THE GARDENING WORLD. 
July 18, 1903. 
616 
until they reach: the flowering stage, after which they take 
long rests: asi in the typical specie®. The potting compost for 
young Cattleyas, Odontoglossums, Cypripediums, etc., should 
consist of good fibrous peat, leaf-soil and chopped sphagnum, 
in, equal proportions, with sufficient sand added to 1 render the 
compost free and open. Be careful only to spray the seedlings 
wherever leaf soil is used in the potting compost. H. J. 
Fruit under Glass. 
Melons. —Attend to the fertilisation daily of plants in 
flower, and, as soon, as it, can be seen, that three or four fruits 
are swelling on a plant, cut off all superfluous one®, and pinch 
out the point of those bearing fruit, securing the shoot to the 
trellis before, the bine gets crippled. As soon, as a, crop has 
been secured, feeding should commence and be continued twice 
or thrice weekly, up to the time the fruit shows signs of colour¬ 
ing, when clear water only should be given, and in less 
quantities than heretofore. Afford full ventilation when the 
weather is suitable, and, should the plants give any indication 
of drooping, a, thin shade during the brightest hours will do 
very little harm to those ripening their crop. 
riant, out- for succession in fairly heavy loam, with, a little 
mortar rubble and wood ashes: added, making the compost very 
firm before planting; water in the plants and shade for a 
day or two if necessary. Deep planting isi, I consider, often 
the cause of canker; the surface of the ball of roots, as turned 
out of the pots, should be but barely covered when set, out in 
the prepared hillocks, or mounds, as a thin top-dressing can 
occasionally be.given after the fruits are formed. Unless very 
light, well-heated structures are at command, it is not advisable 
to sow after the 20th inst. These should ripen from the 
middle of October, and often, come in useful for dessert when, 
shooting parties are held. Wei are growing the new variety, 
Late Perfection, and it maintains its name, as Sutton’s Scarlet, 
Syon House, and Gunton Scarlet, sown the same time, were 
cleared out quite weeks before this one, so, that a house or 
division should be- allotted this variety, the fruits of which are 
extra largei, and the plant- very robust. 
The Vineries. —The earliest forced Vines will have Been re¬ 
lieved of their crop by this date, and, if not already done, 
afford the foliage a thorough washing with the syringe or 
garden, engine, not using too, much force as to cut the principal 
leaves, carrying out, this work each evening for the next few 
weeks, which less often will suffice,. Throw the house wide 
open, and afford the inside border a copious watering, if cm 
the side of dryness. Successional houses, having ripe, fruit 
and those nearing that stage should be kept comparatively 
cool and drier than while the, crops were maturing, though, 
unless the weather is dull or wet, the surroundings should be' 
moistened each morning and again about 3 p.m., reducing the 
amount of ventilation towards 5.30, and during bright weather 
fires may be dispensed with in, these structures. Muscats 
need a, few 'degrees more warmth than Hamburghs, Foster’s 
Seedling, and Sweet-waters, and any Vines affected with that, 
horrid pest mealy bug should he examined weekly, dropping 
a little methylated spirit on the insects with a, feather. 
Figs.- - Pot-trees that have finished a, second crop must be 
denuded of any Figs, that show, and allowed to ripen their 
growths. Those having fruit on the verge of ripening require 
to be kept diy overhead, but plenty of underneath moisture 
several time® daily in bright weather. Before removing the 
earliest pot-trees to the open, the roots that have laid hold 
of the plunging material should be' cut back by degrees, when, 
in a few weeks, they may be plunged to the rims in coal 
ashes. Trees in borders, with swelling fruit must have 
abundance of root waterings, and the foliage kept syringed 
mornings and afternoons when, closed. These trees oftentimes' 
push out far more Figs than is, necessary for a second crop, and 
should be thinned where at all crowded. This will allow those 
remaining to swell up larger, and be a less strain on the trees. 
In removing ripe fruit from the tree much care is required, 
and a, knife should sever the stem; this will avoid squeezing 
the fruit in any way. James Matxe. 
Bictou, Devonshire. 
The Best Flowering Plants at Kew. 
“ There are more plants in the garden than ye wot of."’ 
Odontoglossum harryanum. 
A handsome Orchid which was introduced to cultivation m 
1886, and specifically named in compliment to Mr. Harry! 
Yeitch. Its pseudo-bulbs are about 3 in. long, bearing two 
oblong-obtuse leathery leaves 7 in. to 10 in. long. The 
racemose scape produces flowers fully 3 in. in diameter, bavin; 
deep chestnut-brown sepals-, marked and tipped with golden 
yellow. The petals are oblong, having the basal half white 
traversed longitudinally by bro-ad, closely set mauve-purplt 
line® ; while the central one is ohestnut-brown, and the ape: 
yellow. The threedobed lip fades from white to pale yellow 
its fimbriated crest being golden-yellow. Native of Colombia. 
Tillandsia Lindeni. 
An ornamental stove plant at any season, its effect is greath 
heightened at this season, when, amongst, its rostulate re 
curving leaves arei produced its spikes, of deep bluish-purph 
flowers. The spikes, somewhat shorter than the leaves, an 
densely clothed with distichous, imbricate bracts, the oute: 
part, of which is beautifully tinted with carmine. Emerging 
between these bracts are the flowers,, each of three shorth 
clawed, ovate spathulate spreading petals. Native of Peru. 
Adenocalymna nitidum. 
A robust climber attaining a, height of fully 20ft., luxuriating 
in a peaty compost and moist, hot, temperature. Its trifoliate 
tendrilled leaves and racemes of large, Bigonia-like, velvety, 
rich yellow flowers, lend it an effect desirable and imposing 
Native of Brazil. 
Ornithogalum narbonense ppramidale (syn. C. pyramidale 
Probably the best of hardy Ornithogalums, which in a bull) 
or particularly in a, mixed border, where the foliage of adjacent 
plants serve as a. groundwork, is pleasing, useful, and effective. 
It produces spike-like, cylindrical racemes, densely set with 
white flowers about, 2 ft. high, which, in a, cut state, are very 
effective in moderate-sized glasses. 
Morina Longifolia (syn. elegans). 
In this we have an attractive herbaceous plant, which, thougl 
it would not be effective in a cut state, is one in a border 
which, owing to its long tubular flowers, borne in whorls on 
stout, leafy stem which arises from a. rosette of thistle-likt' 
leaves, is sure to impress the beholder. The flowers have ; 
long, waxy-white tube, contrasting with the soft pink of tin 
spreading limb. 
Philadelphus grandiflorus. 
This species, plus its varieties, floribundus and laxus, are, aj 
lawn specimen shrubs, all that the most capricious could desir 
in effect. Not- partial to any particular soil, they are subject 
of easy cultivation, which, after flowering, amply repay after 
tion given in thinning out all old and superabundant wood. A 
it-s name implies, it is a grand form in point of the size o, 
its four-peta-lled white flowers (the terminal flower in each ini 
florescence possessing five petals,), and as deserving of the sam 
appellation in respect to- their redundancy. Native of Nortl 
America. 
Spiraea discolor. 
Of a genus, which contributes so largely to the decoration o 
our shrubberies, few, if any, of them are at once so- graceful: 
beautiful, and so prodigal in its abundance of flowers as thi 
American species, better known in cultivation as S. ariaefolia 
Given ample spa-ce for development—that is, as a specimen o - 
a. lawn—the effect it produces is superb. 
