Marcu 23, 1895.] 
solid ae within root-hairs, and carefully criti- 
cises es and the theories of solvent action 
by the et -hairs given by Sachs, Van Tieghem, and 
others. I al not aware of his paper havin 
elsewher e,and fear t i 
G. 8. Boulger, 18, Ladbroke Grove, W, [Gas 
the first to indicate the presence of apertures in the 
root-hairs, but it is generally considered that these 
cases are exceptional. Ep. |] 
THE EDUCATION * GARDENERS. — I cannot 
avoid noting „W. G.'s letter, on p. 274 of Mar ch 2, 
which is one of 8 which usually follow any 
suggestions that may be m 
on to eulogise Mr. Boulger's article as th 
has ever read, and then follows the usual 88 
. cannot see how it is to be It 
would take the young gardener too long 21 — 
all 3 subjects Mr. Boulger names; he would be 
ing =r ap e when he might be ea arning 58. a 
8, 4 great . of the young gar 
deners get h low wages ound or * 
twenty shillings a a aul, what can & s0- 
called gardener expect b t labourer’s pay, if hea 
no more on his edu cation —— does the day labourer? 
It, as . G. says, a young gardener prefers of 
an evening a game of cards, draughts, or chess, to 
ct to take a col place in the 
ranks of the profession. W. G.“ 
actice. He te 
nonsense this is ta ut practice, which 
wi any means the rule - of mb. Our 
patriotic sympathy for o ountrymen 
= us to our imperfections, and we decry t 
ucation, industry, and ase ia e of those who are 
ced thereby to s super 
® 
th wn; their workmen possess 
original ideas, and ceased mere imitators i 
handicrafts ; kets were flooded by them with 
falneas, education was promoted in the attempt 
our position in the world’s markets, 
Already some little progreas has been made; but 
will there are those who, in a half-h way, 
the influence of ed on, Why were, and 
are, Scotch ners so much sought after and 
thought so much of? Because of du 
0 
at it has done and is doing for 
a: 
„See w it one for other professions ! 
aud ask yourselves if it cannot do the same for you 
and yours, e cheap and plentiful, work and 
read, and learn, and practice if you like—at 
i have done, and prove for ourse mis and 
prove on it it you can, and if you go on steadily, 
sie cringly, and Ww: you wall become 
*lentific before ar i not be 
afraid there will ** no places good en eo you, 
— 
THE GARDENERS’ 
ones, perhaps half of these carpe be better 
them, There 
ns of improving the position and 3 
of gardeners, which I have advocated before, but 
education is the rae and must suffice for my 1 
advocacy. H. Ellio 
ROYAL td GARDEN, 
Paulo- TE 2 = Toe habit of this 
Aecanthaceous plan rather straggling, and 
to this cause is er in all probability the fact 
that it is so uncommon in our — ms gas in 
one of the new ee here is now flowering freely. 
i 0 yard in height, — at the 
nodes, the leaves 1 fallen fr 
e 
Chronicle of Dec. 28, 1889, p. 749, and in ae the 
plant Mr. N. E E. Brown states that t ew plant was 
an expedition to the Cross River, 
Cameroons, by Vice-Consul H. H. Johnson in 1888. 
DODENDRON ARGENTEU: 
A plant of this e bani aee we —— 
the Sikkim Himalayas, i flow in ool 
greenhouse, The habit is farie like, the “foliage | 1 
confined to the ends of the branches. The leaves, 
gi J 
large white flowers bear blotches of a dark purple 
colour at the base of the corolla, In the bud they 
are of a pinkish hue, changing wah 2 to a pure 
bees * this house we haye also pecimen 
m arboreum, which ri one of the 
A brit raised by the late Mr. James Cuan- 
ningham of the Comely Bank Nurseries, Edinburgh. 
The flowers are in ae, heade, the corolla light red 
in colour, and as there are about 200 trusses, the 
plant is now a mass of fow er. 
IMPATIENS AURICOMA, 
The yellow colour of the flowers of this species is 
a welcome addition to the other species, and although 
the flowers are smaller than those of I, Hawkeri and 
others, in their hood-like shape we have a decided 
distinction. As is now well known, this plant was 
introduced to cultivation by seeds upon some stems 
of tree Ferns from 3 A fi 
seen in the zine, t. 7381, where a full 
account of ite history is 3 Like the rest of the 
enus it is easily propagated and grown, the plant 
ng been received as a cutting from Kew in 
the autumn of last year, and has flowered during the 
last fortnight, 
TACCA CRISTATA, 
Plants of this Malayan species are ee i in 
the stove, The rises above t the foli 
ap Ac 
cessfully grown 
sifted 1 
oes of Losin of broken crocks and silver sand, 
THYRSACANTHUS RUTILANS, 
Considering the beauty of this plant, and the dull 
period of 8 and early spring when it may be 
had in flower, it is a 20 
rarely meet with it in gardens, Its 
and propagation are very easy, ai in 
CHRONICLE. „„ 
will flower profusely the following spring, and if a 
en of plants is required, old plants should be 
if cut down several growths will be 
and this ensures a greater number of 
y be grown inac 
. their flowering 
period. R. L. Harrow, Edinbur gh. 
THE To FERNERY. 
Tun and when hardy Ferne, 
whether British or foreign, ‘aa be overhauled and 
season, — * the new foliage 
rene In view of the still e risk of dry 
terly winds, so often experienced at this season, it 
8 such pr e material d be sca 
ver the cro prevent desiccation, if the dry 
winds aforesaid prevail. It be e in mind 
that with all Ferns new ro thrown out from 
the base of each new frond, and hence, if — crown 
be bared, the rer, tips of t 
damaged and e 
ing with dead — a good -T natural preventive 
of this, and dee fate in any c 
Old clumps should be ins : into, keeping the 
roots as intact as possible, turned over on their side, 
and carefully divided, since single-crown cultivation 
permits the character of the Fern to be much better 
developed, 
considerably to the 
of the individual. Clump-culture means a constant 
struggle existence, and a crowding together of 
delicate frondage, which is egg ee to a 
is 
rate centre obvious to 
passed through the connecting-link will do no harm, 
roots as possible, This, of course, refers to 
ties also etd 3 and good specime an 
only be o y installing plants in e 
dee ii, peoe leaf-mould and sand, and leaving 
them severely alo Rare varieties when divided 
of recent ye are quite tted to display their 
charms propery except lk glass. Athyrium f.-f, 
calot 170 wit, is far too eth the 
brunts e which common plants would stand 
with 5 
making new Fern rockeries, or filling gaps in 
> 
existing ones, the prevailing absurdity of using only 
the 
the commen woods: GE the omy e i. e., 
commo ormal Ferns there , should be 
a 
8, 
have sprung, which are 
positions,” and . ͤ saa 
These, and these al a place inc 
22 ebene, of which have been found wild. Chas, 
T. Druery, PLS. 
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