Aprit 23, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
551 
4 serymen a pape would be greatly enhanced if in 
na section n were devoted to the ques- 
The omission is the more remarkable in 
that сае woods, and sporting rights are included. 
| " CHAMBRE SYNDICALE” OF GH —At a 
7 p held on April 11, the following ati were 
B7 irst-class Certificates.—To Mr. J. Hye-Leysen, for 
3 Hyeanum, Oncidium Papilio giganteum, 
. and for Pe ae triumphans var.; to Mr. Ad. 
тїр mos to Mr. B. Spae, for 
| n superbum ; to Mr. 
Jean n De "Kueef, E айе "President Comte O 
"ire for Clivea 
. min uis utt а; w Mr. L. De Smet- 
. Duvivier, for ange qune luteo-purpureum magni- 
. ficum; to Messrs. Vervaet & Co., for NE NP 
E = Mr. lean, for Cypripedium 
q Certificate —To М Smet- м з for 
Оноо I one ا‎ 
: —To Messrs, але & Co, for 
: p also for Beer 
1 glossum E dr. d var.; o Mr. L. D 
pediu 
Co., for D béton Al te 
Mr Paul de Hemptinne; for Phalænopsis annie 
ES IN MICROSCOPICAL SCIENCE.—This 
hb safer; devoted to the illustration and 
` elucidation afth Hd Н + t y e pr д 
4 animals, contains in the present part illustrations of 
. the growing 
| ire to make them 
E selves acquainted with: нету structures. 
EN GARDEN CALENDAR.—Mr. Mxss 
E ie Court, Chancery Lane, has issued in the 
E m ofa ivided by 
[ vertical and horizontal lines. The left- кч column 
4 contains, oe from above downwards, the 
hes of the vegetables, each of which occupies а 
rizontal ing then follow in order spaces for 
the several 
grou "x the open 
ue d lastl 
ind in "бм, pri, and lastly, that ride bota be 
"he gl SIR WATKIN, pM. Messrs. R 
nal number of segments—another 
Proof of strong bulbs and ite treatment, 
IRIS LINEATA is th i 
e name given by Professor 
Foster to a small-flowered Iris fro 
With distichous flat leaves, The fl re purplish 
‚ the Teflexed sepals bearded, the t petals 
sharply pointed, both conspicuous 
y J£ 
number of the Gart, is figured in the April 
LARIX GRIFFITHII.—From the айе of үрне! 
Tretawney, near Liskeard, Cornwall, 
ceived specimens PERI by Mr. MG ac of the 
„а д eT Р Cs RAN Ee La. 
J a 
ht + t £4} iib 
= 
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et 
7 cat e г 
species, but in which, unfortunately, the cones were 
shown as pendulous, instead of upturned on the pen- 
91048 branches. Every one knows how beautiful are 
1 
but wer afe ded by those 
of the mf Tark i in question, The branches 
are pendulous. The male catkins are smaller and 
more pointed than those of the common Larch, and 
erging from the sides of the branches like the 
байа of leaves. The female catkins are upturned, 
their bracts of a rich lilac-red, with long golden- 
green reflected points. A glorious thing. 
*" GENERA PLANTARUM."—M. THEOPHILE Dur- 
AND, sub-curator of the Herbarium of the Brussels 
Botanie Garden, has prepared an index to the three 
volumes of BExTuAM and Hooxer’s Genera Plantarum, 
comprising the names of the genera, the principa 
synonyms, and the number and geographical distribu- 
s Ed the «рени, 'Тһе genera are numb 
vely and arranged alphabetically as w 
systematically. Such k, well carried out, would 
vast service in herbaria and ано 
кон iption price is 20 francs, and application should 
be made to M. Duranp, at the Botanic Garden, 
Brussels. 
PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. т British and 
Irish Press Guide. (London: F. L т m Co.; 
159, o / W.). e ote Florist pany’ 
Directo (Chicago, U.S.A.: American | Floriet 
Company) —Fire Protection of Mansions, by J. С. 
Mer ATHER, M.LM.E. (London: Mesut & 
мени m né, & Grocers' T Court, E.C.).— The Prim- 
o. l, vol. i. (London: 32, Bouverie Street, 
Fleet SOG. E.C.). 
SPIRJEAS, ien cem AND 
а ЖШ 
ү SPIREAS net beautiful and E 
tinet are the score and a half species, or speci 
and their varieties, of Spiræa, habitually zem 
com in 
of this when well grown vieing with some forms of 
Tree Ferns 
Spirea alpina.—The Siberian alpine Spiræa is an 
erect habited shrub, from 4 to 5 feet in height, pro- 
ducing flowers in terminal stalked corymbs, white in 
colour, during the months of June and July. It isa 
desirable variety owing to its neat upright habit, and 
the large size of the flower corymbs compared to the 
size of its serrulated lanceolate leaves. 
S, arizfolia,—This is the White Beam-leaved 
North American species, and is in fact the American 
Meadow Sweet, growing on a north-west coasts о 
its native country. It is hardy and would no 
doubt prove an exceilent ү for the sea-side. The 
plant grows very freely into dense bushy form, and 
generally averages 5 or 6 feet in height. The 
uced between the last week in the 
© 
when comparatively few shrubs fl form 
of large, long, erect plumes of white flowers, сүл 
curvature to 
t io 
planting into fresh soil, and is readily propaga 
division, or from seeds, which it sometimes perfects 
even in this country. 
S. bell A ae beautiful Spirza is a a very desir- 
able species, for though introduced from Nepaul it 
seems as y and endurabl e as the well-known 
Мути врн, viaa it resembles in all but 
habit of growth, and flowers p ced in 
8, Pw ad of ааа, spiked, bright ra- 
cemes, as in the latter. This species is a ver 
desirable one, and well rhe transplanting care- 
fully every three or four yea 
S. coryinbosa.—The 79 flowering species, 
a ee shrub, bearing white flowers, introduced 
m Virginia, is a desirable, distinct form, free- 
phos and show 
S. Lindleyana. P i doubt this species is 
the handsomest, 2 iage and flowers counted together, 
of all the speci Planted in good new ground, it 
will often grow © a height of 7 or 8 feet, fro long 
racemes of pure white flowers being formed at the 
ends of the Ahi lateral growths about the end of 
July. lant is Anar variously as from 
Nepaul and other places 
S. Sorbifolia.—The Sorbus-leaved species some- 
what resembles the above, though smaller in all 
uch m It 
is a native of low-lying districts, enel ние ае, > 
in Siberia. 
S. tomentosa, — 
called by the Ame 
The downy Canadian Spirma, 
ricans * Stee ple Bush,” owing to 
mon the ex hardy, and would thrive in exposed 
draughty corners erui f detached villas, dis where 
few plants can be got to live long togeth 
icifolia, — pride varieties at^ this s 
exist, a nd they are, in some form o 
flesh-coloured S. carnea grows as a 
in some parts = MMC It is а very r frec-gro wing 
S. hypericifolia, —The i Sagem Eee species is 
an erect тыркы ig height, having white 
n corymbs, the native елы! of which has 
món 'aitisfietorily been determined. ‘Three or four 
sub-varieties belong to this сас though only 
zi as curiosities, or where collections are 
gro 
To. the latter may be added also S. Reevesiana, 5 
prunifolia flore-pleno, S. callosa in variety (pink), S. 
Nobleana Pow . Fortunei (pink), S. Douglasii 
formosa, S. splendens, and S. Thunbergi 
нас 
(wh e. 
Hi вади брів ЖАЗ. 
S. filipendula flore-pleno. —The doubled-flowered 
beautiful 
eae which should never be 
erfor garden display or for cut blooms it is 
Мет desirable. 
S. ica,—' This better known to some 
Hoteia japonica, though most commonly employed 
for forcing, succeeds well out-of-doors lanted in 
eep rich soil in a position where protection from late 
spring ured; such rost sometimes 
destroys the бы show for Been which is the only 
erse feature to be n i 
айу n connection with it. 
The variegated leaved eger is desirable. 
aruncus,—lhe Goat’s-beard Spiræa is of all 
these lowly species certainly the most showy 
Growing to a height of 3 or 4 feet, it pro- 
branched spikes of white inflo- 
appropriate fo foliage, gi charming e 
plant is a native т "айн, though а counter- 
part, or very similar species, exists in Am 
a border pum plant this is a m desirable 
