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m the disease. The field is well drained, 
last year were free fro 
I hear at 
and of excellent 8 for fruit trees and bushes. 
hi 
Meldreth that sease is more or less prevalent over 
very wide areas i mbridg: Za e best remedy to be 
tried was thoug be a solution of sulphate of iron, = if 
to 
t—e.g:, Black Champion, Lee’s Prolific, and the one 
leaved ear Currant. 
Co lou rs of Flowers. Some discussion arose as tot the aver 
of flowers, Dr. Russell observing that many in interestin 
profitable results would r wea follow from experi 5 —— 
in treme direction. echan ange from jue to red in Hydrangeas 
= the® 8 “experience being that blue specimen 
pe a by . . and were not altogether —.— 
table to iron in t Russ ell suggested the use of a 
dilute solution of e — to test the conversion of the 
Influence of wale ga further discussion- arose on the well- 
known effect of salt on maritime plants being a cause of suc- 
culency in many of them, but the injury | due to its presence 
inland, as h f ry Dr. Masters 
described the remar able result on a 9 4 in Mr. 
aterer's grounds, in that, While one-half of the tree on the 
leeward side grew vi y and n pasis flowered, the mye 
half e to the wind wis greatly checked, and, 
consequence, blossomed 1 year 8 and so . 
seed ured from it. 
. M. Mills, of The ae Combe 
í par 3 
consistin of three 
with — roots forming a perfect 
in a 
* —Dr. Masters showed a photo- 
by Mr. de Vilmorin, 
— brn was sown on January 15, and was in blossom 
on April 11. 
Tendrils 7 es —Dr. Masters vate the results of his 
branches of 
& none. tee 
leaves and one leaf had ied five times, or abou 
cent. Tendrils occurr wes r leaves, two len or aoe 
at all, twice, or about 1 * y leaf 
have a tendril, nor dil six jts a the seven ever have one 
Royal National Tulip Society (Southern 
Section). 
Society took place in — 
and if it 
the quality of some of the bl coms staged amply compensated 
2 the deficiency in brew sy As last year, the exhibition 
lly made by the northern growers, an there 
The second exhibition of 
nection per the Tem s e Show 
of 
gone Talip is spreading in the South. But it is well 
p the flower represented in London in some way, and 
2 fr a probably be best done by means of this Socie ty. 
d Tulips 
Mr. J. W. BENTLEY, Stakehill, Manchester, para 2 Ist, 
with some good blooms, having as bizarres Master- 
tet; Cente’ do Vin and flam — 
he: ergennes ; ed, Rose i 
Mabel, and Julia Farnese. 2nd, Mr. T. Haynes, Warwick, a 
veteran nor grower. 3rd, Mr. C. W. NRHA M, Roy ton, 
. . feathered and 
flamed ef each class; here Mr. O. e ned me 
bizarre fe rane ** „ King J. Paxton; 
of the 
variety flamed : roses, feathered, r; flamed, 
— Catherine Gordon; 2nd, Mr. T. Haynes; 3rd, Mr. J. W. 
Wich tt three 3 Tulips, one of each class, Mr. J. W. 
BENTLE st, having bizarre General Grant, byblomen 
Guido, and rgennes. 
— varieties, Mr. HAYNES came Ist with 
bizarre, Sir Joseph 3 by 2 
of the Universe; and rose P F. D. 
— — Burton-in-Lonsdale, was 1 oa dag i 
2 eh Flora Medal, given to 
ok the late Mr. Samuel . for oe lr — 
one flamed flower of any class, was won! Mr. C. W. NEED- 
HAM, with fl 
Elizabe ; the Rev. F. D. HORNER was awarded a 2nd 
ze ea seedlin abel. 
came from J. T. BENNETI-Pok, 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
Esq., Cheshunt, who had all the types, represented by large 
= sora loped blooms; Mr. J. W. BENTLEY, came 2nd; 
r. G. Ep 
ll 
— 
wee Sussex, was 3rd, In a 
n bottles of water, from 
a 
B 
taged. Th ing : 
mpap ee been, of saol g raising. With six dis- 
si: with bizarres, Storer’s 3a 
and Dragon Fly Selig © 5 Desdemona and Fairy 
Seedlings; roses, rn Seedling and Lady Bur 
Coutts ; pad: Mr. 15 W. — ard, Mr. C. W. NEEDHAM 
e BOTANICAL. 
setae 8 met a the Lecture Hall of 
ard he above evening, at 
Symi 
afternoon was ussed, postpon 
opinions of the Tedes of the society could 
ascertained, 
A number of hardy flowers from Mr. aie ogg of Laidaig, 
ted b arliness of 
2 exhibi y LINDSAY, showing the 
season as compared with the ve ion i d about 
Edinburgh. In rt upon the vegetation of the garden 
during the — of pril, Mr. LINDSAY stated that the 
n is a remarkably late one! species of Alpine and 
erbaceous plan onth u th 
ts 
rock garden, as against 
last year. The meteorological observations taken a 
b A.D 
garden were submitted by M ARD The mean 
of the readings of the — 787, being 0°161-inch 
ow the average of April for the four previous years, Th 
maxim elf-registering t 0 rs in screen was 
62°0° t , minimum 288 on the 7 he mean of 
he month being 45°8°, being 0°9° above the average for April 
of four precedin rs. Frost occ on five days. Hygro- 
eter in screen a m f dry bulb, 46°3°; wet bulb, 
3°4°, Dew point, 40°1° ; humidity, 787 per cent. Radiation 
thermom imum in 113°2° i 
th ass 
nina days. Total amount of the sunniest 
day 103 hours on the l4th. Rain fell on 8, the total fall 
ing 1°085 inches; the greatest amount falling in twenty-four 
e 25th w was 0 380. inch fell, R. L. HARRO W, in 
i notes on P t 
made by plants in the newly-construc tructed oe and to the 
addi of importance lately been to the collections of 
Orchids, Cacti, and plants. 1 — f e 
garden comprised hard owering erbaceous and 
Alpine plants ee Wee as well as — plants from the 
houses. S of ee. voracious og weevil, 8 
abietis, at — were show y Mr. Ta ee having 
received from Mr, GUNN, of — di —— that the 
damage done by them to a young plantation enormous, 
LAW NOTES, 
A CASE FROM COVENT GARDEN 
h 
acobs & S 
sample, and which were, in fact, condemned by the 
chief sanitary inspector of Brighton (Mr. Skinner) as 
unfit for food, and destroyed. Mr. Harvey Clifton, 
: sample, was 
Goods’ Act, 1893, which in the case of a contract for 
sale by sample, raises an implied cond tion that the 
bulk shall correspond with sample, and that th 
shall be free from any defect rendering them unmer- 
hantable, which would not be apparent on reason- 
able examination. There was practically no dispute 
as to the quality of the Nuts, but defendants shel- 
tered themselves behind a special condition of sale, 
which they all h 
ned Judge unwillingly came to the 
conclusion that the conditions of sale were brought 
notice of plaintiffs, and formed part of the 
contract, and that the sale was not by sample, He, 
therefore, gave iudgment for defendants, but, on Mr, 
nature cannot be thorou — tested We 
cracked and made unmarketable, PAM 6 
May 11, 1895. 
Obituary. 
Dr, HUGH CLEGHORN.—We greatl 
ment of the 
ta Society of Edinburgh, and i 
institutions, 45 
y-degree 
wenty-four hours, or any —— 
AR varbal proportional numbe: 
i TEMPERATURE. 
3 ACCUMULATED, 
0 z 
7. 3 Pe 
22 27 1 t 
aa") 5 | 88 4 
1 ; 
Day-| Day- 
deg. | deg. 
0 11 42 0 
1124 54 0 
21+) 55 0 
3 27 74 0 
443 ＋ 76 0 
5 3 ＋ 87 0 
62 ＋ 67 0 
7/1 +| 66 0 
8 3 + 83 0 
9 2 — 71 0 
1063 + 87 0 
2 + | -83 0 
The districts 
the wing :— 
0, Scotland, 
N. Princi 
1, Scotland, E.; 2, 
4, Midland Counties; 5, 
the Briti 
from the Meteoro E 
„The weat 
during the earlier part of the 
cha k p 
hail in many places, 
and south-eastern sta 
