Sept. fi, 1884. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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ments at most of our summer flower shows. Intro¬ 
duced from Brazil in 1818, it was figured in Loddigcs’ 
Botanical Cabinet with the pure unspotted yellow 
flowers usually met with; but in vol. 48 t. 2203 of 
the Botanical Magazine we find it depicted with 
flowers profusely spotted with brown, the lip as well. 
The plant is very liable to -become spotted in a 
damp house, and it often gets so spotted before 
going off, so that it is probable the artist was sup¬ 
plied with a specimen past its best. Although we 
have frequently found specimens which exhibit a 
tendency to become spotted, we have never found 
one naturally spotted like the figure quoted. O. 
flexuosum likes a rather dry, intermediate house, 
and prefers a clear light situation to a shady one. 
Dendeobium Deaeei.' —This beautiful species, 
admitted into collections with some amount of 
suspicion, and for a season or two grown with but 
a small share of favour, is at the present time one 
of the most eagerly sought for among Dendrobiums, 
and is continually increasing in favour. As it 
becomes better known, more widely distributed, and 
greater success attends its cultivation, there can be 
no doubt it will become one of the most popular of 
Orchids, because one that will be useful in a superior 
degree. White flowers are always sought after, and 
flowers such as are produced by this species, pure 
white, with just a light patch of green in the centre 
of the lip, are such as can be used for every purpose, 
whether singly as button-hole flowers for gentlemen, 
(and if used for this purpose there is nothing that 
can set them off better than a nice frond of the new 
Adiantum Pacotti), or again in wreaths or bridal 
bouquets. In each and every case they are most 
beautiful; if mounted on wire they can be used 
very effectively, and if not over-crowded with other 
flowers may be made to stand prominently forward. 
At present it will not be quite safe to say whether 
it should flower in the spring or during the summer 
months; but since the blooms will remain perfectly 
fresh for 12 weeks, if damp is not allowed to settle 
upon them, it would be wise, if possible, to grow it 
so that it will flower in the spring, as then the 
blooms after enriching our houses for a good 
length of time can be taken off, and the plants 
be induced to start into growth and push rapidly 
On ere the summer, with its light and heat, too 
rapidly passes away from us. This species I find 
succeeds best in baskets, hung up under the roof, 
or if it is grown in pots, but little root-room should 
be allowed it. Place the plants in pots as near the 
size of the imported clump as possible, press some 
crocks or charcoal around it, with just a little peat 
and moss to fill in the crevices. In such a compost 
there is no danger of the occurrence of anything 
approaching stagnation ; plenty of water can be 
given, and since it will run rapidly away, syringings 
overhead may also be given with safety. Being a 
native of the Phillipine Islands the East India 
house will suit it, but if a specia l Dendrobium house is 
at command, where the air is just a little drier than 
this division, in that house it should be grown, and 
if kept clear of yellow thrip will produce growths a 
foot and 18 inches long. It would really seem that 
this is one of the species that should command a 
high price just now if a good importation could be 
secured, and the clumps were received in a healthy 
condition. We must wait and hope for their 
coming.— W. Swan, Eallowfield. 
Ccelogyne COREUGATA. —Although by no means 
equal to its allied species, C. cristata, this is well 
worthy of a place in every collection, being of a 
compact habit, and flowering with the young growths 
at this time, when Orchid flowers are by no means 
too plentiful. The flowers are white, and the lip 
blotched with yellow and streaked with deep orange. 
I find it does better in the Mexican house, than in 
either a warmer or cooler temperature.— E. Bumper, 
The Gardens, Summerville, Limerick. 
The late M. Luddemann’s large collection of 
orchids will be sold at Bourg-la-Reine, near Paris, 
on Thursday next. 
FLORICULTURE. 
Choice Show Pansies. —When looking through 
a collection of these in flower a few days ago we 
made a note of the following varieties as forming a 
small but select group well worthy of cultivation :— 
Yellow Selfs. — George Rudd, clear yellow, very 
large, and of the finest form, and having a dense, 
well-defined black blotch; this is in every respect 
extra fine, producing large, flat, rounded flowers of 
great beauty, thrown well above the foliage ; good 
vigorous habit; Goldfinder, very deep yellow, stout, 
smooth, with well-defined blotch; very fine; and 
Golden Queen of England, pale yellow, g-oed blotch, 
a taking flower, distinct in colour, but a little thin; 
wants good growth. 
Bark Selfs. —Lady Fit zwilliam, a veryfine, smooth, 
dark glossy purple flower of the best quality, extra 
good in every respect, and of good habit; and Alex¬ 
ander Watt, a large smooth purple self, brighter in 
colour than the foregoing and quite distinct; a good 
grower. 
White Selfs. —White Perfection, large pure white, 
deep blue blotch, stout, good outline, medium sized, 
sturdy habit; and Mrs Goodall, a small, smooth, 
and finely formed flower of high quality, excellent 
habit, and most desirable. 
Yellow Grounds. —Robert Pollock, pure deep golden 
ground, with rich shining maroon margins, large 
blotch well defined, really very fine and rich; good 
habit; Ardler, pale yellow ground, with a well¬ 
shouldered margin of rich deep purple, good blotch, 
stout and smooth ; Amy, pale yellow ground, mar¬ 
gined with violet purple, fine dark blotch, flowers 
large, stout and smooth ; and William Martin, sul¬ 
phur ground tinted with yellow, fine blotch, broad 
pale purple margin. 
White Grounds. —James Grieve, pure white, with 
broad regular purple margin, and dense black blotch, 
extra fine; and Mrs. Hardman, pure ground, with an 
even belting of dark purple, good dark blotch, extra 
fine and smooth. 
Wo wish lovers of hardy flowers would pay a little 
more attention to what the florists call Show Pansies 
as distinct from the large showy fancy varieties. 
They are singularly beautiful as well as very novel 
and distinct. If anyone wishes to commence with 
a choice collection it could not be a better selection 
than the one given above. We should prefer to 
have the plants at the end of September, put them 
in small pots, using a light rich sandy soil, pressing 
it firmly about the roots, and placing the pots in a 
cold frame, planting them out in a well-prepared 
bed at the end of February or early in March, -when 
the weather is favourable, and if a few pods of seed 
were saved from some of the foregoing varieties and 
sown in the ordinary way good flowers will be certain 
to result. The Old Show Pansy well deserves a 
fresh lease of popularity. 
Delphiniums. —Quite a crowd of people was seen 
to have gathered together at a Flower Show not 
long since ; they were eagerly scanning an exhibit, 
and they were loud in praise of what they were look¬ 
ing upon. “ How beautiful! ” was heard on every 
hand. It turned out to be a stand of cut spikes of 
double and single flowered Delphiniums, and being- 
in the main of blue tints they were very handsome 
indeed. They seemed to be quite a new revelation 
of beauty to many, and doubtless they were so. But 
few amateur, and but a select number of professional 
gardeners are aware of the great variety of Del¬ 
phiniums, that can be grown in the present day. 
They are known as perennial Larkspurs, and they are 
quite hardy. Standing through the severest weather 
and with but very little damage. Those who make 
pets of them adopt the precaution of covering over 
the crowns during winter with some dung and 
leaves, the advantage being that, these decay in 
course of time, and form an excellent fertiliser. 
Delphiniums do not need much in the way of 
special treatment. They do well in any good gar¬ 
den soil, though for choice we should prefer a good 
deep yellow loam. But if the cultivator is to have 
fine spikes of flower, the ground must be made rich 
by the addition of manure, and then he may be 
sure he will haye rare blossoms. 
The varieties in cultivation, both single and 
double flowered, include all shades of blue, from 
a pale sky blue to the deepest indigo, many of 
the flowers have pure white, pale lavender, and 
orange centres. Even among the blue flowered 
varieties there is much variation of tint and 
character, and we may say of these perennial 
Larkspurs generally, that the spikes of bloom vary 
in length from one foot to three feet, and almost 
all of the varieties produce lateral spikes freely. 
Here is a list of pretty varieties that are not expen¬ 
sive, and, at the same time, well deserving a place 
in the garden:—Alopecuroides, rich blue, veined 
with bronzy red; Amadee Hans, bright shining 
blue ; Beauty of Charonne, rich blue ; Bella Donna, 
bright azure blue, white centre ; Coronet, dark blue, 
purple and orange centre; Exquisite, brilliant 
cobalt blue, tinted with rosy lilac ; Grand, light 
blue and purple ; Madame H. Jacotot, azure blue, 
tinted with rosy pink ; Madame Chate, porcelain 
blue and bronzy red; nudicaule, orange red; 
Spectabilis, dark reddish lilac ; Splendidissimum, 
brilliant azure blue, with white centre; and Victor 
Lemoine, blue, with lighter centre. Many new 
varieties of Delphiniums are annually raised in 
Scotland, as well as on the Continent, and if an 
amateur were to commence with the list above- 
named, he would add some new varieties year after 
year as he might deem it expedient to do so. 
Rose : William A. Richardson. —This very dis¬ 
tinct rose has been shown on many occasions during 
the summer, and it always attracted much atten¬ 
tion because of its charming buds of a rich orange 
colour. It is classed with the Tea Scented Roses, 
and is of American origin, the buds are beautiful, 
but as soon as they expand they become loose and 
lose their beauty. It is a string grower, and makes 
a very fine climbing and pillar rose, flowering with 
remarkable freedom in large clusters of blossoms. 
This variety is only of value as a climber, and it is 
as such that we venture to recommend it, but it is 
right it should be stated it becomes very coarse in 
hot weather. 
Carnation : Mary Morris. —Among Carnations 
of recent introduction for open-air cultivation, this 
variety must take a leading position, for indeed it 
eclipses most of the older sorts. The flowers are of 
ajbeautiful rosy-pink shade, the shape being all that 
can be desired, and having scarcely a flower but 
what opens perfect, not splitting or bursting as is 
too often the case. It is also remarkably free-growing 
and very floriferous.— E. B. 
Tuberous Begonias. —There is no class of plants 
in cultivation more dazzling when grouped en masse 
than a fine collection of these Begonias, but for a 
really chaste effect, arrange them in their different 
colours with choice maiden-hair ferns, not in formal 
lines, but intermixed the one with the other. Let 
it be understood a fine effect is not guaranteed 
unless the ferns are well grown and used in variety. 
For example Adiantium concinum and A. concinum 
latum, A. scutum Veitchi, and others that shoot up 
a few vigorous fronds to break the stiffness of a 
group, are those that would be best suited to inter¬ 
mix with the Begonias-—the latter would hang 
gracefully in scarlet, rnoroon, pink, salmon, or white, 
underneath the shade of a drooping frond and at 
this season would give such an effect as would make 
one forget that dreary winter is so near at hand. 
Single and Double Scarlet Dahlias among 
Rhododendrons. —-Autumn gardening and the 
brightening up of evergreen masses of shrubs 
should be brought prominently before the gar¬ 
dening public before Jack Frost pays us a visit 
and destroys our last chance for the season of 
taking a lesson from the many excellent practical 
illustrations that are afforded us in most of the 
London Parks and a few private places, of noting 
the effect of mixed beds. In some gardens we 
visit, a fine effect is produced in the American gar¬ 
den, by planting single and double scarlet dahlias 
among the rhododendron beds. When they are 
seen from a terrace, the healthy looking shrubs 
renders the mixture of flowers and shrubs very 
agreeable. 
