ЕкввпАвү 19, 1887.] 
| d. It is felt that such a recognition would 
3 | greatly encourage the widespread band of florists in 
e membership 
uti out the ens 
,E 
Esq., J.P., Rochdale ; 5 ‘other well-known florists, 
_ GARDENERS’ ORPHAN HOME. — The appeal 
made in our umns last week by two corre- 
J Е: has elicited from Mr. Bratz (of Messrs, 
J. Carter & Co.) the sum of five guineas, as his first 
i annual subscription. We hope record many 
i | More instances when the scheme is lily started. 
15221 
CINDER ASH. —А remarkable instance of the 
ue ofa 
E afforded, The huge, unsightly, and hithert 
ss piles of slag produced in the tédnitfhcinie 
ce, with the most gratifying success, the ground 
g more quickly tha ones or 
The full report is given in the North 
British Agriculturist, and is on all accounts highly 
satisfactory, 
" JOURNAL DE BOTANIQUE."—M. L. Moror, 
28, Rue Tournefort, proposes to p fortnightly a 
new vec iin bee. the above title. e 
1 await it with ا‎ more interest i 
t x horticultural pot of botany are not te 
neglec 
RE MEMORIAL FUND.—In addition to the 
most part 
in excellent condition, is 
for sale in its entirety, 
BuRRIDGE RELIEF FUND.— DEAN 
oe the following additional con- 
—Mess drie 
Messrs, Sutton & Soni, 
id NIE ЖаШ 
Pa = Nix 
imited" at Ipswich until the sum con- 
ib ited i 18 exhausted, 
THE eagle HORTICUL EUM. BENEFIT A 
T SociETY 
О 
о 
т 
elphi, Strand, on Monday evening last, 
r the presidency a Mr. Ricnarp Dzas, one of 
onorary m he election of 
en new ibi, em the nomination of others, 
t Treasurer pro tem., 
for the year i 
the accounts of the Society shows, in respect 
— fund, that the income during the 
€s. 10d., this including the con- 
we 177 members, bid the interest amount- 
6з. 44. accruing from invested funds. The 
THE GARDENERS’ 
'sements, аанай of £19 9s. 714. 
widow of. 8; 3 1 Te Patin i3. 
CHRONICLE. 
gc 
` As the general ug vg this fund we — the 
and 
balance in January 886, was 
£2183 8з. 61d.; on there corre а date E. yearit 
is £2482 5s. 103d., an increase of £298 175. 
benevolent fund, from which n о grants lave’ happily 
been called for, has increased from £1018 2s. 11d. to 
£1092 0s. 14d. during the year—a gain of £7317s, 2}4.; 
and the total amount invested in 3 per cent. Consols 
to £3652 17s. 6d. The report was adopted, and 
ordered to be printed for circulation. The office of 
Secretary being vacant, there were three Py rta for 
the office, the successful one being Mr. W. COLLINS, of 
the gardens at Chivos House, "deris Road, Clap- 
ham Park, S.W, 
NATIONAL CHRYSANTHEMUM A 
meeting of the General Committee of this Society 
took ees at the * же) Four Swans," 
Street, E nday evening last, Mr. 
LANTINE, Vice-President, in the chair, there being a 
f 
Committee were fixed for rate sae 14, November 9, 
October 12 and 26, November 23 and ; these 
meetings will take place as 5 heretofore, at the Royal 
Aquarium. The judges for the several exhibitions 
were appointed, and the mci arrangements 
made. Five new members were elected.. The draft 
schedule of prizes as revised and prepared by the 
sub-committee was then submitted for approval, 
and a long discussion took place over the definition 
favour of retaining the amateurs’ c 
was state encourage Man 
to NS 
Chrysanthemum Society for the coming season сош- 
prise a money value of nearly £400. 
COLONIAL FRUIT.—At the meeting of the Royal 
Colonial Institute on уе ruary 8 Mr. D. Morais, 
Assistant Director, Roy ardens, Kew, read a 
paper on the fruit trade of tnis co панз, pointing out 
that th home pais imports fruit from foreign 
xtent ua more i ‚500, 
By means 
board ship the prospects of the trade in fresh tropical 
and subtroplcal fruits would be greatly improved. 
We shall hope to б, Nee. ts from Mr. Monnis 
paper on another occas 
AGRI-HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF MADRAS. - 
— The last 
contains a detailed account of the 
cyclone which caused P re eres d b agio 
on Novewber ome notes e wild 
Date, Phoenix silvestris, which | grows i 
golden-coloured fruit; and arinifera, HN 
grows by the sea, and which bears black fruit, 
ЕТИМ. — Professor SARGENT 
last been made in 
on the лети 
‘aie iad 
йар еа 
Mecabosiss; кай Beeches, or a large 
ARNOLD 
reports that a beginning has at 
уулар the бы а eran "is trees 
of arrangement briefly 
i 
genera, have been planted 
. The planting is now already 
the etiain DL About 70,000 trees 
shrubs have been vemm planted mir 
the year in the c arrangement of 
boundary belts, lini. in different border and | coppice 
upied by 
plantations. The ground which wi 
ollection has been 
manner. 
type groups have been 
planted in pits aj hah JU kde sl, and ИНИ 
intended to grow singly and develope into specimens 
are planted in pits 25 feet square. Rock, gravel, and 
sandy soil has been removed from all pits to a 
uniform depth of 3 feet, and replaced by a compost 
of loam and peat. The soil as far as practicable, 
has been deepened and enriched over the whole 
surface planted. Nearly a 
ult of ur expendi- 
ture, which is Mri considerable, ‘will not perhaps be 
apparent for many years, but sooner or later the 
Arboretum win get the full benefit of it in older and 
finer trees than could have been raised on its 
naturally thin and now exhausted soil, 
THE TITHE AGITATION.—Several seizures for 
tithes and extraordinary tithes were announced 
in Kent on Saturday last. At Swanley, according 
to a note in the Ti 
fro 
8 of extraordinary tithe, 
the liability for which is disputed, The ho 
and van were sent to an auctioneer at St. Paul's Cray. 
bit this being out of the district was an illegal act, 
an T horse and van were sent back to Mr, Lapps 
who, however, refused to accept them pending а 
ju hé aen The Rev NG, vicar 
of Sutton Valence, has made distraints on several 
farms Ат arrears in connection with ordinary tithe, 
LONDON PARKS.—In the House of Commons, 
in answer to questions by Colonel Huemes and Mr. 
їч 
£330 ; sea Em 
Баш, £64—total, £10, 259. The ide мейл оп 
the above is that on Battersea Park, which is— 
principal of loan by the Public Works Loan Com- 
missioners, £100,000; arrears of simple interest on 
the above at 4 per cent., £73,000; total, £173,000. 
'Towards meeting the charge on account of this ais 
there is an priame income of 
per ann 
e letting of land on building bnt 
all 
ص 
ص 
ЛО‏ 
m‏ 
B‏ 
© 
© 
B‏ 
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eac ay ere i 
about £140 a year derived from grazings in Batter- 
sea and Victoria Parks, 
THE ECONOMICAL CONDITION OF INDIA.—At 
a meeting of the Indian section of the Society of 
а paper on 
Brrpwoop presided. The lecturer said the intrinsi- 
cally valuable products of the country were employed 
at the present day by the natives of India only or 
h they possessed 
ro to make them articles 
of eme cem pes in a not far. istant 
e 
sek vong 
proceeded mark upon im 
of а intra ad foreign Mae: in the minor 
country, He referred to the pecu- 
liarities of de country as а vast agricultural field, 
and — that the бирме of its economical 
re to a large extent, mean the i agi 
ment and пев of its trade in the annual crops | 
removed from its plains. He also dealt at н 
with the chief food substances from India, 
and d d in detail the narcotics of the country, 
including under this head, Tea, Coffee, and Tobacco. 
а CARAGU ATA MORRENIANA.—A new 
are crimson or purplish, 
the larg 
measures about 18 inches in length, The yel- 
