YA UE 
JULY 3 1875.] 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
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url, seems to be 
to the existing н Тһе рте 
inquiries, кыз above all 
s I was os 
тапу c s en cut, though 
- still рУ pat the disease m virulent, though 
ses are undoubtedly 
raised from tubers im- 
orted immediately f. a bein present 
quite healthy. It seems ger certain that it is the 
same disease which rmerly prevalent in this 
"^ country, Mas eel m: = North, T it was too 
- well-kno of ‘curl,’ One sin- 
m pins. is dio: in gems cases “te oe nne 
4 has commen elow the make 
new growth, one side of the к эу М eid Dari 
—— We are informed that Mr. 
the С; Gardens, Elmham Hall, has undertaken the 
charge of the дугі » WILLIAM N ICHOLSON, Esq., 
Basing Park, Alto 
|^ —— Referr 
it decomposes, and is 
In all the cases in apy 
under pice colour accom- 
, І have placed 
é We learn that Dr, Носс has been eiiis 
‘Secretary to the ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIET 
and th seat on he 
3 e be 
more е equitable to South Kensington nions (which, 
hings go, must be considered m the South 
Kensington element has proved itself t to horticulture. 
—— The SEVILLE EarLY LowcrOD BEAN is 
well maintaining its high character at the Chiswick 
Gardens of the Royal Horticu Mr. 
BARRON considers it to be at least four days earlier 
E M: аг] і 
\ n variety for early 
out being a BA it is yet a атм ‘copper, and 
foliage is qui 
—— In the March number of the Buletin de la 
Société d'Acclimatation M. Ep, RENARD gives an 
of a “New SPECIES OF BAMBOO, with 
together yi various a arti 
at the same time, is highl 
remarkable in having a sq stem, the 
UM "id йор M. RENARD says 
Er. шу in ti plains surroundi 
SMYTHE, late of 
ериш 5 сате travels in China and Japan he saw 
nowhere else ; but t hinese merchants assured 
it exi in H 
urally forms a square 
nope, t the result of artificial 
d vince the members ү" the Vien 
i the truth of his statement he g ad a bundle of t 
stems placed in the entrance hall, and taa invited iih 
member to provide himself w 
for a walking-stick, He des 
eig o 
stemmed species so much or walking canes. 
The stems are invariably square, though angles are 
sometimes rounded, and voy n and slender ; 
and the foliage is ample and um ome scep- 
tical people have Pieri ve veracity of M. RENARD'S 
on but it does ppear so very im 
b n we deii go net "yim are not 
сонне in the neighbouring family of Cyperacez, 
in which we have hec all the forms ver attis s dis 
tinguished as wid wid triquetrous, a int qua adran- 
gular, &c. In it is chie a —— — its 
ornamental appearance с for cem че: wind, 
the stems u walking! жура de root 
part being fantastically at y sent 
home plants of this curious species, but o» w end 
aptain of the 
int 
Bamboo 
form деке fet a 
the 
foot high, a 
igh, and is commonly sold in the weh 
THWAITES informs us in his annual 
report that the CULTIVATION OF TEA is progressing 
most rapidly IN CEYLON. Extensive clearings of 
forest land have been — in different directions for 
forming plantations, ev 
tions upon the hills. 
up to co 
Plantes are generall 
their seeds from India od many 
in orde good fresh seeds may be availa 
distribution to rte not willing to incur the risk of 
getting so perishable a seed from India. 
—— The extensive TRIAL OF oo now кч 
En ARR a at cm 
t the present stage er g e4 =; ће 
Ea y Silverskin чре the new Queen Oni s it is 
termed, appears to be the earliest, bulbing-in уша Ку, 
апа ing ittle top. e Early 
The oul 
actively egg itself in the trial rot Onions being 
Mr. BARRON ; as the e under 
Perd ne 
and it ma 
been sown at Chiswick. 
e Hants Independent reports that the 
Rovat Is Ex OF 
bout to die a natural death. Judging 
zes to the value 
WIGHT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
by the ng 
an 
over the aw vu) 
were y 
‚ш! ана kat fie ta whole 
prizes in thirty or so of classes for ts, 
cut flowers, fruit, and bles, are taken by about 
half a dozen exhi it is evident that t- 
ever may be the Society's list its exhi- 
bitors E Aeon) е ave (ot p^ not be Vue 
to thro at flower show e may exist in 
one united pda establish | ч zh that shoul 
hold UM ча of hs and of t 
Royal island ? 
At this season of the year, when the Carnation 
Picotee are rapidly developing their flowers, the 
an 
following remarks on CROSSING THE NATION 
PICOTEE, with a view obtaining improved 
varieties, may be acceptable as showing the mod 
adapted by that well-known raiser, Mr. E, S. Dop 
WELL, formerly of Derby. NM тр. 4 M assist ri 
—— is but a simple operation. e grow 
ely to collect the Кы тм from dis flower, and 
pele it delicately, with a light touch, to ue Vi 
of the flower intended to bear seeds. e po Tip 
which has the appearance of n ro vnd balls o 
whitish-grey — will on fou 
the vary, о germ, o 
in the interior of the ell and. may 
беч гея, іп а mature 
ment will suffice 
orns, w 
impregnation may naturally ensu d 
been а ed or assumed, and ^ sult of course 
will m time most sible | for performing 
pion, the E at such a time being heavy and 
adhesive in its character, and has n ight 
dusty powderiness requisite for fertilisation. In all 
the crosses bet f the 
that i rlet bizarre wi 
purple Picotee with purple Picotee ; eve 
ese flowers is wo 
will frequently refuse to ripen in the open In 
such cases the flower from which the seen is нений 
may be A ca per ы placed i in water in a greenhouse 
or the window of a southern expos- 
ure. There it will speedily become fit for the use of 
the —— and thus enable him to obtain seed in a 
season otherwise barren. 
—— Messrs. RIVERS & SON, of Sawbridge 
send us beautiful examples of the EARLY Bivens and 
EARLY Lyons CHERRIES, two minig of great 
Fre h bridge 
are worth a bon й 
ry garden where Cherries аге prized. 
Beekeepers should cultivate the golden- 
йа Sedum acre for b ere at this season of 
the year, A long strip of it, now in the fullest 
"ik can A seen at Chiswick, and the bees a 
in large are work 
and very 
MAE from thé flowers their supplies of bar 
—— We have received from Mr. WILLISON, of 
Whitby, a a flower of his. TIS WILLISONI, which 
15 а ‹ 
those of the ordinary single-flower 
centre is a Lt of shorter and ate. sepals MES 
the stam ese sma A are some- 
what рент ы in figure, with а short acuminate 
apex, me narrowed at the base лке" a claw, which 
is shorter in the lower and about half an inch long i 
