November 8, 1888.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



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appointed for the children in receipt of the benefits 

 of the Fund was laid on the table, from which it 

 appeared that a relation had been appointed in every 

 case, and in nearly every instance the mother of the 

 child ; also that the arrangements for placing a child 

 upon the Fund in accordance with the terms of the 

 gift of Mr. N. Sherwood had been completed. The 

 amount of money paid as the first quarterly allow- 

 ance to the eleven children now upon the Fund was 

 £35 15s. Various accounts were ordered to be paid, 

 and the proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to 

 the Chairman. 



HORTICULTUAL CLUB.— The following circular 

 has been issued : — " The Club has now been in 

 existence for twelve years, and has played no unim- 

 portant part in keeping alive the interests of horti- 

 culture, both by gathering together in social inter- 

 course those who are interested in the pursuit, and 

 also by the dissemination of knowledge by the papers 

 which have been read at the meetings, and after- 

 wards in the gardening papers. The committee have 

 recently come to arrangements with the Hotel Wind- 

 sor Company, Victoria Street, Westminster, and 

 the Club has entered upon the occupancy of its 

 new quarters there. The situation is central, close 

 to the offices of the Royal Horticultural Society, and 

 within three minutes' walk of the St. James' Park 

 Station of the District Railway. The hotel is well 

 known as one of the best in London, has excellent 

 smoking and billiard rooms, swimming bath, &c, 

 and special arrangements have been made with the 

 proprietors for the accommodation of members at a 

 reduced rate. The committee think, therefore, that 

 a better support ought to be given to the Club, and 

 would urge upon its members the necessity of enlist- 

 ing new candidates for membership. Enquiries 

 should be addressed to the Secretary as above." 



Boissier's "Flora Orientalis."— M. Boser 



has published a supplementary volume containing a 

 sympathetic biographical notice of the ardent and 

 acute botanist, to whom we are indebted for this 

 standard work. Various additions are inserted, 

 together with an enumeration of collectors' numbers, 

 which will be very serviceable to botanists and her- 

 barium-keepers. A portrait of Boissier, views of 

 his herbarium, now belonging to the town of Geneva, 

 and a map, are comprised in the volume. 



National Chrysanthemum Society— a 



1 irgely attended meeting of the committee took 

 place at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet Street, E.C., on 

 the 29th ult., Mr. E. Sanderson, the President, in 

 the chair. The Eastbourne Chrysanthemum Society 

 was admitted into affiliation, and eight new members 

 were elected, bringing the total up to 581. The 

 Hon. Secretary reported in reference to the pro- 

 vincial show at Sheffield on November 1G that every- 

 thing promised very favourably, and that great 

 interest was being shown in the exhibition through- 

 out the town. Also that the authorities of the 

 Royal Aquarium had given permission for the 

 British Fruit Growers' Association to hold a meet- 

 ing at St. Stephen's Hall on Thursday, November 8, 

 and that this meeting would not interfere with their 

 own exhibition. It was resolved that Sir Gityer 

 Hdnter, M.P., one of the Fellows of the Society, be 

 requested to open the exhibition at the Royal 

 Aquarium next week, and be has since signified his 

 willingness to do so. The Hon. Secretary also 

 reported that 150 copies of the new edition of the 

 Society's Catalogue had been sold, and that he had 

 received an application for two dozen copies from 

 Mr. E. II. LiBiiEY, of the American Garden, New 

 York, and that the sum of £52 10s. had been paid 

 for medals supplied to affiliated societies. It being 

 deemed advisable, in the interests of the Society, 

 that a Foreign Corresponding Secretary should be 

 appointed to deal with a large amount of foreign 

 correspondence, Mr. C. Harman Payne was ap- 

 pointed to that office. As it is more than probable 

 that a number of novelties in vegetables will be sub- 

 mitted for certificates at the autumn show, it was 

 resolved that the granting of certificates shall be 



left in the hands of the vegetable judges. It was 

 resolved that several Gold Medals of the Society 

 should be ordered, the cost of each not to exceed 

 5 guineas. The annual dinner of the Society was 

 fixed for Thursday. December 13, at Anderton's 

 Hotel, Fleet Street, E.C., the arrangements being 

 left in the hands of the Hon. Secretary. A vote of 

 thanks to the Chairman brought the proceedings to 

 a close. 



TROPICAL FRUITS.— The Division of Pomology 

 of the United States Department of Agriculture has 

 published a report of the tropical and semi-tropical 

 fruits grown in the Southern States. The report 

 has been prepared by Mr. II. S. van Deman, chief 

 of the Pomological Department. The several fruits 

 are enumerated, and details given as to their culture, 

 and the insects and diseases to which they are sub- 

 jected. 



Stock-taking : September.— Appended are 

 some excerpts from the " Trade Returns " for the 

 month of September. To save space many items 

 are simply noted in the general summary, the 

 figures being sufficiently expressive and suggestive. 

 We have no idea that the interdependence will ever 

 be reduced — rather that it will be extended, and for 

 the benefit of the nation. But we have also an idea 

 that we can help ourselves much more than we do 

 now, and that much of the educated labour now so 

 generously supplied to our friends and relatives 

 abroad could be much more profitably utilised at home. 

 The following table is extracted from the summary 

 of the imports from foreign countries and British 

 possessions for the month of September last com- 

 pared with the corresponding period in 1887, showing 

 the increase ( +) and decrease ( — ) as the case may 

 be in the different sections : — 



{II.— (A.) Articles of 

 food and drink — 

 duty free 



(B.) — do., dutiable 



§VI. — Raw materials 

 for textile manufac- 

 tures (including 

 Flax, Hemp, and 

 jute) 



{VII. — Raw materials 

 for sundry industries 

 and manufactures 

 (including wood and 

 timber, hewn. sawn, 

 split, dressed ; vege- 

 table materials, for 

 paper-making, &c.) 

 Miscellaneous 

 articles (including 

 Clover, grass, Flax, 

 Rape, Linseed 



Total value 



sIX 



9,108 12(i 

 2,552,319 



9.803,16.1 

 2,363,153 



27.191,591 28.414,372 +1,222,778 



4 695,( 

 -188,1 



We have space for only a few items, as follow 



II. Fruit: — 

 Apples, raw 

 Unenumerated, 



1.KK7. 



1888. Differ. e 



Potato-* 

 Vegetable 



... bush. 166.1U7 119,336 +253,222 



181,208 821,978 +310,770 



.. .. 487,018 381,451 —105,567 



... cwt.j 64,508 43,119 —21,389 



£39,612 £13,143 +£:,5nl 



It might not be found difficult to give the items in 

 the case of fruits and vegetables "unenumerated.'' 



Dominion of Canada. — A new edition of the 



official Handbook of Canada lias just been published 

 with the approval of the Secretary of State for the 

 Colonies and the Canadian Government, and can 

 be obtained, without charge, on application to the 

 office of the High Commission, at 9, Victoria 

 Chambers, S.W. The handbook contains the latest 

 statistical data respecting the financial position of 

 the country, its trade and commerce, and other 

 matters of interest to the general reader ; while the 

 demand for labour, the openings offered by the 



different provinces in connection with settlement, 

 and the investment of capital, are also fully dealt 

 with. 



The New Vegetable, It appears, from the 

 letter of a correspondent, that the Stachys tuberifera, 

 to which we alluded last week, will not succeed in 

 all soils. We narrated our experience on clay. On 

 sand our correspondent tells us that he has not suc- 

 ceeded in obtaining a tuber bigger than a horse- 

 bean, while the plant itself does not grow more than 

 G inches in height. This is very different experience 

 from ours, and points to the necessity for a deep, 

 rich, moist soil as the most suitable. Perhaps in the 

 poor sand it may be induced to flower and have its 

 name registered like a good citizen. 



" REICHENBACHIA. " -The following plants are 

 figured in the last number : — 



Zyr/opetaluni Wendlandi, t. 53. — A native of Costa 

 Rica, with flowers 4 inches across with greenish- 

 white sepals and petals, and a broad labellum always 

 recurved at the tip. It is adorned with a large 

 blotch of violet-purple and heavy pencillings of dark 

 plum. The temperature under which it should be 

 grown ranges from 60° to 70° Fahr. The plants 

 should be placed in a moist and shady position, and 

 must never be allowed to become dry. 



Cypripcdium sel/igerum mo jus, t. 54. — A cross be- 

 tween C. barbatum and C. philippinense, Kchb. f. 

 it requires to be shaded from direct sunlight, but de- 

 lights in a hot moist atmosphere. The flowers have 

 long crenate petals, whitish at the base with the 

 green veins and some dark blotches, and light mauve- 

 pnrple on the anterior blade. The sepals are white 

 with reddish-violet veins. The lip is brownish. 



Angrctcuui articulatitiu, t. 55. — A rare species, from 

 Madagascar, with graceful pendulous racemes of 

 white flowers with long, thread-like spurs. It should 

 be grown in a basket, and hung close under the roof, 

 in a light position, in an East Indian house, where 

 the temperature in summer would range between 

 70° and 80°. It likes plenty of water in summer, 

 but care must be taken not to overwater in autumn 

 and winter. 



Lalia anceps Sandcriana, t. 56. — A lovely variety, 

 very closely allied to the exquisite L. anceps Daw- 

 soni, but differing from it in its less rhomboid petals. 

 It begins to flower in December, remaining until 

 February. 



" The British Moss Flora, "—The eleventh 



part of this work, which reflects so much credit on 

 Dr. Braituwaite, has just been issued. It is the 

 commencement of a second volume, and begins witli 

 an account of the Grimmias, marked by all the 

 conscientious care and skill which has been so 

 characteristic throughout. 



" Kohler's Medizinal Pflanzen." — The 

 coloured figures of this publication are so excellent 

 and so cheap that we call attention to them, as others 

 besides pharmacists] cultivate these plants. Euqen 

 Kuhler, of Gera, is the publisher of the book, which 

 may be had in parts from Williams & Norgate, 



Gardening and Philanthropy.— If any one 

 would witness an illustration of these in combination 

 he can do so by visiting one of Dr. Barnardo's institu- 

 tions known as the Girl's Village Home, at Barking 

 Side. Here about 9 acres of ground, formerly fields 

 studded with trees, have been converted into a model 

 village, upon which have been erected forty-nine 

 cottages, formed each of two in the usual semi-de- 

 tached style, but united together for domestic purposes. 

 In these cottages, each of which stands within its own 

 grounds, there are located 800 girls — a portion of the 

 waifs and strays of the London streets, gathered here to 

 be clothed, fed, educated, and prepared to fight the 

 battle of life. There are forty-nine commodious 

 cottages. From twenty-five to thirty children are 

 located in each cottage, under the care of a mother — 

 generally some lady who devotes herself to the work ; 

 and it is said by those who are in the habit of visit- 

 ing the village that the most cordial sympathy exists 

 between the mother and her temporary family. The 



