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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. | 581 
that the Association is in process of evolution. 16 
contains various details relating to the school and, 
= what must be of interest to bes students, personal 
imation relating to the doings of those former 
students now dispersed etd out the country, 
; ng the more. le (Ат. memoirs is one on 
market gardening | near Par E 
_ Launzwr, the Professor of Botany in the School, con- 
. tains some interesting MM on this troublesome 
and very perplexing malady. 
SussEx ASSOCIATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT 
OF AGRICULTURE, —We js to have called atten- 
tion to the report for the r 1886 previously, for 
` although the oe with: which it deals are not 
` strictly within o cope nothing bearing on 
` plant-life and тері means of in it to practical 
. advantage is irrelevant to horticulturists. We con- 
ate the members of the Association on the suc- 
1 cessful application " — ии » practical 
` agriculture. The report deals with the treatment of 
. seasons was also a matter 
. Some very suggestive statements are made with 
. refence to these plants all tending to show 
_ that the life-history of plants is fully as important а 
. subject for study on the part of the cultivator as the 
| For gss analysis of dead tissues, if not more so. 
E : : i.d 
—Nitrate of potash, ewt. ; nitrate of soda, 1 суф. ; 
Dp Es H Er steamed Riu i ere 
r acre. t Al een similar 
‚ JAM 
atter bei e of course, objec 
tionable, Rye (L ААА Cockfoo t. (Dactylis), and 
. Fescue (Festuca), are noted as the best t grasse 
_ for feeding purposes, having the least tendency to run 
. to stem and flower, and the earliest maturity. With 
: pre to these matters Mr. James SON does not, in 
1 im s manures in inducing the formation of suc- 
Bes үзбеу in grasses (such as the nitrogenous 
1 manures), or of dry fibre and flower (such as the 
1 alkali ine and earthy salts). 
FLOWERS FOR THE POOR IN кош LONDON. 
E the furtherance of this е р d үн, ап 
. basis. Our aim will be to ien in brightening and 
. rendering more cheerful the dwellings of the poor, 
and to this end contributions of pictures, blossoms, 
roots, ener &c., for distribution are solicited. Those 
ho can ot give flowers or other suitable pice spe 
we money for Мын v boxes, which will be 
gladly received, Donations will be gratefully re- 
ceived and «ско ы by letter and in the 
report. Last year's report will be sent on 
vascular 
by Mr. J. G. be published 
y by Messrs, G. Виш, & Sou, 4 will include 
Equisetacex, Lycopodiacem, Selaginellacez 
Rhizocarpex, in which there are, ehm à the nm 
кде, eleven genera, and about 700 speci 
MR. E. G. BAKER, the Pereira Medallist of the 
VE ‚онну. 1886, 8 бар п Ont, 
afte ve examinatio 
Junior $ beds in the Botanical Cadha e е 
на otis vacant by the promotion of Mr. 
to the Directorship of Public Gardens 
and Plantations in Jamai 
+ 
MORE GARDENERS THAN GARDENS.—A much 
greater quantity of correspondence on the above has 
reached us than we can possibly find room for, The 
one fact that we gather seems to be that the —— 
f a gardener, like so many others in the olde 
countries of Europe, is — far too crowded he 
all those who engage t to secure comfortable 
posts. "This sad but Mules, state of things is 
inevitable, owing to the large increase of population, 
and which is greater relatively in iu country than 
in almost ау — the only true emedy for which 
is emigration, as is well pointed d in a letter we 
A few suggestions are 
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ati 
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that are w worthy the especial notic gar- 
deners ; one is, that higher ee are should be paid, 
so as to secure a better class of young men, who 
should apply тд: to pot ng with the view 
to obtaining the wea prizes of the Hosp: and 
the other is, that there should be examinations 
horti cultural knov vee vom some ыба ж constituted 
&uthority, which could grant certificates of efficiency 
to the best men. This latter scheme is adopted in 
some foreign Apai. and found i 
it were adopted here also, much of the crowding in 
the аа grades of the business would be averted 
for 
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CAMELLIA DANTE. — A white vini Ld with 
medium sized flowers, and yes re д regularly im- 
bricate petals. It is not а new variety, but is highly 
к hd recommended for its wie its free-flowering 
ncy and its precocity, LIER, who has 
ка the plant for several years, в highly of 
it, but suggests that it, like other varieties, should 
not be а at too low а temperature in winter time. 
ety in question is figured in the April 
The 
фанер of the Revue de l Horticulture Belge. 
BAILEY’S GREEN-FLESH MELON.—Apropos of 
what our correspondent stated in his notice of Mr. 
weighed d 5 Ib. 
netted kind of good flavour that he had raised twenty 
years before, i.e., 1832. It is ا‎ edi to be an ex- 
cellent kind now when obtained tr 
LATE KEEPING APPLES.—A correspondent has 
asked for a list of late keeping Apples, and as this 
King of the Pippins, Lord Clyde, ne Elizabeth, 
Cellini, Lord Lennox, Lady Hen Small's 
Admirable, Dumelow's Seedling, New Northern 
Greening, Golden Winter Formalna, Court of Wick, 
Gloria Mundi, Cox's Pomona, Scarlet Nonpareil, 
ter Pearmain, Seek-no- 
her, Beauty of nt, Crimson Queening, Blenheim 
саа ў n of ‘Glamis, TORE Pippin, Royal 
ar Herefordshire Pearma’ Lord Derby, 
Tom Out, Hanwell Bak Im "ел Beek-no- 
further, Ashmead's Kernel, Mère de Ménage, 
ni Do 
il, Lane's Princ e Ta rkshire enin ng, 
Ribston Pippin, Old ater Greening, Ecklin- 
ville Seedling, еа Рірріп, Waltham Ait 
ME — tard Ар P 
good's such, Neon Glory, 
Rymer, n rmer sy Bromley (cider), 
Adam’s ED Cornish Ar omatie, Royal Pear- 
main, Newtown 
Winter Majeting, 
ar, Baron W; 
Fillbasket, Lemon Pippin, Wareham , Hol- 
——— Norfolk prts Northern ET Hereford- 
e Beefing, Old Pom roy, Claygate Pearmain, 
Fio aslan of Ke nt, Morn iod Pippin, Golden Russet, 
mead Pearmain, Phillips’ Pippin, Old Pearmain, 
Court Pendu Plat, Norfolk Stone Pippin, Cobham, 
n Pearmain, Rhode Is 
ington Pearmain, The Queen, Win 
To this we append a list of those shown on Taes- 
day last 4 Messrs, J. Снел, & Sow, Crawley 
The Queen, Sturmer Pippin, Margil, Rymer, Неге 
ford Boc; Dutch "Miguo nne, —— Alexander 
Crown, Forge of Sussex, Claygate Pearmain, 
к; Pearmain, Cox's Orange Pippin, Rib- 
Pippin, Brownlees Russet, Melon, Alfriston 
Galloway Gipsy King, Lord Burleigh, Winter Peach, 
Pippin, Lane’s Prince Albert, сои. 
Reinette Duke of Devonshire, Beauty of Ken 
Court of Wick, Hanwell ар Golden Haver, 
ene Elizabet h, Winter Greening, London Pippin, 
andbury, Histon’s Favourite, Colonel Vaughan, 
С Nonpareil, Golden Munday, Schoolmaster, 
Betty Geeson, Tower of Glamis, Blenheim Orange, 
Catshead, Hereford Pearmain, Gloria Mundi, Wel- 
. Ѕмев also showed an een: 
lot on this occasion, comprising many of the sam 
sorts, 
INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION, 
DRESDEN, MAY 7—15.— The following are the official 
arrangements for each day that the Exhibition re- 
mains open to the Pc so far as regards assemblie: 
festivities, visits, 
May 6, 10. A.M. —Assembling of bm e 
execütive committee, &c., in 
schaft of the Royal Gardens ; DRE H dis 
managers, and induction of the judges; afterwards a 
discussion as to the prize jury,'and award of the 
prizes. 
Saturday, May 7.—In the morning the opening 
epum d of the Exhibition by His Majesty the Kina, 
e judges, members of the Commission, берше. 
fidi and the general public; concert by the band 
of the p p ipee t No.1 
Mo , Мау 9, 9 4.x.—Great meeting of the 
Society жи КА Freunde, in the Grossen 
A "ETC 
May 8, will be present—the pr 
last being fixed at 20 ex including wine, &c. 
Tuesday, Ma. x.— Continuation td de- 
iberations of the Кар» Rosen Freunde, meeting 
of horticultural ерл rs of the Le 
Gros 
re ead 
Even fag: Festival performance 
Particulars 
ga - 
C. Hemeet, Berlin. 
in the Court Theatre, Dresdener Alstadt. 
in the Dresden daily papers 
Wednesday, May 11, 10 A. a.M.—Trip by steamer 
the Elbe to Wehlen to view A M "uro d 
pany the guests. 
trip must be made on Tuesday before 12 at noon 
nip LA d 9 A.M.—Meeting of Conifer 
in Grossen Wirthschaft to 
а ast nur um fix the nomenclature of 
Conifers rg eic A Ducal Garden Inspector, 
H. BEISSNER, 
Friday and zeg "May 13 and 14,—Visits to 
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