! ILLUSTRATION HORTICOLE. 



HORTICULTURAL CHRONICLE. 



— Exhibition- at Lyons. We announced in our last 

 number the Exhibition of Roses that should have taken 

 place in July. Unfortunately the hail played such havoc 

 throughout the district, that it was found to be quite im- 

 possible to hold any exhibition whatever. However, the 

 Lyonnaise gardeners are not be discouraged by this untow- 

 ard circumstance, having organised a general horticultural 

 exhibition to be held in September, from the 17 to 20, 

 inclusive, which will also be open to foreign exhibitors. 

 We call upon our colleagues to support them. We shall be 

 there to report from a personal view, and also to undertake 

 the duties of a judge. Applications should be addressed 

 to the secretary, M. E. Rohner, 60, Avenue de Noailles, a 

 Lyon, before September 10. 



- Exhibition at Liege, Awards. — A correspondent 

 has communicated the results of the competitions at that 

 magnificent exhibition , which was held on July 5 and G. 



Grand Prize. A gold medal, presented by His Majesty 

 the king of the Belgians, to M. Gantreau, Rosegrower of 

 Brie-Comte-Piobert , France, for collections of Roses amount- 

 ing in the aggregate to the enormous number of 1313 



Grand Prize given by the Lady Patronesses. A gold 

 medal, to M. Scipion Cochet of Suisnes, France, for col- 

 lections of Roses , including 1085 flowers, and one collection 

 containing 540 varieties. 

 Grand Prize the gift of Her Majesty the Queen of the 

 grower at Liege, for 

 u of 200 varieties. 



M. Ni. 



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Gold medal of tlie Federation, vain 

 marche de Rossi us. m . 



The class for New Plants produce. 

 esting things in the collections sent b 

 Adiantum ambulator, five varieties . 

 juncea, Alocasia (iibsuni and Fmp 

 Grand Prize given by the Government 

 bitor for his Palms. Such are the j 

 Exhibition; we regret want of space 

 a more detailed report. 



-Phylloxera again. - The 

 francs offered bv the F.vnrl. finrom, 



elV«rt„ 



given ] 



•lest. 



marvellous properties. One' ,!f ill 

 worth a trial. It is the niltivnti. 

 ro ^s between the vines. As the - 

 anaceous plant would he attend. 

 exchequer, M.Brongniart.'u|,o. | 

 academy f sciences J lrt 



the Thorn apple, Datura 



St '' ' ' mother strong growing solamceous nhnt 



should be employed instead. We. oui-m-Iv,-, 

 opinion as to the practical utility of t'hVV 

 proposed, but we must own that we have . • 

 little confidence in them. 



— National eeward to M. Pasteur. _ The beautiful 

 works by this learned academicion on the ( |i M>rs ',- 

 silkworm and other subjects are well kwown Tie Fivm-li 

 National Assembly has recently done a very graceful art in 

 conferring on M. Pasteur, whose pecuniary 7iiri,mst:,nJ' 

 were anything but flourishing, an annual neii^on of 1'oou 

 francs for life, as a national reward for his services to lus 

 country. 



— Botanical exploration of Tunis. - M. X. ] >,„■,„„., 

 Adanson, of Montpellier, has just returned from a botanical 

 journey through the state of Tunis. Important results have 

 accrued from his travels. His investigations were mainlv 

 directed to the forests of Acacia gununifem, that are be 

 found in the south, following in this the instructions of the 

 academy of sciences. 



— Flora Brasiliexsis. — This grand work is approa- 

 ching completion. Part 60 contains three orders worked up 

 by Engler, namely, Olacineae, Icacineae and Zygophylleae. 

 Part 61 includes the Euphorbiaceae , by Miiller; 62, the 

 Compositae, by Baker, and 63, the Poly galeae, by Bennett. 

 Owing to the energy brought to bear upon Oris splendid 

 work by Mr. Eichler, we may venture to hop' 

 monument of botanical science devoted to tin Brazilian 

 empire, speedily accomplished. 



— Botanical competition-. — The Academy of Sciemvs 

 of Caen has recently proposed to offer a prize of 4000 bancs 

 for the best essay on the Function of the leaet s ;,, t]„- ,/,•■■,>■/), 

 of plants. Competitors must not only give a general view 

 of the present state of science , so far as this question is 

 concerned , but this must be supplemented by actual obser- 

 vation and experiment and am new facts that come to light 

 in the course of the researches. The essays must bo pre- 

 sented at the Academy before January 1, 1876. 



— Canna iridiflora. — Xot long ago we requested our 



M .. I. Srsley. of Montphusir. Lyons, and the C- 

 ! bertve of Chaltrait, Marne. wish to join us m our appeal 

 ; and "in our efforts to recover this beautiful plant. M. Sisley 



"it^lu'h/l/Ieia.tak not.'was one of the finest acqui- 

 sitions of the lamented M. Annee, the celebrated raiser of 



^Vegetable Physiology. - M. Nandin relates a very 

 irious fact in vegetable physiology, in connection mtfi 



[ ;','.' ■ M \.^eorolo,i.;d eonditions. It occurred at C.lliou.v. 

 WpPTttract from the Journal tTAgriadiurr pratique, JnJ> 

 l\;X April of 1873, that is to say fifteen months 



