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Title: The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects
Year: 1874 (1870s)
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Subjects: Ornamental horticulture Horticulture Plants, Ornamental Gardening
Publisher: London : (Gardeners Chronicle)
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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of the house and in a position where Philippine Islands. After having at first collectedsome plants which bore no flowers, but whichrevealed a novelty by their habit, he was suddenlyabandoned by the prisoners who had been given himas an escort. I was then obliged, writes M. Roc-belen, to descend to the plain, and after a somewhatLengthy palaver with the chief of the tribe, he con-sented to supply me with any number of carriers,provided I handed over everything iu my possession,and particularly my umbrella, which he wanted forhis wife. (<I set out the same day about 10 am., and at6 p.m. reached the dwelling of a transported Spaniard,who cultivated a few Cocoa trees around his miserablehut. I remained with him some days, in order topack my plants, and it was he who accompanied methe first day in his little boat, having no servants athis disposal. On landing in the evening, I saw atthe top of a tree some flowers, which appeared to meto be those of a Vanda, and some minutes afterward?,
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Fig. 101.—oatalpa syringifolia at HEYWOOD, WESTBURY, WILTSHIRE. In the first place, the natural earth forms the floor,and over this are neat and durable wood-work trellisesextending the whole width of the paths. Thisarraugement is the best possible for Orchid-houseflooring, and if in houses where the baneful concrete-floors still exists were removed and the natural earthwith trellis over substituted, immediate good resultswould be secured. Secondly, the houses are notpainted, but the wood-work is simply coated with somepreservative ; and thirdly, the houses are fitted withthe lath roller-blinds running well above the glass,and thus admitting a maximum of clear light withoutfear of scorching by the suns rajs. With these andmany other sanitary arrangements, Mr. Ball hassecured a model block of Orchid-houses, with theresult that his plants are in splendid condition in everydepartment, In one house used for arranging together some ofthe larger species when in flower, we found a veryfi

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