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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Avevsr 17, 1895, 
ARUNDINARIA SIMONI.—Mr. Paixwitt, of Pro- 
bus, obligingly sends us flowers of the variegated 
form of this speci A. Fortunei is also in bloom 
in his garden, 
A NURSERYMAN AS J.P, —Mr.Ganr1E cac ler 
J. 
ted 
finest editions and copies of history, poetry, science, 
and general literature, ancien modern 
rare and curious works, numerous collections 
of be beautifully illustrated and rare works of the finest 
specimens of the best artists, only to be found ina 
few h 
Missour! BOTANICAL GARDEN.—A copy of the 
sixth Annual Report has reached us. The garden 
it will Bes remembered, was founded at St. Louis, in 
ассог e with the will of the late Mr. Shaw, a 
— p English extraction, and the friend of 
ENGELMANN, Asa eap and other botanists of his 
time, Prof, TnELEAsE is now the Director. Amon 
other поба is опе for the tuition and training 
of garden pupils. Two have completed their curri- 
culum of four years, and ese appointments as 
Curators of Botanic Gardens. The subjects taught 
have all direct reference to . and are taught 
practically. The whole of the first year is devoted 
manual labour, and half of each day through ved 
remainder of the course, The scie каба papers 
the present volume include mon Жека Or essa 
N. American Sagittarias by J. ч. мити ; оп Leit- 
tion of Yucca, by Н. J. Wesser; on the Mound 
flora of Atchison County, Missouri, &c. 
EXPERIMENTAL PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. Mr. D. 
‚ Macpovaar has translated the little manual 
of Physiology 7 чат by Dr. W. 
consists of 
bou Wan ү © Nonas ve 
— ме. Citas Garden, W.C. 
| "PETIT ATLAS DE POCHE DES CHAMPIGNONS 
5 Peng. ET VÉNÉNEUX" (Eatable Poi- 
AME Beso sede fcd 8 Libraire des 
to accompany a ‘collector in his walks 
be useful fot reference inthe ы]. Ti Wie Book t м 
us contains descri y cs ы, which many of the com- 
moner fungi may be 
Some brief гадой concerning microbes and 
| zm х Seton have received from 
in the open ground, which are everything that those 
who admire this fragrant flower could wish, although 
that not easily pleased person, the Carnation fancier, 
would, we imagine, not think they were all up to 
show form. Of especial good quality were Dundas, 
scarlet; Mrs, Reynolds Hole, orange-fawn; Uriah 
Pike, dark carnation-red; William Wood, dee 
rose; Ketton Rose, and Duchess of Fife, old rose- 
pink in both cases; and Paul Engelheart. 
Ф 
сч 
OPOSED PARK HAMPSTEAD. — We 
learn from the Journal of Horticulture that a move- 
ment has been started by a number of influential 
residents in ну. * secure the ыр ate of the 
көм General Fras recreation 
und, The gray МАР is vii — Finchley 
Road and West End Lane, and has an area of 13 
acres. The grounds are ААН, laid out, and abound 
with flower-beds and winding paths, 
THE TOMATO TRADE. Pm Sen to the West 
Kent Advertiser of July 27, Mr. Woon, o 
Crockenhill, has been sending cts “nlihtly to the 
London and northern markets between 300 and 
400 pecks of itis finest kinds of Tomatos, 
STOCK-TAKING: JULY.—The holiday last week 
interfered with the publication of the Trade and 
Navigation Returns for the past month, яо as to pre- 
vent the issue of our summary until to-day. The 
following is our usual excerpt from the “summary ” 
table of Imports for the month of Jaly :— 
| ‘Difference. 
IMPORTS. 1894, 1895. 
a оо сеа 
Total value of imports | 31,835,553 | 35,128,142 | 43,292,589 
з, Articles m 2 | 
drink эм) | 
—— 12,267,448 | 13,050,26 2 | +782,814 
(B.) Articles d food | 
and drink—dutiable| 2,022,199 1,985,093 | —51,091 
Raw materials for | 
textile ufac- | | 
tures ... è 2,772,042 | 3,530,191 | -+758,149 
Raw materials for | | 
sundry 8 | 
and manufactures «| 4,063,668 4,829,385 +765,717 
(A.) ae: oma 
articles ..| 1,076,218 | 1,103,739 | +27,521 
(B.) Parcel Post 49,002 | 79,664 |  -r30,002 
| | 
This shows а satisfactory state of things, as compared 
with last year, though it should not be forgotten that 
there was one more working day in the past month 
than in the same term last year. Animals, food and 
drink, textile materials, timber, ores of copper, d B 
all show an ‘increase — Wheat being in 
by over three-quarters of а million нет: 
Russia showing a heavy increase, and America а 
heavy котту má icem an increased supply of 
Cotton. Manufactured articles” are an increased 
quantity, chiefly in un and cotton goods. Altoge- 
ther, with а total import of £35,128,142 there is 
shown a gain of 23 292,589—ог rather better than 
10 per cent. The annexed prono Ve параи 
забуту om &c., are, as usual, very interesting: 
Imports, | 1894, 1895. Difference 
Fruits, ram - | ? | | 
Apples...  ..bush| 55,362 57,988 42,606 
Cherries T е, 99,917 047 810 
Plume. , | 165134 | 59,040 108,094 
Pears A d 154,082 33,908 —117,176 
PHDW a o a 6,500 45,238 738,738 
Unenumerated ... „ 301,771 342,194 +40,423 
nions SUD BM Ies 283 | 387,942 +484 656 
Potatos +00 „++ Суб 570,773 | 882 +23,109 
Vegetables, raw, unenu- £ | £ £ 
merated .,, , value 156,172 | 204,059 +47,887 
— . 
These figures iid . record | as to imports convince 
us that time and circumstance are 
drew attention to the advisability of making chea 
lines of communication п between field, orchard, an 
that our Consular als on th 
tinent were solicited by the commercial directorate 
of the Board of Trade to furnish such details a, 
they could lay hands on bearing upon the ES 
this was th 
s e an e resulting re were 
hand e the committee inquiring into ч Causes 
of the depression in agriculture. Now that the com- 
mittee have overhauled the supply of information, the 
eports have been published, and we now learn that 
in the little kingd om of Belgium there are seventy. 
five lines, extending over 836 miles, six belonging to 
private companies, the remainder to the National 
Society of Local Railways. It is interesting to learn 
that their dividends have been steadily increasing, 
Agricultural products have benefited by the 
remarkable feature being the culture of Beetroot, 
which has received a very noticeable impetus; and 
its turn given rise to the establishment 
able area of country. Surely, enough has been given 
here to prove the case for the subject under notice, 
In the matter of 
Exports, 
An excellent report has to be made; not in any 
of thousands "X ^g to judge of the purchasing 
powers of mon: 
“JOURNAL OF THE KEW GuILD."—We ha 
already alluded to the recent publication of the 
number for May, 1895, and may now give some e indi- 
cation of its contents, 
one memoir of Sir Wir 
should be made acquainted with the facts also. 
main purpose of the guild, that of linking the Kew 
88 of the past with those of the present, seem 
ve been well accomplished, and no doubt the 
тб of = e е will ET pc 
promote 
fain hope may be much extended, Some notices 
3 
old Kewites who have edes away will be of inte, 
to many who still hold their memory dear, TE 
$ will 
heartily wish it all attainable success. 
CarrLEYA Mossi, LINDEN'S CHAMPION. 
CIEN LIND d ur 
We owe to the kindness of M. Lv form 
receipt of a fine illustration of a beautiful 
C. labiata var. Mossiæ, called Linden's 
The bold undulate petals, the lip with 3 crim 
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