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THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
(Marc 23, 1895, 
de lg ta a bgt ete oo Cologyne cris- 
alba, a few Ghen aleas, aaa several good 
pralea of 6 T 
Mr, Thos. S. Ware, Hale Farm Nursery, n 
, staged a large group of — ra 
well linetented the value iia these bulbs 
flow 
pete, whieh also a few other hardy flo 
B 
& Son g — Covent 
838 exhibited p blooms o f Narcissus, a fine lot 
f Iris es Giant Snowdrop, Scilla 
Amongst a group of new ar rare plants pa 
by Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Royal xotic 
, King’s Road, Chelsea, were pe iaar 1 
varieties of a the hybrid ypripediams 
Hippe 
Aphrodite, C. Brysa x, Phaio- 
rosea X, a hybrid from Calanthe vestata pikantea, cna 
Phaius grandifolius; and a few of au 
greenhouse the best of those 
shown being Apollo, a large brilliant crimson single 
flower, &c. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
T Committee. 
Marca 12.—Present : Dr. M. T. Masters, in the chair; =. 
Mr, McLachlan, 3 Muller, Professor Church, 
Russell, Mr. Michael, Rev. W. Wilks, and Rev. G. 8 
Hon. 
X 
ium Wurdianum.— A plant was exhibited by Mr. 
received from Burmah, remarkable for 
ha four flowers, two on o m and two second 
stem, each wers being quite reee but arising 
from same poin nt, and all four flowers beech wo lips. Dr. 
r ee s one 
Libocedrus decurrens.—Dr. Masters Masters exhibi ＋ specimens re- 
ceived from Mr. Meehan of Germantown, Philadelphia, in 
which the terminal po: of the shoots had been attacked 
5 some grub (Cecidomyia). The consequence was that the 
instead being minute, with mucronate tips and 
broad at the base, free and lanceo- 
like M Mideto. 
having “certaine round eies, such as are in the 
a kni 
Chinese Primrose x The Lady.—Some umbels of flowers 
from be 
ne I 
in the Gardens Chron ide pth re 1895 (b. 327). 
s from New Jersey. — ters exhibited a series of 
phot: s illustrative of e Nympheas, &c., 
growing in the open in ornamental waters, from Mr. S. 0. 
awer pat = 
th Androgynous Catkins,—Dr. Mellichamp, 
of Blufton, gh preen f 
ticular tree, which apparently produces this phenomenon 
every year 
Larch Cankar. r, Rogers sent a very characteristic speei- 
men of this — caused by uam, It miter 8 ’ 
nd the 
When th 
tree. 
eads throughout the edy can 
8 and the tree must se sue abe: i, however it be 
ee the infected part can OA Dioh t out, and 
mene fasciated —Baron Ferd. ‘Yo 
Coolgardie, 
MANCHESTER ROYAL BOTANIC. 
Marcu 17,—The first show of the Season was nies deron 
Town Hall, the exhibits 
the 8 and quality of the flowers were „ een 
for the o owners of collections sof valuable plants, be 
th that the 
ad wo Healy fo the call of the directors of this ‘useful 
institution, 
prizes, and w tever returns are netted ety’s 
benefit. The Orchids, as usual, took the leading position, the 
Dendrobi oularly being as large, and 
tion out of Lond , too, were a charming 
group of dazzling colo while the Hyacinths and ps, and 
n wealth of colour that it needed all the 
selected Palms ran; n salient positions to soften down the 
Conspicuous on the 3 the collection from Mr. 
Fred. Hardy, of Tyntesley. The more prominent among this 
group was a peerless white Cattleya Trianzi, e eon yra 
fotm and * which stood out as a gem among the 
as of the same os and which 
of 
family. logyne cristata alba yo eup 
— ey 1 group, for — Mr. Stafford, the — deserves 
ar. E. Ashworth, Harefield House Kon —— eee had 
Dendro ally 
amuch smaller group, but his wonderf 
ce and well culti d. We were 8 i 
of the nobile section called Robi i 
than 
Har utifu 
other species, the more promineat among them bein 
pedium Rothschildianum, with its — bri aleve 
u enuated awl-shaped petals—one of the oie i 
Mr. Thompson of Stone (gr., Mr. Stevens), put up a oe 
lot. The more prominent en rand form rn Odontoglossu 
pape sear wel prey superbum for its nd Sivan 
of colouring, the Indian-red blotches hint overlaid on a 
beautiful aonb yellow ground, contrasting well with the paler 
2 - the species by itsside. It carried ten flowers on the 
Ar. A Cypher, Cheltenham, had a rich and pimini 
lot of Dendrobes, comprising some very choice Wardianu 
i in aureum, which to length 1 
den disc flowers, much 
8, and Ainsworthii abba 
& To.. B radford, had a good 
of Orchids, comprising — of the das Dendro 
good Cypripediums, some pezi — 
eristata alba, and others. 
Jowan Garston, had a large assortment 
of N sh in a nice lot "of greenery. Among species not 
noted were ium = atum majus „Angræœcum sesqui 
pedale, eee Gautieri, &c. 
essrs. Hea’ 
preted 
few 
1 5 as. — ing 
th & Son, 9 had some * stir and 
alete 8 eya Trianei, a fine piece of A um ses- 
quipedale, several Dendrobes and ——— — 
an effective 
Mr. John . Bowdon, had a well-flowered piece of 
Dendrobium nobile ‘albons— retty and effective in its way, 
“a A 
assortme nt of Nar- 
ar posies set in ef-, d 
urs 
Mes kson, Brown, & Tait cover a e space 
ith a an de i „ both in single spikes and in 
grou as a ate of colouring those 
eo-mingled with Daffodils and confronte Ferns, 
_ From t the Old „Trafford Garde: ns, Mr. Bruce Findlay sent a 
ially good, and well mixed with Kentias Cocos Geo a0 omas, 
com other Palms. The Squills at the front were ‘of faultl 
coerulean blue, and the tiny Ferns made up a pretty table 
pi 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading, had a Posen strane et dis- 
play of Cinerarias, grow n | chiefly in 6-inch pots, cotee 
e seems to be fairly well pronounc ed, each 1 t 8 
being edged with white, If this 
a great 
ould be t 
this useful decorative flower. 
. & Son, Nottingham, exhibited a 8 
of erns in rather stylish baskets for je 
window-gardeni be 
ss 
ng purposes. 
one of the pupils of Swanley Horticultural 
re ce thd but now resident in Ashton Bidet me fe wed a style 
adorument which seemed rt 
o* ; wo imitating. The 
wid d — 
ishes, decked round with 
au the whole set on a white ee eee effective and 
ue Joseph Broom, a". pe 8 owing to the 
stress of weather , had e an eager 
posal usual ; yet there we were i, Posies 
< 
of Marie Louise 
nd Squills, 
Obituary, 
Mr. WILLIAM CROWTHER.—We regret to have 
3 announce the death 8 i Crowther, the curator 
botanical station at Aburi, Gold Coast, from 
abscess of the liver, after twenty-five days’ illness, 
— 
Mr. Crowther was selected and sent out from K » 
in 1890, to create and tak 
ha 
what he sa 
authorities. 
the Colony by all, from the Governor downw 
e was a Leeds man, his father being pes. e 
Meanwood Hall; and was only twenty-seven year 
of age. 
1 
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degrees 
Enen ty- hours, o 
any other number of degrees for 
an inversely — number of hours.] 
BAINFALL, |BRIGRI 
Sux. 
aw ACCUMULATED, 3 a $ 
ATS 33 | Rug 
Elen s 3 |Tele = 8785 
Bu .| 3 2 8 g d 
HEED 3 |8 383288 = 88 8 Late 
854 8 8 335 328 135 E 
we 2 2 g=] O| mt 7 8 E = 
SEEE ndi “4 5 88 3 5 3° 
75 82 8 Sgalag Sa ag) 2 ladles 
t4 d SP 88 8 CHEIE 
E 3 © g eg 8 mes 
8 8 8.8 Beg 8 2 
< i 2 A 
Day- | Day- | Da 
deg. | deg. | deg. Ins. 
0 1 — 7 — 59 46 6 6) 17 | 26 
1/0 aver 7 — 97 38 47 15 | 2% 
21+) 15 27 — 90 48 6˙4 25 | 28 
114 96.196 jem. 42 | 4-4] 40 27 
4 1 + 24 37 — 114 31 4:1) 30 20 
5 1 — 9 32 — 12 32 | 3:8] 46 28 
600 aver 10 21 — 37 | 4-3) 18 | 27 
710 aver 16 24 — 8 35 4°2) 20 27 
8 1 — 19 29 — 142 36 5˙8 3137 
9 O aber 24 15 — 122 44 55 20 28 
10/0 aver 33 16 — 172 38 7˙3 30 30 
1 28 8 — 149 44 E 
te Bienen indicated by number in the 5 first column column are 
e wing :— : 
0, Scotlan Ag pal Wheat-producing Dini K. 
* Scotland, K „ 2 England, N. E.; 3, 8. 
4. Midland Coun ties; * Somna ee 1 
Fah f. W. — 8. W.; 9 77 Ski 
an . , 7 Ma) . 
10. ireland, 3. „ channel Islands. 
WEEK. i 
A ecto PAST * 
summary record 
throughout ‘the ihe British Islands for the week ending 
6. is furnished from the Meteorological 
: * ntinued rather — during 
A = x some rain was 
he earlier 1 of the period, . th-eastert 
perien in 
and e rn 
aryin ee 
v: g from in Ireland, ., i 
‘ Midland Counties, England, S., and Ww? The 
to 53° i otlan ; 
in land, E. (at mar), 10 5 33° in 
N., Ireland, N., 2 ngland, f. W., and © 15 
the “Channel Islands.“ in 
“The rainfall was n the i extremely 
districts. ‘The fall over “nogland’ ers 
