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THE GARDENEES' CHRONICLE. 



[August 18, 1888. 



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APPOINTMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 



sists of "summaries of imports from foreign 

 countries and British possessions," thus : — 



{ Newcastle-on-Tyne (three days), 

 WEDNESDAY, AUG. 22-^ Shropshire, and Shrewsbury (two 

 ( days). 



["Royal [Horticultural of Ireland, 

 Aug 23< Aberdeen (three days), Wil 



THURSDAY, 



Aug. 24— Perth (two days). 

 SALES. 



Aug 20 ' Trade Sale ot ' Dutch Bulbs, at Pro- 

 7 theroe & Morris' Rooms. , 



AUG 23 * Trarte Sale of Dutch Bulbs, at Pro- 

 ( theroe & Morris' Rooms. 



Aur 94 *> Established and Imported Orchids, 



ul *- £% \ at Protheroe & Morris' Rooms. 

 AUG 25 -! Trade Sale o£ Dutch Bulbs, at Pro- 



D "i the 



: & Morris' Rooms. 



Few things, from a literary point 

 Monthly Stock „ - ? , . .,. r 



Taking oi ' new j have a less inviting ap- 



pearance than the Eeturns issued 

 each month by the Board of Trade, entitled 

 "Accounts relating to the Trade and Naviga- 

 tion of the United Kingdom " for each month 

 during the year. Some 126 pages of figures to 

 the " untrained eye " have a somewhat repulsive 

 appearance, but the " trained " observer will find 

 these pages brimful of interesting facts on matters 

 concerning every inhabitant of the United King- 

 dom, and Ireland. In very many ways do they 

 concern the horticulturist, the agriculturist — the 

 arboriculturist, the owner or occupier of every 

 acre of ground not covered by bricks and 

 mortar. Something of this will be found 

 set forth in a recent article in our columns re- 

 lating to a proposed "Agri-Horticultural Coun- 

 cil." Something in addition will be found in 

 Mr. Dunn's address to the Scottish Arboricultural 

 Society reported in our last issue. Perhaps the 

 recent great Colonial and Indian Exhibition 

 showed how much the three " cultures " above 

 noted contribute to the world's prosperity, 

 therefore any trustworthy evidence we can pro- 

 duce in favour of any scheme for "self-help" 

 is entitled to some space in our columns. From 

 the " Trade Returns " above noted we learn how 

 much we are indebted to the foreigner and to our 

 Colonial brethren for our " daily bread," and are 

 furnished with an incentive to keep as much as 

 may be possible of our cash at home, and to find 

 employment for what is now termed our " surplus 

 population." Such was not, so far as we are aware, 

 the original idea in publishing these Returns ; 

 but then, to suggest a humble simile, no tailor in 

 designing a dress-coat and bifurcations has any 

 idea that they may ultimately serve the (agricul- 

 turally) noble purpose of a scarecrow ! 



The introduction to these " stock tables " con- 





Month ended July 31. 



Increase 

 (+) 





1887. 



1888. 



Decrease 

 (-) 



Animals, living (for 

 food) 



£. 



£. 



£. 



711,061 



757,975 



+46,914 



Articles of food and 

 drink — duty free ... 



10,388,986 



11,270,117 



+881,131 



Articles of food and 

 drink — dutiable ... 



2,352 383 



2,400,617 



+ 48,264 



Chemicals, Dyestuffs, 

 and Tanning Sub- 

 stances 



490,645 



511,412 



+20,767 



Raw materials for tex- 

 tile manufactures... 



4,113,202 



3,734,640 



—378,562 



Raw materials for sun- 

 dry industries and 

 manufactures 



3,444.180 



3,731,094 



+286,914 



Total value of prin- 

 cipal imports* 



28,958,156 



30,706,412 



+1,748„256 



These few introductory lines are amplified in 

 other tables, from which we may from time to 

 time make extracts of such items as relate to 

 matters within our scope. 



The figures we now lay before the reader 

 refer to vegetable products chiefly, omitting 

 those of purely agricultural interest, and show the 

 consumption of the articles specified in the 

 month ended July 31, 1888, as compared with 

 the corresponding period of 1887. 





c 



luuititie 





Articles. 



1837. 



1888. 



In- 

 crease^). 



De- 

 crease^). 



Articles of Food. 









Fruit :— 









Apples bush. 



19,417 



43,786 



+24,369 



Oranges and Lemons... „ 



114,393 



105.462 



—8,931 



Unenumerated, raw ... ,, 



307,052 



375,923 



+68,871 



Onions ,. 



162,517 



221,210 



+58,693 



Potatos : — 









Germany cwt. 



900 



315 



) 



France , 



211,358 



208,533 



} +152313 



Other countries ... ,, 



595,008 



750,731 



J 



Baw Materials for Textile 

 Manufactures. 









Flax, dressed, &c. ... cwt. 



101,560 



215,366 



+113,806 



Hemp cwt. 



107,393 



107,401 



+8 



Haw Materials for Sundry In- 

 dustries and Manufactures. 









Caoutchouc cwt. 



13,285 



12,119 



—1,166 



Gutta-percha ,, 



1,485 



1,015 



—470 



Paper materials : — 









Linen and cotton rags tons 



2,783 



4,226 



+1,443 



Esparto 



26,350 



23,011 



—3,339 



Pulp of wood 



5,590 



8,636 



+3,046 



Wood and timber : — 









Hewn loads 



188,467 



221,430 



+32,963 



Sawn, &c ,, 



686,897 



724,773 



+87,876 



Staves ,, 



14,027 



11,217 



—2,810 



Mahogany tons 



2,573 



4,327 



+1,754 



Manufactured Articles. 









Hats or bonnets of straw lb. 



6,933 



9,772 



+2,839 



Paper for printing or 



writing cwts. 



19,486 



33,177 



+13,691 



„ other kinds, except 



hangings 



110,754 



136,482 



+25,728 



Straw plaiting for mak- 

 ing hats or bonnets ... lb. 



1,289,605 



495,215 



—794,390 



Miscellaneous Articles. 









Seeds : — 









Clover and grass ... cwt. 



3,198 



10,987 



+7,789 



Cotton tons 



20,850 



9,105 



—11,745 



Flax and Linseed ... qrs. 



117,160 



189,536 



+72,376 



Rape „ 



79,259 



53,298 



—25,961 



Some sections, not pertinent, are omitted. 



We may here recommend to the compiler of 

 these Returns that the plus and minus columns 

 should range with the monthly Returns ; the 

 whole matter might then be seen at a glance, 

 and so save turning over several pages each 

 time a comparison has to be instituted. 



It will be very easy to extend these figures 

 should it be deemed requisite. Particulars as to 

 sources of supply might m many cases be advan- 

 tageously supplied, and thus our home-growers 

 and our Colonial fellow-subjects may be made 

 acquainted with details which it is desirable they 

 should know. It may be mentioned that the 

 entries in these Returns increase or decrease as 

 the cheery harvests ripen in the lands beyond the 

 sea. 



" Botanical Magazine.'' — The August number 



contains figures of the following plants : — 



Trevesia palniata, t. 7008. — An Araliaceous shrub, 

 with broad fan-shaped, spreading leaves, of 

 noble aspect. The flowers are like those of the 

 Ivy on a large scale, but with a disagreeable 

 heavy smell. It is a native of tropical jungles of the 

 Central and Eastern Himalayas, and of the hot, 

 humid regions of the Khasia Mountains and Chitta- 

 gong. It flowers every winter in the Palm-house at 

 Kew. 



Echinocactus Haselberghyi, t. 7009. — This will be 

 esteemed a little gem by lovers of succulent plants. 

 It is the size and shape of a small or medium-sized 

 Orange, and thickly covered with tufts of silvery 

 spines, which cross and interlace in all directions. 

 The petals are small, orange, margined with red. 

 The native country is not known. Hort. Kew. 



Sarcochilus Hartmannii, t. 7010. — A Queensland 

 Orchid, with fleshy lanceolate leaves, stout, erect, 

 many-flowered racemes, each flower being about 

 three-quarters of an inch in diameter, nearly regular, 

 stellate, whitish, with a few red bars at the base of 

 each segment. The lip is very minute, the fleshy, 

 pouch-like lateral lobes ascending and much exceed- 

 ing the minute central lobe. Hort. Kew. 



Arislolochia Westlandi, t. 7011. — This was origin- 

 ally described by Mr. Hemsley, in the Journal of 

 Botany. It is a native of the mainland of China, 

 opposite Hong-Kong, and has cordate oblanceolate 

 acuminate leaves and very large flowers, each with 

 a cylindrical tube, bent at an acute angle, and expand- 

 ing into a flattish cordate ovate limb, 6 inches 

 across, of a creamy-white colour, with a central 

 blotch of purplish-brown, and the nerves of a 

 similar purplish colour. Hort .Kew. 



Narcissus pseudo-Narcissus var, Jbhnstoni, t. 7012. 

 — A variety with a tubular yellow crown as long as 

 and of like colour with the narrow lanceolate seg- 

 ments. See Gardeners'' Chronicle, 3rd series, 1887, 

 p. 288. 



" KEW BULLETIN."— The August number is 

 taken up with the subject of colonial fruit, and con- 

 tains information relating to fruit production in the 

 several West India Islands and British Guiana. 



John BAIN Mackay. — We regret to hear of 

 the decease, at the ripe age of 93, of this gentleman, 

 long known in the horticultural world, and a warm 

 supporter of the Gardeners' Benevolent. Mr. 

 Mackay resided for many years at Totteridge, and it 

 was in his garden that the much-contested Abies 

 Lowiana first produced its cones. 



KRAKATOA. — Readers will remember the fearful 

 volcanic eruption which in August, 1883, over- 

 whelmed the island. Every trace of vegetation was 

 destroyed. Mr. Hemslet contributes to Nature an 

 account of Dr. Teeub's recent visit to the island, 

 and of the way in which it is becoming repeopled. 

 The island is only 3 miles across, and rises almost 

 perpendicularly from the sea on one side to a height 

 of 2500 feet, while on the other it presents a steep 

 slope. The nearest adjacent island is 10 miles 

 distant, but 20 fiom any source of vegetation. The 

 whole island is now covered with a layer of cinders 



