August 28, 1897. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
823 
to spoil the appearance of the beds before they are 
obliged to. 
Malmaison Carnations. — L. S .: If the layers are 
rooted the sooner they are potted up the better. A 
large sixty-pot will be roomy enough. A soil com¬ 
posed of half loam, and the other half of peat and 
leaf soil with sand will do well. 
Seedling zonal Pelargoniums.—^. R. C.: As 
soon as the first flower bud shows pinch the tops 
out of the plants, and thus throw ail the strength 
into the bloom truss. Feed as you suggest with 
guano. 
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THE PRESENTATION AT SHREWS¬ 
BURY. 
We are now in a position to present our readers with 
the accompanying illustration of the solid Silver 
ORCHIDS AT BURFORD LODGE. 
To those who see Burford Lodge, Dorking, the 
residence of Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., for the first 
time, the beauty of the situation is prepossessing. 
We have frequently seen it, but each successive 
visit serves the more to convince us that no more 
charming or ideal spot for a private residence could 
be found amongst the Surrey Downs than that at 
Burford Lodge. There is no need to go to the 
mountains, for they are at the front door every day. 
The breadth of a lawn lies between the mansion and 
the River Mole, which flows under the steepest 
escarpment of Box Hill, and the latter, no doubt, 
owes its present form on this face to the river cutting 
through and carrying away the chalk. This face is 
ever crumbling down, yet it is clothed with sombre 
Yews, Beech and a few Poplars to the very crest. 
On the level ground Elms, Beeches, Horse Chest¬ 
nuts and other deciduous trees attain a great size 
and lend additional beauty'to the estate. 
ins. to 6$ ins. across, with pseudobulbs in propor¬ 
tion. They were stood on elevating pans containing 
water. The flowers of Renanthera matutlna had 
kept fresh for six weeks, though they had been cut 
for half of that time. Chysis Chelsoni and C. brac- 
tescens are troublesome Orchids, yet one has been 
here since 1879. Interesting are thedark purpleflowers 
of Microstylis bella, having a curiously fringed lip. 
Underneath the stages of this warm house Fittonia 
argyroneura and F. Verschaffelti, planted in moss, 
are making marvellous growth. 
The next house entered contained a large number 
of hybrid Dendrobiums, mostly raised here and 
making fine growth. The rare D. sanguineolentum 
had creamy flowers tipped with dark purple. A fine 
collection of Catasetums presented the strange 
phenomenon of directing their growths to the light 
and the roots towards the back of the house, being 
evidently hydrotropic. Cycnoches maculatum was 
carrying a grand spike of bloom. A variety of 
Silver Epergnes Presented to Mr. H. W. Adnitt and Mr. W W. Naunton. 
Epergnes or Centre Pieces which were presented by 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., to Mr. H. W. Adnitt 
and Mr. W. W. Naunton, the honorary secretaries 
of the Shropshire Horticultural Society, as a small 
recognition of their invaluable services to the society 
during the long period of twenty-three years. The 
society itself, the exhibitors, and all concerned are to 
be congratulated that the occasion of the presenta¬ 
tion was not likewise that of the resignation 
of the gentlemen in question, as that would indeed 
have been a misfortune to the management of one of 
the finest shows in the country. The photographs 
show two sides of the Epergnes, As was stated last 
week they were provided for bythe voluntary subscrip¬ 
tion of numerous friends A committee was formed 
a short time ago to carry out the wishes of the latter. 
Mr. A. Outram acted as secretary of this committee, 
and Mr. Owen Thomas, of Windsor, as treasurer. 
The Epergnes were manufactured specially by 
Messrs. Mappin & Webb, 2, Queen Victoria Street, 
London, E C. 
The garden, though not extensive, is filled with 
the best of everything, and here one of the finest 
collections of Orchids in Europe has been got 
together. On entering the houses Mr. W. H. 
White, the Orchid grower, said that very few of the 
plants were in bloom, but we soon found it other¬ 
wise. Cattleyas and Dendrobiums were practically 
out of season, nevertheless they were represented by 
flowering specimens. For instance, D. Phalaenopsis 
and D. bigibbum were flowering or preparing to. 
Two forms of D. secundum were interesting, one 
having purple flowers and an orange-scarlet lip, 
while the other was white with an orange lip, the 
latter being also known as D. bursigerum album. 
We were much taken with a variety of the 
deliciously-scented Aerides odoratum, having rosy 
sepals and petals, and a yellow lip, the middle lobe 
being purple. A huge piece of Scaccolabium guttatum 
in a large basket carried nine of its fox-brush spikes. 
Burford Lodge is famous for its Calanthes, which 
were making grand growth. We measured leaves 6 
Catasetum christyanum, with brownish-crimson 
flowers struck us being far superior to the type. 
Pale but pretty is Eulophia guineensis with its large 
pink flowers and purple blotch on the lip. Dendro- 
bium Dearei, 3^ft. high, and D. dalhousieanum in 
bloom, and Epidendrum radicans, in huge pieces, 
add interest to the collection. 
A sheet of tiffany, hung from the ridge of the roof 
of this house, forms a permanent shading for one 
half of the occupants. Here the Cypripediums 
maintain a healthy green colour. C. Elinor, raised 
here and certificated in 1895 is finer than the original 
raised elsewhere. Both it and C. harrisianum 
superbum carried immense flowers. C. euryandrum, 
which has been here for the last seventeen years, and 
C. orphanum, also carried huge flowers. The motile 
or swinging lips of Bulbophyllum Dearei and B. siam- 
ense, are always interesting. Numerous specimens of 
Phalaenopsis in baskets have grand foliage. P. 
violacea, P. Esmeralda, and the tiny P. Listeri were 
in bloom. There were dark and light forms of P. 
