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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
May 20, 1893. 
including such fine things as La France, Sensation, 
Mrs. Geo. Jackman, Madame Van Houtte, etc. 
Otaheite Oranges were shown by Messrs. B. S. 
Williams & Son; Roses by Messrs. Paul & Son, 
Waltham Cross, also by Mr. Wm. Rumsey, Waltham 
Cross ; Turner's Crimson Rambler Rose by Mr. C. 
Turner ; Leschenaultias by Messrs. W. Balchin & 
Sons, Hassocks, Brighton ; and Gloxinias by Mr. 
Wm. Leapey, gardener to J. M Douglas, Esq., 
Kuparra, Upper Norwood. 
ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS, 
The undermentioned Orchids were certificated by 
the Royal Horticultural Society, at the Drill Hall, 
Wesminster, on the gth inst. 
Cattleya hybrida Harold. 
The seed parent of this hybrid was Cattleya 
Gaskeliana, and the pollen parent C. gigas. As yet 
the pseudobulbs are very short, ellipsoid or oblong, 
compressed, and J in. to 2 in. long, bearing a solitary, 
oblong, leathery leaf at the apex. The sepals are 
soft rosy lilac, the.petals oblong-elliptic, wavy at the 
edges and similar in hue. The lip has a curved, 
purple tube, while the lamina is orbicular, emerginate, 
wavy at the edges, and of a deep rich purple, with a 
yellow throat striped with purple. The column is 
small, trigonous and white. An Award of Merit 
was accorded it when exhibited by Norman C. 
Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wyalam-on-Tyne. 
Odontoglossum crispum de Parri Crawshay. 
The sepals of this variety are lanceolate and white, 
with a large, central, irregularly lobed brown blotch, 
shaded with purple at its edges. The petals are 
ovate, deeply toothed, with a central purple blotch, 
slightly shaded with brown in the middle. The lip 
is oblong, elongated, and white with a brown blotch 
in front of the crest, and yellow at the base. The 
column is of a deep purple on the back. An Award 
of Merit was accorded it when exhibited by De Barri 
Crawshay, Esq. ^gardener, Mr. Cooke), Rosefield, 
Sevenoaks. 
Dendrobium Bensonise album Stand Hall van 
The flowers of this variety are of large size, and 
pure white with exception of the lip which has a 
large orange blotch and a creamy white margin. The 
sepals are lanceolate, and the petals ovate-oblong. 
There were seven flowers on a pseudobulb 14 in. 
long, on a plant shown by Mr. Thos. Statter, (gar¬ 
dener, Mr. R. Johnson), Stand Hall, Manchester. A 
First-class Certificate was awarded it. 
Cypripedium Chas. Rickman. 
The leaves of this hybrid are oblong, grey,reticulate 
with djep green, and 3 in. to 4 in. long. The scape 
is only about 4 in. high and bears a single flower of 
large size. Thn upper sepal is roundish, soft purple, 
with deeper purple, incurved veins. The petals are 
oblong, strongly reclinate, about if in. long, and 
soft purple, dotted with crimson or black. The lip 
is of a deep nearly uniform purple; and the 
pubescent staminode is also deep purple, being 
darker than is customary. 
Laelia purpurata Lowiana. 
The sepals and petals of this variety are of a pale 
rosy lilac, the lip being the most important and 
striking feature of the flower. The lamina is 
orbicular and of an intense crimson-purple with a 
pale blotch at the apex and striated with purple in 
the throat; the tube externally is of an intense 
crimson-purple and paler towards the base. An 
Award of Merit was accorded it when exhibited by 
Messrs. H. Low & Co., Clapton. 
Odontoglossum Alexandrse guttatum 
This is really a variety of O. crispum, but differs 
from the ordinary O. c. guttatum inasmuch as the 
sepals are shaded or banded with ruse externally. 
They are lanceolate ovate, and in addition to the 
rose band on the outer face they have a deep reddish- 
brown blotch on the centre of the inner face. The 
petals are wider, ovate, deeply toothed at the edges 
and wholly white or have one or two circular reddish- 
brown blotches in the centre. The lip is white and 
has a large reddish-brown blotch in front of the 
crest, which, together with the disc surrounding it, 
are bright yellow. The column is crimson on the 
back near the apex. It was exhibited by Messrs. B. 
S Williams & Son, Upper Holloway, at Earl’s 
Court, on the 13th inst., and was accorded a First- 
class Certificate. 
WHAT TO DO IN THE GARDEN. 
Poinsettias. —The more forward of the shoots 
springing from the old stems may now be taken 
off with a slight heel of the old wood, inserted in 
pots and plunged in the frame of the propagating pit 
to root. They will furnish the first heads of bloom 
to mix with late Chrysanthemums in the conser¬ 
vatory. 
Gloxinias. —Pot on young seedlings before they 
get crowded in the pans or boxes, or if already in 
small pots, before they get pot-bound. Plants in 
flower should be kept cooler and drier, though it 
may be well to remember that the atmosphere of an 
ordinary greenhouse is generally too cool and airy 
for the flowers to last well. A few plants may be 
taken there for the sake of variety ; but an inter¬ 
mediate house is really the best for the main batch. 
Begonia insignis —This useful species is again 
being brought to the front as a useful and showy 
winter flowering species. The flowers are moderate 
in size, but produced in the greatest profusion where 
the plants have been well grown, and even neglected 
specimens furnish a wonderful amount of flowers to 
cut at a season when they are appreciated. Cuttings 
should be put in at once if not already done, to give 
the plants time to form nice bushy specimens before 
the advent of winter. With this aim in view, the 
plants may be pinched once or twice after they are 
rooted, potted off and commenced to grow again. 
Celosias. —Give close attention to the Celosias, 
repotting them whenever this becomes necessary. If 
large plants are desired for the conservatory, they 
might be plunged in cocoa-nut fibre for the sake of 
bottom heat. Sow seeds now to get small plants for 
autumn work. 
Balsams.— Keep these growing close to the glass 
in a warm, well-ventilated house, and supply then! 
with plenty of water. Remove the blossoms from 
the main stem and train out the branches if large 
plants are desired. Repot the plants before the 
roots get pot-bound. 
Cinerarias and Primulas —The main batches 
may be sown now in a rather brisk heat. The pans 
in which they are sown might be shaded to prevent 
the rapid drying up of the moisture, and the conse¬ 
quent frequent watering that would be necessary. 
As soon as the seedlings are up they must, however, 
be inured to more ventilation and exposed to light. 
Grapes. —The early house should be kept cooler 
when the Grapes are ripe, with a free play of air 
both back and front during the day. The white 
kinds will colour up better and be better flavoured if 
they are exposed to light by turning aside the foliage. 
Black varieties should not of course be treated in 
this way. Madresfield Court should not be allowed 
to get dry at the root when approaching maturity, 
or the Grapes will crack if allowed to get dry and 
then watered ; the atmosphere should also be kept 
dry. The Muscat house should have a night 
temperature of 70° when the berries are swelling, 
with a rise of io° by day. 
Orchard House.—The fruit in the earlier houses 
being now well advanced, or even at the stoning 
period, a liberal supply of water at the root and 
plenty of syringing will be required. The tempera¬ 
ture must not be kept too high at this time, as it 
would do more harm than good. Little growth will 
be apparent in the fruit for some weeks as it is con¬ 
fined chiefly to the formation and thickening of the 
stone. 
Cabbage 3 .—The continued dry weather is acting 
very prejudicially upon all subjects requiring to be 
planted. What would be of great benefit to the 
seedlings would be to transplant them from the seed 
beds before they get in any way crowded. They 
make better roots and sturdy stems, so that they 
readily take to the new soil when put in their per¬ 
manent quarters. When planting out during dry 
weather a good plan is to take out a shallow trench 
with the hoe and plant in this, where the roots will 
be in contact with moist soil. Another good plan is 
to puddle the roots of the plants in a mixture of 
earth or clay and water before putting them out. A 
little soot added to this would help to keep the grub 
at bay. This, of course, applies to all of the 
Cabbage tribe, including Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, 
Greens, etc. 
Questions aod snsuieRS- 
Names of Plants.— IF.: A small form of Odonto¬ 
glossum crispum Andersonianum.— Wm. Wilkinson : 
The Bird Cherry, Prunus Padus. —Joshua Atkins-. 
The flowers of that colour which predominates, are 
those of Laburnum Adami, a graft hybrid between 
Laburnum valgare (yellow) and Cytisus purpureus 
(soft purple), it sports into the latter two which were 
the parents, and which you sent us.— Learner : x, 
Ranunculus amplexicaulis ; 2, Centaurea montana 
alba; 3, Polemonium humile, generally known as 
P. Richardsoni ; 4, Tiarella cordifolia; 5, Doroni- 
cum austriacum; 6, Doronicum caucasicum ; 7, 
Caltha palustris flore pleno. —Omega : The blue 
flowers are those of Scilla nutans, the English Blue¬ 
bell ; the other plant is the Red Campion, Lychnis 
diurna. — A. K .: 1, Saxifraga Aizoon ; 2, Saxifraga 
ccespitosa ; 3, Kerria japonica flore pleno ; 4, Rho- 
dotypus kerrioides ; 5, Spiraea salicifolia ; 6, Rosa 
spinosissima. 
L.elia grandis .—Captain Twiss : The pale flower 
you send is the typical Laelia grandis. The darker 
one is intermediate between the type and L. g. 
tenebrosa ; but we should not speak of it as a hybrid. 
The outer face of the sepals and petals is nearly as 
dark as L. g. tenebrosa, but the inner face is paler, 
being of a clear and warm brown. For the sake of 
distinction you might call it L. grandis Birdhill var. 
Geranium or Pelargonium .—Omega : It is quite 
wrong to use the word Geranium in either case. 
The spotted flowered kinds belong to Pelargonium 
cucullatum. The bedding varieties are hybrids of 
Pelargonium zonale and P. inquinans. The Pelar¬ 
goniums have irregular flowers with unequal sized 
petals and a nectary tube running down the stalk of 
each flower. "I he Geraniums proper are hardy her¬ 
baceous plants with regular flowers and no nectary 
tube on the flower stalks or pedicels. 
Gooseberry Caterpillars. — Omega : You can 
adopt or try several remedies for destroying cater¬ 
pillars on the bushes, such as lightly spraying them 
with water in the evening and then dusting them with 
lime, flour of sulphur, or Hellebore powder. The 
last-named is poisonous and should be washed off 
with the syringe a few days after its application, 
when the caterpillars have had time to get destroyed 
by eating the leaves that have been dusted 
Arrangement of Colours .—Tuberous Begonias: 
It is impossible from the mere names of colours to 
make a satisfactory arrangement of them in bedding 
if you are to mix the plants. It would be of great 
service to know which were tall and which dwarf 
growers, so that the former could be planted in the 
centre, and the latter round the outside of the beds. 
We have seen fairly good beds of mixed kinds, but 
greatly prefer beds wholly planted with one or two 
varieties. Seeing that you have three beds, we should 
advise you to plant one with the crimson variety and 
edge it with the red in one or two lines. Fill 
another with the orange-flowered sort and edge it 
with the yellow one, as the latter is usually dwarf. 
The third bed might be planted with the scarlet 
variety and edged with the white one. The colours 
in the first two beds would then harmonise with 
one another, while there would be a harmony of con¬ 
trast between white and scarlet. 
Communications Received— J. R. (thanks, very 
interesting) —H. J. J.—W. D.—S. W.—T. W. O.— 
G. H.—R. B.—W. P.—X.—W. H. B. 
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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
William Clibran & Son, Oldfield Nurseries, 
Altrincham.—Plant Catalogue for 1893. 
James Carter & Co., 237, 238, High Holborn, 
W.C.—Seeds for Summer Sowing. 
Thomas Farmer & Co., Lim , Billiter Buildings, 
Billiter Street, E.C. — The New Guano. 
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LONDON SEED TRADE. 
May 16 th, 1893. 
Messrs Hurst & Son, 152, Houndsditch, and 59, 
Seed Market, Mark Lane, E.C., report a slow de¬ 
mand for Clovers and Grass Seeds at unchanged 
rates. Some speculative sales of French Trifolium 
Incarnatum for forward delivery have been made at 
very high prices. 
COVENT GARDEN MARKET. 
May 17 th, 1893. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s. d s. d. 
Tasmanian Apples 
per case . 5 o 10 o 
Grapes, per lb. 2036 
s. d. s. d 
Melons.each 20 36 
Strawberries, per lb. 10 36 
Pine apples. 
Peaches ... per dozen 6 0 18 0 | —St. Michael's, each 26 60 
Vegetables.—Average Retail Prices. 
s. d. s. d. 
Asparagus per buudle 16 50 
ArticbokesGlobe doz. 30 00 
Beans, French, perlb. 16 20 
Beet.per dozen 20 30 
Cabbages ... per doz. 1626 
Carrots ... per bunch 0 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 
j. d. s. d. 
Horse Radish, bundle 20 40 
Lettuces ...per dozen 16 20 
Mushrooms, p. basket 13 20 
Onions.per bunch 04 06 
Parsley ... per bunch o 6 
Radishes... per dozen 1 6 
Seakale .per bkt 16 20 
Smallsalading,punnet o 4 
Spinach ... per strike 1 6 
Tomatos. per lb. 1 6 26 
Turnips.per bun. 0 6 
