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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE 
[Аовоѕт 17, 1895. 
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pages, of gardens, or of remarkable plants, flowers, trees, 
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pay for ол 
unications or ve ree te unless by special arrangement. 
APPOINTMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 
SHOWS. 
MONDAY, Aud. 19 f 9 and Horticultura 
Г Shropshire Horticultural, Shrews- 
bury (two "wr 8). 
WEDNESDAY, Aud. 21 . George est 
150 ате бы М Horticultural 
Trow vbrid dge Horticultura 
THURSDAY, Aud. 22 { "arie алу ша — 
FRIDAY, Ava. 23 { ron re pem pies at the 
8 A M ES 
Speci cial Trade Sale of 2500 
MONDAY, Aud. wf i esl of Dutch Bulbs, at Protheroe 
& Morris’ Rooms, 
Second Special Trade Sale of 2500 
THURSDAY, Ave. 22 ete! ore Bulbs, at * 
& Morris’ Rooms. 
айыз е Messrs. тА Sander & 
FRIDAY, AUG. 2 Co., Protheroe Morris’ 
I 
CORRECTED AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE ENSU- 
ING WEEK, DEDUCED FROM THE OBSERVATIONS 
OF FORTY-THREE YEARS, AT CHISWICK.—61°.5. 
In regard to this subject, we have 
DLE prs x = ind un with the f following 
unication from the pr ector 
of the Royal Gärds, Kew :—*T do not propose 
to pursue this subject any further. My ond 
sions, and the grounds upon which they are 
based, are sufficient] y stated elsewhere, and those 
who are interested in the subject may attach 
what weight to them тё кет proper. It 
was never, as far as I am rned, more than 
a detail in a general 5 
T There are, however, two points in the article 
opinion, * that pacar time], that th 
Cineraria | cruenta H 
боштепф opinion, de luas Ee keno was that 
bu MEE MN Ade ч 
the | Cineraria’ as 
дыг : of hybrid ori n, 
a "t3 i 8 ‚ оп si 
authority, to Mr. Кы T reintroduced the 
wild plant from th and it was the 
the 
observation of the fact that, flowers apart, there 
was 
the wild and the cultivated plant, which dong the 
e 
Kew staff not to re-ventilate the current opinion 
it. 
revise 
2. No practical horticulturist w ould den 
нана o кино y the 
possibility of raising ct Wel between Cineraria 
of all trace of any 
but Cineraria cruenta parentage from the vege- 
tative organs to be accounted for? Our solution 
has the merit of simplicity—there was no other 
ent, 
“It is stated in the article that ‘ seedling 
plants of Cineraria cruenta differ markedly in 
appearance from those of a garden Cineraria’ 
It would be interesting to see a record o 
accurate observations of this. W. Т. Thiselton 
Dyer.” 
In. FREEMAN Мітғоврв paper 
at the Royal Horticultural Society 
on Tuesday last proved one of the 
best and most interesting lectures that have been 
read before the Society. Не had a grand su 
ject and а novel one, and he handled it with the 
ease and knowledge begotten of enthusiasm and 
rience. by no means a compilation 
or a paper “ made to order” or to fit an occasion 
It is a matter for regret that it was not illus- 
trated, either by specimens or by drawings. The 
Society, as too frequently happens in such cases, 
missed an opportunity. Nevertheless, when Mr. 
FREEMAN Мітғовр'з paper comes to be read in 
full in the Journal of the Society, there is no 
doubt it will give a great impetus to the culture 
of these vane and singular plants, and the 
amboo-garden at Kew already furnishes an 
excellent а ае open to the community at 
] 
We are apt to associate Bamboos with some- 
thing tropical, and dimensions too gigantic 
for an ordinary English garden. Mr. Mrrrorp’s 
to correct this imperfect 
judgment. Big Bamboos there are, and man 
of them far too gigantic and much too tender 
ever to find a place in British gardens, but Mr. 
Мітғовр gave a list of between forty ‘and fifty 
species and varieties, all of which are of suitable 
size, some dwarf, and adapted for carpeting the 
ground beneath trees, and all more or less hardy. 
deed, after a winter which has in many parts 
estroyed even the common 
Gorse, Mr. Mirrorp is able to say that not one 
of the species entirely failed. Nothing worse 
than a severe check has occurred, a check re- 
sulting in the formation of a sheaf of small 
canes, but richly provided with luxuriant foliage. 
FORD gave some excellent advice as 
to the necessity for not planting out the Bam- 
boos till they have recovered from the effects of 
their removal from their native Mii or 
gardens where they have been gro When 
received, the roots should be soaked in raf for 
twelve hours, and then potted. They should then 
be placed in a cool-house, and but little water 
given at first. In February the bu 
swell,in March the leaves appear. Water should 
then be afforded freely. In May the pot-plants 
may be hardened off, and at the end of the month 
they may be planted out in their 
quarters, which 
injure the roots, nor the points of the shoots, 
which are very brittle. They should not be 
trodden in, but the roots well watered-in so as to 
enable them to get firm hold of the soil without 
risk of breakage. The soil should previously 
have been well double-dug. By preference it 
ua be a rich loam, and the plants 1 
cow-manure Wire е netting may be р 
vided to ward off the attacks of rabbits or chee: 
се A little fern or bracken thrown over the 
tools in winter might be advisable. We need 
858 follow Mr. Mrrronp in his enumeration of the 
species, but refer the reader to Mr. Bean's classi- 
fication of hardy Bamboos, given in our volume 
for 1894 (March), where the species cultivated at 
Kew and elsewhere are enumerated and described, 
with illustrative cuts, some of which we now 
hardiest, to quote Mr. Мітғовр, was formerly 
called A. khasyana, under the erroneousimpression 
that it was a native of the Khasya mountains, a 
hot steamy region not likely to afford many plants 
hardy enou ugh to withstand our climate. The 
species, it appears, is really a native of the 
Chinese province of Szchuen, a very different 
climatal region. 
This instance, among many more, shows the 
great advantage that accrues from the associa- 
tion of Botanical research and practical cultiva- 
tion. The culture of those plants, as in the case 
of Orchids, will lead to an immense advance in 
our knowledge of the plants, and to the gradual 
establishment of a correct nomenclature, and at 
the same time the information gleaned as to the 
native countries of the plants will afford most 
useful hints to the cultivator. 
Incidentally, we may mention a curious 00- 
relation alluded to, with becoming ken by 
т. Mrrrorp, and that is the circumstance 
all, or almost all, the species known to be ud 
have the smaller veins in the leaves arranged in 
small but conspicuous squares, the venation 
being, as it is called, tessellate. Mr. Mrrrorp’s 
paper was instructive and suggestive to a high 
degree, but as it will doubtless be printed in full 
in the Journal of the Society, we need now only 
counsel those of our readers interested in the 
the Garden, aye put own columns. 
At the conclusion of the lecture, some Eee 
were made by the chairman, Sir ALEXAND#? 
ARBUTHNOT, and by Sir Јонм LLEWELYN. Dr. 
Mas mentioned that A. japonica, 
known as B. Metake, Hort., thrives well in one 
of the densest and most insalub rious 
suburbs, and even under the shade of some old 
Lime trees, where little or nothing can be induced 
grow, 
R. BARRON'8 RETIREMENT.—We are wem 
to give * mici о to the following comm 
“In conn ith the retirement of Mr. 
Barron from his office of de er of the 
Royal Horticultural Е а garden Chiswick, 
we understand that the Plog have resolved to msi? 
him an allowance which i ically a retiring 
pension of £180 a year. J. ^ 
GARDENERS’ ROYAL BENEVOLENT їн 
TION.—On Wednesday last, through the kindnest 
A. Morvan, Esq., a garde hel 
eiusm of Stone House, Reigate, fo 
Royal Benevolent Institati vii 
= т being exceedingly fine, the grout ов 
visited by over 1000 
person : 
present were Lady r i and party, Mrs. Simp" 
and famil isses 
tern», especially the verandah, ere 
effectively illuminated. Tae whole of th 
and greenhouses were vaio open for tei ш уйи * 
of the visitors, many of ds were 
on the admirable way in which the groun who, Ë 
2 by the head gardener (Mr. G. n 
d be mentioned, ably carried out the 
this effort, the funds of the Inatitution will 
fited by more than £12. 
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