. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. herewas a very good show of Odoutoglossums, includingseveral fine blotched forms of O. crispum, thebest of which were 0. crispum Empress of India, ofthe form of O. c. Luciani, and with flowers In the central division was a display of Den-drobiums in bloom, including some of the bestvarieties of D. nobile, the finest-coloured formbeing D. n. nobilius. Others in bloom were virginale, D. x Eolfeaj roseum, severalforms of D. x Ainsworthii and D. >, splendi-dissimum, and a specimen of the pret
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. herewas a very good show of Odoutoglossums, includingseveral fine blotched forms of O. crispum, thebest of which were 0. crispum Empress of India, ofthe form of O. c. Luciani, and with flowers In the central division was a display of Den-drobiums in bloom, including some of the bestvarieties of D. nobile, the finest-coloured formbeing D. n. nobilius. Others in bloom were virginale, D. x Eolfeaj roseum, severalforms of D. x Ainsworthii and D. >, splendi-dissimum, and a specimen of the pretty yellowD. Harveyanum, whose petals as well as thelabellum are deeply fringed. These werearranged with Cymbidium Lowianum and foliageplants. DENDBOsrosi Sbidelianutu. A plant of this pretty rose-coloured species,with an orange disc to the lip, has been in flowerin the gardens of Mrs. Brightwen, The Grove,Stanmore (gr., Mr. J. W. Odell), for a con-siderable time : and the plant has an interestinghistory, as it was sent originally from Shanghaifolded in a newspaper. It forms a pretty close-. FlG. 119.—VIEW IN THE RHODODENDRON NURSERY OF MR. ANTHONY WATERER, NEAR WOKING. (SEE R. 354.) Selection, had not a single bolter. Of over 2,000Flower of Spring, only one had bolted, and of1,400 Suttons Favourite again, only one had run•to flower. Certainly facts such as these speakfor themselves. All plants were put out atthe same time, on the same exposed plot, anddose beside were the seed beds or rows, in•every ease showing exactly the same charactersas were found in the planted-out quarters. Itwould be very unfair did anyone assume thata trial of this nature isbiissed or unreliable. Nofirm in the kingdom has greater interest in•testing stocks from all sources annually thanhave the Messrs. Sutton; and if the trial be•demurred to as a trade one, the 7,000 plants atflackwood Park is absolutely an impartial whilst the subject of Cabbage bolting creates;S0 much interest, woul
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