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THE 
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CHRONICLE. 
[APRIL 23, 1887. 
the ground white and the colouring bright red. This, 
rfect, bids fair to be the progenitor 
wer 
which open on the s 
as clearly marked as are those of the striped French 
Marigold. Although named plants of Cinerarias 
have had their day it is evident that seed strains are 
still not only fine, but much in advance of anything 
which has preceded it 
BERGMAN.—A cee has been 
by some friends of M. 
his entry tede 
Rorzscut d to present 
this well ей апа highly esteemed gardener with 
some memorial of the event, 
THE "BOTANICAL MAGAZINE."—The April 
number of this periodical contains coloured figures of 
the following plants :— 
Clavija Ernesti, t. 6928.- The ene are Us 
trees or shrubs, remarkable for the boldness of their 
foliage. се reddish flowers are indiv idually small 
but born voeem d racemes, 
species is a aive of Carac 
Heuchera sanguinea, t, 6929.—Th e Heucheras are, 
as a whole, more remarkable for thali foliage than for 
their flowers, but the present one, with its panicled 
It i is 
a hardy perennial, native of New 
zona, from whence it was ا‎ ‘Kew by Mr. 
ARE, O n 
Chrysanthemum multicaule, t. 6980.—A pretty species 
pay resembling the common С, seg : 
en ee —A near ally of 
the common Sainfoin, but stated to be a far more 
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beaut iul species. native of the 
Himalaya, and forms a iuis Probably it would be 
valuable as a forage 
Momordica involucrata, t. 6932. — An 
climbing plant, native of Natal, with small Vine-like 
leaves, the divisions of which run out de. d нн n 
like points. arly 
The present : 
stocks and in observing the bee-establishments of 
wet country, adapted to our own clim 
same time they are quiet and easy to Бий, hix 
Cyprians are spiteful and unmanageable. 
THE “ORCHID m plants figured 
in the April number are 
Phalenopsis gram dn оа, 
from the collection of C. 1 G 
ES insigne punctatum беин, t. 278. 
—А form which the dorsal sepal is еш 
studded with кь spots 
Oncidium Papilio majus, t. 279.—A fine variety, 
own by C. Incram, Esq. Elstead House, New 
Godalming. Mr. Wirrraws counsels the plant to з 
grown in the Cattleya-honse near the glass, exposed 
to full T and with a Aien supply of moisture 
and very little soil (fibrous 
анан роёна, hort., t. 280.—A sup- 
п О. gloriosum шй О, crispum. 
—A fine ees 
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In colour they are white, flushed with rose, and with 
large irregularly-disposed purplish spots. 
AMERICAN LARKSPURS.—The March number 
of the pee Gazette contains an article by Pro- 
fessor Asa Gray on the species of Delphinium, 
native to the United States, 
CREMONA VIOLINS. т. че. surely correct 
scientific information is pene the “ masses.” 
Of this the Pall Mall own p afforded an 
illustration in the shape of an article on the botany 
of Cremona violins, and to which the name of Mr, 
(Picea excelsa), and he goes on to show how the 
anatomical construction o the wood and the absence 
of а 
2 inches across, pale yellow, ead Kof the 
three inner a на with a black blotch at ien base. 
'The fruits are pendulous from long slender stalks. 
Each fruit is about 2 inches long, bright scarlet, 
and pointed at both ends. 
n attractive Re ion of the 
Water ег са пзе а туйт" 
GLASGOW BOTANIC GARDEN.—We have on 
previous occasions alluded to this fine establishment, 
ions of its conservatories. 
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kingdom, that for this cause alone the gardens should 
be maintained, 
EXHIBITION FIXTURES.—A flower show in aid 
of the local hospital will take place in the Victoria 
ark а, ul ‚ and 7. The Boston 
Horticultural Show will be held on July 5. The 
annual exhibition of the Portsmouth Chrysanthe- 
mum Society is fixed for November 10 and 11, and 
that of the Reading Chrysanthemum Society on 
November 18, 
"© A BEEKEEPER'S EXPERIENCE IN THE EAST." 
— Under this title Mr. Brow, of Welwyn, has given 
Шапы oi hii uS Cyprus, Syria, Carniola, 
Northern Italy, е experience in” verd 
selection o of this wood; a mo: rous wood would TM 
rvio sound, and: анаа of vibrating as a whole 
to the vibrations set ld in the string. it 
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ally through its stracture. ` The oil, Tung oil, used 
in the manufacture of violins, is supposed 1 to be that 
derived from the seeds of Aleurites triloba. 
GARDINER follows the fashion of employing the use- 
might be called wood-cells. 
pum F Lu 
PARALYSIS OF THE SENSE OF TASTE.—In a 
recent number of Nature Mr. THISELTON DYER alludes 
to а leaf sent to s ei Sir Mo RT GRANT 
Dorr from Madras, and which, when chewed, has 
the singular faculty of pue the sense of taste, 
so far as sugar is concerned. The leaf is that of an. 
Asclepiad, Gymnema sylvestre, and it has been made 
the subject of chemical analysis by Mr. Davin 
It appears that the late Mr. EDGEWORTH 
as the first to discover the singular property which 
eaves 
the plant is one of the many substances used in snake 
bite. 
GENTIANS.—Professor Нохгкү, when resident 
last autumn at Arolla, in dm ier eri od of the 
Rhone valley, 6400 feet above the antes th vue 
interested in the Gentians growing abundan 
The result has been a study of the vu aa 
ing of an important paper. thereon ^. is 
Linnean Society (April 7). Taking the flower as a 
basis, he divides the Gentianex into two great series, 
each of which is peepi ey di: 
the corolla from ihe deeply eft vais rotate or stellate 
condition of G. lutea, &c., through the campanulate 
to the extreme eee kind, G. amarella, &c. 
One series he terms—1. Perimelit;, in which the 
nectarial cells are матиме in a detti double 
patch; the other se 2, Mesomelitie, is dis- 
bes pg: by а zone n secreting ciis encircling the 
0 He m gical grounds 
iie rs al flower or S Ur-Gentisd- 
Haplanthe. төр rivative from this the Рег imelitous 
series compris 
Actinanthe ; "i Keratanthe ; 3, Lophanthe ; and 4, 
Stephananthe. 
comprise :—1, Asteranthe; 2, Linnanthe; 
santhe ; and 4, Ptychanthe. 
w line. 
Professor XLEY 
Plioce iocene times their distribution may 
ave been substantially similar to what is now extant 
He furt e 
e in & position to guess 
specialisation of the types of the Geutians and their 
ultimate distribution occurred. 
New VEGETABLE. — At one of the recent 
meetings of the National Horticultural Society of 
France M. CHAPPELLIER exhibited tubers of Stachys 
nulin, the in constituent of J Arti- 
chokes. It is to be hoped we ma ча have ап 
opportunity of testing the value of the plant here, 
for if all be true that is said concerning “it it will be 
valuable for cottagers. 
MONEY TELEGRAMS.—Mr. Wirrs has addressed 
to the Postmaster-General a letter advocating the 
adoption of a system whereby sums of money could 
be made payable on receipt of telegram, from any 
office in which the required sum had previously been 
deposited. The immense convenience of such а 
system needs no argument, and no doubt it could be 
worked at a profit to the Post 
EFFECTS OF THE SNOW ON PLANTATIONS 
Some of the plantations have the appearance 
of having been devastated by artillery, so mangled are 
the trunks of not a few of the trees; instances can 
be witnessed of tall specimens completely over- 
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work of destruction on ry h id 
disfigured by the diris. b. der will preces lie 
there until they decay. 
Panton HORTICULTURAL SociETY.—The an- 
1 exhibition of this Society is fixed for July 5, 
а the usual = of horses, poultry, &c., will be 
combined wit 
RATES.—Next to taxes, rates form the most 
chectionbl of imposts in the estimation of many 
folk. who want to appeal against them will 
find гу in a little bcok published by 
EFFINGHAM, by 
ANDREW Laurier, Esq. The present work applies to 
= extra-metropolitan districts only, re rating of 
n itself being йз аы a spe 
The value of this li is to nur- - 
