June 23, 1894. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
673 
A Bouquet of Costly Orchids.—In Graphic for the 
gth inst., Mr. Frederick Boyle, writing on Royal 
Orchids, enumerates fifteen plants which he roughly 
calculates represent a value of £7. 000. These are 
1, Masdevallla Harryana Gravesiae, belonging to Mr. 
Graves, Orange, New Jersey, U.S.A., and for which 
he is said to have a standing offer of 500 guineas; 
2, Cypripedium Stonei platytaenium of which at 
various times Baron Schroder has bought pieces for 
£t.o 6 , £i^g i2s. and £100, and Sir Trevor Lawrence 
and Mr. W. Lee bought one in partnership for ;^i47; 
3, Cypripedium insigne Sanderiana, still unique, of 
which bits have been sold for seventy-two guineas, 
100 guineas and 250 guineas ; 4, Odontoglossum 
crispum, Burford variety ; 5, Odontoglossum Pesca- 
torei Veitchianum in the possession of Baron 
Schroder ; 6, Dendrobium Williamsianum ; 7, Vanda 
coerulea; 8, Odontoglossum Williamsianum, pro¬ 
bably a natural hybrid between O. grande and O. 
Schleiperianum ; g, Dendrobium Sanderae, beyond 
price as yet ; 10, Vanda Lowii; rr, Aerides Law- 
renciae, for which Sir Trevor Lawrence paid 260 
guineas at auction; 12, Saccolabium Heathii an 
albino of the Fox-brush Orchid, which Mr. Lee sold 
to Baron Schroder for 157 guineas ; 13, Cattleya 
Mendelii Bluntii; 14, Cattleya Parthenia an albino 
of C. intermedia ; and 15, Cattleya speciossisima 
Sanderiana, for which Mr. A. Wilson, of Sheffield, 
paid 100 guineas. 
Australian Apples for the London Market.— At a 
conference held in Adelaide last month between 
some of the leading South Australian fruit growers 
and the Hon. Thomas Play ford, Agent General in 
London for South Australia, then in the colony, the 
latter promised on his return to England, then 
imminent, to do all he could to make arrangements 
for a permanent exhibition in London of the pro¬ 
duce of the colony. Asked as to what sorts he con¬ 
sidered best resisted the fusicladium, a scourge in 
the colony, he considered that they were St. 
Margaret, Mr. Gladstone, King of the Pippins, 
Northern Spy, and the London Pippin. Asked as to 
the number of sorts that should be grown for the 
London markets, and the best for the purpose, Mr. 
Playford replied. "Well, three are quite enough; 
the great mistake made by many is growing too many 
varieties. The three we recommend are—i. The 
King of the Pippins ; 2, The Northern Spy ; 3, The 
London Pippin. I mention The King of the Pippins 
first because it is a little earlier than the other ; but 
undoubtedly by far and away the best Apple of all 
of them is The Northern Spy, a variety that is one 
of the most beautiful dessert Apples known, a splen¬ 
did Apple for export, can be,easily graded in two 
sizes, and is also a good disease-resisting sort, there¬ 
fore in every way the best Apple for Australian 
growers. The King of the Pippins is a little earlier, 
and with The London Pippin is a good export 
Apple.” 
Haymaking Weather.—As this is a subject which 
seriously concerns many gardeners, we quote the 
following from a letter written by Mr. Hugh 
Clements. 305, Crystal Palace Road, S.E., on the 
gth inst.:—During the greater part of the period, 
from the 15th to the 2rst June, i8g4, the air pressure 
will be highest over France, and a series of slight 
depressions will pass over the north of the British 
Islands, bringing with them west to south-west 
winds and dull and damp weather. On the i8th 
there will be a rapid fall in the south-east, and an 
equally quick rise in the north and west—the con¬ 
ditions reversed—so that the lowest pressure will be 
over the north-east of France, and the highest to 
the north-west of our islands. This change will 
produce northern breezes on all parts of our coasts 
until the 21st, the weather being at the same time 
dull and wet in the east and fine in the west. The 
temperature will be below the average for the time of 
year in the west of Europe. From the 22nd to the 
28th inst. there will be considerable and sudden 
changes in air pressure. On the 22nd the highest 
readings of the barometer will be on the south-west 
coasts, and. with the exception of south-west in the 
extreme north, light north-westerly breezes with fine 
weather will be general. On the 25th, owing to a 
rise in the north, pressure will become very uniform 
and the wind very light, but this will not last long, 
as a fresh fall will appear in the north, bringing 
west to south-west winds. Rain will be frequent, 
though generally light, in the west and north, but 
elsewhere the weather will be moderately dry, 
except in the South of England on the night of the 
26th inst. 
INGLENOOK, BELLAGGIO. 
The Surrey hills are charming enough for any one, 
especially in the month of June when nature every¬ 
where is at her best. Happy are they, however, 
who can investigate and study the doings of man as 
displayed in a garden filled to overflowing with 
plants of all kinds from various parts of the globe. 
It was our pleasure the other day to inspect the 
wonderfully diversified garden and grounds of J. C. 
Stogdon, Esq , Inglenook, Bellaggio, Surrey. The 
place is sufficiently far to the South-east from 
London to get beyond the North Downs of the 
chalk formation to lower hills of a different forma¬ 
tion, capped with sandy yellow loam, supporting a 
varied vegetation of wood, pasture and agricultural 
crops. The land is much undulated, intersected with 
many small streams, and studded with isolated villas 
old and new. On the top of the hill is the commodious 
and recently built Bellaggio Hotel, conspicious from 
afar. Inglenook itself extends back to Elizabethan 
or Jacobean times, and although partly restored to 
meet modern taste and convenience, yet the old oaken 
beams and fittings in some of the rooms are 
quaint, interesting and valuable reliques of a bygone 
age. 
The hot-houses are close by the dwelling house, 
in fact the conservatory is attached. Such things as 
Pelargoniums and Fuchsias are here restricted 
within very narrow limits, for Mr. Stogdon goes in 
for a most varied collection of all that is interesting 
to plant lovers in modern times. The long white 
flowers of Dolichodeira tubiflora are bold and beauti¬ 
ful. Modern botanists now class it with Achimenesi 
but in general appearance it is very different from the 
ordinary forms of that genus. Martynia tricolor 
already flowering and fruiting freely has powerfully 
fragrant purple flowers, with a yellow blotch sur¬ 
rounded with white on the lip. Brexia madagascar- 
ensis is also flowering here ; and the showy Rhodo- 
chiton volubile is rambling over the roof. The bold, 
crimson-red spikes of Metrosideros floribunda are 
3 in. to 4 in. long. The dwarf Musk (Mimulus 
moschatus compactus) makes a compact, useful and 
highly-fragrant pot plant. Brilliant blue, flesh and 
carmine Cinerarias still show- some of their beautiful 
colours, and near by are the strangely cut flowers of 
the Crucifer Schizopetalon Walkeri. The blue and 
white flowers of Statice puberula will be showy for a 
long time. Lapageria rosea and L. r. alba are 
rambling over the roof and flowering. On the stages 
are the variegated Fuchsia, Sunray, the scarlet- 
flowered F. fulgens, Aquilegia caerulea flore-luteo, 
Gazania splendens, revelling in the sunshine. Datura 
Wrightii just coming into bloom, and Boronia 
polygalaefolia just over, and the brilliant scarlet 
Tulip Poppy (Papaver glaucum) with a black blotch 
on the inner petals. Other things in flower are 
Nycterina sellaginoides, Spiraea filipendula flore- 
pleno, Phaedranasa obtusa, the rich purple Cosmos 
bipinnata, the rose and white Rhodanthe Manglesii 
and the beautiful and very distinct Myosotis Wel- 
witschii with a peculiar, spreading habit at a couple 
of inches above the ground, and bright blue flowers 
with a yellow eye. Some of it out of doors is 
characterised by the same habit, and is quite dis¬ 
tinct from other species out of doors. 
In another house close by is a collection of suc¬ 
culent plants, amongst which the odd-looking Cacti 
figure largely, including the Old Man Cactus 
(Pilocereus senilis) and another species. Several of 
them are in flower, including EchinocactusWilliarasii 
with pink blossoms. The Bishop’s Mitre (Astrophy- 
tum myBiostigma), having five strong angles and a 
dumpy habit, is a strange-looking plant suggestive 
of the popular name. The heavily-webbed rosettes 
of Sempervirum Moggridgei from the Alps are 
flowering, and both interesting and pretty. 
The vinery on the opposite side of the entrance to 
the place is filled with Vines bearing very heavy 
crops, and Tomatos are grown on a back wall close 
by. The stove contains a mixed collection of plants 
of which we can only give a few hints to indicate the 
nature of the contents. A velvety-crimson leaved 
Coleus Carl Abs is named after the strong man of 
Hamburg. Others are Clerodendron Balfourianum 
flowering freely on the roof, Reidia glaucescens, 
Anthurium Andreanum, the fragrant Peperomia 
resedaeflora, Vriesia brachystachys, Strelitzia 
Reginae, flowering freely, Asclepias curasavica, 
Pentas carnea, always in bloom, and Aphelandra 
chrysops with variegated leaves. Amongst the 
curiosities are Tillandsia argentea with hoary leaves 
and growing well, although it has been rootless for 
the past two years on the top of sphagnum, and the 
Resurrection Plant (Selaginella lepidophylla). 
Adamia versicolor is a rare plant with the habit of a 
Hydrangea, and fleshy, purple and white flowers, 
quite unlike those of the Saxifrageae generally to 
which order it belongs. A number of Orchids are 
flowering, including Saccolabium Blumei majus 
Sobralia rnacrantha, and Phalaenopsis amabilis. Mr. 
Stogdon, who is extremely fond of his plants, lives 
to a great extent amongst them when not in London, 
and is always removing decayed leaves, flowers, &c., 
and considers a japanned iron pan a useful adjunct 
to a conservatory, where it can be hidden away 
beneath a stage and emptied every day. This pre¬ 
vents the floors from being littered. Everywhere in 
the houses and in frames are plants of all descrip¬ 
tions to be planted in the garden presently. For 
instance we noted Lasthenia californica, Tagetes 
patula Liliput, with brownish crimson, yellow edged 
flowers, other Marigolds, Ipomopsis elegans, Lathy- 
rus sativus. Verbenas, Heliotropes, Ricinus zanzi- 
barensis, &c. A long hedge of Salvis argentea in full 
bloom in front of a collection of hybrid Rhododen¬ 
drons attracts and puzzles a large number of the 
passers by. 
The rockwork is built upon a bank encircling an 
area inside the big gate leading to the house. This 
portion of the garden is very beautiful with a large 
number of alpine plants now in perfection. In the 
centre of the gravel covered area is a bed of the Early 
Parisian Wallflower sown under glass on the 13th 
February, and which has now been flowering for 
nearly three weeks past. The plants form pyramidal 
specimens with large and highly fragrant yellow 
flowers lightly lined with brown as a rule. Under 
these conditions the plant is practically an annual, 
for it flowered only in days from the sowing of the 
seed, and the flowers will remain in perfection long 
after the other Wallflowers have gone to seed. 
Clumps and patches of such things as Aster alpinus. 
Lychnis Viscaria splendens, Veronica rupestris^ 
Linum perenne, Geum chilense flore-pleno, Myosotis 
alpestris Victoriae, Gypsophila prostrata, Alsine 
verna, A. pinifolia, Arenaria montana, Silene alpestris. 
Campanula pulla, and the glorious blue Lithosper- 
mum prostratum, are now in full bloom upon the 
rockery, and give a charm which only those wh 
know and love hardy flowers can understand. 
Dianthus alpinus is a gem, and so is Androsace 
coronopifolia, although so different in its way. There 
are three things upon the rookery which are in bloom 
about eight months in the year, and require neither 
sowing nor planting for they sow themselves. These 
are Sedum caeruleum, an uncommon species with 
blue flowers, Oxalis Tropaeoloides, and lonopsidium 
acaule. Young plants arise and only require weed¬ 
ing out where they become too plentiful. 
The wild garden is a muUum in parvo in itself; 
some of it is allowed to grow as it pleases, and other 
portions are kept clean. Shrubs and herbaceous 
plants are grown in profusion. Philadelphus Le- 
moinei has small leaves, moderate sized, fragrant 
flowers produced in profusion, and grows about 3ft. 
high. Rose Madame Bruant with fragrant white 
flowers is a recent hybrid of which Rosa rugosa is 
one of the parents, as is well seen in the noble foliage. 
Veronica Traversii, a yard wide and high, will be a 
mass of bloom in a short time. The same may be 
said of V. buxifolius and V. Colensoi, both very fine 
things. The Japan Privet (Ligustrum japonicum) 
with its leathery leaves will soon be in bloom. 
Handsome bushes are Colutea arborescens and C. 
cruenta, and so is the golden-leaved Hop Trefoil 
(Pteleatrifoliata aurea). Viburnum plicatum com¬ 
petes with V. Opulus sterilis for the honour and 
title to the name of Snowball Tree. 
Violas and fancy Pansies of Lemoine's large 
blotched strain enliven and beautify the place every¬ 
where, not only in the wild garden but in the garden 
proper. Amongst the former we noted Blue Cloud 
and Ardwell Gem forming altercate patches, and 
elsewhere Goldfinch and Lilias are notable. It is 
impossible to describe Lemoine’s strain of Pansies, 
so variable are they. We also noted Roemer’s strain 
named Cardinal, with scarlet, red or crimson flowers. 
Cheiranthus mutabilis has been two years in 
the open without protection and now forms large 
flowering bushes. A massive line of Lychnis Flos- 
jovis is enough to make a plant lover’s eyes water. 
Bold and showy is Papaver umbrosum flore-pleno, 
the narrow inner petals of which have similarly 
