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THE GARDENERS: 
CHRONICLE. 
day, May 14, a letter was read from the Town Clerk 
of Portsmouth, conveying the invitation of the town 
council of that oe to hold their Southern Show 
in that town in 1897, a e invitation was accepted 
with the thanks of the er 
THE PEOPLE’S PALACE HORTICULTURAL 
reported that he had received a communication from 
the president, the Dake of Firs. to the effect that 
he hoped H.R. H. the Duchess of Yorx would attend 
and open the F.ower Show to take place = July 11; 
but one ger interfere to pre 
g pre H. R. H. Princess Senne er 
attend in a se 
BIRMINGHAM AND DISTRICT AMATEUR GAR- 
DENERS g 
Association, which was held at Colmore Row on 
Wednesday evening, May 15, the papers sent in for 
a special prize offered by Mr. HERBERT 
6 
FLS, for N on Observations - th 
Garden” during January, February, March, and 
April, were read. r awarded 
the prize. His paper was excellently written, 
pa 
and showed how keen had been his observation 
of the various changes which took place during the 
sest frost. During the even- 
ing Mr. Sro: unanimously elected a vice- 
president of the association. 
THE ORIGIN OF VaRIETIES—SAINTPAULIA.— 
Now that the q of variation and its origin i 
prominently before our readers in reference to the 
Cineraria, it is inte: to ons in 
the quite recently-introduced East African Saint- 
paulis i This, as originally shown at the last 
ainquem at had bluish-lilac flowers, 
but a colour variation is Te ein some 
flow by Mr, ERNST BENAR 
a vies issue 
ENARY has now added to our obligations to him i 
sending us specimens x two forms of den sule as 
borne on different plan e case the capsule 
is 15 mill. SR 6 mill, pois flattened from ee, to 
y oval, acute, 11 mill. long, 8 mil 
Messrs, Sutton . us that they have 
ee, 
AZALEA MOLLI8,—Mr. L. J. Exprz, of Boskoo 
sends us flowers of two varieties 
In one instance the yellow- 
petri pai med ranger aor 
upper petals. The size of the flowers is also note- 
fell in the Vanilla dis- 
and elsewhere, and remained on the ground for 
= days, Many animals and birds died from the 
HORTICULTURAL CLUs.— The usual monthly 
conversazione of the Horticultural Club 
took place at the Hotel Windsor on Tuesday evening 
Ty interesti on 
on of Frait and Early Vegetables in the 
Canary Trianda for the lenges Mark "i OF these 
the principal were Tom ioe bares pea d Bananas, 
Jarge extent, Those produced are of a very superior 
quality, allied to the St. Michael, if not identical 
He described in detail the methods of cul- 
methods of irrigation, the most essential point in 
hi cultivation of the plant in the Canary Islands; 
the care which was taken, the laws that regulate it, 
y it is supplied, he Tomato has, 
in other places, been subject to 
ew seriously threatens to interfere with 
it, and therefore he regarded it as simply of temporary 
culture. The Canaries have been subject to these 
Their palmiest days were, when the 
cochineal insect was the great industry. The discovery 
of the aniline dyes completely extinguished it—as 
effectually, indeed, as did the Coffee-fungus the chief 
industry of Ceylon. prs RRIS stated that there 
can be no doubt that the fungus which attacks the 
Tomato is identical 5 that which plays such havoc 
with our Potato, both being allied plants. He also 
spoke of the cultivation of Potatos, and stated the 
chief variety planted was Magnum Bonum. In many 
places the culture of the ee ere been intro- 
duced r successfully. He doe t know how it 
may be in the future, but at 3 . smaller sub- 
jects for garden cultivation, such as Lettuces, have 
ted. very brisk and animate 
not n atte 
discussion took place afterwards, in which moat of 
W ER 
ERBE 
and Mono, who gave some interesting information 
as to the prices obtained for Canary Island prodace 
at Covent Garden Market, A friend of the latter, 
been a resident in the Canaries, gave some 
very valuable information with regard to the laws 
relating to tenur upon the production 
8 for his ki ndness in 
omatos and Potatos for t 
Weszser for some — ‘aoe for the — 
esting paper, as 
ae — of the 
; and to Mr, 
A CUCUMBER AND MELON Disease,—Peronos- 
pora cubensis, B. & C., a fungus allied to the one 
causing the Potato disease, has been known for some 
time as the cause of trouble amongst Melons and 
Cucumbers in the United States, has been reported 
from three localities in this country during the 
ear, and in re: ng com it was stated that 
e large Melon-house had 
been completely destroyed for the last three years in 
success e fan 
ace aa a very delicate 
white bloom or mildew, which is ee of the 
fruiting branches of the fun g myriads of 
spores, which readily find their way a to healthy 
leaves during the process of watering or syringing. 
If plants are but slightly attacked, the fungus may 
— kept in check by spraying with a dilute solution 
of 
SHIRLEY AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS GAR- 
DENERS’ AND AMATEURS’ MUTUAL IMPROVEME 
A880CIATION —A meeting was held at the Parish 
Room, Shirley, South 
there was an excellent attendance of the apn 
the President, W. F. G. SPRENGER, , Esq., in the chair. 
A paper on the “ Cultivation of the Melon,” was 
by Mr. J. Jones, The 1 > use, 
Polygon, South 
total of 10,275 boxes of Apples. 
DANIEL — — 
death, in his 84th year, of D. H 
known kariinin which took p 
Hietzing, near Vienna, 
have to record 
1 
UGEL brought x 
to his place at Heitsing. “Ale six Years of 
turous travel Baron Hie 
was to have ee important 
country. 
PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.—From | 
i 
Affecting Cabbage ; 
borer ; III. Insecticides,— Bulletin, 
Pear and Apple Orchards in 1894.—B 
cale,—. 
— | ene Di 
B i : Im 7 
No. 80: The Quince in Western 
Baiter, Bulletin, No. 81: Black-knot of 
Cherries, and Methods of Treatment, by E. G. 
= Bulletin, No, 82 (Veterinary Dit 
No. 83 (Eatomological Division) A. 
Western New York, by M. V. SLIN 
ings of the Agri- 
ber to December, 1894, inciuding, Eine 
„Trees Planted Out, Badget E 
Chilly, Growth of Rain-trees, Plants 
Financial Statement, &c.—Bulletin 4 
Information, Botanic Garden, G 
November, and December, 1894, inelnd 
Fibre and Fruit, Methods ‘of 
Chemical Soil pre Rin also Notices 
Business of the Garden, Exchange, 
Bulletin of the Botanical Department, 
