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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[APRIL 2, 1887. 
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ital opportunity of comparing and selecting 
varieties for cultivating next season. What are 
believed to be the best of both old and new sorts are 
on view, ud of these the most noteworthy are. La 
Grandesse, L'Innocence, Madame van der Hoo 
ima, Nectar, and Mont Bun 
ier Donna, 
g of the Reds, 
r red; King ЕРЕ E. Blues, Leo- 
pold IL, Lord Wolseley, yron, Czar 
Peter, Grand Maitre, and Charles Dickens, pale 
blue ; е of Wales, General Havelock, Sultan, 
y Sweep, Souvenir, J. H. Ve ark blue 
нача диа of Lorne, yellow tinged and striped 
red ; f the & PH егѓес 
tion, Obelisque; and Ida, yellow; Prince of Wales, 
bright rose; Gigantea, pink; and Garibaldi, deep 
crimson 
THE —— а bas NARCISSUS — Mr. 
Воввіров writes as follows 
“Ts it at all generally known—and, if so, has the 
fact been recorded—tha t the erect leaves (foliage) of 
ay 
a few 
d 
collection of all the Narcissi is 
mi с Narcissus this system of — 
s most marked, but the Co rbula arias show it least, 
o be hat 
ved Хи all fhe Duos 
canara is, 
many rules have their Pei twisted to die PG 
нек their perianth lobes to the left 
at gyration, or 
Trito бй" ү? уе М and in the monu of Nar 
cissus е as figured by НЁростк. I have many 
ether observations in connection with the spiral 
development of сър — pur scapes, but as the 
Narc rpg and I ie ed rd the 
э in order ا‎ may pay some attention 
to the f ees to which I haye above referred.” 
E PROFESSOR EICH —We take 
the ебе: сы from a recent КТ of the 
Garten Zeitung, as supplementary to o 
in а vious issue :—‘ EICHLER’S ^s aim were 
very well attended, his power of imparting know- 
ledge being mer t 
He was not particular as to 
mere prettiness of speec ch, but € Met: were 
simple, clear, кл distinct. He о less an able 
administrator. There were и нр іп 
the establishment over which he presided which 
required ne and especially the botanic 
e itself. How well he succeeded in his dr 
rted on the scientifie side by Dr. 
Е practical horticulture by 
PERR 
Potelam quarter of the town—too popular one might 
say in the interest of the plan ts. Amon 
impro parti 
gst EICHLER’S 
ular mention must 
sanctioned in the time of A. Ввасх, was erected ; but 
it was necessary to furnish it, and to arrange in a suit- 
able manner the Royal Herbarium as well as the col- 
зе of fruits D seeds, and to make E fein in 
he nagement. Here, as in other cases, BICHLER 
ез the right men for the right places, men who 
were all zealous to make the new creations кн, 
previous t 
Zwolfapostelkirchof. 
numerously attended, and by many persons from dis- 
tant parts, as by Professor Dr. Tem Breslau, and 
Professor Dr. Drvpr, Dresden 
COMPETITION IN GERMANY.—In these islands 
we are apt to imagine that the number of candidates 
short time at Chiswick, and afterwards in the gardens 
of Sir Trevor Lawrence, Burford Lodge, Dorking. 
JAMBUL SEEDS.—A correspondent of one of the 
medical journals calls attention to the value of these 
seeds (the produce of Eugenia Jambolana) in chronic 
diabetes. In what way the seeds influence this 
mysterious disease is not stated. 
DAFFODILS.—Mr. HamrraNp sends us further 
examples of his skill as a cultivator and judgment in 
selection in the shape of an assortment of fine 
examples of. fine varieties, which, however, we can- 
not particularis e. A bouquet of N. eystettensis, or 
capax plenus, mixed with starch Hyacinths and 
backed up by the glossy ро = foliage of Azara 
microphylla, was very effecti 
ERAL pen oe — We are sorry to see, fro 
nnouncement in the Journal of Horticulture, that 
this gentleman ree lately died. The General was of 
Scottish 
tish descent, and as President of the Imperial 
Horticultural Society of де as conspicuous for 
spicu 
his kindness and hospitality to the visitors о the 
International p o ne smo Ear in St. Peters- 
urg in 1869. 
IMPROVEMENTS IN HOT-WATER BOILERS.—A 
patent has been granted through the agency of 
Messrs. Huenes, Er: UGHES, of Chancery Lane, 
to WILLIAM ЇлхрвАү Мих, of New Hampton, for 
P AM in the Construction of Hot-water 
FRUITS UNDER GLASS. 
PEN E's: 
severe weather of the last month will 
heated structures, all 
others will gtd а sorely tried by the great cold 
of the pas The fr: miting plants уез: 
have а e кошот of 70°—75°, orn 5° 
in the daytime with fi t, running i 
with sun-heat and air, hie should bs ата 
when the thermometer registers 80*, and a bo 
cession-plants a night t 
according as the weather is cold or othe erwise, with 
5° more by day and fire-heat, eF 10° with su 
heat; 5° less of heat will suffice for young enè. 
Damp the plunging material and the pathway every 
morning, and again in the afternoon at closing time, 
when the plants should be damped lightly overhead, 
not р the crowns of the fruits, and the tem- 
up to 90? to 95? will be none too high 
n the soil—one on each side of the plants—and the 
fruit should be seured thereto by two sets of ties of 
strong string fastened above and below the fruit, the 
t no 
saplings 
d scale when brought from 
the woods, which, if the sticks be used in an un- 
d or unprepared state, would probably get on the 
fro 
unfrequently happens that Ash and Haz el а 
e 
spring as possible, immersing them in a copper of 
boiling water for fifteen minutes, 
CUCUMBERS. 
The Toppa ia and tying of the shoots 
will now requi tention almost daily, especially 
such as have ben Fora all the winter. These, if 
во desired, caa be kept fruiting satisfactorily during 
the ensuing season by removing all decayed pes 
f the roots, rep M. it wi r 
good turf d horse- او‎ 
Copious applications of E neg liquid m: 
will still Sg rther promote vigour in the plants ope 
e bearing season for six «фе longer: 
Maintain а а temperature of from 63? to 70° 
and 75? by day, with fire-heat, allowing the ther- 
and see that the bottom-heat does not fall below 
75°, or rise abov a little fresh air 
t he house at XL on bright baci in- 
rise of the 
(about a quarter to 3 o'clock in the afte 
when the plants aid all surfaces should be syringed 
with warm water. Young plants should have some 
soil added to the hillocks as fast as the roots pro- 
the plants well the following mornings, an 
lating more freely than usual for a couple of days. 
H. W. Ward, Longford Castle 
PLANTS AND THEIR CULTURE. 
CAMELLIA-HOUSE. 
As soon as the blossom is over free growth must be 
encouraged ris keeping а warmer and closer tempera- 
ure ; to this end less air should be admitted, with early 
closing and heavy syringing be adopted. The water 
used should be tepid, and the surfaces of the walks and 
mi 
e e 
should be used occasionally as 
shading in the form of thin tiffany should also be 
employed to prevent the young foliage as it developes 
ec E 
perature 
Now e e their fruit. from being scalded. Where there is no Migne llia- 
To afford to the fruit and keep it in an boa proa I DE ES e aa аны here they 
upright position, two sticks should be placed firmly can be treated in the: 
grouping of the plants ; 
he collection of outdoor 
museum, which was 
