Jury 13, 1895] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
annuals, hedges, conservatories, specimen isolated 
* рі may shortly be expected 
from Mr. ee ha 
ORCHID HYBRIDS.— 
complete list of Orchid bade ae is in T Mei and 
will shortly be issued. 
E COTTON PLANT is losing its popularity as 
a “safe investment” in the very heart of the cotton- 
growing States of America. was—some forty 
h an assertion would have been 
r side of the Atlantic; 
Starvation in Lancashire during the cotton famine 
shook the belief in many minds, and alterations in 
spinning and weaving machinery brought under 
subjection cottons of short staple; planters and 
capitalists took up the cultivation of the plant; and 
wherever cotton is grown, and 
utilised, Should it be desired to learn where cotton 
is grown at the present time, the intelligence can be 
had from the “ market " columns recording sales in 
апу daily paper any morning in the week. Апа it 
has come to pass, that it has been determined to re- 
duce coe rie the growth of cotton in America. 
Cotton-growing counties in the United 
States shows that in eighty-eight there э pe little 
or no change in acreage as compared with 1894; 
ve report an increase up to 10 per ce ay two, an 
increase of from 11 to 20 per cent; three an increase 
of from 21 to 30 per cent.; and three an increase of 
to any particular locality, 
but covers a widespread territory, embracing almost 
the entire area devoted to Cotton culture. The ex- 
traordinary low price of the staple gave rise to the 
grown, 
&nd so placing on the market the 3j gram class of 
raw material, Meanwhile, the above noted facts are 
surely well worth record 
PELARGONIUM SPORT.—Mr. Watxer, of Well- 
wers чм, во that the sport seems well 
deserving i; propagat 
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from the programme, which furthers neither the 
interests of the кае N nor of the consumer. 
contrary, it is intended to establish a well- 
organised agency, whereby producer, and seller, and 
the wholesale buyer will be brought together to their 
mutual benefit, and that of the German people. 
An addition is made to Rale 13, which will make it 
possible for a visitor to the exhibition to take out 
the value of his entrance money in exhibited te nel 
by which it is hoped that the number of visitors m 
be increased at the same time that the bie 
will be enabled to sell his M more freely. 
Articles which are perishable, and which have not 
been sold by the exhibitor, will be aold vari at 
public auction, for the benefit of the he 
exhibition will serve, no ly as а means miM dis- 
posing of goods according to sample, but also as a 
market where the finer sorts of vegetables, Grapes, 
and conserved goods, wine, &c., can be ordered 
from the producers, and the carriage of the same by 
railway or post arranged for. Prospectuses aud 
forms of application will be sent, Rene from the 
office of the International ienic 
Berlin, W. Leipzigerstrasse, 4, um applicati 
OXFORD UNIVERSITY: MATHEMATICAL 
HoNouRS.—Many of our readers will be pleased 
to hear that Mr. J. Hupson’s son has just passed the 
final public патта ы (Greats), taking first-class 
another year, іп order that he may take science as 
an additional subject. 
JOHN WILLS.—4As we go to press, we hear with 
great regret of the death of this prominent horticul- 
turist on the 9th inst. Mr. Wirrs was in his 64th 
year, and had been suffering from illness for a long 
period, In our next issue we shall allude more at 
length to his work in horticulture. 
CAUTION.—The following letter tells its own 
tale:—Dear Mr. CawwELL, There is a rascal going 
about representing that he travels for you, and is 
Carnations, &c. The enclosed is the result, and 
they are all the same. It is ratter clever to get 
a lot of labels printed, and then state that he 
represents a man so well known as yourself, 
. B., Solicitor Опе of the labels n: 
Мані, silvery edge Clove,” the her 
x „елан Masterpiece.” Тһе specimen е аба 
was valueless. 
PLANT PORTRAITS. 
тонау — W ee. М‹еһатпз? 1 une. 
—1, SARAH HILL, red self; 2, MAURICE MussEx, 
enen self, Ga arden, June 22. 
; BIUM NOBILE NOBILIUS, /llustration Horticole, 
une ng 
DIPLADESIA ATRO-PURPUREA, Illustration Horticole, t. 33. 
HUERNIA MAROCARPA, Schwernfurth, Garten/lora, July 1, 
1418. 
LOTUS PELIORHYNCUS, Revue эшен recs July. 
LUPINUS ARBOREUS, Garden, Jun 
RUDBECKIA 1 R. scd dang pc ge 
SYRINGA VULGARIS MADAME pones Pene white, 
Revue de I Ho Белине Belge, July 
ERGIA кенинен os 8 Hortico.e, t. 32. 
HOME GORRESPONDENGE, 
THE SLEEPY DISEASE OF TOMATOS.—Due 
near upon & qu of a 
centa ary's experience, and my daily est from 
I therefore claim to have some little practical kno 
ledge of that partic crop. Moreover, * 
sorely troubled and annoyed with the “sleepy wd 
ease" 3 p m article anent the sam 
tas greatly, or eighteen inthe 
I Ges vi visited man: T jared атт information 
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by means of the local press, и 55 with 
а view of finding out the сап 
may say not in 
our — in the article on the 
question. I have no hesitation in saying that this 
di: ease is not in all cases due to the fungus Fusarium 
er of that nature. I certainly 
tly as last week a large plant in a 
bok with fruit lot "hall size showed signs of drooping ; 
soil was worked up, 
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which T will a little Mer on make public, planted & 
house with 300 plants as an experiment, 
hey are now swelling wind ч st trusses, and i 
house that I have plante 
“ gleepy disease last year, and the s 
хо this will be a sure teat of the ай Фа Favs 
Le Sueur, Grand Vale, Jersey, June 23, 
HYBRID POPPIES.—In the Gardeners’ Chronicle 
for June 15, Mr. W. Wilks aoe he does not believe 
there has been a true hybrid between a perennial 
and an annual Poppy. Like him, Y bave been trying 
to cross Poppies, and I have succeeded in crossing 
the double-flowered annual Poppy with the orange 
: reg Poppy, which is a perennia ial. The double- 
ered annual variet в the seed-bearing plant, 
cous shade, m as the annual Poppy. 
The other seedlings which reeemble the annual are 
not yet in flower, b ey ope 
that they will grow “ed ee although they might 
о во another season, have only received "e 
waterings this se cy and no rai ere 
since the end of March. Аз I have been crossing 
flowers and vegetables for several years, I have a fair 
idea of what a true cross should be, J. Lansdell. . 
CCELOGYNE CRISTATA IN e WIRE BASKET.— 
enclose herewith a photograph of Cœlogyne siam 
own in the conservatory of E. Wells, Esq., Wal 
lingford, which will serve to show how admirably 
ots this popular Orchid is for pp ere in wire 
bas and as а hanging plant generally. This 
анор hon been two years in а 7- n basket, and 
has borne ove 300 blooms this year. Its ivory- 
white were most acceptable early in April 
culties, the Coelogyne is a а most useful and attractive 
plant for suspending from the roof of a aec 
conservatory. Arthur Cooper, [An evidence of very 
successful culture. Ер ] 
YOUNG GARDENERS АМО WRITTEN CHARAC- 
