112 THE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[JULY 24, 1875. 
Anthurium Scherzerianum in a Е рої mcs 
by Mr. Mathews. Growers will have an opportunity 
of noticing whether these Bah will "delight in [d 
cultivation as a beautiful blue flower for autumn and 
utting—Thunbergia grandiflora. This plant 
was raised from seed sent from dia: = ther there 
anyt i ought to be 
is ng a 
in aed collection. s have ji closely 
with my duties b Мае but they have 
tL 
many е exciting ek нек. battle 
nonse ond. zh de oe ject 2 ex om va 
Ка маг ted t hw ow e to 
meg gentlemen speak of exhibiting ‘gardeners i in Ei 
^ 
they never 
other 
were t de true facts of the case better kno 
‚М... Per e a 
go way тип, inc brings his van safely into the 
Bet 
= odd corner for himsel and m 
and in w hours posit es cold, shivering, stiff, 
hes tired a id.’ Wh i 
tage 
repeated, 
e takes his thind-ciase tickets" a posed 
the ma rout — 
of bis charge, pencil 
Against all 
* rabi 
that the nsi orator 
aa de eparted, that t their. сасы should be baton 
as possible. Eps.] 
Polystichum munitum.—In died а last 
week of Polystichum munitum own at Kew 
among the hardy Ferns, you say if it it is to im found 
sew extremely rare, Besides the Kew 
plant, there is a other that I have seen in cultiva- 
tion, and that is in the beautiful fernery of Mr. Wol- 
laston, of Chislehurst, the well-known Abo n 
British F e are А 
nd was raised from spo: E Vases Island, 
It is a noble species for cultivation i na y f 
He een ig mera mea s I have now before 
me. as you speak of, but 
4 inches, as 
ap pg 3 ^x in "Кар. with a cores 
breadth, and there are many more simi nds 
the plant. This = a es is well worthy the attention 
a nurserymen, as it would prove a v ditio 
our limited meon of truly hardy exotic Fetes: 
ri Neill Fraser, EdinburgA. 
Potato aoe from One Pound of Tubers.—I 
Americans, though they 
varieti ug 
have no deep eyes, an unusually large number of 
eyes in clusters ers upon eo level surface, which, if 
minutely aoe may be cut into an ‘astonishing 
number of se ts by't those who “choose to od The 
Essex trial mie cnt oni t і псе, 
— án zdditic carers fact as 
fat ind the of E 
crop. illiam dfi — 
—— There of 
week’s науа ‘Chroniel to — 
A ies 
eyes and slitting up 
seventy eyes 
to get 
Hob у борро a 
_ Worthin 
that such ver y se measu ed 
in саа the Potato in the е айв or he farm, 
d if Messrs. Hooper’s conditions of competition ar 
side r^ be ares I practice will disqualify all 
such comer s I understand the conditions, 
the Messrs. Hooper a are ыы of ascertaining the 
pedis deg of each Seded with such culture as 
is ur y gi na е anaged дечет ог 
со 
Such. 
ian sent to me ; but 
through м the progressive stages to 
and I have never seen or heard of Potatos being so 
treated sade culture that have been go satisfac- 
tory, and such as was usual all over the country. 
Daniel Hanbury.— Little need be added to what 
aid in this 
y 
knowledge, botany, and horticulture. Hue will 
L 
render ede ore apparent. To many w 
with him 
im E 
ssociated in Aene scientific 
and w 
oci, Y portrait we give in the present issue wil 
jM 
ч, f 
ИЛ : 
DANIEL HANBURY. 
be welcome, even though it is imperfect as a likeness, 
[A slight memoir of him will be found at p. 502, 
vol, iii; Eps.] 
The Potato Disease.—There is no doubt but that 
great st ide has b dei ing the Potatodisease 
now that we know more completely e: life-history of 
the SENDEN — by the discovery of its rest 
ing-spores, so lately e by your correspondent, Mr. 
gion G Smith h (p. 68). It is like i 
been first in 
el 
Continental ycologists for the desired information, 
th > in the Cardener 
Chronicle, l am, however, afraid that Mr. Smith's 
discovery of the r 
seasons, lik 
its life-history i is known, some cu 
posers in future Sg aie what results no one 
can yet prophesy. From what we know of the life- 
gi, which attack the 
— as soon as 
once the fungus appears on 
or for 
the weather gets drier. If 
— 
ÍO u 
the foliage there is € for the Ege be 
they ул E 
early as 
seasons they w 
, when the enis will n 
to injure them. 
of Potatos with an ee | habit which will produce as 
flavoured to eat as the late 
e ma cross- 
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D 
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о 
E 
p 
a 
e 
other grubs 
eat into these cut sets, and the tubers zm before the 
plants have made sufficient roots to support the haulm, 
and curl in the foliage is the consequence. William 
Tillery, Fuly 19. 
weet Briar deos —I have found Sweet Briars, 
r they have attained to the 
О The only way to overcome the 
hief is to transplant very early in the autumn, or 
during the mon ph of March, if PONES e to cut 
them back very severely, as should be done in the 
case of the fein of all a ees Rose trees grown on 
their own-roots. William 32772725 
Royal Horticultural Society.—I suppose we _ 
may fairly assume t 
for saying that horticulturists i in 
shown themselves either clev 
керс еп, һо 
д, 
tri great writers on history 
ek that. “There ire) be and ofte 
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say by all do s them, 
rather say keep them e the 
interests which gos a right to 
considered may n 
t os eur va say to Her БЕУ s Сай 
pee дере ndent of of the © ил А о pr united 
m P believe, from 
we have no right to expect that you 
know that you will = betray your trust to 
our interests ; we seek an arrangement 
equitable terms. 
South K ^ our otal — 
Ce рос of her Fellows ; ;if the sum 10. 
