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ЈАХСАВҮ 15, 1887.] 
THE 
GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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was there exhibited gave signs of some unpre- 
paredness on the part of exhibitors, iam the fairly 
good quality observed in M N's flowers, 
which consisted of nearly thé x same kinds as those 
seen at the early winter shows, affords hope that 
another year will see an advance in the culture 
0 
winter flowers, which will in some places take n 
position held by forced subjects, seemed m 
seasonable then, than when we get them in J aly 
and August, 
THE LATE MR. Moore.—At the funeral of the 
late Mr. Moore, it was suggested that, provided the 
ympathy extended to herself, be ect to leave 
this (отл entirely in the hands her late hus- 
band's friends. A statement to this effect was made at 
the committees of the Royal Horticultural Society at 
the meeting on Tuesday last, and several subscrip- 
tions of ten shillings and upwards were received or 
promised. N 
VEITCH, or with 
at the office of this journal. The names of the sub- 
scribers "will eventually be published but not the 
s of course never taken as the actual 
measure of the sympathy felt, 
EITCH MEMORIAL PRIZES.—At a meeting of 
the Trustees held at South Kensington on Tuesday, 
the llth inst, it was decided that a £5 prize and 
. medal should be offered for competition at the 
| principal shows of each of > following Societies : 
| —York Gala, Liverpool, rming Leicester, 
. Oxford, Derby, and the Royal ented, May 24 
. (Cypripedi ums). Also at the National Dahlia Show 
in each of the following 
how, наа: red-show, pon, 
decorative and single, And further, at the National 
; Chrysanthemum Show, to 
kinds, distinct ; also a 
| 24 reflexed, 24 large-flowered Anemone, 24 Japa- 
nd 
; nese or hybrid Anemone-flowered, 
E secti um in 
_ cultivation, The number of prizes offered during 
| the year are therefore 7 
are open to competition amongst amateurs 
only 
UNITED HORTICULTURAL BENEFIT AND PRO- 
7А 
. VIDENT ЅОСІЕТҮ,— 
all commu- 
nications the Society should be addressed 
to Mr. J. esa The Gardens, Gunnersbury House, 
Acton, W, 
VEITCH, Esq. F.L.S&. The prizes offered by the 
trustees of the Turner Memorial F 
with thanks. 
with by the Royal Horticultural Society, who could 
deal with horticulture and allied sciences as a whole. 
The balance in | favour of the Auricula Society was 
stated to be з. 4d., that against the Carnation 
and Picotee ени being £6 16s. 14. 
ROYAL OXFORDSHIRE HORTICULTURAL So- 
CIETY.—The exhibitions of this Society will take 
lace during the gma season as follows :—June 
21, July 28, Sept. 8 
LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON,—At the next 
meeting, to be held on January 20, at 8 рм,, 
pay following papers will be read :—1. “ Stimulation 
gg ш Vegetable Tissues,” by F. Darwin 
ATESON ; 2, “Hydroids and Polyzoa of 
Dus Archipelago, "by Rev, T. Ніхскв; 3. “ Tissues 
of Sporophore in Mosses,” by J. R, Улт. 
DUMFRIES HORTICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT 
ASSOCIATION.—The first monthly meeting of the 
second session of this Association was held in Grey- 
friars’ Hall on Thursday evening, md 8. Mr, 
M* i 
are and cultivation have 
brought it. The ү мый. directions ү treated in 
a masterly way, which showed that they had been 
rupem from practical experience. 
Messrs, WEBB & SON'S SPECIAL PRIZES.— 
As special encouragement to good гаир. in the 
vegetable garden, this enterprising firm firm of seedsmen 
and nurserymen, Wordsley, Stourbridge, intend to 
give prizes of sums of 5s, to £1 (and, in certain cases, 
seeds), for collections of six kinds of vegetables, 
the Royal y gente Society of 
London special рн! will be o 
Melons, Peas, Bean abbages, ا‎ Banbu 
Onions, and aT ү many of these competi- 
tions the prizes are awarded to kinds that have been 
raised or selected at Wordsley. The various shows 
at which the prizes can be contended for number 
eighty-three, and are distributed over all parts of 
England and Wales 
City OF LONDON COLLE 
Te vd "p fe 
deliver а course of ten 
haic тшу 14, at 7 r.m.. with s 
h 
— During Lent 
to the Surv 
Practical Канай анон in the country will be given 
durin ing. xt- s recomme 
Forester and Baa ' Elements 
Sylvicullure (translated - FERNANDEZ and SMYTHIES 
t 
— Planting Operations—Thinning and Maintenance 
—Felling and gv nas, RE gird st sig ei 
loitation and Management 
асте Characters of the Аа British Timber 
trees, 
EARLY VARIETIES OF ToBacco.—The follow- 
ing kinds of Tobacco have been recommended to 
Mr. Н. Varron, of Exeter QR, Varen & Sox) by 
pratt American ents, as being well 
for cultivation in this country :— 
Sterling which is the newest bri of the 
yellow type, and, b earliest to ripen, is surest 
in localities liable to early frost. : 
CAD vis 
"Which is allied to the Yellow Oronoko, 
E кт Yellow, a superb variety, and a 
favourite with many planters, and among the eniin. 
Ré ws and a 
Tuckahoe, a rst-class variety in every respect, new, 
and Ry to most of the older varieties, in that 
it body ; leaf long and extra fine. 
e yellow Oronoko, 
which it resembles, and a most excellent variety. 
This variety is pad preferred in localities where 
the finest types are 
Yellow Oronoko. er "reliable old yellow variety, 
grown for more than fifty years, and improved with 
reference to the production of yellow stock, 
усо new variety, and the easiest cured of all 
the veh fine texture, flavour, and sells 
w This is a hybrid Oronoko and Gourd-leaf; a 
beautiful and desirable variety, 
e of the newest and best of the 
the most popular sorts, and are all 
earlier than any of the varieties that yo 
d Ye F 
suitable of all nam st 
name are even earlier than Yellow Prio 
fore, most suitable for cultivation in your latitude," 
CHLOROPHYTUM ELATUM.—The variegated form 
of this species makes one of the most charming 0j 
foliage plants, either for pot culture, or, better still, 
for planting out ой the rockery or in the border of 
the conservatory, Some masses in the Temperhte- 
h at Kew are-especially attractive at the present 
time, In gardens and in nurserymen’s catalogues 
generally this is known as Anthericum latifolium 
albo medium pictum ! 
А PLEASING hetero qi m the conse 
at Kew one of the 
ristrophe speciosa (the oldsJusticia ia cari and 
Relawardtie trigyna (Linum trigynum). The mass 
of colour, violet-purplish and golden-yellow, is 
relieved by Grevillea robusta and Albizzia lophantha 
NEPHTHYTIS LIBERICA.—At present this rare 
Aroid is somewhat att ractiv ve in the Aro 
Kew. Th 
which is tr a size — 
be 
rry—a 
the petiole 8 ofti the baiser uh 
he species was introduced Ea 1 Li be. half-a- 
dozen years ago. 
" TURNER MEMORIAL” PRIZES,—The money 
late 7 
£182 18s 6d. That sum was invested in Console, 
and £20 will be available for prizes every year for а 
period of ten years. The £20 will be кш М їп 
xhibi 
Pi 
ciety, to be held at South себна оп July: 26, 
for six distinct Carnations, ce е ee Picotees, 
Four prizes: 40s., 30s., 20e., The 
arere hr be competed par irs amateurs who do 
not a gardener regularly. The Newcastle- 
Pria: Botanical and Society's 
Exhibition, to be held in the Jubilee Exhibition 
Mà on August 30 and 31, for twelve distinct 
Roses, three prizes: 50s., 30s, and 20, For twelve 
бойы Ты, three prizes: 50s., , and ; 
To be for by amateurs or gentlemen's 
sules of which ey 
covered with a brilliant red aril, which renders them 
