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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[Marcu 12, 1887, 
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No, 42, DRURY LANE. 
APPOINTMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK, 
MEETINGS. 
THURSDAY, Mar. 17—Linnean Society, at 8 
FRIDAY, Mar. 18 ا‎ а eem Be! КРЕ eiiim a Asso- 
SHOWS. 
Royal Botanie and Horticultural So- 
TUESDAY, Mam. 151 ciety of Manchester (two days). 
WEDNESDAY,MaRn.16—Liverpool Horticultural Association. 
THURSDAY, Мав. 17— Preston and Fullwood (two days). 
ALES. 
Freehold Nursery, Plants, &c., at 
MAR. ч} Woodford, by Protheroe & Metu. 
E Roses, &c., at the Cit 
n Rooms, by Protheroe 
MONDAY, 
TUESDAY, Mar. E 
Collection of Orchids in оте, апа 
эки lium ане 
ем апа 
Roses, Fr uit Ties Rowdee Plants, 
, at Stevens’ Roo: 
Lilies, , Roses, тогы 
rris' Root 
WEDNESDAY,MaAn.1ó 
"x Protheroe & 
Im С of ‘Orchids from Mr. ye 
nder, то. M ium auratum fro. 
fo rw 
drip tere ock, &c., 
THURSDAY, Mar. one ry St 
П Lane iors te Hendon, a 
days). 
FRIDAY, lin J Tmiporte Imported Оема, & ъан & 
\ лр ey Plants, 
Shrubs, hey: de ome 
SATURDAY, Mar. 19. &c., at Stev 
Pr nen: nd other E her Plants, at Protheroe 
The Royal Hor- IN the midst of confusion com- 
ticultural So- parable only to the effects of a 
— ек з hake on a large 
scale, the conse 
ings depressing, but in spite of all that a pretty 
little show was got together, and it was attended 
by a larger number of Fellows and outsiders than 
could have been anticipated, and, better still, 
several new Fellows were elected. As th 
е de- 
tails of the show are reported in another 
comparat ively new 
Prunus او‎ gen alira grown for its brilliantly 
coloured purple foliage, but which, as was evident, 
may rank as aplant suitable for forcing, so retty 
are its Cherry-like blossoms, As the fruits of this 
plant are not despicable this Plum deserves the 
encomium expressed i in the Latin adage, “ Omne 
tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci." 
e parent of existing Tea 
— as such by such veterans as 
Col. CLARKE. From Sir GEORGE MacrzAv's 
garden came cut flowers of the rarely seen Thun- 
bergia Harrisi, and some very elegant drooping 
sprays of Acacia verticillata. 
Glasnevin furnished a small but interesting 
exhibit in the shape of six or seven different 
inds of Lachenalia, ad a spike of Cata- 
setum discolor. It is very satisfactory to 
find the botanic gardens E e of their 
stores to these exhibitions, as they have the 
opportunity of showing to garde ners some of the 
wealth of subjects at their disposal, but which 
otherwise would be seen only by those who have 
ihe opportunity of visiting these establishments 
Daffodils and spring flowers generally 
shown by Messrs. WARE and жрм ап 
CoLLINS BROTHERS & Ga 
special commendation for the yibem with 
which their collection was arranged. 
Little progress appears to have been made as 
yet towards the solution of the Society's difficul- 
ties. The committee appointed to consult with 
the Council have met and consulted, but without 
much practical result so far as we can learn. In 
the meantime, carrying out the QUEEN'S wishes 
expressed many years ago, the Council have 
addressed to HER MAJESTY, as Patron, a letter 
detailing the circumstances of the Society and 
the causes which have led up to them, and pray- 
ing Her Maszsry’s influence and aid. 
What result this application may have it is 
impossible to say, but certain it is that, inde- 
pendently of a moral claim upon the Commis- 
sioners of 1851, as an institution of public utility, 
the Society has a decided claim to a site and 
appropriate buildings like any other scientific 
soclety. People are apt to consider the Hor- 
ticultural Society as a mere place of am 
or pleasure-seekers, and to overlook the fact, 
that Pompon ihe most —- stages of 
its career it has a ccomplished and is accom- 
ik ai ot public benefits in x promotion 
icultural science and industry. Indeed, in 
spite of shortcomings it has b 
when ca to the юат caprices of 
fashionable pleasure-seekers 
Go when one may one is sure to 
a ИЦ find much of interest in this noble 
establishment. The Orchid col- 
lection has greatly improved of late, and there is 
now a larger and more varied amount of blooms 
than we ever remember to have seen at the like 
season before. In the „коа - an ырды 
18 being | made to grow som 
о à e 
stove some noble Browneas are flowerin , as 
nesia asoca; while the foliage of the 
ect Palms, Dress 
is so magnificent as to stir the interest of the 
most apathetic, 
necessary thinning has been accomplished, the 
benefit of which will be apparent later on, the 
object now,sought being to grow well cultivated 
specimens of characteristic plants rather than a 
crowd of ill-developed plants of relatively minor 
interest. The Acacias, Camellias, and Si 
Rhododendrons are coming into full bloom, 
and the Tree Ferns rear their аран 
fronds as grandly as ever, In one of the octa- 
gons is a collection of Proteads New 
Holland plants, sufficient to show that, in one 
establishment at least, these grand plants are not 
neglected. The show-house i is, as it would natur- 
y of colour, 
and thus furnishing valuable lessons to gardeners 
who have to occupy themselves with the deco сога- 
tion of apartments or conservatories, This 
ing of the capabilities of individual Plants for 
decorative purposes 
8, owing to the enormous develop- 
ment of “ market-plant Bh ids " the decoration 
a our Coa and apartments has become a 
onotonous repetition of a florist's shop in a 
fashionable E The same plants are 
seen. everywhere, Of course, for purely market 
purposes this state of things is inevitable, and it 
presents the advantage of showing the perfection 
of cultivation so far as those particular plants are 
concerned, but in private establishments, and 
especially ‘where there is any real love for plants, 
otanic gardens to 
accentuate this fact by p for inspection 
well grown specimens of plants suitable for 
decoration. It is hardly the T hoe of a 
botanic garden to test the value of plants.in this 
way any further—that may be left to the bote 
cultural societies, to trade and private enterprise 
enough for the botanic gardens to brin the 
plants under notice, and leave their development 
to gardens of the ordinary ki kind. 
BED OF CANNAS (see p immi Sheet).— 
The fine bed of Cannas figured in the supplementary 
sheet was an attractive part of dié cem at Euston 
Hall, Thetford, lastseason. Mr. W. Low, the gardener 
at that place, and to whom we are indebted tA the 
wena says the Cannas helped by their 
of cheerful green to tone down the gaudiness of the 
covered with leaf-soil. After making a little үе, 
they are Mes in pots just large enough to h dii 
roots, grown on in теңе until they are 
rred to a cool house or 
which a liberal dressing of old hotbed manure n 
been added, and plenty of water at planting time, 
and afterwards if the weather be hot and dry, are ni 
the conditions of success in growing them in 
open 
"THE ORCHID serv "The plants illus- 
trated in this useful periodical are :— 
Masdevallia ignea var Manis na, t. ес 
this variety the flowers are “ bright Lm 
flushed with rosy-purple. It flowers m 
pril." 
oglossum pardinum, t. 204.— 
yellow perianth ‘ segments of this species have numer- 
ous irregular brownish spots оп а yellow ground 
The flowers are deliciously fragrant. 
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