Aprit 16, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
519 
Robertiana is a capital Plant, if grown well ; 
m 
rs anc 
were in full bloom, but those {уы 
the top were more or less unopened, The colour 
of the flower is lilac-rose, J. H. Krelage, Haarlem, 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE. 
THE GARDENERS’ Rnd devs BENEVOLENT.—Yo 
illuatration of the ben 
the late Mrs. Susannah Falconer 
e was gardener to Mr. 
Ан ж I cannot say. 
i of 
CHANCELLOR POTATO.--If this variety of the 
Potato were more widely known it would 
to good 
least incline м соат cw 
season of last year every root which I lifted had good 
NU shapely tubers, and with an average weight per 
E Ib; is one dis inted in it whe 
йа upon the & ate in the season, as I hav 
to-day had it in excellent condition. Mr. Dean is to 
be congratulated upon roduction of such a fine 
variety, and from ns sag int re rad 
I е specially advise 
e Chan 
ial, H. Ridgewell, Histon “Road, Cambridge, узаг) 7. 
ri 
the Fe . It consists of th deam pages, b 
What are they filled with? Certainly in this year it 
was expected the Council would aedis at least one 
really good show, bu 8 » eive the Council 
ffer one single prize o a the n pie 
lan for white Daffodil theawards at the lee hû 
ul the National Rose 
a Picotee Society, 
Veitc sh 
W 
ee Жуа ucumbers, Melons, а wers 
С bey т ез, Kidney Beans, Onions, and Potato 
t e al Horticultural Society descend а 
uch lower ebb, when the Council have to de- 
pend u ese three special 
rw ent of affairs. 
at it is ои! 86 the Roya 
tural PO should eie qe that the 
tr ould have a oe rom 
Fellow к any save its own Fellows ? А list of the 
sona ke d be printed annually; the Council 
ahd € nominated and elected by the Fellows; 
nd the Fruit and Floral should be 
nominated and elected by the Fellows. In addition 
to these vital ко tions, а plan of election and 
ncil and committees should 
of each should on 
av 
t 
moreover, that the 
be Fellows. In "v gus 
should publish the votes for and against, so 
that a certificate - foie be айша at its proper 
ed 
0 ame 
Royal Horticultural Society. A . Little. [W 
condition of the exchequer accounts for the defects 
in the зары for the year. Ер.] 
LATE deserere aeg qe GOLDEN GEM AND 
E. u 
GEANT DE VA —As further proof of the 
lateness of ipee varieties I send for your i 
pection ooms e first-named 
the lateral buds are but just — The ж 
is not its true colour when proper 
M буни: м which you will have nter 
the flowers sent in January last. The other 
diet Géant y Valence, rosy-lilac, is also a ay 
eve. variety, OW 
Maidenhead 
[We thin 
Denim eligi: 
FLOWERS AT OAKWOOD.-—The late trying winter 
seems to have made the early spring і flowers late but 
we havea 
bank of loam covered with b кы ей aed 
through this — plants of Hepatica have thrown 
up their ның counted eight bern of dos and 
as many of blue he with two 
an effect uu could hardl y b с Беа 
land. In some bays of 
y th 
Lucilix, Scilla sibirica, a Galanthus called outei, 
but, as I am told, incorrectly ; Narcissus nanus, and 
Hellebo side by side, look very 
ue urascens, 
pretty. doxa sardensis, when in good clumps, 
and Scilla LA are I think equal in beauty to the 
favourite Chion a Luciliæ. nemone egy sem 
is very late, and will not — for some days; Nar- 
cissus minimus, which I owe to the kindness ‘of its 
оиго: is much admired. эбен e F. Wilson. 
RIAS. ese choice cool greenhouse 
climbing plants deservedly attract admiration when 
seen condi 
ut in us 
st CE n fibry 
peat freely mixed wi little "Ошо, 
and when grown either in this way ё in pots жут 
of age . Slugs partial to не 
young shoots, and should be diligently "— sa 
the shoots likewise need frequent attention eep 
them from becoming injured by getting тоор 
Thomas Coomber, Hendre Gardens. 
PRIMU ee RUSBYI.—Referring to the article on 
Primulas on p. 449, I may say that the c cds in- 
troducing Р. Fratri to == cer di Tp to me, 
not t ied igo: дн ta hat article. 
About four years ago I exhibit ted it in woe at one 
of the meetings а the Royal эке Dan wi Society, 
and it was & ed a First-class Certificate of Merit. 
After waiting Urge icd for two years, I su ода ded in 
obtaining some plants from the United States of 
America, and as soon as they flowered I exhibited 
riesci erii above. R. Dean, Ealing, W. 
on Gard 
pus caos TOID WORMS. cesi article 
p. 488 is a valuable one, and the “list 
of tone en plante i in whic! h Nematodes have — и ипа 
very I have, hs weve! 
A MD in Melon roots (not абала by your 
eh Hagen ent), also алдану оп n Stephanotis and 
'Tomat in Onion bulbs and roots; in the 
leaves of ‘Gloxinia, Odontoglossum, Disa, emna, 
and in different species of Dianth jus; also in the 
roots of Hoya 
extensive destruction, and very abundantly in Let- 
tuces and in artificially grown Mushroo rud in whieh 
ase. 
latter plants they cause distortion and dis On 
scked fu П of 
ara r ecor 
grown frequently grin with Nem 
ae n cu other greenhouse райе are plunged 
Cucumber beds they often contract the 
Км disease fron) tbein. W.E. Дын th, Dunstable, 
E 
SKIMMIA CP qan d — little shrub 
is now in bloom her the c rvatory, being 
— с covered with wile ms wers s da 
тееп lea and еа most attractive ue like 
E 
berries, ak remain on the plant for two i ei in 
а thoroughly fresh eie make it quite a 
for the conservatory and also for the paredes window, 
а does in the rockery or fernery if 
protected from sharp frosts. lt is easily managed 
ased tings put in sand and peat 
under a glass cover and placed heat. I find it 
vie they soon come 
ma lants i p 
2e nd then taken out to the ^ n air till October. 
Smythe, The Gardens, Basing Park, wire 
HERBACEOUS PHLOXES. ман, should уйг to supple- 
he re J. . 423 
ment the remarks of “J. р.” , concernin, 
these plants. tho no allusio ва at 
p. 881 to chopping them up with the spade, yet the 
fact remains t is is the generally accepted 
сарт of division, and inly a most clumsy one. 
e young shoots now issuing fi the old stools 
make excellent c nd if d in a slight 
los 
nd h uite 
etum that those who grew Phloxes for what they 
P^4 uite forsaken the old practi 
da autumn cuttings, since чн la taken at this 
time are produced upon the wer-stems, 1 and this 
bee ed 
and then they are of little worth as 
compared with a e v renes — = — 
To have а continuance of these han 
ers, 
lowering the cuttings are no 
ате expected, 
hen large enough, and y 
аны by an abundance of Биба, E. Jenki 
pecan tei DENDROBIUMS.—I have now before 
just 4 beth flowered for the first tim 
eerie: gardener at Gran gethorpe, Rusholme, 
Man gehe c fae стаз ago, when 
Schneider's 
Mr. "Holm ties nd О. 
rden at омат гні. ЛАЦ Fallowfield, it will be 
capital collection of Orchids 
d 
ndrobiums, 
and attention, were given to Mr, Holmes, be was 
