Janvary 29, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
147 
|, attractive condition. When all that is found 
_ associated with a rigid adherence to the same high 
quality through every bushel, sieve, or basket 
from top to bottom, and this repeated day after 
_ day throughout the season, such sellers will never 
| lack either buyers or profits, nor need they grub 
up their Apple trees unless to renew their growth, 
or add yet better varieties to the good ones they 
have made fair profits off for years. 
ROYAL GARDENS, Kew.—“ It is proposed to 
issue from time to time, as an occasional cae. 
notes too detailed for the annual report, on economie 
munica- 
tion to the numerous correspondents of Kew in dis- 
tant parts of the Empire, they may also be of service 
f the general public interested in 
agricultural business in India and 
THISELTON Dyer, Director.” 
Such is the announcement which precedes the first 
Bulletin of Miscellaneous omi d 
As a result of these 
pee seed has been sent to Kew and analysis made 
sor ар вон, who notes that үза rwn e 
and 68 1 iei cent, starch (or богове бод) 
Oil of Ben appears from documents before us to be 
sort o fBotanical “Mrs, “ARRIS.” ^ El Ben," we жыеп, 
is pen C or Persian name for Moringa pterygo- 
plant 
in inthe ‘West Indies i is of no value, perhaps on account 
The Bulletin 
ich the general public knows 
` little or heil but pe nevertheless, is of sd 
rate importan Л sequent issue it may b 
found desirable. чо id т space given to mere 
formal official correspondenc 
ROYAL gyi bint noi dass —Then 
of 
. Havenron an excellent man 
e who, though with no special 
ore tendencies, has stuck to the Society 
or many years, in stormy times as well as in 
эне ones, and given up much valuable time to its 
service. Though we are not always in agreement 
iews we recognis e th 
e 
. Tuesday, February 8, in the East Crush-room of the 
Royal Albert Hall, at 3 o'clock р.м. The officers 
for the ensuing year are to be elected, and also the 
at claim he has . 
"Tu фу, are— President, Sir Trevor Lawrence, "sit 
; Treasurer (ad interim), William Lee; Sec 
"i (ad interim), Colonel l Bed dome ; Auditore, a 
Lee, James F. West, Wm. chards. 'The following 
circular has been issued by the Council :— 
“The annual general nr ipe wil be held at 
З P.M., on Tuesday, February 8, n the East — 
room, Roy: al Albext Hall. "intr ance—N.E. Orchard 
ho ouse, Exhibition oad. 
“The Council hav ving entered into arr ен 
трог 
е Ее сне 50 
еї 
that these became dt tek, 
or before that day, as per 
19. ellow habe y wableckiption i is in arrear 
entitled to vote at mp meeting of the 
Soc to exercise any of the rights or x privileges 
of a y eel (Signed) Wiru1am Lez, Secretary,’ 
JUBILEE PROPOSALS.—Double your subscrip- 
tions to the National Rose, Chrysanthe mum, Auricula, 
Carnation, Tulip, i 
secure 
and establish a atenm life-boat. Gardeners’ Magazine. 
OWN 7 арсы oia 2 (se 
Bacon’s Atlantis, MORES ia, &c.).—Multiply er 
subscriptions a hund dre ese establish a died icultura 
Institute, to compri tal garde 
bition halls, Бы, жый айк, lect türe-rooms, 
class-rooms for students, laboratories, microscope- 
rooms, endow lectureships, pay demonstrators, find 
room for offices for the Gardeners' Benevolent and 
kindred societies, furnish club-rooms; in а word 
cae 
found a National Horticultural S a 
School of Horticulture, and a National Horticultural 
Club, озн" е f cil i 
local c ittees in every town, - 
dents in Foyer village. How much of this can 
we realise ? 
HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION, AMSTERDAM.— 
An exhibition of plants, &c., will take place, under 
the patronage of His Majesty the King of HOLLAND, 
A 3 kg e S 
all E those who 
must icate the name of the: Shject ber. m 
corresponding бин of the prize schedule, together 
with the amount of space they desire to fill, to M 
zu 
same prize, but are not allowed to c ndo ith 
one collection or one. plant for o es 
Medals can be commuted into money value on the 
exhibitor с cating h to the 
ommu: 
within — days of the award being made. 
Medal, fl. (= £4 3s.) ; Silver-gilt Medal, 9 ; 
(= и 0 fl. (= 16s. 8d.) ; Bronze 
(= 8s. 4d.). best collection of 
£20 16s.) У 
да, (= £8 65). Collection ring 
plants is (toes), 50 fl. New Holland ne and green- 
house plants, both — and foli Nepenthes, 
of many kinds, е en trees vel shrubs, 
included in the rather — schedule. 
B 
 HookER'S " ICONES - PLANTARUM." ”» — The 
place. m list of the persons rec 
. the Сок 
. Sident, "Trái: Secretary, and Auditors of the 
of t the third series, is e 9 taken up with illustra- 
tions of new or remarkable Ferns from various 
countries — лон J. G. BAKER. 
THE SOCIETY OF ARTS CANTOR LECTURES.-— 
The second course will be on the “Diseases of 
Plants, with special reference to Agriculture and 
Forestry.” BY * E. V. 1€ Ms M.D. Three 
lectures. The first lecture was given on January 
last, and was и to the consideration of para- 
sitic fungi, including those of the Pota 
r ict IT—January 31. — Epiphytes or fungi 
livi n, as distinguished from кєт werden or 
fangi living within, the tissue of other plants.— 
Muere with Epizoa and Entozoa. Ded een 
f the PME. у? used by Fumago or foo 
Г Гг намусы. upon gardens, 
fields, mi Гоа — Fungi as medicines. 
Valle 23 
Lecture III.—Febru ату T. —Animal paras 
causes of 6 етіс plani ecd TE eer n the 
vais xera ЕР mparison ru: Oidiu hides 
т greenfly.—Survey of parasites on forest t trees.— 
Necessity "of greater attention te forest culture as a 
scien etg ol cs and спев causes and effects of 
diseas pla on with vegetable 
ferments, ‘beneficiat fg “итш. —Diseases of wine 
and beer.—Conclu 
и third course will be on * Building Materials." 
W, EFUB, EI Four lectures. 
February 14, 2 , 28; March 7. 'The fourth course 
will be on * ж: Materials of Construction, 
especially Iron and Steel." By Prof. W. C. Uxwrtx, 
R.S. Three lectures. March 21, 28; April 4. 
'The fifth and concluding course x be on * The 
Structure of Textile Fibres ICK 
. Bowman, .LS., i s lectures. 
April 25; May 2, 9, 16, 23. 
ORE MEMORIAL FUND.—In addition to the 
names : published i in our last issue, we may now men- 
tion T. W. Sand ers, J. B. Mackay, Totterridge, W. 
i Dod А 
Miller, J. O'Brien, B. Wynne, well, 
heal & Sons, Н. Eckford. The amounts vary from 
guinea. Further subscriptions will be 
o 
rogale, and should be sent to Harry Vertcu, Esq., 
King’s Road, Chelsea; or to Dr. Masters, at the 
office of this Journal. 
: ROYAL BOTANICAL AND HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETY OF MANCHESTER.— Bruce FINDLAY 
writes: —“ The exhibitions of this Society for the pre- 
March 
15; iud 16, and April 29, at the Town Hall; and the 
Whitsuntide exhibition, at Old Trafford, will open on 
May 27. The dates of the Carnation and Chrysan- 
themum shows are not yet fixed 
THE LATE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD.—The 
death of the Earl of CHESTERFIELD is announced. 
Societ t m 
ford, was illustrated in our columns in 1879, p. 365, 
vol, ii, 
A House OF STRAW.—At the forthcoming 
American Exhibition, which is to open on —-— 2 at 
Earl's Court, es there will be a 
straw, now being — in Philadelphia. Ade vele is 
an American su villa, very handsome, and 
thoroughly seite d in design, two and a half storeys 
high and covering a space of 42 by 50 feet. It is 
built entirely of materials manufactured from straw 
—foundations, timber, flooring, sheathing, roofing— 
everything, in fact, including the chimneys, the 
i g fireproof, well 
‘ood, 
y, Walnut, a Ash, Ebony, and other 
fine аам the umber -m perfectly the 
surface and colour ta бн desire 
STIMULI IN VEGETABLE Tiss — Fray 
Darwin and A. Barsson read a paper on cabin ce 
at the Linnean Society on January 20. Of their ex- 
then more quickly, and then again the rate of 
increase becomes slow. 2. The rate of increase in 
length increases as the temperature of the water 
