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JOURNAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENKB. 



I Febraary 10, 1876. 



Talance from Revenue Account 



Amount not debited in 187-1 chargeable to that 

 Account 



Balance down 



Ce. £ t. d. 

 Bj 1-15 Life Compositions as at let January. . . . 



Admiesion Fees (Fellows) 



Annual Subscriptions 6,408 S 



Ditto ditto (New) 198 9 



Ditto ditto (outstanding Dec, 1875) 207 18 



Exhibitions 



In Hands of Ticket Agents 



Promenades 185 S 



Daily AdmiBsions 329 11 



Rent of Stalls in Entrance 



Garden Produce 



Davie' Bequest (IntereBt) 



.■VdvertisemeDts in Prize Schedules 



PackinR Charges 



Miscellaneous Receipts 



Balance down 



Amounts not credited to Revenue Account 



in 1874 



Balance 



£ .«. a. 



4,013 16 6 



129 13 7 

 £4,143 10 1 



£3,210 Itj 11 



£ s. d. 

 786 16 

 128 2 



6,814 10 



222 8 



2 17 6 



464 3 11 



60 



305 4 5 



60 3 4 



27 14 



7 19 



836 2 1 



£9,205 12 11 



82 3 

 3,210 10 11 



£4,143 10 1 



NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 



Firn Fellows have been elected by the Royal Horticultural 

 Society between April and December of laet year. 



Owing to the disaBtrous effects of the Phylloxera in 



the French vineyards, the desirability of importing stocks from 

 America was urged on the ground that the vigorous character 

 of the American varieties were by that insect invulnerable. 

 This appears, however, to be simply " tall talk," for a corre- 

 spondent in the Prairie Farmer reports that he has recently 

 taken up 2000 Vines in nearly twenty varieties, and that every 

 sort was infested ; the strong growers, however, being the 

 most free from the pest, but all were attacked. The "little 

 villains were found on the roots by millions." 



AccoFDiNG to Professor Bottger, a moderately concen- 

 trated solution of caustic soda or potash seems to promote the 

 oEKMiNATiox OF SEEDS even more than ammonia. Seeds aftir 

 soaking but a few hours in diluted potash solution put forth 

 radicles. 



At the Tiverton Horticultural Show to be held on May 



24th and 25tb, the following silver curs are announced, in 

 addition to a liberal schedule of prizes. For eighteen stove 

 and greenhouse planta a silver cup value £20 ; for twelve 

 Azaleas a cup value £15 ; for twelve Eoses in pots a cnp value 

 £10 ; and for nine Pelargoniums a cup value £6. 



Lapageeia rosea, writes a gardener, is hardier than 



many people imagine, and states that at Gunnersbury Park a 

 portion of the plant has protruded from the inside to "the out- 

 side of the house, where it has grown and flowered for two 

 years without any protection whatever. The frost of the 

 recent winter destroyed the flowers, but has done no apparent 

 iD,iury to the shoots that had produced them. 



We have to thank the Hon. and Rev. .J. T. BoEcowen 



ofLamorran, Cornwall, for specimens of the Cornish Gilli- 

 FLOWER Apple, which exceed in size and excel in flavour any 

 we have ever seen before. They are within a very little of 

 being 4 inches long, and they are peculiarly snouted and ridged 

 at the apex. The fleeh is the deepest yellow we have ever 

 .seen in this variety, and may be described as yellow as an 

 omelette. 



The double-flowered Pelargoniums and Cinerarias are 



to be followed by double-flowered Begonias, some varieties 

 of the tuberous-rooted section being announced by M. Lemoine 

 of Nancy. It is only the male flowers of each fascicle that are 

 double, the female flowers retaining their normal form. Of 

 these varieties B. Gloire de Nancy is in colour rich vermilion, 

 and B. Lemoinei orange scarlet. They are to be distributed 

 daring the ensuing season. 



Bbitisu Consuls in Brazil notice the extraordinary 



floral wealth of that vast empire. Their reports in 1.S75 call 

 attention to the abundance of the trees from the juice of 



which iNDi.ARUBBER IS prepared. At Aracaty this has recently 

 become the most valuable article brought iuto the produce 

 market of that place. From Bahia Consul Morgan sends a 

 translation from a book published by the Inspector of the 

 Custom-house of that port, in which it is stated that the con- 

 sumption of a century would not exhaust the supply of india- 

 rubber. The Inspector gives an account of a very remarkable- 

 tree, the Cahnauha Palm, which grows in Brazil without any 

 culture, and it is so hardy as to flourish in the most prolonged 

 drought, and has often served at such times as the means of 

 support to the population of more than one province. Tho 

 top when young is an appreciable and nutritious article of 

 food ; and from this tree also wine, vinegar, and a saccharine 

 matter are extracted, as well as a kind of gum, similar in its 

 taste and properties to sago. From the wood musical instru- 

 ments are made, as also lubes and pumps for water. The 

 delicate fibrous substances of the pith of the stalk and its 

 leaves make a good substitute for cork. The roots have the 

 same virtues as the sarsaparilla. The pulp of the fruit is of 

 an agreeable taste, and the nut oily and emulsive, is roasted 

 and then used as coffee by many persons. From the trunk 

 are obtained strong fibres, and also a species of flour similar 

 to maizena, and a liquid resembling that of the Bahia Cocoa- 

 nut. From the dried straw are made mats, hats, baskets, and 

 brooms, and large quantities of the straw are exported to 

 Europe for the manufacture of fine hats. Finally, from the 

 leaves is produced the wax used in the manufacture of candles ; 

 and the export of this wax exceeds £102,000 a-year in value. 

 The Inspector suggests that perhaps in no other country can 

 there be found a plant applied to so many and varied purposes- 

 From the report of the New Jersey Ceanbeerv Associa- 

 tion it appears that there are ] 5,000 acres of land in America 

 devoted to Cranberry production, the average value of the 

 crop being $4,375,000. Last year the crop is estimated at 

 210,000 bushels. The crops in 1872 and 187-3 were 275,000 

 bushels. 



■ The Committee appointed to award the Potato prizes 



offered by Messrs. B. K. Bliss & Sons in America have issued 

 an elaborate report. The competitors, as might be expected, 

 have " whipped" the " Britishers " who have been engaged in 

 a similar enterprise in the " old country." The returns of the 

 American prizewinners in raising the greatest weights from 

 1 lb. of seed credit Mr. Wood with producirg 1417 lbs. of 

 Snowflake, and Mr. Perkins with raising lC60j lbs. of Eureka; 

 the whole of the twelve prizetakers returned weights of over 

 1000 lbs. with both varieties. Further experiments have been 

 mads as to the most profitable distances at which to plant 

 Potatoes, the results varying from 378 bushels per acre, the 

 sets being 2 by 3 feet; to 441 bushels, the sets being 3 by 

 ?A feet apart. 



■ The growth of Melons in Sp.ain is so much in advance 



of the immediate consumption, although poor and rich alike 

 almost live upon them during two months of the year, that 

 the gardener cuts thousands just before they artive at maturity 

 and hangs them up for the winter. Half or three-quarters of 

 an acre produce no less in a favourable season than 400 arro 

 bas of Melons. Now at a rough calculation these 400 arrobas 

 weighing 10,000 lbs. may be estimated at the value of Id. \ei 

 lb., which is equivalent to about £32. This calculation will 

 give a slight idea of the importance of the Melon trade. To 

 form an idea of the wealth of Spanish iirigated ground we 

 must remember that four crops annually are raised upon the 

 same plot ; and that growing amid Melon or Apricot grounds 

 stand the Peach, the Fig, the Pomegranate, or the Almond 

 tree. 



Beownea geandiflora has, says the Irish Farmerx' 



Gazette, been for some time in flower in the large stove at 

 Glasnevin, and the noble tree, for such it is, of B. grandiceps 

 in the same house is just now showing for flower, and a mag- 

 nificent display may be confidently looked for by-aud-by. In 

 the same department a lofty and well-furnished tree of the 

 Mango is flowering freely, we trust to be followed by a good 

 set and a heavy crop of this delicious tropical fruit. 



MISTLETOE. 



I HAVE seen the Mistletoe growing on the Apple, Pear, Plum, 

 Cherry, Medlar, Quince, and Filbert, also on the common Oak, 

 Ash, Elder, Maple. Black and White Thorn, Poplar, Elm, 

 Horse Chestnut, Lime, and Laburnum. 



On Ihe Lime trees, in the park of Compton House near 



