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THE GARDENERS’ 
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Я pe £5 age for the best specimen Orchid in 
; £3 2 for best collections of fruit, if 
£3 and £2 IM for 
the sh 
` pot less а зи exhibitors ; 
r the 
2j & 
£1 for the best three dishes of Strawberries, distinct. 
THE GARDENERS’ ORPHAN FUND.—It is with 
` regret that we hear many complaints of the slowness 
with which subscriptions arrive for the a 
ment. It is fear 
- gardeners themselves, and prep are made by 
them with more unanimity than hitherto, a long 
period will elapse e re any practical Deviation С 
` cases of destitution can be Mr. С. Рем 
3 д that the whole frater a gardeners iali 
. Canvass for the fund at once, and believes that 
_ gardeners themselves will be astounded by the results 
- of their united efforts. 
| NEW . PHALZENOPSIS. — Another beautiful 
. novelty has been raised by Mr. берем, the successful 
3 hybridiser of the Orchid family at Messrs. Уктсн & 
- Sov'sestablishment, Chelsea. In this case Phalznopsis 
grandiflora, s p 
ot 
urious and ^ sfactory—curious in that the folie 
ds like that of P. E Md but smaller, while t 
flower partakes more of the characteristics of P. 
e sepa 
d orange an nd 
n 
| E 1з approached; lip an inch long, ipee 
lan on 
osy-purple the tip. The 
E. which will last some few days jig 
ROYAL GRAND NATIONAL TULIP EXHIBITION. 
1 £ ate fixture, but it is necesita 
: E lateness of the season. Yee SAM L Ban ARLOW'S 
Pa А The extent and quality of the 
1 OW will depend much upon the character ofthe 
ther during the next fortnight 
GARDENERS’ ORPHANS.— War. MILLER, Coombe 
Abbey Gar 
Bin ardens, Coventry, writes as follows :—“ I 
| E ie obliged to any one who will 
q y in finding an orphan son of а gar- 
E lener, of ont’ ten years of age, who has a good ear 
| meis and a fairly ги voice, and who would be 
Е take part in a church choir twice а day on 
Кы ys. I would Мей to find such а boy board 
| Б send him 
1 k, and on the breaking up of his voice i ting 
ate any trade he may have a liking for. This is 
а, know of шей a and I would advise si one, who 
3 of such b 
municating wi epet oy to lose no time in com 
E “ ОНАМВНЕ SYNDICALE. "—At the last 
| dis, awarded - :— To Mr. A. De Kneel, for Azalea in- 
seedling No, 2; to Mr. Louis Van Houtte, for 
1 Bem inti indica Miss Е. Jarrett ; gs Mr. Aug. Van 
1 or Boronia heterophylla, and for Nephrolepis 
месен tripinnatifida; to Messrs. Edm. Vervaet & 
et-Duvivier, for prea 
um аидйпеша ; to Messrs. F, Desbois & Co., 
us Desmetianus, and for Spiræa japonica 
eis ; to Messrs. Jac Pene see cana for 
i Corsianum, Be- 
Louise Closon, . diodes Me purpurascens 
to a good school during the: 
fol. var., and for Impatiens Hawkeri ; to Mr. VW 
Az alea indica Pharei ilde, <A. 
. Princesse Clémentine, Ж 
for А. i, Ami du Gourd to the Comte de Kerchove 
de Denterghem, for Lycaste din alba 
Cultural Certificates.—To srs. Edm. Vervaet 
& Co., for Masdevallia ee to Mr. Bernard 
Spae, for Rhododendron Gibsoni. - 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL BENEVOLENT 
pion ale aa Secretary of the above intimates 
t Мг. WALTER Danxiw, the корек of the 
ark Lane rid and other Ap wspapers, 
has just sent him a Jubilee donation of 20 guineas 
towards the funds of that Institution, 
ae TOEN —The fine plant ol this 
variety, shown by of Cambridge 
Lodge E was, as we are ‘informed by his 
gardener, a single plant and not “made-up” as was 
hinted in our report of the last meeting of the Royal 
Horticultural Society. 
RED-SPIDER ON VINES.—We get a great number 
of communications on this subject, but the nostrums 
recommended arious, as are 
of rerent Me ре Sup :—Take 2 lb. of 
flowers of sulphur, and 2 quarts of water. 
the first in a little of the ster, then add the re- 
main ith this mixture syringe the infested 
leaves late in the evenin must be left on the 
i 
ings of the borders with tepid water, not to pinc 
out ap and the coating of the hot-water pipes 
with s WATERS believes that carefully 
Sontag and. syringing the infested leaves to be the 
best cure, He would never allow the surface of the 
border to get dry, аз so doing nieto ae the spread- 
ing of the insects. Liquid manure is placed in the 
troughs, and syringing of the Vines until the second 
swelling of the berries takes place is persisted in. 
THE ORCHIDS AT HEATHERBANK.—Mr. J, F 
Witson, of Weybridge, re that his hardy and 
half-hardy plants now take u i i 
therefore his collection of Orchids will be sold at 
Srevens,’.on Thursday, June 2. 
HARDY FERNERY AT KEW.—We are heartily 
this time in the sha 
n extensive scale, for the exclusive cultivation of 
botanical ids and varieties, but also of all the 
istin characteristic of "re forms, 
8, 
n gar 
The rockery has been built on the site of te old one 
in ‘he neighbourhood of what the ice- 
well, and adjoining Е T range. It has been so 
planned e requirements near as 
possible of the Ferns, ina also to make » Gondani 
for lovers of these plants to examine them with ease 
A collection of this kind has long hir a mert 
teps to bring one 
encouragement their praiseworthy eff eserve 
fro: cialists, as well as others less interested 
in this class of plants. 
CABBAGE SHOW AND COMPET у 
learn from the Kelso ries of May sr 14, that with 
a view to making their No. 1 Cabbage bette ter known 
Messrs, STUART & Sins, бедна of Kelso, last 
summer offered а premium of £5 for the best two 
y Cabbages grown from seed supplied by them ; 
the outcome of which was that a show and competi- 
tion was held within their premises in Wood Market, 
Kelso, on May 13. 800 growers intimate 
their intention of competing, but of that number 
only thirty-three came forward. , however, 
ted a wide area, the counties from. which the 
competitors came being Northumberland, Lincoln, 
Ment, Cornwall, Essex, Dorset, Somerset, Hereford, 
Norfolk, Sussex, Herts, Surrey, Notts, Cheshire, Aber- 
deen, Devon, Wilts, Roxburgh, Berwick, and Stirling. 
The pns ar eny was Mr. D. Inauis, gardener 
o Earl , Howick, Lesbury, wwe npn. 
сна exhibits weighed over 8 Ib. The 
weight was 6 lb., so that Mr. Ixaris, se is well 
known as a akilfal ey had an easy victory. For 
shape and appearance. however, the best Cabbages 
were ag А those shown . GILBERT, 
garden 
ford. These were greatly admired. Messrs. STUART 
& Mery offer another prize of £5 for the 
men of the Lyon Leek, to be competed for on Friday, 
November 4 next. 
APPOINTMENT.—Mr. T. Jannocu, Lily Nursery, 
Dersingham, hos Lynn, has A Ru the warrant 
of appointm as Nurseryma d Lily of the 
Valley Grover j^ His Royal Hightea the Prince 
of War 
LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON.—The ann 
sary pon, Ты xs this Society will be held on Pusey, 
May 3P 
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BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA.—According to 
& paragraph cited in ipei the Indian Government 
has arranged a scheme for the complete and sys- 
tematic botanical bild of India. The country will 
be divi veg nto four great districts, the first un nde er 
jn d se second under Dr. Kina, Director 
Royal B mue Garden, Calcutta; and the 
etd dd fo iik er the Madras and Bombay 
Government botanists respectively, 
HYBRID PRIMULAS.—Some fresh Primulas from 
the neighbourhood of Saffron нанете дем m 
Mr. FREDERICK J. HANBURY nnean 
Society, May 5, including iwi intersting hybrids, 
ula elatio vulgaris, Primula 
The 1 liue] is exceedingly rare, and 
has band been x a as Briti 
Both ar тте 
бой en their ра е апі лаа of them produces 
any fruit in cultivation, but withers away immediately 
after flowering. 
"HORTICULTURE INTERNATIONALE.— We learn 
that the Town Council of Brussels has granted to 
a space 
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History } манні and Zoological 
Garden. It isexpected that the houses will be com- 
pleted by September. They are to be constructed 
with all modern improvements, ere the aim is to 
inaugurate a first-class establishmen: 
SELLING RAPE SEED FOR SWEDE.—We notice 
ily Times of March 30 and 31 last 
British v New Zealand Mortgage and Age 
Company," tried before Mr. Justice Mond 
at Dunedin, ‚ Otago, on March 30 and 31. The 
plaintiff, T. Mackenzrz, the keeper of a store at 
Balclutha, sued the company for emm esee 
which he had been id to pay to v 
who had purchased seed from his iei. гей оя the 
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Zealand there was 2 sufficient ei to warrant 
a conclusion, was held to have 
chased by the plaintit from the company with the 
warranty as to germinating powers and trueness 
to kind, and was contained in one of four bags 
supplied, the others being genuine Swede seeds. 
Judgment was given for the plaintiff, damages 
£115 18s. 114. ; 
