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APPOINTMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 
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SHOW T i 
pp o Dat 1 Sat Qq 1 Sp 2 
WEDNESDAY, APR, 20 Fendt rT -Tyne Botanical and 
Horticultural Society (two days). 
MEETINGS. 
THURSDAY, APR. 21—Linnean Society, at 8 P.M. 
SALES. 
т іп ei м Stevens' Rooms. 
,000 Li tum, and NE 
waxes amas ОШТУ Кое. rm ., at Protheroe & 
Morris' Rooms. 
THURSDAY, APR. 21—Imported Orchids, at Stevens' Rooms. 
Wu, "hg qe асч OMM 
—€— Tue Colony of Natal, though 
ounger ا‎ dca than the 
Natal. Gardeners’ Chronicle, has had a 
chequered history. Our concern with it arises 
chiefly from the 2 development therein of cultural 
enterprise, 
unhealthy excitement of the gold fever do not 
т, mu t meh 
which tee icr. zm the gold fever has sub- 
e Indo-Colonial Exhibition served 
Со 
fibreplants, Tobacco, Arrowroot, Maize (Mealies), 
ae e fruits were act exhibited, But we 
rned here with the 
ruth il plants for horticultural purposes, 
exports of plants and n 1885 comprised 845 
packages, valued at £911. This is no doubt not 
a large sum, but one which serves to show 
how much it is is likely to increased in the 
future. 
“The suitability of this colony," we cite from 
official catalogue, * for the growth of 
required for the perfumery trade, has lately received 
attention. The double-flowering Tuberose is now 
ona estore 
scale, and tubers have 
Vetivert, Iris, Carraway, and Anise ; and that there 
is every reason to believe that flower farming will 
become a profitable, as it is a pleasant pursuit. The 
n tieu only about £30 
it h 
pae a for the last three years has averaged 
£900 per 
Some iime since we gave an illustration of the 
culture of Tuberoses in Nata 
of Sir THEOPHILUS SHEPSTONE, taken by Mr. 
FERNEYHOUGH, of Maritzburg. Sir THEOPHILUS 
nted 
гок their arrangement in effective 
a an illustration of horticultural enterprise 
cultivation, and, with few exceptions, are found 
within a radios of 20 miles from the town, at 
elevations of from 2000 to 4500 feet. We 
heartily congrats the promoters of this 
show, who seem to have done what we have so 
frequently dod our colonial friends to do, viz., 
o promote a knowledge of their own native 
flora and its capabilities rather than to attempt 
а servile copy of a European flower show. How 
rich in garden plants the Natal flora is, is shown 
in a letter from Mr. AprAM, in which he says 
that— 
“Owing to the gold fever, whi ^s e seized so 
1са һе 
ra received 
ecently some dried M E were brought 
me from the Zululand bord 
purple flowers, each an inch across. 
n are эру сё and spreading ; the upper sepal, 
which rey long spur, bends with the two upper 
veli r the v jme which was too 
min 
dec senis for examinatio: e lip is remarkable, 
w, th 
high, flowers very many, a deep intense bie Ms 
unknown—in fact, only a scrap was give 
* Cymbidium Sandersoni was first sent to gredi: 
by the late Mr. SANDERSON In habit it is 
most distinct from any te Li c Ore 
Long spindle-shaped pseu 
a tuft of robust two-ranked leaves. A tal scape 
ending in a panicle of pale ve we A flowers. I am 
les of a ан ев i was seen growing in 
It plant I have often 
searched fr, э йрй it hás never been my luck 
toc 
= hat Prato or crassicornis.—I have seen 
this very fine plant in the same locality from 
whence Mr. SANDERSON obtained his specimens, 
now in the Kew Herbarium, and can con 
t is rare, and affects deep black, 
rich ae on sloping hillsides fully exposed to the 
sun. It has ‘ound занар close to town at 
an оа of 2200 fi , an nd also 20 miles from 
here; elevation, 4000 
is the list of the native plants 
exhibited at the Maritzburg flower show in 
January of this year :— 
— оя Galtonia oane cans 
Anemi "T prine 
Agapanthus BSAA Habena Sh, 
Aloe iemanthu: natalensis 
Be prege: Bauri : 
» natale Hypoxis latifolia 
Burchellia себебн 
Bauhinia na ensi kalanchoe crenata 
1рпо 
Brunsvigia multifl Lasiosi sp. 
etina glabrum Lissochilus Krebsii 
ense Littonia modesta 
Montbretia Pottsii 
oræa bicolor 
, collinus (? ræa 
Chlorophytum Bowkeri , iridioides 
dium Sandersoni (?) „ Sp., large pale yellow 
$$ uchanani flo wers 
Calhurnia lasiogyn Nycterinia natalensis 
am = та Ме ит a 
s Capens 
Duranta Sp., ‚ white flowers, жоошу оша 
doubtful n Osbeckia EDAM 
Disa ni der d vetta аз y 
» Sp, white and green Bow 
flowers Phygelius capensis 
Dais cotinifolia Plumbago capensis 
P anea sp. Polygala v irgata 
Disperis Fanninice Protea sp. 
ooperi Richardia я 
Eulophia riin ata 
Saty rium “i orange flow 
» к SEDE and maroon N ep. white and Pink 
owers flow 
ob Де M Sand tiaca 
mis punctat Tritoma аен 
xer e чаа р В Tritonia aurea 
nia 
$$ вр. brown poe i yellow Vernonia mes Ju jilifolia 
flowers wW A Feiern 
Gerbera aurantiaca » den 
Gloriosa virescens » 
GARDENERS' ORPHAN FUND.—Another 
meeting of the зоа ара committee was held on 
Tuesday last at South I ft 
of an appeal to the gardeners of t 
discussed and adopted. This uoo will 
1 pon the nature of the replies received it 
be officially put to them ina few days. Mr. Barr 
of the Royal Horticultural Society: s Gardens, Chis- 
wick, is the provisional and honorary Secretary. 
` THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. P 
Grorce Maw has been elected a member of t 
Council, in the place of А. B. Мітговр, Esq., C. В, 
resigned. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW.— We оона that 
a Chrysanthemum Show will be held at the Royal 
"Horticultural Society on November 8 and 9 ics 
TS.—Mr. J. T. A Chronicle Office, 
lazed corridors, as well as for do 
It is like how Sagem draught-excluder, but may, 
oth soft by warm water, be moulde d to any 
surface, ba а attached in the ordinary way. It 
is a useful invention. 
FROM AMERICA.—The most re- 
Сит Ros 
markable ion at the last meeting of the Floral. 
Committee on the 12th inst. consisted in some cut 
blooms of Tea Rose Puritan, which left New York 
on M 9d inst. and arrived in the docks at Liver- 
pool at 2 Ам. on April 11. essenger Was 
кыа ыа their arrival, who, —€— dd is prize, 
left Liverpool by the З л.м. express, and delivered 
e es to Mr. Wirr fuor at 
Cr 10 am. We mmend this little 
re-imports it in the сиб Bloons, M e 
ments with the Ame: growers. 
economists are ining tis o there n 
form of 
ТЕНЕ NIE SENE RIMIS E TIER 
E E L ud i л кыр 
But while hile the i 
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