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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[June 25, 1887, 
of Erica australis and Olearia Gunniana were un- 
usually fine; both are handsome May-flowering hardy 
plants, not too well aei throug hc iid the country. 
“ The thermometer or w the freezing 
point on four nights, the. total a 
12°, while for last May 4° о ; 
lowest readings were—on Me = эү, 2nd, 25° ; 4th, 
32°; Sth, 29°; 21st Jp 
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m e 
9 
highest, 749, on the хок " the mon 
ock garden a large nu nd of alpine 
and herbaceous sm were in flow 
species i 
May, being seventy-thre 
Amongst the most teinte were 
An a fastigiata Genista pilosa 
Anemone siete sulphurea Gaultheria trichophylla 
narcissifiora aberlea rhodopensis ro- 
Anthyllis erinacea busta 
Alyss ssum alpestre кесер нщ Albertii 
ace lanuginosa oves n OE 
Leichtlinii Lina 
sarmentosa 
» chameejasme Philox nivalis 
Aquilegia Stuartii Primula ped t 
Cytisus Ardoinii . geraniifolia 
Cerinthe "pm Pentstemon Menziesii 
Chrysogonum virginianum Polemonium humile 
Cheiranthus 1 лче ny 
Clintonia Rhodora ры s 
Dianthus — Saponaria ocymoides splen- 
Daphne collina 
Enki: ianthus himalaicus 
dens 
Silene acaulis 
pusilla, &с.” 
The following is ай —À record of tempera- 
ture, vegetation, the Botanic Garden, 
Glasgow, May, via — 
" During the month, the thermometer has been 
the freezing point once, and several times pipe а 
egree or two above it. With the exception of 
y, 1885, when 23° of frost-was agüistere ке fo F the 
nth, this is about the average um 
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tar 
l sorts of hardy trees 
к freely, and being aiia late the 
of an abundant fruit. d. The 
ping ot early leafing deciduous нег ep all kinds is 
very fine this season. Also all the very hardy kinds 
herbaceous plants are both earlier in bloom and 
better developed than usual." 
The following were the exhibits :— 
erso albot Менде, Ferry Road, 
showed several rare eu t Orchid bloo 
ue Lin rud Ў several "ed n flower 
cold fram e n, amongst which w were 
|e heey sin اا‎ (Spikeweed), Primula ge 
niifolia, Не san sp 
stachyum, prose Lalli, 
Fritillaria 
y 
cerissa, Silene puiila, Sax 
lings, from 8. McNabiana and alee: €— 
ocarpa, 
"М Mackenzie, Warriston n Nursery, sent a plant in 
flower of Pancratium zeylanicum. 
SOCIETIES. 
Scientific. ern 
June banede ee McLachlan, Esq., F.R.S., deg chair. 
resent: Messrs. J. O'Brien, W. G. Smi akara 
e А.М. Ridley. б. S. Boulger, Drs. aed 
asters. 
— Dendrobium polyphlebiuii.—' To this plant, su d 
: to bea hybrid between D. Pierardi and a 
ibed 
by Professor Reichenbach i in the Gardeners’ Chronicle 
for May 28 this year. 
Diseased : 
. wnder the name of P. 
hibited foliage of a species of Ornithogalum 
mutans blackened and destroyed S this fungus, 
which spreads very apri sam E e 
Outgrowths on Roo . W. б. Smith 
brongat before the ‘committee Specimens of the out- 
owths so common on the roots of le Eon imi 
gr 
plants, and which ie attributed | in this instance to 
Nematoid worms. Dr. Masters alluded to other ex- 
1 +: P4 Жу T o Xu 2 s 3£ +1 + Pe 
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"m 
Fig. 163.—LEAVES OF ORNITHOGALUM I BY 
HETEROSPORIUM ORNITHOGALI 
e as мн eta nce of Aa Sp em fungus, Bac- 
m ‘the га does 
iue n in general to yor as legu» 
swellings, 
In the instance in question the з ча. were stated t 
yed. 
be half des 
Plants Exhibited —Dr. Lowe exhibited on behalf 
of Mr. 
mma hardy, den Mo її “шаре я 
is quite and when known will **make a sen- 
gardens. A Primrose was 
but i vas desti- 
ta, | i itio | 
pen in baie the e and petals were mottled, 
n the iety kno s Mas eana, is- 
cussion too E lile on fie 8 dobles t, the general result 
ed a 
being that the committee бочу ш the ppearances 
to r. Low showed 
culent roots on M Ке similar to those 
nera 
eral impression is, that р еве ни ате intended 
as reservoirs for storing up wa 
re tee —€— Flowers. bed Barron doen 
mpie 
reflexed, cedi ж were always 
xa amination 
the pollen from а pec kind, a spray 
just as the corolla is falling, and shaken over the 
NA у= probability is that they would set fruit. 
Such a ponte 
were е not. appears 
barr Mg vanis ا‎ wing 
with. fertile ones, and may occur on an 
what is the inherent constitutional cause of the 
geri etn ies of the d 
obscure. It i 
h some plants (Dianthus 
ected grew on a dry an 
sterile Masters called Med " the 
resehirolied. of te a nn and Planchon on this sub- 
as obse rations | on the 
уема 
n was also made 
by the committee to corresponding 
omens in Strawberr 
— ria aie д М, Henslow reported upon 
the plant forwar 
r 
as no trace whatever of any stamens 
isti 
Photag ad of Eucalypts, 4c.—Dr. Masters showed, 
on beh ait of f M. Joly, жыт а Дае of photo phs 
крио various species of Eucalyptus, Casu- 
‚ &c., which were valuable as affording illus- 
нце з of the mode of growth of these tr і 
Psilotum айар bk d'c.—Dr. Masters j^ on 
ehalf of Mr. Tokutoa: i n 
representations o 
95 талдар 
m the 
mo cultivated in Japan. 
. Masters called atten- 
Пу СЕ attention called to 
its excellence as an ever n y town g ens. 
Dr. Masters also sho een for A Saar d 
nurseries specimens of Acer valli (yellow), à. А. 
Weirii, a large leaved form of А. acri ; 
euchlora, a very dark leaved Lime; Fagus 
— the evergreen Beech of Patagonia ; and other 
plan 
Seasonan лышы «еы 
ате пе чен for a few 
he nate harm accrues s than adir 0 
twi 
тад MITIS 
we any of | 
> grown; emen the н 
е Ж туы үнү фы, Ме. e р. Те lig ДА Euer M See E Rie a еа ке ату aT Oa 
