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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[Manen 12, 1887, 
deplorable condition. After the death of Arex- 
ICHLER was made head of the Berlin 
His researches into the structure E 
Coniferz, Balanophore:, and other orders, gave him 
high rank г i йа астр een while his 
Ви then Di Nagram me remains nique compendium 
ofi ^ flower ing 
and is a work of such great pm that it is much 
to be deplored that the Clarendon Press or som 
other body have not long ago issued a translation of 
it, as being by far the best book of its class, 
plan ts. 
Ф 
ROYAL d Bn HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETY ОЕ MAN At the monthly 
meeting of the Сы ы ‘hie Society, held on 
Monday, the 7th inst., Mr. н Broome was 
unanimously elected Са of the Council, 
the place of the late Dr. Jous Warts. A dien 
Deran, of Harlow, Essex, 
d for et erection of glass structures on 
t of land r the Old Trafford railway 
station, upon which | will be held the annual Whitsun- 
tide Horticultural Exhibition of . These 
erections will be 300 feet long, and connected and 
heated, so that tender plants will be quite safe. 
VINE PRUNING.—The sweetness of the Gra 
it contains ; that 
atter of th 
removal of so much leaf-surface means so much less 
starch and so much less sugar. But in the case of 
the old rods of a Vine there is a store of starch still 
available, and one object of the cultivator should be 
to secure the анан еа of а sufficient reserve of 
00 
but allow fime for the s 
stopping, that looks чача but it isreally not во 
when it is remembered that the young shoots 
partially live on the old ones, and divert i the 
bunches the food that they would otherwi ve 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON.— We have received some 
blossoms of Cattleya Trianæ of Te proportions 
and beautiful uring, especially the Popayan 
varieties, и by Messrs. Н. Ре & Co. a few 
years since, Lelia harpophylla and Odontoglossum 
were very choice strains. Next week we hope 
to publish Mr. Swan’s note concerning these Orchids, 
"ur vete — of Irish home industry 
unch of Rip van Winkle 
addis a very esa em form, wa by us 
last year; the very early form so often poken of 
pa 
slightly пане than the deeply lobed PEERI 
cup; and a e form of N. pallidus præcox. 
BURRIDGE RELIEF FUND.—Mr. R. Dean writes: 
“ I have to кк the receipt of 10s. 6d. from 
Messrs. J. WRENCH & 
wick, have went direct to Mr. BURRIDG 
NATIONAL | CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. —A 
place at the “Old Four j^ b rs US Street, 
i N, Esq., President 
Applications f Pape affiliation from the 
hee uri and “Senne and Midland Chrysanthe- 
mum Societies were received ; making in all twenty- 
seven societies admitted de this relationship. Mr. 
im erst een, Maidenhead, announced his 
offer prizes at the January mid-winter 
"m exhibition, in 1888, for the best twelve blooms of his 
and M. § 
. B. Frp, Old Kent Road, also offers special 
prizes for twelve blooms of incurved i 
va 
each meeting of the Floral Committee of the 
Society a Silver Medal should be offered as a 
d a Bronze Medal as the 2d prize 
АП 
English nurserymen previous to November, 1886, 
will be аа This action оп the dri of the 
Society is all the more necessary, m the class 
for new varieties that has hitherto uppii i in the 
schedule for the November show has been m 
out; and во 450 or so of new varieties are 
announced since last au It is also believed 
hat the offer ‘ring of hia юс wil be the means 
of bringing a larger number of the members to 
attend the meetings of the Floral е Аё 
the request of the Committee of this Society, M. 
Ѕімох Deraux has, as before stated, consented to 
vim) the conditions upon which he last year — 
special p and they will now read a 
mê :—-At the Heine exhibition, at the Roy: al 
Aquarium : Aes oi of plants of Japanese Chry- 
niy 
epar admissible in these classes are iac aad 
у M. S, Dzravx in February, 1887. 
“ DIE NATURLICHEN PFLANZEN-FAMILIEN."— 
rs. ENGLER and Prante have commenced the pub- 
lication of a work which cannot fail to be of great 
service to all ix ep to а with plants. 
defect we se o far is t i 
German, but i that Месна will not have 
much force with the publisher (WILHELM ENGELMANN, 
of Leipzig). It is intended to comprise an account 
of the natural orders of plants, together with their 
genera, and with reference especially to the most 
t te From this it will be seen that a 
posed in some аса ш. e 
Histoire da Paia The pro ei mbitious 
e, but as the раваць of чш of | ber | is 
gaits be acted on, and ural order to be 
entrusted to a special monographer, there is hope, 
not only that the work will be well done, but also that 
it will be brought = ee ы а а reason- 
able period. part— 
contains а part of the ris x Pal 
Dnvpr. The firs 
before 
ms, by Professor 
the writings of ae on the Palms of the тэнар 
Incidentally, w may note that the articles 
* Garden Palms,’ noted fromthe uve Chronicle, 
are from the pen of Mr. SON, of Kew, 
and not, as here erroneously stated, from that of 
Dr. Masters. 1 
sketch of the organs of vegetation and fructification, 
including their anatomical construction. The several 
genera are treated of in order, or with reference to 
their present наат гг чарнат: апа іп past 
s of the Th 
e text illu eeu by a large 
number of useful illustrations, which happily appeal 
to men of all nationalities, whatever their mother- 
tongue may be. We look forward to the progress of 
this work with great interest. 
READING HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
— The 
early summer show of this Society will take Reed 
on June 2, and not on June 22 as already ann 
BABOO HARI MOHAN MOOKERJEE.— We regret 
to announce the death of this gentleman, who was 
0 Normal 
racter of rare simplicity and loyalty to айк. The 
deceased was an enthusiast in the cause of science. 
Originally а student of the Calcutta Medical College 
eee 
during the days of the Board of Education, he left 
college after four years without taking his diploma 
t was about this 
seasons attended at the ik eri s Botanical Gardens 
n Dr. J. M. M'Crxzrrawp and Mr. W. 
These entlemen were then prosecuting their re- 
History, which the two edited invited and 
received him with open arms, And he contributed not 
a little to build up their fame. He went to most of 
the wild parts of India in search of specimens. On 
one occasion he penetrated with a couple of snakes- 
d pl Y dz Ek GN "3 i Q4. 
hochoor snake, and after capturing one and bagging 
it, quietly took shelter with a modee at night. The 
modee, however, came to suspect the contents of the 
bag, and drove the Brahmin out in the middle of the 
night into the wil a as a danger 
The Baboo went the 
ison 
are 1 made by Baroo Ha 
sation of various kinds of foreign paddy and 
m 
LONSDALE ROSE Society. — This 
ociety, which is affiliated to the National Rose So- 
ciety, will hold its next annual exhibition at Ulver- 
stone on July 22. 
* ALBUM OF INDIAN FERNS.” —This is a series of 
illustrations in colour of various Ferns found on the 
Shevaroy Hills by the artist, Mrs. (?) C. E. BAvxzs. 
The drawings are faithful so far as they go, ba: 
single fronds. 
4 ш; жу nd may be useful as reminders, and ат 
rm an elegan t volume for the drawing-room table 
They are ы by W. Day, 21a, Berners Street. 
Be cenis LiLY.—The register of popular 
when they can 
the convenience in this case when the epithet is 80 
irn nid inappropriate ? It is saved by the wit of 
the Editor, who asks, — riately, “ What is а 
кыда» Button?" It h s йо to do with a 
bachelor, and it is not a fdas 
о CULTURE.—Mr. E. J. BEALE — 
before v dos of Arts, on the 2d inst., this 
y жле not to recomm sp 
е to the cultivation ‹ 0 
stances, except M 
small quantities. We shall revert to this matter. 
* LE JARDIN."—Under this name M. GODEFROY- 
LEBEUF 
three-column jou 
eneral. The Editor wishes his readers to cons 
themsel ris 1 in the light ofa vast horticultural wer 
the organ. ber ad 
ublished fortnightly, and judging from из ¢ 
ii is to consist s З ctical information relieved by 
lighter matter and illustrated by woodcuts, 
