March  17,  1904. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER.  229 
Bensonise,  will  require  a  few  stakes  and  ties.  It  is  of  the  utmost 
importance  that  all  plants  are  very  firmly  fixed  in  position. 
- — H.  R.  R. 
At  Woodhatch  Lodge,  Reigate. 
Reigate  is  a  quiet  little  township  lying  on  the  slopes  of 
chalk  hills  in  Surrey,  some  twenty-four  miles  from  Loudon. 
The  estate  of  Woodhatch  Lodge  extends  to  117  acres,  and  is 
owned  by  Mrs.  Haywood,  widow  of  the  late  T.  B.  Hay¬ 
wood,  Esq.,  who  took  an  active  interest  in  horticultural 
progress,  and  Mr.  Charles  Haywood,  the  son  and  heii-,  succeeded 
his  father  as  treasurer  to  the  National  Rose  Society.  Wood- 
hatch  Lodge  has  a  special  reputation  for  Roses,  Chrysanthe¬ 
mums,  Orchids,  and  hardy  fruits  from  the  efforts  made  by  th? 
head  gardener,  Mr.  C.  J.  Salter,  A^  liose  name  must  be  familiar 
to  all  our  readers. 
In  the  very  short  space  at  disposal  on  this  occasion,  on? 
must  confine  attention  simply  to  the  orchids,  and  the  Den- 
clrobiums  particularly.  Dozens  of  visitors  have  been  viewing 
the  collection  during  the  past  fortnight,  for  the  plants  are 
arranged  to  pre.sent  a  long  vi.sta  of  rich  and  beautiful  flowers 
banked  up  on  both  sides  of  three  span-roofed  houses  all  in  line. 
A  rough  e.stimate  Avould  place  the  total  number  of  blooms 
at  about  25,000.  Many  of  the  plants  ^vith  four,  five,  and  six 
pseudo-btilbs  are  cari'ying  from  fifty  to  sixty  flowers ;  while  an 
unnamed  hybrid  (D.  Wardianum  x  D.  Hildebi'andti)  ha.s  seventv- 
seven  flowers  on  one  arching  bulb,  Avhich  is  5ft  long.  iMr. 
Salter  has  for  years  interested  himself  in  hybridising  Den- 
drobiums,  and  has  u.sed  three  species  principally — Ainsworthi, 
Findleyanum,  and  splendidissimum.  D.  Salteri  (1).  splendidis.si- 
mum  X  D.  Findleyanum)  received  an  award  of  merit  last  year; 
D.  rubens  purpurascens  (D.  nobile  x  D.  splendidissimum)  is 
another  handsome  variety,  with  very  large  and  dai'k  rich 
flowers;  D.  splendidissimum  delicatum  may  also  be  given  “  three 
crosses  ”  for  merit.  D.  Ballianum,  with  its  pale,  lilac-coloured 
lip  and  ivory  segments,  is  chaste  ;  Avhile  D.  nobile  nobilius  is  Avell 
represented  (handsome  purple  flowers),  and  D.  Rolfei  comes 
intermediate  betAveen  D.  Pierardi  x  nobile.  D.  splendidissimum 
type  Avith  fifty-six  floAvers  made  a  display  Avorthy  itself  of  a 
visit.  D.  AinsAvorthi  Woodhatch  variety  is  one  of  the  best  ; 
and  D.  x  Virgil  (D.  nobile  roseum  x  AinsAvorthi),  Avith  its  Avhit? 
segments  and  ivory  lip  Avith  purple  blotch  is  both  vigorous  and 
beautiful.  The  pseudo-bulbs  of  this  particiAlar  hybrid  measui'ed 
4ft  in  length,  but  the  character  of  health  and  robustness  marked 
the  Avhole  collection. 
Briefly  one  mu.st  name  D.  splendidissimum  var.  Mrs.  Hay- 
Avood,  Avho.se  sepals  and  petals  curve  forAvard,  and  Avhose  label- 
lum  is  finely  rounded.  The  latter  has  a  rich  dark  blotch,  and 
the  .segments  are  rose-purple.  One  notices  the  additional  rich¬ 
ness  given  to  the  splendidissimum  type  Avhen  there  is  a  zone 
of  yelloAv  in  the  throat.  This  is  noticeable  in  Mr.  Salter’s  most 
I’ecently  certificated  variety,  a  very  handsome  hybrid. 
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How  to  Raise  New  Daffodils. 
A  paper  read  in  Cape  Colony  by  Blr.  Peler  Barr,  V.M.II. 
{Concluded  from  page  IDS.) 
Having  attended  to  the  aboA*e,  on  the  Daffodils  going  to  re.st : 
As  soon  as  your  Daffodils  go  to  rest,  lift  them,  and  pot-up  in  a 
good  loamy  soil,  one  to  three,  in  a  suitable  sized  pot.  Make  the' 
soil  as  firm  as  possibly  round  the  bulbs  and  round  the  edge  of  the 
pot.  Stand  the  pots  on  a  bed  of  ashes,  and  cover  over  to  the 
depth  of  six  inches  Avith  ashes  in  a  shady  place,  to  remain  till 
the  plants  spear  through  the  ashes,  then  remove  tO'  your  lath  or 
bush  house,  and  if  you  AA  aiit  to  Avork  late  floAA  ering  on  earlj^-floAver- 
ing  varieties,  put  the  latter  in  the  coolest  part  of  the  house,  and 
the  fornjer  in  the  Avarmest  part.  Ahvays  cross  both  Avays,  that  is, 
make  the  one  the  mother  and  the  other  the  father,  then  reverse 
by  making  the  father  the  mother,  and  so  forth. 
A  careful  Avatch  has  to  be  kept  to  see  Avhen  the  floAver  is  ready 
to  take  pollen,  a  glass  Avill  help  you  to  do  this.  When  the  little 
knob  at  the  end  of  the  pistil  exudes  a  glutine  .substance,  then  the 
plant  is  receptive.  The  pollen  grains,  Avhen  ripe,  Avill  be  seen  as 
loose,  round  balls  on  the  anthers,  carry  the  pollen  from  the  one 
to  the  other  Avith  a  brush  of  a  piece  of  ivory  ;  make  a  daily  examina¬ 
tion.  once  or  tAvice  a  day  if  your  time  permits,  and  repeat  the 
process  of  carrying  the  pollen  from  one  to  the  other  tAvo  or  even 
three  times  as  a  precaution.  DaiuA'in  Avas  of  opinion  that  pollen 
from  a  distance  AAas  better  than  pollen  from  one’s  OAvn  garden. 
Mr.  Blackhouse  had  no  chance  of  using  any  pollen  except  from  his 
OAA  ii  plants,  but  in  naming  this,  some  one  of  a  searching  turn  of 
mind  might  experiment,  and  so  add  to  the  pleasure  of  the  Avork. 
If  the  aim  is  to  improve  the  trumpet  section  of  Daffodil,  u.se  only 
the  pollen  from  trumpet  floAvers.  Thus,  if  big.  yelloAA’  floAvers  are 
wanted,  aim  at  surpassing  in  size,  Emperor,  M.  J.  Berkeley,  and 
maximus.  If  it  be  Bicolors,  try  and  excel  Empress.  J.  B.  M. 
C'amm.  and  Weardale  Perfection.  If  it  be  Avhite  trumpets,  sur¬ 
pass,  if  you  can,  (Vrnuus  pulcher,  Madame  de  Graaff,  Mrs.  Camm, 
mid  Tortosus.  If  you  AA  ish  to  improve  the  varieties  of  the  Poet’s 
Daffodils,  beat,  if  you  can,  grandiflorus  and  poetarum,  and 
eiidcaA’our  to  increase  the  size  of  ornatus. 
To  Get  Hybrids. 
If  your  aim  is  to  get  hybrids-,  then  use  trumpets  on  the  Poet’s 
Daffodil,  and  the  Poet’s  Daffodil  on  trumpets.  By  fertilising  both 
AAays  you  get  a  large  range  of  sizes.  The  trumpets  Avill  give 
larger  floAvers  and  longer  cups.  The  Poet’s  Daffodil  aauU  give 
shorter  cups  and  larger  or  smaller  floAA  ers,  according  to  the  mother 
you  use.  I  could  gii-e  ,vou  many  interesting  examples,  but  I  have 
more  than  doubled  the  length  of  the  paper  I  had  intended  Avriting. 
I  am,  however,  ahvays  at  the  service  of  anyone  desiring  further  in¬ 
formation  on  these  subjects.  Immediately  the  seed  is  harvested, 
Arachnanthe  Cathcarti. 
soAv  in  a  Avooden  box,  Avith  plenty  of  lioles  in  the  bottom  for  drain¬ 
age.  Over  each  hole  place  a  holloAV  crock,  and  fill  up  Avith  rubble  to 
one  inch,  OA-er  this,  rough  pieces  from  a  loamy  pasture,  and  over 
this,  Avith  tAvo.  inches  of  good  loam,  Avith  enough  rough  sand  to 
keep  the  loam  from  binding  and  cracking.  Cover  the  seed  half 
an  inch,  place  the  box  on  a  layer  of  ashes  to  keep  out  ground 
insects.  The  young  seedling  may  appear  Avithin  a  month  or  tAvo, 
or  not  till  the  following  spring,  depending  on  situation  and  state 
of  soil  and  atmosphere. 
When  the  seedlings  are  up,  guard  against  snails  and  slugs. 
Once  they  touch  the  young  plant  death  folloAvs.  In  this  box  the 
seedlings  should  remain  tA\  o  or  three,  years  till  the  bulbs  are  at 
least  the  size  of  large  peas,  then  the.y  should  be  planted  out  in  a 
bed  Avell  prepared  Avith  good  loam,  and  as  cool  a  place  as  can  be 
found  in  the  garden.  In  five  .years  some  AA-ill  floAver,  but  till  the 
same  bulb  has  floAvered  thre^e  times  you  cannot  judge  the  value  of 
the  floAver,  as  floAvering  begins  before  the  bulb  has  reached  its  full 
size. 
It  may  anpear  a  long  time  to  Avait,  but  if  you  fertilise  floAvers 
annually  and  soav  annually,  the  time  Avill  soon  slip  aAvay.  and  the 
amateur  avIio  has  something  to  look  forAvard  to  in  the  future. AA’ill 
live  longer  than  the  one  Avho  has  no  future.  It  is  aa  oU  knoAA  n  that 
pensioners  are  long  livers,  and  high  clerical  dignitaries  live  longer 
than  ordinary  clergy.  The  smaller  Daffodils,  as  Angel’s  Tears, 
Hoop  Petticoats,  &c'.,  floAver  in  about  three  years. 
Paintings  of  any  iicav  Daffodils  sent  home  to  my  sons,  they 
Avill  inform^he  sender  Avhat  progress  he  or  she  has  made  ;  I  cannot, 
at  my  age,  expect  to  last  a  great  many  more  years.  Mr.  Bradley, 
of  Sjulney,  hoAvever,  expects  that  in  ten  years  his  sons  AAill  be 
able  to  look  after  his  clients,  and  has  challenged  me  to  go  A\  ith 
him  to  collect  South  American  bulbs. 
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Gardening  for  Workhouse  Boys. — The  SAvindon  Board  of 
Guardians  have  decided  tg  induce  boys  in  the  Avorkhouse  to  take 
an  interest  in  gardening,  and  to  some  extent  to  make  provision 
for  their  future  lives  by  giving  them  plots  of  land  on  Avhich  they 
ma.v  Avork. 
Plant-Growing  by  Children. --At  a  meeting  of  the  Accring¬ 
ton  ToAvn  Council,  Mr.  Pickup  called  attention  to  a  proposed 
plant-groAving  competition  AAhich  the  Parks  Committee  were  pro¬ 
moting  among  the  school  children  of  the  town.  He  hoped 
parents,  school  teachers,  and  the  Education  Committee  would 
enter  into  the  premet  heartily. 
