. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. 108 THE COTTAGE GAKDENEE. [November 21. a wiseacre to us the other day, " I have ahva3's treated my plants ; Then tlie obvious answer isâAt last, even the hardy cln'ysanthemums can endure it no longer. Another cause of our sliow clu-ysanthomnms proving so generally inferior to the open-border specimens may be, the tendency we notice in Horticultui'al Societies to have their exliibition day very eai-ly in November. This compels the exhibitor to hasten his chrysanthemums: they have to be put into moist heatâand we all know that no other
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. 108 THE COTTAGE GAKDENEE. [November 21. a wiseacre to us the other day, " I have ahva3's treated my plants ; Then tlie obvious answer isâAt last, even the hardy cln'ysanthemums can endure it no longer. Another cause of our sliow clu-ysanthomnms proving so generally inferior to the open-border specimens may be, the tendency we notice in Horticultui'al Societies to have their exliibition day very eai-ly in November. This compels the exhibitor to hasten his chrysanthemums: they have to be put into moist heatâand we all know that no other florist's flower is more impatient of such forcing. This was never more unmistakeably evidenced than at the Hampsliire Horticultural Show on the 11th instant. There are some most successful cultivators of the chrysanthemum in the habit of exhibiting there, and they had the greatest dLBicnlty in bringing suffi- ciently forward their collections, though tlie clirysanthe mmns in the open gardens for miles round had been in fiill beauty for more than a week previously. Let us recommend to all Horticultural Societies never to have their November show, if chrysanthemums are an object for patronage, before the 20th of the month. No flower is easier to keep in its prime than the chrysanthemum, and none more difficult to hasten into perfection ; and, be it remembered, that the object to bo attained in growing this flower is not obtaining it at an uunatural season, but obtaining perfect blooms upon vigorous well-foliaged plants. NEW PLANTS. THEIR PORTRAITS AND White Ruby-lipped Cattleya (Giitlleija laUataalha). -Paxloris Floiver Oanhn, 117.âThe genus Cattleya was named by Dr. Lindlcy more than twenty years now passed, in comiiliment to W. Cattley, Esq., of Baruet, then a celebrated grower of exotic plants; lah'iata. tlie specific name, has reference to the labellum, or lip, of the flower; the petals and sepals of this variety being creamy white, the name alba refers to t
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