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THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Marcu 16, 1895, 
fessors and assistants has been held, under the 
presidency of Mr. Mitwe Epwarps, whereat it was 
decided that periodic erte of a similar kind 
should be held, and a Bulletin published. The 
object of these meetings is to promote co-operation 
bet o multiply 
the points o tac 
in their department contribute to the advancement 
f science, 
collectors, and travellers for the museum, and the 
Officials will, it is byr „ be barges At the 
meeting, an acc of the work done in eac 
department will naa 55 and 3 will thus be 
enabled to appreciate the value of their collections, 
become witnesses of the use made of them, an 
ocalities, and the eee 
under which the collections were made. Six sec 
were nominated, M. P. e e vA 
duties on the part of the boaii departmen 
sae ae OF Livina TISSUES. — Some 
tim G. J. Peirce showed how the haustoria of 
different parasitic plants penetrate the living tissues 
h dh 
ecently shown that the same power 
in the roots of the Pea, Bean, Turni 
ustard (Bot, Zeit., Iii, 169), seeds of the two latter 
enclosed between halved potato-tubers forcing their 
th an 
e made b 
the root was surrounded by torn, hah plana dead 
d it was concluded that the penetration 
must be due to mechanical pressure 2 not to the 
of a diastatic ferment. The external tissues 
of branches of an Impatiens, lea f Echeveria 
and of an „ . 155 Rhubarb, and a stem 
of deres ma 20 trated by the roots of 
seedling Peas. The editor as Natural Science recalls 
rom th 
otato-tuber, penetrating its 
Eren pee and giving rise to thread-like roots and 
mall tubers, the latter eventually bursting the skin 
of the mother-tuber by their growth, The layer of 
cells lining the channels and cavities formed in the 
old Potato lost their contents, and their walls became 
corky, while layers of cork-cells were formed on the 
surface of the young shoots and tubers, The Pharma 
ceutical Transact 
To CLassicaL ScHoLars,—Wan 
ded on Greek or Latin roots, pesferably Latin ; ; 
h with 
and it must be so constructed as not to c 
fete epre Latin names diat botanists 
. er 1 3 N 2 over a 
. — 
„ and 
heaper than the e N 
Three — should be made, in the course of 
the summer, in spring, and early summer, 
STOCK-TAKING: FEBRUARY.—Even oe 
in the 
returns just issued have a frozen-out appear 
ance; where “increase ” ought to be recorded, thane 
are white, or blank, echt the month is a failure, 
ling off, as compared with the 
2 per cent., the 
borne in mind here; one TE that F 
year was a particularly busy month, the imports mg 
being in excess of those for the same month i 
ee and the me weather at home and 155 
any a port, where ships or ¢ 
0 
The following extrac 
comparable. 
fable of imports possess an added 
“ summary 
interest just now: 
IMPORTS. 1894, 1895. Difference. 
£ | £ £ 
Total value of imports | 33,984,085 | 28,134,489 —5,849,596_ 
6 Articles of food | 
Pati | . 2.199 
10,637,571 | 8,665,372 —1.972, 
B. poe a fot | 
00 drink—dutiable| 1,818,615 | 1,628,354 —190,261 
Raw materials for | 
textile manufac- 8 
ture z $ y 8,705,635 | 6,751,169 —1. 954.466 
aw cana ials for | | 
sundr industries 
and manufac 2,438,774 | 1,875,018 |: —53,753 
4. eee 
7 1.355.532 769,201 — 588.331 
(B) Parcel Post 63,662 A 65,279 +1,617 
3 aig hera adrift from jea Na for 
arly tw onthe, it is easy t count for th 
fling ofi in 'the 880 of de The import of 
Pin consumption from all parts of the 
tea- growing world i is in excess of that tor February, 
T ite 
China money is wanted there at this important junc- 
Some merchants here have been calculating 
iho result of the present war on the future of China 
Tea supply. It may not be amiss to notice the 
enormous decrease in the i importation of German 
sugar during the past month, The following selec- 
tions from the general mass of import returns 
possesses its usual interest :— 
IMPORT3. 1894. 1895. Difference. 
ruit, raw: 
Apples bush. 186,332 311,062 +124,730 
Cherries 15 ii 0 ze 
ums si % 55 4 35 +81 
Pears pics 2,609 2,529 —80 
rapes i % 35 499 383 —116 
Unenumerated .. „ 21,342 27,589 46,247 
Onions piw 424,559 | 391,172 33,387 
Potatos we % Cw. 17,604 56,363 738,759 
Vegetables, raw, unenu- 2 £ | £ 
merated ...  .,, value 42,435 54,499 | +12,064 
Here it is 3 well portà calling the atten- 
tion of reader the fact that no notice has 
been takon in in the Roark of Trade returns for Feb- 
ruary the large im 
month, duly recorded in the — of this journal. 
Tur Expor 
for the month show a decline à the rate of 4'5 per 
cent., the amount for last month being £15,968 395, 
against £17,679,449—a decrease in value of 
21 711.054, the falling off ſor the two months being 
£1,638,698, Coals have largely fallen off, so have 
the usual stuffs forwarded to the East Indies and 
China; but woollens to the United States show a 
large increase, It ought not to be forgotten, more- 
over, that values, 
by the present condition of trade, that is no o reason 
for mee to believe that the tide will soon turn in 
THE SNAKE FirR8.—In the number of 
and Forest for Jan. 30, 1895, ia an . of 
what the Germans call Saake Firs. The bra 
viminalis and var. made 
the subject of memoirs by Caspary, SCHÜBELER, and 
othe ecimen may be seen at Kew, and here 
and there in the gardens of those interested in plants, 
but it must be admitted that for the many it is more 
curious than beautifal. A good illustration used to 
exist in Mr, haere nursery at ord, It is 
interesting t i ing i 
be an adaptation to new conditions, because it occurs 
in the midst of other trees growing under the sams 
circumstances. 
ARTIFICIAL MANURES, — We are gradually 
n e a more dee. knowledge as s to the pro- 
perties of and their varied action at 
different * of: the plant’s growth. Most of the 
artificial manures advertised are good in their way 
the farmer and gardener in these m 
jaaretti serious — experiment should r 
in the garde sa — 42 m on a small s 
2 square martha t as a research paeta 
r trial-ground, os tell the farmer and gardener 
more that he needs to know in his W = con- 
ditions than any chemical analysis, which must of 
ve 
necessity be general only. ry case the trials 
should be comparative. There shoald be one or 
treated without manure 
dressed in the ordinary way, and others treated with 
se qualities it is desired to test. 
The Agricultural and Horticultural Association, 
Creek Road, tford, has issued a Y seful 
pamphlet, showing the general character of the 
bat this we have not seen 
THE SURVEYORS’ ineriTUnon AE next 
ordinary general meeting 5 bs held on * 
March 18, when a paper ead by 
Leman, on “ Agricultural Orsai Banke.’ 5 The chair 
to be taken at 8 o'clock, 
THE CHARLES COLLINS FUND.—The 5 
committee a: # nl to tender their sincere rer $ 
to those who have so generously responded to t s 
appeal for Waben pao to the above fund, and to #ay 
that they propose to close it on Wednesday, March 
after which immediate steps will be take 
as to the most appropriate manner of 
it for the benefit of the widow an 
d ry z 
the undersigned, on or before March > 
the fund may be finally closed by tha date it 
tal amount received or promised u T. w. 
462 19s. Signed, on behalf of the AE, 1 
Sanpers (Hon. Sec.), 57, Cressingham 
Lewisham, S. E. 
wW 
ADDITIONAL Rose SHOW Fixtures A pis 
will be held at York, on June 19, 20, 8 204 4; 
(Isle of Wight), on June 25; Lee, on July 
Redhill, on July 10. 
pIRA 
VEGETABLE ASSIMILATION AND 4 Botany 
TION Lackman, Demonstralet © new 
.—Mr, F. 
in the University of Spee has 05 
method fo . 
of plants. He says (Preceding 1 
lvii, p. 192), with trutb, 
v. 
