Fesevary 16, 1895.] 
In view of the constantly changing 
cultivation Of tastes of the public in the matter of 
nape. plants and flowers cultivated under 
glass, and made use of for various kinds of deco- 
nitive: arrangements, the commercial cultivator is 
in a dilemma when having to decide on the 
species or variety that he shall take in hand, and 
from which ] he may obtain the highest returns on 
inventions in houses, ventilation, heating appa- 
ratus, and other appliances. We gather from 
our energetic contemporary, Möllers Deutsche 
Gartner Zeitung, that the wholesale cultivation 
Poplar trees, So far, the establishment has a 
singular appearance, and is, with the exception 
ofa compost heap, entirely destitute of the usual 
eal of a nursery 
R, whose nursery is situated in 
houses, which stand side by side, with F 2 
tanning along them, have straight saddle-roofs 
testing on curvilinear light iron girders, * 
ventilators at the apex of the roof and at t 
ides, Running down the middle of each is a 
path, at the sides of which are the warm- water 
nks, which contain the plants. 
torts have been directed to obtaining the 
-Greatest amount of sunlight, and to that end the 
quantity of metal -h in construction is as small 
strongest sunshine, and render 
The heating is effected by 
means of ste steam 4 from two high-pressure 
and apparatus. One boiler has a heating 
| iurface of 14 Square métres, and is equal to the 
| pe of 8 atmospheres; the other contains 
%5 square mètres of heating surface, with the 
ame amount 5 8 Steam is also used 
Ad It is intended to 
e by means of water: spray ven- 
Electric lights will be employed, but 
simple and practical manner, and with- 
ing the ‘amount of light, with the usual 
ed to be used on dull 
S basins 1 the large houses will 
. ‘or raising plants from seed and pricking- 
— illustration of one of the 
ying the text shows, a low 
basins filled with Nymphéeas 
W 
a e its — — 
* ERNE 
t and enlightened patron 
THE GARDENERS’ 
long 
CHRONICLE. 
205 
LINNEAN SOCIETY.—At the meeting held on 
Thursday, 7th oe „ G. B. G 
sident, in the 
MAS CHRISTY 
exhibited a dried specimen of pee ese Llaretæ, 
and samples of the so-called Gum Kino, 5 
erinaceus, a 7S some —— was given by 
E. E Murray exhibited a 
number of lantern slides of dating Alge, of which 
which they had been found, and the literature relating 
to them. By permission of the Director of th 
Royal Gardens Kew, Mr. W HRusLEx exhibited 
minute unisexual flowers, destitute of s taminodia, 
and a one ry with parietal placentation, 
region; new species of 
Hypericum, Ventilago, Mesona, and H 
Formosa 
W. Hancock, of Hong-Kong, came a n Jasminum, 
allied to J. nudiflorum, with ee flo ia 
l} inch in diameter; an elegant species 97755 etro- 
cosma (Cyrtandreæ), and a showy Brandi oa 
eee, with a racemes of crimson sine 
which wer h adm Mr, Toma * 
exhibited a beautiful collection of 825 fruits of 
the Aurautiacem 
av ac 
remarkable varieties, mode of 
growth, and the conditions under which r had 
been — 
— n evening oe oe to be held on 
Thareday, Nara 21, 1895, at 8 p. u., papers will 
read — 1, Oa “Chionanthus Ghaeri, Gaertner,” 
by Mr. J. J. Bozrtace; 2, New Marine Algæ from 
Japan,” by Mr. E. M. 88 F. L. S. 
East AFRICAN ORCHIDS.—Mr. A. B. rola 
describes several new Orchids ee lagas Tro 
1 n the last issued part e Journal F "the 
Lin 1 Sela iety, They relate A longepe- 
a1 “a fine plant; Polystachya Tayloriana, 
5 across; A. Fraga (a name which will, 
ith A. sesquipedale), Habenaria 
hint. H. eee g H. pedicellaris, H. ndiana, 
from the Ndi Mountains; H. altior, from Kilmianjaro; 
H. splendens, a fine-looking plant from the last- 
named mountain, H. tenuicaulis, Peristylis hispidula, 
Disa Gregoriana, D. Kilimanjarica, Disperis Kiliman- 
Jarica.“ Mr. Renoe describes many ner! novelties 
in other orders; and looking at the great numbers of 
plants newly described, we do not share ra opinions 
of those who think that eee botany is 
“ played out” * wai of new material. 
THE SURVEYORS’ INSTITUTION. —The adjourned 
discussion on the paper read at the last meeting by 
Mr. H. BTLackBOURN (Fellow) on “The London 
Building Act, 1894,” was resumed, and, after a long 
debate, was concluded. The next ordinary general 
meeting will be held on Monday, Febraary 18, when 
ad by Mr. Arnruur PAIN, C. E., on 
“Light Railways.” The chair to be taken at 
eight o clock. 
HE ACADEMY OF yr newly- 
elected Vice-President is M. Atrrep Cornu, the 
eminent physicist—not M. a as hae, as we 
erroneously 
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TUNBRIDGE WELLS 
GARDENERS’ ASSOCIATION.—The sixth annual 
general meeting of this flourishing society was held 
Tuesday er at p. m., at the Friendly 
mden Road, under the Chairman- 
attendance. 
ing and also the general meeting were read and 
signed, The annual report which ; 
stated that the committee and ef 1 that a good 
and important work had been done 
and the number o 
a schedule had been extended, of 
out £23 offered in prizes. The e ade 
eurer had been well attended. The thanks of 
the society were accorded to the donors ot pert 
prizes, and to the pepe subscribers and donors ; 
and the balance sheet was presented, showing a 
balance in hand of 211 w 5d, 5 secretary explain- 
ing that to this sum should be ed the deposit 
account in the Post Office i pae — Ban 
Mr. Cuartron, who was duly elected Chairman for 
the ensuing year, then occupied the chair, and 
thanking the meeting for placing him in that posi- 
tion, said it would be his endeavour to carry out the 
duties of the year to the best of his ability, 
STOCKPORT abide cine FLOWER AND 
Fruit SHOW. —The 3 
Chrysanthemum Show r pon 
exhibition held on the 23rd and 24th of es, 
last. The exhibits were more numerous than on 
any previous occasion, and the amount taken at the 
doors, £45 15s, 34. was the largest ever received; 
after discharging all liabilit ies the committee have a 
reserve fund of about £20, 
SHRE EWSBURY GREAT SHOW.—The schedule of 
August next i 
throughout being large. We notice a new depar- 
ture this year in prizes of £20, £15, £10, and £6, 
for a collection of twenty-four varieties of fruit, to 
flower shows. Conditions are lai 
exhibi itors, we in addition to this siame, aii prizes, 
amountin 3 to £106 are offered for fruit. The usual 
large prizes are offered for specimen pla ts, 
of eee groups of Roses, Dahlias, Carn 
especially floral artistie work, in which class the 
prizes have been considerably increased. 
FRAUDULENT MARKING OF MARKET Pao- 
eas e mt of iculture has met the 
era and the fruit-growers more than half- way in 
4 Greser just issued on the subject of frauds in the 
marking of market produce. The British dealers in 
commodities of this sort have long complained that 
they are heavily handicapped by the absolute freedom 
of imposture in the mode of describing ee. bere 
vegetables which dealers now enjoy. Hon 
deacribed British goods are thus often threes pi of 
the market by the mere magic of a name whic 
belong to the articles in 
the 
has 
of, including those based on misrepresentations of 
the place of origin, may be dealt with under the Act. 
IR eee and others concerned in finding a 
remedy must, however, co-operate heartily with the 
authorities i in furnishing all needful particulars, and 
the Circular is to ba widely 
disseminated throughout the country. Daily News. 
PHILIBERT PicaRT.— D.. Bonxzr |] 
in the Bulletin de la Société Mycologique 
sympathetic notice of PHILIBERT Pucks: the F. 
engraver, who is specially rore to 4 
his engravings in Eve! 
Ci in the 
Silva of North ica, h 
e engaged for a years before 9 ö 
T , 8 ay 
5 ites ell in Paris on December 2, , pupil 
in the School of Design of the Rue de I Ecole de 
Medicine, he obtained at the age of — n 
highest e given in that establishme Soon 
becoming the principal support, and 2 * head 
