Jaxvamy 2 22, 1887.1. 
plant ; others may differ from me, „as I do from him. 
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es and numbers of the voters, should 
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пуэн CALLED PRIMULA ALTAICA. —By this 
dnd he large mauve variety of our common Pri rim- 
I ا‎ 
rose, which differs in its foliage from ordinary Prim- 
roses, and which was brought about fifteen years ago 
the front—the gardens el s 
special habitation. I always thought it considerably 
different i ge th mon 
uve—in short, tha 
At the time it was mooted in t a v the 
name altaica had become attache 
eather, rbishire prefers 
taking the roots into the house at the latter 
the year; they then form beautiful and us na 
me o the conservatory during the dark and dull 
se of winter, prod ing a profusi bl e 
succession from the end of ber. rich a 
licate colours of the flowers € not fully displayed 
except in sunshine. Te p бы of the easiest cul- 
tivation, either in pot the ope б boi ders, 
merely requiring to ic нене їп "А light ri rich ке апа 
must, when better known, beco a universal 
vourite,"] 
SCOTLAND. 
———— 
EDINBURGH BOTANICAL SOCIETY. 
аас 18. — - ve = met this evening at 
St. An ‚ Professor Dickson, Presi- 
— communications of the 
experim — espe pi 
momic vae ron pos Shire Highlands, 
a, and their neighbouring js 
s his Coff i 
THE GARDENERS’ 
Mr. T. ALG ed гере an obituary of 
Dr. Gilchrist, Dumfries d Mr. Taylor one 3 the 
te $a 
Mr. Galle y, Curator. of m. 
f бобе, cone d “Коё 
Kauri Resin," i 
article will be ps 
There were сип on the table 
"€ aider i учио 
0 
imen, in flowe 
Royal Botanic Garden by Geo. Maw, "Бар, and sass a 
speciment in flower of N. moschatus 
Royar Boranic GARDEN, EDINBURGH. 
The „жыны. 4 is the report of the weather for 
December, 1 
“ The weather t the past month has been of an ex- 
ceedingly wintry cones ter. The aggregate amount 
of frost registered has not been exceeded during any 
ecember since 1879. 
“ The thermometer was at or below the freez ing 
point on a бозаны ж indicating collectively 174? o 
ring the corresponding mont з of 1885 
orni е 
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re were E falls 
throughout thé m 
and Sth, but a me а 
arm he excessive fall of the лы 
night С the 8th, when it reached the ext 
i dwarf growing herbac -— us 
plants which have flowered in the roc garden during 
to 1165. This is ao 
ma 
h 
plant was first o red flower. e aged 
numbers flowered during ТЫ une i did July, viz.,300 and 
281 respectively." 
Grascow BOTANIC GARDENS. 
The following is the monthly record of tempera 
ture, vegetation, &с. , in the Botanic Garden, Старой, 
December, 1 
~The fr ost act set in ча the close of last month 
has iom more or less c nuous ; the thermometer 
was below 32? on te m nd twenty -eight таш. 
Тһе а марез red was 14°, or 18° 
jo 19th e "20th 
owest day reading was 17°, or 
20th. This is the lowest day 
recorded since the stater of 1880-81. 
h restis 
h 
and south of u night frost 
frost, as xd twice ied freezing: гн 
; total day 
‘SCOTTISH РЕЛ СО ges ASSO- 
We briefly noticed in our issue of January 8, the 
following papers read at the meeting of the Scottish 
Horti icultural Association of Edinburgh on the c 
inst. ume The Genus Odontoglossum," by Mr. 
“The Present Position of Horticultural 
related to the practice + shading, ^ «a ri 
5E Mr. Grossart in his paper, an chi 
ap ш generally, but appeared to Mr. Dunn and 
ent 
n 
from homes where. brilliant. 
felgued vipfene; to the atmosphere of an 
CHRONICLE. 119 
he conclusion arrive appe to be, 
shading was necessary in order to avert evils not 
otherwise preventible; but the reasons were 
so clearly elucidated e was altogether 
an excellent one, he discussion interesting 
[If the reader will turn to lustrated articles on 
he structure of аг leaves, he wi nd an ex- 
d 
me Orchids do ET эл Orchids 
not require shading relatively, th 
Kenzie, the outset S paper on 
orticultural Building, ced cursorily at the 
development the “babe abe building trade 
within the hired Range A ye omparing rp with 
the p wa rvellous. a few 
perfect an 
were to be found attached to innumerable i 
the suburbs of our cities, while the larger establish- 
ments of the of the land had increased in 
extent an proved concurrently. 
causes for this se ce un cl not v to 
seek. The пи had pros prosperity 
expended on glass erections for the productions of 
fruits and T would be 
annum ot alone during the last ten years 
This сасын: is based only on the aggregate of 
business done by lar, s, no account havin 
been taken of the considerable amount that 
over by the numerous smaller builders who 
supply cheap houses for the “million.” Н 
t the improvements that h n- 
struction, ventilation, and hea 
а ting 
glad to say these € were still in a 
continue 
way off the realisation of that with its 
many obvious advanta, 
Among the wobei on s table werea fine ш 
of ind ripe fructification of Cycas revoluta, fro 
Messrs. В. P. Laird & Sons; ee a spray of Pounds 
i, from Messrs. Dicksons & Co, 
THE fari. 
MEAN TEMPERATURE OBSERVED AT CHISWICK DUR- 
ING THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 29. (AVERAGE 
OF THIRTY-THREE YEARS —— 
January 23 e ..9:9.9 | LIMEN - ^ ee QU ME 
" 24 * 38° | "T m 389.7 
» 59 bt 4 a .. 8898. 
5 | ie, 08 B 5| | Mean for the week a > 
THE PAST Weer: 
Tue following summary record of the weather for 
the эе ending emm 17, is furnished from t 
Meteorological Office 
The Weather has — Peas dull and gloomy gene- 
5 with а good deal of mist and fi 
Temperature has continued below the Testi in 
