-Mancn 19, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS? 
account of the wild plant, which is a perennial with 
a thick, woody, branching rootstock, covered with 
the remains of former leaves, and with an internal 
construction ae ie from pow of any known Prim- 
rose. Messrs. s Lar web PauL, Pearson, GIRDLE- 
‚ Р’Омв rin "Ici Авай took part in 
js лаш аы. a hich followed. 
LONDON энеңе BOARD. — The tender of 
Messrs. W. Сотвоѕн & Sow, nurserymen, of High- 
te and Barnet, has been а accepted for trees, shrubs, 
merely ornamental planting in Board School 
enclosures, 
RHODODENDRON VICTORIANUM Xx .—Under this 
lho 
e like those of Баг ачы but the free-flowering 
habit is thatof Dalhousianum. The flowers have a bell 
funnel-shaped tube, with a in lobed spreading limb. 
The interior of the tube is golden-yellow, while the * 
rest of the flower is pure white. 
A CURE FOR PHYLLOXERA.—It was stated at 
а recent meeting of the Académie des Sciences that 
after numerous experiments, MM. Covasnon and Sa- 
томох had ascertained that this insect will not resist 
а ket ure of 45? C. (11 
Trias it is a long while since we have seen any 
ine-louse either on the roots or the leaves, 
= the editor to do more justice to the plants 
i Edin urgh on the inst., f 
тте presiding, communications were read by 
retary, Mr. з ۸ rome T r Јони 
1 
ti vite € y, J next; and that the excursion 
the ki | the royal estates at Balmoral take place on 
Ollowing Thursday and Friday, July 28 and 29. 
ae e YAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. — 
"dd; pte sum a petition to be pre- 
el eh QUEEN tu been forwarded to us by the 
etary of the Society for publication :— 
“At a meeting of the C. 8 
cultural Society held Perm | төр Royal H ei 
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леу ды not Mic of how its nes work isto be 
ied on, but even of how its 
монан 4 Th Memorial, ra alluding to the 
pretig of; of the Society at home and abroad, prays 
Pe : ; 
3 
portio 
e for a building to accom- 
te its committ tóta; its valu able гете, and its 
offices, ходене with the use of th vatory and 
quadrants in which to ‘hold its shows. In con- 
H 
mate i 
that force is added to their appeal, not only е the 
past history of the sien but also from the fact 
that - so and s of its work are нене 
germ. o the objects for which the land at South 
йр солы was bought. 
uei ih ION OF HARDY FRUIT, AND FRU 
CONFERENCE, AT CHESTER.— On Thursday, March 
3, an белн, (Apples and Pears) and fruit con- 
ocal f 
growers, as weli as many from a distance, sent fine 
and choice collections of Apples and Pears—chiefl 
the former—for exhibition. Among others were 
His Grace the Duke of Westminster, Eaton ; Messrs. 
Е 
, London 
ery Pte эе col- 
ы ер one the produce of the gardens around the 
а large and varie 
production being brought together in prime an 
sound condition, must be a sufficient guarantee of 
the quality. At the conference there was but a thin 
attendance. The chair was taken by Mr. A. О. 
ALKER, and Mr. E. J. — gave an address on 
* Fruit pedis ; апа after a bed introductory 
remarks by the Chairman, егей ng both local 
friends and т from a distance for sending such 
beautiful collections of Apples and Pears for exhibi- 
tion, there was a short discussion. 
MANCHESTER HORTICULTURAL IMPROVE- 
MENT SocIETY.— Тһе last meeting of this Society 
for the present session was held on Thursday even- 
ing, March 10, in the Memorial Hall, Albert Square, 
Mr. Ќовевт Tarr, the Honorary Treasurer, presiding. 
‚ S. BUTTERWORTH m a communication on 
Y) Fertilisation д Plants.” Mr. J. HADFIELD, of 
Brinnington, Stockport, read a paper on “ Clay Soils 
and their Leena” The Chairman said this 
was the final meeting of the Society of the fourth 
session, and as Treasurer he had pleasure in telling 
the members that their funds had " — ind 
much. This year there had not be e 
age attendance which they had had previously "The 
decrease, he thought, could be accounted for from 
the fact that OTT ad not gn sa to members 
calling attention to the meetings about to be held. 
They had relied simply upon the syllabus and 
weekly advertisement, but a lesson had been learned, 
hir the despatch of postcards would be resumed. 
INDO-COLONIAL EXHIBITION.—[t is stated that 
there is a surplus of £8000 available to the Com- 
missioners of this Exhibition after meeting all 
— and — а —€—S jagen z 
the staff. This su 
to ben given to the funds of the табиї нбни 
+ 
RoYAL OXFORDSHIRE HORTICULTURAL SO- 
ETY.—We are requested by Mr. R. Dzaw to insert 
s plore correction, Owing to an unfortu- 
nate oversight an important error appears on the 
schedule of prizes offered at the mer show on 
J у 
0, E £15, £10, £5. 
dis shillings, and we are requested to make an 
ie i ina to this effect, so that int 
hibitors may not be under a misapprehension as to 
the money value of the prizes. 
EXHIBITION FIXTURES.—The summer show of 
the Bury St. Edmunds and West Suffolk Horticul- 
tural Society is fixed for June 23 and 24, and the 
Chrysanthemum Exhibition for November 7 and 18. 
The summer exhibition of the Ealing, Acton, and 
Hanwell Horticultural Society will take place on 
July 6, and the usual Chrysanthemum Show o 
Noth 16. 
Do SCORPIONS COMMIT SUICIDE ?—Another 
has been shown to be a fable. The belief 
a scorpion, unable to extricate itself from an 
il: ring of fire, ends its misery by desee 
wound on itself, has bee 
though a scorpion may lash itself with its tail and 
cause the sting to penetrate its own flesh, yet that 
the poi son is quite ite harmless to itself or to other 
species of scorpion. It is for its enemies, not for 
itself or its friends, that the poison is provided. 
E WEATHER IN THE WEST.—In the neigh- 
18? on that of the 14th ; fortunately, Apricots have 
jas yet expanded their blossoms. Snow fell early 
the morning of the m igs continued steadily 
throughout the day, and t is 84 inches on the 
ound, Near London ара same tale may be told. 
CRoss-BRED ROSES. — The following letter 
being, as we hope, impersonal, void of offence, and 
he 
во far as personal 
matters are concerne 
“In maan to the correspondence which h 
appeared e Gardeners Chronicle respecting the 
origin id "casio of some of Mr. BENNETT'S 
seedling Ros it seems remarkable that your 
correspon v especially Mr. BENNETT, an ex- 
erienced cross-breeder of plants and animals, 
shoul r to have lost si 2 
tendencies to heredity or reversion which naturally 
llow, о а considerable extent interfere w 
the work of and confound the effo 088- 
although Her PM may show externally but little 
of the parentage of Tea-scented Rose Canari, it is fully 
possible that the pollen of the latter may have been 
sufficiently potent to have fertilised the ovary of 
rio ters of the seedling of t era- 
tion, the law of heredity “aring a con- 
tributing cause to this result, orrison is, 
I believe, admitted to be ا‎ the child, or off- 
pring, by variation ess Rothschi 
which zm mtl most nearly vem in e 
ance an and it is ithin th n 
of probability that in the next meis = the latter 
Rose should prove fertile either rally or by cross- 
breeding, its di in b some 
cestral ch € derived na the 
Tea-scented rac t garden Roses, and especially 
those of the so-called p x СЕ 1 "^ Tea- 
ented уй "ij ; other 
e omm 
re x. bin fully wie басе Bes elf, a 
great заб ган E reversion their successive 
