Janvary 22, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE. 
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piece of water at the foot, core чанат gt by a steeper 
bank on the opposite side, which projects like a pro- 
ontory, and is ca a summer house. The 
conception presents no very original feature, but, as 
carried out, it adds an element of great beauty and 
interest to the nursery—and in the time of flowers, 
when we saw it, it was radiant with bloom, 
ч HONOURS TO HORTICULTURISTS.— Sometimes 
: an uneasy feeling pervades the mind of British horti- 
culturists that their services do not receive public re- 
cognition. h ntinent one's friends are 
‚ decorated with this, that, and the other order at the 
hands of the V i s and the non-possession of 
such a trinket by a man of middle-age comes to be 
j looked on as affor wd gie for suspicion as to his 
character, or, at any rate, shows that he does not 
stand well with the | pov ers that be. 
Tue 
ua. 
which the of certain gardeners who had ob- 
tained the green ribbon of the order of the “ Mérite 
: gricole " were duly PURA: The gardener who 
official proclamation did so 
wer was 
angry, for he is alleged to have publicly stated that 
Melon 
excellence is due to our own personal meri 
“BIRDS OF HEREFORDSHIRE."— The widow of 
the late Dr. Burr, of Hereford, so well known as the 
Editor of the Herefordshire Pomona, is engaged in 
editing her husband's notes on the birds of Here- 
fordshire for the Woolhope Club . Burr was 
engaged on this work at the time of his death. 
ыту (of 5з. 64.) should send their names to 
Messrs. Jakeman & Carver, High Town, Hereford. 
MANCHESTER HORTICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT 
SociETY.—The fortnightly meeting of this Society 
as held on Thursday, January 13, in the Memorial 
dealing with four kinds of hardy fruit, namely, the 
Apple, Pear, Plum, and Cherry. 
PRIMULA SINENSIS FROM SWANLEY.—Some 
very large blooms of Primulas have been sent us by 
Messrs. CANNELL & Sons, bere are rather remark- 
able for their scalloped а i 
colours are of v 
this 
as risi 
азылы йч although much i is due to t the hiding 
art a nin i ther 
he intelli, " exert 
great influence on in plants. 
uses HAILSTORM INSURANCE SOCIETY.— 
The annual meeting of this Society was 
held " Norwich on Saturday, the 8th inst., when 
Н. S. Parreson, Esq., was in the chair, The adopted 
1 his want of success was due to spite on the part rt of 
.be paid by the landowner to the Sta 
FREDERICK MÜLLER 
report shows a quite satisfactory balance upon the 
business of the year, but there is a slight diminution 
of premiums received as compared with last year 
owing doubtless to the continued depression of the 
in this country have been fewer in n 
destructive in their effect than in any year duri 
past quarter of a century. They have been of frightful 
severity in many parts of the Continent, though their 
force was spent before reaching England, otherwise 
the directors would have had to make a very different 
report. The directors urge that the uncertainty of 
the E nglish climate i is so — that no eciam can be 
by 
rative immunity from орм during the past two 
seasons, as one storm alone occurring in the summer 
might be sufficient to destroy all the benefits of 
laborious industry, and the promise of а bountiful 
harvest. 'The directors have further augmented the 
reserve fund of the Society. The special report 
recommending a dividend of 5 per cent. and а bonus 
of 2s, per share, free of Income Tax, was also 
adopted; the Chairman remarking that although а 
profit had been made, if the hailstorms of the Con 
tinent had occurred in — they would not lan 
had such a result, and, wi diminishing income, 
der thought it prudent ie increase their reserve 
fund. 
ANTI-TITHE MEETING AT ROCHESTER.—The 
following resolution was proposed by Mr. ALBERT 
Bara (Sevenoaks), seconded by Mr. W. WHITEHEAD 
Covsrws (Cliffe-at-Hoo), supported by Mr. W. Nasg 
(Higham, Rochester, the chairman), and carried 
unanimously, on Tuesday, Jau 11:—* That 
tithes, being the property of the nation, should 
te, and e for 
educational purposes and for the relief of 
burdens, due regard being paid to life and iei 
int erests.” 
NATURAL HISTORY DRAWINGS.—A s 
The list includes works from 
known gE St of Holland. me of the old 
Hyacinths of H. B a would be interesting 
as objects of діа 
THE НОҮА!. TUSCAN HORTICULTURAL SO- 
Y 
Royal Horticultural Society in this year of 
Jubilee. The Tuscan Society lately presented the 
Queen of Iraty, e the anniversary of her birthday, 
жин. а t bouquet of Orchids and Bou- 
dias. The eiiie was offered by the members of 
is Council in person, and was of course graciously 
accep Knowing the interest Нев Maszsry feels 
in the doings of the Reyal Horticultural Society, we 
тау в uggest that an | offering. of this character m night 
of her accession, or some other suitable occasion. 
THE "JOURNAL OF л npe January 
umber contains an in t of the life 
and labours of Dr. НАхсЕ in China, Mi ылыа by 
a portrait. The biographical etch has a melan- 
stances 
exertion sight. fairly have meis ae to have been 
р . Asitis his succ reap the harvest 
he has sown. 
panyo VARIETIES.—Mr. Dvzz calls 
attention in a recent number of Nature to an inter- 
esting case of this kind in the Ipecacuanha, Some 
years ago Ipecacuanha plants w ere reared at the 
Edinburgh Botanic Garden, i in due time de- 
spatched to Sikkim, a few also were sent from Kew. 
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was not likely to prove advantageous in Sikkim, and 
hence all the plants were turned out in the shade, 
and left to take their chance, Edinburgh plants and 
Kew plants intermixed, the Kew plants forming less 
h 
growth is so 
o render any profit return hopeless. 
Under other conditions, however, the results might 
be different, and the existence of these variations 
ought to prove an inducement to try them in various 
localities. 
в. CHARLES PLOWRIGHT.— According to the 
p News and County Press, this well known and 
estimable correspondent of the Gardeners’ Chronicle 
has become a magistrate of the borough of King’s 
Lynn. 
PORTSMOUTH (CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY 
subscribe 
or, 
Cone eu F. Poi, Hon. Sec., in the vice-chate, 
ixty sat down. It is the intention of the 
ent i collect money for the purpose of giving 
still better prizes at the autumn show than was 
hi 
therto possible. 
SENECIO GRANDIFOLIUS.— Perhaps this үчн 
t. The coarsely toothed- 
stalked, деер green, roundish oval leaves are about 
a foot inlength, and with the stout, deep purple 
curiously-spotted stem, form a striking ye ur. to 
the very large corymbose inflorescence of yellow- 
ray here. are several well grown 
examples in the conservatory at Kew 
NORMAL ScHOOL OF SCIENCE AND ROYAL 
insertion in our columns :—“ I am 
that you will di so good as to allow me to state, 
through the m columns, that t 
number of нА этери for admission to the Normal 
Ro 
School of Science and Royal School of Mines, at 
South Kensingt at the commencement of the 
present session, having been considerably in excess 
of the. which the school сапа 
it adopt process 
selection for the future. Hereafter, applications for 
admission should be sent to the deer of t 
already pursued, the 
and the name of the tici ua iiia) t to whom 
reference may be made. Such applications will be 
considered by the Dean and Council of the етте 
who will decide on them according to thei 
SociETY OF LAY, 
Fee duet сочади эйгэ й Society, sends us 
more par- 
slr to intending « exhibitors: —" “In consequence 
