кскмвЕв 21, 1895.] 
EDINBURGH BOTANICAL. 
DECEMBER 9.—The m yero орут was held іп the room 
of this society, St. Andrew Square, on Hio above date, 
at 8 P.M pre president, эй . P. AITKEN in the chair. 
fter th ion of the private business, coming of the 
Зоны of the council and the election of n mbers, the 
first item of public business was the reading 55 an obituary 
notice of Professor птн Lawson, by the assistant-secre- 
tary, М - 
TERRAS 
The only exhibits were ud нт the society’s garden, 
and а of чыр asia scandens, Catasetum Christyanum, 
. я рона, Арһе landra chrysops, Luculia gratis- 
and о 
A . rt = "die excursion of the 8 Alpine Botanical 
Club to Tyndrum last August, was read by Dr. W 
by Mr. J. H. _ BURRAGE, В.А. 
е glands. 
п ARROW exhibited 
the spe еы named — ‘and read K few notes on plants 
in the plant-houses. 
The o of the печна Observations taken at the 
em Mr. A 
еп duriog Nov was г R RD- 
son. The ma xim im 7 the Pr Pe аб protected thermo- 
"4? о llth; um b 
grass, 19°5° on the 214. rred on ee: 
days. Rain fell on twenty-three days, the total fall being 
2:305 inches, a е * hours, 
readings a A.M, was 29°717 inches, xem 0118 inch 
lo rj AT, 1 р, с 
0 rage for 
COLONIAL NOTES, 
NEW nd WALES, 
Мв. J. H. Maren published, under the 
authority of the Colonial | Goverament, a handy little 
pamphlet on the timbers °“ New South Wales, and 
the trees by which they are fi ishe It is valu- 
able not only for the crar ccce it contains, 
ide also as as LA means of fixi ing the ne. nomen- 
clature, 
"e 
T MeSH xut po ue 
"бое 
е Depart ment of Agriculture, Brisbane. 
eculiarities of the Quisensland 
Flora, F. M. Bailey, F. L. S., both valuable and 
оры papers, to which we shall allude 
— hereafte 
JAMAICA. 
Mr, Faweett has issued an interesting report on 
the work of his department for the year ending 
March, 1895, aal to which we mast call farther 
attention later on. 
TRADE NOTICE, 
THE SAITAMA NURSERY Со. 
Tas following letter, гу date of November 1, 
_ 1895, has been received by us from the manager of 
the Saitama Nursery 00, 26, Nishi- Tateno, Tatinka, 
i I beg to 
obted. 
am now living is the ; habitat of the Lily in Japan ; 
@ the species obtainable are much finer than 
me апу other part of Japan. My own expe- 
rienes as a bayer enables me to purchase the most 
E goods as Sompa as any long-established 
j have edited the Collection of the 
i im 
ag, and t poene to the ship. 
decidedly quite up to date, 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICL:i. 
749 
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midi ount, as well as 
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ау- 
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twenty-four Бел. or any other puber of degrees for 
an inversely proportional number o! ] 
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Day- | Day- | Day- | Day- | 10ths 
deg. | deg. | deg. | deg. | Inch. Ins 
01— 3 37 |+ 278+ 318 1 + 231 |487| 9 28 
10 aver 2 4l — — — 187 30˙3 19 35 
2| 1 4 | 37 |+ 215|4- 285 2 — |180 |270/ 13 | 34 
3| 1 6 42 |+ 212|4- 275| 2 + 159 23:9) 29 | 40 
410 aver 8 4l |+ 217|4- 352) 3 157 24˙3 16 | 36 
5 1＋ 1 34 |+ 1930 ＋ 319 1 + 152 239 27 40 
66 1＋ 12 33 |+ 147|4- 393 1 + 192 87-4 22 33 
711 ＋ 11 28 |+ 237 ＋ 298 5 + |178 319 7 35 
8 2 ＋ 30 13 |+ 1930 ＋ 347; 1 + |167 |341| 12 42 
9 1— 8 | 34 |+ 48/4 301! 2 + 209 343 20 32 
10% 1 dy t + |183 35˙4 21 | 35 
3 + | 46 0 |+ 31614 241 1 — |188 зв 7 49 
The — indicated by number in the first column are 
the follow: 
0, Sootland, N. Hrincipal Wheat-producing Districts — 
Sco! 2, land, N.E.; 3. E.; 
* E . бой, including . 8. 
nd, .. 8 Districts —6, Scotland, ж 
ЕТЖ N. В, б, England, 8 S.W. 9, Ireland, 
THE PAST wi AST EEK. 
THE following summa apu: of the weather Е 
the British Islands for 4 * eek — December 
furnished from the Gralla Office 
“The weath soe ng this week сола іп а уегу 
——- sod 2 condition generally. Ae v of 
n fell over the e dut the fall was comparatively 
ali ig ht in the ‘north: east of England. Thunder a апі lightning 
pad 
тре underwent consi derable and 
changes, but the ave т ^ week did not differ 
materially from the normal value; most of northern 
districts it was slightly below, and i in в hie south a little above 
the mean. The highest of t 
“ The tem peratu -e 
her less than the mean in * Scotland, 
Englaud, and the Channel Veget in all other 
districts, however, there was an exc 
“The bright sunshine oed onc eeded the mean in 
Ire th er part of Scotland, and the th and east 
of England ; a was jast equal to or less than the mean in 
the othe distri The nta of the possible 
duration rang [front 29 in* m E., aud 27 in Eagland, 
S., 790 42 in England, S. W.,“ 9 i Scotland, N., and 7 in 
the ‘ Channel 
* En ge us 
CULTIVATION OF PLANTS UNDER COLOURED 
GLAS3E8.—The September issue of the Journal de 
la Société Nationale d' Horticulture de France contains 
a n» giving the followi 
ZAOHAREWICZ S recent ex Den on the cultivation 
of forced Strawber ine under differant coloured 
glasses: — lat, The Е and earliest fruit was 
raised under ordinary giam. 6 Огапде се atimu- 
lated the vegetation, as preju the 
quality, sizs, * ист ott the fruit. 3rd. Violet 
ielded eal but amall, 
grea 
inferior in — Si not very early, 4th, yon 
blue, or green g roved detrimental to 
vegetation of the plants experimented upon, 
A DRAWING OF A MODEL OF A BLENHEIM 
ke of Мансон, placed so his 
Grace’s table, and the Dake so эуре sus Ire of 
them that they were thenceforward known as the 
LM Orange. The original tree was 
n 1826. Oa September 21, 1822, five Apples were 
gathered from it weighing from 15 oz. to 
measuring from 
ed 
model was made of the largest of these five Appler, 
— came into the possession. the late Professor 
Westwoop.” Gardeners’ Magazi 
MARKETS. 
COVENT SAN, December 19. 
у t th averages for the week preceding 
the date of our report. The prices depend upon the 
i the samples, the supply in the market, and the 
; and , nO to 
E d. 
Adiantum, per doz. 4 0-12 Ficus elastica, each 
Aspidistra, per doz, 12 0 30 9 Foliage 
each 5 0-15 [ 
ЕЯ 
RS 
© Фі 
$ Ер, 
d 
3 
a 
2 
Фофо oooooo cocoa” 
| 
2125 
82 2 8 
Seo 
ger 
S 
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8 
ИТЕ 
FP. PET 
oo 
in тане, ае ^». 6 0-24 : Tulips, b ge NT doz. 
T small, doz... 1 6- 3 Es 
various, p. doz. 5 0- 12 0 — fr Me de. 
reducing A A WHOLESALE PRICES. 
Coen 
Pe 
ыбы 
— 
d. 3. d. 
| Grapes, Gros Col 
bushel Ist quality, Ib Ib. 16-20 
— From Gros 
Apples, Blenheim, P. 
4 .30- 50 pus 
Scotia, per quality, р. г lb. 10-13 
barrel] ...11 0-14 0 777 deti te, Ete 
— Wellington, Ist ty, P. Id. т 
quality, рег | . „< Sad 
bushel » 46-50 quality, p. Ib. 10-10 
—Wellington,2nd — Ist qua- 
quality, per ty, p. Id. ..36-50 
bushel * 80-40 Pine apna St, Mi- 
Cobs, per 100 Ib. 30 0-35 0 (8 6 
OUT FLOWERS.—AVERAGE 9 сезі 
a 8. d. 4. = 8. d. s, d. 
8 4 0- 8 0 Orchids: por 
Azalea, 12 sprays... 09-10 inem 12 60120 
гага 8 06-10] Odontoglossum a 
ыша 10-30 crispum,12bim. 3 C- 6 0. 
Chrysanthemums, Pelargoniums, scar- 85 
7 per 13 blooms 10-40 ЕЗ unch 60-90 
— 12 bunches 3 0- 80| — per 13 sprays... 0 9-10 
Recharis, per бона 3 0- 5 0| Poinsettia, 12 60130 
Gardenias, doz. З 0- 5 0 | Pyrethrums,12bun. 20-40 
Higeciaths (Rowan) Roses, Tea, рег doz. 1 0- 3 0 
12 sprays... eee iy — E bend 
biooms vie ow 06-16 Bare сти: AW WS 
Li French, ,per 
à cus 8 30-50 = ted. per 10-16 
ium Harrisii,do. 4 0- 8 0 Safrano, " 
Lily of the Valley, per 20-40 
por dos. Sptéje -- 16-26 — оное 60-90 
Maidenhair Fern Tuberoses, 12 bims. 0 3- 06 
eae a 40-80 е ener 16-26 
Marguerites, — Parme, 
1 10-30 per bunch. 26-40 
Mignonette 12 bun. 20- 40 —Czar,do. .., 26-30 
Narciss. White, — Mimosa ge 
French 12 bun. 30-60 eis, do. 10-20 
