| Decemper 14, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
THE PUBLISHER OF THE ‘ GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE.” — We greatly regret to announce that 
this Journal is no longer to have the services of Mr, 
A. G. Martin аз publisher, considerations of health 
necessitate his residence in the Transy. 
climate. RTIN leaves with the sympathy 
and goodwill of all his colleagues, who trust that he 
may speedily regain his health and haud obtain 
some E 7 . H. A. ox, who 
for many years bas bee ted a ent. will, in 
future, eee the text P publisher, 
HORTICULTURAL PaOGRESS IN HOLLAND.— 
Great activity prevails just now in Holland in the 
matter of technical education. A school of Horti- 
culture is established at Wageningen; a laboratory 
for the study of Vegetable Pathology, under the 
direction of Professor Rirzema Bos, has been foun led 
at Amsterdam; a new horticultural journal has 
lately been established; and the A’bum Van Eeden is 
to be continued as the Bu/dilegium Haarlemense, under 
the auspices of the Society of Balb Caltivators. 
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BEGONIA FROEBELI INCOMPARABILIS X.— 
was not the raiser of 
the plant, b 
instead of ud erd 1 inch їп diameter, measure 
upwards of 3 inc 
The . many years ago by Roezl of a tuberous 
Begonia from Ecuador, dedicated by Alphonse de Candolle to 
M. Froebel, of Zurich 
Froebel, of Zurich, . yeon 
beli incomparabil ppily, 
in иче йше of — it takes after the pollen фсе, апа 
they 
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„the year it was sent а ү Rave dv. 
span- 
flower, and there they have been in blossom since early in 
October, and will c e some time longer, judging by the 
84*cession of flower-stems to follow, J. T. Bennet Pi ë.” 
NEW iy IN bee ын cor- 
the new departure consisted in ti а et 
forcing certain plants, Nothing n this, 
surely, The application of the ate on a large 
scale to the Lily of the Valley has resulted in an 
average of 95 per cent. of flowers from the end of 
autumn up to Christmas, instead of 50 per cent. 
ined by forcing. 
THE THAMES EMBANKMENT.—The < laying- 
Out” of the enclosure, east of Charing Cross Station, 
has been unsatisfactory from the first. The recent 
erection of the band-stand made things worte—the 
К е the general disposition of the lawns, and 
serali them sppropriate to the outlines of the 
“A History OF GARDENING IN ENGLAND.” 
‘Hor, АтлстА Амнаквт'з work under this title 
£. 
CHRONICLE. 
715 
has been published by Mr. Qvanrrcn, of dome 
This is not a book to be dismissed with а 
mention. It is & а" book, likely to — 
classic. We hope shortly to give a notice of the 
book at greater nie than we are now able to do. 
STOCK-TAKING: NOVEMBER.— Once again the 
trade and navigation returns eu us pleasant 
news, The imports and exports for the past month 
of November are greatly in — of those for the 
corresponding month in 1894, and the — montba' 
totals are also а cheerful contrast to t 
excess of imports for the past month is £3. 737 ‚012; 
for the eleven months just finished the increase is 
£4 320,557, as compared with last year's record, The 
usual extract from the monthly summary is as 
follows :— 
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IMPORTS. 1894, 1895. | Difference, 
ET ee ee 
Total value of imports | 35,234,149 | 38,971,161 | +3, — 012 
(A.) Articles of food | 
and drink — du psi | | 
— 11,529,298 | 12,658,182 | +1,128,884 
(B.) Articles of food | 
and dri E 2,499,605 | 2,602,113 | -+102,508 
Raw materials | | 
— manufac | | 
tur 6,835,644 | 7,700,372 +864 728 
Raw wae а | 
sundry industries | 
and manufactures . 3,683,795 | 4,103,954 +4°0,159 
(A.) маре | 
articles 1,489,780 | 1,485,178 _ —4 604 
(B ) Parcel Post 83.461 41701 
66,420 
It is worth noting that, with the {тїйїпд fall of 
£4,604 under the heading of „Miscellaneous. ” the 
h the 
—— bein up in other sub- sections of 
the duty. -free 1 of food. it is long since such 
f imports, 
А second great scheme of road construction will 
shortly be carried out in Euro under the 
special aa naive uf the De ridet of Roads and 
Bridges—to connect producer and exporter, 
We fancy ene "Paris h Councils could be made of 
immense use in bringing small growers, as well as 
others, into complete touch with all consuming 
centres, It is fair to note here that the Board of 
Trade officials appear to be in earnest respecting 
help in the matter of light railways—the President 
of that department, together with an engineer of 
repute, having been on the Continent studying the 
system preparatory to setting to work on genes 
materials and Parliamentary action. 
usual extracts on the imported fruits, fx id 
vegetables, we give the following :— 
IMPORTS. 1894. 1895. Difference. 
Fruits, raw :— | 
ppl „ „bush. 1, 179,595 589.721 —589,871 
Cherries „s 8 65 РА | n 
Plums "ma 1,533 320 . —1,218 
Pears i. 59.331 22.456 — 30,875 
Grapes 4. . „„ | 100691 | 138,668 737.974 
Unenumerated .. 4 58,768 | 45,983 |^ —12,805 
Onions 1 597, 388 711,787 
роон. о ве | PIRE рори 
Vege nt" СТ E TE 3$ ios 
екы. СЫ ОДО кил с inis 
It will readily be observed that “ minus " has it—or, 
rather the on j producer. It would be pleasant 
to record some new industry in connection with 
хуб р crane e 1 that 
The disposal of this fruit in 
beyond the powers of railway companies 
Apple-waggons line the roads to the railway station, 
often seeking in can Ка —— etimes waiting 
he goods’ entrance opens to 
The . — x eeiam as to whether there 
any reduction in the price of cider in the 
cider-contuming districte of France, There does 
not appear to be any rat E єй "i industry on 
zt other side of the Channel, ted for this 
untry by your correspondent, “ "E. rae „ in a recent 
мич of the Gardeners’ Chronicle. And now as to 
our— 
RTS. 
These foot up for last month the rut total of 
1 457246 over 
d 
material and machinery; but a not 
very great, The increase in the ee months Jet 
now ended is put at £8,295 982. ood s 
in the Exchequer, anda аы 3 the Ameri 
money question, we can afford to look ahead with 
confidence. Notwithstanding the import-duty of 7s. 
who is keen to note exactly what is wanted in foreign 
countries, and sends it out. Werequire an exten- 
sion of our system of technical «юй; we have 
done pretty well, but very much more is required ; 
and it is about time that the once much-talked-of 
Imperial Institute should give more reason tban it 
now does for its existence, 
DuNDEE CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. — 
The Secretary (Mr. W 
had been made to the Council had been refused, he 
had hopes that they would yet have a Corporation 
Cup. The Treasurer (Mr. D. Свотл.) reported that the 
e ture for t. | 
was a debit balance of £6 10s, Sd. They had, 
ever, £27 4s. 1d. atill at their credit. The 2 
he explained, was accounted for f the 
weather at the annual show, which t peh a 
reduction in the admiasion money, e reports were 
then adopted, and cffice-bearers. a ensuing year 
elected, 
CHESHUNT, WORMLEY, AND DiaTrRICT HOR- 
TICULTURAL MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY.— 
The usual fortnightly meeting of this society was 
held on Thureday, Dec. 5, at Turnford, upwards of 
a hundred members фет — Н. N. Bvsnzy, 
Esq., presiding. The se ES, 
having read the minutes eo ges evious meeting, 
Mr.  тллам Наввтѕох, of Яд Turnford Hall Nur- 
series, паноа ап че еам lecture on Grape 
Growing for Market,” dealing exhaustively with the 
subject, including the early history, introduction of 
the Vine to this country from Asia Minor; propega- 
tion, grafting, артрит т manuring, fertilisation of the 
flowers, and the entire routine of cultivation under 
glass of all the more popular varieties of Grapes. 
The methods of packing for rail and Covent Garden 
market were fully described and illustrated. At the 
close а ee a was initiated, On the motion of 
vote of Mr. Harmison 
lecture, The next € С. held on Dec. 19, 
when Mr. W. Cas ute a paper entitled 
“ Bee- keeping, and its relations ля Horticulture.” 
THE Peopie’s PALACE HORTICULTURAL 
Soci —A meeting of the Committee са ріасе 
at the People's Palace on the 7th inst., Mr. E. SR 
in sem chair. A very encouraging report was received 
the judges who made the awards to the green- 
end in October last, they having made an inspec- 
tion of nearly forty in the East End, and they 
reported that the houses, although moatly of home 
e 
plants generally ratis h 
show held on Oct, 31 snd sae following "id 
conded by Mr. Rotrs, a xu ые д 
S. ze 
