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THE GARDENERS’ 
num, which is something in the way of C. Sanders, 
M, Dor magnificent Cymbidium 
Hookeri ; маа some good plants came from М. 
R, ong them a good form of Odontoglos- 
sum eei iiti. Mr. Berr exhibited several go 
Cattleyas; Messrs, Dovar ur Firs, Versailles, pre- 
sented a plant of Miltonia vexillaria superba, and 
a a fis lot of Cypripedium Charlesworthi. 
DINNER TO EMPLOYÉ8 AT RYECROFT NUR- 
ERY.—On Saturday evening, 30th ult., some thirty 
of the staff at Mr. Jones’ nursery, were entertain 
1 à = бзи the latter being followed by a 
ical e ainment, in which both amateur and 
м aae жы» took part 
RoYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ABER- 
DEEN.—The annual general meeting of the members 
of this society was held it the Music age ee 
— on Saturday, the 30th u Mr s 
ied the chair, and there was & capita 
ne exhibition deg 
ich p 
entries numbered 2021, this total being surpassed by 
only one society in Scotland. . Мохво, nur- 
seryman, Barnaide, in criticising the report, thought 
they should look more to horticultural matters, and 
leave musical and “ fire-eating " matters to take care 
of themselves, 
THE GARDENS IN LINCOLN'S INN FIEL 
instances replanted. The gardens "have proved a 
great boon to the poorer inhabitants of зар adj eena 
thickly-popula There i 
ne grou 
of Planes in the centre, and little or 155 05 
to be done in the way of altering the plan. 
„THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY.”—The steady 
which have been 
tific world, The financial position of the Jou 
does not, however, warrant any additional expendi- 
ture, For the last few years it has not, as was at 
one time the case, involved any loss, but it does 
little—in some years nothing—more than pay its 
way. After discussing the position with various 
botanists, it ia now proposed to enlarge the Journal 
This means that the 
half, while the 
of the change will at each number w 
contain forty-eight pages, instead of thirty-two as at 
present. It is suggested that the list of subscribers 
might easily be enlarged, if those who already sub- 
scribe would induce ames friends to do so, There 
are many who, for the e of encouraging science, 
would be willing to add the Journal to their list of 
periodicals, or who would present it to some reference 
library. The work of editing the Journal for sixteen 
financially unre- 
munerative, and this gives — Editor a claim * the 
support of those i any branch of botany. 
"re n formed i 
as our own National 
— The нерат, is fixed at 5 fr francs, and 
wre Rivotrr, 16, Ra 
prive Lyon, н 
«JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 
Society.— With commendable promptitade, another 
number of the Kibaki of the society (vol, xix., part 2) 
other things, 
ET; 
Hardy Frait Growing, 
Mr. S. Т. Waiour м E de 
Honours TO HonRricULTURISTSG. — On the 
occasion of the Chrysanthemum exhibition in Paris, 
or of the Jardin, was made 
of St. Anne. st appointments e bee 
made in connection with the great fruit exhibition 
at St. Pubs in 18 
FROZEN FLOWERS FROM AUSTRALIA.—It is 
stated in the Westminster Gazette of November 28, 
that a fine collection of blue and white Water Lilies 
florist in Sydney, N. 
the Agent- gigi for presentation to her Majesty 
the QUEEN. e Lilies were frozen in ice, and 
received as long ago as August last by the Colonial 
Consignment and Distributing Company, Limited, 
being stored at Nelson's Wharf, until Wednesday, 
N.vamber 27, when they were delivered T с» 
In spite of the length of time, the flowera were in 
perfect condition, and, seen through the абама 
ісе, were very attractive. 
VEGETABLE FiBRE8 —Dr. Morris’ lectures on 
this subject before the Society of Arts have now 
been republished in a complete form, and may ba 
had from the Society of Arts, Adelphi, London, 
They present within small compass a readable 
account of the nature, properties, and source of 
vegetable fibres generally, Oa looking through this 
excellent summary, the reader will be struck with the 
emall number of apecies which have up to the present 
time been utilised, This is the more 1 аз 
the great mojority of отр bees “fibre” in some 
form or another. Is there not here an ойрону 
for our botanical stations to pean on a far larger 
scale than they have hitherto done, comparative 
trials of various fibre-producing plants, in order to as- 
certain which are of the moat ngage portanc 
In the mean time we commend the present publication 
to the notice of all fimm 
. BARRON'8 RETIREMENT.—With the last 
wasting of the Fruit Committee for the year, which 
takes place on Tuesday, December 10, at the 
Drill Hall, will be terminated Mr. A. F. Barron’s 
long connection with that body as secretary 
That there will be a considerable attendance 
of members is probable, as such is usually 
c on last meeting of the year; but in view 
of this leave-taking, the attend this particu 
committee will doubtless be unusually large. The 
occasion is a fitting one for some formal proposition 
from the members, which should be recorded on the 
minutes of the committee's proceedings, and no 
doubt such proposition will be forthcoming. In 
the meant me, we have great satisfaction in 
announcing that at the last meeting of the Council 
of the Royal она Society it was resolved 
to elect Mr. Bar п Honorary Life Fellow of 
the Society. Mr. Huna oN was also elected to serve 
on the Fruit Committee for the ensuing year. 
COLOUR IN BUTTERFLIES.—The scales on the 
wings of the Ріегійге, to which the Cabbage butter- 
flies belong, are shown by Мг, Gowraxp Horxiws, 
of Guy's Hospital, to contain uric acid, to which 
substance, in fact, they owe their opaque milky- 
whiteness, The scales of allied yellow insects also 
CHRONICLE 
[DzcrwBER 7, 1895, 
contain & substance similar to uric acid, Pigments of 
this character are not found in other oT 
that when the Pierid ‘' mimics” an insect ен; 
to another group, the pigment in the two 
easily be distinguished chemically. These — 
observations show that there is i 
s8 &ssoCiation 
between pigments of а E character and 
substances of an excretory natur 
RosARIAN'S YEAR-BOOK.— The Right Hon, 
Lord PRNZANcR will, we understand, Contribute a 
Proposeo MEMORIAL TO THE LATE Dg 
WoopMaN.—We learn that Mr. E. J. Jagwax, 
. merchant, Chard, Someraetshire, has kindiy under- 
taken 
the duties of Hon. Treasurer to the Fund 
which has been started, with W. Nappze, 489, King’s 
Road, Chelsea, S. W., as Hon. Secte 
such ot 
erecting the suggested monument, а substantial 
balance will be left for the benefit of Mrs, Wood- 
man, 
CHRISTMAS NUMBERS. —The Christmas number 
of the English Illustrated Magazine (illustrated 
and), contains many 
coming s г (CasskLL & Co,, La Balle 
Sauvage Yard, E. C.), is very good this year, and the 
coloured plate, е" dr ^ riso ners of War," isa 
refreshing change from the too plentiful pictures of 
visam puppies, and maidens usually seen at this 
season, 
Ma. Buysman., —We have more than once taken 
occasion to praise the admirably dried specimens of 
уз; chiefly of economic species, prepared by Mt, 
UrsMAN, of Midd Is is with regret, there- 
is seriously threatened, ia consequence of over: 
application, and that some of his friends are desirous 
ork, Taose who feel disposed to con- 
8 in * laudable object, are dx to com- 
municate direct to Mr. a — 
Holland. It is especially a breakdown 
should o ой, jast when the initial ae his 
enterprise seemed to have been fairly overcome. 
POTATO SCAB.—Potato scab is caused by the 
arasite, as was first 
material, The aterial may be disin 
immersion in a of corrosive sublimate, At 
corrosive aublimate is a deadly * when 
tially free from surface e aud 
pone: K value, Sometimes a considerable ми 
in yield results from the treatm B. The method it ) 
easily and cheaply applied, aad is worthy of 
pee (Abstract of paper published by J. С. Ав 
ulletin Purdue Agricultural Experimsnt Statio, 
August, 1895.) 
* MESNY'8 Chinese MisceLLany.’—We E 
received the first number of this public 
lished at Shanghai, and destined, as it ар 
an encyclopedia of things in neral 
China and the Chinese. 
more than thirty years in various parts 
one-half of the time entirely isolated net 
foreigners, speaking nothing but Chinese, in olding | 
communication with — S cial 97 sS 
* An antidote that is praag as ы же as oaa bo b — 
at hand is the white of egg. medy 
unless administered wi 
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