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THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Marcu 19, 1887, 
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APPOINTMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 
MEETINGS. 
Royal Horticultural Society : Council, 
ma E ыы Roe tga d 
tific Committ 
Ro par Society of тыны, 21, Dela- 
WEDNESDAY,MAR. "| емие ре ree: Mr. W. 
M 
TUESDAY, MAR. эз} in 
ncie ent and 
Covent Garden Life-boat Fand: за 
THURSDAY, MAR. 241 cert at St, James' Hall, at 8 P.M. 
SHOWS. 
| vn oyal Botanic Society's First Spring 
WEDNXESDAY,Man.234 Show. 
| Bath Bulb Show (two days). 
SATURDAY, Mar. 26—Crystal Palace Spring Show. 
SALES. 
Carnations, Picotees, ae &e., at 
TUESDAY, МАВ. a} чы City Auction Rooms, by Pro- 
Roses, Shrubs, Fruit Trees, Border 
| Plants, Bulbs, &е., at Stevens’ 
ТАШ, Freesias, Roses, &c., at Pro- 
eroe & Morris' Rooms. 
and Established Orchids, 
сЕ Liliums, &c., at Stevens’ 
WEDNESDAY, 
THURSDAY, ма. 26} Ner 
FRIDAY, . Mam. 95 J баро tiporta Orchids, at Protheroe & 
С ordnen Fruit Trees, Border 
| Plants, Bulbs, &c., at Stevens’ 
SATURDAY, Mar. 265 Room 
j Roses it other Pene, at Protheroe 
& Morris' Room: 
o much interest has been ex- 
теи at Kew, to give us the benefit 
f his experience. This he has kindly done in 
the subjoined letter: 
“ A full account of this pau. was мт by myself 
in the Gardeners’ Chronicle, v ,n.8., April 19, 
1884, p. 510. It is of аа habit, with broadly 
cordate and pubescent leaves, sometimes a fi 
ripe it is of rich orange colour. In the West 
ree Tomato; in Peru - A: 
known as Tomato dela Paz. It so 
ovent Garden М shit: no aan 
appears in 
Rie by the Editor, under the ‘erroneous name 
of G: m the Azores. 
ae during the ient months, from November 
o March, when ordin Tom eg аге not 
piece E E the plan 
England. E in correspon ding latitudes, nor will it 
tand extreme tropical ore, sub- 
tropical, dnd flotirishes fest in billy districts i in the 
tropics, with a mean annual temperature of about 
68° Е ahr. 
41 1 aa} 
T ree Tomato. seed have been Pipes to various 
ery favourable 
fruit grown in Southern India. D. Morris, Assistant- 
Director, Royal Gardens, Kew." 
To this we may add that the fruit is occasion- 
ally grown in даг country, as we remember to 
have had specimens sent us for identification, 
and they ‘a also been exhibited before the 
Scientific Committee. As is the case with most 
cultivated plants, there is a considerable amount 
of variation in the size, colour, and form of the 
fruit. Those e more pointed 
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In Ж Revue  Horticole for 1881, p. 470, 
is a second coloured plate, representing two 
каут obtained from seed of that orginally 
fi One of these is yellow, and we mention 
the circumstance as we have just received from 
Messrs. Viccars SUME & Co., of Leicester, a 
fruit under the name of Melon-Pear, which is 
eey, Me fruit of a Solanum, very nearly allied 
teni ‘With, the Tree Tom and 
ae "i “egg plant.” The specimen ie is 
seedless, "t Ta not admit of absolute verifi- 
cation, but we have no doubt that the fruit in 
question is the produce of a Solanum, Assuredl 
it is not a Melon and not a Pear—sufficiently 
good reasons to the framers of popular names 
to call it a Melon-Pear, 
of the fragrance of a Melon 
the Ame Gardener's Monthly, this plant is 
called, in Central America, Pepino, or Cucumber. 
di WE continue to receive letters on 
en the subject of 
but which the congested state 
prevents our inserting. We are reserving these 
expressions of opinion for future use, or for the 
consideration of any committee that may here- 
т be appointed. The schemes at present рго- 
ieai 
,À Ап я ofaa as proposed by Mr. PENNY 
and “Н. J. C.," the details to be settled here- 
ter. 
2. The purchase = me e of presentation to 
existing Orphan 
Benefit crudi уз gardeners, 
4, A Benefit Society ку relieve paris who 
pea be out of situation 
. The establishment pr a separate fund for 
the express benefit of gardeners’ orphans, in con- 
nection with, but, owing to the constitution of 
the Society, necessarily independent of, the 
Gardeners’ Benevolent. 
6. A contribution to the fund required to re- 
instate the Royal Horticultural Society. 
All the schemes hitherto proposed come under 
one or other of these heads; No. 2 seems to be 
the most practica ves scheme, but we invite 
the proposal—1, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, as thecase may be— 
easilv . 
t hardy in 
dinner and conversazione were held at the Club-room 
cand Mr. Hemstey, was enabled to give & 
which the writer prefers, and with his name and 
ey added (n 
opinion above V aai to would be Sic as 
judge at present, the majority of those who 
have written to us are in favour of Mr. Peyyy’s 
scheme, the one herein een phe as No. 1, but 
of which No. 2 is only a modificatio 
THE PROPOSED баң ORPHANAGE.— 
We are requested to insert bes: асе ie intima- 
tion from the Secretary pro tem 
ea meeting 
hel d in pe ss the matter generally, and 
to take what Ы se may seem necessary in furtherance 
of the object in view. In the meantim 
facilitate matters Бете; if bes s are puros 
Ga ident Sandringham, Kin 
Barron, A pono i Society z 
Chiswick. іа 
AN AVENUE ОЕ PALMS.—For the formation of 
avenues in tropical and sub-tropical countries Palms, 
ith their formal but stately shafts and majestic 
oliage, are*particularly well adapted, as will be 
evid ction of our supplementary 
illustration. The species of Oreodoxa are all natives 
of tropical America and the West incus but several 
of them are in cultivation in this country Ге may 
here mention incidentally that the series of articles 
n 
health may be чарыгы re-established, and that he 
may be enabled—as under favourable conditions he 
certainly will be—to turn his sojourn in South 
Africa to the best Madii horticulturally and 
botanically. 
HORTICULTURAL CLUB.—The usual monthly 
on Tuesday, March 8, when there was a good attend- 
ance of members. The discussion was opened by 
Dr. Masters, who alluded to the history and develop- 
ment of the Chinese Primrose as affording а re- 
markable illustration of the phenomena of variation 
inde ependent of those produced by сою {еен 
Тһе 
Some of the variations were apparently due a^ ex- 
cessive, or to diminished heat, light, or food supplies ; 
thers to reversion to a тз тент state, ys 
lately the wild form of the plant o known, i 
moreover, that all attempts to cross-fertilise - 
Chinese Primroses with pollen from other species 
—— na The plant as first ini to 
cu std form, which i 
manifested а rapah to vary, and in prà 
ual. During ё 
ways gro 
however; the true wild species h 
mountains 4 Ү- seri in Central China, 
collectors n bare limestone: rocks, ex 2 
to the bh qe мнн but scanty supply of sient 
Dr. Masters, owing to the kindness О . FRANC 
