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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[May 18, 
EDITORIAL NOTICES. 
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for publi , 48 imens and plants for naming, 
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or illustrations, unless by special ene 
APPOINTMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK, 
MEETINGS. 
Linnean Society: Anniversary, 
ae 24 Royal Botanic Society: Lecture. 
eee 
FRIDAY, 
e Royal Horti- 
pa ea cap oh in the Gardens 
of the Inner Temple, Thames 
Embankment (3 days). 
Devon County 22 Society, 
at Torrington (3 da 
SALES, 
weeny, waa ee 
Mar 24 ar n Protheroe & Morris’ 
TUESDAY, May 21 E 
WEDNESDAY, Mar 22 
FRIDAY, 
CORRECTED AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE ENSU- 
ING WEEK, DEDUCED FROM THE OBSERVATIONS 
OF FORTY-THREE YEARS, AT CHISWICK.—56", 
THe illustration we give as a 
Water Lilies. Supplement in Daye week’s issue 
is a copy o e of a series of 
photogravures kindly sent sh us by Mr. S. C. 
Nasu, of Clifton, New Jersey, U.S.A. It shows 
what may be done in the open air by an enthu- 
siast. The pond in which the Victoria is growing 
is heated by hot-water Pipes in connection with 
an ordin e temperature 
— the water is kept up to between 75° and 85°. 
wards the end 
of the water often falls to 65° or even 60°, 
ULICI. 
Tt was in the year 1851 that Messrs, WEEKS, 
who then o 
on 
ear, it is recorded 
that the plant had been in bloom for three 
wee n blossoms having been ex expanded 
in that period, Gold fish multiplied so abun- 
dantly in the tank that it was calculated that 
the sale of these fish would 1 nearly 
cover the cost of the ex 
N $ 3 th Prim rose 
yellow N. amazonum, the white Lotus and its 
rose - ooloured varieties, and a large number of 
others, 
Other aquatics, such as eee aA Ponte- 
deria, aa Sagittaria, might be grown in 
way. ost of these may ba< grown 
from sald or as in the case of Nymphzas, from 
tubers, which may be kept through the winter in 
bottles, a slight amount of moisture only being 
ubers may be 
ask 
of loam, enriched with decayed manure, and 
cased over with pebbles for the pur 
maintaining the earth in the baskets, Full 
exposure 1 the sun is essential. 
$ H has reason to be proud of his 
water ae and the photographs taken by 
himself show that, as well as his garden, he 
cultivates photography with success, 
The set of twenty or more photographs are 
beautiful and interesting. Mr. Nasu does not 
desire to make any profit from their sale, but 
would forward them at cost price or less— 
say, 12s, Sd., in addition to the postage. 
(el 
Fr 
ROYAL 5 SOCIETY.—The Secre- 
tary desires it to be n that the usual com- 
mittees, Fruit, ae eat Orchid. will meet at the 
Temple Gardens a A.M. on Tuesday, May 21, 
and that 8 and Awards of Merit will be 
given to new and rare plants deemed worthy of those 
distinctions, but the official list of such awards will 
not, “liber, any circumstances, be furnished until 
Wednesday, May 22. 
LINNEAN SOCIETY.—On the occasion of the 
meeting held on Thursday, May 2, Mr. C. B. CLARKE, 
President, in Aae chair, Professor J. W. Carr and 
L were admitted Fellows, and Drs. C. 
Lund, Rupotrn Pfirrrri of 
. M. MES exhi- 
bited some new British Alge from Dorsetshire and 
2 amongst others Ulvella confluens and Ecto- 
Reinboldi, both discovered 
TON DYER, 
C.M.G., then gave an — of a — by the late 
Mr. Jomi Batt, F.R S., “On the Distribution of 
Plants on s ae Bide of the Alps,” prefaced 
of the author’s life, and special 
work in ‘elation 1 x the alpine flora, 
EY 
HAND-LI8ST OF FERNS AND FERN ALLIES 
(ROYAL GARDENS, Kew).—Kew has long been 
famous for its collections of Ferns, and still more for 
the 2 men who have made them their study. 
mention Sir WILLIAM 2 Mr. 
om Surr (primus), and Mr. J. G. The 
fascicle 
each, and a 
me of the ami Ph of each species, 
This latter piece ra information is 
Fern-cultivators. The present list comprises 116 
species and varieties of Ferns, and n Ninety-seven of 
Fern-allies (Selaginellas, Lycopodiums, &c.), 
addition to these, no fewer t 
Briti en Ferns are enumera! e collection of 
erns was greatly extended by the bequest 
imr 1887 o of Mr. CARBONELL’ 
is often ‘“‘cumbrous and 
The list is —— on one side of the 
page only, so that the blank page can be utilised for 
ng in the names of additions, or for the inser- 
tion of notes and me emoranda, 
Ferns, the list is oe wi ie i 
and Baxer’s Synop Fe rO-growen, 
9 in their saad vil find 
indispensable, 
this Tint 
HELPFUL HINTS FOR Harp Times: 
ow to Grow them; Oni r 
Mushrooms for Food and Profit (Royal 24 
T. ; Edit. e E RUM, 
e calculated to afford the e 
and allotter precialy the kind of i 
tands most i 
anuals on country pursuits suitable for the co 
ad small holder, 
LAND SALE AT Messrs. Pi 
Morris’.—On Friday, May 10, Messrs 
& Morrr 
the sale room Chi 
originated art which will not fail to be of 
ll who are concerned in the buying and 
land for horticultural purposes. In 
sale, Mr, RRIS, th 
land for nursery, market gardening, and ag 
purposes, and that from time to time d! 
in the habit of holding sales of property 
nature in various parts of the co 
of the large number o 
this class of property, w 
them 
HOOL- GARDENS IN Suarey.—Tais z 
seems re keep ahead of all others in 1 
furnished, and sets of tools 
in each case prepared for the papi by d 
or trenching and manuring. 
furnished for a start. The latest addition ; 
been made at Englefield Green, Prof. Lopes 
Royal Indian 3 agg oo * acting 
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is divided, In some í 
the immediate eon 
m several in lone 
parish of Egham 
gardens are al — 
sc. rae 
cases are they associated wih e 
schools, indeed the majority of the 
