THE ILLUSTRATION HdRTirui.K. 



HORTICULTURAL CHRONICLE. 



November, 1875. 



— Graetino Periwinkles on the Oleander.— Accord- 

 ing to the Revue Horticole Mr. Lambotte, flower painter 

 at the municipal horticultural establishment at La Muette. 

 Paris, conceived the happy idea of grafting different varie- 

 ties of Periwinkle n the Oleander, and successfully ac- 

 complished it. This is, however, not so surprising as il 

 appears at first, for both genera belong to the Apocyneae, 

 It is even probable that the pretty Vinca rosea from Mad- 

 agascar would succeed on the Oleander, and if grafted or 

 tall stems, quite a new feature might be introduced in om 

 market flowers. 



— Lilium Packmanni. — The Gardener's Chronicle of the 

 16 October, contains a fine drawing of this gorgeous Lily, 

 together with a description from the pen of Mr. T. Moore, 

 which we here reproduce in full : 



Stem slender one-flowered (? always) ; leaves ovate-acu- 

 minate, alternate, five-nerved; flowers very large, the 

 perianth-segments spreading out nearly flat from the base, 

 and becoming recurved towards the apex, the petaline ones 

 broader, white, suffused towards the greenish base with 

 rosy crimson, and thickly studded with deep crimson spots 

 and papillae; stamens somewhat spreading, the anthers 

 nearly an inch long, and the pollen deep chocolate-coloured; 

 style green about an inch longer than the stamens, with a 

 purple stigma. 



A hybrid between L. auratum and L. speciosum (land- 

 folium) raised in the United States of N. America by Mr. 

 Packmann. 



There is no doubt that this hybrid is the most magnificent 

 acquisition to our gardens that we have chronicled for many 



— Rheum nobile. — Several of our correspondents who 

 have received young plants of Rheum nobile, from the 

 Himalaya , of which we gave a portrait in June last , are 

 in great fear of losing them, and request us to give them 

 some information respecting the culture of this species. We 

 can only hazard a guess on this point at present, the plant 

 not having yet attained its full development in Europe. 



Nevertheless, we think if it prove more delicate than its 

 allies, it will be advisable to subject it to the same treat- 

 ment as the Himalayan Rhododendrons. Like them , it is a 

 native of the high plateaus of Sikkim in a brisk , rarefied 

 atmosphere. A peaty soil, and a cool house in our climate, 

 or even the open air in the milder parts of the south-west, 

 ought to suit it admirably. 



— Eucalyptus as an Insectdtuge. — We extract the 

 following passages from a letter recently received from 

 Mr. Ch. Baltet, of Troyes, and recommend our readers to 

 try the experiment for themselves when the season arrives : 



" Lately my brother-in-law, Captain Mignard, being very 

 much disturbed in his sleep by mosquitos, took it into his 

 head to place a young plant of Eucalyptus in his bed-room 

 over night. From that moment the insects disappeared, and 



session tlie P.mioln.uirnl < 

 adopted the fruits wln.se 



Raspberry : Surprise d'a 



Peaches: Belle de Toul 

 Early Louise, and Balwa] 



Pears: Madame (in'goii 

 toles, Scour Gregoire. 



Apples : Burchardt's ] 

 Transpareiite de Cronrels. 



Plums : Early Favourit< 



Grop.'s table) : Rosaky. 



Grapes (wine) : Mourve< 



It will lie observed sevc 

 British Gardens. 



Many other varieties w< 

 several of Belgian "i i.iriu. 



Mr. Ch. Rogier, minist 

 the Royal Commission for 

 the gold medal awarded 

 done most to advance poi 



on September JU the d 



the winter garden of t 



be glad to learn who 1 



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consisthf) of tJ.j.rfs 



Mr. J. Linden. Ghe 

 gift of H. M. the Emp 



porcelain Service, the 



