46 IHE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[JULY то, 1878, 
apparent from the remarks made at the meet- 
ing, and specially by Min fell from the gentle- 
men themselves. o be regretted that a 
great many harsh und ph disagreeable pas- 
sages have occurred in the course of these 
cussions, but they may as well be veris 
by all parties now as wholly withdra 
bygones be bygones, and let the [m nm 
re 
n the I^ inst, as 
circumstances will allow them to 
E are requested by Messrs. JAMES ма 
& Sons ы publish the following communication : 
*'In consequence of the 
affairs at the Royal Ha 
more favourable turn of 
еза Society we beg to 
oing 
es best - 2 the exhibition on the 2rst inst. a great 
rust that we may be supported by our 
fellow-exhibitors on that occasion, James Veitch & 
an unmitigat 
f 1з. ба. and Is. cely to pa 
for the picking. The late hay-making is usl 
interfered with, uch otherwise ha w 
uite t. On the other hand, a finer ti for 
getting out green crops can hardly be remembered, 
It would be hard to speculate number of 
estimate, 
very great : 
ne they pour into the London 
market by — i of bushels weekly ; an ns 
of all ook now as though they would produce 
crop. Potatos are being largely dest 
Th 
р 
E 
o 
rly Ashleaf is proverbially know 
being still most шонен г бот п, апа аѕ ї 
her 
escaped frost a good aste being lifted. 
Perhaps, as a s liftin of early Potatos is com- 
menced too hastily, as the tubers are at the first but 
e 
Continental market 
into the market long before ours are ready, an 
on the part = the public, a сем 
t home growers haste to satisfy. 
thirty-second anniversary festival of the 
ee ur ROYAL ENEVOLENT INSTITUTION 
London Tavern on Friday, 
in 
fin were, however, we are glad to say, 
satisfactory. : 
—— The valuable collection of stove and gree 
house JI formed by the late THOMAS Вейи, 
sq., at Rockville, Blackrock, Dublin, is to be so 
by iere on the premises, on Wednesday ie 
aoe auctioneers are Messrs. BENNETT & 
appointment as tant. Director i the Royal 
Gardens, : . T. THISELTON DYER 
resi th ce of Professor of Botan e Roy 
Horticultural Society, and Curator of the Lindley 
y. greatly regret that the Society shoul 
lose the se s of nergetic and capable 
officer, but trust that so means may still be found 
whey his connection with the Society may be s 
aintained, even if in a modified form 
—— BENA сеа а dwarl-srowitg 
species xs numerous flowers, 
used by Mr. — at Vintner's Pak, qd eres 
as an edging to beds of flow n the terrace garden, 
and with charming «Кес. "The pretty N хасаа 
іп ће same wa effective, 
um 
twithstanding 
at preceded the Sock rains, and 
of a the t 
errace ^ it was 
our well, and gro 
—— CLASSES IN tente OF PRIZES are 
sometimes ty 
We met óne th other day which 
read as follows : Six cut bl ooms of any Rose, no 
necessity to be distinct varieties.” The — 
in the minds of the exhibitors was expressed in 
exhibits, some showing six bloo omms of one varie ety, 
others a single bloom each of six distinct Varieties, 
эг жн йок 
не condition of the еа would have been 
mprehensible. Schedules of prizes зра 
aford — of the most ire xm ary con- 
struct re is a case in int—"* welv ad = 
чечи ms in bunches of three spikes.” What eally 
intended is twe m bunches of Ка Mage 
spikes to a bunc 
fine form of the Great Thrift, known as 
n the common adeb ca 
it can be used as ‘cdc b; walks or beds, d i g best 
in a rather gravelly soil. Well n clumps of 
it produce a не те mber of large pale rose-coloured 
ssi of ia s on — A and which 
ta long tim ati r bein It a pU well 
deserving the ‘attention of oor wey юн flowers 
for mar het 
—— The award ofa First-class Certificate to PINK 
Говр Lyons, made at the last «лоор of the Royal 
h metimes 
ood 
the time it was n 
Certificate of ergoing a kind o 
eclipse, its hi is recognised, it 
a First-class Certificate. It is inv 
forcing o r border rien and it is no к p xcel y 
any oder Menge dio ultivation. 
“t Better late thd never," would be a fitt tting motto 
for its raiser. But what constitutes a e plant at the 
exhibitions of the Royal Botanic Societ 
—— The Revue Horticole announces the flowering 
= Baususa deben in the Jardin des Plantes, 
gives an illus woodcu is species, 
cu many others, dee. Bet die after flowering. 
reat success that attended the BRITISH 
BEE-KEE im at first apiarian exhibi- 
tion at the C last ouraged 
the committee аҹ announce a second exhibition to M 
ace this year, and they hope that the experienc 
gained in 1874. wil aid them in making the prins 
of 1 
The. work that. has. m done by ex through the 
s of the Associat 
for the poor man's harvest as it already is on the 
continents. of Europe and America. About t £100 
which the committee hope will be voluntarily sub- 
scribed by the friends of the movement ; but they 
e 
like to see the p num of mem 
(about 250) so in ir annual s ip- 
tions would be su nt to at necessity of a 
i 
s in various ways that 
onsolidate 
national institution. The 
honorary secretary is Mr. Jo NTER, Eaton 
Rise, Ealing, Middlesex. 
—— The employés at the Waltham Cross Nur 
Mr, Wo. P. 
occasion of his coming of age. A holiday followed 
till 9 P.M., 
by a supper in one of the greenhouses lasted 
West Essex Yeomanry band, which performed during 
the evening. Between 5000 and 6000 visitors availed 
themselves of the opportunity of viewing the flow 
жтт ине мш ure novel conditions. 1s the 
evening a wax тына to Mr. 
PAUL, jun., 73 the е ak 
— of our readers who are annoyed by the 
of Crows may be interested to know of 2 
method of getting rid of which ved at 
and efféctive. At Hempriggs, a few miles 
south of Wick, in Cai shire, the crows have 
become the numerous in raagis neigh 
bouring p: ors, and a consultation 
NALD CALDER, 
hit upon the hap ppy i idea oF сози 
amongst their nests, whic 
feet high, and the re 
that out of a large colony which made a speedy exit, 
leaving nests and young ones behind when the squibs 
went amongst them, not a bird has returned 
gle 
and — DONALD is rather proud of h 
achiev 
the walls of a house at Gladswood, near 
Melrose, the зезійепсе of Mrs. MEIKLAM, there i is a 
very fine OSE tree, whic nie 
is season a cr t 850 blooms on it. e height 
of the wall on h it grows is 15 feet 6 inches, and 
с 
the width 24 feet, so that Mrs, MEIKLAM has much 
n to be proud of her plant 
Reports of Societies. 
Royal Horticultural Society: Yuly 7.— 
Hon and Rev. J. Т, B 
we are unable to say m о 
— to the goo ork 
hiswick, Mr, Berkeley "тешеге t tha 
opi geh pandi —Dr. Maxwell T. Mas- 
ters, F.R.S., e chair, 
Potato pria ne he Rev. M. J. Berkeley, in 
alluding to -— — announced бә what he had 
aken to еа. S was, ity, as Mr. 
Worthington Smith had just tint. = resting- 
spore eronospora, which had b so long 
a 
stalk, At e had only seen them free, 
ке, — was thus one of very great scientife 
Мт. Worthington Smith then read his paper, printed 
in full in another column (p. 35), and ex zo: 
ci 
and er members of the committee, and a short 
discussion follow in th urse of which Mr. 
Berkeley stated his opinion that bably all the 
5 s of Protomyces are ting-spo f some 
fungus ; while Mr. Renny doubted whether the Arto- 
of Montagne, imm 
of a humble 
arex vulpina deformed by the larva of Сонун 
and the meeting adjou red. 
. THE ROSE sini phus one exception the prin- _ 
held aloof to-d. conse- 
hat used 
qua 
was the largest exhib itos, and his blooms being in 
very superior form, he had no Aifheulty і in ere 
Hybrid Perpetuals, three trusses of e 
Laxton had the best dozen Tea-scented d Noisette, 
N . 
best dozen Maréchal Niel; and rst in t 
amateurs’ class for twelve was Mr. J. Ridout, gr. to 
S. Brown, Esq., Woodhatch Lodge, Reigate. 
Mr. Prince's d v 
blooms, and especially of Marie Bau om 
d'Oxford, Auguste Rigotard, Madame Hippolyte 
Jamin, and Duc de Rohan. A dozen blooms of 
Paul | Магов, shown by A Prince, were also 5 very 
sam 
variety came from Messrs. Mitchell & Sons, Piltdown. 
Mr. Prince also са bl of 
— = "erre i Rothschild 
sch arie 
d, gr., а Pul "it the 4 
ыу dy exhibit d a basket cut blooms : 
ы rosca 
grand fie a deque n able growers, 
ingly fine display was the result. 
— titors, се with on 
exhibition, е M the highest 
or the rev наба 
high c йанда i in connéction with our humble veg : 
