The Gardeners' chronicle - a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects (1891) (14593772930)

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Title: The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects
Year: 1874 (1870s)
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Subjects: Ornamental horticulture Horticulture Plants, Ornamental Gardening
Publisher: London : (Gardeners Chronicle)
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries



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ne variety; the sepals and petals of a plants in flower were noticed a few nice pieces ofCypripedium Dominianum, a graceful hybrid, withsoft yellow flowers and dark lines; a splendidvariety of C. Harrisianum, C. Sedeni, the littleknown C. albanense, with beautiful rose-colouredflowers; and several plants of C. Godefroyie andC. Veitchii Demidoff var., which struck me asbeing well grown, as did also a few plants of thewell-known Ctelogyne Massangeana. There wereseveral Masdevallias in bloom, and amongst them therare M. Gaskellinana, shown a short time ago at theRoyal Horticultural Society. Cattleyas, Dendrobes,Lielias, Calanthes, &c, were all well represented,and some amount of space was occupied by arecent importation of Angreecum sesquipedale, nearto which it may be mentioned were a few specimensof quite a new species of Angrrecum recently dis-covered. The plants of this latter unfortunatelyhad suffered severely in transit; but time and carewill no doubt bring them round. Visitor.
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FlO. 52.—CONE OF CEDEUS DEODARA. rich rosy tint, and fairly broad, and the labellum of adark crimson, with darker stripes, and similar in formto C. crispa, but twice as large. A large specimen ofCattleya Gaskelliana had seven flower-sheaths, and,though late, it is nevertheless very acceptable.Cattleya Loddigesii and C. guttata Leopoldiana arealso in flower. Plants of Odontoglossum grande, aspecies which is grown in large quantities, are nowfull of spikes; Odontoglots are represented by fineclumps of O. Alexandra! and O. Pescatorei. In con-clusion, it may be safely said that this is going tobe one of the best gardens in Suffolk. Homeless. Orchids at Southgate.The small establishment of Messrs. W. L. Lewis& Co., Chase Side, Southgate, is worthy of a visitfrom those who desire to obtain a cool-house specimen.Here may be seen many species, which one generallyassociates with high temperatures, grown wherethe warmth seldom rises above 60° or 65° Fahr.,and to all appearance they are