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order. The subscription pre-requisite to the 
issue of municipal bon as now com- 
pleted, and it now only remains for the city to 
carry out its part of the agreement, by raising 
500,000 dols. for building purposes, and by pro- 
viding 250 acres of land in Bronx Park or other 
It is hoped that other cities will 
of the greatest value. Mr. С. 
Harvard University, in an article ee the 
other day to Science, put very clearly the uses 
of botanic gardens, Formerly, they were largely 
used for the cultivation of medicinal plants and 
for the reception of species from distant lands, 
Now new phases of plant relations are being 
displayed i in the larger | botanic gardens. des 
phical aes 
groupings of species. The bearing of olim 
the structure, habit, and possibilities of Mad is 
made prominent in an interesting fashion, 
In fact there are numerous stimulating sights 
in a botanic garden if one only takes the trouble 
to look for them. We so often regard our 
cousins as absorbed in the business of 
making dollars, that it is refreshing to find that 
they do not forget those higher pleasures which 
t of the 
into some study instead of entering business and 
bowing down before the almighty dollar. It has 
been well said that as a means of mental 
discipline, as a source of knowledge becoming 
more useful each year, and as a study leading us 
closer and closer to the just appreciation of Nature 
oe H. G. F. 
New OR NOTEWORTHY PLANTS. 
CATTLEYA FOWLERI x.* 
Tui very beautiful rari out of Cattleya 
Leopoldi, fertilised by the pollen of Cattleya 
w plant has a rather slender habit, 
The Sem аге iv db чет compressed, with only а 
of ribs when young, the elder ones being somewhat, 
but not even deeply furrowed, The raceme of the 
dyana, and from ita 
father the plant has received the splendid labellum. 
Тһе colour of c sepals and the 
e &re deep mauve-purple, whilst th 
middle lobe of it shows the most 
VARIETIES OF STRAWBERRIES 
AND NEW VARIETIES FOR FORCING. 
Tuose who force the Strawb 
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; 2 Fowleri x, Sander id Krünzlin yana 
Leopoldi pa 12 to 15 pollices longis, internodiis 5, 
supremo lium lante sequante ; foliis 2 oblongo- 
obtusis, sq! simplici; rac (in 
; Margine levi is oblongi i 
obtusis duplo latioribus ; labelli pes iis epee 
087  rectangulo ce nar margine а 
antice crenulato undulato. Flores oa 
intus purpureo-violacei ; lobi eodem ‹ : 
lobus intermedius rem p 
THE GARDENERS’ 
The fruits are 
CHRONICLE. 
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pose that I underrate the value of any variety not 
noticed in this note, for the Strawberry varies 80 
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others. Take, for instance, Vicomtesse Héricart de 
Thury, a popular forcing variety; some persons object 
to it as being too small, and prefer a —— = 
variety as having & better appearance, good flav 
in so many cases being reckoned only of г. бони 
value, The introduction of novelties and the favour- 
good forcers, viz., Black Prince, King of the Earlies, 
and others of small size noted for зев good flavour. 
To show the interest gardeners t in this matter, 
it may be stated that three new vetitis have been 
certificated this season, 
heavy bearin size, 
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until recently to have kept pace with the demand, 
and numbers of the standard varieties have been in 
gardens for a long time. Mr, Laxton's variety 
Noble, brought out in 1887, was а great gain as an 
early fruit out of doors and for forcing. It is one of 
the most valuable varieties ever sent out, on account 
of its habit, which is vigorous, heavy cropping, and 
large fruit. I admit it has been condemned on 
account of its lack of flavour, but still it is one of 
the best early fruits ever raised, and we may, on that 
account, overlook the defect. The we П known 
i i в district as 
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же plants of it every year. 
variety. he finest "edd 
Муй British Queen, raised in 1840, and it 
now one of the or late forcing, although lam 
cen vem iiis rn of All” we have 
its superior cropping, size, and quality ; 
and though I cannot say that it is good for forcing 
purposes, it is во as the latest cropper in the open. 
I was very pleased with it when forced, the quality of 
the fruit being all that one could wish, the only 
drawback being that a few of its fruits failed to 
ripen at the poinf, having therefore the same pecu- 
liarity as British Queen, one of its parents, 
To come to what may be termed the latest addi- 
tion to "le for гсеге, | and o m that has made rapid 
advan in estimation in a short time, 
Royal S Sovereign, which, I think, will * а standard 
variety in gardens for a long time to co In this 
variety there are size, quality, and great eropping 
capacity three essential нане of a forcing fruit. 
There are Strawberries with larger fruits than this 
one, viz., Auguste Nicaise, which has no equal in 
cropping and grins Even when hard forced, it 
does not lack fla 
parents, It nderful vigour of the 
latter with the 1 of King of the Earlies—that 
flay 
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foliage, not low down among the leaf-stalks, 
fruit for sending long 3 it is one of the 
the pep being firm in texture, well covered with 
colour is & E scarlet, making a 
bhofls fruit for —— sprin; 
Another new variety, sna опе which should be 
noted on acco one of its excellence as a forcer, is 
d Wonder, a variety which has been ed 
described in these pages, noted for ita wonderful 
ойр qualities бе in the season, This I am 
only able to desc from seeing it in fruit, not 
having grown it, i bes I am going to try it for very 
early fruiting, and I have some plants well-rooted 
in the fruiting pots 
mid-season forcing, the new Ganton Park is 
very good. It is one of the trio raised by Han, 
of Gunton Park, and noted for their fine Гэто; 
large, mson in colour, of a 
of and th 
brisk, pleasant flavour, and a Ee forcer for the 
season named, 
There are others, such as Competitor, а fing 
fruit, with firm flesh, and though not recommen 
generally for foreing, I hav pes | it to be good ; 
nof, perhaps, suitable for hari forci 
This year two others noted for! their size have 
r arch 
кырчы fine, with Pine-flavour, and it promises well; 
ough I have not yet e it, it should not be 
left out of a list of new varietie 
With regard to the forcing неба of any variety, 
much depends on cultural treatment, and whether 
the means for forc- 
growers, 
some of the old varieties, and во far my best early 
has been Vicomtesse, which is excellent as a first 
early, being very productive, free-setting, and of the 
best flavour. But one can force old 
new in quantity, and when the newer ones have been 
tested, some of the older kinds are allowed to drop, 
Strawberry of the Keen's Seedling type, not a good 
traveller, but тар and of good quality; indeed, 
as regards crop, it may be classed as the best of the 
older forcing varieties, It bears a quantity of even- 
ing. Many gar- 
It does well in moat soils, but I find i 
too much exposure in by the leaves soon getting 
crippled. President and Sir C. Napier are too well 
known to need anything being said about them. The 
frst is liable to mildew, but it deserves attention, 
and this pest may readily be checked, 
I am aware many gardeners are not i 
to grow many varieties, neither do I мн it, м 
he new ones їп апу case will only be grown sparingly 
ziii 
aud my selection would be Vico 
боек followed by La Grosse -— or 7 else the 
true Keen's Se Sir Charles 
be had early in June. Again, B 
= thrive everywhere, and Keen’s Seedling is apt to 
me barr ome varieties do not thrive in cel 
tala soils, and in such the novelties should be tried. 
o far I have not known Noble t b v -— ur 
ripened in à salo failed house ve 
Hard forcing is often solely at fall. A fow той 
The plants 
now, at 2 nen between the rows, and il- 
that distance in the row, in deeply-worked, д” 
nured lan f Lettuce or late Cole c 
March. ; 
commences, the flower-spikes are kept rashid off as 
they appear, and early Pen er-formation encouraged 
the runners being fit 
In p g, avoid excess of 
a sprinkling of bone-meal, or 75 
Mushroom manure. potting, a hard 
bottom to stand the pots on, and plenty of sun 
essential points, The crowns may be thinn 
growth is robust, and the roots should be P 
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