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THE GARDENERS’ 
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his death sit were bought by е eee, for 
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£400—a + very far below Dr. 
Harv umm use of the * for his Flora 
Capensis After this it was much neglected, till Sir 
E kin steps were taken to preserve the plants in 
manner, Prof, MacO wan’s own collections, 
5000 specimens, were added in 1881, 
andthe collection is fairly well housed, except for 
the risk of tire, which is still great. The value of a 
com and library to the colonial botanist, and 
those who apply to him for information on all sorts 
of e ia incalculable 
“u THE CEN TRAL AFRICAN PLANTER.”—Among 
he many encouraging signs of progress, we may 
note the publication, at Songani, Zomba, of the firat 
number of this journal, which bears out the old 
g new er 
years afterwards Coffee planting began, and in 1891 
a million Coffee plants were in cultivation. Coffee, 
indeed, is the principal subject treated of in this 
_ Telegraphic comm unication with Great 
vid Cape Town was established at the time 
the Кы went to press. May it be a good omen, 
and may our energetic plan ters not forget to occupy 
юше part of their time їп making known the 
resources of the country, and in eending home speci- 
ns of ita flora and fauna. Who can tell that some 
lant may not eventually be more com- 
The editor is Mr. 
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o SURVEYORS’ INSTITUTION.—At the ordi- 
nary general meeting, held on Monday, December 9, 
1895, а President ( E the 
chair, à paper was read byM г. F. РонспАнр (Fellow), 
entitled, “ The Working of the 
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r.— ordinary general meeting will be 
held on igang! January 6, 1896, when the adjourned 
ssion о paper read at the last meeting by 
Mr. F, EN (Fellow), entitled, The Working 
9f the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1883," be 
resumed, T air to be taken at 8 o'clock, Notice 
is given that tbe Institution will be closed from 
Tuesday, 24th inat., to Monday the 30th inat. 
THE ROYAL GARDENERƏ’ ORPHAN FUND.— 
The usual monthly meeting of the committee took 
place at the Horticultural Club, Hotel Windsor, on 
the 20th inst, Mr. W. Mansmarr, presiding, there 
being a large attendance of members. The Secre 
» Mr. A. Е, Barron, reported that he had dod 
the aum o £105 15s. 104, from the trustees of the 
ft 
rs to Chrysanthemum-house, £10 128. 74.; 
x The Grange itis Carshalton, £2 10s.; 
T. W. R. Bloxh Chesterfield, £2 2s.; The 
Market Harboro’ ойаны Society, sale of 
nni at Chrysanthemum show, per Mr. G. Green, 
„ £1 15з.; Mr. R. Ingleby, Chesterfield, 
a Ts, 64.; ; Mr. C. Gib тор, Morden Park Gardens, 
Sl ls. d.; Mr. J. McKechne, Holloway, £1 1s.; 
Meurs, R w. Proctor & Son, n Chester- 
nurserymen, 
field, sale of Tu £1 1s; The Croydon ont 
Bates, enorm ^ 
a Northdown, gate, 
Agricultural Hald: 
wed, and was 
18s 2d ; Mr. T, Newbould, Cragg н тей, 
17s. 6d. ; Mr, A. J. Brown, Chertsey 2 
Miss Emily Roger, Farnborough, 135.; H. 
т. W. 
Divers, The Gardens, Belvoir Ой — 74. Mr. 
John Day, Galloway, Garlieston, 12s.; and — 
H. Cannell & Son, Swanley, 10s. It having been 
announced that at various times during 1896, nine 
children would cease to be chargeable to the fund, 
having reached the age of fourteen years, it was 
resolved that ten children should be elected at 
the annual general meeting to take place at 
Anderton’s Hotel on February 20 next. The 
credentials of a number of children were examine 
and passed. heque was ordered to be drawn for 
9 children’s allowances for the first quarter of the 
ear, amounting to £195, there а sixty 
children entitled to the benefit of the fund. A 
hearty vote of thanks was passed to the rid for 
his services in that capacity during the year; and 
Mr. MARSHALL, in acknowledging the vote, thanked 
the committee for their support and attendances 
during the year. 
THE NATIONAL AMATEUR GARDENERS’ А880- 
CIATION.— The annual dinner took place at the 
Guildhall Tavern on the 18:h imt., Mr 
SaNDERS, the President, in the chair, about eighty 
persons being present, including several ladies, In 
roposing success to the association, the chairman 
said that this was the fifth year of its existence, that 
he had been associated with it from the first, and 
was well acquainted with its advantages. It was 
&ble to show that it had done good work, and there- 
fore justified its formation, There is an increase in 
ber of its country members and affiliated 
societies ; both together there аге probably from 
persons connected with the association. 
lage association afforded opportunities for those 
mateurs interested in gardening to meet together 
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24 exhibit their skill as cultivators ; and in this 
ous to rece 
of flowerr, plants, fruite, bles brought 
em, and ch are closely inspected b 
members, ints w ard о meri- 
the 0 
torious exhibits, which carried à it а Certificate 
of Merit; and when а sufficient aggregate of 
was reached, a Silver Medal was awarded, 
ment to his brot 
was mainly through their exertions they had scored 
во sati Ser care The distribution of money- 
р rtificates then took place, and 
announced tha e next monthly meeting on 
Jan. 7, Mr. R. Dean will give a lecture on Hardy 
Border Primroses.“ 
ARDENERà' ROYAL BENEVOLENT INSTITU- 
TION, Er. At the meeting of the Committee of the 
Wolverhampton Auxiliary of the 
3 n i G. A. 
an, handed in his list of subscriptions i 
— had | himself Aces 15 the course of a few 
weeks, amounting to 3 sum of £70, 
includin aii p ann 
> It may һе ene By ^ 
жор, conjunction with BRADLEY, 
€ x : within ti welve 8 
Soci 
ROOK, AND FREEMA 
нота тони, Soo —The thirtieth il 
neral meeting of the above was held at the Shirley 
Hotel, Perverts hg on the 17th inat., the pred 
A. Bartow, Esq, presiding. The Secre 
report and statement of accounts, showing en 
progress of the Society. The entries at the late show 
numbered 600 i +} Ж 4 tii 
in ſavour of the Society was E35. There was a consider- 
able increase in the attendance, and this enabled the 
те 
by the re-election of the president, vice-president, 
and officers, and a ballot for a committee of twelve, 
for which there were twenty-four nominations. A 
vote of thanks to the eere: the press, and the 
retiring members of the vend &c., closed & 
very successful meeting lid yea 
SociETY OF JERSEY салома а meet- 
the асврісев of the Society. 
numbering 110, illustrated the internal structure of 
plants, the botanical features of each he pointed out, 
A number of photographs of horticultural interest, 
taken by the demonstrator himself upon the island, 
also formed part of the exhibition, Meetings are 
mis monthly, and the Hon. Secretaries A the coming 
ar аге Mesers. E. Reeve and A. Sur 
PLANT PORTRAITS. 
CALADIUM LILIPUTENSE, Rodigas, viene te Horticole, 
December 15. Like a dwarf form of С. ат 
Cosmos SULPHUREUS, Garam. and Forest, P. ан. 
‚ December, 
895. 
RosE G. NABONNAND, Tea ; Garten, December 14. 
PLANTS AND FLOWERS AT 
TRENTHAM 
A GRAND display of а разы is to 
The ses px present 
ing sight, be ү of plants of 
the brilliant Poinsettia pulc a, E enormous 
bractr, are splendidly grown fi small aite as 
dazzling are the plants of Euphorbia обоа 
whose flowering sprays are such ав опе seld 
es flo 
be very great. 
time аге 
nerarie, Roman пушаш, 57 Nar- 
thousan 
perfection. Besides th 
The Orchid-houses are likewise gay with flowering 
plants, and in ен Cattleya-house several hundred 
blooms of С, labiata are ded; Dendrobium 
ee e ». Wardianum, Lelia anceps, 
n great quantities, “Tn the Odontoglossum- 
8 учн of sprays of О, crispum an 
ys o А 
Pescatorei had open flowers, with numbers to follow. 
umbers of fine healthy plants 
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were be exce 
luxuriant growth, many of them in —— including 
a grand batch of the . — M. eee 
A Ne of Tree Carnati mand ‘Margueriter, 
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ен сне df ‘ait elle’ 
i The firat-named are invaluable 
leading 
for their fragrant flowers. A grand lot of late- 
flowering varieties of santhemum are moat 
useful plants at this season, and the plants here are 
ous quantities of blossoms 
for а E Rhododendron hybridam, Deutzia 
Azalea mollis, and Lilies, are extensi ively 
great favourites ) 
light green, graceful say and their 
« wem" purposes g. In the 
