. The Gardeners' Chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. th the new type of Cattleyas. Flowers a gentian blue, and having the appear-ance of small saucers. NEW ONCIDIUM. ONCID1UM DICHROMUM (Rolfe).Grand new yellow and porphry-flowered species- NewGCLOCYNE balfouriana Producing long elegant spikes of cinnamon,orange, and white flowers. NEW ACINETA COLOSSA (Sander).Huge pendent spikes of purple blossoms, 2 ft-long. The large, unopened bud are similar tosmall apples. NEW ANECT0CHILUS SANDERIANUS. Magnificent new speoies. CATTLEYA HARRESONI/E VAB. The very fin
. The Gardeners' Chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. th the new type of Cattleyas. Flowers a gentian blue, and having the appear-ance of small saucers. NEW ONCIDIUM. ONCID1UM DICHROMUM (Rolfe).Grand new yellow and porphry-flowered species- NewGCLOCYNE balfouriana Producing long elegant spikes of cinnamon,orange, and white flowers. NEW ACINETA COLOSSA (Sander).Huge pendent spikes of purple blossoms, 2 ft-long. The large, unopened bud are similar tosmall apples. NEW ANECT0CHILUS SANDERIANUS. Magnificent new speoies. CATTLEYA HARRESONI/E VAB. The very finest type. DENDROBIUM DENSIFL0RUM TYPE, having the oharacteristio bulbs of D. Schrodera\ DENDROBIUM NOBILE, A type from Annam. Offer for the first time. PHAUENOPSIS VARIETY, Type of P. grandiflora. Found growing with P. Sanderianus. &c, &o. For full descriptions, see CATALOGUE, ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, AT HALF-PAST 12 OCLOCK PRECISELY, Messrs. Protheroe & Morris, Will Offer the above grand New and Choice Orchids, AT THEIR Central Auction Rooms, 67 & 68, Gheapside London, THE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1895. MELVILLE CASTLE. ONE of the most delightful excursions fromEdinburgh is that which embraces theclassic and oharming vale of the Esk—Roslin,Hawthornden, Melville, Dalkeith, Newbattle,Dalhousie, are so many shrines in what one mightcall a horticultural pilgrimage. Influenced bythe fascination of lovely grounds and gardens,and held fast by the hospitality of LordMelville:s factor and general manager, , we devoted the major part of ourafternoons trip to the enjoyment of the beautiesof Melville. As soon as you pass within thegates of the noble park, you are struck withthe marks of the interest, care, and tastedevoted to arboriculture on the part of theowner. His lordship is a keen arboricul-turist, as the frequent strips of young planta-tions, contrasting with the grand stretches ofOak and Beech, testify. For \h mile the Eskmeanders through as oharming a piece ofscene
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