. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . wer; thelarge specimen of Eulophiella Peetersi whichflowered so heavily last season that the plant wasinactive for some time, but has now takenpossession of the additional raft of moss placedfor its extension; some fine specimens of Den-drobium thyrsiflorum, w,th six or seven spikesforming; a fine strong specimen of EenantheraStoriei, a collection of Vandas, Aerides, &c.; andsome stout plants of the Aloe - like AfricanEulophia Caffra. had commenced their beautiful display. TheAmaryllis, Eucharis, &c
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . wer; thelarge specimen of Eulophiella Peetersi whichflowered so heavily last season that the plant wasinactive for some time, but has now takenpossession of the additional raft of moss placedfor its extension; some fine specimens of Den-drobium thyrsiflorum, w,th six or seven spikesforming; a fine strong specimen of EenantheraStoriei, a collection of Vandas, Aerides, &c.; andsome stout plants of the Aloe - like AfricanEulophia Caffra. had commenced their beautiful display. TheAmaryllis, Eucharis, &c, were still fine, and^thefruit-houses and extensive out-door garden condition. A WATER AND BAMBOO GARDEN. [See figs. 142, 143, and SupplementaryIllustration.] The idea of a combination of a water- with aBamboo-garden at Bessborough, Co. ^Kilkenny,originated with the Viscountess Duncannon, whotakes much interest in everything ^connectedwith the garden, and who about^four years^ to have some Bamboos planted as] The larger ones shown in fig. .142,. Fig. 142.—view in viscount duncannons garden, co. Kilkenny. specimens which had been grown at Glebelandsfor some years. To these are added each year agood many freshly-imported plants, and all werealike thriving. Planted out in the cool-housewas a batch of Epidendrum :?; Endresio-Wallisii,growing very strongly, and showing great varia-tion in their flowers, one being yellow with a fewpurple marks, and very to E. Wallisii, whilesome of the smaller had white and violet flowers,near to those cf E. Endresii. With them Epi-phroniti3 x Veitchii is also planted, and withsimilar good results. Giving bright colour inthe house were Ada aurantiaca and some of theMasdevallias; Odontoglossum triumphans, , and very free-flowered plants of theyellow-coloured Oncidium concolor. The Cypripediumhouse contained some plantsin flower and many in bud, among which were re-marked four very strong plant
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