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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[January 1, 1887, 
sand should be added. Тһе plant strikes readily 
from cuttings, so that shabby plants need not be 
tolerated, 
—— METROPOLITAN PUBLIC GARDENS 
ASSOCIA he The fourth annual report of the 
Association presided over by Lor 
been issued, and contains an excellent record of work 
multiply such gardens in crowded quarters than to 
purchase larger areas on the outskirts. 
" WHITAKER'S ALMANAC” FOR 1887 has 
been recast and enlarged. Much additional infor- 
mation relating to the Colonies has been inserted, so 
that the work more than ever deserves the epithet of 
a concise Encyclopædia, 
PRIMULA SINENSIS.—During last winter 
and spring many scores of seedling Primulas 
®© 
there any hairs on the little stalk supporting th 
cotyledons, and intervening between them and the 
roots. This little stalk was of old known as the 
tigellum or caulicle, but it has become the fashion 
to speak of it n 
glandular hairs in this situation are very rar 
OHN LUBBOCK, in his paper on seedlings only 
figuring one such case in a species of Cuphea. 
—— CHISWICK (ROYAL end ы So- 
CIETY) MUTUAL тн T ASSOCIATION.— 
On January 28, M., “Hr. RICHARD DEAN 
will deliver an Бил before the members of the 
&bove Association, 
— GRAND NATIONAL DAHLIA SHOW. — A 
meeting of the promoters of this annual exhibition 
took place at the Botanic Gardens, Chelsea, on the 
. Henry G presiding ; there was 
Mr. THomas Moors, the Hon. 
pan 
and Mr. Heap had suggested that the annual show 
should take place on September 2 and 3 next. 
The executive committee was re-appointed, the 
judges nominated; and Mr. Moore was voted such 
assistance as he might require. On proceeding to 
revise the schedule of prizes, considerable discussion 
took place on a proposal to make classes for self and 
shaded and also for parti-coloured E the latter 
ttm the fancy varieties. counter acne 
to abolish the distinctions “of show 
мен and admit both in stands. 
agreed 
ingly а new class was made for seventy-two blooms, 
not less than t -six varieties, and not more 
than two blooms of a sort; while the clauses for 
forty-eight, thirty-s -six, and twelve varieties are 
fancy flowers 
amateurs 
Fund had offered prizes iiis: for 
and in these, also, the old distinctions 
ow and fancy varieties will be maintained. 
сіла for the premier show and premier fancy 
re withdra: 
|, fi and show flowers being 
< Dahlias, distinct; six MM 
do.; six striped do. 
class was also made for six bunches of ser € 
decorative varieties—six blooms to form a bun 
also for twenty-four bunches of single Dahlias ; per 
n s 
cordial. vote of thanks was pe to Mr. Tuomas 
Moore and to Mr. Grasscock 
HART.—We learn that Mr. 
J. who has, since the departure of Mr. 
Мовизв, so ны ы performed the duties of 
Superintendent of the Government Cinchona plan- 
tation, has been appointed Superintendent of the 
Mr. 
We congratulate Mr, 
Hanr on his well-merited promotion. 
HER SCORTECHINI. — The death of 
а 
arge and valuable collections, which will be 
utilised at Kew in perfecting portions of the Flora of 
British India. 
—— А D:CTIONARY OF PLANT NAMES —We are 
glad to see that Messrs. HorrAxp and BRITTEN have 
brought this useful and interesting work to a close 
with the third part. We shall have occasion to 
speak more at length of this publication on another 
occasion, 
— — NATIONAL ROSE SOCIETY —At the annual 
dinner of the Society the Chairman, the Hon. and 
Rev. J. T. Boscawen, proposed that some recognition 
of the Jubilee should be made by the members of а 
Society whose object it is to promote the extended 
culture of the flower which is our national emblem. 
It was readily taken up, a committee was named, and 
at its first meeting on the 22d ult., held at the Horti- 
eultural Club, it was determined that the sum of £100 
should be devoted to the purchase of two challenge 
trophies, to be competed for at the provin cem shows 
of the Society, for thirty-six blooms, open to all nur- 
serymen, twenty-four open to all ыйын. 
Subscriptions were announced in sums varying from 
one guinea to five, amounting to upwards of £40, and 
a circular will be shortly issued to the members 
generally asking their co-operation. 
———SPANISH PLANTS.— The twelfth number of 
Dr. Муса лөм Illustrationes Flore His- 
panice contains figures of Cirsium Willkommianum, 
a handsome Thistle, wi 
а 
chestnut-brown pal L. Badale, with flowers 
similarly veined, but with a yellow palate. 
——  MunRAY'S MAGAZINE. — This alliterative 
magazine starts on its career as a high-class lite: 
ine, well-printed, and with solid well-written 
articles appealing to the intelligence rather than the 
sympathies. Fiction is of course not omitted, and 
the poison of Radicalism is duly neutralised by a 
and bubble as he is said to have done. Perhaps he 
was а little confused as one of his colleagues in the 
same number, who by writing of “ That idiot of a 
кыа s son," leaves us in doubt as to whether p is 
the Prefect or his son that is idiotic — under 
cinematics; perhaps both. 
and ammo ath 
S.—The leaf-stalks. of. 0. bupleurifolia 
out, во that ge E flattened 
“ eladodes," Microscopic — See ace, 
that we have here here a true leaf in disguise, for the 
woody portion of the vascular bundles or fibres of 
the le af is directed towards the upper surface, 
while the bast is beneath, both being partially 
surrounded by а semi-lunar mass of thick wood-cells, 
Hence, although to the unassisted eye the leaf-stalk 
appears alike on the two surfaces, anatomy reveals 
that the bundles at least are different on their upper 
and lower surfaces respectively. 
A NEW MEDICINAL PLANT.—-A new medi- 
cinal plant is referred to in a recent number of the 
Therapeutic Gazette under the name of Cacur, and is 
said to be used by the Kaffirs in Southern Africa as an 
emetic, The plant is said to be Cucumis myriocampe, 
and the green or yellowish-green fruits are the parts 
used. The form of pe as n єз Ber: 
Kaffirs, is to heat the fruits, and 
into their mouths, to бнт them. 
two fruits are considered a dose for an adult, and one 
for a child. The plant grows largely in gardens as а 
weed, especially where Melons 
eultivated, and it produces its fruits very abundantly. 
These fruits are about the size of a large Gooseberry, 
at first green but turning yellow on ripening, and 
Тһе soft 
decidedly qe taste. From 
the pulp o e fruit it seems to "s we decidedly emetic in 
h 
be “ no trace of any alkaloid, the activity seeming to 
depend upon а bitter neutral principle readily soluble 
in water or in 80 per cent. alcohol." 
—— Воот PRUNING, — In the Saharunputi 
Botanic Garden an experiment was tried in root- 
pruning upon young and over-vigorous Peach trees, 
A plantation of бо was formed three years ago 
i ece of ground formerly used for 
vegetable estiva dol The trees were of astonish- 
ing size fortheir age, but their vigour all went to 
stimulate the production of wood rather than fruit: 
thus they were fit subjects for the experiment. 
trench 2 feet wide, 2 feet deep, and 3 feet from the 
trunk of the trees, 
de. The soil was thrown back liberally mixed 
vith manure, and frequent waterings given for 
some time after wards ; 
treatment given has been quite successful, as every 
branch and twig is now laden with fruit, 
me ee MACRAEI.—The habit of 
the species "of Cirrhopetalum in Mem is all 
that could be desirable, and v their flowers а 
ын. larger, they 
vallias, They are, however, as a rule vastly supe- 
rior to their nearest relations, the Bulbophyllums, 
both in size and colouring, with the exception of а 
group typified by Dendrobium, Ccelogyne, and popu 
larly known as Bulbophyllum, The lateral cjui 
the present species are pale yellow, and about + 
inches long, while the upper эне is rosy-purple 
considerably shorter. The purp 
and only about i inch long. "Three to seven flow: 
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and Pumpkins are | 
was dug around them in D 
DM. COM and every root met with was cut by the — 
le petals are hate j 
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