72 
from these рар, “ gross exaggeration” is much 
too mild an expressi Another report from the 
Committee of Y Espera is pran pov о thst М 
BLACK RASPBERRY. даг of this 
were shown by Mr. Farı at the last me T 
of the Royal Horticultural egens and во 
were kindly supplied to us, and enabled us 
to identif pla as 
abus occidentalis, 
anada 
true hy 
to the drought, the fruits 
about the size of marrow-fat peas, are much smaller 
8 Tae сапев are scandent, rooting freely 
e tips, when in the early autumn, they bend 
ps and touch the soil. The plants yield a eet 
iting 1а 
e 
likely to find favour with epicures uninterested in 
the history and evolution of fruits. 
TOTTENHAM CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY.— 
tensive range of houses and grounds, N in doing а e 
Ane excellent dinner and tea were provided at the 
Sun Inn," Englefield Green. The first meal was 
presided over by H. Henperson, Esq., who proved a 
genial chairman. Drives were afterwards taken into 
the surrounding country. 
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.—Baron Sir ЁЕнрї- 
NAND von MvzLrzR has been elected a correspondent 
in the botanical section. 
NEWCASTLE AND DisTRICT HORTICULTURAL 
MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY 
у URRAY, gardener at 
Oakwood, Wylam- -on-Tyne, presiding "ч - excellent 
attendance of the member Мов the even- 
ing was spent in naming pet Sop and uisa , and 
discussing the various merits of hardy herbaceous 
plants, several movie of which were brought i in 
by the members. Towar 
NATIONAL 8 AND Pi 
)—1 beg leave to 
. Dove: 
ad dc of £150 are offered in prizes, 
ecial prizes may be tage the Martin 
Smith e ſor Border Carnation wW 
bə cat from plants which have bui wintered enr 
out protection in the open border, and staged ex 
85 ав | 3 cut M out ME The Take 
rustees give a ha some 
hin РА, for the best stand of tw MA Goes 
bizarres. and flakes, b, and Mie Picotees 
ibleberry. 
not bristly ; jestets three (rarely — 
coarsely doubly serrate, whitened - do spen 
lateral ones somewhat stalked ; марне, е ч 
fruit rere eek Ngee a whitish variety), ripe early in J aly. 
mon, especially north Asa Gray, Manual Bot. 
North eir States, ed. 6, 1890, P. 155. 
ТНЕ 
GARDENERS’ 
distinct—amateurs Another special prize 
(not in the schedule Й prizes) will be given һу Mr. 
Enxsr BENART, Erfurt, Germany, The Ernst 
Benary Memorial Prize.” A large Silver-gilt Medal 
is given by the m in memory of the late much- 
regretted founder of the firm, Mr. T BENARY, 
for the most, meritorious exhibit, either of plants or 
cut flowers, by an amateur. 
HORTICULTURAL CLUB —The annual excur- 
ladies are specially invited, will take place on Tues- 
day, July 30. The members will m i 
Cross, Great N orthern Railway (Suburban), at 9 50, 
train to Finchley, to view Mr. 
Brakes wil be ready to 
convey the party, at 1 15, through Barnet to Hat- 
field, where the gardens, &c., will be open to the 
inspection of the members, under the guidance of 
Mr. Normay, the Marquis of Savispury’s nead- 
ardener, Members will return by 845 рм, train 
from Hatfield to King s Cross. 
TEIGNMOUTH GARDENERS' MUTUAL IMPROVE- 
MENT SOCIETY,—4A party to the number of thirty- 
six proceeded on Tuesday, the 9:h inst., to Bicton, 
the seat of the Hon. Maex RoLLz, thence to Ex- 
mouth, visiting Bystock on the return journey. 
Arrangements had been made for viewing the groves 
and glasshouses of Bicton, but owing to some un- 
foreseen obstacles the party after going out of their 
way about в mile and waiting about 1 hour, had to 
go away without having seen the object of their 
visit, Dinner was partaken of at Exmouth, Mr. F 
Hawnnar orp taking the chair, being faced b 
Swan, the gardener at Bystock. After a considerable 
amount of speechmaking, the party re-assembled, 
and drove to Bystock, the residence of J. P. Beyce, 
Esq., which lies 2 miles from Exmouth. Here they 
were kindly entertained by Mr. routine after having 
inspected the various sights of the p 
CARNATION DISEASES.— Professor Byron Har- 
STED, at the annual meeting of the American Car- 
nation Society, er ph five th 
Carnation :—1, Rus р 
4, Ring- mould; 5, аса 
uced by a fungus, Uromyces аиий: 2 5 
Septoria dianthi; 3 is not named; 4 is the Heteros- 
porium echinulatum; 5 is cansed by в bacterium. 
W familar here with ‘all these troubles, and 
m quite as frequentiy, with eel-worms dise. isease, 
used by nematode worms, which is not mentioned 
in а Рог Н ліѕтер'з enumeration. 
THE Late М. DucHARTRE,—Professor e. 
has published, from th» Bulletin of the Bota 
Society of France, his exhaustive note on the veux 
and works of this distinguished and amiable botanist, 
The extent be: diversity of his w ork as here indi- 
cated are v. ema 
great difficulty at first; 
to place the interests 
rsonal considerations. 
at the National Horticultural Soc re of 
о to some of our readers, and he 
1 and editorial oma up to the 
io of his death, It is жир: иләк a of the man, 
that when Paris was invested by the German army, 
DccmagTRE was in the cou er His с 
course of 
lectures at the 5 gor was announced to open on 
March 17. о Paris was, as we know, 
almost im mpossible ; peni less, DUCHARTRE suc- 
ceeded in gaining entrance, and delivered hia lecture 
as usual! The next day the Commune was pro- 
claimed, but even this did not check the Professor’s 
sense of duty. Hə ote till his work was 
stopped by ministerial d 
GLADIOLUS FROM case Crozy, zen., 
mentions, in тәф Moniteur de Г Horticulture for 
May 10, and о 112, 4 2 method of multiplying 
Gladioli which is little knowa, It consists in raising, 
1 
om 15 to 20 centimètres 
(53 to 72 d Gos in сац d these off quite near the 
starting- poi 
t without interfering with the base, 
CHRONICLE. 
(Jurx 20, 1895, 
T sg the suppression of the principal stem 
will e birth to two, three, or even 
shoo Th weaker than the first one, but whi 
See te furnish bulbs to flower the following 
year. As to the detached shoot, it roots perfectly on 
a hot- 603 E by autumn forms a nice bulb of 
medium size, М. Crozy has, he says, practised this 
method of alen for many years, and has 
ever had a mishap. 1 de la Société Nationale 
d' Horticulture de ise, Ma. 1895. 
Hooxer’s “ICONES PLANTARUM "— This pub- 
lica A consisting of lithographie illustrations of 
is mainly intended for systematic botanists, 
of Argostemma concinnum noticeable, because it fur- 
пп nual plant terminating 
Rhododendron Hancockii, Hemsle 
of Yunnan, and has large white funnel-shaped flowers, 
of such beauty that it is : be d it will soon be 
introduced to our garden andisia racemosa, 
Hemaley, a Serophlarneous ш, also from Yun- 
nan, with ric wers, is also said to be а very 
desirable a for introduction. The same remark 
applies to Jasminum primulinum, Hemsley, which 
looks like an enlarged variety of J. nalen, Like 
the preceding, it is a native of Yann 
чы ee HISTORY OF PLANTS.”—This 
ork of Kerner, published in an 
English translation under the editorship of Prof. F. 
О des Messrs, Brackrg & Son, has now reach 
its fo urtee x: Nothing яо comprehensive has 
been published since LixprEv's Vegetable Kingdom, 
Bat while classification was the leading, though by 
but 
tifully 
the book tr 
wanting, an ude 
where is the vend for particular 1 As 
the work is so ore than a mere popular 
exposition, such an addition would » — 
whole, was mild and wet; corn 
UN but n yield of both grain and adi was 
Oata ed a larger crop than any on 
dora, below average; fruit crops 
as ition said, deficient, except in the case of Pears 
The returns upon which Mr, Mawrzr bases his con- 
E од number 113, from all parts of the country: 
New observers are wanted in south Ireland, and in 
north and east Scotland, 
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Он. SCHLICH’s “MANUAL OF FORESTRY.— 
The fourth volume of this excellent Е 
written by Prof. Fisuer, and is devoted Е noe? oi 
mismanagement, A second portion is тона 9 
the protection of forests against 
insects, weeds, frosts, win 
acid fumes, and the like. 
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book, which is published by Mess 
Acsew & Co., 
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our hands in k future issue. 1 
