Арвп, 16, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
523 
Fruit Committee. 
Present: T. Francis Rivers, Esq., in the chair; 
and Messrs. J. ut e, J. Fitt, G. Norman, J. Wood- 
bridge, G. T. Miles, P. Crowley, J. Burnett, W. 
Warren, W. Paul, R. D. Blackmore, T.H He eywood, 
and J. Willard 
T on which to adjudicate were some 
—the Howick Stone, from Mr. Inglis, 
innere this is = early kind, 
Chi ick ; and a dish of Apples 
Ty AG oor: gr. a ‘Hindlip Hall, Malvern. 
ranged pm 28° in the east and M of Scotland to 
EcL ngland, S., and 37? in the ‘Channel 
sla 
“ Тһе rainfall has yen геш slight, and much less 
than the mean in all dis 
“ Bright sunshine anova & a prm - wt sae ip, id hon 
that reported last week, the perce " hari 
Ў Rn: 
з Wa 4 66 їп 
land, E., to 62 in * Englan 
Ireland, S.' 
ount and 
wards the 
the period, w en the ax. ek nearly Sb the 
, but the nights continued cold, 
has been below the mean in all 
p. 
Were very considerably 1 riis Вун sig 
cons; ower + thas thes ings, in 
чае 1 у instances bei 1 pow 
owe ** Day- oin T pred 1 о. for 
L A W N 0 X E S twenty-four hours, or any other риш egrees for a 
۰ inversaly proportional number of hour. 
— -0 
DISPUTED RATES. TEMPERATURE. 
T Greenwich vane Court on ее ipe 
eng qoe Mr. Montagu Williams, the ACCUMULATED. 
the Overseers of Тотай v. Henry James Cobb, of SETA 
Forest Hill, was heard. bove & 8 E E E 
'This was an тос Љу the ag for the DISTRICTS. below the » |ы бә JES 
payment of £2 lls., rates in res of his cottage Mean к ЖЕ а. 85. 
and nursery ground s, Derby Villas, Yaris Hill. p Mug Зе зе ММ 2 
Mr. Cowell, 15, Wa тумук: Йе appeared for Mr. April Й. | Бе | Es PENNE. 39 
obb, and contended that after the decision of 25 ga МЕ RA 
Purser v. The Worthing Local Board (see Gardeners’ 58 3B 
Chronicle, Mar , 1887, p. 422), Mr. Cobb could <& ад 
only be assessed in pe ei of the nursery grounds at у 99 Day- | Day- | Day- | Day- 
one-fo regards the cottage occupied prc rue E dag: deg. ded. deg. 
by him at the f all y 7 This was opposed by Mr. 0. SCOTLAND, №. ..| 4 below | 14 | 42 |+ 334 5 
ag е re n on the grounds that there was 1:806 { irie | ll 39 4.8 
. Montagu Williams, after considering that 2- Ехетамр, N.E... | 4 below | П ae py mp oe 
there should be separate ortae for the land 3. ENGLAND, E. ..| 5 below | 15 ge ы 
and cottage, and having referred to the Inhabited 4. MIDLAND Cos. ...| 4 below | 22 | 30 |— + 130 
Hous use Duty Act, 1011, we idle rned de case to allow 5. ENGLAND, S. ...| 4 below | 29 | 15 |— ved 127 
the parties to come to t 
dose case Was resumed on n Wednesday last, April 13, Principal | Grazing, he.,| | 
section SII of the Public Health А he was entitled ^ & scorzaxp, W. Pow! 8&8. 10 + 28 
M be rated at only s die rth o и regret 1. ENG .N.W.,..| below | 20 | 22 42+ 99 
18 nursery grounds, but it was objecte at the 17 — 74+ 47 
Public Health Act did not ply to the metropolitan 8 ene ар ой = ок " $ $ 
district except where specially provided, and that an 9 л б-а 
object hich was raised ent 10. IRELAND,S. ...| 5 below | 22 | 31 |— 28+ 71 
b ч his Worship's jurisdic — CHANNEL ISLANDS | 4 below | 24 4 |—1224 76 
ntagu Willi jams aid. not мег his Court 
was the 
r. C oy and made an order for гаре of the Bucur 
had; remarking that the case at Worthing, to which RAINFALL. SUNSHINE. 
reference de, did not appear to xactly 
like the ird setit one, as he believed there m no t 2 £ 
noha Aoine on the property in that instance. It 55 a E i. a £23 
ntimated that there would probably be an DISTRICTS. nE iu. |" ЫЯ siya 
appeal against his b gm decision. 3 gs ag 5127 552 g5* 
BUE RCIERE 
ч = = ~ 
35 БЕ | 35 [22 12: 
THE WEATHER, о З s 
EE. а той. Кларе ee o таз. 
MEAN TEMPERATURE OBSERVED AT CHISWICK DUR- ducing Districts, Жаа b 
ING THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 9. (AVERAGE 0. SCOTLAND, N 4 less 
ОЕ TY-T YEARS.) 1. SCOTLAND, E. ...| 4 less 45 | 55] 44 | 33 
ENGLAND, N.E 4 less 41| 39| 40 | а 
April 17 , i . 489.4| April ар... ss. 490 - 3, ExgLAND,E. ...| 4 less SIXTI. 1X 
» 18... “© АВО - s E LAND Соз. 4 less 36 | 42| 41 
зр ev 489.7 23 .. . 4923 Б. ENGLAND, S. 21ез | 35 | 44| 41 | 20 
» 20.. . 489.8 Medi for the ‘uk s. 499,9 
Principal Grazing, &c., 
— Districts. 
THE PAST WEEK. riim D alus win 
NGLAND, se. T 
Tx following summary record of the weather el M : 5 
„ ENGLAND, S.W....| 6 less 39 | 55| 62 | 38 
the € ending га 11, is furnished from t к у | 13! 47 | 29 
Meteorol gical Office . IRELAND, N. | 5 less 48 . 
ve 0. IRELAND, S. ... | 6 less 41 | 78, 66 | 36 
__ “The weather has been generally fair and dry, but — Bless | 4 | 47 | 9 | 45 
bo cold for ne time of y: 'To end of 
ENQUIRIES. 
** He that questioneth much shall learn much." —Bacox. 
LABEL-MAK МасніхЕ. Сап any one inform 
me, through the кашан of the Gardeners’ Chronicle, 
where I can а machine for making nursery- 
men's labels?— om those made of wood, which are 
ly bought from Germany by many nursery- 
e kind of labels I mean are of different 
from 3 inches to a foot. T, Drake, 
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
—— ч m Probably the plant has been exposed 
ә KS FoR BEG : S. Thomas. Orchids (Lewis 
Castle), published A e Fleet Street, рт ат 
(Journal iam ticulture). The Orchard 
ps use, by T. Riv 
тусау дай: J. К. See our advertising 
co 
00 INTERMEDIATE-HOUSE ORCHIDS: S. 7! 
Masderallias of all kinds, beaten par ie oe 
varieties, + ictonense superbum . bland 
antes ‚ membranac 
ra 
ү 
ОЮ, many species of Den- 
drobium, Cypripedium, Cattleya Lawrenceana, 
C. bulbosa, C. cit , C. labiata in variety, C. 
marginata, C. ma , С. Mossi, С. Trianæ, &c.; 
Chysis sp., Ceelog р., Cymbidium sp., PM 
rassavola Digbyana, Barkeria, Anguloa, Aérid 
Ada, mri gms Pleione, Sophronites, Tris 
copi ili ia, &с. 
CORRECTION. "n . 490, col. 5 d = his 
the bo &" ing b 
mistaken hy it has one to rad 
“ready fo c I have collected," &c., instead of 
"ready for it, and have collected," Nes thereby 
ver aud dioi meaning of the sen nten 
в Leaves: J. L. S. These shored „ш 
of i ju roa | gas-tar fa fumes, Remove 
with a strong lye. 
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OTEES AND CARNATIONS: 
S. Т. In the former the markings follow the 
т of ko flower, and are found chiefly at the 
oute the petals; the petals have 
points or picota ” at the edge. In gere 
the markings—flakes mes, stripes, 
d rese АП die p 
one-coloured flowers, are Carn 
Fernery: Amos G. Wi d knowing full ран 
lars of the house, we — say what has caused 
the injury to the plan 
Ніхрир: A P уала — Owing to an inad- 
of our 
Мізтткто : Lp p, Yes. р grows in Southern Sweden 
and е Norw. 
NAME E Strickland, Aloe echi- 
nata; "sila p flore albo.—Zrica. Ornitho- 
—H. Probably Cologyne 
aper it ‘is impossible to be certain from 
w a ba specim 
Pteris cretica; 2 
Lm lepis cordifolia ; ris 
£5; P. serrulata ; 6, Pol 
€ cambricum ; vallia > (fruit — to 
ison — W. P. s 
tetraptera, sometimes called Edwardsia grandi- 
flora; fa: Illicium eon 
—H. W. H. 
Lex 
we do not recognise the species; 3, Marchantia 
polymo en 
RHUBARB This is а leaf-stalk, and, there- 
fore, part Ма, vegetable, In no sense, techni 
or casual, is it a fru 
о DISEASED: à C. been the Tomato 
danni but we will report later o 
Viotets: W. Н. Single form of the Romii Violet. 
к Frorat Fre: M. В. Wednesday, June 15, 
del two allowing days. 
саев og cM —E. deu S.—R. P. (with 
ks).—. ‚ Brussels.—W. j rati) =R. cR. 
Thompson ( 
8. E ey. thanks) —F. J 
G.V 0.—Dr. Ph veut ИГ — 
=J. 8. 17 Pa R., ее —G. Layard.—J 
—W. E. D.—Dr. i Walla 
