100 
hoot, which should not have been shortened or 
touched in any way. By doing this to every 
leading branch the heads would have been * 
reduced in diameter, whilst their natural oon 
tour would not have been spoiled. Moreover, all 
peo of such a size as to render the use of the 
slanting-wise, or 
and the larger aes should be painted of a 
slate- colour 
re the roots of very vigorous street trees 
e arcessible without incurring the cost of dis- 
piecing any of the pavement, as is sometimes the 
case in the suburbs of towns, some amount of 
root-pruning might be practised, taking great 
care not to cut the tap or chief anchoring roots 
in carrying out this work. 
Where large-growing trees are planted thickly, 
say, at 30 or fewer feet apart, rather than prune 
severely at intervals of five or six years, it 
would be advisable to remove each alternate 
tree, and be content with a curtailment of the 
length of the stronger branches, removing inter- 
acing ones, and the thin spray from the interior 
of the crown. his last-mentioned kind of 
treatment of the crown is the one now pretty 
generally adopted by the gardeners of the 
London County Council, and examples of it may 
be seen at Eelbrook Common in the parish of 
Fulham, and elsewhere. Hitherto the vestries of 
street planting to the parochial surveyor, and 
he, through lack of knowledge on his part, has 
not always selected the right species of trees 
Barclay Road is a capital example of the evil of 
planting a forest tree of large natural dimensions 
in a narrow thoroughfare. 
The following list of trees fit for planting in 
towns will show that we have in reality a good 
deal of choice in the matter of contour, colour 
of foliage and twigs, habit of growth, height to 
which the trees will grow, and degree of density 
of the leafage: — Robinia (Acacia) eima 
5 and pseudo-Acacia and its varie- 
ties; Acer saccharinum, A. 555 
(striatum), Pavias in variety, Ailanthus glandu- 
losa, where space can be afforded; Amelanchier 
Botryapium, Betulus alba and other Birches, 
Catalpa syringzefolia, Ulmus montana, U. glabra, 
Gleditschia triacanthos, Juglans nigra, J. cinerea, 
Liquidambar seige ETENE ern 
Paulownia 8 Pyrus) Aucuparia 
3 Morus ak a aber) Platanus 
and laciniata, Popek abe (A (Abels), P. fasti- 
ginta (Lombardy), P. nigra, Salix alba, S. baby- 
lonica, S. viminalis, Sophora japonica, Ti 
Por A alba, T. parvifolia, and G 
Some distinotion should always ney pron 
between suburban 
und in the m 
densely inhabited parts, 104 the latter. ate 
eets that admit of trees 
bein, 
= cing ant planted without —— the air, light 
THE GARDENERS’ 
NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PLANTS, 
POL aan SS ae NIGRE3- 
M, Jenm, n. sp 
ong the lower hills, in . 
um 
Narıvs 0 ya amaica 
teristic features are 25 relatively strong rootstock, 
small densely-grouped fronds, repand an and . 
very slightly eut pinnes, and copious sori. As ar 
the terminal segmeat is shortened, which gives the 
fronds an oblong e aspect that is very 
As in al allied dae in the 
mentary trace, 
uld be more natural to leave these species pos 
sessing reniform sori in Aspidium, the presence or 
apparent absence of an involucre, emi in dried 
specimens, being very misleadin a frond 
of the truest of true P. crenatum, Sw., gathered i in 
Jamaica, which, instead of being nude, has inyo- 
lucres as ample in their degree as a woman’s skirte. 
G. S. Jenman, Demerara, June, 1894. 
STRAWBERRIES. 
From a commercial point of view, the culture of 
3 is nearly as important as that of Aspa- 
ra The experience of forty successful years is 
available as testimony to the economic importance of 
this crop in the neighbourhood of large towns. The 
Strawberry is, of all fruits growing in our climate, 
that which bears transit least well. There is, then, 
great heat or risk of sin 
bay the eee 1 Strawbe 
rried on, especially u e on the slopes of 
9 hills, ind, preferably, on the cleared 
sides whence woods have been removed. The 
quantity of rain which falls annually is ordinarily 
amply sufficient for the necessities of the fruit, which 
never receives artificial watering. The planta- 
tions usually last three years, and give two full 
crops preceded by one half one. Planting 
is done in April or in September, according to 
weather and circumstances, and the plantation is 
destroyed after the third crop. The qualities which 
a strain of Strawberries should possess before it is 
adopted by growers are numerous. First of all, 
earliness is needfal, as this ensures a high sale price 
at the beginning of the season ; robustn 
enduring transport, which enables the crop to be 
sent to market absolutely fresh. About half-a- 
dozen varieties share the favour of the growers in 
the environs of Paris, and can be recom ott for 
cultivation in the open ground. These 
lst. 
guerite, 
the fine size of the fruits, which are rather pale and 
wanting in quality, but nevertheless sell very well, 
since they usually arrive first in the markets. 
Zad. Princesse Royale, an old French strain still 
much appreciated by growers round Paris. It is ve 
early, productive, and well-coloured. The flesh is 
firm an rg hence its name in the markets of 
noyau 
* Polypodium (Goniopteris) nigrescentium 
Jen 
k ng, stout, decumbent or obli y repe: 
» que, short! 
dark, scurfy, clothed with a few minute k- — — z 
ess Santi » erect, 
3 to 7 inches long, 
with a few minute dark-brown 
inal one, eo i are is * 3 inches 1 
E neet the upper ones truncate, the low: age “long, 10 5 
aur ae a not » repand, the Margins slightly 
opposite ones connecti y 
that runs to the si 
copious, occupyin 
an pying all but the exterior 
ol the surface. veins, and . 
CHRONICLE 
. 
[Janvary 96, - 
3rd. Docteur Morére, early, large, v 
of excellent quality. It is a b f 
apt to be hollow-centered, a. 
a strain much to be recommended. 10 
4th. Vicomtesse Héricart de Thury, y 
ea meee it has but one fault, the fruit ü rte 
N nd in the market, appearance ranks i 
Ya "5 ucunda ; this is the most producti ng 
ing, and vigorous of all, It is not ready Very a 
but bears well and long, and is very fine and m 
coloured 
6th. Sir Joseph Paxton is beginning to spre) 
the environs of Paris. It is a splendid conical in, 
large, well shaped, and of good colour. It itty 
late, but that is of no consequence, 
7th. Belle de This, in every respei 
one of the finest and best Strawberries, It h 
very productive, the fruits long, and of a fine h 
glossy an yielding at once quantity and quill 
In a somewhat extensive cultivation of Sin 
berries 8 4 sale of the fruits, it is better not 
limited to one variety only, but to divide 927 
the grower profits by the 1 sical w 
the beginning as end of the season. H. de Van 
in an Address nde 
at N 
a] 
aaa 
ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANN 
A ‘NEW CYPRIPEDIUM. 
(Cypripedium Loochristianum x, Ch, Ded) 
Tis new hybrid was raised by M. Ch. Va“ 
by crossing C. Hookeræ &, with C. Horisa $ 
The flower is large, very fine and firm, wii 
glossy in all its parts. — dorsal sepal is bron 
shape like that of Harrisianum ; the ground © 7 
is green, almost mr age by the Bi 
blackish-purple stripes and veins of the r 4 
ay 
=: 
much veined with dark green. Th 10 
spatulate, pointed at the "n po 2 1 
of Hookeræ; they are bipart 1 
half dark-purple sharply 3 yaaa wt 
line, and half an undecided green, striped a 
iums, is vigorous in growth ; the 
peduncle 3 114 inches (30 c.) bu 
reds, and exceedingly hairy. It has 
cates of Merit at Ghent and Brussels. 
CALANTAES AT STANMORE Hat ay 
knowledge, these plants 
ikes each. 
have been . ur 
the first week in November. Z. Beckett. 
