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THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE. 
[Janvary 15, 1887, 
PEARS, 
A SELECTED LIST OF ONE HUNDRED 
VARIETIES OF PEARS, 
(Continued from p. 20.) 
CTOBER, 
1. Alexander Lambre.—Medium size, very e 
and d quality uniformly good ; great c Сен, 
2. Autumn Nelis.—Small, but rich and pleasant ; 
crops well 
`$. Baronne de Mello.—Medium size, extremely 
juicy, sometimes rich ; good cropper. 
4. Beurré H cn Sars handsome, very richly 
flavoured, age ЫЙ moderate cropper. 
5. Beurré —Large, moderately good; great 
cropper. 
6, Beurré des Charneuses.—Large, pale, ane; melt- 
ing; good quality 
7. British Queen, —Medium, rather рей, but of 
moderate — 
8. Com еф "Huy. — Rather small, снр; juicy ; 
flesh very E Wah cropper; good (Fig. 2 
9. De Mara н» very tender and juicy ; 
excellent ; pied Lois 
10. Doyenné | aio — Large, PROP gene- 
rally of poor quality; great crop] 
11. Eyewood. — Bergamot- “shape, melting, brisk 
acid е mely pleasan 
12, Fondante d'Automne ond dium size, very 
juicy and rich—one of the richest Polis? crops well, 
13. Gansell's Bergamot.—Large, handsome, fine 
quality ; pop cropper. 
Louise Bonne of Jersey. 
leading Pear ai its season ; 
cropper (Fig. 
15. $e aei —Large, Med. brisk acid ; 
excellent; great cropper (Fig. 22). 
16. M arécha l de la Cour Large, “hg eter excel- 
lent sub-acid flavour ; one е of th 
k i all, vir extremely rich ; 
—Handsome; the 
line quality — great 
musky flavour (Fig. 20 
18, Suffolk ess Medium, fine, tender, flesh 
rich ; a good hardy sort. 
19. Thompson's. — Medium, very juicy, and richly 
flavoured ; bear 
90. Urbaniste te. panic very melting and juicy ; 
richly flavoured, excellent ; a spare cropper (Fig. 23 
meet all requirements. 
growing as pyramids or bushes, or on walls if 
desired, 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
TuEspay, January 11.— This, the ne meeting of 
the year, was held in the TREA 
. ns, 
anceps, and а few other oe Orchids, 
from the gardens of Baron Schr 
Scientific Committee. 
a Present : Dr. М. T. Masters, F.R.S., in the chair, 
b Messrs. Lynch, Lowe, Maw, Wilson, O’Brien, Ch 
Be Pascoe, McLachlan, Michael, Suis йлн. 
d aie Hon. and Rev. Mr. Boscawen, Col, 
` Zealand Coccid,; and пулни by Comstock, an 
= ico wi en 
Агаце n © rs to be specially 
IDS on РА ӨӨН, the Norfolk Island Pine, 
CannoNisED PREHISTORIC WHEAT, 
Dr. Masters exhibited specimens from a lake near 
Колым, on which Mr. W. G. Smith will report. 
ORCHID wine ATTACKED BY Cocct. 
he Hon. and Rev 
Tus cocci upon s ы of which the eggs or young 
FIG. 18.—CORM OF IXIA DISEASED. 
are zea by a small species of ant. Mr, O'Brien 
aid he was familiar with the coccus on Cypri- 
bodies: ue Maclachlan will report upon it at 
the next meeting. 
Fic. 19,—РЕАЕ, LOUISE BONNE OF JERSEY. 
PLEUROTHALLIS PnorrrEROUS; 
Mr. O'Brien exhibited a plant which, after flower- 
ing, produced а leaf-bud from the base of the 
peduncle, 
ABIES GRANDIS, 
Dr. Masters exhibited a portion of а thick trunk 
broken чт rami e by the late severe gale 
а оа 
Mr. G. i er амы а адна dn ois 
Dag —————————.— ЕҤ. 
Portugal. It pam allied пал N. papyraceus, and was | 
ound by Mr. A. W. Tait in 1886 in the province of . 
Algarve, not having itas been known as a 
native of Portugal. sio 
DisEasE IN Conus or Ixia, 
eferred to the specimens hee before - 
а previous meeting, aiid remarked that 
as due to the change 
dextrine ; ы ipee ge 0 р 
animal m апа wh thought, in this case, 
might Redi ан proce by the excessive or ill-timed use 
of an 
MALOPE MALACOIDES, 
Mr. Maw also exhibited a coloured — of this 
plant, together with the rhizome an nd fi y roots, 
Which are used in Tangiers, @с„ as a uem 
Fics Arrackep BY UsriLAGO FICUUM, 
The following ig agg MOD. mu h specimens, 
were received from Mr, Plowright :—“ Herewith I 
nd you ha 
ongst 
ones (8 mi ironil D, but I in 
"na 'The s of Ustilago 
ar as know are 
more uniform in size (4—8 micromill.)." 
PLANTS EXHIBITED, 
—viz., des Leonuroides 
orare species of Salvia 
(Chili) and S. pulchella, by Mr. Lynch, fro 
пона м ys ‚ Cambrid но — 
(from C Asia a): this A" ‘perfectly hardy: for- 
warded W M. Ware, Totte 
ARY, 
Dr. Masters drew attention to the loss of two — 
«cei of Ee Soc E e — Marshall P. Wilder 
Mr. It was agreed that y Eun of 
mere sith жө. be sent ү” Mr. Wiider's 
Floral — 
sent: С. Е. Wilso ке the chair; and 
Messrs ‘urner, A F. Len dy, k. Hill, J. O'Brien, — 
Н. M. Pollett, G. Paul, J. Domin ny, H. Ballantine, O. _ 
Pilcher, C. Noble, В. Dean os 
W, Holmes, A. Bradshaw, T. Baines, С, a Н 
dring, С. Maw, 
e, H. ‘Benne tt, J. Douglas, M. T. Mast ers, 
De the D 
The | he БШШ collections of cut flowers of b 
different varieties b 
were well grown, with generall 
flowers the Mags end was of much i interest, 
in 
large рше mite pals ad 
