. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. or the best packed threeboxes of fruit, to consist of one box of Grapes, notless than 14 lb. ; and one box of Peaches, not less thantwenty-four ; one box of Strawberries, not less than2 lb. To be booked, carriage paid, at any stationover 20 miles from London, and delivered by railwaycompany, addressed to the Superintendent, RoyalHorticultural Society, South Kensington. Odontoglossum vexillarium.—We un-derstand that a magnificent variety of Odontoglossumvexillarium, named floribundum, is now in bloom
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. or the best packed threeboxes of fruit, to consist of one box of Grapes, notless than 14 lb. ; and one box of Peaches, not less thantwenty-four ; one box of Strawberries, not less than2 lb. To be booked, carriage paid, at any stationover 20 miles from London, and delivered by railwaycompany, addressed to the Superintendent, RoyalHorticultural Society, South Kensington. Odontoglossum vexillarium.—We un-derstand that a magnificent variety of Odontoglossumvexillarium, named floribundum, is now in bloom atthe York Nurseries. It has nine flowers on thespike, and produced twelve on one spike last as it was last season, the magnitude of theflowers this season surpasses anything perhaps everheard of, the individual blossoms being 5 4 inchesacross, in extreme measurement. The colour is asoft, rich purplish-rose. Another, named gigan-teum last season, is also now in bloom. It hasshorter spikes (seven flowers on Ibe spikes), but THE GARDENERS ^wk 19, 1880, ,xVVA-^!-!J, ,. Fig. 136.—cantua dependens. (see i. 784.) 786 THF. GARDENERS CHRONICLE. [June 19, 1880. nearly equals the preceding in size, and almost sur-passes in brightness of colour. Wilts and Hants Acricui-tural Col-lege.—In our remarks last week as to the necessityof an extended education in the principles as well asthe practice of agriculture ami gardening, we hadoccasion to allude to the paucity of establishments inthis country where such education could be might have mentioned the newly at Downton, near Salisbury, which has beenstarted with good prospects of success, and has astaff of teachers whose antecedents furnish a guaranteethat the training they give will be thorough as wellas practical. Florists and Landscape Gardeners in America.—The editor of the American GardenersAfonthly remarks, in his last number, that there neverwas a better time in the history
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