Jury 20, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
THE SUMMER SCHOOL OF HORTICULTURE IN 
&ssex.—The School of Horticulture, the particulars 
of which were given in some recent numbers of m 
Gardeners’ Chronicle, is now in full swing, fifte 
5 having been given by the County Connell 
Essex. Among the various places of interest 
visited by the students last week was Mr. бкл 
BROOKE'S seed-farm аб Chelmsford. The effect 
f the present drought on the size of man 
s was most marked, an г. SEABROOKE 
are uruall 
year that the pods in ripening uprooted the planta 
which bore them. — were also stunted, 
and they were interesting from the manner in which 
variations and the difficulties ot keeping varieties 
in separating flower-aeeds from the plants which 
bore them, it w earned that when threshing 
sweet-scented Stocks, veils of many thicknesses 
e used, as the du iv 
minutes, if unprotected. This effect is probably 
due to the short T-shaped hairs, with pointed ends, 
that cover the surface of these stocks. The party 
examined a plot of —.— beet in fruit which had 
b fo $ 
Mr. 1. Seen then Мз tire showed his collection of 
fruit trees, and gave a good deal of valu vein in- 
formation to the students rp e ф som 
varieties, also dwarfing stocks, Perh 
‚М. Sera- 
of taking young stocks into the house in winter- 
ing them carefully away until they 
could be ees out in the spring. 
ANOTHER HORTICULTURIST AS dis OF 
РЕАСЕ. — After conferring with ord- 
Lieutenant of the County, Lord Cha e Heeg- 
SCHELL, before giving пр his seals of office, appointed 
ATKINS on the Commission of the Peace 
near Hereford 
ANTHURIUM,— We have received from M. L. Dg 
Surgr-DuvivigR, of Ghen i 
ons of A, Scherzerianum 
Taking them in the order in which they come, we 
find :— 
A, S, Rosa Rooses.— A form with a cream-coloured 
spathe 8 x 4 cent, rosy- crimson at the base, and 
with a small central stripe of the same colour. 
A, S, Madame De Smet-Duvivier.—Spathe about 
12 x 9 cent., pp La quin ih spadix robust 
orange; a very h riety. 
cce 10 x 6 eent., 
spadix pale yellow. 
8 сумак 
cream: coloured ; 
4. ensis,—Spathe 8 x 5 cent., orange- 
S. var, Ga 
crimson ; spadix slender, 
. var, amarantina,—Spathe 8 x 6 cent.; red- 
dish-crimson ; spadix —.— 
4. S. var. atrosanguinea.—Spathe 7 X 4 cent., deep 
blood-red ; FA узы coral-red, 
ron,—Spathe 7 x 5 cent, light orange- 
crimson ; pie? eitron- yellow. 
SERIES WITH Denis Spa . 
. —Spathe 7 X 3 cent, rich red 
crimson ; the second spathe раса «аай. 
A, S, Prince Albert.—Spathe 6 X Scent., secondary 
spathe somewhat smaller, both dull Ls ARR 
Series wits MULTIPLE SPATHES, 
These are forms wherein, in addition tothe d 
spathe, each flower, or a large of them 
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73 
pone Ya by a much smaller concave “ spathella” 
(see fig. 15). These are the varieties now called 
"pomponate," We do not find this word in the 
Latin dictionary, but it is rre derived from the 
French “pomponner,” pompon being an ornament 
worn on a soldier's сар. Lrrrní tells us of a French 
saying “Avoir le pompon,” which he interprets as 
“being in the first rank.” The term pompon is 
applied to miniature Dahlias, Chrysanthemums, &o., 
but the е of the adjectival form pomponate 
is pew to u 
A, S. po мондан rubrum has a reddish-crimson 
spathe, 7 X ^u. and very numerous spathellæ of 
the same co 
AS, 0 P album bas в primary spathe, 
8 x 5cent., cream- coloured, with numerous spathellæ 
of the same colour; spadix yellow 
15.— BRACTEATE FORM OF ANTHURIUM 
SCHERZERIANUM, 
E. Fre. 
We are glad to see M. De Smer acting on a recom- 
w 
have recei these and ore mons 
tions. Of сина Scherzerianum we have now— 
1, simpl 
orme (normal); 2, duplex-spathed 
forma with ^ or rer spathes; З, multiple-apathed 
ог“ ponate” forms, with numerous seconda 
spathes. Аз to colour, there are “ self- 
coloured,” albino, spotted, and “ ‘ striped ” forms. 
PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.— Contributions to the 
ora, by Е. M. Barrzr, F.L.S., forming 
Botany Bulletin, No, 10, from the De 
Agric ‚ Brisbane, Queensland, May, 1895, con- 
i lants lately added to 
the flora on 
ment, Bulletin No. 5 (second series), devoted to 4 
Half Century of Notes for the Guidance of уг 
Fruit Growers, by Е. М, Вапу, F.L.S.—From the 
Cornell Ubivereity pre Itural Experiment Station, 
Horticultural Division, Balletin 84 (Janu 
The Recent Apple Failures of Western New York, by 
L. Н. Ватт. Bullet 1 ), on The Spray- 
ing of Orchards, by E. G. Lopxwaw.—Bulletin 87 
(April), The Dwarf Lima Beans, by L. H. Barrsg.— 
And from the Entomological Division, Bulletin 93 
NiEpENZU (Leipsig, Encermann, Plant Diagnoses), — 
Traité de Culture Potagére, par J. Dysowsxt (Paris. 
Masson). — Petit Atlas de Poche des i Mr. Ae 
Comestibles et Veneneux, par Pave Юомёк (Paris, 
PAUL Krumsixck).— Experimental Plant Physiology, 
.). To some of these we must refer 
on another occasion. 
MARKET GARDEN NOTES. 
Мв SHARP'S STRAWBERRY GARDENS AT KNOWLE, 
NEAR VIRGINIA Warter.—These gardens are — 
for their Strawberries, and well known from t 
that they аге open to the public, and anyone on. n pay- 
t of one ——— may еа 
any varieties are . 
ineludiug British байы iu ri 
ndi in the йал of visitors, although 
h 
Eugéne and 
of my visit; but for excellent cropping nothing could 
e Paris, the crop of w was 
one or two points connected with the 
cultivation of the Strawberry at Knowle Ї would 
i been used 
ve 
me ground all that time, The soil 
is light and vidis, which soon falls to dust in dry 
weather, yet at 3 inches deep it pae a deal 
of moisture, even in this dry seaso 
stand 2 feet from row to row, and 18 їпсһев yh in 
time for twenty years they have planted а portion 
ofthe young plants on manured ground, There is 
one advantage which plants grown without manure 
have—they do not throw many runners, srt the land 
is not much infested with weeds. The perfume from 
these ITE gardens was во ызга, im could 
istinguish it hundred yards before жр ыз Аш 
nett, Tyne sey. 
HOME а meee 
ANTHRACITE COAL v. SOOT AS A 
—I have been 
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