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SUPPLEMENT  TO 
March  9,  1899. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER 
anyone  wlio  can  afford  to  build  even  the  smallest  glass  house  can,  with 
little  outlay,  stock  it  with  some  of  the  finest,  though  commonest, 
of  Orchids,  On  the  other  hand,  the  enormous  prices  that  have  recently 
been  paid  for  novelties  show  that,  while  appealing  to  the  latter  class 
of  cultivators.  Orchids  have  not  lost  their  hold  upon  the  wealthy. 
A  healthy  sign  of  the  times  respecting  the  future  of  Orchids 
will  be  found  in  the  fact  that  in  place  of  the  botanical  curiosities 
and  rarities  many  of  the  letding  growers  are  finding  out  the  best 
species  and  varieties  for  decoration  and  cutting,  and  are  cultivating 
them  at  the  expense  of  the  former.  Our  market  growers  are  pur¬ 
chasing  and  collecting  Orchids  largely  to  meet  the  ever-increasing 
demand  for  the  flowers  when  cut,  while  many  of  the  florists’  shops  are 
now  gay  with  gorgeous  Cattleyas  and  other  showy  kinds. 
In  short,  the  Orchid  is  recognised  as  one  of  the  loveliest  plants 
in  cultivation,  and  it  will  no  doubt  be  grown  in  increasing  numbers 
for  its  intrinsic  worth,  for  its  delicate  beauty,  its  lasting  powers,  and 
its  other  good  qualities  that  make  it  second  to  no  other.  Then 
Orchids  are  so  distinct  from  every  other  family  of  plants  that  a  child  can 
pick  them  out.  They  have  a  quaint  form,  wonderfully  diversified,  but 
easily  known  through  all  its  variations ;  the  features  of  each  individual 
kind  are  distinct,  yet  each  present  the  same  beautiful  structure,  an  1 
the  texture  of  most  of  them  is  very  delicate  and  beautiful. 
In  the  future,  again,  there  is  no  doubt  that  numbers  of  the  fine 
hybrids  now  appearing  will  bo  largely  grown  for  cutting.  Most 
of  these  plants  have  a  decidedly  stronger  habit  than  the  species  they 
have  sprung  from,  and  this,  of  course,  will  render  them  more  useful 
■for  the  purposes  of  decoration  of  all  kinds.  Take  the  deciduous 
Calanthes,  for  example.  The  true  species  and  varieties  are  few 
in  number,  but  there  are  already  scores  of  hybrid  forms,  and  they  are 
being  added  to  daily,  each  one  a  charming  garden  plant  flowering  at 
the  dullest  season  of  the  year,  and  producing  a  quantity  of  blossom  far 
exceeding  that  given  by  many  other  plants  of  similar  size. 
Hybrid  Dendrobiums,  again,  are  among  the  most  beautiful  of 
plants  at  this  season,  and  no  one  can  fall  out  with  growing  such 
a  hybrid  as  D.  Ainsworthi,  for  instance.  One  of  the  oldest,  it  is  true, 
but  still  one  of  the  best  and  freest  flowering  kinds  in  existence.  The 
Cypripediums  raised  artificially  are  more  numerous  than  either  of  the 
preceding,  and  extremely  useful  for  cutting  owing  to  the  length  of  time 
they  last  either  on  the  plants  or  when  cut.  Cattleyas  and  Lmlias,  though 
less  numerous  as  yet,  are  being  rapidly  added  to,  and  scarcely  a  week 
goes  by  without  something  new  being  added  in  one  section  or  the  other. 
But  we  need  not  trust  to  hybrids  alone  for  good  garden  plants,  for 
the  number  of  useful  species  is  very  large  and  varied,  and  there  would 
bo  little  trouble  in  selecting  sufficient  to  keep  up  a  fine  succession  of 
flowers  the  whole  year  round.  This  being  so,  and  the  fact  that  nearly 
every  genus  contains  at  least  one  species  that  is  cheap,  showy,  and 
easily  grown  being  considered,  there  is  little  doubt  that,  just  as  small 
collections  have  sprung  up  within  the  last  few  years,  their  number  will 
be  still  further  increased,  and  really  the  popularity  of  any  plant  is 
better  assured  when  it  is  grown  by  a  number  of  small  cultivators  than 
when,  by  its  rarity  and  high  price,  it  is  confined  to  the  few.  There  is 
an  increasing  demand  for  cheap,  yet  showy  and  beautiful  Orchids,  and 
this  will  not,  I  think,  diminish  even  should  the  wealthy  patrons  of  the 
cult  become  tired  of  paying  their  hundreds  tor  rare  and  unique  kinds. 
— H.  E.  Eiciiards. 
A  MEMORY. 
As  an  old  amateur  correspondent  of  the  Journal  of  Horticulture 
for  more  years  than  I  care  to  count,  contributing  a  special  article  to 
accompany  my  picture  in  the  “Veterans’  Portrait  Gallery,”  I  propose  to 
give  a  few  personal  reminiscences  of  Dr.  Hogg,  which  will  probably  be 
of  general  interest.  Although  having  had  the  privilege  of  making  the 
Doctor’s  acquaintance  early  in  the  sixties,  it  was  not  until  1876  that 
t!ie  writer  was  fortunate  enough  to  secure  a  visit  into  Herefordshire 
of  this  eminent  pomologist,  which  was  rej^eated  on  several  occasions 
in  connection  with  the  exhibitions  of  Apples  and  Pears,  which  w’ere 
held  during  1876  and  1885,  mainly  for  the  selection  of  typical  varieties, 
for  reproducing  in  plates  and  sections  in  that  standard  work,  “The 
Herefordshire  Pomona.”  It  is  needless  to  say,  without  the  valuable 
aid  of  the  talented  author  of  the  “  Fruit  Manual  ”  as  technical  editor, 
that  valuable  publication  could  not  have  taken  up  the  position  it  is 
credited  with  as  the  Pomona  of  the  century. 
While  in  Herefordshire,  Dr.  Hogg,  as  may  be  supposed,  took  the 
■greatest  interest  in  the  old  extensive  orchards  throughout  the  county, 
and  much  regretted  the  neglected  state  into  which  most  of  them  had 
lallen,  making  many  valuable  suggestions  for  their  recuperation. 
Several  varieties  now  in  commerce  he  named,  and  brought  into  notice 
especially  the  Herefordshire  Beefing,  and  he  was  greatly  struck  with 
the  rampant  growth  and  luxuriant  cropping  of  that  excellent  variety 
Braddick’s  Nonpareil,  generally  unknown  and  unvalued  by  the  farmer. 
Although  not  a  personal  speciality,  Dr.  Plogg  always  gave  the 
prestige  of  his  name  and  paper  (is  it  not  rightly  called  the  Eose 
journal  ?)  to  the  interest  of  the  Queen  of  Flowers,  while,  although 
closely  connected  with  the  “  Herefordshire  Pomona”  as  Chairman  of  the 
Fruit  Committee,  and  author  of  the  two  papers  “On  the  Orchard  and 
its  Products,”  I  have  never  failed  in  allegiance  to  my  first  and  earliest 
love  for  the  Eose,  as  instanced  by  assistance  rendered  in  starting  and 
resuscitating  the  National  Eose  Show,  and  inaugurating  the  West  of 
Fig.  48. — The  Eev.  C.  H.  Bulmer. 
England  Eose  Show  over  thirty  years  ago — an  edifice  on  no  broken 
column,  but  a  pillar  of  strength  and  green  old  age. 
It  is,  indeed,  a  privilege  to  have  shone,  how  dimly  so  wer,  under 
his  reflected  light ;  to  have  moved  m  a  quiet  and  uneventful,  but  I 
trust  not  altogether  usele-s  orbit,  in  that  restful  and  yet  invigorating, 
promising  (unless  through  one’s  own  fault),  seldom  disappointing, 
devotion  to  Nature,  and  to  deciphering,  one  by  one,  her  secrets,  as  a 
lifelong  labour  of  love  and  patience.  There,  with  many  other  kindred 
souls  reposing,  as  the  shadows  gradually  lengthen — quicker  far,  as  the 
goal  is  approached — I  stand,  awaiting  the  call  to  enter  that  fair  haven 
where  there  are  no  shadows — no  night  to  follow  on  eternal  day. — 
C.  H.  Bulmee. 
PICTURESQUE  UARDENINU. 
Seldom,  one  thinks,  is  the  higher  enjoyment  of  “  the  purest  ot 
human  pleasures”  attained  until  Re  bonds  of  formality  are  loosed 
which  restrain  the  ministering  hand  from  aiding  and  abetting  the  care¬ 
less  grace  and  happy  abandon  of  Nature.  Our  theme  is  no  new  gospel, 
j  et  it  is  one  that  has  been  neither  too  widely  preached  nor  exten¬ 
sively  practised.  Trimness  and  tidiness  are  fatal  to  its  development  ; 
geometrical  precision  is  its  abomination.  Kitchen  gardening  is 
eminently  practical,  flower  gardening  pleasurable,  but  the  third 
great  phase  is  one  which  appears  to  bring  humanity  into  a  closer 
communion  with  the  great  kingdom  of  silent  life ;  hence,  I  take 
it,  is,  in  a  sense,  the  greatest  cf  them  all.  Let  it  not  be  understood, 
however,  that  any  intention  is  present  of  praising  the  one  to  the  dis¬ 
paragement  of  the  others.  Each  and  all  have,  of  necessity,  their  own 
place  in  the  fullest  expression  of  gardening  art,  forming  a  trinity  of 
utility,  beauty,  and  natural  grace,  leaving  nothing  to  be  desired. 
Here  and  there,  in  some  fine  old  ancestral  demesne,  evidence  is 
not  wanting  of  the  presence  of  a  spirit  of  freedom,  but,  again,  many 
there  are  in  which  it  is  almost  conspicubus  by  its  absence.  There 
are  no  rules  to  guide  the  hand  of  the  I'lanter,  or  hard  and  fast  lines  to 
circumscribe  its  possibilities,  for  these  are,  indeed,  boundless.  To  the 
student  ot  Nature  only  is  given  the  keynote  of  natural  harmony, 
with  power  to  transcribe  to  unwritten  pages  her  most  satisfying 
symphonies.  It  is  easy  to  gather  from  all  sorts  and  conditions  of 
