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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Моукмвкв 2З, 1895, 
the flowers nar streaked ; and Lelia Law- 
renceana cal Certificate). M. Madoux als 
staged a Devi ыта species, with divisions of un- 
usual width and beautiful colouring; М. Coppens, a 
very distinct Cattleya Eldorado alba, In the houses of 
VHorticult te there are now in 
m numerous varieties of C. maxima gigantea, 
C. Warocqueana, C. gigas, Catasetum, and Mormodes. 
Ch. D. B. 
o 
TECHNICAL EDUCATION.—A course of four 
lectures on I eultivation of vegetables and fruit 
was concluded on Monday evening last at the Public 
2 ripe ага T auspices wi does TX 
C. e lecturer, Mr, Gar of Cadland 
8 Sonthanon, 8 hig lecture em 
diagrams, showing both good and bad oaa of 
vegetables, se the right and wrong way of pruning 
both the эге and roots of fruit hai ees, as 
standar and espaliers. The winter treat- 
ment of soils "- its 3 for the reception 
of eim in spring was explained, and the economical 
в and application of man ures of different kinds 
were with the above listened to by a large attendance 
of the public at each lecture, 
REGULATIONS AT THE  DRILL-HALL. — In 
reference to a note on this 
he rule which is generally observed, 
aud oaly nace omen infringed by inadvertence, is 
that the ds 
to prevent the crear ези seen till after 
decision is arrived irst-class Certificates ” are 
type. “A bids Ан атт найр, 
to © m: nitt m x 2. the 
exhibits before the meetings, 
NEWCASTLE AND i 3 
MUTUAL — SoCIETY,—The monthly 
meeting of this society was ми at 25, 
Road, on Tuesday ev 
ood 
Amo ong =». orm 
Mr, cedi care of Messrs, Watson & es nursery- 
men; Chrysanthemum blooms by Mr. Lark, North- 
by Mr. Lawson, Heathdale, Gosforth, all of Which 
were much admired, Mr, Law read 
a practical dem on the Onion, which was followed 
by discuss 
SHIRLEY AND uum wor гате GAR- 
DENERS’ AND AMATEURS’ MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT 
ASSOCIATION.—The monthly e was held at 
the Parish Room, Shirley, Southampton, on the 18;h 
inst., when Mr i 
А 
a hearty vote of thanks to Mr, ears 
closed the proceedings, 
ІМ SEPTEMBER.—The fine weather in 
September induced many persons to visit the gardens, 
, e nu 
а range of Tomen r the twenty-four Mars 
3 F. e у а week, 
f eade a falling below 
: 204° С. (76° T). from the 23rd to the th, 
CAUSE or FiNGER-AND-TOE " IN TURN BS. 
The connection of "o attack of “ Finger. and- Toe 
in Turnips, &c. а previous impo tof 
iie Vl bn tang: ‘sr мынбы 
just completed at the South Eastern Agricultural 
Шере, Wye (County — of Kent and Surrey). 
ма portion i is 16-acre field in the south of Kent 
as badly а by ‘u Finger- and. Toe," the rest 
n only ите attacked. Samples of the soil 
taken from that part of the field where the disease 
was prevalent, showed on analysis only '13 per cent. 
of available lime, while the soil чт Ми rest of the 
field contained 43 per c E Wherever “ Finger-and- 
Toe” (Anbury or Club Root) ian ere the land 
probably wants а сене of chalk or lim 
PROFESSOR eee 29 death of Pro- 
m 
EB: 
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— 
а с 
B 
d 
essor H 
four, removes the sos scoverer of the importa 
that eee plants are capable of absorbing free 
nitrogen from the а, through the agency of micro- 
organisms existin т nodules on their root 
uring his career be voted his attention almos 
exclusively to rese diee ст ш with chemical and 
physiological questions relating to the nutrition of 
р ог some years he acted as director of the 
agricultural experiment Жай at Dahme, Branden- 
burg, and after occupying other positions, made the 
great discovery of his life at the experimental station 
ounded by the Verein für Zacker-Industrie, jointly 
with the government of the Dachy of Anhalt, 
Pharmaceutical Journa 
DwaRF FORM OF LILIUM AURATUM.—Mr. 
owin 
only a foot high, and bearing a: bec towers 
The bulbs were imported ones, and now, when i 
bloom, manifest no trace of 3 or anbei 
ness, the only unusual feature being the shortness of 
the stem. Mr. Cummine questions whether this 
habit would be of permanent character, and if a 
similar peculiar arity has been observed in other Lilies 
of this variety. The dwarf habit would have, for 
certain positions, a value of its own, and such plants 
prove а welcome addition to those already 
known to us, 
*RUBBER,"—A new source of this precious 
material is 3 under notice in the last number 
of the letin, where a п Apocynac aceous plant, 
Kickxia dint is figured, This is one of the most 
beautiful forest t tr 
The ru 
as started at the Gold 
Coast by Governor Motos: in 1882, and ten years 
after the exports ar 
Leone to the Gold 
Coast, and beyond the banks of the Niger to the 
Bight of Biafra, The development of the rubber 
industry at Lagos is shown by the circumstance that 
in January the weight, in roun ares, was 21,000 Ib., 
the amount gradually increasing till in Jane of the 
same year the weight exported was upwards of 
268,000 1b., and the value over £12,000, 
“ ORCHIDS, TRE тоня АМО МАМАСЕ- 
МЕНТ,”—А. second edition of Mr. Warson’s useful 
treatise has just . by Mr, Urcorr Girr, 
170, Strand, This is a book specially suitable for 
amateurs and beginner, 
cultivation are clearly lai the grower 
once grasps these intelligently, the rest is a question 
of attention merely. The arrangement of the genera 
is alphabetical, and slight ee are given 
the most noteworthy species, The book is 
copiously illustrated, and well fulfills its object. 
“ORCHID GUIDE Book."—Mr. Н. А. BURBERRY 
has just published a second edition of his work, 
entitled, The Amateur Orchid Cultivators’ Guide Book, 
rs and to would-be growers 
as а simple and reliable authority. It is not too 
much encum by notes about florists’ varieties 
of Orchids, m gives clear deacriptions of the — 
best or cultivation, and the ш 
adopted to succeed with them, It is — with 
coloured and other plates, and is of handy size ; 
the new н being altogether an — 
improved on 
SYNOPTICAL FLORA OF No 
The first fascicle of this work (n re Mur a3 tha 
herbarium of Harvard m in continuation 
of that commenced by the lat i 
J 
SE, and Profes 
This part is in re: рер i and will К 
issued аб an early dat 
CATASETUM CHRISTYANUM, 
— (Fre. 104.) 
Tuis remarkable species se originally described 
by the late Professor verge -e in = Gardeners’ 
Chronicle, May 6, 1882, he mentions its 
affinity to the less showy С.» — иа, It is, 
indeed, perhaps the most extraor of a a large 
section of the genus Catasetum, мрт the curious 
arded or fringed lip, and which invariably attract 
considerable attention when in flower, no 
h i ; 
m a plant exhibit 
meeting of the Royal puis Society, Ost. 29, 
1895. In colour С, Christy 
different specimens, the ii 
— chocolate eee and the lip greenish-yellow, 
ith dark purple fr but in some the petals are 
slightly freckled with green, Iti is pleasant to notethat 
amount of attention, and in each case they pu 
Diei bee cultivators with their singular flowers. 
appears to be but little difficulty i in 
this which unjustly got for t | 
the character of being difficult subjects to grow. 
ABOUT CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
(Continued from р. 580.) 
srLE Нил NussERIE я 
Af urney e Mr en's о 
these nurseries, we have a very good opinion of many 
Robert ao which has been called " 
As far as could be seen, this is a 7 in reapect e 
colour only, the habit of growth 
the bloom is pale 
: petals are gold of 
а 
s 
e type. In colour, 
2 andi on the reverse side the 
bronzy at the tips. Whilst speaking of ine 
mention should be made of Mrs, К. 
of the very largest of ed 
florets are not broad, but the flower is d 
colour fall rose tipped wit th white. 
H.J 
and twisted Japanese, a pretty mixture 
rose. Lady Ridgway is an English € flower 
buff, base of the florets rose coloured, 
globular, florets not long but very numeroue 
newer incurveds. 
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