Avavsr 3, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
131 
he gardens, Mr. R. R. Mzapzs-Krixo, who usually 
ны ж the prizes, intimated that in future, unless 
would not be repeat erefore entries fro 
h of the city were sige and the com- 
m have. pl ending competent 
judges to determine if gardens to ‘be included i in the 
B 
there were eighty-six entries, and the judges re- 
ported that in some of the districts the work w 
very good, 
Chronicle on May 11, a correspondent, Mr. Евер, 
Turner, F.L.S, &c, Sydney, New South Wales, 
June 15, 1*95, obligingly writes as follows: "I 
notice you ask for information about the 'ti-tree 
bark that is used for packing fruit, One of the 
‘ ti-treea' ( Tea-trees " referred to is Melaleuca leuca- 
dendron, Linn., the 
easily peeled off in layers, a 
light, if not lighter, than cork dust, and m 
packing material. д species of od genus 
Melaleuca, Leptospermum, and even Callistemon, 
are commonly called *Tea-trees, though for some 
Fic. 20.—4 NEW DAISY: THE BBIDE, 
M. Eo. ANDRÉ mem last volume of the Garden 
is dedicated to M. Ep. ANDRÉ, The Editor has 
opportu 
traveller, & n- 
n author, and ап editor. At 
present ti AxpRÉ, in spite of his work as a 
——— finds time to act as editor of the 
Revue Horticole in association with ARRIÈRE, _ 
REE BARK USED IN PACKING Fruit.—In 
китет to an ini that appeared i the Gardener 
reason many wen of late years ! 
unaccountable 
AN erroneously called them Ti-trees. 
APPLE GRAFTS ON Pear Srocks.—Mr. muc 
writing in the е ag Js 
recommends the practice of grafting Apples on the 
Pear atock, especially with a view to circumvent the 
American р which, it seems, ‹ does not — 
affect the 
GH THE Copse:” Another Ram ble 
after Flowers with Us Uncle Mad. (Т. Newson & Sons, 
London, Edinburgh, and New York).— 
book of а series written by Dr. M. C. Соокк 
on wild flowers as they are found when growing, and 
is intended for epy use of children of about the age 
of twelve year 
well as N. 
to little folk, and he is avowedly N in his 
cessive use, he sh disgust his ers. ове 
ho lik liable information conveyed in an 
informal manner should apprecia 5 * style. 
The hand-book bef us is writ entirel 
the form of dialogue, light enough considering — 
subjects treated of, and interspersed w 
ме | out the 
— viet © “ Uncle Matt” evidently most 
desirous of i impart ing. The book lm a — 
frontispiece, 
@hifnl майла 
likely to please y 
BLOTTING PAPER.—We have received from 
nals & Sons, samples of “an entirely 
I 
ting paper, and the heavier qualities 
would do well for drying delicate flowers, mosses, &c. 
RUTTA MINORI.—Del Prof, А, Росс: (Urnrco 
Harri, Milano). A handbook containing careful 
descriptions and cultural directions relating, as the 
title tells, to Strawberries, Melons, Currants, Goose- 
rries, and Raspberries. The figures illustrative 
of the habits of the — and of the faite — 
to various species are good and clear; bringing 
the salient characteristics of each very — 
The little work may be recommended to those who 
read Italian, and who appreciate a small volume of 
convenient size for the pocket. 
4 
i 
“THE HorRTICULTURIST’s RULE BOOK," by 
n and New York, MACMILLAN & 
' х 
place in every nurseryman's о 
garden library. It contains articles on the nature, 
pre mode of application of insecticides, 
fangicides, notes oa plant diseases, injuries from 
various a wna, cements, 
i w not what 
nine-tenths of the book are eqaally applicable here. 
“HISTOIRE DES BarLLON's 
апа 
. Bartos follows 
the indications of ENGLER, witho 
attaching the same degree of im nce 
a characters as the German ая 
дое 
BELLIS PERENNIS THE BRIDE.—A Daisy which 
is useful to the bouquet-maker and floral artist 
has been hitherto an unfulfilled want, bat a 
pig tage Das a tegen eg when а 
party of 140, including a number of ladies, paida 
visit to the grounds of Barford Lodge, Dorking, by 
obe 
the kind invitation of fa Trevor a 
wor, Reaching th 
a short interval, sat down to dinner in a large tent 
erected in the regeln of the Barford Bridge Hotel, 
. B. Wxxwsz, the chairman of the general com- 
mittee, presiding. An а repast having been 
