——nH" 
F 
"үне 
LI 
——''—— “ү 
кы а анай а 
"ишт 
к 
THE 
JULY 24, 1875.] 
GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE. 
113 
er to unite all parties, because it is the interest 
ш all that they should be united." І believe there is 
among some few horticulturists 
vei with- 
t 
elf. The in my opinion 
men too full of themselves—who would sooner stand 
of the programme, but in 
ost үч е, (And rien, wad 
and not be allowed 
society, even with London for its centre. Wm, Paul, 
F.R.H.S., Pauls Nurseries, Waltham Cross. 
Reports of Societies. 
Royal Horticultural : Tu 2I pot. sg and 
Rev. J. T. Boscawen in the chair. The Rev. M. J. 
Berkeley announced a long list of un dies by 
Worthington 
the same она an illustration of which will 
‚ IOL 
homson, and which 
hum d g gro 
viously, Th might be accepted as gen n 
tentatives of the A рө excellence in all 
carried out rig 
' SCIENTIFIC TIS Peer —Maxwell Т. Masters, 
n the = 
Resignation of Profess 
Profess 
Doe —The resignation of 
ment as 
was announced, and great 
regrets were — at the loss of his valuable ser- 
vices to the co ee, 
nde as of fasciatio: 
stem bearing tw wo fruits, 
WR HAE fr r. W. G. Smith, accompanied 
n 3 аураг illustrations, уб laid before the 
doie "The tance of this communication is 
given at p 
. C. E, Broome was read on the 
same subject, enclosing a sketch of Diplodia-like 
bodies met with in the mycelial threads. 
ny expressed some doubts as to whether 
the гет. described by Montagne was really the 
sam th deci described by Mr. Smitb, the 
observations he erwise con 
+ ^ Mr. Berkeley bee that it was the celebrated 
chemist, Payen o discovered the Artotrogus, 
ton and бше to Montagne, who published a descrip- 
= 
Leaves, —Rev. M. J. Berkeley 
orm с of Plum affected with Volvuli- 
зет ў var. minor.—Mr. W. С. Smith 
showed onion of this from a lake in southern 
Scotland. 
Tussock-grass.—Mr. A. Murray read a communi- 
cation frem Lady Mathison as to the Tussock- 
of а Islands (D 
i йы 
Coffee Blight.—A letter was read from Dr. Imray, 
. 9f Dominica, of the leaf of the 
1 арни оте icp the ates ol m abali mut 
. determined . McLachlan t Cemiostoma 
1 veltella, and which is бшу in the sixth 
| insects di NA of the leaves of 
Broom, and Hawthorn in this country. 
wing a few days . 
** Catch’ fs alive, oh !” fly-papers were recommended 
as a rem 
Carni co Plants,—The Hon. and Rev. J 
Boscawen exhibited a pan of Drosera, Pinguicula 
lusitanica, Narthecium, Anagallis tenella, and other 
og p cem 
Saprolegnia.—Mr. Renny showed a of 
e ie ng which might be mistaken i: the’ не 
of rung ra. 
ot in сис — Мг. Fish sent spit of this 
aida e in various stages, but no new light was thrown 
on the gna e by the үн seid "АЫ 
Hybrid asters showed flowers 
ee a hyb Жу еа raised by Mr. 
Anderson, à p the Gardens, Sower y House, dep du nd 
pro ybrid between T. Ac Vi 
eon dies e flowers were too withered t to fow of 
any opinion of their merit as a deco 
us blue threads proceeded, in addi- 
€— to the ordinary one proceeding from the flower- 
tals. 
t the base of the ре 
alformed Cattleya, —Dr. Masters — wed a 
dower ofa Cattle eya, ptm Mr. Denning, gr. to Lord 
Londesborough, in which there were three еа 
f , all of them lip-like. 
these latter was such a 
whorled arrangement was replaced by a spiral arrange- 
nt 
Conifers, —Mr. Murray alluded to the rra of 
bids ; graft plants x Conifers to make a leader 
by bending down the 
ing of be Commitee was then adjourned 
till November nex 
GRAND SUMMER EXHIBITION, —The кенеше 
forming the present Council of the Royal Horticu 
tural Society must have felt highly encouraged when 
they saw what a really magnificent exhibition the 
2 
London eso go gratuitously made to show their 
appreciation of the favourable turn which the affairs 
e 
Society have taken, and it is not too much у 
7 t no more — c € vote of con 
fidence ever Let us h ha! dus a 
unanimous and. decid хум of sympathy may 
never again be at South Kensington, but 
that this exhibition—in all respects the grandest that 
in the 
vi cns have long been waiting for. e 
ts, the gr i were alike excellent, and onl 
ualled о qu ial good which prevail 
sal urs also were as admirable in result 
as foo nari 4 execution, at the weather on 
Wednesday it possibly Could be 
(the rain falli from half-past eight in 
the ese i dy à. vat in the — was a matter 
ede had the 
t 
decided to let their — sta. 
we regret to say weather was still unfavourable. 
The show o sc was held in the —_ tent at 
the bottom of the gardens, while tw n: er tents 
were called into requisition, one by d n: 
and the other for ‚сә mida 
tion for Messrs, Veitch's rangement of 
the subjects i the large e; ‘was all "that E be 
esir of each contributor making 
the most of the space allotted to him, and finishing 
чели harmony with x omer Cait the general e 
finer in every than can be the 
Is where's is made up of a number of classes ; 
and the success of the idea on this occasion should not 
be lost sight of in the future. 
м ames Veitch & Sons contributed an im- 
mense col t of ra which occupied the 
terraced bank a т 
ae банты 
· tion, 
— lit group por goes Orchids 
Osborn & 
Dendrochilum filiforme, Temm nom d Laurence 
anum, Vanda mai Aerides suavissimum, and Ode: 
toglossum Lindleyanum ; x Nepenthes енне 
Кай hybnda, intermedia, ampullacea, vittata, 
ES nd highly-coloured plants of various 
ne tons, nicely flowered Іхог а beautiful 
hybrid Dipladenia, Cissus Endresi, a large cordate, 
d colate, red-leaved plant ; fine specimens of 
Todea pellucida, and other filmy Ferns; well- 
flowered ey чы of Hydrangea paniculata di- 
e Maples, and other pictorial trees, very 
finely grown plants of Droseras, Darlingtonias, pred 
lotus, and  Dionzas, Agaves, Yuccas, and 
? 
Mr. i howed a magnificent collection of € 
and та ants, not so large numerically as Mess 
Veitch’ but even more select, and intrinsically of vnd 
value, every specimen, arge or small, ae 
bent orig and very han The c 
ofthe group was composed o 
Zamias n Amo m amore the latter ed 
very striking, and a 
evelopment. 'Then é бн] around these, a 2606018 ie 
vi their | m and the б вечна suitability of their 
such Drac 
150 vam Peti i, Goldiean 
mag- 
amabilis, She herd Weismanni 
ali from 
ис А . un 
two being Эрш rich in colour ; 
the gorgeous new Bertolonia Van 'Houttei, Oncidium 
Lanceanum, with two fine spikes; Croton c 
phyllum, a very distinct plant, with narrow, slightly 
twisted gold ormer colour 
occupyin 
teenium Éindeni, and se 
crystallinum, two of the best of 
with a broad fringe of such flowering plants as msc» 
Dipladenias, Allamandas, Heaths, Ixoras, ar- 
goniums, Begonias, &c., with some very brightly 
coloured irae and many new plants of great 
gr o interest. 
Wills, Sussex I tow South Kensington, made 
a very large dis 2 аА, bank о osite e Bull's, 
exc "x ot of plants he put u mo 
orc бечел o mea fine plants bf e 
the ра ed with 
other sides ERN Williams and Mr. J. H. 
3 ydon, the latter of whom had Palms and 
such v A. excellent en 
A 
F etta contributed a 
к. гй Келе, of nec Воч A зы plants, al 
of which, especially the young Palm: erns, 
were of exceeding] 
4 who also 
ed a nice p of omen plants in a class in 
"Ма Mr R. dés 14 Ah онон ok oit 
Messrs. E. G. Henderson also contributed a fine 
p of Lilium Humboldtii, 6, with a border of 
iflorum. This was placed on a eme and 
