May 7, 1887, | 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
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ibericum, an old plant, is remarkable for its dwarf 
Veronica satureifolia, 
species, is remarkable for the 
a low-growing 
very rich blue tint aft its flowers. The Orchid- 
ouses, bags improvement in whose condition 
hav e ady pores on, contain 
variety of plants in flower, including the rarely seen 
idendrum bicornutum, with a large white 
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is some e 12 to 15 ui Re with an ассо habit, 
a | lea ves, 
m ami d which proceed ong very dense spikes of 
from 
richest blue flowers. amens are of a reddish 
colour, and as they Байы pese the flowers they 
cast a sort of purplish-red halo over thespike. Many 
of our readers must be familiar with the lovely ош 
of our common Echium win 
soils, especially near the sea: let them ma 
plant by four or five and heighten the colour of the 
flowers, if that be possible, and they will have wie 
idea what prd Р зле is like. e hay 
seen any c we saw some ied 
species in de idi of Mr. ШЙ, near Mentone. 
GREAT SALE IN GHENT.—We have received а 
сору of the sale-catalogue of the plants of the Com- 
ie Continentale d’Horticulture of Ghent. The 
sale will take place at 56, Coupure, Ghent, on May 16, 
and will be continued every day, except Sundays, till 
Wednesday, June 1. On nghe May 16, the Azaleas 
i the Camellias ; 
x нани plants, Cycads, 
‚ Palms, Tree Ferns; May 23, Aroids, 
variegated plants, Bromeli ads; May 24, 25, a nd 26, 
young Palms, Nepenthe ; May 27 and 28, Orchids 
and Nepenthes ; May 30, Окс hids; May 31, officinal 
plants; June » miscellanea. No fewer than 12,900 
lots are offer 
ay далар 
made out 
this asta in a oni lecture at the E 
а — Sir FREDERICK 
ase 
ust un- 
much keener in appraising the practical 
value of science than we have shown ourselves to be. 
matter affi 
ects us hortic ists in а variety 
of ways. We have still to learn the most economi 
methods of pplying know 
how to 
cope with insects and fungi ; we want to know 
how to grow vegetable equi so well as у> defy 
the chemists to compete with us. As it is, the 
chemists have simply ruined кад grower of Madder, 
the value of Oak-bark, and may at length 
effect the Prou of vare eulture. Sugar is 
sooner or o арна esca mad 
artificially tg a profit; he Cin- 
a planters, "These ie ail; point to the neces 
stimulating scientific effort in various directio 
THE ROYAL SociETY.— Among the sam 
of 
candidates electe: 
Jo 
ston; and of Dr. GEORGE Kine, 
for the на of 
“ REIS in the Calcutta Botanic Garden, whose 
graph o 
the species of Ficus has just been . 
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GARDENERS’ ROYAL BENEVOLENT INSTITU- 
TION : JUBI NUS.— Donations to the extent 
the 
pensioners of the Gardeners’ nis ВИЙ Нет 
Institution in this year of Jubilee 
FERROUS OXIDE AND VEGETATION.—In a re- 
port on the influence of the ferrous oxide in ve 
cinder on the growth of plants, Mr. J. M. RO 
describes experiments supplementary to 4948 which 
formed the subject of a note some time since, Seeds 
of various sorts—Barley, white а т ар 
white Mustard, garden Cress—were sown ixtures 
of garden soil with basic cinder in order t заснеш 
whether the large proportion of ferrous oxide in the 
basic cinder exercises any rotae jo ey on 
germination or gr 0 в ques- 
tion to the êve téit, унае ун каб. 
ost of the 
ure basic cinder, 
and some of the plants lived Du starved for want 
of nitrogenous food. other mixtures pro- 
duced Lr 8 which flowered and seeded in due course 
—the Barley plants in the mixture 
basic sade? and 
than those grown in garden soil alone, and ее, 
full ears of grain of unimpaired pru TRA powe 
Since basic cinder is an alkaline con iiic: 
ing free lime, it is only natural "that "fa the three 
strongest mixtures fewer seeds germinated than in 
the three weaker ddr or in garden soil alone. 
'The conclusion arrived at is that the ferrous oxide 
contained in basic iind) is without injurious in- 
fluence on germination or growt 
THE AURICULA.—An edens M: on rim 
now popular flower was deliv 
fore an appreciative audience Анн R "he Club, g Bedford 
Park, Chiswick, on April 29, the Rev. J. W. Новзгвү, 
in the chair. The нень, which ы illustrated by 
one mucro. plants, sperm upon various classes 
assigned by the florist to the reete viz. :—green- 
edged grey-edged, white-eget selfs, 7 e centres, 
and white or creamy centres, The e plant is to 
le the subject of the next 6 А at the Horti- 
cultural Club, when Mr. SHIRLEY HIBBERD will 
introduce the subject. 
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HORTICULTURAL AND 
BOTANICAL SociETY.—The annual n meeting 
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the Faden ус олар the officers, and other 
general business of the Society. 
THE OncHiD SALE AT DOWNSIDE. — At the 
sale of the duplicate plants in Mr. Wm. Lee’s collec- 
tion at Downside Кн, оп Мау 8 апа 
although the weather was changeable the frequent 
ardour of the Orchid- 
which the hammer so ably wielded by Mr. 
oz called e offered 
were in fine order, many of them being den 
specimens. note of а few of the 
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realised will show rta buyers are still appreciative 
d that Orchid growing is in the 
leadi — on the 
m qot h thirteen ms £199 10s. ; CT 
£94 10s.; C. Skinneri oculata (a splendid specimen, 
in flower), £73 oni) Cypripedium Ми н АА 
aie superbiens, ер ба den 
m porphyreu 78 15з.; 
те Woldentiglates £49: 
i Ae Saccolabium — Harrisonianum, 
£162 15s.; Calogyne eristata alba, wa 15s. ; sisi - 
bium Phaleenopsis, ar psi 
rugosa, £48 6s.; H. hasera £52 10s. 
2 the second day ed m score was made with a 
healthy plant of Cypri m Stonei platytænium, 
us ms of three а, ъа lised £325 10s. ; 
2s,; Cattleya Trianæ Os- 
manii, ‘£108: C. AE HS X, 2105. = Z 
£44 2s.; Lelia grandis, £94 105.; грма 
William: snail, £67 4s.; Cymbidium s pu 10s 
and Saccolabium ‘Heathii (the white Bluriiei). 
157 10s. 
Lelia bella. £189; н 
ie vec Fun des ж eminent botanist, known 
eader e Botanical берү! of 
di prid оеш Boclely of France, and as а 
eultivator and investigator of Lilies, bing is ned Бы 
Professorship at the Faculty of e and 
been succeeded by M. Gaston Bonn 
SUTTON I^ TUNIS.—4A. recent pee by 
Sir В. L. PravrAm of a tour along the coas 
Tanis | Geh the Tolle notes on the cultivation 
of desert land, kd 
provement has taken p ; Only " 
stone җылы existed n months ie and now 
there is quite a small town. Oed e el joel 8 miles 
from Gabes, is where Colonel proposed to 
make a cutting which should заары the Sahara. 
Artesian wells haye been sunk 
results parent. The ground is perfectly 
at and sandy; it was covered more о 
pr with rub, which by decomposition 
during centuri ad added а certain amount 
of vegetable matter to the soil; indeed, in 
ears of unusual rain the Arabs had been in th 
mgl of acti Ж. 
but for all practic 
and absolutely vai 
res) haye been cleared, arranged for irrigation, 
and sown with cereals and Lucerne ; a vegetable 
garden has been made, and a nursery of young trees 
either side, and when 
er to irrigate 3000 hectares (7500 acres) of 
lan 
MR. VICCARS COLLYER is now in Palestine on 
a visit to Mr. Lawrence OLIPHANT at Haifa (or 
Caifa), with а view to open up commercial relations 
with that country in connection with horticulture, 
EUONYMUS JA ICUS. — Have 
oat acai ну the cireumstance 
golden ariegation i is much more prominent in 80 
ri in others? Paris correspondent 
writes = that in some years the y yellow variegation is 
so indistinct that the difference between it and the 
n form is very small, while in other seasons, as 
in the present, the yellow colour is very marked. 
any of our 
that the 
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TAUNTON DEANE are anaes AND FLo- 
RICULTURAL SOCIETY. annual exhibition of 
this Society is fixed бе Ai sire 12, and will take 
place as usual in Vivary Park. The sum of £20 is 
offered as a lst prize for twelve stove and green- 
toiii plants in flower; the and 3d prizes are 
£12 10s. and £7 10s. 
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. — G 
SrRACHEY has been ess President of eis 
Society in place of Lord ABERD 
