Jone 25, 1887.] 
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permanently, and the fountain also, together with 
Old Manchester, they will be valua 
Supp 
вая show ‘altogether unn 
ent at the V cessary 
Raised walks have been e he there, the 
slopes of the sides planted "with Rhododendrons vem 
ther shrubs. gravelled 
een cut across the ront stretch of ti E pow a Taria 
band-stand erected. t the end of the gardens nea 
he Trafford Road ommod refresh- 
ment p s been erected, but could be transformed 
into a valuabl теа e if allowed to remai 
Mr. Fi aere Vig dm -— is ji en in ed 
Longo e nd if so ctures be 
nently retait d ds pios “Of the geese! Wil 
е greatly enhanced, and their attractiveness in- 
creased. ?. D. 
CHISWICK e —In the résumé of t 
admirable and v; ork done at Chiswick by m 
oyal Hortioultural Society (see p 
made of the mu 
is left publicly unrecorded. 
om 
at 
powered to furni e nthly, may be 
thought best, to the gardening Press reports of the 
proceedings of interest in t جو‎ ‚ whether of 
trials or of committee ee an ^ of 
subjects of interest in or in 
n fru 
a little teary EST waded. 1 think 
"97 vai eid and 
e to show to the 
world at large how valuable an institution horticul- 
turally is Chiswick Garden, Middles 
flower. With 
US PARVIFLORA.—I fully endorse all your 
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corresponde ent, bster, says réspecting the 
beauty of Pinus рагу iflora, but my experience is at 
h its hardiness was и а аррар 
ocured from М & Sons, 
Cónibé Wood ey a nicely firitified pho t of P. 
4 — was duly planted in a sheltered 
e it grew, and did well, S 
out 6 feet in 
d one 
been out 
several ee but which are cir and produce shed 
annually. Ep.] 
SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME.—Mr. Samuel Bar- 
t Stakehill House, Castlet 
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a few minutes, and is then harmless to 
found by experiments that after nera eek crt of 
lime had been rained upon for ten hours, it was still 
powerful to destroy slugs. 
employed is the ordinary 25 to 28 soluble." 
HI арнар нері: RIVULARIS : 
ALGA.—At о 
А NEW BRITISH 
mined plant to be MHildenbrantia rivularis, 
regarding Horin Alga there is an interesting note in 
6, p. 121. 
nei e in 
re. Itn grew on the quartz pebbles in the 
water, but sometimes abundantly on the pebbl 
banks: the ur of the plant is dark red, like 
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Murray came fr e _ Nottinghamshire, and м 
been on a mantelpiec t" for ove 
TULIPA CHRYSANTHA.—This dwarf bulb, which 
was named > — pis UR pa which is 
included о f T. montana, by 
‚ Baker ч in е p ou of the most in- 
teresting little b ulbs we have seen for a lon 
It seems to vary in hei i 
an inch to half а foot and over. It 
owers, an the depth 
ents. The form re- 
at the present time 
sent 
liar arance. Th 
die be нана at low edoceri 
a very clos e highe 
m ascend the hills ihe pk the leat aries e 
il eet is reached, which we believe is the 
limit at present. Beloochistan to Bokhara, &c. (T. 
Lehmanniana, Mercklin, is a syn.) D. 
NEW R —In your Á— of the 4th June, at 
p. 475, ther Aion Len cation from one who 
shelters himself under t de plume “T 
ose.” Н ments, which are rather extreme, 
П no bt be accepted by most of your reade 
cum grano: but having for six years acted as Secre- 
y of the Glasgow Pansy R i 
reply 
a mane церк, 
not know o of the eile ry hich I 
will leave with Tir Eol r the information of 
“Tame Rose,” let me say that the judges, at least so 
far as the G w show is concerned, are inated 
y a large committee, and det hosen from among 
those who, for many years, have been the most suc- 
cessful competitors ; and I "think it must be conceded 
be essful сот! 
do not think he wou 
judges у 
n е Rose have acted as judges there 
^ e Rose" says, “I had the көм of seein 
г Dickson's new Rose, Earl of Dufferin, at 
he superphospha ate 
Tac 
e Glasgow Show last July.” then даи 
a Mame the judges for granting that Rose a cert 
fi the plea of violating the rules of the 
of. its ig likeness to 
sper Langier; (4), because of only one 
being shown. Аз regards his first objection let me 
inform “ Tame Rose 4 яй the six judges on Roses 
unani of Dutferin not only the 
best Boge | Шой: in the hall, ees a dec 
to the H.P. class 
and in perfume 0 
А А 
Bray. Th , however, that at each o these 
places the io prg received a certificate for 
Earl ar weight of evidence which 
must ae : mer against p dg of an anony- 
mous ndent. Аз 
m 
bloom in the hens ege а! сле Ist priz 
twelve bloom separate, staged for x сбое, 
T. McCrorie, Kilbarchan, June T 
WATERING TREES AGAINST рт — After the 
ae and wd spring came to an Bi Be 
Longfor 
watered then, noe e the trees being soon afterwards 
in flower. мк e fo P svn of the fruits ад 
c M have rat several waterings, to prese 
iai gg in | health and 4o prevent pret dropping. 
There ia is at all t 
e roots r wall trees than is the dam 
азо 
afforde h 
are growing by the о of the wall. H. 
Ward. 
SCOTLAND. 
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Ai ds BOTANICAL SOCIETY.‏ 
E 9.—The Society met on wd irse =‏ 
Piik 9, in the class-room, Royal — c Garden‏ 
Professor Dickson, President, in the‏ 
The evening was equally divided tid the read-‏ 
i rs and an inspection of the floral treasures‏ 
of the PE. 
parations of rare and new А1д® 
Pur woe ioe Lord Howe's Island. Mr. Taylor 
ead a note from Mr. "ik Buchanan, iei High- 
май, ioi is zealously planting Coffee in that dis- 
e Str ager’ nite planted in the first 
of these localities, w. sin 2000 feet from the 
t plant, discovered by 
Sir John Kirk on the aui of the Shire, is not 
flou ; but this is of the less importance, as the 
pom of the world are now supplied for some years 
to com 
Mr. dsay, Curator of un ент Botanic Garden, 
Sensi; his report for M 
vs йек y the month of May vegetation inscia 
ss, althou h there w 
abie amount of da sigo duri 
Pyrus and Prunus, H. Chestnut, ee wthorn, 
Laburnum, and Magn purpurea. The quantity 
and condition of the flowers produced were rather 
above t ds M А wering Rhododendrons 
and pontica are very well covered with 
cir m while G Ghent Azaleas are v 
ery sparse, 
