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238 THE GARDENERS 
i tal tree. Ch. 
done. Nevertheless, the general impression we Palm is hay a curiosity or ornamen 7 
gained was hopefal, Very a of the plants seemed Naudin the“ Revue des Sciences Naturelles Appii 
much injured, and these included Arundo Donax, 
which will pren * ba from the ton and Mis- 
nthu 
at p. 561, Vol. xiv. 2 Arundinaria Veitchii, a form 
wich broad leaves and mar, v. 
fame ar, or gear te Bambasa Aruadi- 
5 senane 
naria japonica, peg Bashy ri n as Bambusa Metake, is 
2 quite unhurt; so are Bambusa rw 
ias B. Ragamowskii, B palmata, and B, pygmea 
THe Kew GuiLD.—The annual general meet- 
ing of this dene en will be held in the garden 
~_ at n Th aes a sag siete rs 
e 
to ‘the Secretary, Mr. J. Airman, Whitestile Road, 
Brentford, 
Se aes bee OF JUBÆA SPECTABILIS IN 
— Experiments in naturalisation lately 
made in France, wit tee ncouragement and aid of 
the Socié.é d eden yield from time to time 
results theoretically interesting, and likely alterwards 
8 0 spectabilis 
important sugar l native habitat 
The tree which fruited at Antibes is over thirty years 
old. Its height below the crown of leaves is about 5 
and métres (or 16 feet), and its mighty stem, glossy 
smooth from the base of the leaves, measures, at th 
— va a e. 4 metres 13 feet). The crown of 
as it does n not exceed that of the: Date Palm, and i is 
le 
Our tree, bays M. Naudin, produced two flower- spikes 
springing from the axil of last year's leaves, about 1 
mèire long, and each bearing several hundred flowers, 
the males with 15 to 20 s a and situated on the 
upper pet of the panicle, th 
. part. pecies is, therefore, mo 
a 
needs no artificial fertilisation. The fruits are 
they attained maturity about the end of ‘Sasa * 
and beginning of October, Their size is that of a small 
alma known, and in this 
equal to the Chamezrops of So 
It has also another advantage: it flourishes 
soil, if this is of a certain depth, and is able, unlike 
th 
Earo 
in dry 
years, and, like other trees, it is planted for posterity, 
As compensation, it lasts for a century, needing no 
attention beyond the extraction of the sugary sap, 
cutting the racemes before flowering, or harvesting 
the flowers if the sugar is not extracted, It should 
be understood that if cultivation is undertaken, it 
can only be in Algeria and other places of the sam 
latitude and climate. In France the great Chilian 
respect is almost 
quées,” Hendon 20, 1894, [There is a fine specimen 
at Kew. | 
A Ns sue FOR THE BOROUGH OF 
SUNDERLAND AT RYHOPE.—The Visiting ‘Gout - 
have, with the Borough 
in the Palm-ho 
laying out 
new Asylum at yng kaag have just accepted the 
tender of Messrs, Wsi, FELL & . 
SOUTHAMPTON. — An extra meeting of the 
Shirley and Sarroundog Districts Gardeners’ and 
Amateurs’ tual Improve eed Association, was 
held at 1 70 — room, ne eld, fa a 
on the 15th inst., when the e Rev. 
Siver, M. A., pr resided over a eons’ small 2 
of the members. ux, Swanmore Park 
Gardens, gave a lecture on the “ Chief Points pice 
table Calture,” 5 addressed to allotment 
holders and cottagers; and by way of illustrating what 
might be done pn a list of valine he saw growing 
on a prize allotm n his own district during the last 
mer, Aes some de were asked, a hearty 
vote of thanks was accorded to the lecturer, and also to 
the rector for his kindness in emg The ordinary 
monthly meeting was held at the Parish gett 
Shirley, on the 18:h inst., 958 President presiding, 
when Mr, BARTL opened a discussion on frost and 
snow, and its advantages and disadvantages to hor- 
ticulture. A vote of thanks was accorded to him at 
the close of the meeting, 
BIRMINGHAM GARDENERS’ MUTUAL IM- 
PROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. At a recent meeting of 
this Association, Mr. A. e e 1 er to the 
D er Countess 0 Duprey, Himley 
e eer la 
its tiv: 
exhibiting’ Tom —i.e, fruits singly—he suggested 
that prizes * de offered for the fruit as grown 
in the bunch state, the better to test the merits 
of the fruit and the practical ability of the 
grower, a suggestion that met with the unanimous 
In the discussion 
which followed, Mr. James Deans observed tha 
in a trial- growth ` several varieties, he found that 
z damer: by m s, was superior to Chemin Rouge, 
h latte: to colour somewhat irregularly. 
pee e * followed. 
ALLEGED IMPURITY OF AMERICAN CLOVER- 
oe —Referring to an article recently Londen 
cr 
n prominent English journals, entitled Seeds or 
Weeds which was calculated to convey the impres- 
on that seed is much more 
” he said, 1010 Pat rests te ngaged 
n of a bulletin upon the subject of 
h Department, 
in the preparation 
American Clover-seed, oe pending its completion 
and publication, I may say that it is a fact, well 
known and admitted by leading Earopean importers, 
that American Clover-seed in general maintains a 
that erican seed-cleaning mac 
N a higher state of perfection than that of 
other countries. As nearly all the American seed 
that pa to pega is sold bag samples, the Asa 
may obtain see haate A of purity he 
desires, No ali ar ahi pper 
has said, Qualities will ba o farkat 10 ‘it the intel- 
ligence and conscience of the buyers,’ but the 
responsibility for placing a low grade of American 
Clover-seed in ‘foreign markets rests upon the 
2 
gn 
importer. Moreover, it frequently happene th 
a 
— 
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oe 
CHRONICLE. 
[Fresrvary 23, 1895, 
American reas “hh of a high grade is mixed with 
Sess 92,1 
he number of persons who visited Kew 
in 18925 wad; ang to the Kew Bulletin, 1,377,588, 
The average annnal number of visitors is now about 
a million and a half. 
“ BOTAN Sap e eee plants figured 
in the February number are: 
Richardia Prntlands, 5. 7397 7, Watson, i in Gardeners 
Chronicle, 1892, ii., 123, and 1894, i., 590.—A species 
with ‘stalked cordate oblong —— leaves, and 
sethiopica, 
but gamboge-yellow instead of white, eee on 
the inner surface, and with a purplish blotch at the 
base. ae spadix is relatively very short. 
A; 398, — 
Ciethra 1 This 
eous, and ng tapering spikes of 5 ers are 
yellow. The ds belongs to the Samydacex, 
Aloe brachystachys, Baker, Botanical Magari, t. 
7399.—A tree Aloe from whence it was 
sent by Sir Jons Kink. Th 
tuft at the end of the stem, are linear 
toothed at the edges. The flower raceme is pee 
— boat-shaped membranous bracts, from which 
erge slender pedicels bearing each à narf rroꝶ 
elinria nodding flower, pink, with greenish- 
ow lip. Kew. 
= een natalensis, Oliver, t. 7400.— A South- 
t African shrub, with hairy branches, s 
au lanceolate leaves, and decurved 
Australian apecies, with a ta 
leaves, erect spikes, boat-shaped 5 ae 
moncecious flowers, Fruits 
three-sided. Seeds very numerous. 
r less 
THe Roya HoaTicuLTuRAL SOCIE aes" 
h before us the di 
annual report and s ts he sich 
riccnflly-managed races a President of W aa 
e Sir Samoz. Mon t., Chairman of r 
candi pepe W. II. . J. P., and u 
ing Seeretary, Mr. C. S, Fourpas. Alt though there 
a small deficit on the ordinary account, the soclé 
i it has b 
Club in a joint show and athletic 8 ae a 
Monday proved a . vor ein 
by more than 12,000 per hom 
Holiday, 20,000 persons viaited the sow, at popu- 
: 1 he gate. 
000 paid for admission at the g own . 
larity of the Chrysanthemum show was oy 
large attendance on the first day, yor 
at paid for admission, For the success of 5 5 
