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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
April 1, 1905. 
The Loganberry. 
Several Blackberries have been introduced from American 
sources more or less of a useful character, but few of them have 
the splendid appearance of the Loganberry when in fruit. It 
has also been named the Raspberry-Blackberry, because it is 
reputed to be a hybrid between the Aughinbaugh Blackberry 
and a red Raspberry. It proves perfectly hardy in our climate', 
and grows freely in any good garden soil. In the early stages 
of its growth it forms a bush, but after a time it assumes the 
rambling habit peculiar to most of the Blackberries or 
Brambles. For this reason it may be planted at sufficient disr 
tance apart to form rambling bushes, but we think a more 
profitable and ornamental method of cultivating it would be 
to train the canes on wires stretched for the purpose, or wire- 
netting, or on a trellis. Probably also when sufficiently strong 
it could be grown over arches enclosing or covering a pathway, 
as is done with some of the Brambles. 
This method of training the canes permits the cultivator to 
do the necessary pruning readily and easily every j-ear. The 
peculiarities. That also applies to any other strange fruits. 
We also learn that some plantations have been made for the 
purpose of growing produce for the market. When made in the 
form of jam or jelly, the fruits have a flavour quite different 
from any other with which we are acquainted. 
The plants are fairly easy to handle, the canes being fur¬ 
nished merely with the primary prickles without the torment¬ 
ing small ones to be found on a large number of the Black¬ 
berries, and even on some of the varieties of Raspberries. 
Those who plant the Loganberry should not expect the best 
results during the first or even the second year, as all the 
Blackberry tribe require some little time to get established. 
After this they send out long rambling stems which should be 
fastened to the trellis nearly the whole length. After the 
plant reaches the fullest size of its capabilities it is very pro¬ 
lific. The flowers are not liable to be destroyed by frost, and 
the plant is very reliable even in bad seasons. This may be 
accounted for by its early propensities as compared with the 
Bramble, so that the fruits ripen while the temperature is 
yet sufficiently high to prevent damage by rain. 
The Loganberry. 
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old worn-out canes can easily be removed, thus giving the 
young ones all the advantages of air and light. The fruits are 
of large and handsome size, as may be seen by reference to 
the accompanying illustration lent us by Messrs. Kelway and 
Son, Langport, Somerset, to illustrate this note. 
The fruits are of a reddish-maroon, veiy melting and with¬ 
out core, while the flavour is rich and pleasing, giving one the 
impression of a mixture of the Raspberry and Blackberry 
flavour. They are also quite firm, so that they keep well on 
the bushes or in the gathered state, and would be more suitable 
for easy and safe transit to market, as they are not so likely 
to get reduced to pulp and juice as in the case of the Rasp¬ 
berry. These fruits also ripen much earlier than any of our 
native Blackberries, and from all accounts we have heard they 
are very suitable for the making of jam and jelly. For dessert, 
purposes they certainly have a fine appearance, and would 
afford variety on the table, but to appreciate them at their 
value for dessert purposes it would probably take some little 
time to acquire the necessary taste in order to relish their 
Oncidium Lowii. 
The above is a supposed natural hybrid between 0. caven- 
dishianum and 0. carthaginense. The leaves of 0. Lowii are 
similar to those of the first named, but ly ft. to 2| ft. long, 
and without pseudo-bulbs. The flower-stem of the plant ex¬ 
hibited by Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., Bush Hill Park, Mid¬ 
dlesex, at the meeting of the R.H.S. on March 14th was 6 ft. 
in length, the upper portion being pani'cled and bearing a large 
number of flowers. The sepals and petals are much waved 
and curled, and closely spotted or blotched with deep cinna¬ 
mon-brown. The lip has an obreniform lamina with large 
lateral lobes, and all spotted with cinnamon-brown, except 
towards the edges. The habit and vigour of the plant as well 
as the size of the flowers recall 0. cavendishianum, but the 
flowers of the latter are chiefly yellow; hence it is supposed 
that the spotting and the wavy character of the segments have 
been derived from the other parent. The flowers are suffi¬ 
ciently large and numerous to be conspicuous and ornamental. 
