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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
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immense deal to be done in this couatry by drawing 
forth the bounty of old mother Earth in detail. It 
is more room than ever there was for 
h to the store of the beautiful products 
of Nature, with the capacity of producing which Pro- 
ide bounti ndowe i 
dence h fully e d 
likewise of increasing, and largely increasing and 
consolidating, the efforts and ad ural 
and most desirable, that other small women as 
they are called, should be multiplied; and I tr 
most earnestly trust—the day will come, and. wil 
вооп come, when these holdings will be made 
universal," 
HE ROYAL ВОТАМ!С SociETY.—The fifty- 
sixth annual meeting of the Royal Botanic Society 
ill be held in the Gardens, Inner Circle, Regent's 
Park, on Saturday afternoon, the 10th inst., at 
1 o’clock. - 
the Society was founded in 1839, but if they were to 
take plac 
T 
transacted includes the — of eight members of 
the Council, the presentation of the Council and 
auditors’ reports, 
d 
the Council to admit the publie to musical 
рео б to be given next season on the afternoon 
and evening of every Monday and Saturday, 
T DISTRI GARDENERS’ A880- 
CIATION.— The third annual outing of the above 
— took place on Tuesday, July 30, when about 
rty members proceeded in brakes to Ashburton, 
Buckland Drives, Widecombe-in-the-Moor, and 
Heatree, By the kindness of Mr. . BasrARD of 
Buckland Court, the rs were permitted, under 
Leaca, head gar- 
iddle 
n Devonshire. Lune 
was had at Widecombe, and by the peer of 
Mr, J. Krrsox, an inspection was made of a portion 
of the plantations recently made at Heatree, It 
was remarked that the Rhododendrons were exceed- 
ingly thriving, as were also such Conifers as Cupres- 
sus TN Wu C. macrocarpa, Thuiopsis dolabrata, 
and many othe These did not appear to have 
suffered at all ген) the severe лр. in spite of the 
e party started on 
urney vid Manaton, Becky Falls, and 
Bovey 8 an ar le day having been spen 
Mr. F. C. vere MALE (Hon. Sec.) was responsible for the 
Xue 
Ex AND VANILLA CULTURE IN 
tater. vir eben to the cultural industries of 
Tahiti, the British consul states that Cotton has 
always been the favourite culture of the native popu- 
ion, but owing to the extremely low prices that 
have latterly ruled, both locally and in Europe, its 
cultivation is being gradually aband Tahiti 
uld 
the island under the most favourable circum- 
stances, The quality has been declared by European 
and American experts in Liverpool and New York 
respectively to equal West Central American in 
aroma and in general quality. Coffee would be the 
ideal culture for the natives, but so far only a few of 
conclusively that this enterprise could be made to 
pay. n annual production of Coffee is at present 
3 to 4 tons only. The cultivation and curing of 
Vanilla in Tahiti is being neglected in consequence 
of the inferior quality ав compared with that of 
Mexico, Bourbon, and Seychelles, and the cor- 
responding low price that it commands. А hope, 
however, is current in the island that the market 
value may be increased by the adoption of а more 
efficient method of curing the bean than that at 
present in use, The annual export of Vanilla is 
about 15 tons. 
isLE OF WIGHT HORTICULTURAL IMPROVE- 
MENT ASSOCIATION. — At the recent monthly 
meeting of the above Association, held at Shanklin, 
there was a good attendance of members and friends 
to hear a paper on the ‘Cultivation of Tuberous- 
rooted Begonias,” by Mr. W. W. S 
Dr. Groves, B 
were contributed by Messrs. CANNE 
Box, The next meeting is to be held at Ventnor on 
September 7, when a paper on Hardy Trees and 
Shrubs” will be read by Mr. С. Ѕхоок, late t Kew 
Gardens, 
LILIES AT TWICKENHAM.—Mr. Н. A. Tracy, 
The Orchid and Lily Nurseries, Amyand Park Road, 
Twickenham, grows Lilies extensively for cut bloom ; 
he has been catting for & considerable time, and 
The prinei cipal 
out the season some weeks longer. 
varieties grown quantity are Lilium longiflorum 
var. sii, m var. Melpomene, and L. 
arri 
s, album novum, the last-named being considered the 
urest white, while Melpomene is the richest crimson 
variety of the fragrant L. speciosum, For ч 
to а distance the flowers are cut in 
buds on the spikes are cut together with long stalks, 
and are much sought for use in indoor decorations. 
FORCING LETTUCES IN — iy а — 
Bulletin of the New York Agricu tation, w 
find a paper on this se е of e the following 
is the summary: growing of Lettuce in pots is 
me 
growth, and favouring early heading; 2, the plants 
neplan 
kept perfectly fresh for a long time—an advantage 
that is much appreciated by retail dealers; 4, as 
soon аз а plant is removed from the bench, its place 
may be immediately filled with another plant, 
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follows :—T 6 es deep, is half filled 
over which is spread 
3 inches of soil, T is made of one part 
by measure of manure to three of rotted 
made lighter by 1 one part by measure of sand 
to three parts o The plants are transplanted 
e once, and ede is i frond the seed a Alis s5 Siih 
are plunged into the soil on the 
the soil, it is turned upside down, and the under- 
"rue 249 be kept pA а соо, even potas Se 
w de ертеев і 
igh to low temperature, ог vice 
the temperature is high outside, 
are watered overhead, it is best to select a time when 
the foliage will dry quickly. Avoid watering so late 
in the day that the om will not dry before night. 
Ес 2 GRIESSEN is уут. їп 
Le Jardin, some al tables, giving the names of 
ybrid V riesias obtained elsewhere than in e 
The h e discovery or production of each 
service in thus publishing the origins of the plants 
now, before, by cross-breeding, they have become too 
intricate to be traced. 
HENNA.—The Henna plant (Lawsonia alba), 
which is a shrub found widely distributed throughout 
India, Persia, Kurdistan, Syria, Egypt, and Northern 
Africa, and which is so well known for the use of its 
the plant almost indefinitely. T 
it to stain their feet and finger-nails, and it is said to 
be very efficacious in ‘the cure of chilblains. Laat year 
the value of the x porta of Henna from Tripoli, 
chiefly to Tanis and Algiers, amounted to £8000. 
The у А of preparing Henna is very 
ists of reducing the leaves vs young 
twigs to а fiae powder, to which sometimes is added 
а little Catechu. To use pie powder is made 
into а pasty mass with hot water, and spread on the 
part to be dyed, where it is Msi allowedto remain 
for & ts before being washed off. 
VAL —The of the Oak 
in 17 "rper of Zea, one of the Cyclades, is said to 
ased in a remarkable degree of late, and 
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to 30,000 quintals 
(one quintal equals 1232 ‘Yb, ), but on ee e 
occasions even double that amount is reached. 
е, n 
2500 quintals to Italy, and the rest to Syra. 
THE EXPORTATION OF Сит FLOWERS FROM 
HOLLAND.—As bie 2 unced in our issue for 
July 27, a m ook place at the Hammumms. 
Дары i stone Mg on Be 26, for the purpose 
1 oppose the exportation 
who вате sold. balbe for forcing to English growers. 
lites pro t s 
[^n for the йз at ef the associat 
proposed to cal эм mre зави; shortly, bat in the 
meantime the committee desire that all who are 
willing to join the association should communicate 
with Mr. С. Н. M. A. Atperson, Hilda Vale Road, 
Farnborough, R.S.O , Kent. 
FLOWERING PLANTS OF NEW SOUTH WAL 
5 so that the tops are covered with nearly — The Government of New South Wales is атн 
half ап ам of soil. The distance between the plants а series of coloured pl trative of р of 
on the bench varies with the variety, but is usually economic value, The work is edited by AIDEN, 
10 inches each way. Before the pot is plunged in a sufficient of its exeelladion, Mr 
