May 21, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
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comi p ей 
loamy mg up in that сн will be ad mo ap 
e plant in clumps 3 feet 
P in 
| there is an increasing demand for the oil fhe oer 
` ofthe pla а large sc scale in this Aae n 
[ depressed Alexa ve er 
Williams, New Plant and Bulb Company, Colchester, 
May 6. 
кет “н CULAS. — It may interest some 
ns to kno 1 һате this season flowered some- 
раг t varieties; a few of 
n 
e bb. I have s no 
TEM 
ensington. It 
uricula and Primula oder that all sections of the 
former should be — but I did not see one 
double form at South I 
'The pretty vem varieties e 
show I have 
should like to see an a pt made to rem the 
uricula show a week later; it would make a good 
: ve. of difference to those of us who do not UE per 
` flow а ards with artificial heat, and I t 
would en ensure a fuller and eye pose ase of the 
Auri i, Дей, 
NM TEE TTE ELS 
THE KITCHEN | GARDEN, 
ASPARAGUS. 
scs ISHED beds should now be locked over, and 
the “ grass " cut г regularly up to the time when it is 
caes necessary e which 
rted and tied up in bundles, and 
= not wanted | "ford immediate use stood upright i in 
tion to keep t the * grass " plump and tender. 
formed plantations from two to thre e years standing, 
m at all, should have a few only of the first 
Newly 
clear of 
n 
ing 
mm hot. - weather Asp paragus —— are greatly 
Main ¢ a | 
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e crema and a hole ma 
ight ae 0 ow of the tap-root being placed 
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, deter- 
miei счетун light tog light top-dresing of soot 
General Work.—When thoroughly hardened off 
plant out against walls and on sheltered borders such 
subjects as Tomatos, Capsicums, and also any herbs 
aised in heat, as Sweet Basil, Borage, and pes nder. 
Plant out, Leeks which were raised in heat into 
hose advised for Celery, but of 
maller dimen x pris closer together. For manure, 
dig into the bottoms of the t renches some Sajan шг 
ecayed farmyard ай ung, an from a pond i 
equal proportions. Hoe nd ear 
otatos, also Peas, Cauliflower, bage, and other 
orn 
more Beetroot if required. Small sa 
would be best wn Lion т а north wall, in a 
similar shady position See that а pro- 
side. 
lae supply of е be kept up, and tie up 
advancing ones of the Cos section, allowing about 
ten days to bleach them. John Austen, Witley Court. 
SOCIETIES, 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
Scientific Committee. 
May 10.— Present : Dr. M. T. Masters, in the chair ; 
and Rev. C. W. Dod, Mr. W. G. Smith, Mr. Pascoe, 
Mr. emp Mr. а ‚ Mr. Lynch, Mr. Wilson, 
Mr. Murray, Mr. Smee, Mr. Ridley, 'and Rev. G. 
Henslow, Hon. Sec. 
Peristeria cerina guttata,—Mr. O’Brie 
exhibited Y башы one yellow the d айе, 
believed to have been borne e by the sam 
characteristic “of these tw 
that they might prove to be male and female re- 
spectively. Mr. Ridley undertook to examine and 
pne upon hem 
Beetle in Saccolabi, еве, —Mr. Pascoe 
exhibited a live specimen taken from a stem. It 
d to be Diaxenes Taylori, from Moulmein, in 
the Malay Peninsula. 
Leucoium tricophyllum.—RTev. C. W. Dod showed a 
specimen of this plant. Though figured in an early 
volume of Curtis Magazi e it appears to have been 
It is a itie of Portugal. 
odils, hybrids —He iino showed a number of 
native ina between N. poeticus and N. Pseudo- 
Narcissus. They grow in "ur con e and 
variety at - Sere of 7000 feet 
since as the snow С гайсыз oth 
species howe simultaneously, and not m 
as 4 ngla N^ They constitute what is known 
Long ira 
y chm db pent stated that the name of 
= Je species exhibited by иг Smee аё the last meeting 
ispi pos dn dm 
{8 
la yellow 
eea 
тпа. Тһе yellow tint disappears as 
the season advances, The was buted by 
tem . 
Mr. Murray corroborated this fact, and a that 
rn will sometimes become yellow on the return of 
her. 
ip Bulb, abnormal.—Dr. Masters also showed 
€— received from Mr. Webb, in which one of 
wermost scales had become bent б іп 
а a tubular X the axillary bulbil having grown down 
ards onjunction with it. sa r. Dod alluded to the 
fact that Blue bells and Crocuses so 
ths parent bulb ; 
on dependent axes below 
somewhat difficult to account for this peculiarity. - 
Plant Diseases.—The_ following с 
were received from Mr. Plowright :— 
Dist Crocus Leaves.—" The Crocus leaves sent 
herewith present dist рр 'arance 
towards their extremities that I have frequently 
observed at th he pe It usually 
this I believe not to t 
which these specimen s are taken have had Their leaves 
rted for several years in succession. 
Whether it be the work "ph = in get * AN I should 
be glad e the opinion of an mber of the 
committee edi may be familiar uoi this diseased 
ша exhibited sprays of 
condition." This is of common occurrence, and is 
due to chin or ami cause which prevents the leaves 
сара freely from their sheaths. [The latter 
ca as the one en by the committee.] 
re ch Dis isease, —" Most likely s several diseases are 
included in the term ‘ gera 'as one frequently 
During te fo lowing 
week, white at Hereford, Isearched in vain for speci- 
s of this di een more eret 
he s 
mycelium of a fungus, 
К The. " seased conditions of the branches 
and the structure of the fun &c., are well shown 
in R. Hartig, Telbe der p ылын pL xk 
'he specimens show the m orm swellings of the 
branches and the Peziza Willkommi in si 
closely in external appe к врог rag win 
nts, but their life history is "distinet, the form 
ead ones. si ilar 
MUN living trees, the latter ¢ 
urs W 
hat Peziza, a 
nothing to do with the 
Кы gayet fungus, had n 
wed it. 
imen sent herewi ith 
on Hawthorn upon th formerly sup- 
posed that we had in Europe true Podisomata onl 
1 
касае e: the three Bestelie ame у= 
“ 
orn. 
“ Podisoma Ѕађіп = Restelia cancellata on Pear. 
TO a a Vi S juniperi = Restelia cornuta 
on Mountain A: 
* On May 7, “iss, I na Ng a Hawthorn bush 
with oma on Say By May 17 peridia 
began to be ое ҮҮ їпа yee tt time (June 25), 
it, I infected with 
was followed next year ( 
ments on the 8, ra in two Јем, ape 
by the production y. the punc Pı 
Endophyllum sempervivi.-—" T pote qur of com- 
mon {кысу веп& A was artificially infected 
with this fungus las Е. гетй вре ws of Sem- 
e time di e ome 
affected with the fuugus. 
vote of perd was given {о Mr. Plowright for 
his communicati 
PLANTS EXHIBITED. 
Cymbidium tigrinum. d^ finely grown specimen 
hibited by Messrs. Shuttlew orth. 
Carder & apham. It was figured in the Botanival 
Magazi 7. A Botanical Certificate was 
awarded it. 
Arisema triphyllum — a North American Aroid, 
rip 
green var.—was exhibited by an онин d the usual 
form is "ps showy, having pur ith bars. 
'The plant in gua was grow’ te. the nds of 
the Natural History agg we ^ "South Kensington. 
us creticus, his powerfully 
odoriferous Ааа from ema was shown by 
Iris lineata, КЕ 
auriola, Зр olut 
by Mr, jo 
us ; 
niger А, а luarang ч esd 
