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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Arri 23, 1887. 
gardeners. I think if journeymen are now too 
numerous head d giving 
0 ay t 
ing premiums from them o 
this your correspondent has to me 
I think myself he is very hard on young gardeners 
Mari die т who entertain much the same feelings as 
t 1f— 1 
d at is, every man for himse must 
earn ing or want were fewer young me 
in gardens, and their places were filled by labourers, 
as your espondent sugges latter would 
naturally t ga igher po 
ployers, the present evil of having so many gardeners 
doing nothing would in tiii cure itself. F. W. 
PELAR' RGONIUM HENRI JACOBY FOR CH 
the most effective манов 
1 т made wi 
ac 
i 1 pots for decorations and 
for cut blooms, for which purpose it is one of the 
most useful sorts. This beautiful Pelargonium has 
no nt for ена Z groups of Callas, Palms, 
Spirzas her plant used largel 
pans of water ; 
the whole of Easter Day, inserted in wet san 
plant of “gene plan uds yg and trained up the 
pillars of the conservato: this time of year in 
full flower ; its “delilo „ый pervades the place. 
Bailey Wadds, Birdsall Gardens, York. 
GRAPES IN THE OPEN AIR.—In arra ч 
imes, when so many people are lik 
Athens spoken of by St. Paul, constant ае 
for some new thing, it is pleasant to read “Р. G.'s 
ractical notes upon open-air Grape c 
glass, t hou ugh it h h for horticulture gene- 
he Gra i 
open-air it, an 
instance. n now fairly es 
grown nn s in an average seas e 
the fruit is not ripe enough for dessert it is still 
valuable for wine-making. have no wine 
that was made eighteen months ago from Muscadine 
Grapes at a cost of во ing less than 3d. per bottl 
that is more re ing an ore wholesome than 
much of the cheap stuff sold as imported wine. When 
rationally m. open-air pes are at leas 
profitable as any other hardy fruit. And 
_ also, f xt year’s crop. Wit 
overcrowding of the leaves and branch a matter 
cours oci r-cropping. if the 
been excee dingly 1 isa of 
ча 8 the race would have become extinc 
at least, as an open-air fruit. Mildew is am 
véerible pest to veta Grapes, especially When 
the roots have to a stagnant condition; but if 
taken in time, and lp judiciously applied, it may 
be easily ch A well-drained 
site i: y, аз then, when th rapes & 
swelling, liquid food can be given with advantage. I 
I believe 1 may be done by artificial 
manure in in g the size of ch and 
berry, if not of hastening the mat 2 of the cro 
я етй he farmyard is in a tig valu- 
m 
used constantly x tenden is to clo, 
up the wi of the bote nd m it кан а th his 
leads to stagnation of the Yt phe mildew колач 
naturally. 5 ê varieties the best ong 
the сз ate. grown are the Mu MES 
and e, but I see in the а of Messrs, 
Smith & Бов, ‘of ااا‎ the following varieties 
ation :— 
те recommended for open-air 2 Fer- 
— he Cor qd ин Lierval, uscat St 
Ihave seen the White Sweetwater good 
in the | South, but the. — white Grape is the White 
Muscadine for the he. т, 8 ассо: t to o 
nt knowle а” 
1 
the best hardy Grapes obtainable, and show what 
can be done with them? The work itself would be 
interesting and the results ташы. H. 
R'S *GARDENER'S DICTIONARY. —I am 
obl 
very ps iged to Mr. Hughes for calling 
y atte to the date given on p. 451 as that 
of the VT p 
edition of Miler’ 
out tha е Gar nd Florist’s 
a Complile Syste е, Horticulture Adie 2 a 8vo.), 
was practically the е 
was ostensibly the наа "et à soc ciety of gar 
deners, of which Miller was the secretary, a 
rill be 
T3 n em Garden- 
ing, p. 19. i Derio 
sense of th , appeared in ii. i pbi esi 
in your last issue b 
ed issu 
econd edition appeare 
fou 743, 
cation. 
third in 1737, the rth in 1 e т їп i748, 
the sixth in 1752, an on. Ana nt first 
appeared in 1735, and quickly ran th "d a number 
of сая. А Dutch translation appeared іп 1746, 
pA aa in ma and a French in 1785. ve 
r m to a 1736 edition 
of Miller's Dictionary, to ich Mr. Hemsley ro 
either in the British Mu nseum Catalogue in 
Lownde’s Birnen Manual. The date Sivan, 
therefore, is probably a atep W. Roberts, 11, 
Frederick Street, Graya Inn Road, W.C. 
Неее 27 ОЕ 
send you som 
be done in the way of resuscitating old ' 
i 0 دا‎ vember) the house was 
ر‎ nan ew, I therefore 
he and r 
toil i as ponsitile without lifting t the planta 
scarcely а go t left, as ould be 
'The plants were hon well ato ith Tisoni 
to Page with loam т soil he had 
1 
to disturb PME во a little more manure was sprinkled 
about a couple of inches of 
i of Vine 
QW 
when required, is all ie. тенин the Ros 
received. W. M. Baillie. [The blooms very fine for 
the season. E».] 
CALANTHE DISCOLOR AND C. SIEBOLDI.--The 
writer of the paragraph at p. 455, respecting Calanthe 
Sieboldi has fallen into an error, which should at 
He speaks of a Ler а к 
then h 
'The plates repre pecies with yellow flowers— 
he true C. Sieboldi—while his description t 
one with dull purple sepals and petals, and a pale 
yellow lip. This latter is Calanthe discolor, a pretty 
pecies, attractive as 
ut scarce ly so Sieboldi. 
th of them are natives of Japan, and hence require 
cool treatment. R. А. R. 
CRINUM CAPENSE. quem is МЕ, = elyn now. The 
h 3 feet 
r 
9 inches, with sixteen Воно 0 т nik ТАЗ 
spike fi the same bulb will, I think, be equally 
as Has it ever bee hereto with any of the 
go 
Amaryl is? Can any гете 
е on this point ? W. N 
rrespondents inform 
RHODODENDRON CAMPBELLI/E Жүру corre- 
spondent, *W. S." 451 of issue of 2d inst.), 
says of this, that it is closely related to =» یوی‎ сей 
m v f 
ampbellix is only а eco of 
R. arboreum, n: n: the specimen figured in his 
E of R. Campbelli 
does not differ specifically from Again, 
on the summit x mu Tanglo Sir J. D. (th 
Dr.) Hooker give three Rhododendrons as R 
arbor redo doe R ait atum, R. CX, e 
the prevailing plants; verb. sa E. 1 
most recent sins ofthe 
that of Mr. C. B. Clarke in H 4 
India, vol. iii., 1882, p. ›. 465—1. Campbell is referred. 
to R. arboreum, together with R. cir Ns А 
album, Sweet, and R. Windsori, Nuttal. Ер.] 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
Tuxspay, April 12.—Owing to the great pressure | 
n our specs the following denos was omitted in our 
адаа 
Scientific Committee. 
Pre : Dr. M. T. Masters, in the chair; Р 
barii "Ward, Professor i Church 
т. Lowe Mr. G. 
а Boulger, 
brid Вени “(Supposed ant Sm 
flo d at the 
which proved to бе est "n like А Yin exhibited | 
by Mr. Maw, who had no doubt they were from true - 
seedlings and sot a cro 
'rocuses. — Mr. Maw exhibited the Ee i 
C. biflorus var. Pestalozzæ, from near nstantinople, 
with a smal white pariant ; C. minimus, РС 
ccio, Corsica, with dark uri outer petals | 
ithin ; mperati, fro: 
бе а white dun of the same, - 
. Lowe, who sent it to the _ 
T 
"wu 
B 
© 
lnc] 
ki S nus, foun 
aliud wi Bewdley, Salop. were exhibite 
Chionodoxa sp. Mm Maw shov Ed 
fro m Сге having a much s 
Lucili Masters observed, that in 
wn. "This w wa eared i 
Botanical Magazine, together with a yellow form from 
mountains Sm whic r. Maw thought to 
be disti Maw also a a vernal forn 
8. 
nct. i 
of sg cm from the D 
Kief. idley reported ыз n his examinatio: 
darker coloured fruit than that of ordinary Hem 
mp 
Radulum.—My. O'Brien exhibited specimens of 
rm of this fungus growing on imported Orc hi 
blocks, and also a young form of some species of 
stideæ on Dendrobium Falconeri 
Primula sp. ?—Mr. G. F. Wilson exhibited а sm 
speci f Primrose which had c p ашоп 
e 
tint, though exhibiting great variety of colours. 
Primrose, Whi Nee : y Godol- 
hin Osborne s of a w nt Prim 
P a plant 
tery wild near P Biarritz. Though a 
ted ps ably rare in à wild state. 
pe и ys is pip 
as growing in bio 
e Н» ЫР. ЛБВ 1 Clarke vue os- | 
soms of a hybrid of P. ciliata crossed by 
dark уунче Auricul т closely sete ; 
very large, 
Hybrid. ani teet Clarke ae ү. 
heum palm and 
on garden Rhuba А : зч p" 
Cattleyas, Мей, —Mr. Ridley reported u 
these а ud oll — (1.) The lip was twisted J0 
the е pti al only, i. geo but only 
solicit: with all the pollen rted, (2.) Om 
al was tn labelliform, - apparently 
rostella were pre: 
Rose Cut. мав “Hypertrophic. —Professor M. wW 
Th tu s were 
ected a plasmodium Mile 
cells, showing a definite re tionship to e 
growths. On cultiva tivating the fungus 8 
