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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[Јохе 18, 1887. 
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APPOINTMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 
MEETINGS. 
FRIDAY, JUNE 24—Royal Botanic Society : Lecture. 
SATURDAY, JUNE 25 €— aer Bociety: General 
SHOWS. 
Salterhebbe Rose Show. 
: ( Leeds Horticultural Society (four 
TUESDAY, | TUNE 21? days). 
[m yere Horticultural 
West Suffolk (Bury $t. Edmund's) 
THURSDAY, JUNE nj апроч Society’ (two days.) 
Scottish Pansy or Siac at «d 
FRIDAY, Jose 24} th Hall, Forres 
SALES, 
See tu eae 
THURSDAY, JUNE. af pe -— x чанад] 
FRIDAY, Jose 244 ^u of ть Orchids, at Pro 
— Iw the year 1837, four years only 
ging мараг me cm memes 
journal, Dr. 
quently its Editor, described and ЖОБА the 
Victoria regia. It had been discovered some 
years previously by D'ORBIGNY, 
ScHOMBURGK, and others, but LINDLEY was the 
botanical science. It was a fitting 
tribute to the young QUEEN, апа nothing that 
has. been since introduced. has proved more 
a i 17 idÓ ct which, 
after : fifty years of activity in exploration and 
n, is of itself worthy of note 
Thirty-eight years cerea Мт. THOMAS 
MooRE, then one of Editors of this 
journal, described RR and figured an 
ve under the name of Agave "Victoris 
Regine, which his recognised. € 
Cine ч. ai how wid moit аана speri 
The енн» have elapsed have not displaced 
this Agave from positi and that it 
merits its place is shown by the illustrations we 
give (fig. 154, p. 807). 
Besides these species, 
. numerous garden varieties and hybrids bear the 
QUEEN'S honoured name. Wi i 
said that those who have been privileged to see it 
once wish to see it again, and those who have not 
enjoyed that good fortune, look forward eagerly 
to the time when they too shall be favoured. For 
the rest, there is a purple-edged €— = 
held in high esteem; there are Pelargon 
and Begonias, Crotons and Draczenas, ito we 
know not what besides, which bear HER Ma- 
JESTY’s name. 
The Royal Jubilee suggests, of course, a retro- 
spect of the progress of horticulture since 1837— 
and what a progress it has been! More: that 
n mainly consequent on wise 
and beneficent legislation, as a result -of 
which wealth and knowledge have increased yn 
become diffused, and the duties and taxes o 
glass and countless other things that eee dia 
ущн and throttled commerce have been 
reduced or entirely removed. vements in 
heating have rendered Macte аы БАШ to 
thousands to whom in 1837 it would have been 
impossible. Newspapers and magazines, once 
dear, are now produced in profusion, and at prices 
io suit all purses. Illustrations, once confined 
to the wealthy, are now to be had by the cottager. 
Flower-shows are held in a large proportion of 
even villages. Knowledge, culture, 
taste, have by these means been immeasurably 
developed since 1837, and as a necessary conse- 
quence the science and art of horticulture have 
wonderfully advanced, to the benefit not only of 
the wealthy, but of the meanest subject i in Her 
Mazrrsrv's dominions, This progress is shown, 
not only in the development of Kew into the 
premier garden of the world, but in the multi- 
plication of the gardens of rich and poor alike, 
et also in the formation of parks and the plant- 
ing of open spaces in towns—a boon of inestim- 
able importance to the health of the residents; 
but one, the value of which was very imperfectly 
recognised in 1837, and one which still stands in 
need of further development 
In 1887 Lovpow and LINDLEY, and WILLIAM 
Ноокев had made themselves great names. 
Dean HERBERT was a type of a scientific horti- 
culturist. Later on in Her MazjrsrY's reign 
came "retten ер Ноокев, and, salve magne 
ARWIN! Collectors and explorers; unde- 
ferred by the fate of DovGras (who just precedes 
this «е; enriched our gardens with countless 
treasures; for illustration sake, two only need be 
ménitioned..-D (now Sir JosgPH) HOOKER, to 
whom we owe the Sikkim Rhododendrons, nd 
FORTUNE, to whom we are indebted for such a 
profusion of fine things as well entitle him to a 
grateful eec recollection of horticulturists 
for all tim 
About 1837 the first florist's Fuchsias, and the 
first hybrid perpetual Roses were introduced, 
but there were then practically no tuberous 
Begonias, no Clematises, no C ‚по zonal 
Pelargoniums, no Cyclamens, no Lobelias, no 
Coleuses, no Crotons. no Draczenas, no Marantas, 
no Caladiums. Tulips, Auriculas, and Polyan- 
thuses have until lately not advanced propor- 
tionately, or, to put it differently, there were some 
sorts at the time of Нев Maszsty’s accession, as 
good as some of those we have now 
. But what do we not owe to the “ raisers " 
P—the 
STAN 
the JACKMANS, and 
since 1837 worked, as кее and their successors 
still are — unremittingly, towards the 
improvement an d increase of our r es, 
As to vegetables, while there has been un- 
great progress, some of the old sorts, 
be such as the old Victoria Marrow w and Knight's 
Marrow Pea, could they be obtained true, would 
be difficult to beat even now. We belióve this 
comparative Puy cas is, „of course, only 
comparative— 
changes 
тута A instead of introducing new blood, 
making t 10st of new breaks, and especially 
by the pr ie of haphazard rather than strictly 
te and scientific cross-breedin 
culture of indoor fruits, especially Grapes, 
has ient increased, &nd not only is their 
cultivation better understood, but the sorts are 
better. On the other hand, improved means of 
communication have nearly put an end to Pine- 
growing, and to some extent interfered with the 
profits of hardy fruit culture. 
In matters of taste great changes have occurred. 
The Proteads, the Heaths, the New Holland 
plants, the Cactuses of our predecessors have 
nearly vanished, but the culture of Orchids has 
enormously increased; to the great advantage of 
l1 and the prodigious development of the 
ture of * market plants," and the increase in 
the y cut-flower " trade, allow millions to enjoy 
-— ero of "plam s 18 giveh in 
publishing in our columns on the * History 
ae: the Botanical Magaz 
Hardy perennials did alpines which were 
almost driven out of existence in our gardens by 
the glare and blaze of the bedding system, are 
again finding f , to the comfort of many eyes, 
and the satisfaction а those 
in 
ir ather than as items 
a patchwo vili. For his change gardeners · 
be garden заня have specially to thank Мг. 
WILLIAM ROBINSON. 
<: In India and the ake great progress has 
n in the коо meet of new, and in 
digious benefits the p 
tanists and ho E who are now turn- 
ing their attention similar work in the case 
of Rubber trees ind hier eene of import- 
ance to t and industr 
ingly at 
The botan ve en 
n in cg enn em till lately it seemed as 
he describers, and classifiers were to 
certain n te bene 
ough it 
‚ One QUUM name out in np nenneo- 
the NEWTON of natur. 
He worked со has im 
rches in vegetable po^ 
not to а 
tters, will — the future of gar 
fot oen centuries com 
e have ибен but cursorilp and super- 
ficially on the vast gf ii he that has been accom- 
is "gue should inspire 
and hope for the 
I right, one would think, 
have stayed the ee of the whilom owner 
Locksley Hall. 
Tux deplorable condition of the 
affairs of the Royal Horticultural 
Society will form the subject 
i be 
d at South 
Kensington on the 28th inst. perfect 
silence has hitherto been oreet == 
governing. body since the general m | 
an outside committee was was appointed to to confer with 
The work done 
at Chiswick 
