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of a numerous family, he would r been 28 to 
abandon it for military service had UIs 
Plants of the Orient of Jaubert and Spach, the 
Jardin Fruitier du foe of Dacaisne, the he Chilian 
we 
Voyage of Gay, — 
the Forest Trees of 1 America of — 
familiar to everyone. A skilled entomologist, the 
N than the 
aid Monsieur 
e Ae delivered at 
observer, 
20 Ologiste are ao leas 2 1 
botanists. 
Mioxxabx, in t pe 
his funeral, ‘conscientious, an excellent 
oup of engravers who have illustrated the 
this 
century. Among the multitude of scientific publi- 
cations to which he contributed it is proper to men- 
tion as the most important, perhaps, the works on 
eryptogamous plants of Turasne and Tavrer. The 
plates of this work, engraved from drawings of 
Rrocrevx are simply masterpieces, the like of which 
will, perhaps, never be seen again. Picaur possessed 
rare unselfishness and integrity. The man was the 
d of the artist.” Garden and Forest. 
desired by our nt, — — — 
the gardener at eee who has had some enquiries 
from rer ders of t deners’ Chronicle about the 
ee to ato farther eee as to the construc- 
tion: — Tue s quite open, and reste on iron 
pillars ; the — are —— ted in an outside border, 
and are trained to wire trellises fixed at a distance 
16 inches from the glass, not 6 inches, as stated in 
~ h 
used for plants in pots during the 47 55 and 
summer, and for storing Gale in the w 
BIRMINGHAM AMATEUR GARDENERS’ Asso 
CIATION.—Toe first meeting of * session was 
held at 116. Colmore Row, on dnesday one 
February 6 under the oaio of Mr, E. D. 
LARK, when there was a fair 3 of mem- 
bers. Me. C. H. Herpert, manager of Messrs. 
en nurseries at Sparkhill, gave an eee 
“Chi rimulas and Cyclam 
of thanks was accorded him for the 
had dealt with his subject. Several 
were — re the 
roll up to 
Ay e programme — deen got 
together re Sel 3 half of the year, 
K-TAKING: JANUARY. — The round of 
stock-taking for 1895 has commenced, and under 
is under 
snow from Lizard Point to John o ’ Groats, and the Ica 
King has laid his paralysing hand on brook, str 
To begin, then, for 1895—whilst the 
imports show a large falling off the exports note an 
nerease—small, but still an increase over those for 
of The imports for the past month 
as against £38 458 613—a fall 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Fesrvary 16, 1895, 
of El, 705 545. A good deal of ap is due to t 
e- of values— much more to the e 3 
tion of b y 
uoted. Of the nine classes into which the imports 
are divided, five show an increase, the two principal 
ones ~~ to food and drink; the rest are below 
the record for January, 1894. In these days of 
orca Nr one or two facts are worth 
cording, and one is, that last month we received 
fr om —— butter aud cheese to the value of 
£408 826 ; — other fact is, that a e ssa a 
company whos ead-quarters are in Dumfermline, 
N.B., paid a teh dividend on the wee eee 
and 80 * was their general success that the com- 
e eae some 
he cu 
retail profit. By the way, this successful 
produces cheese, butter, eggs, chickens, as all the 
reat of the usual output of similar companies. The 
following is the ordinary extract from the “ sum- 
of imports :— 
mary 
Difference. 
IMPORTS. | 1894. | 1895. 
| £. 2. £. 
Total valueof imports | 38,458,613 | 36,753,068 | —1,705.545 
(A.) Articles of 
food and drink —| a 
duty free „| 11,196,174 | 11,872,138 | +675,964 
(B.) Articles of food | 
and 9 dutiable 1,959,493 | 1.950.705 —8,788 
Tar materials for 
xtile Seeed 
— 11,883,227 9,625,233 | —2, 257.994 
Ra w miata a 
sundry indus ee 
and manufactur 2,752,124 2,699,557 —5?2,567 
LA.) ee 
articles * „1,633, 499 1,208,847 —424,652 
Genn Lae 59,753 128,784 ＋ 69,011 
ing in remembr raue the east, we 
are note that there is a exer in the imports 
f tea for home consumption as compared with 
January, 1894. 
entered for home consumption 19 840,475 pounds, 
as against 19690,144 pounds, entered last month— 
ə difference may becom re marked by-and- 
y. Ia timber there was a decrease on the quantity 
for January, 1894, is curious to note thata 
large furniture-producing com whose head- 
qua in ca, cleared some E25 000 more 
in 1894 than it did in the preceding year. Much 
of this is due to improved manufacture, and studying 
English gore Our next point is the import of 
fruits, roote, and vegetables, ae which we 
find the following useful statisti 
IMPORTS 1894. 1895. Difference. 
bush. 242,813 | 487,339 | +244,526 
rat 75 72 —3 
m 4.662 3.261 —1, 401 
N 691 +47 
„„ 24,828 31.751 +6,923 
* . 335. 464,686 798.887 
Potato. . ewt.] 27,049 |- 112,796 | 85.756 
Vegetables, raw, unenu- £ £ £ 
merated ... — . value 33,154 50,682 +17,528 
The disparity between the imports in some of the 
above entries is a marked one; it is also eee hg 
to note the variety of fruits, foreign and hom e-grown, 
now on ket; and there appears little need to 
fear the setting in operation an Act of the sixteenth 
century subjecting s to various pains 
eves eee for ee dainty fruits to servants 
who, to obtain the necessary cash 
12 be tempted tn steal from their employers. 
e matte: 
Exports, 
as above stated, we have to score an incre. 
ase—gaing 
and lossea differing only £72,356 on the right side, 
Bat the hold on p AKT is still retained, and bids 
fair to increase, now that a settlement 
ta of the gold 
question 3 withi Markets in the East, 
naturally, are not favourable for the moment to a 
great expansion of British trade there, but we observe 
an improvement in the export of war material, 
22 AND EXETER GARDENERS’ Agssocia- 
—The usual fortnightly meeting was held in 
si unde on Wednesday, the 61h inet. Me. W. 
Mackay, Treasurer, presiding, when, “to encourage 
the others,” three of the janior members contribated 
short papers, Messrs. VEI 
dener, Whipton, on Show Chrysanthemums,” 
papers were very creditable to the writers, and rather 
an interesting discussion f oki pon the various 
subjects mentioned. alms -doors came in 
for a larger share of the 5 there being, in 
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be that the first element of success for Palm 
of-doors, such as Chamserops excelsa, is setter” from 
rough and east winds; the second, partial shade; 
1 aspect ha 
Mr. Hope that the Association should be 
with ss Royal H ee, e was „ 
to the committee to deal w 
THE ORANGE CROP IN THE UNITED STATES, 
— We have this week received from the Agri- 
caltural eee at Washington, information 
confirmatory of the destruction of the Orange crop 
in the South, consequent upon the severe cold there 
prevalent in the month of December. This loss 
will be much felt on this side of the Atlantic. 
HoRTICU.TURAL CLUB —The twentieth anni- 
versary of the above took place at the Hote 
Windsor, Victoria auae; ack siege! on 1 
taking 
the chair. A few toasts were givea, eee that 
of the Royal Hoctidalvaral ee kindly a 
being made to the presence of the Rev. W. WILES, and 
to the valued services of the Rev. H. H. DOMB8AIN, 
the Secretary of the Club 
EXTRAORDINARY FROST IN ABERDEENSHIRE. 
a Gar 
probably unequalled in Scotland now or perh aps at 
n fact, the occasion, in 1879, 
st reading e 
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accurate? Ep. 
. Student's English 
Dictionary, By Joux Oamv. New edition. 
Prairi 
(Paris: Gaut i & Co. joma des 
K, Botanischen Ga rtens zu Berlin.—Die Ernährung 
MAYER. (Heidel- 
—Mottopolitan Pab 
Annual Report. ead Flora 7 Japan. 
SARGENT, | Mirren & Co)— 
Fruit Culture. By Mr. Henry poate s, Cape Tom. pe, 
Bulletin of the Botanical Department, Lerne 
. B. DoveTon paa 
—The Grape Culturist. B 
(New Vork: ORANGE 5 Co. )- 
Cross & Bravan. (LONGMAN 
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