496 
Society, and has grown the plant for at €: thirty 
ears past, has а а house at Victo а 
which to display 
is a straight spa 
dislike to straight lines, the plants are sta ed o 
tiber side = a central path, the surface of the plants 
being m 
are staged ой 2000 planta ; a 
excellent reserve batch, T sh bould оаа the 
season for some time. arrangement of the 
plants, with a good band ot pompon variates at 
front, and foliage plants used also as edging, is very 
ibi pened on the 
plants; Louise h 
passing ; E. Molyn was represented by excellent 
blooms; and quite а blaze of yellow is mad 
Visitors should 
ietoria Park station, which is some 
distance from the house, but 'buses run from t 
City to the park, and Cambridge Heath Station on 
the Great Eastern Railway will be found convenient. 
SourHwank PARK, 
Spa Road Station on ч” S. Е. Ry., and South 
Bermondsey on the І. B & S. C. Ку,, are ove 
convenient ones for Southwark k. Bet 
and 4000 
them thickly, as no means are available to 
he arrangement of 
as last year, and could 
be improv n such а house, At опе 
end varieties of the jm or whiskered, ” section 
Her ere we noti 
de deux Monde, or the white Louis Bœhmer, w 
quite in flower, but t King of the Hirsutes was making a 
This is worthy of recommendation to growers who 
wish to include good varieties of this section, Sou- 
venir i i i 
ooms are promised 
by the large buds. Lady of the Lake is pale lilac 
in colour, and quite a good thing; W. A, Mander 
and Santel had not opened; and the buds were only 
partly developed on plants of M, Fernand Bertin, 
long-petalled flower, very sparsely hirsute, PN 
with stripes of r colour, Among well-grow 
Japanese varieties worthy of mention n volendi 
blooms of Elaine, and good ones of Col. W. B. Smith; 
Wm. Tricker is also w 
open 
Duke of York, bearing large buds - 
loping; and Mrs. T. Denne, a good. deep wine- 
Japanese. 
and the néw ) 
observed. Altogether, the collection ds better NR 
last season, and there are many fine blooms, 
ERSEA PARK. 
" The collection а Chrysanthemums at Battersea 
папа 
THE GARDENERS’ 
running along with the path has мека nicely mes 
or less orn 
itself would have b 
een made to screen the large and thickly- 
ето са and a very 
be seen. Mr. opt 
nus added many o 
them were developed when this notice was written. 
Older varieties that were giving a good account of 
themselves were Mdlle, Marie Hoste, Mdlle. Thé:ése 
n Florence Davis, Mous, Tarin, Bouquet 
anche, William Tricker, Mons. W. 
Hola, Hamlet, President Borel, Gloire du Rocher, 
others. The Park is easily reached from 
Clapham Junction, or Battersea Park Station on the 
London Brighton & South Coast Railway. 
Warertow PARK 
In this little park, at the top of Highgate Hill, the 
. 
Ф 
e 
plants, Mr. Pallett has again filled the — 
and the three small lean-to vineries with very com- 
mendable plants, and they are much — Fia some 
other collections, For instance, Utopia was seen in 
several cases as small plants bearing ее large 
blooms, which had nearly passed. It is a good deep 
Japanese flower, pale cream in colour, and petals 
recurved. Good Gracious had not yet opened, 
though there were good bude. Wm. icker, Wm. 
Seward, Golden Geo, Glenny, n Molyne eux 
were allvery fine. Od Calliogfordii i is still flowering 
in this Se and Puritan and G, W. Childs were 
ery nice; Alice Bird is a mel yellow decorative 
e slais vate d'Or, for the same purpose, may 
seen me sed quias —— The small incurved flower- 
make exceedingly pretty 
peters in eed Pallet 8 8 
(To be continuꝛd.) 
NOTICES OF Books, 
DE—VEGETABLES. Ву Mrs, 
GARDENING A LA 
Da Salis, (Long- 
—— A LA Mo 
а Salis, (Longmans), 
— Urs. By Mrs. 
mans.) 
116614 h "ad л 
benefit of persons who do their own gardenin ng ina 
amall way. The writer relates the result of her own 
experiences, The cultural directions are mostly clear 
and good, and the recipes for cooking very appe- 
tising. Indeed, we are disposed to think them the 
best part of the books. The authoress confounds 
the Aubergine with the Egg-plant. They are very 
closely allied, but hardly identical. The historical 
or mythical details might well have been omitted, 
In such books we do not look to find the opinions 
on Beans held by vits Mali nor the value attri- 
buted to Cabbage by Hippoc Those to 
such information would be 
xact 
matters are not all of the 
rank, & circumstance that would make us doubt 
the validity of her classical allusions; but, under the 
circumstances, this is of little import, The books 
are likely to be useful to those for whom they are 
specially — ed, 
SPECIAL MANURES FOR THE GARDEN, 
One of the most valuable contributions upon the 
subject of * for the garden with Ун УЗ we 
are ac has jast been issued by Dr, А, В, 
i ТЕБ, (Collingridge, Jur Street, 
C.) "The ork consists of 128 pages, overflowing 
wi ашы manurial information of the very be: 
“py fore in this country has 
— > 7 number of — ash- е 
CHRONICLE. 
[Остовев 26, 1596, E 
n the MER е dns арії “ 
views as to the Wu Y taye, "Og 
complete e а during ng "ds s few 
Scientific research has succeeded in solving а Dumber 
of important problems, and we 
ing, that is to say, with 
fertilisers to soils; but wes 
that is, put on the soil those fertilising substances 
which it requires to render it capable of falling 
functions pince of it. 
e borae i in mind that the diam 
plants cultivated require for their growth suff | 
plants are to thrive luxuriantly, these plant-foods 
must not only be present іп the soil in abundanc, 
but also in an assimilable f 2 
It must also be borne in that manuringis 
always heavier in gardening reci for vegetable 
and fruit-growing) than in 
In agriculture we hav 
tively small numb 
Zn can 
eal with а compre 
ble we can try with each plant whether 
finer kinds меч таш, ye a flowers, &c., are, at & 
te nt sensitive than field pla 
ost importance that artificial — à 
fertilisers or chemi m manures should bé given itt 
suitable proportions for different plants, and not 
given at the mere fancy of the grower. Flow | 
fruits, and vegetables require manures, but the at 
een ied in: 
crude and alipshod fashion, Farmyard - mann, il 
domestic drainage, composts, and occasionally guano, 
potash salis arè 
e benefit of those who are mer it | 
chemistry, i it 3 be stated that, when n chemist | 
burns а plant а greyish-white ash remains, Ttà | 
ash contains ы whole of wie mineral constituentt 
s the nature of tht 
нч 
Veronicas 36 per cent, of potash, and 30 per 
phosphoric acid in their ashes, Іа other 
Mignonette requires potash, Beans require P 
phates, = Veronicas require both potash 
phos ш 
d 
uld not be forgotten that the » 
, eon: 
“tho 
iniustis of the ashes play a most im 
in t 
eei - and growt ? 
oil be ore. м the nie j 
—— aki TI | 
can be readily absorbed by the we ер E 
bound to suffer from deficient — m 
o the wa 
i 
| 
It has often been stated ore " | 
| 
may be prese 
for a -— ultimate require 
crop does not produce а full and p 
is o ini. wc 
In most soils these 0 i о - 
the form of insoluble compo 
pertilir rendered soluble кірі the lives “aioe 
ich ar A 
quently ger frog thie с гш, ET | 
