72 
then wrote: “It is not generally known that the 
so-called London Plane, which succeeds well 
other 
Thames ankment and in 
e Metropolis, is not the true Eastern 
P tanus. gaara but a distinct 
ту Ippo: 
tion of the Doi healthy tree 
таи at Westcombe 
k, and from which 
seedlings were raised at ied nwich over — 
ago. Of the numerous есе, Же. s 
ihe most distinct is cuneata, £s 
may M een in an square, 
planted by the E i m ruant ed. 
. The giving ‹ of varietal names 1 
suc! 
of very variable trees 
puns” d be done cautiously 
area one of 
= the ancient "and: sadly co 
сем Fairchild as 
— in by tall кааш 
tmospher 
the on one 
Dunstan’s House on the other. tare 
of introduction of the Eastern ум thi 
country is, unfortunately, not known, though 
as sixteenth cen . Assumin: 
that the St. Dunstan's tree w: ears plan 
as 20 y 
when 40 feet hign де fair пр са en situation 
of soi 
жой 5 Ff are taken into accoun е б. 
ed by Fairchild, th р 
about 1752. ^ D. Webster. 
The Snowy Fly (se 
——— sd Pak s 
measures taken destruction. I 
epo a great deal of саа wit i it about о 
ts; 
Lagu was pt on ni pan -— раа; rchased plants 
Bouvardias. ipping in : cide, if 
—This pest is 
despite the 
54, this bi t down perfect insects, but 
had no effect = the "larvae d p under 
the scales. The house w: ised every three 
M" to the ground a them 
ere not dead, but revived ui unless ho hot water or 
the time to hich Tede nm ne aan гы 
е time ve er the pests I PaRI 
increased, under glass but out of 
Failure of the Gooseberry Crop in Cumberland, 
eec upset T AO e record 
A nM in the plain of 
should imagine 
al period i is when the bush is in 
uld the of the flowers 
D bon dor dà 
Mem e, feci pe pelo wil 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Аосозт 2, 19 
ted and the flowers will dry instead 
'The bushes here ripe ‘ot A “flower 
in- 
frost. x ed ех of 
OE gerere ig but the 
instead of setting 
onl 
be pre 
of ана 
and well in 
which one come 
nty-four i 
barely Кошу эйс of an average —— 
crop w. had 
= п 
Cumb boclan d untains and ted 500 
feet saree here is, oddly, a ge ied of 
Gooseberri Here, probably owing to the 
altitude, the bushes were not качон 
уапсей in [ош to suffer > from 
ost. i the seberry throug 
spring froita: ‘ab this hei 
in 
not infrequent, but at еы чиш оп: it i 
en 200 
into 
ost, danger a selection of early and 
obtainable, seems Маге 
would enlighten 
spri 
des Senee if 
Bee ре sina А seberry expe: 
this poin J. P., Carlisle. 
———— 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
Jor kii. 
зы an Oc 
notwithstanding 
его hi 
id Зена лда at Pray meeting held in the Tae 
oe Scottish Dril Drill Hall, tminster, on the 
_ The Orchid | Ошон had a very short sit- 
e Medal and one Award 
Commi which — 
has the bulk of the work, AR er one gold and 
medals, class Certificate 
4}, UR E Te] 
no less interesting were the dry, home- 
bulbs of Tulips ai — ong for which ven 
arrangements w this 
is 
J. Jennin 
дәме, БОШ ‘Dickson, J: W.M 
{ Thoman E. H. Saa 
Corley, Chas. E. Pearson, Thos. Steven- 
E tt. 
Plants 
FIRST-CLASS mi deni 
Чат ннн crispum va 
growing variety of rather stif habit, d; ind 
densely sted witk cig erm 
with 
will be found very useful as a house plant; ite 
colouring and habit fit it for some forms of 
summer bedding; and, у a it has t 
Cumberland is ; = 
foliage. Shown by Hon. Vicary Сїввз = 
E. Becke eres Aldenham House, Elstree. 
flowering species with 1 
eight “inches long, semi- ari qnd cepe , and с 
to five flow The stems 
aie асва 
Sweet Pea Market P andsome, 
аснод. strong- өшкү; variety after the 
old Constance Oliver. The flo 
h 
solid Mer en 
AND HITCH 
ын pon icif olia. delig 
nie n piant eminently suitable for 
the rock garden, or for the 
It has elegant ni ieie pik 
flow 
rosea.—A. 
ere were numerous flowers open at once 
GRO 
The exhibit of Sweet oh Par put up by M 
ALEX. Dickso: ох AND Sons was the moe € 
ful display in the hall. Al ough so 
ee ше effects of bad weather, п үз 
е, clean and bright. 
ооа е the large 5 
bud, Royal Purple, Ha 
ark Ur , Hawlmark 
Tom Jones and Elegance (Gold 
ie central геше of the exhibition ¥ 
arge group of Мое е of ge Soom e cn 
ards. * erot f 
is smeT tinct, 8 
the ns рыда hall very т penny. Je people 2 
e group was of Mignon ue 
