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е buds һедап e appear, ке the first flowers 
as removed into the conse: 
photograph was taken The 
thirty-third flower creme. shortly after, and before 
any of the others began to fade. It was a grand 
ard Lott, Bri seas ape on Hall Gar 
TODEA 8UPERBA.—A magnificent specimen ot 
the above was noted last week at Brinkburn, Dar- 
measures from tip 
present age it is gut Але Ж, five goan, жо па 
the fronds ure of the most n colour, 
a feature ar bt distinguishes адм: pants of ibis 
I was informed by Mr. 
of frost. In the same house is a grand mass of the 
Killarney Fern — 1 in a 24-inch 
pan measuring over 5 feet across. J. 
THE CRAB FOR FLOWERING AND FRUITING — 
ery glad to see Mr. Harrison Weir and other 
tryiag to bring the Crab so zi eig paite the 
readers of the (7 5 С^ quite concur 
ith “Р. T. that many of our Rs are 
too much filled with evergreen shrubs, whic e 
ry go way, wh thi ng else i 
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they would show out well in contrast with th 
more 
ааа hues of other trees, why should we not 
hardiest of our 
3 as standards, amongst the shrubbery 
and orname ore) аа for nothing Tooke" batter in 
the spring, пог could s val an arisia ore 
useful in a I Apple- blossom 
greatly in demand for decorativo 05 s when i 
cou : no oul e маен about 
amongst the shrabs and 
could ba taken without fear 
of in any way Mieres ‘tho oy of fruit in the 
gar v en. I once plante 
3 of the e — Lau "a d Rhododen- 
з, dotting it over with оси trees of the 
3 Crab, Cratezus, Almond, Prunus, and 
Lib ерым. and the effect was exceedingly fine, 
CEDRUS LIBANI BLOOMING OUT = EABON.— 
*banon 
I was therefore surprised 
о see, about the middle of last month, a tree of 
edars generally bloom- 
al Pid about the country, or is 
ptional occurrence? William Earley, 
: duc араш е e well done this 
stove climbers we possess, — at төт 
eg F уз ago, I found t 
ve ado with this san d he 
решш Dipladenia boliviensis, and a днн a ce i- 
men of Allamanda Hendersoni, all of them f aa 
cineris ira ny the Dipladenia amabilis, 
ing in d ^ 
space of 21 p by 6 feet. 5 root 
50 racemes of flowers, f 
and 
rom ar tm great credi — “the head тм 
THE 
Our ды: — тил. SOCIETY AND 
doubt when Mr. Barron 
formally retires from Pom 
new arrangementa will — — 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
(Novemser 23, 1895, 
the management of the gardens, but that such 
must necessarily be a atte сл is 
a is to be hoped 
truly national. The imp i 
especially commercial horticulture, i is daily bec 
more apparent; an of "n Ro 
tural Society in the future should be to foste 
culture as a national industry. 
encourage, 
essentials of d 
culture ОН. of course, Ve encouraged by al 
of the Royal ratam 
imports o raits, flowers, and vegetab 
aet eggs, poultry, an 
— to seriously consider w e 
mpete more thoroughl with the foreigner. 
Preferential railway rates in favour of the коа 
ехіаб at - — but is it ye much to hope tha 
ime is coming y when this will not be the севе? 1. 
е that British poe ned will 
in fo 
is i hope that the Royal 
Horticultural Bocah will become A “ the 
importance of fostering, by all its 
eges the important industry of British 3 
п all its branches? Tue immense importance 
freh, well-grown abro "t ‘vegetable is daily be- 
ming more evident eople generally. A 
baitet general state of health E n be maintaine ed by 
the деи use of fresh fruits and - 
by any amount of medicines, The sooner this come 
be univ sedie knowledged the "better for our 
if the "Ro al Horticultural Society е 
апа дее Ө 
use of fruits and rap in 
a proper condition, the Society will hav much 
o earn the —.— imr aud to rese. primm 
support. John Thomso nfords, 2 Nov. 13. 
— за nk you d your leader on Chiswick. 
aid that history n its M bat another 
r there, 1s 
saa 
а. 
wa ко gardeners 
Hortie — Society 
ibd che 
large cen а of the British isles, and especially it 
should bind all bond fide gardeners into а national 
society, or union, or guild, call it whatever you will. 
ondon, givin als to nur 
is very well in its way, so is 
trials м the trade ah kt “bat there 
higher wider field u want union, 
а extension, 
ilure o 
It was certainly 
worthy of a better fate. Ep.] 
EAK OF NATURE.—The production of a 
green pitcher on Nepenthes Cartisii in these gardens 
is an occurrence worth com rating. The plant, 
a small one, carries only six normal pitchers, besides 
the green — This freak —2 not be uncommon, 
although no milar cate has hi ome under 
th 
sible that a sport may be 
Hendre, Monmouth, о» 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL, 
8с 1 rs gui 
Dr. M. 
ETUR ЖАСЫ, Mr. м Be, 
Bonavia, and Rev. G. Henslow $ 
NOVEMBER 
(in the chair) ; 
W. Wilks, Dr. 
Hon. tm 
Dea Prof. Riley.—Mr. McLachlan spoke of the great 
loss sustained by sie “death of — eminent entomologist of 
the Museum of Natural Histo ington, — 
mologist of M5 Agricultura Department, and 
formerly — that of Miss 7 
Hybrid Asters.—With reference im the specimens sent i 
the — eeting by Rev. C. W. Dod, Mr. с 48 as 
foll — Although not quite — ed t hin 
fully, пенде г аш 1 dispose ed to materi Jally differ fromhis sup- 
position 
of the SAE ngu are 5 somewhat larger 
en; the 
than I have before colour, however, is quite 
distinct from that i typical . Thomsoni. The cross 
between omsoni and А. Pyrenzus (?) is in every 
respect, its large fl , typical Thomsoni. 
he other cross (?) differs little except in colour of 
flower from seedlin, 4 msoni is а very 
variable 8, of irse nsiderably 
more so by cultivation." having kindly forwarded 
fruiting specimens of А. Thomsoni (Clarke) and of the hybrid 
the Secretary, he found that they differed as follows: — 
The leaves selected from simi'ar plac muc er 
and broader in the former, wi оге serratures; the hairs 
ut m were shorter, but the involucral bracts were less 
achenes. In the hyb 
less rudimeutary ; a vary 
quilled form. Ali the o disk and г re abortive. 
Tho above characters might be varietal "ud but the pre- 
sence of stamens, &c., perhaps indicate the effect of 
сгозѕіп 
Fung 2 Peurs. With reference to the specimens rec ved 
‘ie Mus Veitch of Exeter, at the at meeting, the fol- 
lowing report was received from Ke e fu on the 
Pear is Monilia oe Per 
fungus are limite 
imi 
spores germinate and grow just prion 
hence T eeeeding crops are more 25 
separ. by narrow sterile zones бт fungi. 
thus maniya Fairy-rings. di 
ocos australis.—Dr. Masters — ne e Р 
he first tat 
zurope. The flavour resembled : 
р 
X бурпренип, Hybrid 3 тее 2 Hm pec Minoss 
cut flowers of the ents— 
(nat) 1 ы MUN € demde). “The former 
n C. 
nale 
presenti in both. 
ounced in one, while ite sepal of the cnan 
reproduc ed with no ика», though the purplish labe 
e fe чета 
= 
Ty itch also sent а new form, 
Numa, the result of crossing chs ** bigener,’ фо }аташеш 
i á nn io resulted 
nc uon var. Curtisi, Numa bears “a 
a inches) es a deep range, with à shortes tube wot bi 
Е" n ect 0 "male, the- 
transmit the form of the corolla ; but that $ M ўч ші 
foli which is lan ‚ Jarger 
E 
tissue within being 
tation. It was d rded to Kew. и me 
that he gets known Blenheim Oranges 
appearan axbibited ® 
Flies, Des id, adhering to Barley.—Mr. жү 
в. 
а prepared by the late Profe wee Helm | 
1840, of flies attacked by a fungus, and w. 
ears of Barley. It was in — to Kew for d | 
investigation. „ 
KINGSTON CHRYSANT 
Nov. в 12, 13.— Held, as usual 
but very cold Drill Hall, and, for To 
in fair weather auspices, the Kingston ʻi 
- Figured and goecrived ip Jour Pies fai ү 
N (1891); 
