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fall a prey to the birds, and so the species eventually 
becomes extinct. The seeds of the five plants men- 
tioned are all more or less starchy, and easily 
ats, on the contrary 
f 
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Pear, plants which readily escape from cultivation, 
and establish themselves, because they are protected 
e assaults of their enemies; so also € 
berries, Cherries, Figs, Vines, extend the Е ange, 
i wallowed y birds, 
ек 
protection tend to disappear, while others protected 
in some way or another tend to increase and multiply. 
RoYALM ICAL "pee —At the next 
meeting of the Society, to n Wednesday, 
Mar 9, at 8o _ rece, oe following papers 
re e Differentiation of Tissues in 
Fungi,” by Mr. G. gig * On Section-cutting of 
nd other similar structures with soft and 
hard tissues," by Dr. H. J. Jonnston-Lavis and Dr. 
G. С, J. УозмАЕв. 
SUNSHINE.—Mr. R. Н. Scorr, F.R.S., President 
wi = Кыс Meteorological vos [у in а valuable 
“The Measurement of Sunshine " ( Quarterly 
D ournal » the Royal Mete Funes , July, 1885), 
has tabulated the results of the Sroxzs' ' recorder, аз 
observed at forty-two stations. Having recorded the 
actual hours of bright sunshine, its relation to e 
к duration of sunshine for the period concern 
ust be reduced to a percentage value. The fallow: 
зан results M been given by Mr. Ѕсотт for some 
typical stat 
Mean Annual Percentage of Possible Sunshine. 
Jerse: ae 39 
теме» апа Geldeston а (Norfolk) « oe 35 
Douglas i 9 
E ournemouth 33 
с €— and Dublin, Р "Parsonstown 'and Valentia 33 
Oxford 31 
£ illoth and Kew . „> ао эн vw 2 
Stonyhurst an dus ae с у; 
Greenwich and Stornoway me m "E 1007 a0 
Orkneys WU EE E i 
Glasgow  ... ive 44 
Mr. Scorr's leading deductions are as follows :— 
th and south-w 8 
n and winter Ireland is much 
sunnier than Great Britain. Respecting the periods 
f maxima, May is the sunniest month, and in the 
os districts the rcentage is then 50 (in 
Jersey 60). June and July show a falling off. In 
the late autumn the Midlands and Lincolnshire show 
the greatest deficiency. But the averages are taken 
from too short a period of years (five or less), and it 
be expected that larger experience will extend 
and amend these deductions. 
FLOWER BEDS."—This is a 
book of Cp ui flower ey carpet beds, by W 
Garer, florist and landscape 
G. A. Sotty & Sox 
The publication contains a collection of ninety 
designs in vun Poets and in colours, in the main 
for carpet bedding only. With very few exceptions 
these are of the most remarkable character, and the 
“ notions ” seem to be borrowed ied the most incon- 
gruous objects imaginable, as butterflies on the wing, 
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rel 
H 
The Rabe gives with each n a list of plants 
of 
that can be geet fe fill the various parts of the 
прет, of the faet that in the 
Eure style xt : 
aly owing die t to the em 
better taste in such matters and to the general cur- 
tailment of labour expenses in gardens, and that the 
same causes will obviously prevent carpet bedding 
km the price « 
politic to have proofs read by а competent person, so 
ling as parychoides for par- 
onychioides; Santalena for Santolina ; Geranium for 
Pilargonium ; Pillia for Pilea: Sileginalis for Sela- 
ginelloides ; Hyderanga, and others, may not occur. 
dp nd T0 ОЕ چا‎ —In Nov 
1886, М G. Orro TEPPER, of Adelaide, omen 
on Mount Nagle Eis Island, Victoria, Aus- 
siet & plant which Baron voN MorLLER has 
wn to be an unknown form, 
A specimen was transmitted and shown at 
terstices of a tertiary limesto 
grew in the шошо we were stunted Eucalypts, 
eic and an Acacia — resembling A. pyc- 
tha. . TEPPER be co ie ы ci 
find, and on the ea inse way in 
sent botanically exploring little froquestod ato 
on the seaboard of the Victorian colony. 
E PHYLLOXERA.—Mr. Mac n his 
Presidential address at the нойр! ау 
remarks аз follows : :—' In July last I had oppo 
tunities for learn 
Phylloxera in Fra from pe 
and. ptis rii аш I had ever before been able 
to do. A sojourn of some length in the Pyrénées 
сао brought the extent of the ravages vividly 
before in a ved: once covered with 
кыш > пеуагаз, ere are only the dead 
stocks half клн кан ay menie left in the ground, 
ghastly reminders t. Or occasionally the 
ead stoc e ы in huge stacks for firewood, 
and the Vines have been replaced by e—a poor 
substitu & financial point I me 
roprietors, n 
ts, still clinging to the scenes of former pros- 
f affai 
trict, however, seems 
i and in passing 
u 
recently gone through the same ordeal. 
trict remedial measures and the introduction of new 
blood in the form of o: rican 
Phylloxera-proof, have told 
speaking as an economic entomologist, 
resist the opinion (in holding which I think I am in 
а minority) that the want of introduction of new 
ood may have hada ae share in rendering the 
Vines, cultivated too much ‘in and in,’ ready victims 
peared m not arme 
case. But 
igen ч and far-seeing red 
who held that the future of their country гна 
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insect-pest caused such wide-spread and continued 
YAL HORTICULTURAL Society. — The 
Council of the Ro 
1851 Exhibition for the occu curie of the con- 
servatory at South Kensington for the Society’s 
meeting and shows, pending negotiations with the 
Royal Albert Hall Corporation. entrance to 
nservatory will be by the какшы rchard- 
Gade: in the Exhibition Road, and exhibitors’ 
entrance on the east side of the Royal Albert Hall. 
Fellows of the Society will be admitted at 12 
n, on presentation of their last year's tickets, 
o the ordinary meetings, and 
2s. 6d. to the larger shows. 
MARKET APPLES.—Professor Barry, of the 
Agricultural College of Michigan, has the following 
ры remarks on t —“ No amount of 
а " у 
a large red fruit;" to which we shoull add, a good 
traveller and a ау keeper. 
hieu AGRICULTURAL Miu —The 
annual report o f the Botanist, Mr. J. C. ARTHUR, 
contains knowledge 
on various n diseases, such as Pear blight pads 
coccus amylovorus), and Strawberry mildew (Sphx 
rocheca castagnei). 
TONQUIN Miete — Our contemporary The 
Chemist and Druggist a recent weekly trade re- 
port, says that денеа геи South America state that 
nqui 
he last crop of To Beans was a ve one, 
& Ided ewt., of excellent quality ; the crop 
1886 is considered, however, to be а ferio 
ne, amounting probably to not mor а cwt 
Ho ninos crop to а well- 
her arrangements, however, will, it is said, 
be vnde t in regard to the disposal of the crop in the 
course of the present year. 
PRIMULA VENZOI X.—The Z/ustrierte Monats- 
hefte for March contains a coloured plate, а after & 
drawing of Herr Senpryer, of this pretty hybrid 
between P. Wulfeniana and Р. tirolensis. 
leaves are viam, feda glabrous, deep green, and 
the lilac flowers are borne on shortly-stalked ашый: 
Mr. SENDTNER finds ilis иа e many others, 
easier to cultivate than the specie 
Mr. BERNARD DYER, = e м» : S., Е.І. 
This gentleman =e 
Chemist to the E ау Society 
DITHERINGTON AND ST. MICHAEL'S COTTAGE 
GARDEN X CE ETY F ast, at а 
h 
gardener, pda ne Castle, was presen nted by t 
members with a portrait of himself, in recognition ч 
his services in connection with the iet 
«BEES AND BEE-KEEPING.” — Mr. CHESHIRE'S 
admirable publication, issued by Сил, Bazaar offic 
has advanced to the second volume, devoted especially 
to ы pong a of bee-culture. The manner 
HIRE has treated ife scientific part 
of Ms к Шы us great confidence that the ргас- 
tical part will be no less well done. If advance is to 
be made in bee-keeping it must be by the application 
of жу E edge. Rule of thumb is only 
“round and round ;” if we are to get on and advance, 
we must est ourselves of the teachings of science in 
this as in other ma 
me 
POLYGONUM BISTORTA. — It is asserted in one 
of the Russian medical periodicals that the root- 
stock of this plant is a preventative against hydro- 
d dogs 
tort. Alth т: we aaa the alleged fact we do so 
with the view that it may tested by scientific 
enquiry before it be believe 
* REICHENBACHIA.” — Th 
sumptuous publication contains 
re accompanied by ia. of the 
lowing :— 
Oncidium Jonesianum, and О. ж. phean- 
thum, t. 21—A beautiful Paraguayan species, intro- 
duced by М. Sr. Leorg. The type has the e vhitish 
t 
cellent coloured 
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