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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Fzrnvanv 26, 1887. 
REER Cardamine, &c., suggesting the causes to 
which they were due. ncerning the a 
(Liriodendron), he had long been puzz 
peculiar saddle-like "ge of the leaves, pde after 
many roved untenable, he studied 
the structure of the bud and the manner in which the 
leaves were packed in it. He then showed by dia- 
the peculiar mode in which the young 
leaves are arranged satisfactorily accounts for the 
well known and very remarkable form of the leaf of 
iri dron, 
RARE NARCISSI.— At the eens Society 
(February 17), Mr. GeoRGE Maw drew attention to 
two Narcissi, both of which have been лоні under 
the name of cernuus; The white Daffodil, or Ajax, 
discovered by Mr. Buxron, at a height of 7000 feet, 
in a PET of the Spanish Pyrenees, is of interest 
beca sthe only 555 Daffodil now known in 
a wild на a forms, more or less distinct, 
„ Moschatus, cernuus, ктун and tor Fein 
were known to кеч зач botanists, probably a 
early as 1600, It i n to question whether the 
white Daffodil exhibited should be called cernuus 
hatus ; though Linnzvus’ name of 
mosc IM was applied to а white Daffodil from 
n from bulbs 
orange coloured species, with suddenly reflexed seg- 
ments, barely half an inch in length, and with a 
as long. It is allied to triandrus, but 
is evidently distinet from the yellow forms of that 
species, and e be identical with a plant collected 
by Bianco, in the province of Jaen, a single remp 
of which i in the British Museum herbarium 
SOME ORCHIDS IN FLOWER AT MESSRS. 
J. VEITCH & SONS’ NURSERY.— The plants i in the 
ads р ttleya t 
Mrs. Paron and a servant, besides a jobbing plumber, 
Mrs. PATON rires tely rene ae "meon but E 
was somewhat seriously injured, and t 
а Be one of her hands iras 
e, which was newly erected, 
was entirely rcs M while the house itself was 
damaged to an extent which has rendered it un- 
inhabitable. The shot, landing in the grounds, 
tore up the earth to a depth of 6 or 7 feet, 
and some 1 old trees i 
were carried away. А 
quantity of earth and stones, estimated to weigh 
about 2 tons, was raised and landed on the roof of the 
house, which is bulged in. In the drawing-room а 
large stone came right through the window and 
passed out at the other side, 
THE WILTS HORTICULTURAL SociETY.—The 
annual general meeting of this Society was held in 
the Council-chamber, ome Pak on ba afternoon of 
the 17th inst., the Mayor, Gr i 
when the E arl of RADNOR pirt yol sime of 
Wilts) was re-elected as President of the Society, 
and the Earl of PEMBROKE as Vice-President, as also 
were the committee and Hon. Secretary (Mr. W. H. 
WILLIAMS), to whom a vote of thanks, proposed by 
the Mayor, and seconded by Mr. Н. W. Warp, was 
accorded amid applause, for the time, ener; d 
hich he so ed to the in- 
terest tot the Society since the resuscitation from the 
ashes of the defunct “ Wiltshire Arboricultural and 
Horticultural Society” a few years since, It was 
also decided to hold a summer show towards the 
middle of August, and a Chrysanthemum and fruit 
show early in November, the exact dates of holding 
the shows to xed at a later period. In the even- 
m 
at 
which about 150 influential dan and gardeners of 
the district were present. 
THE LoNDON PARKS.—We understand that 
the following changes in the management of the 
parks have recently been made : —Mr. Gipson has 
sheaths of the almost endless varieties of Cattleya 
Trianæ ; and although nothing can be finer than the 
healthful appearance of the plant, the fogs of the last 
` week or two had worked havoc with the blooms that 
о! 
spikes of unopened fl n epartment 
under Mr. S ’s painstaking control we w 
introduced to two novelties of merit, the result of 
D.s 
an improved form of the older D. s кайы тиш, 
being much larger, and the colours better con vested 
Cypripediums are nearly fog-proof, so that m 
re observed, as C. vernixium, C. Boxalli, 
um, and a very brightly 
of other species may 
Odontoglossum Edwardi, and Oncidium 
THE Wemyss BAY INCIDENT.— We lea: 
from the G Herald of February 19 that shortly 
before 10 o'clock on February 18, H.M.S. Ajax, 
grounds of Ashgrove which is situated on 
the hill below Incllan Pier, and occupied by Mr 
` Grogog W, sugar merchant, Greenock. 
Park to that of Victoria Park; while Mr. Jonnan, 
formerly superintendent of Victoria Park, h 
appointed to  Regent's Park. Greenwich Park, 
а, жаз aes річ same management аз Victoria 
d with cedem Park, and is 
ка ейт still ЫТ by Mr, JORDAN, 
THE ROYAL ^ HONTIDUETONAL SociETY or 
was held at = Phil- 
harmonic Hall, Southampton, on ‚ 24, 
“for the of receiving the Council's aport, 
election of officers, and other business,” 
AMHERSTIA NOBILIS.—A specimen of this rare 
and most beautiful tree is now in flower at Didling- 
ton Hall, Norfolk, the seat of ҮҮ. A, Tyssen AMHERST, 
Esq., 
k. 
FUTURE VEGETABLE TRIALS AT CHISWICK.— 
It is proposed to make comparative trials of the 
following vegetables this season in the Royal Horti- 
cultural Society’s Gardens, Chiswick, under the 
direction of the Fruit and Vegetable Committee, 
iz. :— Cab s, Tomatos, Cauliflowers, Onions, 
Turnips, new varieties; of Potatos and Peas, Per- 
sons desirous of contributing examples of any of 
these objects for the opinion of the committee are 
requested to forward the same, as early as may be 
man to the Superintendent, Royal Horticultural 
Society's Gardens, Chiswick. 
Mr. BraLES Book ON TOBACCO. — The 
has been graciously pleased to ee ii 
Mr. Beare, of the firm of Jawes CARTER 
dedicate his book on Messrs. CanTER's ырлаан 
relating to Tobacco culture to Her Mazzsrv, 
Sos Sp TRADESMEN.—Messrs. LITTLE & Bar- 
Carlisle e, who on Jul d 1884, were 
Shed by Royal warrant nurserymen and seeds- 
men to Her Majesty the Quxxs, have just received $s 
similar warrant appointing them seed merchan 
and nurserymen to His Royal Highness the See 
of Wares, dated Marlborough House, February 1, 
887. 
рнлар Ее — А Bee-Keeper's 
Experience in the East. mas B. Brow, F.LS., 
Welwyn, fake (Published the Author. у-н 
lie Gardens and Plantations of 
Jamaica for 1886. (Kingston, Jamaica : Government 
Printer, 79, Duke Street.)— Report of the Botanist to 
the New York Agricultural ieee og Geneva, 
New York. J. C. ARTHUR. (Elmira, New York, 
Advertiser Association ga TN rears College of 
Michigan Bulletin: No, 23, Varieties of А) 
rket,— Unde 
Garden C alendar, By T. Y 
HAMILTON, Apams & Co., A жее Row. 
PRIMULAS AT MESSRS. 
J, CARTER & COS. 
Ar their nursery at Forest Hill Messrs. J. Carter 
Co. have at the present time a good display of 
varieties of the C Primula, Looking at the 
plants in large quantities of one variety having & 
very telling effect, One of the finest of the whites 
is called Holborn White, and bears large, many- 
flowered trusses of pure white flowers, А Y ariety 
very much like this, but having trusses of lower 
stature, p Fern-leaf White, and to many peop:e 
priate name, as the c 
lion, but а very rich crimson, and altogether prettier 
flower- 
than a vermilion wo ree- 
ing, and lends a warmth to the surroundings. A 
age has the 
a variety with Soli yel foli 
e Holborn Goldleaf. It has very — 
tinted “lac flowers, and the whole plant is only 
rally known as it shou 
A delicate and attractive colour is seen in Holborn 
mong the darker shades 
by Holbo: agenta, both having colours 43 
expre essed by their names; the latter has a peculiarity 
dark in a short time. 
in opening light and becoming 
It is a delightful form. A variety lighter than € 
Holborn Fern-leaf Red. = 
fringed, and have a few specks of white over 
carmine ground. 
urios 
a Its colour, however, varies 
k even on the same truss, and, therefore, 
fantastical look. 
Primulas from New Zealand were sh 
sent 
has & 
own to us. 
from the 
n . . n + р. 
antipodes. This isa varied and miscellaneous grou 
enter into a detailed notice of the 
Primulas 
rom New Zealan 
Sno e and Prince of Wales two good gr 
double forms, the former being Dp : 
; е 
we saw a large 
Ho йыга: ‘Blue, which, seen in 
such 
that there were some 5000 
