. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. nother lime, and consequenlly reserve a full description ; meantime wtmay say that the leaf is solitary, with a stout cylindrical erect green petiole, marked with fine whittlines. The leaf is pinnatisect, glabrous ; the stalkecconvolute spathe is closed below, open above, of ariolive-green colour, finely streaked with white, Ihejinterior of the same hue, but flushed with pink ancspeckled with small green spots. The spadix i;shorter than the spathe, pinkish in colour, studdecwith stalked male flowers
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. nother lime, and consequenlly reserve a full description ; meantime wtmay say that the leaf is solitary, with a stout cylindrical erect green petiole, marked with fine whittlines. The leaf is pinnatisect, glabrous ; the stalkecconvolute spathe is closed below, open above, of ariolive-green colour, finely streaked with white, Ihejinterior of the same hue, but flushed with pink ancspeckled with small green spots. The spadix i;shorter than the spathe, pinkish in colour, studdecwith stalked male flowers above, female flower;beneath. It is certainly one of the handsomest ancmost remarkable of its class. Royal Horticultural Society.—At ih meeting of the Fruit and Floral Committee, nexiTuesday, there promises to be a large display of vegetables in competition for the prizes offered by Messr;Sutton cS: Sons. Messrs. Sutton themselve;intend making a large exhibit. Apples and otheifruits will be shown largely by the chief (growers irKent, &c. November 5, iSSi.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE 597. Fig. 115.—MR. J. T. D. LLEWELYNS SPECIMEN OF AERIDES ODORATUM PURPURASCENS. (SEE P. 596.) 598 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. [XOVEMEER 5, 1881. ? Sandringham. — We hear that two of Weeks & Hydro-Caloric Coils have beenfixed in the grand saloon at Sandringham for thepurpose of improving the warming and ventilation ofthat apartment, which has not been hitherto deemedquite satisfactory. Ants in Stoves. — After trying various means to rid his Orchid-houses of these pests, finds nothing so satisfactory as sugar and waterplaced in ordinary ounce physic vials. These arefilled two-thirds full with the solution, and placedabout the plants. The insects readily enter by thenarrow neck, but do not find the exit so easy. It isa singular fact that ordinary sugar has little attractionfor them : the sugar used must be the best crystal-lised kind. From inspection we can testify to thesuccess of the
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