January  10,  1901. 
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Cattleya  Prince  of  Wales. 
any  deleterious  foreign  substance,  and  one  might  say  that  its 
effectiveness  is  also  due  to  the  same  cause.  That  it  is  effective 
we  have  proved  by  using  a  small  sample  bottle  in  a  house 
containing  almost  double  the  cubic  capacity  the  said  bottle  is  recom¬ 
mended  for,  and  notwithstanding  this,  and  the  fact  that  the 
evening  when  it  was  used  was  clear  and  frosty,  and  most  of  the 
plants  low  down  in  the  house,  there  was  not  a  vestige  of  insect  life 
in  the  morning. 
It  is  some  eight  or  nine  years  ago  since  Cattleya  Prince 
of  Wales  waB  added  to  the  list  of  hybrids,  but  it  does  not  follow 
that  it  has 
found  its  way 
into  every  col¬ 
lection.  It  is 
said  to  be 
the  result  of  a 
cross  bet  ween 
Cattleya  Mos- 
siae  Wagneri 
and  C.  calum- 
mata.  The  plant 
shows  charac¬ 
ters  that  might 
be  considered 
intermediate 
between  the 
two  parents  ; 
and  there  is  no 
question  that  it 
is  a  delightful 
flower.  The 
sepals  and 
petals  are  pure 
white,  as  also 
is  the  lip,  with 
the  exception 
of  a  series 
of  pale  rose 
veins  in  the 
centre,  and  a 
finely  frilled 
margin. 
It  was  first 
shown  by 
Messrs.  F.  San¬ 
der  &  Co.,  and 
was  awarded  a 
first-class  cer¬ 
tificate  by  the 
Orchid  Com¬ 
mittee  of  the 
Royal  Horticul¬ 
tural  Society. 
We  trust  this  information  will  satisfy  “  R.  J.  B.,”  who  writes  on 
the  subject. 
West’s  Extract  of  Nicotine. 
From  being  one  of  the  most  unpleasant  operations  connected  with 
gardening,  fumigating  of  glass  houses  is  rapidly  becoming  one  of  the 
easiest.  At  first  some  of  the  compounds  sold  for  vapourising — as 
distinct  from  burning  tobacco  paper  or  rag — were  out  of  the  reach  of 
many  by  reason  of  their  high  price,  but  the  proprietors  of  this  useful 
and  excellent  preparation  claim  for  it,  and  rightly,  that  it  is  as  near 
perfection  as  possible,  at  the  same  time  being  cheap.  Low  price  does 
not  always  mean  cheapness,  but  the  extract  of  nicotine  put  up  by 
the  Leeds  Orchid  Company  of  Roundhay,  Leeds,  is  not  only  cheap,  but 
safe  and  effective. 
Its  safety  lies  in'  the  fact  that  it  is  pure  nicotine  without 
CATTLEYA  PRINCE  OF  WALES. 
Besides  the  usual  occupants  of  the  house  a  few  late  flowering 
Chrysanthemums  were  put  in  that  were  rather  badly  infested  with 
the  trouble¬ 
some  black 
aphis,  the  in¬ 
sects  being- 
snugly  en¬ 
sconced  among 
the  florets, 
where  they 
were  naturally 
protected  from 
the  fumes.  But 
here,  as  else¬ 
where,  all  were 
killed,  as  was 
found  by  pull¬ 
ing  a  flower 
to  pieces.  Tnis 
preparation  can 
le  strongly  re¬ 
commended  to 
growers  of 
Orchids  and 
other  plants 
that  are  easily 
injured  by 
fumigating,  as 
they  will  save 
both  money 
and  trouble  by 
i  s  use.  A  neat 
and  handy 
fumioator  is 
sold  with  it  at 
quite  a  nominal 
price,  and  any¬ 
one  who,  with 
such  an  aid  to 
culture,  almost 
for  the  asking, 
pirsistsin  prac¬ 
tising  obsolet 
and  dangerous 
methods,  has 
only  himself  to  thank  if  his  plants  go  wrong.  In  addition  to  the 
fumigator  arrangements  and  appliances  the  company  send  out  quite 
a  number  of  excellent  sundries  for  use  in  Orchid  and  other  houses. 
All  are  neat  and  inexpensive,  and  excellent  for  their  several 
purposes,  but  lack  of  space  prevents  a  detailed  description  of  them 
being  given. 
A  White  Vanda  ccerulea. 
There  is  now  in  flower  at  the  gardens  of  the  Agri-Horticul- 
tural  Society  of  India  an  almost  pure  white  variety  of  this  lovely 
Orchid.  The  spray  is  a  fine  one,  and  the  flowers  are  identic  d 
in  size  with  Y.  ccerulea,  except  that  they  are  white  with  a  v«-  y 
faint  tinge  of  colour,  which  is  scarcely  perceptible.  The  plant 
is  believed  to  be  a  native  of  the  North  Cachar  hills.  (  Indian 
Gardening.”) 
