
side lobes are greenish and revolute, while the 
terminal lobe is large, revolute at the sides, and 
fringed with teeth about the middle. A plant of it 
exhibited by W. Colb, Esq. (gardener, Mr. J. Howes), 
Dulcote, Tunbridge Wells, had a flower stem about 
zj ft. high bearing thirteen blooms. A Botanical 
Certificate was accorded it. 
WHAT TO DO IN THE GARDEN, 
stove Blinds. —If not already taken down, the 
blinds should be removed and spread out on the first 
sunny or breezy day, to thoroughly dry before 
storing them for the winter. The plants them¬ 
selves may be arranged for effect, seeing that all will 
now be exposed to the same amount of light. 
Crowding must be avoided in all cases, but particu¬ 
larly in the case of plants with soft and sappy 
leaves. 
Pandanus. —Large plants that have overgrown a 
useful size for general decorative purposes should be 
thrown away after removing the suckers that may be 
rooted, and grown into useful young stock. Where 
there are large stoves or warm conservatcries 
to be filled big specimens are desirable, but other¬ 
wise the space they occupy is often wanted for 
smaller plants of frequent requisition. 
Crotons.—The present is a suitable time to re¬ 
gulate the shoots of large specimen Crotons by ty¬ 
ing them in or removing any which tend to make 
the plant unequal sided. All this will help to 
economise the space in which so many things 
must be crowded during the winter. 
Dracaenas. —Tall, leggy specimens may now be 
ringed and have some sphagnum moss, enclosing a 
little soil, tied round them, to encourage the develop¬ 
ment of roots. This is safer than cutting off the 
head at once and rooting it as a cutting. 
Tree Ferns. —Now that summer is over and the 
fronds ripened, it will still be necessary to keep the 
stems well watered in the case of those kinds which 
are covered by a mass of roots, for if these are 
neglected at any time the foliage will suffer. 
Hard-wooded Plants. —It will scarcely be safe 
to leave outside even the hardier things after this 
date, for a sharp frost may be expected at any time. 
This would apply to Fuchsias, Azaleas, Cytisus 
racemosus, and similar things that should now be 
placed out of the reach of danger whatever the 
emergency may be. 
Vineries. —-Where it is intended to keep the late 
Hamburgh Grapes till Christmas, it will be 
necessary to look over the bunches frequently to 
take out any damping berries, and to warm up the 
hot-water pipes occasionally to dispel damp. Take 
advantage of every bright day to ventilarte freely, 
giving top and bottom air. The berries being ripe, 
the night temperature may gradually be reduced to 
55° with a slight rise by day. Sufficient water 
should be given to the borders to keep the berries 
plump, but no more. 
Carnations in pots. —The rooted layers 
intended for pot culture should be potted up without 
further delay and placed in a cold_frame where they 
may be kept close for about a week till they becoms 
established in the fresh soil. 
Pinks.—Summer-rooted cuttings should now be 
planted in beds previously well prepared for them. 
About 9 in. apart in the lines will be sufficient, and 
the same distance from line to line unless the plants 
be very strong. 
Hollyhocks,—The young plants raised from eyes 
during the summer months should be potted up 
singly and placed in a cold frame till spring. They 
should be kept protected from heavy falls of rain, 
but otherwise well exposed to the air by the removal 
of the lights on all favourable occasions. Mark the 
best of the seedlings, whether single or double, for 
growing on again next year. 
Auriculas.—If in any way shaded in their 
summer position with a northern aspect, the plants 
may be shifted into a light position, even facing the 
south, in order to secure a maximum of light. They 
should be fully exposed to the air, to prevent if pos¬ 
sible any attempt to throw up autumn trusses of 
bloom. Give no more water than is necessary to 
prevent them from flagging. 
Bedding Plants.—It will now be necessary to 
lift the stock required of all the slow growing bicolor 
and tricolor Pelargoniums, of which it was impos¬ 
sible to get a sufficient number of cuttings, owing to 
the effects of the unusually dry season. The strag¬ 
gling shoots may bs allowed to remain until spring, 
when they can be used as cuttings. All those kinds 
not required may be allowed to stand till cut down 
by frost. 
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Qaescions add AnsaieRs. 
Inarching Vines. — A. B. : Certainly, you can 
inarch a Black Grape on a white one, or vice versa. 
It is often done in the way of working the more 
delicate white sorts on to stronger growing black 
ones. 
Vine in Greenhouse.— A.P. : Seeing that you 
have rebuilt the house on a smaller, scale, the best 
plan would be to reduce the number of rods to the 
principal one until the house is entered, then to en¬ 
courage the development of young rods to take the 
place "of those cut away. We should not cut them 
all back at once, but only two or three a season, 
leaving the rest to bear fruit until the young 1 ods 
have grown sufficiently strong to bear. Cut the 
main rod first, just inside the house, and encourage 
it to produce the requisite number of young rods, 
after which the others may be cut back to the base. 
The main stem may have a straw band neatly 
twisted round it in winter upon the portion outside 
the house. 
Names of Plants. — S. J. Wilcock. : i. Perennial 
Candytuft (Iberis sempervirens) ; 2, The Snowberry 
(Symphoricarpus racemosus) ; 3, Berberis vulgaris. 
—Delta : A species of Sunflower, Helianthus stru- 
mosus. The other is Pelargonium Madame Sellery, 
Names of Fruits.— Moor Top, Acworth : 5, 
Doyenne Boussock ; Apple Cambusnethan Pippin ; 
all the others quite rotten.— J. B.: i, Hacon’s In¬ 
comparable ; 2, Van Mons. Leon Leclerc; 3, 
Beurre Hardy ; 4, Belle de Bruxelles ; 5, Flower of 
Kent; 6, Catoilles et Souvenir; 7, not known; 8, 
Wareham Russet; 9, Hawthornden.— John Ross: 
1, Napoleon; 2, Duchesse d’Angouleme; Apple 
Cox’s Pomona.— Constant Reader: i. Emperor 
Alexander; 2, Duchesse d’Angouleme ; '3, Ciaygate 
■ Pearmain; 4, Flemish Beauty; 5, Rymer; 6, 
Raveloton Pippin.— Delta: i. Emperor Alexander; 
2, Golden Noble ; Pear not known.— E. H. Adcock: 
Pear 167 is Comte de Lamy, not Beurre Sterckmans, 
which is a late spring Pear ; Nos. 2 and 164 were 
quite rotten. 
Streptocarpus in Winter.— Pinkie: All you 
hive to do is to keep them rather on the dry side 
after they have done flowering, and retain them in 
the same pots or soil until you wish to start them 
into fresh growth in spring, when they maybe repotted 
in fresh soil and put into a moderately warm place 
to stimulate them into growth. Seedlings should be 
treated in the same way. 
Apples and Onions. — Pinkie: Provided the 
Onions are properly hardened off a little frost getting 
at them in winter will do them no harm. In the 
case of Apples, you cannot guard them too well 
against frost; in fact, the temperature should be 
kept as nearly uniform as possible. In the early 
part of the season the moisture given off by them 
should be allowed freely to escape, but later on, in 
case of severe frost, a double fold of dry brown 
paper might be placed over them to keep out 
frost. We do not think that the presence of Onions 
in the same room -would have any injurious effect 
upon the Apples. A few degrees of frost in the early 
part of the season would not greatly injure Apples 
or Pears, if at all, but as the month of October wears 
on the danger of severe frost becomes greater, and 
it would be unwise to risk them out. Even if they 
are not perfectly ripe we should gather and store 
them. 
Geranium Sport. — D. 11 . M. : The p’ants you 
send as a Geranium sport should more correctly be 
called a Pelargonium. The true Gerariums are 
mostly hardy border plants. The sport, whatever it 
may be from, is identical with the silver variega'ed 
leaved Pelargonium Madame Sellery, which is more 
OT less extensively used in the parks for bedding on 
account of its dwarf, compact, branching habit, and 
non-flowering characteristics. Mr. Moorman, who 
grows it largely at Dulwick Park, has had it for five 
years, and, like you, has never seen abloom on it. 
Cuttings will strike readily at almost any time of the 
year, and the plants scarcely or never require any 
attention after being planted, and keeps the season 
through almost as dwarf for edgings as a Lobelia. 
Cut Flowers from the Country.— Delta: 
When you receive them, get some soft water—rain 
water if possible—and after cutting off a small 
portion of the base of the flower stalks to give a 
fresh surface, put the stems in the water and stand 
the vessel containing them in a close cupboard for a 
few hours till the flowers and leaves recuperate their 
freshness. Change the water every two or three 
days, and if you again cut the ends of the flower 
stalks after three or four days so much the better. 
Communications Received. —J. W. M.—R, D. A. 
—D. M.—W. S.—Constant Reader—J. R.—B. L. M. 
W. Bason—G. S. W.—F. W. B. 
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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
The Leeds Horticultural Co., Roundhay, 
Leeds.—Cheap Orchid List. 
Thomas Lord, Holebottom, Todmorden.—New 
Bizarre' Carnations. 
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LONDON SEED TRADE. 
October yd, 1893. 
Messrs. Hurst & Son, 152, Houndsditch, and 39, 
Seed Market, Mark Lane, report a steady sale for 
Winter Tares at full prices. Trifolium in moderate 
request at lower figures. Ryegrasses steady. 
COVENT GARDEN MARKET. 
October e^th, 1893. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Pricks. 
s. d s. d. 
Apples.per bushel i o 6 o 
Cob Nuts, per iod lb. 27 6 30 o 
Grapes, per lb. 0916 
Peaches ... per dozen 16 80 
s. d. s: d 
Plums.J sieve 1626 
Melons.each 06 10 
Pine apples. 
—St. Michael’s, each 26 60 
Vegetables.—Average Retail Prices. 
s. d. I. d.\ 
ArtichokesGlobedoz. 30 60 
Beans, French, perlb. 04 06 
Beet.per dozen 2 o 30 
Cabbages ... per doz. 30 40 
Carrots ... per bunch o 6 
Cauliflowers, Eng.dz. 30 50 
Celery.per bundle 2 6 
Cucumbers .each 04 08 
Endive, French, doz. 26 30 
Herbs .per bunch 02 06 
i. d. s. d. 
Horse Radish, bundle 20 40 
Lettuces ...per dozen 20 30 
Mushrooms, p. basket 10 16 
Onions.per bunch 04 06 
Parsley ... per bunch o 6 
Radishes... per dozen i 6 
Smallsalading,punnet 0 4 
Spinach ... per strike 4 0 
Tomatos. per lb. 0 6 09 
Turnips.per bun. 0 6 
Plants in Pots.—Avera- 
I. d. s. d. 1 
Arum Lilies, in pots,. 
per doz. 10 0 12 0 
Asters, doz. pots . 40 60 
Balsams .per doz. 20 60 
Begonias.per doz. 9 0 12 o 
Campanula.per doz. 60 90 
Chrysanthemumsdoz. 4 0 iz o 
Cissus discolor...each 16 26 
Cyperus .per doz. 4 0 12 0 
Coleus.per doz. 60 90 
Dracaena term., doz. 18 0 36 0 
Dracaena viridis,doz. 9 0 18 0 
Evergreens,invar.doz 6 0 24 0 
Ferns, invar.,per doz. 4 0 18 0 
Cut Flowers.—Avera 
s.d. s d 
Arum Lilies, izblms. 60 90 
Asters, doz. buns. 30 60 
Bcuvardias, per bun. 06 10 
Carnations...per doz. 10 20 
doz. bunches. 40 80 
Chrysanthemumsdzbn4 090 
doz. blooms.o 620 
Cornflowers, dz. bun. 16 30 
Eucharis ...per doz. 40 60 
Gardenias 12 blooms 20 40 
Heliotropes,12 sprays 04 06 
Lilium Harrisii, 
doz. blooms 9 o 12 o 
Lilium speciosum 
doz. blooms 10 20 
MaidenhairFern,i2bs.4 060 
3E Wholesale Prices. 
I. d , s d . 
Ferns, small, per 100 40 80 
Foliage Plants, doz. 12 0 60 0 
Fuchsia .per doz. 60 90 
Hydrangea, per doz. 12 o 18 0 
Heaths.per doz. 9 o 12 o 
Ivy Geraniums...doz. 40 60 
Liliums, various, per 
doz..12 0 24 0 
Marguerites, perdoz. 90120 
Mignonette, per doz. 6 0 10 o 
Palms in variety,each 2 6 10 0 
Palms, Specimen ... 15 0 63 0 
Pelargoniums sclt.dz. 20 40 
Solanums ...per doz. 12 0 15 0 
E Wholesale Prices. 
I. d. 
Marguerites, 12bun. 20 40 
Orchid Bloom in var. 
per bloom, from 03 10 
Mignonette... 12 bun. 20 40 
Pelargoniums, 12 sps. 06 09 
— scarlet.12 bobs. 40 60 
Pyrethrum doz. bun. 16 40 
Primula, double, bun. 06 10 
Red Roses, doz. bhs. 30 60 
Roses, yellow, dozen 20 40 
— Red.doz. blms. 10 16 
— Saffrano...per doz. 16 20 
— Tea.per dozen 06 z 0 
Stephanotis,dz.sprays 2030 
Tuberoses, per doz 04 06 
OOiTTEaSTTS. 
PAGE 
Apple, Wealthy.86 
Beetroot .82 
Begonias at Forest Hill.84 
Bermuda Lilies.85 
Berries and Foliage.80 
Bouquet, a remarkable .81 
Browiileea caerulea.88 
Carnation Pride of Great 
Britain.84 
Catasetum Gnomus.85 
Cattleya blesensis.88 
Colchicum speciosum.87 
Cypripediuiii Charles- 
worthii .88 
Dahlias, new . 82 
Forde Abbey .81 
Gardeners’ Calendar .89 
Gardeners’ Improvement 
Associations . 79 
Gardeners’ outing, a .S3 
PAGE 
Grape, Black Hamburgh .,.84 
Grapes and the Coal Bill ...87 
Labour in the Garden.87 
Lily of the Valley, early.86 
“ Martin ” Flower Rack.87 
National Chrysanthemum 
Society.8r 
Orchid Grovveis’ Calendar 88 
Peas of the Season .86 
Plants, new, Certificated.66 
Primula obconica.87 
Products at Village Shows 86 
Root pruning.81 
Rudbeckia pulchernma.87 
Science Gleanings .83 
SunfloA’ers .82 
Techaical Education .80 
Vanda Sanderiana alba.88 
Vegetable Garden,.82 
Water Weeds in Ponds.87 
