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THE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[Marcu 12, 1887, 
tubers € 1а But why санны о two old kinds 
n man d better ones? 
There i is no фича but that t ех dias are two of 
the most —" ж we have, and served 
us well in the e Early Rose 
productiveness, wd it 
moderately good 
Hebro August, Se 
White чаар to us 
and just a ci ew later 
fit—Readin 
Magnum ark ms, as it is a good keeper. 
variety is €— I have found the following half- 
d p s to be of excellent quality, viz., Extra 
ly Vermont, Snowdrop, Snowflake, School- 
rad Vieat of Laleham, and Queen of the Valley. 
Dimmick. 
ECONOMIC BOTANY.—In — eem econo- 
mic botany (see p. pers win а visit I paid ep ime 
and from esidence in India, I Зе 
with training whatever regar the natur 
of the business they go to ma irect 
They have no knowledge of the nature of the plants 
they will h to deal with; the 
y w 
about their physiology or mo 
ith а particular object, or of the probable enn of 
Fresh miles of coun a their indigenous 
est, the action the valu 
nd st 
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TRE. 
: raining college for planters is 
not already a national institution, it is high time 
up in connection ‘with асе Itural 
ера 
п 
ria. surroundin the best advanta, 
se. It is not ET LES lee that the o of 
ae Ceylon Coffee industry may ке элт hastened, 
not = d the Mater] hurry to fortune, 
but also by ignorant mistakes, whieh: uu a sufficient 
avoided. In In йа it is 
1 
ment appointment for one's ened and e: 
E. B., M.D. 
BUTTER FROM BASSIA LONGIFOLIA.—This sub- 
stance was quoted by a writer lately in your E. ан 
£35 Lo re 1 had ho papel се would h 
corrected t wee w impossi ible en 
obtain £251 per ton for it, ре 6 the low price of 
fats and grease. Thos, Christy. 
WATKIN’S PATENT GIRTHING TAPE.—Good for 
the seller, but bad for 
or egi 
, for, pull as will, 
that the ie half dich vide 
cannot IG dn the piece of 
strong string that is now ET е in use. This 
j e useful and valuable adjunct 
[ 
ed to a асса 
ster requesting him to give us his opinion of the 
мена of Mr. Watkin's tape. Ер.] 
— 
AERIDES  VANDARUM.—A plant of this rare 
and eurious as well as handsome Orchid is now in 
flower in the Kew collection. In habit it much 
resem Vanda teres, and the large white flowers 
are produced i in pairs on the stem opposite the leaves. 
The species was introduced ia many years 
ago, and. agria, 
Mae figured in the Botanical AM 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL qr 
8.— This was a small but interesting 
sectio, fairly well attended by the general public 
Scientific Committee. 
Prese Dr. M. T. Masters, F.R.S., in the chair ; 
Messrs. W. G. Smith, J. O'Brien, F. Pascoe, G. S. 
ce A. W. Bennett, A. Micha хед oe М. Ridley, 
rray, G. F. Wilson, H. rid dem, 
Peas H. Church, and Rey. G. а 
SPATHOGLOTTIS KIMBALLIANA DISEASED. 
Mr. O'Brien — x leaf of this plant, аме 
rently attacked by so ungus. It was referred to 
Mr. W. G. Smith for s dc reae and report 
POLLEN, ME ANALYSIS OF. 
ssor Chur me had long vm bie 
searches in the ees er pollen-grains, à p 
am e a the bee of Conifer rs Tael 
published He drew attention to his analyses 
Im flowers [27 : i Botan Кы, 
м of the Ash у dn p 
364), showin 
of nitrogen, 
1 
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rely temporarily pro- 
of the scales. With regard to pollen, 
mentioned t g ago as 
ith ease from a single tree, several 
ounces. On ana ns it yielded 40:5 per cent. of 
= y low proportion for a newly- 
vegetable | pie abae dr ie at 
r., it iiec 8 е м of n 
(Чыран ng to 87 ue minoids), 1 and 
1:87 per cent. of oil wv Minor set ey in ether. 
the 1 
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pe 
undred picti o of this ash contained ду 
an 9014 of cedi iid and 3534 o 
A ole of thanks was unanimously offered to E 
ssor Church for his interesting communication 
The отар 
и were received 
from Mr. Q B: wright :— 
UsTILAGO on DATES, 
The three Dates sent en are affected xus 
ack smuts 
a higher price in the market dip de рчс за 
іп уаіп К the fungus. spores Bg 
and 
Na d light. In masses € = е dusky black, 
They measure about 4 or 5 mk. a 
Ustinago on Fies. 
specimens of Ustilago Ficuum 
will be seen that in this 
zi 
e trade as “natural Figs, 
which are cheap Figs sent over to this country packed 
in matting, baie specimens are by no means un- 
common, the spore 
\ordinary tem їп wi ; but the 
rature was raised t —55° F. over, 
ot germinated in the sam т as the majority 
sti spores do, ly, br icit a germ- 
tube into which the contents he re freely 
ese germ-tubes varied in length t to he 
with a diameter of from 4 to 5 mk. I 
was he development of secondary 
spores, for being unable to attend to my cultures for 
forty-eight hours they became up and spoiled. 
Charles B. Muy 
The fo 
rebeivad front a т. Wolley Dod :— 
са ану рм with specimens were 
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HYBRD BETWEEN Narcissus DNE YAR, 
NIVALIS AND N. TR 
In August, 1886, Mr. Tai тр би rto, s 
three bulbs marked N. nivalis E x ered ee 
pp! in my peerage all bea ning similar flowers 
o the one I enclose send with it specimens of 
ня supposed puesii, m A t га [чт of N. бр, 
odium for com Me Tait, in his Notes 
the Narcissi io Portu уну telis us E he found the Br 
n ids on the untains, in the north 
tugal, at an altitude of 3500 feet i 
between pril 24 and May 17. 
three specimens, and in 1886 fou 
t owin ere 
The flower differs from N. Bul 
chiefly in ‘the following particulars mie ы 
codium— — outline of the tube is con- 
tinued in the sam ее stright lines кун. the 
— s the corona, past the point of juncture with 
2. The divis хаан th Vip ee 
ае р heir inclination ог pend ith the 
corona is always less than a righ le. he 
ris 
ng six different venim of N.B 
now flowering here. 
eres FROM PORTUGAL. 
In m Mr. A. W. Tait, rere с 
on Botanical Corüicat — to him 
g he arked upon 
cyclamens, i in that it ibis in 
February, although the am fell to E 
this being the severest winter 
porto. e further remarks that he has recognised 
several of Pekia species among the native ones 
f к. . Jo 
mee ng), corres ponding exactly with Parkinson's 
per flore ee teo reflexus (Paradisus X pe 92). 
It is rare and loc 
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arge specimen was received fro 
Qhureh which was к for D» Natural History 
Th rn trees he same garden 1 
where it к have ка сај badly attacked by 1 
Rost 
PLANTS EXHIBITED. 
ван discolor, an old and often-figured 
species, م‎ seen, was sent by Mr, F. W. 
Moore, Ы laste 
ORCHIDS, MALFORME 
Mr. Smee brought specimens. 
Ridley for aon and report. 
ت 
Dii to Mr. 
"ipia Committee. 
, ynne, ean, C. ] 
Baines, C. Pilcher,’ J. Dominy y, H. Ballantine, Ec 
Pollett, e F. DE y, J. O'Brien, C. H. x 
H. Turn y iem g, S. Hibberd, George P 
and Dr. M. T. Mas { а 
Contrary to riy there was 
show i es deme eese rvato огу on Tuesday last, Camelias, 
Orchi f Daffodils r other y 
and 
ding f 
plants constituting the lea = луг Paul! s канен 
varieties C. ovey was = em 
large blooms of = rich crimson- 
Betti i was a teworthy, the үш iuh a mass «t 
han 
w. 
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té bE. Prunes Pleserdi (ceri 
