658 
Messrs, LORD ad a fine lot of cut 8 
various че idear fume жн, i well in d 
season of 354 
bi а fine tbheption of Cycla- 
Maid — a 
mens ‘set ou ut qeu and DICKSON, 
Brown & Tait had a similar а 
KINS, nurseryman, Hereford, put up a col- 
e qne of over d dishes of dessert and rs dun 19 in 
rate condit 
— — OG 
VARIORUM., 
A TROPICAL Fa AT KEW.—Dr. Gunther, 
writing to Nature, says: A short > 
W 
formed me that he had 
some of the hothouses, сайте Ж 
which, hiding away during the day among the pots 
and orchid baskets, d the quiet evenings with 
their shrill, whistlin . Suspecting that this 
frog must be of foreign 
director to allow some of ee specimens to be caught, 
and some days ago I had the pleasure of receiving 
three specimens in excellent condition. The frog is 
Hylodes hcm ae a small arboreal species, dis- 
г, and comm t Indian 
w facts " 
we are acquain щей ав to the reproduction of this frog, 
f bot 
sexes were, оп more than one occasion, accidentally 
introduced i ardean cases. However that may 
be, it is evident that the aoi мет хау. ро: 
pagated since their introducti 
At 
they in dis propagating 
T7 which t twee 
80 deg. and 100 der 4 Ai in winter at times to 
nearly 60 deg. нуі ng Мг. Watson опе even- 
ing, I heard from several points the call of the frogs, 
which somewhat resembled the piping of a nestling 
bird; and guided by the souud, I had soon the plea- 
sure et seeing one of them clinging to the side of a 
— 
species of Бок. и ‚Бао, : but it is an interesting 
xperience, 
established ш. This is owing, in the firat place, to 
the favourable conditions under which it found itself 
placed, and secondly, to the peculiar mode of its pro- 
pagation. Hylodes Martinicensis, and probably the 
water, but 
deposita сок fifteen to кое ova on leaves i in damp 
Ф - 
аза * ek " 
phosis within the egg, thus 
and dangers 
escaping t the vicissitudes 
in Porto Rico) is unique in Batrachian life at pre- 
sent. I trust that the little guest may long flourish 
where it has found such a a congenial home, and where 
it usefully aids in the destruction of plant-eating 
insects and wood-lice, of which I found great ппш- 
bers in the stomach of a specimen. If at a later 
period a nest with ova were discovered, Mr, Dyer 
would delight the heart of embryologists, to whom 
the opportunity of examining fresh ova of this frog 
would be moat welcome, 
Gbituary. 
LORD DE TaBLEY.—The deceased 
eer was 
uci song d and posce aval It 
во W 
Warren he was a critical bota 5 
as witness 
tins other Bilt atone on the genus Romex 
THE анан 
RICHARD GILBERT.—By the death, оп Friday, 
Nov. 22, of Richard Gilbert, at the age o of seventy- 
three,the руд, world is the poorer by anexcellent 
n of 3 wortb. The deceased 
had been 3 to the Marquis of Exeter, and 
during the last few ын tenant of ўве kitchen garden 
and appurtenances at Barghley House, Stamford, at 
His атата "with Burghley 
Royal Horticultural 
Mr. Gilbert had the advantage of a varied experience 
in gardens and gardening, and had many changes of 
masters, before he settled to his life 's-work at the 
place with which his name was to become intimately 
connected, 
To those who may be interested in the matter, we 
' would refer our readers to his autobiography, which 
Ф 
appeared in these pages on August 14, 18 
was an enthusiast in his ttem vana thoroughly, 
and with all his heart, whatever rtoo ыз cb 
is forte was fruit and vegetable een aad 0 - 
doors gardening generally. Та few places could better 
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trained and fruited wall-trees, or finer Strawberries, be 
found, His British Queens were unsurpassed for size 
and goodness, and although, as was natural in а man 
capable of having an opinion, about retaining what 
was in every sense in the older productions of 
of Bedford, Mr. Lovell ll, Mr. Allan of Gunton 
other raiser of n he did not at once 
buy and test in the capital soil of Barghley. At one 
period, some ten years ago, he endeavoured to raise 
ti {q and Pheann hat Pit. S 4 
Hj 
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Broccolis, which were the one or the other according 
to the season at which they were cut; but 
although a found favour with gar 
time, are, at thie date, not generally liked. za 
his Qaeen of Broccolis, and Universal Savoy, he 
more successful, and these are likely to survive "or 
years to come, His Royal Sovereign Tomato, and 
Burghley Park Cherry, are meritorious productions, 
as are Victory of Bath and Gilbert’s Green-Fiesh 
Melons. Most of these novelties were raised by 
One test feats as an exhibitor, and he 
exbibited much as: frequently at the London and 
other big shows, was the winning of the Carter 
CHRONICLE. 
[Моүкмвкв 30, 1895, 
Challenge Cup, for & collection of Vegetables, at 
the Royal Horticultural Societv's show on 10 
1875, his chief opponents being Mr, Arkell and 
Mr, Pragnell. 
GEORGE LAWSON.—The death has 
says the Atheneum, at the age of sixty 
r 
Canada. It is not too much to say that to Prof, 
Lawson must be ascribed much of the success at- 
tendant on fruit-growing in the Dominion, since he 
was the first to direct attention to the 
of Canada’s development in this direction. He was 
a Fellow of the Royal Physical and Botanical Socie- 
ties of Edinburgh, and of Lr Inatitute of Chemistry 
of Great Britain, and an honorary member of the 
Edinburgh Geological 25 Scottish Arboricultural 
a Fellow of the Royal 
f 
seized with paralysis, and ten days later passed away. 
He was twice married, and his firet wife, Miss Lacy 
Stapeley, of London, gos to the Zransactions 
of Canada а paper on “The 
growth of their Food Plants in C 
Lawson was an old and valued d oxide of this 
journal, and furnished us regularly with тер on 
the ш crops of Nova Scotia. 
ОСЕ FINDLAY.—It is with much regret _ 
we announce ane death of Mrs, Bruce Findlay, 0 E 
of the Curator of the Manchester Royal 
and Horticultural Society, which occurred at oi 
Trafford on Wednesday, November 20, 
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MARKETS. 
COVENT GARDEN, November 28. 
[We cannot accept any responsibility і - the subjoined 
reports. They are furnished to ly : 
Thursday, by the kindness of Ee of the printy 
revise list те th ; 
It must be remembered that these 
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тру, IN emm WHOLESALE 46 1 
з 
Adiantum, per doz. | Fe erns, v 
Aspidistra, I per doz. 12 0-80 
5 
0 
. each 5 0-15 0 — plante, doz. 
—— Shrubs, So! 
in variety, M ja sf 8 0 | Spireeas, per doz 
Ferns, small, doz,. 6- 3 0 
FRUIT. Tiere WHOLESALE PRICES aith ; 
Apples, Ribstons, pe: Grapes, 
e 4r FIT 
— Blenheim, per quality, P- ; 
bushel... 30-40| — Alicante, “ip, 10-10 
— Kings, per quality, P UP 
bushel ... 3 0- 40| — Muscat, 1809987, 4 30 
— Cox’s Orange. lity, p. Ib. „ 
per bushel 3 6-60) — Muscat. 2nd dus 16.30 
— Cooking va lity, p. Ib. 
e bushel 1 6- 3 0 | Pears, Duchess, 40-5) 
віе ee 
u 
~ Scotia, per Ber m 
barrel rat 0-14 0 | half-sieve . 4 
Cobs, per 100 ìb. .. de 
Grapes, Gros Colm chael, each 107 
ist quality, 1b. 16-1 9 | Quinces, ball меа 
— Gros Colmar, 2nd Walnuts, h . bag b 0-8 
quality, per Ib. 10-13 Grenoble, Pe 
а j 
Ficus pore each 1 ien i 
um Harrisii, per 18 (-360 » 
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