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THE. GARDENERS..CHAONIGLE. 
[JULY 3, 1875, 
the resignation must be made to the Council 
and not to a general meeting. 
— THE following ано, signed by more 
than ty twelve Fellows of the R ULTURAL 
e, un 
of the Royal СЕЕ Society respectfully icu 
the Council of the sai ciet summon a general 
ows with as itl delay as possible 
to consider the gena of Lord Bury, Sir COUT 
LINDSAY, and Mess 
LEY HUME 
their resignations and other m 
deemed necessary to introduce " the wee уе, the 
ad a 
25 
ich it is placed from the 
obstructive position mp es m ue у” URY, ced 
Y DOBREE 
and LET HUME in Pme ater nl of their 
resignatio: 
— We re ag to publish the following 
announcement Yt relatin to the CARTER C NG 
be competed for on July 7 at 
ason, 
aake the competition as 
vise 
r Beans, optional; any й variety 
of Parsley ; кусты pods of Beans in all cases, 
—— EURYANGIUM SUMBUL KAUFFMANN, a v ery 
тонн plant, is flowerin 
of the Royal Gar r 
It yields the drug ‘‘ Radix 
ussia as a substitute for Musk about the 
ecomme as a remedy 
А nown in Germany in 1840, an nd 
ten years later in БААМ, It was Án into the 
ritis armaco 1867, an rescri 
in the tin ган йай. tonic. Itis said 
be a nervine stimulant, like Valerian, to 
antispasmodic properties, Further than the above 
its history has n found traceable by th 
uthors the Pharmacographia. “Тһе plan 
was discovered in 9 by a Russian traveller, | 
FEDSCHENKO, in the mountains of Maghian, ne 
Pianjaken 
mei 
of transverse slices, I to 2 inches, ra arely as 
5 inches in diameter, and an inch or more ра thick- 
i campestris — of 
which thee of the Sumbul ghee a very close m- 
panicle is composed of about эе A 
йе оой А. branches, ыл ады начары 3 feet from 
the apex. talks, wit 
the жзг 
be of interest. The root came to hand 
ina dry and ee condition, 
for the first season, an thy leaves a тойс, 
and heal 
but which on the — check died a About 
three years ago it was planted in its ан — 
on a small hillock hd мев with plenty of 
oamy soil, Sar there it has since flourished bow 
ntermission. adie eher the 
hand = giv аста 0! 
important point of attention ; it 
loosely leaves, though, | rature, 
it is apparently quite hardy. A mulching of litter is 
;»enefici i er, and when the i 
weak manure-water be given. In a state of 
roots may be safely sent to a distance, pack 
in erdt to - Hen? des yee of 
that 
—— Some idea may be mne - to = ver^ “ 
Leite c Lenten ч a statemen 
E'S ort on the Royal ‘Bot otanic “Garden 
Майны, pred on alluded to, 
extra labourers were ob. E 
a 
depth of 3 inches. 
results E MM in M 
which correspond with 
and which were үрөн in our columns at the time 
(1865, p. 1177). 
—— The Times of the 24th ult. contains a long 
- very interesting letter from an officer of H.M. 
ship CHALLENGER, giving a rage of the weal done 
five 
soundings it has bea established as a fact that while 
pe surface temperature of the M 
and 80°, there exists at a grea 
valet 2to 3 mi бе tick with a ми аса little above 
ure ‘of the sea wang 
clay, i 
сте of chalk, an ace the positus 
a ‚ great river was inferred (as itt turned ont он тешу) 
mong 
which Mr. MOSELY, the M men ded some fift 
were of net Be seed vessels. A good illustration m 
n which plants may m dispers 
of the natives of some of these lita 
= am and in some реб extremely 
arises 
and injuries inflicted on 
scoundrels of European or Am 
hey wear necklaces of shells and seeds, we tusks, 
fresh gr : f ry beautiful, 
ow-leaved, variegated n. These bunches of 
leaves look like large жнт or wings, and, con- 
rasted w e dark skin and t carlet flowers, 
he s 
are most effective. All the natives sp well armed 
with strong bows of hs pet sd ood, x 
bably a 
qn st ratt Bikers arro 
of cane 5 feet or 6 feet А ng, "with lo ong T ads of КА 
wood му! barbed for - foot or a des xat a- 2 
from : e point. In almost every canoe the 
hree very ау hee stone "hachets 
of different patterns, mounted on h ood handles. 
e hatchet-heads closely eitis "иёт: found in 
нги and Ic cies 'They are made of a hard, 
ne green nes berg i н» nearly a as s high 
a polish as jade. cano 
scarcely 8 = enough to let in De “legs oe a burly 
European, As usual, the rowers sit in the ca 
d 
intramural cemeteries, nor do they trouble themselves 
about cremation o ead, as pied be seen from 
the following extracts :—‘‘ The very "effective 
pantomimists, and when MS nonc dnas became of 
i ey made the unequivocal signs that 
they cut them in pieces, boiled them, and ate them !” 
“* On one occasion on: 
eat a dog which happened to Logo at the time, they 
expressed strong aversion. It is that they 
are totally ignorant of the use of ло and spirits." 
UELLER has construed our n 
on the inconvenience of 
i on 
м! ack on himself. Nothing was further from our 
thoughts, for we are well aware of, and have gladly 
drawn attention is labours in the cause of science, 
and fully appreciate the results; The p ce of 
an energetic and accomplished botanist, such as Baron 
Е in Australia, in the early days оѓ coloni- 
sation, saved, doubtless, many species to science, 
and the distant сейген undertaken by him, 
or at his instigation, m makin 
эл -— of Australia better vestig than that of 
other part of the globe of equal extent, except 
саре His experiments on useful plants are worthy 
in the southern seas, and especially on the coast of New 
uinea and neighbou uring islands, b y the officers and 
scientific staff. Sou e obtained in one place 
at a depth of miles, and from that and other 
atives, who are not tro ea with tailors’ bills, 
nevertheless wear wigs or chignons and coronals of 
scarlet Hibiscus flowers [H. rosa mox probably], 
ora ower, shee: the middle of the forehead, | 
801. 
d all а тете M regret, egre eve he shoud! - 
ve régarded ou marks in different from |. : 
Vel intended че му and disclaim any | 
ish or intention to depreciate his invaluable conti. | ; 
butions to the botany of Au Indeed, so long | 
as systematic botany is studied, so es will the name 
f FE N ER a promin nent and 
ioc dien Les on as the ibu 
o, and earn vd уены of, e se of i the с vegetable 
ов tions о of h ntry ; e do not 
doubt that foe em ivl of Аена will more 
fu the value of 
ully (xong his services than the 
present e y pointed e: a case in which we 
think that a Miror ain name tt d been quoted 
in the оға Australiensis Sei the way in which 
we expressed th 
in 
have for some reason been discarded, they 
This is done, doubtless, with the. iai 
the synonymy. 
e those of most saturi 
regarding the limits of ides have unde m: 
since he first began publishing, and the dud 
to nn dern all names that have not actually been pub- 
lished does not t deserve severe censure, even if ће. 
practice cause some inconvenience. e se ntence 
“ Of this we might adduce CERES instances,' ? refers 
to € preceding clause—‘‘a plant once thoroughly 
know under a certain name by gardeners, feta it 
o 
to "e end." We believe, however, that we are right 
in stating that Baron MUELLER rarely pe out 
specimens without names, ae t iven to imper- 
fectly known or new specie 
visional pending — алг зу ation. As 
€ m some of t are afterwards reject but 
taken up for a sal new species, it is confusing to 
those unacquainted with the nature of the change. 
rtheless, we regret tha 
e € due the light of a personal 
attack, though we feel sure that no one else would 
take that view of the m em 
e learn that a dinner will be held at the 
HORTICULTURAL CLUB, 3, Adelphi e hu 
бр mbers 
yerman, Bruce 
an, yo 
amo! 
ing are 2-0, m 
Assi 
D T: MeCullun, йын; William Marshall, En. 
odd ; Dixon Beverley, Burnaby Atkins, Sevenoaks ; 
— With reference to the вач POTATO DISEASE 
we have received the followi 
"T 
wing BERKELEY 
his seems a б nity of saying 4 
few words respect e disease in Potatos, which 
is now EE attention, and which seems to 
be confined prin 
cipally, if not entirely, to the new 
American varieties, The disease occurred here 
the Early Vermont last zan but did not ee 
notice, as it was s 
some iar a ogee ое. and the ome 
variety is similarly affected now. The Early Rose 
vikia foa n had e wonderfully, and 
was pr good-sized tubers, the ition 
is now entirely altered, the rapidity and degree of 
d pending on the comparat mposed | 
ere the beco eliquescent, spots 
set. deli 
first appear at the base of the haulm ; discoloured and 
cracking, the haulm at once decays, as the peculiar 
pear on the ves; where the set 
is still comparativel thy, no spots appear 
t ase of the stems, but es diseased cond | 
strongly visible on th I have 
ined the rud eap е, “though набд: 
па one ог two bodies which I ca Mer to nothing | 
Protomyces, the ui are so in MEA that they | 
cannot at present be asserted to bethe per. or justilf | 
one in ѕауі h 
at 
nowledge on the subject, it tt 
оо hasty a judgment, for it may be constitu 
unfortunately, constitutional di 
о 
malady occurs at all in the old varieties, and, 1 80, - i 
whether there is evidence to show that it has occured 
an —— ү 
ты ae teat pee the parts which seemed sound #® 
Covered with fun, 
