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Tuition is fre oar Write for circulars 
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Nova Sco 
PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED, — Phycological Me- 
irs 
of descriptive notes on various 
yie beautifully Theseus d, an companied also 
by essays on the 1 eee e of various 
ae. Tae Memoi hed by Durau & 
— Dictionnaire Prolene 8 et dle Jur- 
—The last number of the French translation 
of Nicuonson’s Dictionary is before us, bringing ne 
work up to the word Juncus, In it, by the way, w 
find the sa omen of the di ference between Sh 
ultur: ardinage,” which has, we know, 
seated some of us. Jardinage is an amusement or & 
recreation for amateurs, Horticulture is a business 
du Caféier, Fc. By E. Raout. (Paris: CHALLAMEL ) 
PLANT PORTRAITS. 
Carrx scavosa, Clarke. — A broad-leaved Sedge, 
with abe flowers and pink perianth-scales,— 
Hong-Kong. See Bot Mag., 6040. — Wiener Ilius- 
trierte Garten Zeitung, Db 1891. 
Cyparirepium Cuarveswortuu, Rolfe, Gartenflora, 
1895, t. 1410. 
3 CALIFORNICA, 
Monthly, January. 
Darvra cornucopia, fl.-pl., Illustration Horticole 
January 15. 
Torrey, Meehan's 
Lycoris aurea, Garden, January 19, 1895.—An 
Amary!lid, nie! narrow, bright orange, undulate 
perianth eegm 
PUNTIA 
Op ctavariompEs, Pfeiffer, Gartenflora, 
January 15, p. 47, 
Roseg CA Vernier, Canadian Horticulturist 
January, 
GLOXINERA x BRILLIANT. 
BRA PYRAMIDALIS N, GLOXINTA, RADIANCE 8. 
ae ges 8 Orchidace , there 
cti or two bigeneric hybrids 
eegen 5 One, P A k 
by Messrs, V eitch & Sone, Chelsea, by ferti- 
e e Lapageria alba with n from Philesia 
uxi Another, which i i 
— is represented in the 
in the shadows. The N is more nearly that of a 
Gloxinia than a Gesnera i n appearance, being 
succulent and covered with fine hairs, "Everything 
to a | 
bei 
years to come for posterity to look Bock tse ee 
results achieved by their predecessors, 
R. H. &. 
THE GARDENERS’ 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE, 
HE Neger LAUREL IN WINTER.— 
pape grace Gardeners’ Chronicle, and note 
p. 73, under the es, ol „Pruning Laurels, &c.” I 
so bl : 
open, 
one. Perhaps the gentleman who penned 
advice had written out directions for every week in 
mixed, 80 the 
ing in influe 
treatment would suffer, not only from influenza, but 
rbeumatic fever, and gout also. Now for my casti- 
gation. Good-bye! Charles Noble. 
JADOO FIBRE.—The notice on p. 109 of the 
ardeners’ Chronicle of Colonel Halford Thompe on's 
lecture on the oo Fibre,” at the People’s 
* , reminds of a number of plants cultivated 
n this oven eai which I saw at Exeter and Torquay 
At the autumn exhibition at the 
latter place, Colonel Thompson’ 8 ran fo wear 
in winning several first prizes with C mum 
blooms, whi Ap n tou ad h e 
grown in this fi t only were the blooms 
remarkable for size and depth the 8 
colours were particularly bright. 
difficulty obtained, this material appears likely to 
supply a long want; and what struck me a 
being remarkable was the quickness with which the 
0 
ouse accommodation, but for filling baskets 
or hanging age and pans, it being very light an 
pega the moisture much longer than mould, 
With baskets, lightness i is a matter of some account, 
colouring, soil 
lime, will never produce such swee 
flavoured fruits as a soil . lime in whatever 
. ouring 
when the sun 
sith hin — direct rays of the sun 
it 
or patterns on certain A 
colour well, by appl 
y some adhesive 5 aterial 1891 cia peed cyphers 
ar Leichilin, Baden-Baden owe 
COTTAGE AND ALLOTMEN 
wae T GARDENS.—Fre- 
1 bared e Cottage and allotment gardens, 
of any kind bling ar eige 3 
5 “hg itself — poor crops, and 
occupiers of ens appear to think 
CHRONICLE. 
[Feprvary 2, 1895 
h that he cannot 
a cartload 
holders I have r t 
e always founi 
allotment-holders 2 fin difficulty in procuring 
N highly favourable to a suggestion of this sort, 
once asked Mr. J. J. Willis, of Harpenden, if he 
— 
h 
said, for want of the rata: but for their storage, 
rg. song and applicat i me at once 
it is no go 8 ‘ecommending anything 
th aman careful mixture, Mr. Willis said, 
further, that the best all- auure is un- 
doubtedly guano, but he added that its composition 
pate -= greatly that persons who can ill afford to 
dos A rs y double its Ma i- Probably the safest 
econ W ma eral 
pn — 
tiia would be al pide one, such as is adver 
tised as Turnip . at a cost of 1 £7 to l 
per ton. Such a manure contains abou 
of nitrogen, and 8 hould be sown b and dog 
sold to allotm — Ider 
3 cwt. be applied per — ‘thé aa of . rm 
d be 6s 
uarter of an acre woul Then it is 
and could be ho in a kitchen or b 
any outbuilding, and app as required. Mr, 
Willis also adv the use of some of the good 
bone manures which are well adapted for Pest 
Potator, Onions, &c, The m 
&e 
trated manures costing from £15 to i 
not only too costly, but require too caretul handliog 
to be suited to the allotment holder. I think, 
fore, that if a number of allotment and e 
gardeners could be naes to club 3 and pro- 
cure one or two tons of this N pa 
from a good firm, they would find it cheaper 
going to an agent. I think that allotment eee 
too often overlook the value of soot manure, „for 
eap, on which 
like can be throw wn, with a 
and lime, and which can bó ura 
slops. By this means — fertlising ms mate wor D. 
be obtained, dug into the soil when n 
geet CULTURE.— Although I ¢ nt t 
spondent's statement 0 i 
te your corre 
regards — combination of Melon, 9 Tomato, 
an pple flavour in that eg 
this rare is due to the „ 0 mY ties of 
t I agree with him as to the ge colour 20d 
Chemin Rouge Tomato 1 i 
urposes. : 
gardens last year, both under glass and outsides 
each case the 
fruits set ve 
unfavourable for outside Tomato © 
obtained a good perce 
band, planting i 
rest _ saved by lifting sone ae — ee 
ere w mo 
supply, ins 
bat I 4 — Chemin Rouge for 
W. G., Frythesden 
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