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Avavsr 17, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 
191 
uaa m е черн — чы the result of my obser- 
The 1 white slug may be found in 
—À p ns, P" is I think, а native of this 
country. W. R., шй Hil, 
ай to De B. Crawshay, Esq. (see 
Gardeners’ — August 10), I am or that it 
is an “om oo = s often adopt w circum- 
have s 
and slugs abundant, many of would be 1 d 
&t the butt-end of the sheaves; this end would be 
placed outward on the waggon or k, and 
in either case would soon get dry. The slugs which 
happen to be there find the surroundings uncon- 
genial, and at once descend to the ground by means 
а line made of 
atures 
y we. 
through space, in searc a dainty morsel off an 
Orchid, or a bling lace. Z. Blandford, Moor Hill, 
estend, Southam 
D 
slug descended on to а Primula, an 
on to а Cineraria, The slugs descended from 3 to 4 
feet to get at these plants. Foreman, Holme Grange 
8 * MM * ngham, Berks, 
WORMS.—In kaoni topt anda I notice 
Mr. Orai d has an article on slugs descending by 
their own ae I believe that I was the first to draw 
attention to 
near Chelmsford, 
similar — the rolle uently 
I attri te this to an earth slag which lives 
un 
r seen an slug, or 
n free from worm-casts. The "ad 
are largish, white i in Ann and have horns, 
Warner, 
аон ен —1 was much interested in reading 
the account at p. 138 of 
where, if anywhere, 
fo 
now that they ar ally satisfactory w. 
along with the are equa of other 3 that 
day engross the attention of the о 
and that € they are as well fitted а out 
culture as for growing in 
in the r i 
perhaps, better 
again, I should вау, is the ideal white for 
2 purposes; = ia ө} = ge as p эстебе EE and 
of str 
Sadek very ай d — . under glass, it 
whet Dua P glowing tint that the flower assumes 
во late as Germania, nor yet so vend as гоча. 
It is a beautiful variety, and co up fi the 
wd 1 equin, а i indispensable 
satisfac 
eu d the in 
form — om all W or the new ie —— 
the best of all for the 
Cor it is by far the 
a garden plant. Miss mpbe 
deríall ully fine, ES some will no doubt give 
ference. genes rleans, with 0 — dae hing p 
gold in i 1 bloom est suited 
for ioo culture. R. P. ene 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
Avcvsr 13.—The meeting of the Society at the 
Drill Hal James hari Westminster, on Tuesday 
ofan interes 
p season, including large 
chids, E variety of fruit made its 
were glad to notice a — 
mormous trade exhibits so common in 
recent years, and which serve no useful publie 
purpose. 
Floral Commi * 
Present: W. Marshall, Esq, in the chair; and 
ars, J. Fraser. „Laing, С. T. Druery, H. B. 
May, H. Herbst, R. Dean, G. Stevens, J. Н. Fitt, R. 
B. Lowe, C. J. Salter, W. Bain, C. Blick, H. J. Jones, 
. D. Pawle, C. E. Shea, J. lker, J. T. Bennett- 
kd H. Turner, and H. H mbrain, 
m the "wma Fern n 
ii ton, софа p 
Ferns that ich 1 ris, Aspl ‚ Adian- 
tum, Nephrolepis, Davallia, Platycenum, Acrostichum, &c. 
Of Pteris w arked ! . eretica Wimsettii, P. 
g ah т. Of Adiantums, A. 
lori 
cuneatum variegatum, А. plumosum, and many others, 
looking 
the fine- —.— davallioides furcans, Asple- 
— reg wi and much . it, but 
; A. marginatum, venen bold fronds of a light green 
tints pue aura , Platycerium gap Р. peret 
Willin ris radiata, а 
Vimus: A gran cunt ae 
yellow, They also showed —.— — ba certavit 
lasius, on which were abundance of frui 
PS & SON, erigens uade Wal, showed Asparagus 
which the committee see again; and 
Daphne laureola, with purple — zs Clove Carnation of 
true colour and scent, came from Mrs. Tupway, 17, Lower 
Berkeley аач си habit of the plant is у but э 
я new Viola, PS 
as — * 
R. 
ed in colour and T — spikes. 
rni 
M LEN ре ым East Grinstead, showed hardy Water 
Lilies, and leaves of great vigour and size (Bronze Banksian 
* 
perennial plants, ex 
tremely varied as d the species and varieties (Silver 
Banksian Medal). 
Mr. R. owe, gr. to Ea 
mod ar exhibited 
Josephin 
ті BROWNLOW, Ashridge Park 
flow 
eet Pea, rie w 
Pare U.S. A. 
Great Bookham фә waders 8 ВА, " fairly full 
pem variety. 
т. MCARTHUR, nurseryman, Maida Vale, showed Ariswma 
d and Eucharis Gortoni, the latter, a st wi 
been e 
form, had wn and d in an ordinary green- 
house, r t 
dwarf Bam Lilies, including L. auratum and varieties 
of L. — * b. elegans; these we re arran ged together, 
Several flowering plan ts of | Ixora Duffii, to show 
ariety whilst = — 
of "ulis were shown by Messrs, B. 8. 
WILLIAMS & — "нодону 
— р.“ R & "BONS, King Street, Covent Garden 
wed cut flowers of hardy pla nts, 
— ding Phlox, Pents ; Lilium, Lobelia cardinalis and 
L, Milleri (bright blue — Chelone, Heliopsis, Tritoma, 
Rud ia, Qaothera, Agapanthus, а her Bocconia cordata, The 
of the firm in this direc- 
nze vro Medal). 
Lady Hillingdon, and su ptocarpus shown 
consisted — the varieti ies Baron Chandon, with violet segments 
andtbroa 
has uae a et ground colour ; the e ped ps less distinct, 
eer gm sity enough. They showed а varieties in 
hite, yellow and crimson, of bedding —— (Silver 
7 A 
B. Ric з, Esq., n Wood Towers (gr., Mr. Burt), 
showed Liham — Burtii, a variety with a crimson band 
on each seg лает We do ubt the propriety of attaching a 
e to variety. 
m Sir Tid VOR LAWRENCE’ в garden, Burford Lod, 
e (gr., 
«йы, 
wn The leaves 
are of considerable length, and a width of 11 inches Mont- 
ia Soleil Couchant (Award of Merit), M. Eldorado, : 
flowers; M. Etoile de Feu, ет Marise, with 
spadix and large 
these was & déantiby ot different: and 
Asa in a cat d bunched together 
in one vessel. A Silver Flora Medal was awarded for the 
above-named cut flowers, &c. 
Mrs. CRAWFORD, Were en. coma Mr. ee 
FOE 
Ё 
fordiense, апо 
AR ишки, МАШЫ ы sem a fame н naer 
Marsh, showed the graceful Bamboo, Dendrocalamus mem- 
branaceu 
M 
showed Sorbus 
came from Mr. Wises, Nunhead 
Mr. W.H.B в, Rose Cottage, South Park elende, 
exhibited Photographs “a bouquets of various kinds, mostly 
of artistic ter, but some also showing what to avoid. 
DAR 
This was the first occasion on which Dahlias put in appear- 
ance, and already new forms of оа actus chal- 
lenging attention. Messrs, J. AL & Sons, Lowfield 
urseries, Crawley, had Arth berg vivid red, s with 
darker tint ards the c e, а and showy variety, sin- 
ly bright in colour (Aw: Merit); Mrs. G n Sloane, 
brilliant orange-salmon, very pleasing and promising; Mrs. 
Ww e, crimson h tint, and Cactus type ; 
ughton-Stirling, ы reddish cerise, very promising 
and Mrs, Montefiore, bright scarlet, Evidently Megane. Chea Cheal & 
good strain of seedlings о „ 
Peart. 
Surrey, staged sixty — of 
Swiss Nursery, 
Cactus Dahlias chief, i in almost ev егу case а а row of three 
in eri fine character, Lady ig ачен A pollo, „ Delicata, 
Bertha Mawley, and May Pictor, but all were very 
1 ge group of cut hardy flow Mr. T. S. WARE 
had bunches of Pompon and and a Cactus 
variety ing the of Mrs, E. Beck, bright pale orange- 
red, with tubular florets, a fin the true Cactus 
shape (4 ward of Merit), 
