206 IHE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[AucusT 14, 1875. 
In the event of the Commissioners "awe S Де 
а be given to th 
subsisting agreements shall 
to have ari vua 
far as their claim thereto may be neces- 
to preserve such right of re-entry as is re ish rred to in 
mit to the 
s the subsisting 
ag greemen ts would be зей nai pss in 
Ag Society ped borr p sum, not e exceeding 
£7 s shall Ds d essary use. e discharge of its 
existing "liabilities other than its debenture debt and for 
the 
sington. 
be сете not 
> 
“6. Th.c E $5.78 
tions without A written consent of the Commissi ioners. 
7. Until the present debenture debt of the Society 
shall be fully paid off, f mo which under 
the subsisti Com- 
а: m 
y the Posee Committee 
oved of id the. Commission 
. Whi remain in for 
Soci ety of n the authorised Bank holidays or ең 
such other da e то exceeding five in number in any one 
year,as ma Society and the 
Commissioners, dm it the public to the South Kensing- 
ton Gardens free, or ph such charge as may be fixed by 
the Commissioners, " 
—— We have dero from Be: Association Hort, 
cole Lyonnaise, throug the schedule of 
the ldbition of 
The 
ing exhibitors should co 
RON, the President of the Com e, 20, Rue d 
dem ange, immediately. "There are 113 classes, 
of prices › in each of which medals will 
be o bL 
The floral decorations at the Victoria Rail- 
tion, as at the Victoria Hotel, on the 
n of the "qué to Sheffield of the their Royal "High- 
pita Е Prince and Princess of WALES on Monda 
re Mr. WILLS is arranging numerous 
P rres ok болей plants wih bold groupings of 
large Palm arge admix of 
rs rock ut wi T 
isp 
-large medallion baskets of natural exotic flowers, sur- 
rounded with trophies of flags, 
—— We have cama from Cologne the following 
rogramme as to the proceedings at the forthcoming 
INTERNATIONAL Fr bancs iin EXHI ITION :— 
: Meeting and supper at the Casi 
Wednesday, August 25.—8 : 
H.LH. the Hereditary Prince 
9 A.M. : Meeting in the Winter n of 
Society. Noo Г Opsuier = the Exhibition - his Im- 
perial Highness. 1. P.M.: eon in the Exhibition. 
uet in t] all, Gürzenich. 81 p.M.: 
Great H 
M eeting on the terrace at Marienbildchen, Deutz. 
Thusday, p 5n 26.—Excursion to odes st 
noon. 2P. Te at the Hotel па. 3i P 
Excursion pss Во; PN. 
by steamboat ; illum inatio n of the city, the bridges, the 
ae &c. ; meeting in the Flora Garden, fireworks, 
pe 
quet at Giirzenich offered by the city of Cologne. 
Members of t will have access ^w the A 
the Hotel de V Ше, СКЕ the Museu , &c. 
Baron SIMON ОРРЕ 
ea at Sader rta 
Glockengasse 3 
HEIM invites the j 8 to visit his 
Baron ALB 
that the success of the exh 0 PS ; 
The contributions to this show have by wot n are 
ceeded the first expectations; so 
the committee was obliged to enclose a ipn aee 
of ground to meet элн gay for spa any, 
of course, ranks n the e ot exhibitors, 
followed r мек; псе wh a contingent o re than 
oo well-known firm mong the c ontribution of 
which will bef found porcelains е china Sdvre 
lantations and lawns 
h 
flower be 
eye. Many thousand Rose trees have been — 
- ask from e th and will, on the men 
how, in dtm ll bloom. 
me by Pro- 
e Berlin artists, 
Forcing-houses and grottos, bridges, summer-houses, 
and verandahs are being erecte e and behind 
the winter pu en E. the Mies vf magni ifcent 
salo; bee reception of 
uilt m е 
BELLSTEDT, of e ho ани ж-ы; 
viz., fruits апа eri (both i in fre sh and preserved 
products of his country, together w 
Amon 
tive woods and perfumery. 
to be exhibited will be found collections of fossi 
plants, flow: wers, a f which 
and also of artificial eon о 
ay will be made by 
cess of GERMANY have P cud 
T a -— Mi mantel piece npe in Saxon c 
he of Commissioners has been moer by 
two илы. from the United States, 
e Rural Ноте, as quoted by the еа 
ХУ га вн gives ап account 
ment near Rochester in keepin e 
GROUND UNDER LEAVES. o bus of leaves 
were placed on one bushel of Дер, mis whole being 
port surrounded by evergreen trees, which kept t 
wind from blowing the leaves. Ld were found this 
spring less decayed than Apples г, an 
fresh and fine in condition. 
or dese causes which made the 1] 
Contact with the earth AM them moderate an 
uniform heat from below ; the leaves, being stratified, 
turned off the kh and kept out the cold, the frost 
of very few 
leaves ; and the и trees gave an ‘add ditional 
protecti If we were cov les in this way 
green bra 
sely by evergreen trees, bali UN depth of 
leaves ем answer. What 
up dign рене sound 
dropped from the trees, aud lain сөк кыя hidden 
beneath leaves or the dense-growing cr 
г. JOHN WILSON, the Mo secretary of the 
well mee. YORK GALA is about to make an appeal . 
tothe Rose growers and lovers of this flower for funds 
to raise about £120, for the purpose of securing an 
exhibition of Roses in pots in June, 1876, on the occa- 
sion of th oe next great exhibition. Roses in pots, 
ch as w att - metropolitan exhibitions, have 
not been exhibited a as the York Ga 
S, 
la is 
suppo the ement, S LLIAMS, 
Mr. -JoHN HARRISON, o gton and M 
HENRY May, of Bedale, are each giving £5, and 
a have lity of romised subscri scriptions, there 
—— SHEFFIELD, which is to be неа happy by 
ihe e visit at: the Prin ess o 
ce and Princ on 
uu c cont few run n establishments 
of ~ xcellence and interest, The Bot c Garden 
In another 
i Meriti: FISHER, 
HOLMES & Co., some notice of which a d 
22 last. 
2 | by Е SIMPSON with а дере of skill 
: might be expected of so well-known a practi- 
tioner, is a few miles off. Still ars кө - in a 
dri rive, is - tsworth, to wh we la 
—— The question whether the nature of the soil 
s the Dou 
RES BLENESS OF STOCK FLOWERS of the 
first ‘generation has again. pen. raised in the reb 
flor: M, STERLER, of P hofen, an ackno 
en 
tio od master in his obe in an ex por arie 
on the culture of Stocks, mainta ains huy the number of 
plants with double flowers, a i 
at 
ame quality o 
arich soil, especially asons, Pot culture, 
too, will insure a large percentage of double flowers 
Dr. REGEL, the editor, holds the same view, but 
n ov 
ds, nobod 
ulture exercise consider in e ex 
generation. It is not a little remarkable that luxuri- 
ance should induce double in most subjects, and 
the reverse in stocks 
many other opini t based upon i 
testably asc а faa are атта 
——— Ata recent meeting of the Société Linnéenne 
ae Par Paris, Dr. BAILLON read a short paper on the 
ра ОЕ ТНЕ LES OF PYRUS, limited 
mainl a defence of his own views against the 
ере: о порта 
Ротасеге, notic 
The differen 
proper to repres 
diagram as феде РДЕ the ge angle of the ovary, 
jant ове would were truly е 
Thdéed, ome spat ы Pyrus the great axis of 
the wes er is pes diyt por it he There м ess 
difference me opinions of these two botanists than 
—— One remarkable ams т Meu Park | 
is the clumps of PAMPAS GRAS 
hi CHARDS applies 
e a week, and which "undoubtedly acts as à 
neri pe lus. This gra mental hardy 
plant no do юн requires. high cu ull jus- 
tice, and many pla 
a little extra attenti mply Ense for 
in an increased tants of Zok e жй 
—— bare ire SHOWS appear to be as popular 
as ever in the North, and the Elsecar annual exhibi- 
tion of еа аы was held at the Market Hotel on 
August 2, e premium Go nquer- 
ing Hero, weighing 25 т, b 
GEORGE HAGUE, and to this the premium prize of a 
large br ard O fine fruits w 
t 
Houghton, 20 dw A HaAGUE was also Ist 
th the best green berry, having Plunder, 23 dwt. 
15 ee Then followed in order o erit Shiner, 
23 dwt. 18 gr. 
Thunder, 18 gr. 
Queen of Hearts, shown by T 
4 gr. ; Antagonist, 23 dwt. ; White Eagle, i dwt. 
8 gr. ; and Snowdrift, 18 dwt. 4 4 gr. 
Kew we observe in 
nomic-house at 
EST. It is the 
_ — In the Eco: 
fata a HYBRID оғ PECULIAR INTER 
ertilising 
result of fe a flower of Melon with pollen from 
a “Telegraph” Cucumber, This was ted 
Colonel TREVOR CLARKE, who presented the seeds 
t Royal lens. The male parent a. st 
have e er influence on the offspring. 
ber, ving 
the same angularity and asperity, but with e 
also of the maternal Melon. The fruit is a foot | 
