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THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
{Marcu 19, 1887. 
клон and it i impossible t o look forward 
ee of Mura to a definite result from 
petual or a hybrid Tea, illustrates =, want of fixity 
of the Roses they would so dogmatically — 
Some years ago I obtained seed in t the open-air fro 
a flower of Tea-scented Gloire de Dijon X Benotemir 
de Comte Cavour, a dark red hybrid ا د‎ and 
y s plant, whi 
from naturally fertilised seed of this hich 
Y а ous semi-double у i pink 
flowered variety, remarkably polleniferous, and a 
e seed-bearer, I raised num lings 
including Bedford Belle, a very fre ring апа 
vigorous plant, of long erect growth, with thorn 
and blush-white flowers, to all appearances 
unlike either of its parents or its ancestors of th 
previous generation rom th me lot of seed 
ipsy ose, and утыр oer: 
eied rs 
wise somew з of the 
pr ed el iud - dou uble white, woe 
intermediate coloured flowers, some Жыен 
either one or -bot heir known ancestors, and 
Roses, both naturally вай. кыы run 
lised, мн ргоде ny varying from their parents almost 
h by cross-fertilisation as ps nat fied e seeding. 
he — ence which I have arrived at is 
ot dini 
at the perplex Hu хаж E awaiting tho: 
acy to dra conventional E las een 
rid perpetu rid Tea Roses 
J: Piao. or 
Hn their ебет ргодепу. T. Laxt 
FUNGOID entes IN COLOCASIA ESCULENTA. 
EE and D. Morr 
he ravages of this are so uncommonly like 
what occurs in Ад Potato, that it behoves the autho- 
rities ca, where it is prevalent, to keep a 
еза еуе, sadi to endeavour to cut short its pro- 
ss. Instructions are given by the authors as to 
remedial measures, an important one being the abso- 
lute necessity of destroying badly affected plants, 
so that the spores may not spread 
Paci ta GARDENS, KiNG bern d OWN.— 
The Kafrarian Watchman of January 21 contains 
the reports of the Secretary and Curator, i - the 
annual meeting of subscribers. it 
e es 
rine in 
The Canadian Poplar, Topia н 
from cuttings, made growths of 16 feet during last 
season, and is recommended for deep and moist 
und, р Вох pos Negundo fraxinifolium (so 
well known as Ace a о) grows much more 
rapidly ie in England ts from seed sown а 
year ago being now over 10 ti in height. 
THE INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS OF THE UNITED 
STATES OF NORTH AMERICA.—The кри which 
the United States have made in the last genera 
that is, since the close of their Ag m T 
been i | unparal 
а fruit bearer, 
creased 69 per cent., i hay crop 106 per cent., her 
pe , her grain ae 2 - 
cent., and her production of pig-iron 
American Exhibitio anufactures, 
E 
E 
pened May 2 о i 3 
ا‎ will have a deep interest for all thinking 
pers 
селенит —М. MOUILLEFERT has contributed 
to the Anna excellent summary 
of the оное state of our knowledge of the Vine- 
louse and of the means of See r ravages. 
The chief feature of т is that. M. MOUILLEFERT 
e others аз " д, айуап- 
mends this process on bad soil w 
of protection, as адн bisulphide or sulpho-car- 
bonate of potassium, are not available. To destroy 
the winter-egg à dressing of coal-tar, Made (huile 
lourde de houille) "ийри 60 part тее 
120 parts; and water, 400 parts, is аена 
“ FAMILIAR TREES."—With the — num- 
ber the first series of this prettily Mic work, 
aao ed by Messr rs. Mr. 
h 
ро] 
inane, are full of blunders. 
his desire to avoid E will, we fear, con- 
fuse s some e of his readers, by making the term “ fr uit- 
bearers’ ta СЕ ео poca 
cally this may be condoned, tho 
vi ретт аа will not consider 
the Lime, the first і aid ipee in the synopsis, as 
ame way cone-bearers, for 
Gymnosperm will к» apply to the Yew or the 
Juniper. 
SCARLET FEVER.—A very close piece of induct- 
ive reasoning was presented lately to the Royal 
mier җе men Krew. In his endeavours to 
e cause of an outbreak of scarlet завад 
» showed pus 8 certain minute plants—micro- 
e always associated with the disease, ‘isda 
he: isolated hese! germs, cultivated them in the way 
familiar to those who study these organisms, and then 
inoculated previously healthy animals with the germs, 
with the result that the 
lowing п 
vis was shown 
m germs, мее 1е 
that derived from the t teat in quiatin contained 
EE 
that teat, would be free from germs if means could 
be taken to avoid contact with the sore spot. Hence 
we have ee: the cause of scarlet fever tracked home, 
and the m 
periments, but no one who has had experience of the 
horrors of malignant scarlet fever, or who has 
—Ó with а animals, — doubt that the 
permanent benefits conferred on man and on animals 
ыны outwe elei the relative slight amount of 
harm done to the few animals experimented on. 
GLASGOW BOTANIC GARDEN:.—It would appear 
that these Gardens are in imminent danger of suffer- 
ing PM unless the bem of Glasgow ¢ 
at once to the rescue. In the default of steps being 
t Gardens will 
and the 
whole of the costly plants, &c., will come under the 
hammer. 'The Gardens rdened with a debt 
of £48,000, of which sum ie is owing to the 
City of Glasgow, £2 he University, € 
— Her Majesty’s Сы and last 
total receipts were only about £2000, 
“ + + ftha (rand 
National Dahlia Show а propositi as mad : 
abolish the artificial distinction arant а анз ап 
fancy Dahlias, so tha xhibited Aes 
same s 
rendered lighter, as 
to be c ? : 
: resentatives me 
the me meeting did not take kindly to this new agens 
and so 8 wa apr dvisable —the leading t rt 
gro owers assenting— pen its рані (1: y to 
as а tria 
ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE.—Mr. Wir- 
LIAM Paur, F.L.S., of Waltham Cross, is و‎ 
to read a paper on * The Ancient and Modern Lite- 
rature of Gardening," before the Royal Socie ety of 
Literature, 21, Delahay ке St. James’ Park, on 
Wednesday, March 23, at 8 r 
TENDRILS.—M. LECLERC pu Sanrox finds a rela- 
tion between the construction of tendrils and their 
near gei =. surface, the more sensitive to contact 
he find 
PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. — Note sur l'Ecole 
d' Arboriculture et Ps d de са 
By Сн. Jory. (Paris: Micuzts кт Firs d 10, 
Passage du nee re.)— ps hools 4 Forty in iram, 
By urgh: OLIVER 
Born, Tweedale Court. Maan Notes on the 
ton: Government Printing Office.) — Throw ees the 
Fields ivi Linneus у М s. FLORENCE Cappy. 
2 vols, (London: ri cdi Green & Co.). 
THE CRYSTAL PALACE ede 
Tue usual schedule of prizes for pla 
fruit, &c., exhibited at ве > я асе іп Ree is in our 
ha o not obse 
mer years. 
National Dahlia Society, ie which k Mr. H. Glasscock 
much- 
On this Wes we print a letter from 
Mr. R. tren of Ealin 
the epee 8 te 
of six blooms. 
tw былш bunches of single e Dahli 8 
— in twelve and six bunches, 
classes sepius the einen meteo 
are abolishe d, as ing no practic 
entailing upon ‘the е judges a great deal 
em show 
d, 
classifying their 
set pr unnecessary 
and 
it vill 
anc 
decies XT m 
— useful if a HM 
tipped, “ae &c., were also "made 
