HORTICULTURAL CHRONICLE. 



September, 1875. 



— Phizes op the French Acclimatisation Society. — 

 In the account of the last distribution of rewards by the 

 SoctiU d 'Acclimatation de Paris, we find the following record 

 of prizes awarded in the interest of horticulture and botany : 

 To Messrs. Morin and Vinson a prize of £ GO for their 

 successful cultivation of Cinchona Trees in the Isle of 

 Bourbon. 



To Mr. J. Triana a prize of £ 12 for his admirable work 



contemporaries 1 



appeared in the Gardener's Chronicle, 



weeping variety of H u - Wellingtonia 

 unending its pnmaga 



niaKwuith. 



Medals of the First Class to the Rev. Fathers of the 

 Holy Ghost, Bourbon, for assistance rendered by them to 

 Messrs. Morin and Vinson; Louis Faton for superior cul- 

 tivation of various plants at Geneva; Leo d'Ounous, ditto 

 at Laverdun, Ariege; Vicomte de Pulligny, Eure, for the 

 cultivation of useful trees over an area of about 150 acres j 

 and Joseph Vickers for the introduction of living plants of 

 Cinchona in Bourbon. 



— Philadelphia International Exhibition. — We 

 cannot too warmly commend this colossal exhibition to the 

 consideration of our readers. Trees sent from Europe should 

 be despatched in time to arrive at the latest by the middle 

 of April in Philadelphia. 



For information of every kind, independent of that affor- 

 ded by the agents in Europe , application should be made 

 to Mr. C. H. Miller, chief of the Bureau of Horticulture, 

 Philadelphia, U. S. 



— Peperomia resedaeplora. — Mr. Robinson says in 

 the Garden one of the prettiest and rarest of all bouquet 

 and button-hole flowers is Peperomia resedaeflora (Linden 

 and Andre). This plant bears tiny spire-like spikes of white 

 flowers at the apex of pink stems, the lower portions of 

 which arc clothed with small velvety leaves. 



— Mr. Riley in France. — Mr. Riley, the celebrated 

 American entomologist, so favourably known by his writings 

 on the Phylloxera, the Yucca Moth, and other insects 

 engaging the gardener's attention, is now in France. He is 

 spending his time chiefly in the Herault among the vine- 

 growers who have suffered so severely from the scourge, 

 giving them excellent advice respecting the management of 

 their infested vine-yards, and information as to the best 

 American varieties that merit a trial. The Agricultural 

 Society of Herault have given a banquet in 'his honour at 

 Palavas. 



— Exhibition at Brussels pn 1876. — We remind our 

 readers that the Grand International Horticultural Exhibi- 

 tion will take place at Brussels in April, 1876. A Congress 

 will be held simultaneously. The royal Society Flora will 

 pay for the freight of plants on the Belgian railways ; and 

 it is expected that this, the hundredth exhibition of the 

 Brussels Society, will be an exceedingly brilliant affair. 

 Communications should be addressed to M. Lubbers, secre- 

 taire, au Jardin botanique, a Brunettes. 



— Wellingtons gigantea pendula. — Our Belgian | 



of Engl; 



grapes ever seen in England, and perhapi 



the variety call' 



ounces, and another of the White Si<-e 



gardener to Mr. Douglas of Eskbank. Da 

 a handsome well-formed bunch, the b 

 ripened and of good flavour. The other eh 

 by Mr. Dickson, gardener to Mr. J. Jar 

 Glasgow. Truly these enormous bunches 

 grapes of the land of Canaan, which Tot 

 being carried on a pole by two men. 



_ Exhibition at Cologhb. — Tin 

 opened on the 24 Aug., to be continue* 

 At the time of writing we po-M-s mi p: 

 learn through the Gardener* chronicle 

 in spite of all efforts the show leave 

 from a horticultural point of view. Ind 

 important exhibits from England, and 

 Belgium, horticulture strictly would have 1 

 sented. At the last moment we hear tha 

 of Honour has been awarded to Mr. J. Li 

 — Flowering of sdhbul. — Recently 

 bid has flowered in the Royal Gardens, 

 first time in England. It is an interesting 

 of its producing the Radix sumbul of th 

 It was introduced into Russia about 1 N 

 against cholera, and a substitute for musk. 

 in the English pharmacopaea in 1867 a 

 is a tonic stimulant. The tii>t plants v\e 



