Јохе 18, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
809 
those who could do good work are the ate 
to deplore the lack of the rae Bay leisu 
The Long Vinery, as it is called, на well 
for a good crop of that 
Colmar; and the huge conservatory—now 
known as the Dig Vinery—also looks well, “ Thin- 
ning” is now the order of the day there—a big 
business in such a structure. 
gloomy at South 
in the Society wed we ч ап id believe is а 
happy augury and o 
the general comae ion of the garden itself 
we may say that, all things considere ed, it is very 
Finally we may note that the Chiswick Hor- 
ticultural Society's Flower Show—an important 
one this season—will be held in the Chiswick 
Gardens on July 14 next. 
HE “EUROPEAN MAIL” AND THE ''COLO- 
NIES gom ae ss ae the ee of Mrs. 
Слвкү-Новз Мїзз В there will be 
published in uoc а: а Бене апа notable addition 
to the European Mail and the aed and India, in 
hold pie Тыз will 
T dd the several бан: rs 
satire civilised world. 
ا‎ 
on new and original serial story, entitled T The 
reasure Tree: a Romance of New Gui 
TING OF NURSERIES.—A public emen d of 
eps eu to 
on а ned course d action with a v sus te 
reduction of assessments. It is quite time at some 
action was adopted whereby our heavily handicapped 
nurserymen and market growers may su ccessfully 
compete with the foreigner in our own а Тһе 
holders of various vested interests who cling to their 
c 
IN 
consulting the convenience of 
others who are desirous of attending the meeting of 
the Royal Horticultural Society. 
An EpiTOR'S DuTIES.—The demands made 
upon us, though satisfactory in one sense, are some- 
times embarassi е 
besides the d: contingent from Germany, Fra: rance, 
and other European countries. A short time since we 
received an крй сай from a subscriber to rec 
mend geh a wig-maker, while € correspondent 
sought our assistance - a motto, to be inscribed 
on an See handle 
" ANNALS OF BOTANY."—It is proposed to pub- 
lish from time to time, under the above title, original 
Papers; adequately illustrated, on subjects pertaini ing 
logy, histology, physiology, paleobotany, no. 
geographical distribution, economie botany, and syste- 
matic botany and classification ; also articles on the 
history of botany, reviews and criticisms of botanical 
The Annals will 
xford ENT! Pre 
guarantee of the care with which the penu and 
SiN will be executed. They will be edite 
by Professor "Ват YLEY BALFOUR ai the University of 
Oxford ; Dr. — Reader 
n Botan the 
University of Cambridge; and by Prudent B G. 
Fanrow, of fam University, Massachusetts. 
RHODODENDRONS AND NOVELTIES AT nl 
HILL.—The display of Rhododendrons and Aza 
at Knap Hill is marvellous, not only in extent, id 
for geom and quality. We cannot go into de- 
tails on this occasion, though we y have some- 
thing say lat Meanti new Azalea: 
cro e 
arelikely to be specially valuable as extending the 
i the late-flo мӯ g ten- 
dency of t . Two fine new 
ep are эў тон de Louis Spath, with ые habit 
d fo: flower of Dr. Lindley, n with ш ger 
боген of а dee Mar 
as statuesque. 
paragraph alluding to the ears ойын of the Blue 
i he Parryana € 
uch o 
beauty of this, but it must be re red dii des 
vidual plants us pede in бй of glaucescence 
while the t s green. Even in this state it is 
amply worth уйт + for its compact bold habit. It 
is quite on tins xs does well, as we know, on soils of 
varied characte 
A mee FOR THE QUEEN.—Mr. F. SANDER 
desires us to insert the этерин. request to culti- 
vators of Oh and others 
re commanded by Her Majesty the QUEEN 
to "à Imperial Jubilee Bouquet, a and our A: 
ing very great and , pressing in this instance, w 
shall esteem it partie cular favour if you wi ii 
us possible with cut spikes of Orchids, in 
to reciprocate 
any future time ouquet will be made by 
Воск, of Covent Garden, in S uction Rooms 
n Monday next, "s will on view th 
when completed + clock P.M., а 
nd 
glad vot Jom visit of inspection 
It be the largest and 
and will 
SANDER by the Empress of GERMANY e best 
collection of Orchids at the Dresden International 
Exhibition e ar t desirous for complete 
success in this great undertaking, and trust we may 
istanc 
operation. а di 
pecial — very early on Monday morning for 
e h as you may be кке, us, and 
able 
ow 
ur reply in course of post will much oblig: 
ts other ae the flowers could be sent direct to Mr. 
Воск, Centre Row, Covent Garden, W.C., stating 
the purpose for which they are intended. 
SCHIZANTHUS AS essct а 
—One of the ae features in the 
t ical Garden, Ol 
appear akin to 
wonder. Mr. с Y grows diflorus, pinnatus 
and retusus, tv wt The 80 
September, ana the plant ted into 8-inch pots 
when large enough, placing three plants in a pot. 
— thus сты eod valuable decorative speci- 
, 4 fee emen t, S e dense and 
highly r енда of bloo 
soe Sit CARNATION AND PIC 
ION.—The annual мавт of pen пөш 
соч 18 хей! ior Tue 2, and will take 
bringing the lists up to date. 
ably p y and will be found an excellent guide for 
grow f Carnations and Picotees, and especially 
to heii Бер nners 
THE AGRICULTURAL HALL, ISLINGTON. —This 
old place of bovine 
spectacular entertainment is going to be turned into 
nother Arcadia, so says the “ —— to the Trade " 
which. lies befor The re 
ctr 
ичин that several cups in gold and silver and 
medals will be given for bo н, 
groups, baskets, and garden furnitur 
NOTICES 0 OF Books. 
THE ишнен б oni dk y ОЕ TET WORLD: ен 
Travels a 
n Mexico and С. 
rica from 1857—1882. M: Désiré He 
(Chapman & Hall.) 
In magos the above work on these wonderfal 
ruins, Mr. A. D. Keane says, in the Academy for 
May 28 :-— 
“M. Cha ved "A solved . . . the great tree ques- 
tion, showin the doncentric — ай p 
Ба ogany and sitar ==” mei correspond 
supposed, but ihr = 
many years, as had be 
ods of 
so vnd months, if vies even to shorter periods 
growth ;" and he quotes the following passage from 
his author i in proof of this assertion mers to 
cut a twig some eighteen ths old, ы по 
less than ig viet concentric mg 
myself that this was not an ve fact, Y 
branches and trees of every size and description, vi 
the same ayer occu ey їп ren the same 
oportions. More than ai 
dition to Pits in 1859, Ih 
h. 
grown ve. cannot be more than twenty-two years 
old; n cutt 2 feet in 
diameter, had NH р 230 concentric circles—- 
a month, or even less." 
1700 ( петият ей others, assigned to 
ruins on the assumption of the great age of the 
trees by which they are overgrown wn.” Апа 
ipiam the above quotation ac "t open up 
n of these “ tongues in 
e they betrayed our соп- 
sciences must be revolutionised, and our 
studies therein carried back to their A B C, since, if 
te, instead of 
rock, and e oldest of its family, is not of 
recent formation, and distinctly stratified only em 
we are too —— e discover its line of cle avage ? 
The above specu to 
portance, that I mae to beg you to take up their 
di ion, and invite your readers to collect sg in 
in- 
iscuss 
disproof or verification of a question of so mu 
