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just a shade of a fear that the English flower-forcer 
may once more be beaten out of the market the 
foreigner ?—that is, if we are to consider the Americans 
Roses. In 
the full заноне of which 
our report of the meeting in көн colur 
E KING OF THE BELGIANS.—His Ma ajesty, 
who is ie of gardening and a 
cultural industry in Belgium, paid a private visit to 
the conservatory of the Royal Horticultural Society on 
the occasion of the last meeting. 
LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON.—On They 
April 21, at 8 P.M., a dori will us pum on “ Nature 
E Causes of Var in Plants and Animals," 
P. GEDDES. А а уш will folios the reading 
d this paper. 
Mr. JOSEPH GobsEFF.—We learn that Mr. 
GopsErr, who has been for the last sixteen years 
hid manager to Mr. W. Burr, of sig ng pd E 
engaged in 
Ww 
r ү on the px of terms, and with his good 
THE BIRMINGHAM GARDENERS’ MUTUAL IM- 
nter session took place on the 6th inst., when 
there was a large attendance of mem Mr. 
R JONES, o C. E. Ma’ ws, Esq., a well- 
t exhibitor, read an 
exhausti tive paper on the * Cultivation of the Erica," 
'The 
yere ve iren 
home severa ies а 
varieties, which were taken in nani cultivated, and 
exhibited by уеге e Hammersmith ; 
ooting ; H son, of Pine-apple 
and others ; АТ the hold they took upon the 
pla ant-loving public when seen at the 
exhibitions. The early treatment, from the 
th 
are thoroughly satu t 
ting is done : diens were also given for e Й 
ventilation stress was laid upon the 
l to the 
їп а dry or liquid state, pruning, &c. 
ыл" meeting а resolution was unanimously passed, 
sider the best way of preserving the practical papers 
read before the Society, it being suggested that they 
be published in pamphlet form, and supplied to 
members at cost price, and to other applicants also. 
A further P ékolutiónt; carried by acclamation, was 
the effect that a respectful congratulatory letter be 
sent to Sir se номаѕ MARTINEAU, Mayor of Birming- 
ham, on his k hthood, as a grateful ition of 
the е str interest ae has always taken in 
iety. 
ENGLISH Tosacco.—The following is a letter 
which appeared in the Times, and which we repro- 
duce as being of interest to our T8:— 
"It may be of benefit to intending planters of 
British Tobacco this year to learn. ~ a ore YS 
exposed for sale by publie auction in the yeste 
day. It i is describ of the ae 
Жен. ыы. CHAMBERS & Co., as seven 
drums of = leaf Tobacco, рег cured from 
Wittersham, warehoused at Haydon Square Decem- 
ber 2, 1886. The S st four lots sold at one half- 
d there were e iar s for the 
1» Ehe e naui of t rade was а 
little below the avora, and as to 
think if it had come from any for ry i 
в E ете fetched the price it did, as it was 
e purposes. . Jonas, 51 and 52, 
Fenchurch ней E.C., April T." 
OCHDALE AURICULA SociETY.— The exhibi- 
tion of this Society is to be held this year on m 4, 
in the Public Hall, irent and a good gathering 
of lovers of the Auricula is venir for this, one 
of the oldest siens in the kingdom 
Agit i ah aes ON A CAMBRIDG 
NURSERYMAN овак Writers, of The 
Nurseries, ашы d. Road, Cambridge, has been 
appointed Florist to H.R.H. the Prince of Wares by 
special and Royal warrant. 
o BOUQUETISTS: COLEONEMA ALBU 
small s^ ии of Айаан аге anata’ 
forms long slender sprays of delicate green, and it is 
this young growth that is selected by the а? 
The scent, unlike most Diosmez, is pleas and 
the foliage outlasts tenfold the чну withering 
Fern fronds it replaces. The plant is raised w 
difficulty from seed, which, cial is rarely © i 
found in commerce. 1 the Diosmex have a pe- 
culiar trick of everting the inner layer of the capsule 
with a jerk when the seed is ripe, and this makes the 
gathering of seed very slow and unremunerative. 
THE LATE THOMAS SPEED.—The friends of 
the late THOMAS и of Chatsworth Gardens, will 
t His Grace the Duke of 
uen had a tombstone placed 
over his grave at PIENE churchyard. 
New YORK EXPERIMENT STATION.—The fifth 
annual report is now before us, compri sing a record 
ofthe work done at the station, meteorological de- 
The object of the 
station is to ascertain and apply principles of 
аата у to the profitable cultivation of plants 
or the maintenance of animals. Passing the ex- 
periments on cattle feeding as not coming within our 
ay mention a few of the more important 
of soil temperature to uce, in which it is shown 
that for the vicia е rcl d poner ited i 
ase of Li 8, à cross 
tween th 
the latter yielding the pollen, resulted 
ngs referable to seven different types, 
the most ae ine being one whic oduced 
the characters of the wild Lettuce, i scariola, 
n С. S. Prcws gives a summary of his 
assify and arrange the synonymy of 
es varieties of Wheat and Oats. 
is mentioned between the num 
f tu and the tendency to tiller; 
rowed varieties the m aximum numbe 
‘Buffalo Bill to be the most 
productive Tt is calculated that this variety yielded 
at the rai of 27 As regards the 
of cut sets or whole 
fa ter, whether 
regularity of form can be secured by careful selection 
of tubers, eyes were taken from the most ill-shaped 
0 t 
tinued, some interesting eg M given as to the 
1 w the surface, &c. 
rrow was measured to а 
horizontal length of 10 feet bend it was prim 
roken, evidently at a long distance 
extremity. The chief niinc ground for uei io 
seems to be between 3 and 10 inches below the sur- 
с Pc P ы 
that make ux а development of or 
ко during t mer are those of which the 
feeding pie is б N, in the soil. Experi- 
ments made to determine what, if any, influence on 
the fruit is caused by ae application of шген nger 
pollen, ard аз in former years, to definite result. 
Mr. ARTH port on die pe blight Cumbre 
AGERE gi already been mentioned in our 
columns. The report concludes with the record of 
the work done by the chemists. 
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MADAME De CANDOLLE. — Information has 
reached us of the death, at mange on the 6th inst., 
in her 76th year, of Madam D , the 
wife of the eminent botanist. gr 
will be felt among his associates and friends for 
M. De САхрош and for his family 
FRosT REPORT.—We are asked to say 
reports ma 
ecre 
sington. Fello 
entitled to а copy on A ron 
a I by the public for 5s., on 1 
. MACMILLAN & Co., Bedford pm Crest 
Garden 
ape amer ee &c.--Mr. Bex- 
JAM IELD is &| open an office and salesroom 
for aeaea read manures, sundries, rd rie 
at 93, Queen Victoria Street, Е.С. The depot vill 
remain at ovas Place, Old Kent 
PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED m of the 
Flower Garden, by D. THomson (W woop 
Sons, Edinburgh and Lond en): guthrie Ендан 
Club of the British Isles, Report for аве һу Е. 
Linton, M.A. (Manchester: J. COLLINS & 3 
King Street). — Quadrille, by Mere; also 
Mother of Nations: Song, by "Luo EONARD GAUTIER 
(London : ернин & Romer 
THE HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
DISBUDDING. 
нк weather of late has been favourable to the 
setting of the blooms of Apricots. Pea hes and 
Nectarines are in full bloom, therefore attention 
must be assiduously = en to the means of a 
for some time we may expect fro 
hat would cause the j^ of the crop e оа 
against 
Afer flowering shoot-disbudding pepara the 
next m mportant operation, and it is one which 
r ra 
flowering shoots 
The diabudding of Peaches and — should 
re sufficiently 
ad 
buds shou 
different times, it not being prudent to disbud too 
Care must be taken to leave the 
bud, and one at the extremity of the 
branches, removing those that have not t fri at their 
base, and pinching those in that have; taking care 
not to disturb the fruit during the ia ration. 
