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THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
{June 11, 1887. 
Fungi,” by Mr. К. Iro; and 5, “South African 
Botany,” by Mr. Н. Borvs. 
DR. ASA GRAY.—We observe with satisfaction 
that the Videt of Oxford is about to confer the 
degree of n Professor Asa Gray; while 
Cambridge will acit a similar compliment in the 
shape of the 
THE PHYLLOXERA LAWS,—We have received 
from the Foreign Office through the Royal Gardens, 
Kew, the following copy of a despatch received from 
Berlin :— 
“Му Lord,—I have the honour to transmit to 
your lordship ыч € ex rom the Official 
Gazette of the 12th 
plants y from the States not parties to 
the Tvcerustional Phylloxera ( Convention.—l1 have, &c. 
signe 3: vx “Berlin, 
“The Marquis of Salisbury, K. G., 
нестед 
“R troduction of bulb 
ous 
plan s from the States not — in the Inter- 
т Ў Phylloxera Convention 
“ April 7, 1887. 
"е; Мүк, by the Grace of God, — of 
rmany, King of Prussia, &c., enact in of 
Germa the name 
the Empire, with the consent of the, Federal Connell, 
as follows :— 
n 1. The introduction of bulbous plants not 
tory, an 
situated without the Germa 
allowed under the following con 
“1. Their in отла n is тена exclusively at 
those qm ше tions indicated by the Imperial 
Chance 
" rien 4, No. 1, of the Regulation of July 4, 
“2, The plants must be bep packed, and e 
in such а way that à min ination can 
made. not only of the planis, but also of vn 
ng. 
"8. The — can only take place when 
the examination held at the im station, at the 
cost of the person liable, proves the packet m be free 
of all suspicion of Phylloxera. 
KEW © — We are informed that the 
Royal Gardens, Kew, will be agate on Jubilee Day, 
at 10 a.m., as on Bank Holida; 
HELP FOR THE SCOTCH CROFTERS.—Messrs. 
rs, agricultural chemists, Stow- 
Tub have, on the principle that a little help is 
worth & good deal of pity, presented 1000 bags of 
manure to be distributed among the Scotch High- 
land crofters. The manure will be distributed 
gratuitously by their Scotch agents. The firm, which 
has long been noted for its private charities, is in 
hopes that, as the crofters will now have — 
а. £ 3 1 + 219 124+. Ah н рч 
leo 
celebration, and enhance the good luck of a ee 
much distressed class, by a free gift of seed 
* BOTANICAL wee Cie plants figured 
in the May number are 
Xanthorrhea Preicsi, t t. 6933. UN * Grass-tree," 
of Swan River ; a singular looking plant with 
short trunk, bearing — closely e — € 
& 
from the centre of which emerges а shaft eme 6 to 
8 feet high, like a Bulrush covered at the top ed а 
1 11 
м six projecting : stamens. The plant figured dried 
m Men, and was one of those which was exhibited 
in the West A 
ustralian Court at the recent Indo- 
ition. These plants furnish a useful 
greenhouse perennial, allied to Convallaria, with erect 
angular stems, a foot or two high, bearing broadly 
ovate acute plicate leaves and terminal few-flowered 
panicles. The peduncles are bent downwards, each 
bearing a оне, re ipd six-parted flower, 5 to 1 
inch in meter. The flower is succe әң nhe 
‚эче ae berry. It is remarkable si 
A леа! allied genus occurs in Western North 
Am 
Pleurothallis insignis, t. 6936.— This is the very 
singular, and means unattractive, plant de- 
scribed by Mr. Коте, at p. 477 of our present volume. 
Sir ЈоѕеРН Ноокев considers 16 probable that it will 
eventually turn out to be conspecific with P. glosso- 
нв. f, to which indeed it was originally 
inadvertently re eferr d. 
Billbergia € t. 6937. — A well-known and 
superb species, rkable for its white-banded 
toothed leaves, ‘isa its pendulous flower-spikes pro- 
vided with large rose-coloured bracts concealing 
the green се the segments of which roll up like 
e flowe ands. It is one of the 
most beni of stove plants, and comes from the 
Amazon v 
ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BRITISH FLORA.— 
Messrs. L. Reeve & Co. have issued, in a second and 
revised edition, the series of small woodcut illus- 
trations of British plants originally designed to 
accompany BeNTHAM's Handbook, but applicable to 
any other British Flora. It is very convenient to 
have so good a series of illustrations in so convenient 
a form, and at so low a price; more than 1300 
figures are given, iones a full index of accepted 
names and of synonyms. We observe that many of 
e misprints of fois editions have been corrected 
in the present issue. 
EXHIBITION AT ANTWERP.—At the “ Palais de 
l'Industrie des Arts et du Commerce," Antwerp, 
d an exhibition of the “ Products 
of Arts and Industries connected with ig 
The opening day has been fixed for the 19th inst., 
and the Exhibition will not be closed en October 15. 
and also a building with an are 
The exhibits will comprise garden tools and appli- 
ances, pictures of flowers, fruits, &c.; plans, vases, 
pavilions, garden tables and chairs, gravel, &c.; 
dried specimens, plants in pots, &c.; and, indeed, 
almost everything that has any relation to horticul- 
ture. Intending exhibitors should address M. Corr- 
хет, Palais de l'Industrie, 186, Avenue du Sud, 
Y 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL BENEVOLENT INSTITU- 
Benevolent Institution, through s THUR 
of Arle-Bury, msc the Master, a J ubilee 
donation of 150 guine 
A HYBRID SAXIFRAGE.—Herr Мах Letcur- 
LIN, in the June number of the Z//ustrierte Monats- 
hefte, describes and gives a coloured seinen i of a 
plant called S. speciosa X. It is supposed to be 
hybrid: between S. Stracheyi and the purple кб ебін 
of S. cordifolia. Тһе foliage is evergreen, and the 
rosy-lilac flowers borne in massive spreading panicles. 
FoRESTRY. — On Wednesday last there was a 
meeting of the House of Commons Select Committee 
having the subject of sme under consideration, 
Sir EDMUND LECHMERE ing. 
of Elyas 
of Derby, and formerly n Cast astle, gave 
evidence. He thought 1 the et w was neglected by 
landowners. 
of the subject. He basiert the establishment of 
cae of forestry in England, SEPE and xA UR 
woods of the 
(Qu 
Saulnier).— On Torani the Wer 
_ Феккїхз (Brusse 
A knowledge of arboriculture might be ac quired i in 
two seasons, and much wood that was now imported 
Many thousands of acres of land were available for 
the purpose. Professor Wricurson, of Downton, 
also advocated the ada анон of & National 
School of Forestry. 
PARIS GREEN FOR APPLE-WORMS—BEWARE | 
—The following notice has been sent to us for pub- 
lication :—In Bulletin No. 26, issued last week from 
our Department of Zoology and Entomology, on 
p. 6, a typographical error makes the proper propor- 
tion of Paris Green or London Purple to water for 
spraying Apple trees for the Codling Moth, to be 
lb. of Paris Green to 2 gallons of water, whereas 
г, Professor of Zoology and Ento- 
mology, Agricultural College, Michigan, May 20, 
BOTANISTS, TAKE NOTE.—Dr. Vox Recet de- 
scribes and figures in the May number of the Munich 
Illustrierte Monatshefte, t. viii., p. 142, in due botanical 
to be found in many botanical libraries. 
BoTANic GARDEN, OXFORD.— We learn that it 
is likely that the present Curator, Mr. W. Н. Baxrzn, 
will retire shortly. тев’ long services and 
obliging disposition will no doubt command а liberal 
provision. . BaxTER's son has for some years 
acted as second i in command, and is well qualified to 
succeed to the post. 
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HORTICULTURAL AND 
BOTANICAL SOCIETY.—At the meeting of this 
Society held at the Mechanics’ Institute, Notting- 
Н. WALKER, 
read a paper on “ Daffodils and Narcissus, their His- 
tory, Habits, and Culture." A choice collection of 
plants, cut Pt and fruit was exhibited by 
the member 
PLANT DISEASES.—The United States Govern- 
ment allots a sum of 9400 dols. an nnually to the 
Department of Agriculture at Washington tor inves- 
tigations into the nature and treatment of plant 
ther 6000 dols. are appropriated to other 
departments of botany. 
CHERRIES.—M. Van Hurme adopts the a gt 
e of Cherries: — The Cherries 
flexible shoots and fruits, with juice colourless, Ma 
ood of the same с! 
5 
i 
T i $ 
fleshed fruits, juice sugary, colourless ; wild uj sii 
ith firm wood, fruits small, insipid, juice colour 
PRESENTATION TO MR. G. A. posmi 
кыган» his term of office as Mayor * 
Mr. D м was presented by his ا‎ 
with an аб, beautifully bound іп тогос 
did vario 
Commissions, and the members of the 
logical Institute of Great Britain and 
PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.—Journal of the a 
cultural and Horticultural Society of India (Ca 
Т. S. Surru, City Press, 12, Bentinck Street): 
férence sur le Canal de Nicaragua. Раг. \- 
aris: Office of: L’Etoile de France, 25, 
; Е. Havez, Rue de 1 
