November 23, 1907. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
may be considerably minimised if, when af¬ 
fording root moisture, the pot can be care¬ 
fully plunged into a pail of slightly warmed 
water, to such a depth that the water will 
not quite reach the surface of the potting com¬ 
post. It will thus be seen that we may afford 
all that is required for the plant "and suffi¬ 
cient moisture will be drawn to the surface 
to meet the requirements of the seedlings 
without the necessity of overhead watering 
to any great extent. We are thus able to re¬ 
tain our seed bed in a desirable state, and to 
some extent this lessens the possibilities of 
damping and destruction among 'the weak 
and delicate members on the seed bed. Cy- 
pripediums and Odontoglossums in particu¬ 
lar should be treated in this manner. 
For such kinds as Cattileyas, Laelias, Epi- 
dendrums, and such like genera, where the 
seedlings are raised on prepared beds, such 
as packed canvis, wood blocks, etc., with due 
care, the loss of young seedlings is consider¬ 
ably less than when they are raised on the 
pots. I would advocate these being occa¬ 
sionally dipped to such a depth as may be 
done with safety, every care being taken to 
avoid floating the seed and seedlings from 
the position in which they have commenced 
to germinate when applying water in this 
way; also when spraying or watering over¬ 
head every precaution should be taken to 
avoid floating the seed. It is only natural- 
that in winter the germination of all seed 
should be somewhat slow, therefore it is the 
more liable to became displaced and easily 
floated over the rim of the pot and so de¬ 
stroyed. 
Small plants, especially those that have 
been pricked off in a seed bed or potted during 
the past few months, should be placed with¬ 
in reasonable distance of the roof glass, for 
here they will obtain the maximum amount 
of available light, and what little growth 
is made during the next few weeks will thus 
be prevented from becoming drawn and 
weakly. A light position will also assist the 
compost to dry and thus avoid the possibili¬ 
ties of stagnant moisture remaining for any 
lengthened period about the roots and base of 
the plants. 
The temperature of the house for all seed¬ 
lings that have not yet reached the flowering 
state should be a few degrees warmer than 
that advised for the normal conditions of 
the various generic species of Orchids. For 
young Cattleyas and their allied genera I 
consider a night temperature of from 65 to 
70 degrees should be maintained during the 
winter season with normal conditions pre¬ 
vailing outside. Odontoglossum seedlings- 
are benefited by the temperature being re¬ 
tained a few degrees warmer than that given 
to Odontoglossums generally. It should not 
be overlooked that seedling Orchids should 
be retained in a growing state from the time 
of leaving the seed bed until the flowering 
stage is reached. It will be at once apparent 
that it would be practically impossible to- 
procure satisfactory growing conditions with 
the normal temperatures usually recom¬ 
mended at the resting season of most of the^ 
Orchid species. 
H. J. Chapman. 
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Chrysanthemum 
H. J. JONES 
- 1908.- 
Incurved-Japanese Chrysanthemum H. J. Jones, 1908. [Maclaren and Sons. 
Damson Merryweather. 
Under the above name a new Damson- 
was shown by Mr. W. Merryweather, 
Southwell, Notts, at a meeting of the 
R.H.S., and was accorded an Award of 
Merit after being cooked. 
Carnation Rose-pink Enchantress. 
The bloom of this American variety is> 
equal to Enchantress in its great size, but 
is of a deeper and brighter pink and 
fragrant. Award of Merit by the R.H.S- 
when shown by Mr. A. F. Dutton. 
The season for big Chrysanthemums in 
‘the neighbourhood of London commenced 
about the middle of October, and that 
was the occasion when we first saw H. J. 
Jones, 190S. For the benefit of readers 
we may say that another Chrysanthemum 
bears the name of H. J. Jones, but the 
year attached to this new one will make 
it amply distinct. The variety is an in¬ 
curved Japanese of the largest size for 
that type. The florets are very broad, 
■curled towards the tips, and interlacing 
in a variety of ways, making quite 
:a compact bloom. If the florets had been 
spreading instead of closely incurving in 
this manner, the bloom would have been 
quite a giant of its kind. As it is, we 
shall, no doubt, see it well represented 
next year on the exhibition table. The 
colour may be described as a bright 
maize-yellow, but appearing lighter or 
darker under different conditions of light. 
This is, no doubt, due to the inner sur¬ 
face of the florets being somewhat more 
highly coloured than the other, but there 
is^ot a great distinction in this respect, 
the colour being well defined. The plant 
is a seedling which was raised by Mr. H. 
J. Jones, Ryecroft Nursery, Lewisham, 
London, and grows about 4 ft. high. It 
gives the best bloom when the crown bud 
is taken. That from which our photo¬ 
graph was taken measured 8 in. in dia¬ 
meter. It received a First-class Certificate 
from the National Chrysanthemum 
Society, when shown on October 14th and 
an Award of Merit from the R.H.S. on the 
following day. 
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Trees in Paris. 
There are approximately 87,000 trees in 
Paris. The Horse Chestnut is the com¬ 
monest ; after it comes the Plane tree, fol¬ 
lowed by the Judas tree. 
Honour to a Hawick Nurseryman. 
We learn that Mr. John Forbes, Bucc- 
leuch Nurseries, Hawick, has just re¬ 
ceived the Royal Warrant as nurseryman 
at Hawick to'His Majesty King Edward 
VII. This is dated 25th October from 
Buckingham Palace. Mr. Forbes has 
frequently supplied the King with flower¬ 
ing plants, both at Sandringham, Wind¬ 
sor and Balmoral, but particularly at the 
latter, and has orders now for another 
large consignment of plants to be sent to 
Balmoral. We congratulate Mr. Forbes 
upon this recent appointment. 
