Decetnber 8,1900. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
a light rod fastened between each of them ought to 
furnish you with the necessary frame you seek for. 
Orchids for an Amateur.- Aspirant : Start with a 
limited collection, and let the hrst lot be only the 
cool house species. Cvpripedium insigne, Odonto- 
glossum crispum, O. Pescatorei, O. grande, are 
sufficient to form the nucleus of a collection, to 
which you can add to from lime to time, after having 
satisfied yourself about the needs of those we’recom- 
about the roots with the fingers. Keep the plants 
welFup, even mounding the surface up to their lower 
leaves, els 9 the chances are that everything will 
become too damp and sour. Finish off smoothly, 
and place your plants on an ash bottom. The 
atmosphere should be maintained moist, and at a 
temperature of 55 0 night, to over6o° during the day, 
in the winter, though ten degrees or more may be 
allowed in summer. They like semi-shade, which 
also will only be required during summer. 
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CHRYSANTHEMUM LORD LUDLOW. 
During the past season this Japanese variety has 
frequently made its appearance on the exhibition 
boards in good form. There is further evidence in 
its popularity from the fact that it has received five 
First-class Certificates from different societies. The 
blooms are of large size, yet when well grown are 
deeper than wide, as in the case of several others, 
which made their appearance during the past season. 
The florets are of good width and neatly disposed, 
W". 
Chrysanthemum Lord Ludlow 
mend. The above should be grown in pots or pans. 
Half fill the pans with clean crocks, having them so 
placed as to allow the free escape of the surplus 
water. Over these place a layer of peat, and use as 
a compost for the plants, lumpy, fibrous peat, cut 
spaghnum moss, some charcoal, and pot sherds, and 
a very small addition of fibrous loam, for the Cypri- 
pediums. Should good loam be difficult to obtain it 
had better be left out of count. The foregoing 
compost may .then be worked firmly and carefully 
Cortaderia jubata.— Andrews: The Pampas 
Grass whose botanical name we give, can be planted 
at the present time. Deep, warm soils, and fairly 
rich are to the liking of this handsome grass plant. 
Fruit tree Insecticide.— H ., Use Calvert’s 10 
per cent. Carbolic Soap as an insecticide, to be had 
from nurserymen. 
Forcing Young Pot Vines (next week) 
with an inclination to become curled at the tips. 
They are of a golden amber, with red lines on the 
margins The habit of the plant is also all that 
could be desired, and it usually grows to a height o' 
5 ft when grown for exhibition. It should be 
stopped early in April, and the second crown 
secured for the production of the finest blooms. The 
accompanying illustration was prepared from a 
photograph taken in the collection of Messrs. W, 
Wells & Cc., Ltd., Earlswood, Redhill, Surrey. 
