SEPTEMBER 28, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE 
365 
resident at Dam M near that town. The visitors, 
with arrived at Readi 
G.W.R. station by the Hon. Eustace FrENNE r 
М. Н. Surron 185 Мы founder of the frm), Mr, 
Martin Joun Surron and , Mrs. 
W. Sor 
А, W. SUTTON, dii нефе members of the fatty: and 
ver the various departments, they also 
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English characters. 
| After a tour of the 
party were driven to Phar eed 
nurseries and trial-grounds of Messrs the 
neighbourhood of the town. Akermana t the Chiefs 
were ee over to Earl lunching with the 
Hon. E. W. Frennzs, visiting the Biscuit Factory of 
Messrs mi at Reading, before taking their 
depart 
A BI-GENERIC FERN HYBRID.— With this, writes 
Mr. DavzRy, І Prg e a frond, one of = еч 
sent ше by Мг. Е. J. Lows, of a m arkable 
hybrid which * has raised between аер 
vulgare and Ceterach officinar 
ers of t wo 
tha 
obliterated by the Scolopend 
sent is the best I have as regard 
adually merges into the simple frond of 
3 whic s the termination. As 
the venation in both Ferns is dichotomous with free 
nds, Те ular modification in this 
. respect, except perhaps that in iege there is a 
elearer indieation o n the pinnæ. The 
fructification where not in bite is distinctly that of 
Asplenium, with a well-developed Mey IT^ the 
. perfect themselves, but were all burst 
е fronds reached me. I found, oliva afew 
spores, ne all appeared irregular in shape and imper- 
fect; it is doubtful, therefore, if the hybrid will be 
bring before your notice, especially in view of the 
3 kd nik ai forms € 23 pro- 
duo aid of a cros , and some of 
which dotis pee t the misto cited, 
сти INSECT Wax. — As an pen of 
a Sta nction will sometimes do, it 
from Fraxinus us chinensis, which is used for coating 
tallow candles, and giving them greater consistency, 
and the export rose from 9133 cwt. in 1893 to 
12,934 стб, in 1894, the price averaging £225 a ton. 
, ULES LAVERRIER.—This eminent writer on 
| istud заната ты suddenly at Lyons on his 
after finish т of 
п 
. After leaving the ае jus of Agri- 
had been most successful as a 
student, he translated into his M os language & 
Variety of foreign works relating to agriculture, 
Laverrier went in 1858 to Mexico as Director of 
a School of Agriculture, and on his return to 
France, about thirty years ago, 
ian 
м т. а post which he filled for the remainder of 
TRAGACANTH AND PERMAN BERRIES IN 
ANGORA. — Under the na of “Кайега,” the 
е Tragacanth- e^ gums ^i Cochlospermum Gos- 
m, and some of the species of Sterculia, are 
А di 
report from Angora, a similar 
applied to true tragacanth, farnished Rx а species of 
AENEIS, It is said to be known in commerce ав 
fine white Syrian tragacanth, and appears in the 
: anit Pod as leaf, or flaky, tennise, orworm-like . 
and mixed, or "sorts," It has appearance of 
twisted Ao is white or гич due 7 
ч the atate of the weather, sunshiny or cloudy and 
ist; it is nearly opaque, and slightly Barsi espe- 
cially when fresh. Its adaptability in lieu of pica 
for giving a lustre to starched linen is — 
generally known. The districts where the shrub t 
chiefly found are Yozgat, Iskilip, Visum Kaledjik, 
d ora. Li е Yellow nus 
Yellow-berries 
one time bestowed on its culture, but the universal 
use of chemical dyes has reduced its demand to less 
o that now the 
cost of gathering is barely covered. 1 is the 
principal centre where it is grow 
CHESHUNT, WORMLEY AND District HORTI- 
Turnford on Thur d 
attendance, and Mr. Jason Fears, the imet of 
the Hertford шокысы ага Society, read 
tive cultural paper on — 
with 
& select list of vütictiós. A hearty vote of thanks 
was accorded the author for his excellent paper. 
SALE OF THE STAMFORD House OR- 
CHIDS,—The collection of Orchids of H. Suaw 
Esq., Stamford House, занон Ir inae gr was sold 
in their Rooms, Manchester, 
a Mendeli Blunti, 
which, after some spirited bidding, realised £98 4s, ; 
Lelia elegans Turneri, £27 65.;"Cattleya Mossi 
Reineckiana, £16 16s, and another one, £6 105.; 
Pray id 3 Firthi, £5 105.; Lelia — 
& Gaskelliana alba, and 
ci iba Postes йрн, Stamford House ee 
£12 128. 
E SALE OF W. R. LEE, тар 8, COLLEC- 
TION p^ ORCHIDS.—W, R. Lez, Esq, Auden- 
nid near ne entrusted Messrs. Pro- 
E & Morris to dispose of the whole of his 
lech of Отн ds, 
and well-grown species, t 
the names of the principal lote over "Elo that feli pia 
the hammer of Mr. Рвотневок, showing what the 
best species and varieties realised. The white form 
of em M speciosissima, called 
£78 15s, ; Cattleya aurea Hardyana, 
pediant x Winnifred Hollington, said to to be the 
only plant in commerce, £73 d В Cattleya Mossiæ 
Reineckiana, £42; a good- 
looking plant of the Thale type, 80; Catt- 
leya lebiata eio with t wo bulbs and growth, 
бу £26 A Lelio- 
Cattleya Phe 222 1з.; Cypripedium Ауйпй, 
25. ; ium | Leeanum giganteum, 
C 
Wagneri, £13 13s. ZI Ge. ; pripe- 
x Aubigine, £13 13s. ; Cypripedium Я Stat- 
te nat £11 118.; Dend. Falconeri giganteum, 
215 Cattleya Triantei, £17 l75.; and one named 
Sanderm, fetched | 
‚ Lee, £14 14s.; Cypripedium insigne, like 
Sandera, gu; Læ ælio-Cattleya Arnoldiana, £15 15s, 
d £11 ; Dendrobium, nobile giganteum W. т 
2 € 1955 Lelio-Cattleya x Жаа, £ 
Pachystoma Thomso oniana, £11 IIS.; Dendr ee um 
stratiotes, attleya crispa 8 
£11 11s. 
th. he se 
following prices were realised for plants specified :— 
Cattleya aurea Hardyana, £63; Cattley 
alba-maxima, £26 5s,; Cattleya exoniensis, £21; 
Cattleya Mossie Reineckiana, £21 ; Cypripedium x 
Aylingii, £21; Dendrobium splendidis: rem Lee- 
anum, £12 12s, and £11 11s,; Dendrobium nobile 
Hardyanum, zl ous ; Cattleya G — булы, 
lls., and Cattleya Gaskelliana 
£16 16s. ; Ае insigne о m aee Sinis 
£11 11s. The two days’ sale relied about £2000. 
LOW CHRYSANTHEMUM AND FRUIT 
SociETY'S EXHIBITION.—The town of Ludlow : 
tends to hold its first Chrysanthemum Show 
Thursday, Nov. 14 next, which will be 55 
by a ee show of table- plants, cut flowers, of 
hardy fruits —— and Potatos, divided 
into the usual — gories— Open, Amateur, and 
Cottager. 
DEATH OF TREES BY SUNSTROKE.—During 
the late pac sad ы warm spell, the € of this 
aph was called upon to see a large Sugar 
Maple tree that was supposed to have an ai 
by &leak of the city gas-main at t t; but an 
examination showe at the tree inia iterally, 
from sunstroke. It is strange that close observers 
of pim are pag to see when а 2 in is out of 
the un of things, and consequently ача 
that — is going wrong. This т Map 
= been genu on the gea probably a quarter о ot 
entury ago, and was about 4 feet in circu 
8 *. the eue was almost triangular, а 
this seemed to attract no attention. 
The tree was simply triang because on three 
sides of the tree the bark and wood had evidently been- 
destroyed years ago, while the outer bark still con- 
tinued to cover up the injury, and the only live wood 
was on the angles of the trunk. Only about one- 
third of the trunk was practically alive. When the 
exceedingly warm spell came, it was impossible for 
2» Á— ducts to supply the moisture ано 
for a large surface of foliage, and the tree, 
terr erly died from inability to ri the 
piration be 
always a taken for granted, that when the trunk of a 
there 
is so somethi ing wrong. ome the bark, and an exami- 
nation should at once be made. T 
ill usually be ‘ain dead 
should wholly be cut away from the dead portion, 
and the denuded part painted, in order to check 
rotting away. In time, the healthy wood may gro 
over the wound or lifeless part, and the life of the 
tree be eventually saved. Meehans’ Monthly for 
August. 
BOTANY AND THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT.— 
ood the title of The Botanical Work of the 
Government," Mr. J. M. Courter TER gives in 
Bi of 
id dde w 
of and : 
the testing 
for its use 
The division of Vegetable 
B. T. Garro- 
"wax as chief, finds work for as man 
assistants. Potato disease, diseases of fruits and 
0 
poisonous plants, 
of seeds; 38,600 dols, was appropriated 
in the past year. 
iology and Pathology, with Mr. 
into exiatence with the first of July, ая separate 
