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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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Princess Royal, one of the best of the wholegroup, as it is seldom without flowers. Amongst theIndian Azaleas, a new one, called Professor Wolters,struck us aa being exceptionally fine. It is rose-coloured, with a very warm blotch on the upperpetals ; the flowers are of good size, and the marginswavy. In one of the houses a number of pot Vinesis being grown, which is, we believe, a new ©bttuar»« W. G. Head.—It is with sincere regret we haveto record the death, in the sixtieth year of his age, ofMr. W. G. Head, the able aud respected Superin-tendent of the Gardens of the Crystal Palace, onSaturday last, after a lingering and extremely painfulillness. Mr. Head was about eighteen years in thisposition, having succeeded Mr. George Thomson. Toexhibitors and habitues of the Crystal Palace Mr. Headwas well known, and much liked, ever obliging toothers, never sparing of himself, or seeming to gettired of his somewhat harasshtfg work ; and theexcellent manner in which the gardening of the
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departure at this nursery. We need hardly mentionthe Vandas as most gardeners are aware that theysucceed admirably here. The Cattleyas also, andthe Orchids generally were looking well. Therewas not much bloom to be seen, but the fol-lowing wore noticed amongst others :—The new Kulo-phiella Elisabetlue, Ada aurantiaca, Dendrobiumcucullatum giganteum, Vanda suavis, Lcelia cinna-barina, Cattleya citiina, Cymbidium Devonianum,Cypripedium exul, Doudrobium Wardianum, Odou-toglossum crispurn, 0. cirrosum, &c. Vanda teresis just showing its flower spikes. A house full of Cliveias in bloom make a gooddisplay, and include many fine varieties, notably onecalled Queen Victoria, which was noticed in ourreport last week of the Royal Botanic Societys show.An adjoining house is full of Hippeasfcruins in flower. Palace was maintained, was often the theme of well-merited praise. Mr. Heads experience as a gardener was veryvaried. At an early age he first entered the thenvery famed gardens at Arund

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