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HORTICULTURAL CHRONICLE. 



November, 1874. 



— Exhibition and Pomological Congress in Holland. 

 — We learn that the pomologists of Holland are organising 

 a Fruit show at Amsterdam in 1875 , and that a Pomological 

 Congress will he held at the same time. The programme 

 is in course of preparation. A committee of organisation, 

 consisting of M r Van Lennep, president, M r J.P.Galesloot, 

 secretary, and nine ordinary members, drawn from the 

 foremost men in pomological science in Holland , are busy 

 making arrangements for the reception of the guests , etc. 

 We well know the liberal hospitality of the Netherlands. 

 It is now just ten years ago that foreign horticulturists 

 brought away such pleasant memories on the occasion of 

 the international Exhibition of 1865. We shall return to 

 tin's subject again in due time. 



— Pelargonium Society or London. — The following 

 is the complete Schedule of Prizes offered by this Society 

 to be competed for at South Kensington, July 21, 1875. 

 This competition will take place by permission of the Royal 

 Horticultural Society, and subject to the regulations issued 

 by the Society. 



Class 1. — Twelve distinct varieties of Zonal Pelargoniums. 

 " florists' class , „ in pots of eight inches in diameter. Open 

 £ 8 and £ 5. 



Class 2. — Twelve distinct varieties of Zonal Pelargoniums. 

 " decorative class , „ in pots of eight inches in diameter. 

 Open £ 8 and £ 5. 



Class 3. — Thirty distinct varieties of Zonal Pelargoniums, 

 irrespective of class, „ in pots not exceeding six inches 

 in diameter. Open £ 6 , £.4. 



Note : — The varieties to be shown in the above classes 

 are to be of the flowering section , not those with varie- 

 gated leaves. Class 1, designated " florists' class „ is intended 

 to include only those varieties which have finely-shaped 

 flowers according to the florists' model. Class 2 is intended 

 for profuse-flowering, showy varieties, otherwise known 

 as hybrid nosegays. 



Class 4. — Six ornamental Cape Pelargoniums, dissimilar. 

 Open, JE3, £2. 



Class 5. — Best hybrid Pelargonium, of distinct character. 

 Open, £2, £ 1. 



Class 6. — Twenty-four Pelargoniums, cut blooms, single 

 trusses, dissimilar. Open £ 2, £ 1. 



Class 7. — Twelve Pelargoniums, cut blooms, single 

 trusses, dissimilar. Amateurs. JG, 2, jB 1. 



Note. — The judges may in their discretion, and subject 

 to the approval of the committee, award a prize to any 

 exhibit worthy of particular notice, which may not be 

 provided for in the schedule. They may also withhold any 

 of the above prizes if the exhibit be not of sufficient merit. 



Conditions of competition. — It is imperative that every 

 variety exhibited have conspicuously appended to it its own 

 name, together with that of the raiser, such names to be 

 either printed or distinctly written on a card. - The 

 u Chiswick Standard „ to be adopted in regulating the 



in depth ami | 

 the edge. 

 - MoHuma 



and the influence hi 





1 there ii be ' '• ' 



Holland are known to 



e\enl„,d\ 



. alsVhis'lunla-ous'l'duMlde 



introductions .it' all 



ortsi the 



foundation of' the J -11 ml! 



museum at Leyden 





tioii of the Finn, hi „ r, 



and his horticultural 



e-l;,Mldi 



icnts i„ IhdlanTanT'.l'a'iiau 



for the diffusion of J 



.panese ) 



• nits. We u'w colonel Vm! 



Siebold personally; i 



ml we W i 



h all other lovers of borti- 



culture and botany 1 



•artily a| 



>ro?e the idea of erecting a 



monument to his m< 



iiory. 





-Cheap Manilla 



- At a 



recent meeting of the Aca- 



dtmie dts Science* , I) 



Hoffman 



i made a communication to 



the effect that two 



his pupi 



s. Messrs Tiemaim and Kar- 



maim, had discovere 





iibstance in the gap of tb 



Pine, which would i 



■place V; 



nilla. They have named it 



Yaniline, It appeal's 



that esa 



ice of Vanilla to the rata 



of £ 4 may be extra 



ted from 



ail adult Tine tree Without 



- Three new Eka.v 

 this genus recently rec 

 the beauty and brillant 

 neither of them flowere. 

 given by Messrs. Veitch 

 Pacific Islands. Great th 



- Erytitrina Paece 

 dent of the < 



this name, and sent or 

 the Erythrina indica of 

 fore be corrected, and i 

 picta. The plant is li 

 (1874, p. 393). 



