. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . theflower-spikes are seen afford liberal supplies ofweak manure-water. JUNE 4, THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 35*; Dendrobidm Jenkinsii, charming species with, its miniaturepseudo-bulbs has flowered freely in the Cat-tleya-house. The plants grow well upon eithera piece of Tree-Fern stem or on cork. Whenmaking their growth they thrive best in anintermediate temperature, but afterwards theyshould be removed to a cooler house. The speciesis a native of Assam, and was figured in theBotanica
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . theflower-spikes are seen afford liberal supplies ofweak manure-water. JUNE 4, THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 35*; Dendrobidm Jenkinsii, charming species with, its miniaturepseudo-bulbs has flowered freely in the Cat-tleya-house. The plants grow well upon eithera piece of Tree-Fern stem or on cork. Whenmaking their growth they thrive best in anintermediate temperature, but afterwards theyshould be removed to a cooler house. The speciesis a native of Assam, and was figured in theBotanical Begister, 1839, t. 37. W. H. time of writing is bearing thirty large in-florescences in full flower, there being indicationsof many more to follow. It is a native of thetemperate regions of the Sikkiru Himalaya, [andis especially abundant towards ,the summit ofTonglo, at an elevation of 9,000 to 10,000] feet,and is also common in the Lachen and Lachoongvalleys at similar elevations, ascending to even12,000 feet. It first flowered in Europe in 1892,in the garden of Mr. Gumbleton, Belgrove,. FlC. 156.—DENEROBIUM NOEILE VJRGINALE BEARING FIF1Y-TWO FLOWERS. BUDDLEIA COLVILLEI. This species, by far the handsomest member ofthe genus, is at present in flower in the Hima-layan wing of the Temperate-house, where it isplanted-out in a border amongst Rhododendronsand other Himalayan plants. On the completionof the Himalayan-house some five years ago, theplant was removed to its present position fromthe Temperate-house, where it had been grownfor a number of years and had never has now grown vigorously, forming a large,spreading tree about 25 feet high, and hasflowered annually sirce its removal. The plantcommenced to bloom a fortnight ago, and at the Queenstown, and was figured in the GardenersChronicle, for August 13 of that year. In describing this plant in his Illustrations ofHimalayan Plants, Sir Joseph Hooker says, This will probably prove perfectly hardy, as Ihave fo
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