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THE GARDENING WORLD 
June 11, 1898. 
ORANGE TREE IN GUERNSEY. 
We have pleasure in enclosing photograph of an 
Orange tree growing in our island, and if you 
reproduce it in your valuable paper, we think it will 
interest and possibly surprise many of your readers. 
The tree itself is a proof of our mild climate. It was 
planted in the year 1853, against a dwelling house, 
the property of John de Jersey Laine, Esq., in the 
parish of St. Saviour's; the aspect is due south, 
hence it has the benefit of all the sunshine we enjoy. 
It covers about sixty-four superficial feet, and is 
loaded with fruit every alternate year. At this 
moment, May 30th, there are some 200 Oranges just 
on the point of ripening. The tree flowers during 
the month of June, and the perfume is spread at 
some considerable distance from the house. 
The present proprietor, J. A. N. Laine, Esq., 
informs us that only a slight covering is used during 
frosty weather, otherwise it is left quite exposed. It 
is liberally manured with road sweepings and decom¬ 
posed cow dung during the early spring. We may 
mention that in most seasons the fruit is very juicy 
and sweet. - W. Mauger Son, Bulb Growers, Guernsey. 
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GARDENERS’ CHARITIES. 
I was sorry to read Mr. Fletcher’s letter in the Gar¬ 
dening World of last week with regard to 
" Gardeners’ Charities " as I think them all excellent 
institutions and managed as economically as they 
possibly can be. I think we ought to feel pleased if 
in contributing to them we render assistance to 
others, even if we get no direct benefit ourselves. I 
should think from the tone of Mr. Fletcher’s 
letter he is not aware of the existence of the United 
Horticultural Benefit and Provident Society, which 
is really a benefit society and savings bank (some of 
our oldest members having over /So standing to 
their credit). I have been a member over twelve 
years and I can assure our friend that not a penny of 
our money is wasted, although I am aware that some 
so-called societies (not gardeners’) are grossly mis¬ 
managed. I am afraid it would take up too much 
space here to give full particulars, especially as the 
Editor kindly gives full reports of our meetings from 
time to time, but I think if Mr. Fletcher will send to 
our secretary at the address given in the Gardening 
World for a copy of our Rules, he will see that our 
society covers all the requirements he has suggested. 
— H. Peerless. 
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Spain has more Sunshine than any other country of 
Europe, the yearly average being 3,000 hours. 
CARNATION URIAH PIKE. 
For some time past the existence of this variety, 
which suddenly became so popular a few years ago, 
has been held in the background. Gardeners are 
quietly cultivating it, however, and using it to good 
purpose in their houses and as cut flowers. A fine 
bunch of flowers reached us the other day from Mr. 
A. Pentney, The Gardens, Worton Hall, Isleworth. 
The rich velvety-crimson flowers make a fine contrast 
with the sea-green hue of the foliage. They are also of 
great substance and very durable, lasting for several 
days in excellent condition in the dry state, so that 
they ought to remain fresh for a longer period in 
water. Many varieties are relatively short-lived, 
but particularly in summer. The well-formed, stout 
calyx does not split; while the clove-like fragrance 
of the flowers keeps up its power apparently as long 
as the flowers last. 
STAUNTONIA LATIFOLIA. 
In Devon this is a perfectly hardy evergreen climber 
and thrives well with us on an east wall, flowering 
each year fairly well early in May ; but I think if it 
had been given a southern aspect better results would 
have followed. The individual flowers are rather 
small, but delightfully fragrant. It is a native of the 
Himalayas, and was introduced in 1840. It is some¬ 
times found under the name of Holboellia latifolia. 
Any prunning necessary should be done early in the 
autumn; the long, trailing shoots should be cut 
back each year or it very soon becomes a perfect 
mass, which proves detrimental to its flowering. 
It is usually propagated by cuttings of half-ripened 
shoots; but in January of this year a lady living at 
Paignton, near Torquay, forwarded me a ripe, purple, 
oblong fruit, about the size of a duck's egg, which I 
quite thought was a fruit of one of the Passifloras. I 
sowed the seed on January 29th, and when fit, 
potted off half a dozen young plants which are doing 
well. Last month the lady kindly sent me flowers 
and foliage of this climber, which I at once identified 
as Stauntonia latifolia. The plant from which the 
fruit was taken (it carried several) is trained on a 
verandah in front of the house, otherwise it is quite 
unprotected. Is it not unusual for this plant to fruit 
out in the open in this country ? Perhaps Mr. Editor 
or some kind reader can enlighten us on the subject. 
—James Mayne, the Gardens, Bicton, B. Salterton. 
[We have never seen this climber in fruit, and do 
not recollect such an occurence having been brought 
to our notice. It is usually looked upon as a cool 
greenhouse climber, and though it grows against 
walls in the latitude of London, it would naturally, 
succeed better in Devon, where the winter is usually 
much milder.— Ed.] 
RHODODENDRON ANTHOPOGON. 
Yellow-flowered Rhododendrons, apart from 
those generally spoken of as Azaleas, are compara¬ 
tively rare in the outdoor garden. That under notice 
is a natve of Northern Asia, aDd has been flowering 
for some time in the neighbourhood of King 
William’s Temple, Kew. The oblong or lanceolate 
evergreen leaves are only about 1 in. long, and rusty 
beneath, as in the Europaean R. ferrugineum, 
though otherwise very different. The flowers are 
small, pale, clear yellow, and produced in dense 
clusters at the apex of the numerous shoots and 
branches. 
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MESSRS. VEITCH’S ORCHIDS. 
Something interesting may be found at all seasons 
of the year in the nurseries of Messrs. J. Veitch & 
Sons,Ltd..Chelsea. Every season has its special kinds, 
and in spring these are more abundant than at any 
other period; but the numerous hybrids for which this 
establishment has long been famed enable the firm 
to set up a group consisting entirely of garden 
creations at many of the R.H.S. meetings and else¬ 
where. Some or other of them are in bloom all the 
year round. As we passed through the houses the 
other week, however, there was a great wealth of 
flowers of a very varied nature. 
The glory of the cool houses was undoubtedly the 
Odontoglossums, amongst which O. crispum and its 
endless varieties take the premier position. Of this 
there were numerous arching spikes of round and 
otherwise well shaped flowers, of white, pale rose, 
dark rose tinted and handsomely blotched flowers, 
with broad, imbricated segments. As beautiful as 
puzzling was a natural hybrid suggesting O. 
crispum, and O. wilckeanum as the parents. 
The flowers were richly blotched with 
brown on a light yellow ground. O. luteo- 
purpureum also exhibited great variety, including 
fine dark blotched forms. The vigour of O. Hallii 
was particularly noticeable, the flowering stems 
being 3$ ft. to 4 ft. long. All of the above occupied 
stages which placed the flowers in a convenient 
position for inspection. 
The Oncidiums contributed their quota to the 
general display. One of the prettiest and most 
attractive was O. spilopterum with its rich purple, 
cushion-like crest on the lip, suggesting the specific 
name. This as well as the uniformly yellow O. con- 
color were suspended in Orchid pans. Many well 
grown plants of O. macranthum are now making 
their presence felt by their long racemes of bloom. 
Passing into the warmer houses an even greater 
variety of species and hybrids invited inspection. 
There appears to be a considerable amount of blue 
in the showy flowers of Dendrobium lituiflorum mar- 
moratum. Very pretty are the light yellow flowers 
of D. cheltenhamense (aureum x luteolum) with an 
orange blotch in the throat. The greenish-golden 
disc of D. Boxallii marks out this as a beautiful and 
most interesting type. Interesting and uncommon 
sorts are D. Parishii and D. japonicum, there being 
a fine importation of the latter sweetly scented 
species. 
The large panicles of Oncidium sarcodes, O. 
divaricatum, and O. phymatochilum are both con¬ 
spicuous and effective, owing to the graceful poise 
of their myriads of flowers. The pale salmon 
sepals and petals of Coelogyne tomentosa are pretty, 
but what shall we say of C. dayana, with fifteen of 
its long, pendent and graceful racemes of flowers ? 
The racemes of fragrant white flowers of Angraceum 
modestum reach a length of 18 in. The sepals and 
petals of Vanda striata are pale yellow, and the 
white lip is heavily striated with reddish-brown. A 
vigorous and healthy piece of Phalaenopsis ludde- 
violacea was flowering finely. The long and 
massive panicles of Oncidium carthaginense and O. 
ampliatum majus are always conspicuous by reason 
of the quantity of flowers they bear. Of Cypripe- 
diums in the same range of houses we singled out 
C. Annie Measures, C. ciliolare, and C. mastersia- 
num, all widely distinct. 
The rock house is always a centre of interest, be¬ 
cause it forms a sort of conservatory in which the 
species that like an intermediate temperature may be 
kept while in bloom. The huge flowers of Oncidium 
marshallianum are strikingly gorgeous. A piece of 
O. divaricatum carries about 500 flowers on a spike 
4 ft. to 5 ft. long. Sobralia macrantha has been 
flowering for more than two months past. Well 
