SEPTEMBER 21, 1895.] 
THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
335 
districts, — M but there will pro- 
bably avera 3383 the trees have 
been Рет well bett dirt 
ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY OF LONDON.—In 
the Victoria tank of this Society, in their 3 
Regent's Park, there ig to be seen one of soy M 
plants of the Victoria Regia ever grown in 
covers a space of over 400 и — 
et 
rising just over the centre a the plant. 
— 3 tuae see it now, while it is in its 
test perfection, as, being grown as an annual, 
it will Rasen begin to decay. 
BARRON’S RETIREMENT. — Concerning 
this matter, Мг. A. H. Smeg has sent us а сору о 
the following letter, addressed to the Presideut 
erf Horticultural Society, which we 
—“ My dear Sir Trev 
t the 
— the names of the c 
the reference and the scope of its enquiry, ee —— 
r ot 0 е 
of the proposed changes in the manage- 
ment of its Chiswick G shall also ask 
questions which will require the production of the 
book of the Garden 3 
minutes of all the committees (fr 
which visit pv ар for the of the seed 
trials, &c. The 1 tcome of the action of 
the Council (if as rumours are true), by super- 
seding the standard committees and the appoint- 
ment of this special committee, and not consulting 
them on their Chiswick Garden, implies a direct 
vote of censure on all members of these committees, 
non-confidence 
The at by the — A: of 
this Spe at — questions are raised which 
qha more reaching in their со утре тот а е 
consideration of the dismissal of ап о 6. 
isa pane announcement by the сй to the hor- 
ural world that they have no confidence 
in нча ci agitar skill, or in ity, of the forty 
or members com ir mmittees 
which vi Jii: the gardens at Ch d this, 
too, a time w others myself are 
g to he of judging 
at local h ibitions h a desire to 
place the jadging above the suspicion of local in- 
. n hows have 
mittees, who, the Council by its action, 
— considered to › be unworthy of confidence for 
Hast will it be "edible for the managers of local 
ows to continue to em ав judges 2 What, 
е em 
must, at a public ‘Meeting, justify their 
action, or retract their ; they must 
either rehabilitate the character of the members of 
ture. The least that can 
be Mi i мб. et of this unfortunate action of the 
4, 
manne: оша 
and when at home he is а gentleman in 
Council will be that its proceedings have been most 
unbusinesslike, and that they have unintentionally 
committed an uncourteous and stupid blunder.” 
FRUIT Essay COMPETITION.—In consequence 
of the excellence and equality in merit of two of the 
essays on S ** Commercial Aspects of Hardy Fruit- 
growing in the United Kingdom," the Council of the 
Royal Hortionltaral т ews the priza- 
money original ered Ca 
— — of: nian experinnntel 
ruit farm at Ridgmont, with Mr, S. T. Wricut, 
Glen Court Gardens, Ross, have had the тт 
f awarded equal 
«ў will be read at the — Palace fruit ks 
and both will presumably be published as soon а 
wards as possible. Tha A нер were Mr. A, F, 
Barron, Mr. J. Wricut, and Rev. W. WIIXs. 
AUSTRALIAN TiMBER.—It has for years been а 
pleasant duty to record any endeavour to popularise 
the use of Australian wood in this iunc) whether 
rposes 
or paving or upholstering pu 4 lly the 
Eacalyptus and other large timber ha 
ecome popularly k , if not as popularly 
used, -day our vehicular traífic carried 
on over roads constructed of the 
—— маг Canal Company, 
we believe, are endeavour make a market here 
ice prie etr ein and con- 
ий! 2 bring, to cows ter what may be 
s pioneer cargos for that section of the 
W atat world. The venture, we have been in- 
be 
with most kinds of timber now oa the market 
" Tigo8CHRIFT VOOR TUINBOUW.”—The t 
first monthly parts of a лез horticultural ола 
: leat are M 
с edited 
H. „ LEONARD iraniana, 
others, and is —— with coloured plates and 
her 
other illustrations. 
— —— o  — 
PLANT PORTRAITS. 
23 HOULLETIANUM, Revue de I Horticulture Belge, 
APHELANDRA NITENS. Garden, August 17. 
APONOGETON alert — VAR. LAGRANGEI, Revue Hor- 
ticole, August 16. 
CATTLEYA ‘ Элге 
II.“ —A 
with wh te flowe -— 
tsanda broad tried pos ot ^ eta 
toat, Lindenia 
t opLxxr. 
de | Horticulture Belge, 
ROCALLIS AURANTIACA VAR. MAJOR, Gardeners’ 
манне, August 17. 
ND stare бги: — aa * 4 =: 
iaux. Jllustration 
cae — 8 , 1 
маха NIGRESCENS Orchid Al^um 
ARS QUINQUEVULNERUS, N Tuinboww, 
ODONTOGLOSSUM HARVENGTENSE X, L. Lin rid 
between O. Pescatorei and О. trompe di eT. їп TA, eee 
tion of M. le Comte de Bousies, Château d’Harvengt, Linden 
Onc ALBIFLORUM Orchid Album. 
JJ! eer uei EMEN c 
ONCIDIUM SPILOPTERUM, Lindlev, Orchid Ж? t 5 
PHAIUS MACULATUS Lindley, Lindenia, t. CDLXXVII, 
RHODODENDRON GRANDE, Garden, — 7 
RICHARDIA Krelage, тугел voor 
Tuinboww 1891, t. 2. Ў 
Rosa LUOLE Magazine, — 17. 
RUBUS CA^ENSIS, Garten, er. iL j 
te Prat. August 31. 
AN ORCHID COLLECTOR. 
ALEXANDER is 
suit, and shining black shoes, His costume when 
hard, and 
undergo days € the extraordinary "ik of 
мелт, during all sorts of weather, alone in the 
deepest woods, where E often sleeps, on some branch 
of а noble tree, out of reach of the wil 
which roam — him аб night in search of prey, 
and who fill the forests with weird noises and screams 
like those — — beings е is woodsman 
не to know the bird ог animal that vents his 
eelings in such a way; whose hisses and roara, or 
mud notes help to denude ү» night of the awful 
stillness that reigns through the forest by day; which 
i best kn 
of sleep in spite of berg all, ze 
earchings as day daw Up 
the topmost ңы: he is able, ар put: 8 
ra to detect small Orchids where others might 
arch in vain, Sometimes he has to fell the trees 
n his ra ar and generally being alone, he 
ch but heavy loads man уш miles 
а great 
deal of collecting in Venezaela for gentlemen in 
Trinidad. From thence he has already brought to 
light one new Orchid—probably more; and it is 
probable that among his recent collections more 
be added to the known list of South American 
Orchids. Of the Trinidad forms, he appears to know 
* iem pce of each опе, _Ever si nce Mr. Prestoe's 
е), 
һа" Баб, I believe, been a collector of Orchids. Th he 
very few commercial Orchids native of Grenada offer 
no inducement to the collector; hence Alexander's 
frequent aw to Trinidad and Venezaela. His 
large colleci t La Digue, I2" 5 
a choice pieces: of plants, and are sold as ofte 
as a good offer presenta itself. АП * Фен 
ith 
Ў Among 
these might be instanced: — 
Tele, E Шана, О. eu 0. жеги 
о, _ brematoch hilum, 0. altissimum, At онн. 
м, Сог, огуап anthes species, КО — 
secunda, and Cycnoches — These are, —— 
ever, but a few, noticed when the writer paid th 
* a visit about a pen since. 
more of his home, La Digue is some 
2 б 3 miles distant from the town of Grenville, ог, 
say, 14 miles away from the town of St. George, 
the — port and town of Grenada, where the 
"mer companies wer other shipping have 
rer дош. His house, which stands amidst a small 
o plantation of н < — is kept beautifully 
clean. He evidently lives a very pleasant bachelor 
pus and on good terms with all mankind. W. E. 
"X MN Garden, Grenada, B. W. I, 
pe ust 22, 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE. 
CAMPANULA NITIDA.—As we were promised that 
мв ve be & review e е Сеа ti 
never could obtain а seed of it, and found it die of 
