Окскмвев 7, 1895 ] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
685 
Б weet Briar, — for, or would make a good enjoyable 
covert, by reason of their protective thorns, which 
are both — and sharp. Harrison Weir. 
—— In response to your genen en- 
quiries regarding Bane — СЕ as a suitable 
one for * say the experi- 
— gained p^ "with it is t Bo satisfactory, the 
rabbits eating the bark off t 
one foot, branches thereby dying o e 
ground level, They see refer Laurel, Berberis, 
and Holly, but He rugosa is not exempt from 
. J. C.“ will kindly 2 м 
of a few pla = he has foun T. Pope 
E I should be greatly obliged, L. P. 
Hall, 
-— I fear "Н, J. C.“ - bs disappointed 
with the above - named 
Three years ago I planted — hundreds, think- 
ing it wou 3 proof against the ravages of 
that troublesome little creature the rabbit, but 
planted two n" 
with wire-netting, is now over 
and continued flowering uutil the first of the heps 
were quite red, and was admired W many. G, Duncan 
The Gardens, Letham Grange, Arbroath, 
OF JUDGING. — If Mr. Patterson 
wo, he will have an 
jadging whic he 
Council of tha Royal Horticultural Society for the 
ands, Whether when published it may be found 
assist, во far av 
e the code recognised as the best 
exposition of exhibition law. 4. D. 
he case mentioned by Mr. Patteraon, р, P^ 
seems to have been due to the bad jadgmen 
s grown thin ul 1 E а 
points. and especially if һе has been an exhibitor 
also, W. H. Divers, Belvoir Castle Gardens, Grantham 
EULALIA JAPONICA.—I should like to know if it 
t is year, 
e frosta of last w 
affacting it da aem ems — C. Cundy. 
нЕ ариг PARBNIP (Heracleum Sphondylium).—I 
urprised a short time ago by seeing this 
plant MM by & friend of mine who abou 
0 and to hear of the large quantity of 
0 w letting it run to iv 
ny it is a plant that is 
bost — as а biennial. I cu d to have 
the experience * some one w 
plant, and if it may be — or 
My friend seems to think it an excellent 
food. If so, I wonder that it is not commonly culti- 
vated as fodder. I know rabbits and pigs are partial 
to it. О, Cundy, 
A MANURE.—I note with some 
— — Mr. John ви mbert states in reference 
-lime as an antidote for club in 
hes and for the ordi m of wireworm. Ia 
Cottage 
ees ts are made as 
he occurrence Ag clubb ink in Cabb and 
у т Айы, If I understand Mr, Lambert rightly, 
m 
he recommends the use of gr -lime in a crude 
just as it comes from the ek -A hy yc 
he recommends its application. in A 4, ll propor- 
ment. тту} who 
large a construction upon his ser d and apply it 
unwisely, and with unfortunate effec Mr. W.G. 
e paper on 2 "Manu res and 
h 
of calcium hydrate and calcium carbonate, with 
sulphite of lime, he two 
аге both converted into gypsum 
ment-holders deplore, Mr. Watson further states : 
— To pre ja as-lime for use in the 
vg des out on a layer of pond- 
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with bss m — - [It is doubtless safest 
e after some weeke’ exposure in the open for 
— — dn ressing, рч when applying it to land dag to 
one чан in depth; but ressing 
the eit in mi and incorporating 
with — top spit, which is usually besa n iato the 
bottom of the trenches in t mall аады 
recommended by Mr. Lambert, no жы ‚ but rather 
good, would Жым from the use of gas lime in the 
fresh state, Ep.] 
COMPETI AT THE | CRYSTAL 
PALAGE, Possibly no font light may be throwa now 
agree with 
emarks anent the same. 
r whe’ has constantly to pack 
simple fact that some of those called upon to adjud 
cate had no prac nowledge of packing fruit 
for transit аз per schedule, other- 
to one o wo xes enter 
these — * а together, 
larger one, by reason of its and weight, was a 
— to the poete and auccessíul one. In this 
t І cannot agree wi с. Harris, who fails to 
see why MM — follow use the 
entries in two classes were sent tied together 
assur redly it should do ао, and the judges did quite 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
кеди ккал. 
Nov esent: Dr. M. Masters (in the chair) ; 
Michant, ч, д “= рг, gura Bev, W. Wilks, — 
Sec. 
v. G. Henslow, Hon 
Flies Attacked zv Fungus,—W ith reference to the specimens 
exhibited by the Secretary at the last meeting, it was re- 
rted —＋ Ke w that ''the fungus c A 
Britain." re 
by the hte Professor J 4 — in 1840. 
Apple Diseased.— lack-coated Apple brought to the 
last meeting * tacked by Scl n 
Rehm. (Krypt. Flora, p P 67). The minute black 
le umps on i f th from which 
the coe on ＋ form growe. Negligence in — 
during the s; season, when the fungus is on the leaves 
T. accounts m its presence on the fruit, 
os Fr uits. —The fruits exhibited at the — meeting 
and at 
А 
of O. australi ^, 88 suppored, 
— Professor Müller exhibited 
ot 
who h 1 that they 
у th x tria nigrescens, of the group 
— tsi cis 
- Masters exhibited portions ot 
rowths of 
a subsequent effort to 
Hybrid Abies —Dr. Masters also uen a » branch from a hy- 
brid het waen 
== intermediate charac of 
esin canal, in that while " A. ^. it is situated adjoining 
ins. it is more deeply seated, in the 
чеч, 1 there was опе layer of cells between — canal and the 
bit 
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epidermi*, The general form and habit re nearly re- 
embled A. ceph., while the stror g — and thick leaf 
eee А. „ В, h eren with very visible 
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EXETER GARDENERS’ ASSOCIATION. 
NOVEMBER 27.—The fortnightly meeting of this aseociation 
occupied the chair. е business of 
sion on Judging at Flower Shows, МА battered gr. to W. 
Brock, Esq , of Parker's Well, leadin; 
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wland, in the course 
of his remarks, alluded to the 
—— that could 
not well be avoided. When a judge 
oecasi ional necessity, according to the wording of ү аш, 
contents airing their supposed grievances, made thin 
unpleasant pim r tere judge. In the necessarily limited 
lowed for кы awards, es up apparently trivial, but 
king for market, moss may be, and no doubt 
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sider wood- а preferable, from its freedom from 
dust, and it certainly is more cleanly in appearance ; 
Meet in ай to spotting being cause use, 
there ear, af Ue fruit does not remain 
paci after minh in private-use would not 
be the case, althoug —— it might do во. 
hedule be not 
— bcd for Intending competitors, In 
givi awards, they must interpret it to the 
best p rm AP ir. — — should 
do likewise. I inspected the schedule e late 
how with the intention of — in the 
class for Grapes; but про ecided 
not to do so, simply because t my 
pinion, some It certainly afforded a 
loop-hole for those who were to take advan- 
it, of b i Ives. This 
been done I know, but it should not be allowed. 
In this res am ne wi ; In 
h pect at 
my opinion there should 
22 чан private packing in these competitions. 
— an у small discrepanoy, 
— therefore. thought ther 
pare a | large showy bloom w 
as regards size or outward attractiveness. 
be compared and adjudicated upon. 
pe ерул r ара rein 
(Beaufort House), Weeks (Stoke House), Lansdale — 
Carlyle, Hope, and others. 
eir spring 
the annual supper of the society bein, 
in January. 
А vote e e ke са and to Mr. Rowland for 
Mt e 
Mr. Outram, — bas travelled in the horticultural interest 
for over twenty years in ors United States, promised to givea 
paper in the epring on е Progress i in 
America.” The 
announced, ing one by the Dowager Countess of 
gardener, the e subject “ Wild Garzening, and the Laying-out of 
Pleasure Grounds." 
