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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[Окскмвкв 21, 1895, 
many others of a similar type, quickly changes the 
colour of its leaves from a deep to a pale green when 
flow 
doubtless ae of one pid hence the absence of 
THE USE ОР DECIDUOUS FLOWERING SHRUBS, 
— J.,“ p. 719 
planting o ver trees in shrubberie 
much felt want in the beauti D ng of 8 20 many shrub 
ted abundantly with 
e ity common subjects, 
cases such as form 
беч төрүн buildings or obtain privacy. True рыч ca 
Common Laurel in its varieties are suitable 
ere daiat 
er genera should be e mplo рм in preference, In 
planting riders ум t be owering 
plants or with evergreens, there ra generally far too 
much of the “dotting” method practised for the 
g effective, especially when the 
vm Пред are of sm Teen ow muc 
ily, 
Weigela, Almonds, or even 
guineum and others, which, if slanted in bold masses, 
afford a much finer effec er ад 
Not only to flowering plants 
but to subjects t are ce for the wee ta of 
seen in a mass of ruddy лан and the shrub looks 
well n growing beside 
— e Sar ondorio all that h ini ius mid. fà 
an suitability of varieties of 
Grab for eo ie ied he garden and pleasure- 
grounds; and when I have been given a free 
hand, I have done this for some time past, and 
has 
by owners of 
— I should, however, 
varietier, beautiful as they are, in the orchard or 
kitchen garden, the trees lacking the lightness of 
habit, and — fruits the 3 of ö = 
fru 
Me Ronald, Chichester, 
THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S COM- 
emen going so far as to include myself 
— чүч in the provinces who do 
the reporta o f the London meeting”, I can 
cordially purport of “J. S. W:s” 
— (p. „ 719). For some years past I have met 
intelligent membe 
ho have condemned the idea of 
hought the wA of the 
certificates to са 
а 
not read 
uce of gardens. These persons —— t gar- 
— alone, but include others eminent in the 
a. — ted with horti — 
! re watched w ——— general 
good work т » the Жаы. Horticultural Yo ety, 
but seeing that we cannot e near Londor, I 
do not see why it should -— gres its — 
outwards all round. a есеп 
tion in many important — why not the Royal 
cultural 
Horti follow suit? Surely there 
plenty i power in the horticul 
of govern- 
ocal 
city and to here Jon 
A suecessfal exhibitions are held, giving fom 
3 жа. т>. тт. ? In 
where ellie are — “quarterly, о 
monthly meetings for а portion е year, нны 
be held for the same purpose, 1 bestens say more, 
will refrain—first, е шоге 
n districts 
г correspondent J. S. W.“ in your 
ie of Duces i peta span ports Sem 
ver the country." That there would be s 
diffe ulties ^ poma goes without saying, but i it 
there i y by which the society coul 
establish iteclf p ihe bate of th 
m di but 
0 et important centres in the 
kingdom, these difiicalties would soon disappear, 
and the ion thua for 
waye. our correspondent says “that provincial 
en have not believed that all the talents wer 
confi m and neighbourhood,” and th 
commi and | en might well reply “ so say 
weal).” It is nevertheless true, that were it not for 
those men who have not all the — the 
oyal ep ee on Society w NN 
ses aa in the hortic 
a anks of 
their provincial brethre an otherwise zwhile t 
asse at more scant j stice is done to distant 
fellows or to exhibits coming “ from afar " is an insult 
to th mmittees, whi ery your th 
will resenf. An exhibit from Scotland, for example, 
will hav e allowance made for its long journey 
is there no possibil of improving them as 
“J.S. W.“ suggests, by having provincial com- 
ittee uld sit in various c from time 
to time, and before whom locally raised, but still it 
m t meritoriour, nt rr, fruits, o 
vegetables might be brought by persons who had no 
opportunity of placing them bef the regular 
committess i ndon ? y such ап arrangemen 
the Royal Horticultural Society would be brought 
into closer ta ith district, and m 
—— that many persons would become members 
en d v: of the society's work to 
interes themselves hap* o be 
that those i ia the immediate neighbourhood 
for myself, who war, until recently, located on the 
other side « hes rder, I have often, in past yearr 
1 em the hope that the - эчә, — uld come when 
oyal Hor ticaltural Soc uld find itself 
— like the Royal er, ынет of England, 
ones, will impress anyone wi 
thing should be tri 
small committee should, 
appointed to NAE the matter. 
Orpington, Ken 
e an improvement, 
аб the annual meeting, be 
Robert Fife, 
DRESDEN. 
INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL EXHI- 
BITION AT DRESDEN, MAY, 1896. 
Тнк Committee of the Second International Hor- 
ticaltural Exhibition to be — Dresden from 
May 2 to 10,1896, has the to announce the 
death of both the Honorary "Presidents, Mr. Alfred 
Бен, Мауог of Dresden, and the ] irat Pres 
perm en, Both gentlemen have drum err . 
highest interest in all matters concerning the exhi- 
bition, The present advanced state of the under- 
taking is in a high degree due to the skill and muni- 
ficence of the deceased, to whom Saxon horticulturists 
are greatly indebted. Their memory will be held in 
honour by all who had the pleasure to be с 
with them, 
The Honorary Presidentship has now been be- 
presen nt Mayor of Dresden, M-. 
of Finance, while Mr, 
near 
man at Striesen, Dresden, are second and third, 
orks on the exhibition grounds are proceed- 
ing satisfactorily. The beautiful main building is 
nearly ready, so is the surrounding park, which had to 
be laid out afresh after the designs of Mr. Bartram, 
— aig] Gartenbau director i peres . The annexes 
0 be erected in addition to the main palac е will be 
3 in the course of r4 pte and all will 
be ready in time for the opening. In general every- 
thing has been done to make this Dresden Dacennial 
Exhibition а great success. 
NEW INVENTION. 
SEASELL'S PATENT ORCHID-BASKET, 
Fasnmio asserts itself in most things in some 
manner or other, and lately it appears either that 
the Orchid-grower is getting tired of the - 
fashioned Orchid-basket, or that the inventors ar 
determined that he shall try others of a diffe ie 
pattern, Several of these new inventions have been 
advanced lately, and Seasell’s Patent Orchid- Basket 
has new features which warrant its trial in gardens. 
The снах particalarising one important thing 
in its structure, say the top of our basket being 
round and saucer-shaped, the water (which can be 
supplied by a watering-can or syringe whilst the 
vag is in position) is carried direct to the centre of 
the compost, wetting it all thoroughly, and the four 
top corners being left on, prevent rapid evaporation." 
Many other advantages are claimed which practical 
test will no doubt soon decide. The basket is neat 
and seemingly durable, and so, no doubt, will meet 
at least some of the requirements of the grower. 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL кой —— 
Sci nee Committee. 
DECEMBER 10.— Present: Mr. McLachlan, in the chair; Dr. 
LL 5 Russell, Mr. Уем, Dr. Bonavia, Rev. W. Wilks, 
and R s Henslow, Hon 
ns attacked by Grubs,— With reference to Dían thus 
th be 
Hylemyia nigrescens , for many species of black flies aae 
greenhouses 
larvæ alone ; but on о e occasion when they were bred ‘ey 
proved to be the — 3 above. 
The Colours of Flowers. — The ж was raised whether 
it would not be possibl st carry out some experim 
various substances in the кой to ie their ierit upon the 
colours of flowers and frui its, Mr. Wilks re 
of various Apple trees, with the result ms а crimson-scarlet. 
par 
ue wasi to the fruit. With e supposed 
action, it was a айы how far the — could affect the 
colour, for if the am т i e fo - 
, it would t fix lime, though the soot itself 
d inly bea vehicle for the ammonia. This is а known 
ей for improving the colour of Balsams, Weigelas, &c.; peat 
havea similar effect. Hence the deeper colora- 
f oliage. Thecaseof Viola calaminaria was mentioned, а species 
a 
information from any correspondent who may have h 
rience in the changes of colours through the action of the soil 
in any way. 
Cypripedium, Origin of the Slipper.— Dr. Bonavia gave the 
ere possible бой ой of the labellum of this Orchid: 
п Са пайа a wild Cypripedium (Se! Seleni ipedium) acaule has 
This — tha may have been originally an 
n labellum, — thet ен other Oils, while the incurving 
of the edges an final fusion made a slipper. т, at 
a ER Isaw a — w 
a line of oe there. Ишене, їп several there ws в 
towards that line ; in others both the veins and median e 
ere obliterated.” 
am we 
