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gical Secretary, who gave an account of his life and 
work, supplemented by remarks from the President. 
Mr Davezry exhibited and made — on & 
Scolopendrium raised b y Je , bearing 
3 nia and antheridia upon the fe consti- 
tuting а more advanced phase of apospory than any 
Med; noted, ED 
by Mr. Gzo 
C. T. 
Eo. MUR: Dr. MAxwWERLL T. MAsTERS 
exhibited аи ы the fruit of Pyrus Sorbus, 
Aberia caffra, and Cocos па from the gar 
dens of Mr. Tuomas Налмвову, at La Mortola, 
XC and some fruits of бо australis, from 
M. C. NAUDIN' s garden at Antibes, Alpes Maritimes, 
Mr. G. Е. Scorr Error communicated a paper 
entitled “ A Revision of the Genus Pentas," in which 
some account was given of the distribution of these 
with a rectification of вупо- 
form, and several examples of this were mentioned. 
A discussion arp in which the President and 
Mr, W. P. part. 
— ening meeting ees be held on Thurs- 
day, Wörner 21, 1895, a when papers will 
D 
oanu alm (Cocos 5 2, A. WART, 
Rappers in plan = nder abnormal condi- 
tions; 3, A. С. Sewa “ Оп а new species of 
Pinites from Wealden (England). 4 
THE CHiswick GARDENS.—We are officiall 
the Council of the Royal Horticul- 
Mr. S. Т. нант, of 
Chiswick. It will be remembered that Mr. Wricur 
чы the author of one of the Society's pr ze essays 
cial Aspects of Hardy Fruit Culture 
in m United Kingdom." 
BECKENHAM HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—Oa 
Friday evening, Mr. Epwin Morxwxux delivered a 
се entitled “Salient Points іп Chrysanthe- 
Culture, before the embers of the 
isis Horticultural Society in the Beckenham 
Pablie Hall. r 900 
made the room 
rendered the "til additionally ен? 
AYRSHIRE hte A MUTUAL IMPROVE- 
E ON.—The first meeting of the fifth 
session of dn: уне ion was held іп the Carrick 
Street Hall on Thursday evening, There was a 
fair attendance of members present, Mr. Н. Max- 
wELL, The Knowe, Vick cohen presided. The 
Mi 
President (Mr. A. Рахои, Middleton) read an 
entitled “ A Few Notes on the 
e tes о 
Dahlia,” for which he was accorded of thanks 
Mr. M. Gantry, Glendoon, exhibited a magnificent 
Cypr nsigne, for which he was unani- 
 mously a a Certificate of M It was inti- 
mated next meeting would take place on 
Thursday evening, 5th December, at 7.30. A vote 
of vague to the chairman brought the meeting to a 
clos 
OYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY.—At a мин of 
the Fellows of this society, held in the museum of 
the Royal Botanic Gardens, Regent’s Park, on — 
day, Major J. W. M. Corr 
Dux 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
days throughout the year upon payment of 1з. for 
admission. Tha — of the following donations 
ds of the very scarce plant, the 
ABRI ilts 
Tapioc t (Manihot “slim, grown in the 
iter: s ea was also 
STOCK-TAKING: OCTOBER.—As was antici- 
pated, the tide of commerce is still a 
and the loss in both ors tinct and exports during the 
dnd months: has been exon ed off 
the increase in both pr beilo a gain 
of the breaking up of the Sultan's empire, ап 
consequent paralysis in d in Asia Minor, due to 
the disappearance of nian merchants, either 
by the sword, or by 
from а land overflowing with horror. 
f our imports i 
£35,668,385; that for the month just ended was 
£36,854,168, The 3 for the ten months just 
closed, compared with & m 
exactly £478,489, The pe items of imports 
for the month are — the Trade and Navigation 
Returns for October 
IMPORTS. 1894, | 1895. Difference. 
£ "T £ 
Total value of imports | 35,668,385 | 36,854,168 | +-1,185,783 
e bv of food 
— dut 
id 12,261,764 | 12,411,811 -F150,047 
dix 1 P" food 
and drink—dutiable| 3,007,924 2,832,950 —174,374 
Raw materials for- 
textile manufac- 
tures ... . 9,958,526 4,036,812 +78,316 
Raw i for 
sundry industries 
and manufactures ...| 4,536,202 4,533,819 —2,443 
(A.) Miscellaneous | 
articles 1,429,736 1,254,295 —175,441 
(B.) Parcel Post » 92,317 78,958 —13,359 
There is an Nep. item in the recorded in- 
reased import of manufactured goods, as to a con- 
адеб к apes means a wit Ton wal of manufac- 
ure 
ce 
for inatance ; where, whilst the cost of livin 
increased all over the country, the price paid for 
labour has also gone down—a double result of Pro- 
tection. Fortunat iely 
thinking men over the Channel, jast as it is by some 
American statesmen—the Mr. Bayard from 
Washington having just delivered himself at Edin- 
burgh, of the statement that protection er 
On r hop growing friends, if not the Бөкө, will ^ 
glad to learn that the importa of sh — е эте 
of some £70,016 in value, as ed 
October, 1894; possibly our Сашаны iat, 
ai —.— so low in English ships, are taking 
own beer, and shipping it off to 
And here we are reminded of one of 
alf 
Belfast and on the Clyde. Possibly а decision to 
settle by «acon will have been arrived at ere 
this, As to fruit and — imports, we take 
out the * figures 
IMPORTS. 1894. 1895. Difference. 
Fruits, raw :— 
Apples... bush. 1,229,146 | 479,121 | —750,025 
Cherries... * “ vee ET 
Plums wee „ 34,701 23,7 —10,945 
Pears * Ki 204,377 40,93 | —164,284 
Grapes  ..  .. „ | 405,701 | 346,418 | —59,283 
Unenumerated  ,,. „ 15,950 114,990 — 960 
Onions > de p 611,764 745.237 | +133,473 
Potatos we ap ВИФ 9,989 | 62,803 | -F23,414 
Vegetables, raw, unenu- £ 2 £ 
merated .. . . value 77,138:} 74,520) —2,318 
ШЕЕ 2 
The “minus” quantities Wwe tell 
tale, and there appears little doubt of ie 
have seen much in the matter of motors Dd 
thinking. The subject of Ei 
Exports 
is certainly one more interesting than 
п 
cannot 
supplied кокыр! enough, and they in turn are getting 
y for their raw material. Doubtlem Free 
Taki is V bong more and more appreciated over there 
The value of our exports in | 
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last year being no less than £6,858; 
attention of all the “ protected” world 
(see Kew Bulletin, E ril, 18 
ticides may be M bnt and in our laat 
All badly-affected plants should be 
Ital., 1 v., figs. 2 and 
RAMER, Ueber Bete Archiv, fur 
1856 tab. viii., figs. 9, 10, 
ACER LORBERGI.—A. most distinct ий 
some Maple under this name was nent OE 
Mr. W. E. GvunrzTOx, of Belgrove, Que 
m owever, consi е specially 
autumn colouring which its cleat 
ime of year, when every leaf becomes s f 
yellow, making the tree & de 
and beautiful 8 in the shrubbery, 
ry lover of di 
The name 
Index Kewensis, so that it may be 
some other name at Kew. I enclose? 
inspection, and shall be glad of pr 
the beauty of the colouring and corte 
name. [Very beauti name later on. 
Teal 
BIRMINGHAM Sor AND 
TURAL iETY,—We аге informed 
with other spring flowers, in 
