May 4, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
— 
land for the growth of grain, which, accordingly, 
yielded much larger crops. 
The firs 
e t definite theory as to the benefits of the 
alternatio crops assumed that the excreted 
atters of one be of crop were ue to 
plants of m scription, but that they were 
n be beneficial, to other kinds 
wth of various 
same 
fi a he 
show us wherein Te real value and benefits consist, 
EXPERIMENTS ON ROTATION MADE AT ROTHAMSTED, 
An area of 24 acres is ene to the purpose. The 
ordinary four-course ro of Turnips, Barley, 
Clover (or Beans), or ea — Wheat was adopted 
c 
1848, so that the eleventh of four years 
each was completed with 25 harvest of 1891; and 
te Wheat which was sow in October, 1894, yin 
e area oe acres was divided i 
which have pasha ctively seky 
following Saaidi as to manuring :—l. Without 
manure from the commencement, 2. For the firsat 
nine courses, manured with cla ian 8 
ing e 
uent course, salts of potash, pis and 
magnesia nes * applied, as well super- 
omplex artificial eee also 
aaron 
g each cou This 
n ar saad salts h potash, 4 an 
mmonium salts, and cake ; ay i 
abi 140 1b, of nitrogen per acre for the fou 
course, that is, an averag 5 lb. of nitrogen per 
m i 
N sh), ‘and in many the nitro 
mined; in many cases also complete analyses of the 
ashes of the crops Lastly, deter- 
nitric acid has also been determined to a considerable 
epth. to the results themselves, only brie 
refe the main indications h various 
investigations can 25 made. J. 5 Willis, Harpenden. 
To be continued. 
AMERICAN NOTES. 
(From Our Own Correspondent.) 
RIFF, 
E Treasury Department has just issued a 
1 which settles definitely the questions 
as to import duty on plants which arose — of the 
interpretation of the Act of Anm 28, 1 
previous jepe suggested 3 
w York Florists’ Club, was 
on (see p. 112), a 4 "with a few alterations — 
bra accepted by the Board of Gene 
3 
These alteration consist of the taking out of the 
free list (Class Azaleas of all kinds, Cacti, 
pe mE NA he of the Valley, and Roses of 
al It would seem that these 
the tariff question thus put on to a definite basis, 
The New York Florists’ oe it the thanks of 
all those who are engaged in the trade * having 
— about the present position. It ne more 
instance of the generally acce opted lat fait la 
force.” There had been disputes innumerable, ~~ 
not until a deputation e an organised body to 
up the subject did the officials unbend in the 4 h 
FLOWERS Ar EASTER 
Easter has come and It is the season for 
the flower and plant ee and the chief energies 
of the florists are centred in the endeavour to reap 
is perhaps only 
d 
“bull” the market — sacking their stock, as it 
is called here, that is, keeping it back after 
its real time. Well, there is no bt that it 
was so this year, and as a cons nce the market 
e One esman ew York Cit 
received from one grower alone 100, Violets, and 
wholesale prices ranged from 10 to 75 cents p 
hundred bio 
aster S 
stamped on memory by the Violets 
worn—regular bouquets e 7 adorned (!) many 
a lady. 
+ d-by 2 R 
was — E at 5 dollars per dozen, and curiously 
Fia u ee n SEPALS AND PETALS 
8 LOURED, BARRED 3 BROWN 
P WHITE, WITH RED Sy 
enough blooms of Ulrich Brunner realised better 
prices, sere it a devoid of the rich perfume of 
the former. Pink me ruling colour in flowers, 
nd Bridesmaid N 80 also were 
Carnations of the desired o colour, 2 speaking, 
the demand for as flat for out-of-town 
orders 5 were in the 3 demand. Cut 
blooms of Lilies sold at 8 cents each, and were in 
One . disposed of 10 000 all from 
eek precedin 4 — Day 
owing partly to the aforementioned glut, and also to 
the bad weather which prevailed on Saturday; there 
rmanded, which only in- 
P 
ts were selling well, however, nas the report is 
~~ 3 
H 
ve 
having one init. Hyacinths, and Tulips in pots were 
also good, and so too were Pansies, and forced Lilac, 
a few plants of Boronia heterophylla were to be 
but only a very few. Azaleas are set off curiously ; 
pot is wra ina pay quantity of crépe paper, 
pink for a pink variety, white for a white, &c., and 
41. rs 4 4 1121 
from a distance „ 
but on close approach we see it y decorated in 
he eee K a boiled ham 
in the ee, e there is the silk ribbon too which 
is tied round the paper.’ 
BATEMANIA PERUVIANA. 
Tue genus Batemania was founded by Lindley on 
when collecting in Demerara for great pioneer 
of Orchid 4 es n, Esq, no 
Home House, Worthing, and in Batemania Colleyii 
the names of both the collector and his employer 
are commemorated, Notwi 
in more 
Zygopetalume Batemania has rendered us familiar 
with the name, the genus was — a long ‘ies mono- 
ypic. he present We (üg. 77), was 
exhibited by pin F. Sander & t. Albans 
the 9 
reddish spots. It i 
withal, 
a singular species, and pretty 
THE ROSARY, 
THE EFFECT OF LAST WINTER ON 
ROSES. 
SMALL as is the of sar islands, sie geo- 
aphical ponition ab them variations 
et any —— 3 in the 
world, while 5 pom: of that mysterious flow of 
fros hsias attai F 30 0 
40 feet, the Himalayan Rhododendrons 
b d the more tender members of 
done in any part of the e 
county of Devonshire is nai ere 80 
humid; and we know what grand Roses “es come 
from Mr. Baker of Exeter, Messrs. Curtis & San- 
I have endeavoured to 
rable losses, the other says “my losses are 
rage. y that shag: pu 
protected their Roses, e = some in- 
seems to a been useful, 
while in others it has utterly failed, In my own 
amall egg I do not find that my plants have 
au ffa; t 
red more than in less severe winters; we had, it 
is true, coating of snow, about 4 inches, and 
my plants all well mulched. The Teas have 
been killed down to the snow-line, and 
Ok course, some kinds have suffered less than oth 
being of a hardier constitution, and the more tender 
