1873.] GARDEN GOSSIP. 117 



Palaco boinc^ opfued to tlio public ; tho schorlulo of prizos oxtonds to SS elassos. (2) Intar- 

 national Fruit, Flower, and Vegetable Exhibition, promoted by the Manchester Botanical and 

 Horticultural Society, to be opened on September 3 ; Xl,500 haa been raised as subscriptions, 

 and further contributions are invited ; the schedule of prizes extends to 155 classes. 



SThe following are some of the highest prices fetched by single 



specimens at the Manley Hall Sale of Plants: — Oncidium concolor, l^gs. ; 0. 

 splendidum, 43Z. ; Vanda teres, 20/. ; V. Lowii, llgs. ; V. insignis (true), I'igs. ; 

 Aerides Schrodorii, 21^^s. ; A. Yeitchii, lO^s. ; A. nobile, ll.'/s. ; A. Veitchii, 23r/.s\ ; A. 

 Schi-oderii, 2%.9. ; A. Fieldiugii, Vdgs.; A. Williamsii, ll.V^. ; A. Dayauum, IG^s. ; A. affine 

 superbum, ll^gs.; Anguloa Clowesii, Kj.'/.s'. ; Cypripedium Dayanum, 17/.; Sophi-ouites 

 grandiflora, \'6gs. ; Cymbidium eburneum, i'ugs. ; Masdovallia Lindonii, 3!)/. ; Lycaste 

 Skinneri alba, l(i/. ; Ccologyne cristata, IG/. and 18/. ; Saccolabium ampullaceum, 22/. ; 

 Cymbidum Mastersii, I27.5. ; Cypripedium hirsutissimum, l'2gs. ; Dendrobium Schroderii, 

 l%s. ; D. Wardianum, 28^s. ; D. Devonianum, l'2gs.; D. McCarthiaj, 12/.; D. Hookerianum 

 (chrysotis), 12/. ; Pleione lagenaria, lOj.f. ; Cattleya exoniensis, 2G(/s. The magnificent 

 specimen of Cocos Weddelliana broiight GO/. ; a smaller si^ecimen fetching ^'igs. ; while 

 the unique plant of Geonoma (Martii) Seemannii lately figured by us was knocked down at 

 31^5. A plant of tho extremely rare Nepenthes sanguinea was sold for 50/., being bought by 

 its introducers, Messrs. Veitch and Sons. 



^ MISCHIEVOUS little W.-Indian mollusc, called Bulimus Goodallii. is 



occcasionally found in gardens. It was first discovered in Pine beds at Bristol, and 

 has been found in similar situations, or in hothouses about London, Manchester, 



Norwich, and Bury St. Edmund's. Tho plan adopted to catch 

 them was to place damp boards on the surface of the warm 

 tan and around the sides of the frames, and then after a few hours tho 

 Bulimus would be found sticking to the under- surface. If wanted for 

 conchologists, they should be carefully brushed off on to a sheet of 

 paper, and then transferred to a cup of boiling water, from which 

 they may afterwards be strained, and dried quickly on a cloth or a 

 piece of blotting-paper ; but if the object be merely to destroy 

 them as " vei-min," they can be swept into a shallow pan of strong 

 W!K f) ViH/^f^ brine composed of a handful of common salt to about a pint of cold 

 ^^ ^-''^ water. The smaller figures, from the Gardeners' Chronicle, repro- 



BuLiMus GOODALLII. gg^^. ^j^^ young ; tho larger ones are about twice the natural size. 



J3b. Toebey, the veteran American Botanist, died of pneumonia at 



New York, on March 10. He was a most distinguished naturalist, and one of 

 the most estimable of men. So long since as 1818 he published a catalogue of 

 plants growing in the vicinity of that city ; and ho w^as one of the authors of tho Flora of 

 North Avierir.a. His namo and his botanical labours are commemorated in tho genus 

 Torreya, which was named in compliment to him by Dr. Walker Arnott. 



iJKR. Charles J. Perry died on April 11, in his 5 1st year, at the Cedars, 



Castle Bromwich, Birmingham. He had been for 35 years an ardent cultivator 

 of florists' flowers, and for a considerable portion of that time took an active 

 part as an exhibitor, judge, and successful hybridiser. As a cultivator and exhibitor of 

 Dahlias and Roses, and a raiser of seedling Verbenas, Mr. Perry was well known. He was 

 not only a good grower, but a good judge, and will be missed from many an exhibition. 



^r. W. Bridqewater Page died at Southampton, on April 18. He 



was the only son of the late eminent nurseryman of that name, and was engaged 

 in the seed trade. 



fSi* Max Nisson died at Naples, on February 21, aged 54. M. Nisson 



was a great amateur of plants, and was a constant attendant at the International 

 Horticultural Congresses. 



ii^E. W. DowELL died on February 23, aged 76. He was, for nearly 



