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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Fepruary 23, 1895, 
by 74 lines broad. It has five nerves, a minutely- 
toothed , and a sharp cartilaginous apex. 
I ived the seeds from Buitenzorg, throug 
the kindness of Professor Treub, so that there is no 
doubt about their po true to name, Dr, Udo 
Dammer, Frisdenau, Berlin 
GULTURAL MEMORANDA. 
EUPHORBIA JACQUINLZ FLORA AND 
ASPARAGUS PLUMOSA, 
Wueerr there is space at command in a house 
having a night temperature in tor m iaa 8 shot 
559, abov 
perfection. In an intermediate — this — 
of warmth, the plants of Euphorbia might be planted 
stand yd a side stage, 
„ out 8 inches 
deep and 1 yard wide being formed of 155 loam 
mould, and sand, with plenty of finely- broken char- 
_ ein . eree a compost that suite the — 
adm r 
the ee el at any season, or it will succumb. I 
the —.— and 1 T 
cutting them into lengths of 6 inches, z planting 
firmly in the bed of soil in rows ws, a little extra space 
being allowed for the As n 
about 1 foot, may 
de stretched the bed to which to fasten 
an growths, which shoe aid in gg 
hen the tee of rie soil shows itself i 
ere, of Thomson’s Plant 
155 Asp * e one side of the house nsed not 
be ey occupied by these, as by using en of 
slate under the pots other plants may be arrang 
on the border. I remarked about renewing the bed 
and plants every second year, 
Th lants are utilised again, Herbert 
May, Markree Gardens, Sligo 
a VIRESCENT HELENIUM. 
so that a let appeare to proceed from the 
of the flower, The n of the change will be 
obvious from the aration (fig. 34, p. 241). The 
whole flower was gree , showing o once more how little 
essential difference aes is between leaf and flower, 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE, 
DAPHNE MEZEREUM —I note in the list of trees 
and shrubs growing at Markree Castle (p. 168), a 
reference is made to the refusal of this deciduous 
shrub to grow. In the garden her the sam 
ve 
gardens, close to us, this 3 bene I may 
ly, considering the ous manner they 
pruned, 
are ordinary bill-hook is — to 
remove almost the whole of the head. In spite of 
this 1 new growth is quickly made, ae 
abundance of blossom is put forth in a very s 
time, as if nothing had happened. E. 
D eee ee a our list of hybrid 
ithe tei s which I shall be 
It is the same plant 
as rubrum, e la r. ower, on 
bim a flower, suggested calling it Burtoni, 
as he considered it so distinct; id he 
thought Lowi was one of the parents, $ replied it 
had already been shown at a meeti f the Royal 
Horticultural sarya as rubrum, a Laid not feel 
at liberty to alter it. F. M. Burton, Highfield, Gains- 
borough. f 1 — „ will kindly refer 
to the list, he will find that the column ed 
atate 0 t the publication of the list will 
serve to clear up some of the history of these 
plants, Ep ] 
E POSITION OF GARDENERS.—It would be 
highly 1 to see published hond fide state- 
s of the opinions of gardeners as to the articles 
on the education of ee s now appearing, and 
similar articles which appear poe: 1 3 to time. I 
o not mean the 7 of m o have made 
their name and position, and iea also their 
ho Tage itable employment, f. 
less ere also a considerable 
number who ‘ats compelled to accept and remai 
in situations at inadequate remuneration, besides 
other and even more serious disadvant 
possess most of t 
article in question, including a knowledge of Greek, 
I consider of more value an the writer 
infers, I hake had twenty-four years’ a in all 
grades heron apprentice to head gardene 
3 iged to carry on 
1 case ea 1 pi +h 4 
time. “"Theoris zing aa to eee will not alter 
the facts, nor improve the cases of those so unfortu- 
real step towards improvement will be some system 
2 8 of ae 80 meo po ee 
y be a e simple ertai see 
that this need be 80 di ficult as is frequently aay 
aken 
. Let a committee of the horticultural <a 
undertake a revised edition of one or other of these 
directories, which would include every head-gar 5 
coun e-handed if his situa- 
na who use these 
= they are quite unre- 
— ents, If 
8 a direc- 
not occu: r 
would at least be Sampan 
I o press. e 
if such a directory st a little more than the price 
hi erto c ed, its universal value to all concerned 
CRACKING OF MADRESFIELD COURT GRAPE. 
—I don ot think that most cultivators of Grapes 
will agree with “F.R.H.S.’s ” statement at p. 39, that 
the best way to grow this variety is pots, 
sin be experienced from the cracking of the 
skin if — are properly n 
the vinery is what it 
e atmospheric 
— be. He Saera indeed, be a bold man who 
asserted that equally goi produce a * bad from 
I regard 
rt as a Sere com 5 
for if e -spurred single e are employed, or two 
or three rods are taken from one stem, or the Vines 
de — so as to fill a 3 it is usually attended 
Mr. Meredith, when at tG 
respect, 
entire vinery, and this on 
ha 
i 5 
those that wer 
better eee quality, having regard to 
that co a good Grape. The w 0 
Madrestiela 3 which have come under my 
oti ere cultivated in arrow vine - 
ries, with rafters of about 10 feet long. The 
Vines were closely planted. The bunches and 
berries were of fair size, but nearly every one 
was cracked. The roots of these Vines were confined 
in narrow ers. Madresfield Cou i 
to . large borders, not narrow ones, and cer- 
tainly not pots neiaa. — plenty of space is wanted 
for the pedi pn yo fo Our Madresfield Court 
Vines are upon their — pe and ret roda 15 feet 
long, which Alen space for its ample foliage, and 
the fullest extension of side-shoots. 
is, i inion, an e 88 preventative of 
the disastrous splitting of the berr 
rs who seem afraid to afford B ure in sufficient 
quantity to the roote, and the result of this is the 
ies not attain their proper size and colour 
success in G 
splitting of the fruit. 
and not able to bear a sudden increment of sap con- 
sequent 
There need be no fear of anything occurring to 
Madresfield Court Vines, pr the watering of 
ryness 
ee a pra ie when the 12 are cold. 
of the air in the vinery is the most impor 
all in iss prevention of splitting; ; a hard-and- 
fast rule as regards the temperature is not necessary, 
but fluctuations of heat and cold are a sure fore- 
runner of trouble, Z. M. 
Eden’ 8 ai may mention that the spray r the 
halenopals which I referred to was nched similar 
e usu m that P. Schi 
varieties ate 
kind of 83 to what plants can be a aer 1 
an ordinary plant stove. Thos, Coomber, 
Gardens 
THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY pea 
CHISWICK GARDENS.—At the annual aident, Ši 
the Royal Horticultural Society, — Prana 
Trevor Lawrence, felt himself bound to allud ee 
the apparent ignoring of Chiswick as pr er. 
place for the Society during the present year. aa 
xcuse for t Fellows of 
no reason to assume tha 
care for horticulture at all, or if wes 5 y inave all 
e other the really 
On th 
horticultural Fellows do visit the feo — 
largely, and, indee sum 
t Chiswick as a oo enjoyable change from the dull 
aM . a surroundings ot 
rill Last year’s Confer 
held under singularly depressing weather pire 
that would have been equally depressing yee recut 
and it is most improbable that auch aspects Ale the 
it ase uch would anges bo have 
lon 
Ev emple show suffered ut 
the first wohl from bad weather; ; bet p 
in spite of weather, bas reward. 80 . 
greater publicity for the 
Chiswick, work which is gt present far 85 g 
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