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THE GARDENERS’ 
for constancy, to varieties which obtain a First-class 
rtificate ae meetings. Such certificates and 
decisions, i it is hoped, will prove valuable guides to 
the public in selecting — and tend to set up 
a standard for new varieties. The membership of 
the new a aE is ge all on the payment of 
n of 1s., and provision is made 
lowing are the office-bearers, any of who 
— to send a copy of pire deel a rules of the 
ew Association to any ys ed orp g for them 
“The President, Mr. W. Cor wie ‘Springfield, 
Rothesay ; Vice-President, Mr. "a Baxrer, Dal- 
dowie; Treasurer, Mr. Jas, ROBERTSON, Turnerfield, 
Crow Road, a Kaen Mr. Jxo. SMELLIE 
Pansy Gardens, Busby. 
ri. In his report on a botanical 
tour in Kashmir, Mr. Doras mentions having — 
in the vicinity of the Dorikiia Pass, alt. 13,500 fe 
a cream-coloured form of P. — of which e 
obtained seeds, 
BERLIN BOTANIC GARDENS.—Kew is to be 
authorities of the Berli 
emulation of the Kew Bulletin, published a wag 
blait des Konigl. Botanischen Gartens und en 
Berlin, the first number of which is before us. 
perime 
culture of useful plants in the same dependencies 
the and several new plants 
BIRMINGHAM AND 85 
ee AtSOCIATION ROVE at 
sual bi-mont chiy t meeting of tha above associa- 
ton, held at 116, Col Row, on February * 
here was a good pot Pre of members, 
W. Buss gave a most interesting and ate 
paper on Vegetables. 
the conclusion of the p 
was passed to Mr. — LL, 
Eetinton, ENGLAND, HASLAM, Kent, and STOCKWELL, 
exhibited plants and blooms. Mr. R. M 
exhibited pots of Freesias, which were beautifal 
e of good culture, 
ALTH4A ROSEA, the Hollyhock which is wild i Sias 
Kashmir, i is much used, according to Mr, Duruer, for 
planting on graves 
DEVON AND EXETER GARDENERS’ Ass 
TION.—On the occasion of the usual N 
meeting of the above on the evening of the 20th 
ritn Mr. E. Spanks, gardener to the Earl of Iddes- 
re Ware vert Gey eC ne 
He maintained that no difficulty existed, and 
that vegetables staged before July were superior in 
quality to those shown after that date. For a col- 
lection of nan Mnie he named French Beans, 
Tomatos, Mushrooms, Globe Artichokes, Cauli- 
, Vegetable 
Marrows, Asparagus, and l d ah rod Gals 
ed 
Wouter i fot beat l plants in a 10-inch po, 
y Erfurt Au 2 N Cauliflower sown 
in win n fram p out in 
March, came in nicely sheet the agi of June. As 
ICT AMATEUR GaR- 
. WN ae they got sickly it was 
bette i atch to replace the weakly 
0 a 
He m r Asparagus u the 
of June from a bed that had yielded well er bes 
freely cut from during the season. A useful dis- 
cussion pep r. J. WEEKS, 9 to E. A. 
Pam a Esq., of Stoke House, was chairman. Mr. 
ks being a well-known e § in the vege- 
table classes years ago, there was a large attendance 
of members, 
ee PusLic GARDENS A880- 
CIATION.—The twelfth annual report of this useful 
3 is ede e us, and contains a satisfactory 
account of the progress * in a good work. 
Parks and gardens available to the wealthy are not 
ing classes, and are still much too few and far 
3 therefore, endeavours to 
secure disused et wba dsand all hitherto wasted 
spaces, and by planting and seating these, to turn 
them into recreation gro e providing, in certain 
instances, gymnasia to further increase their useful- 
ness, Judiciously managed, * open spaces are 
and the enterprise which thus 
The offices 
of the Association are at 83, Lancaster Gate, W. 
ARTEMISIA MARITIMA.—This is described b 
and the Gilgit valleys. In spite 
odour and taste, it forms om a fodder for horses, 
cattle, and Bern Ae n Western Affghanistan. Ac- 
cording to Prof. Caurcn’s — it contains rather 
less albuminoides than average hay, but more than 
the straw of European cereals. 
PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. — Exchange Seed 
List, Hort. Bot. Reg. Claudiopolitane =(Klausenburg, 
Hungary: Dr. Kanitz, Director). — Les <Azalées, 
Leon Duvar (Paris: O. Dorx.) Une Page d’His- 
toire de ¶ Enseignement de l Horticulture en France, 
Cuartrs BALTEr. 
PLANT PORTRAITS. 
9 Bursvarr, Gardeners’ Magazine, 
Febru — 
Cal. PLUMME Garden, February 2, 
(See Gard 2 „p. 133, * XY., 3rd ser r.) 
Carr Bowarsoraxá, Veitch, Revue de l Horti- 
culture Bele February 
CHERRY NECTARINE (Arcrantun ape An old 
h go back two and a half 
— aie records of which 
ies venich 5 it for pot 
8 M. Bur 
culture. 
Cyprirepium Yvonne xX.—One of the Leeanum 
standard a ey ge at est 
e-spotted tals 
HILDEBRANDI, Rolfe, Orchid Review, 
eee 
PURPURASCENS, Hemsle 
Hardy shrub from Yunnan. Revue Horticole, Feb H 
ry LEUCANTHUM, 
February 9. N 
MAGNOLIA PARVIFLORA, Gardeners’ 
pean 2, 
UMBIUM SPECIOSUM, 
1 15. 
Puanix RœnRLINI, Gardeners’ 8’ Magazine, Feb. 9. 
i CYNA ee Garden and Forest, Jan. 23. 
Magazine, 
Illustration ¶ Hortioole, 
SU (Do 
ieee, Pebra rg P WERE nee catia 
A MOSCHATA, E ee Jan 26. 
CATTLEYA 
February 3 EXIMIA, Gardeners’ Magazine, 
THA, Mountains of Smyrna 
Palestine, ka. 2% tr Mat poet 
February 16. oduced by Mr. Whittal, Garden, 
Yucca Carr Rer, Revue Horticole, Februar pes 
hee rid of Yach levigata hy T. sngusitotie, 
by Y. yrs ig ela bya ot Y. aloifolia 
Heme Horticole, February 16. 
CHRONICLE. 
[Marcu 2, 1895, 
NOTICES OF BOOKS, 
GuipE ELEMENTAIRE DE MULTIPLICATION DES 
VEGETAUX. 
A urrrtz handbook on the pane of plants, 
written by M. Mottet, and eee by O. D ri á Vari 
Its contents amply justify its title. See ing, 
the treatment of cuttings, layering, eating budding 
are successively treated in a very cle excellen 
ay. The book will be valuable to pes aa 
and ‘amateurs. 
THE GENUS de tance Issued by the 
Marquess of ag ee K.T.; Plates and — 
tions by Miss F. We lward. Part VI, 
Price £1 10s, — — London, 1894.) 
This, the sixth Masdevallia decade, contains plates 
and descriptions of the following species :—Elephan- 
ticeps, fractiflexa, hieroglyphica, Mooreana, muscosa, 
ophioglossa, pachyantha, striatella, ventricula 
an All are Reichenbachian species 
f 
h 
M. fractiflexa, which is a good representative of the 
from the Eastern Andes 
or 
w the flower. In December, 1890, however, one 
flow wer was found, and T years later a goodly number, 
Its discoverer adds in a note: Of all ll Masdevallias 
which I have . this is the rarest; an 
although I have spent many months in exploring 
of the Eastern Andes, I have 
and those only in one place. This locality is called 
‘El Dictamno,’ and is situated o 
the Eastern Andes, about an, . Loja and 
trees from 8 to 16 feet from the . ‘t in very 
damp thick woods, and in a region where during the 
whole year there are very few hig! without wap 
As regards climate, Masdevallias ran coun 
the popular idea that Orchids require a 2 
mpera The note, for i „ on 
the habitat of M. pachyantha reminds us that 
there are wor imate n even our own. 
its excessive 
only a short interval, from Y= a 
when little or no rain falls, and at this time inste: 
twilight. During 
heavy rains, with sharp east winds, the tem 
g as 1° degree zero, Cent 
under these depressing atmospheric con nditi g 
the bidden guests of the 2 Se cp colon 
flower, and effect its fertilisation. They m 
rate, 
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— otherwise colourless petals. 
able to record a few observations on this 0 
her account of some of the _ e 
M. elephanticeps, she refers to 
able smell of the 8 — W 3 by 
Reichenbach. Tho odour is per ptible 
distance, and so e ae et ne th 
meat, that it speedily attracte flies. It is. 223 
powerful when the flowers first open, and berge 
gradually before they fade. I bave — = 
that flies had even deposited their eggs UP? pis? 
surface ma the flower, but when the o young ae, 
hatched, t hey failed to find sustenance in its a, 
perished.“ As flies would not be strong Athers, € 
remove the rather strongly- 
a beetle may serve as the e agent 
It grows on 
mo tainted 
