Identifier: gardenerschronic354lond (find matches)
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
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(gr. Mr. C. Wright), from plants collected inBorneo. It also flowered with Sir MarcusSamuel, The Mote, Maidstone (gr. Mr. W. H.Bacon), in June this year. In habit of growth it resembles the sectionplaced under Sarcanthus, the stems being trail-ing, and when growing naturally often 1 to3 feet long. The leaves are tinged withvinous-purple. The dense raceme, which israther stout, is decurved, pubescent, the downy ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. ORCHID DENE, TWYFORD. Mr. E. H. Davidsons model Orchid estab-lishment has answered the expectation ofits enthusiastic proprietor. At the com-mencement Mr. Davidson was fortunate insecuring the services of Mr. J. Lakin, whohad been so successful in raising Odontoglossumsand other hybrids when with Messrs. WilliamBull and Sons, at Chelsea, as manager, and hisexperience is strongly in evidence in the design oftheneat block of houses,and especiallythe range de-voted to the raising of hybrids and perfecting theyoung plants. Nothing which could be suggested
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Fig. 116.—saccolabium glomeratum sp. n. : sepals and petals pale-yellow spotted with red. covering also extending along the pedicels, andmoTe sparsely on the backs of the sepals. Thesepals and petals are pale yellow spotted withred, the lip produced into an inflated spurabruptly recurved at the tip, the upper parthaving a linear-hooked blade. The lip is ivorywhite in the early stage and lemon-yellow whenmature. It is a very interesting species, with well-defined characters which render it easy todetermine. Hardiness of Crinum Powellii (see p.308).—There are large clumps of Crinums grow-ing in Major Dents interesting gardens at Rib-ston Park, near Wetherby, in this county.Judging by their size they nave been plantedfor several years. They are growing in a borderunder a wall at the end and front of a Muscatvinery, and produce flowers each season. Theold Ribston Pippin Apple tree has produced agood crop of fruit this year. YorkshireGardener. by an experienced practitioner has been om

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