Остовев 26, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
493 
tion. These are among some of its more notable 
piv Bi and aims, and they have been so gener- 
t is now extremely 
a badly cultivated Chrysanthemum 
shed or m газы flowers, both of which 
were common enough in gardens twenty-five 
years ago. Turning with pardonable pride as 
connoisseurs to the (commercial cl of the 
е times, has во greatly henelited - the 
cultivator and the dealer as has the 
varieties, 
in x7 
although that assertion seems ted b 
numerous small nurseries d florisia' estab- 
— 
"Et 
cultivated in them; and it is а fact 
cannot be controverted, that the demand for 
cut flowers of the fa apanese varieties has 
immensely increased in the 
that 
an increased demand for suitable soils, for pots, 
special manures, such as sulpha 
е methods of safely em- 
ploying these useful artificial aids to the cultiva- 
tion of the pla and eventually to their use on 
other garden ы 
— in deplore the increase of 
special socio. and wi 
amen n with many, if affiliated to the Royal 
Horticultural Society, its d A: and its 
power for usefulness, Mr ve been what 
decl are at the present tim 
e following is the offioial programme, The 
J diis celebration will take the form of :— 
» immense exhibition of Chrysanthemums i 
in 1896, in which all types of the flower will 
be fully represented, and which will extend over four 
days, with an entire reconstruction of the exhibition 
on the third day. 
2. A grand e ceremony and private view at 
yeh on E first da 
3. onference ot Chrysanthemum growers and 
raisers sius all parts of the world. 
ubilee "in de at the Hôtel Mé:ropole, and 
other festive gather 
2 in 
сл 
"iim 1 abilee Medals of value for 
pn as have 
promoting the 
ad vancement, ciun d im лын of the 
Chrysanthem 
6. The pr net and publication of а 
haustive Jubilee catalogne of Chrysanthemums, vns 
the most complete classificatio 
In order to efficiently carry out the Jabilee Cele- 
bration, a Special Jubilee Fand has been formed, and 
it is calculated that the aum of 2100 will be required 
in order that the Celebration n may be accomplished in 
: Mr worthy of the bigh position occupied by the 
Subscribers of ten guineas will receive two banquet 
tickets, and four special tickets to admit to the 
opening 8 and private view, gnd during the 
three following days, P j 
Sabacribers of five guine 
ticket and two spec -— s to admit to the 
pening ceremonial and private view, and during 
the icula agg көң 
scribers of one guinea and upwards will 
receive two tie kets to admit to the opening cere- 
monial and private view, aud during the three 
following days. 
LUE MOUNTAINS, JAMAICA («ee Supplemen- 
tary Illustration).— The finest and wildest scenery 
in the Misi n is бо be found s be heart ы Еш 
Blue Mou of Jamaica. Ther 
— ru віт Cedar, Т ПЕСКЕ Soap- 
ood and a Maria treer, reer азл 
ме обете uh & Climate as cool and p'easant 
In he illustration і is 
wn of a mountain-torrent in the dry 
season, with a path above it seme. toland cleared 
for Coffee * Cinchon n8, or possibly to the provision 
esterne of the negroes. In the rainy season this 
uld be full of "di rushing water, carrying 
everything before it. On its slopes are found nume- 
Ferns, some of them the choicest species found 
in 'Eaglish greepboutes, . M. he view is taken 
from а copyright photograph by Mesars, Vallentine 
vete сасе whose London agents are Messrs, 
Ed & Scianz, 4, Saleott Road, Clapham 
rami S. W.] 
THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.— 
Tke next Fruit and greg Meeting of the Royal 
Horses Itural Soci iety w 
usual at 1 zt nd ра 3 7 P. M. а lantern- slide 
lecture on Potatos will be delivered sh Mr. A. W 
SUTTON. 
THE PROMOTION OF eee te n IN SCOTLAND, 
in the Fadi 
—1 is stated ng Dispatch, 
October 18, that үзе ATA E of tho Board of 
Agriculture is to a dep on from the 
Council of the Royal pate Ashore — Society 
in the ieee Office, plage Square, Edinburgh, 
on Wednesday, October n the views of the 
society will ы submitted eis - following points ; 
(1) the advantages of a separate cffice in Edinburgh 
under the Agricultural Department, to which 
2 aving a particular knowledge of forestry 
ould be attached; (2) the peen condition of 
pee in Scotland ; (3) the gr 
a fores ed 
bac. and 6) the res facilities for obtaining 
forestry education in Scotland, as compared with 
Germany and other tear 
THE HORTICULTURAL CLuB. —The first dinner 
and conversazione for 
alpine tban arctic, as may be inferred from the fant 
perhaps 
the crowning gem of alpines, is found in 
quantities, as were aleo Gentiana verns, Myosotis 
alpestris, Silene acaulis and many ot 
which are found in alpine districts ; 
enough, in the whole of their rambles they never 
çame upon 8 single Fern, The curious geological 
formation of the — was described, the absence 
f rocks in situ was arked, as was also the fact 
dn $^ various formations were to 
large pasenes which had — been 
carried along T glacier action 
which followed was participated in ра 
present, and а hearty vote of thanks was accorded to 
Mr. mind for his most interesting addre 
NATIONAL Rose Society.—At the last com- 
mittee meeting, "d on а» 15th inst. it was 
announced that Mr. Arx Ев Hitt Gray, the 
distinguished rosari ian at ан Нан; Newbridge , Bath, 
had offered a 2 1 Т five guineas for the best essay 
on the “Hybridisation of Roses.” Particulars and 
terms will be ee cu 2 
RAILWAY COMPANIES AND AGRICULTURAL 
PROOUCFE.— Those of our readers who followed the 
discussion on railway-rate s and market garden pro- 
duce in these columns in e years 1892, 1893, and 
1894, will read with some interest the чоо ыы 
letter which appeared in ‘the Times of October 22: 
** Sir, — The e at rn Railway have 
just taken a step which may have such important results for 
the agricultural rest „although the proceelings I am 
about to refer of a semi-private character, I conceive 
that I — no breach of confidence in makin 
&cquainted in your columns with their general scope an 
purpose. 
е “Ап invitation was addressed by Lord CLaup HAMILTON to 
the > Great Eastern Railwa ay, a and to myself, to meet th 
which h took plac e ' to-day, а n excellent ; feeling was show 
and several practical 5 were put — on b gram ot 
the agricultural interest, 3 Whio h Lord OLAUD pro rom sed, 
But to my mind, the most interesting and 3 
thing about the l a was that the moment w 
o cles i i 
rates for the carriage of h 
it є аз * to the whole не 
been peste aan that a 8888 company, however eere 
to indivi 
ime i nti they on 
form an ertake llection, 
packing, and regular supply of produce at country depóte, 
and to whose agents it can be consigned on arriving at its 
destination 
«Some ti time >ы at the conclusion of the celebrated South- 
ampton case, you were good enough to insert a letter from me 
on ‘ The Moral of Proterential al Rates,’ in which I 8 that 
the solution of that vexed question was to be an 
W. establish в uch an association bind early i in rage 
new year. The fact that 1 brought to the meeting 
written proposal for dealing with this part T the үс 
‚ bef t and without previous consultati 
with me, expressed i 93 speech from the chair, is, 1 
think, ME beoe that we are on the right track, and 
justifies expressing а hope that all your readers w 
desire to вее Bri itish produce regain its ascendeney i in the home 
association 
ent serv; 
ur obedi NL is 
6, Bedford We London, W. C., pr^ 
when a memorial was unveiled to Dr. Rost. Brown, 
- distinguished Scotch botanist, in a à in front 
the house in which he was born. The memorial 
tis the form of a bronze bust e over 
life sizə, and is the gift of Miss Pa rox, a | 
Robert Brown. Mr. D. eee ESAL 
the wn was the son of an Epis- 
and born December 21, 1773. 
In 1787 he entered at Marischal College, Aberdeen, 
where he obtained the Ramsay bursary in Philosophy, 
wo years wane he yop to Elinburgh 
University, ompleted his acade- 
mical studies. E? devotion. to botany bore ita 
first fruits d га іп papers on 
the local fl I 1705 he * a 3 
of ensign and assistant-surgeon in -em- 
bodied Fifeshire Regiment of yere Tofantry, and 
he was stationed with it ia Ireland until 1798, 1 when 
rned regimental duties in itary A 17 99, 
i relinquished them in December of the fol- 
