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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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r, and they soon decayif afforded much moisture; on the other hand,suffering from drought if not afforded enough.A cool, buoyant atmosphere, fairly moist, such asone would require for Disa grandiflora, a root-run of peat and sphagnum, and water verycarefully applied. C. humile (Salisbury) = C. acaule, is the mostsingular of all the Cypripedia. From the base ofa pair of sessile, plicate, ovate leaves, a stemrises to a height of 8 to 10 inches, bearing anodding flower, the petals and sepals of whichare nearly equal in size, not twisted, but slightlyundulated, and covered with short, rigid hairs;the colour a dull brownish-purple. They con-verge on the enormous sachet-like lip, whicbmeasures 2 inches in length, and is slit from topto bottom, the edges being sharply flanged, sothat the hairy yellowish interior is revealed,forming a lure and kind of trap for insects,which must pass and dislodge the viscidpollen-masses in their efforts to escape by Jone 6, 1903.) THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 355
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Fig 138.—CYPRirEDiUM jAroNicrM. (see p. 356.) 356 TEE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. (June 6, 1903. way of the column, whilst the rows of stiffhairs that converge inwards force the insectbearing the pollen-masses against the stigmata,thus effecting fertilisation. The whole of the sur-face of the lip is covered with short hairs. It iscoloured a dull purple on the outside, irregularlyveined with rosy-purple, the tint varying in dif-ferent specimens. The inside is rendered attrac-tive to insects by numerous spots of carmine, andhighly coloured veining. The conditions suitablefor C. calceolus also suit C. humile, but it isbetter adapted for the rockery proper, and it maybe well grown between flat boulders in the mannernow considered good for Ramondia. As the plantsoften rest a year after well flowering once, theyshould be planted in colonies of several together,in association with rock Perns that would keepthem cool in the summer, and dry in the winter.It likes a soil consisting chiefly of decaye

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