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GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[SEPTEMBER 4, 187%, 3 
ing of the roots as may be practicable being 
given, after drawing away dry soil around 
the plants; and when this has soaked in the soil 
should be returned to its place, and a mulching 
of short dung or litter, whichever may be most 
readily obtained, should be spread over the sur- 
pressing upon their energies, unless the period 
of drought should prove to be very long con- 
tinued. 
The more direct practical application of 
these remarks a er 
house plants, for example, which have been 
standing out-of-doors, have necessarily che 
and received ample potations in order 
times apt to err on the side of giving too little 
water, that i is, cutting off the supplies which have 
been freely given while out-of-doors too abruptly, 
tothestarvation of the roots, in the same manner 
though in a less FN than those which 
sustain injury in 
drought 
the plants are suffered 
ed to the matter, cultivators may avoid 
the evils resulting from this venial oversight. 
ur 
— OUR cont The Gardener is in a 
INTERNATIONAL SHOW, to be held 1 N EDINBURGH 
on the 15th and 16th of the e present d nth, is likely 
to be the — show of fruit generally, and goa 
of Grapes, t as ever been seen in this coun 
Not only is the quality of the Grapes likely to be an 
improvemen former displays, but it is expect 
that the heaviest bunch that has been grown is to be 
exhibited on that occasion ile thus referring to 
is gathering we would take the liberty of expressi g 
a hope that those who have the management of affairs 
ll be able to arrange som cial meeting-place, 
ere gardeners fi can meet and com- 
fortably renew old acquaintanceships, and make ne 
Я is pores that the bunch above 
alluded to is one of Rai de Calabre, growing at a 
vid establishment near Dalkei th, 
— Since writing the last notice of the BRISBANE 
BOTANIC GARDENS, 
er e 
ng the N 
re Womens „These РЕ. od considers 
pro 
to Manilla P e tree inim ег а more robust 
it M са tilis, It is su 
HILL that. 400 acr 
chata) Vanilla (Vanilla aromatic: = Cocoa (Theo- 
* broma Сао с (Erythroxylon Coca), Mangosteen 
(Garcinia ostana), Durian, (Durio ручы, 
"(Artocarpus in cisa), 
It represents a plant that was as presented t o the garden 
in 1854 by the late Sir W. J. HOOKER, The genus 
о aom includes лечи the m graceful of all 
the forms of ape The slender stems rise some- 
times Зан 0 feet in “height, and чө a very striking 
ance, on account of the upper part being 
the lower part ugh, ringed, like other Palms, 
ith the scars of the fallen leaves. is is well 
own in our c must, however, bo 
mind, that the tree figured by us is a young one, but 
it can easily be imagined that a tree of this ond oor 
eet high — wit 
d bea aoe ыза, 
oe for avenues, for w pur- 
pose this Palm i is е ingly used in the West Indies. 
Unlike most Palms it is not of value in an 
lied species, however, O. 
as the West Indian Cabbage Palm, 
чені ihe fact of the youre ped leaves being eaten 
as a vegetable—a use to which m ms are 
applied. From the € ral potis of th r a 
nd of sago and the inside of the leaves, 
— Itis rumoured, and we believe eared is good 
байн [tt the rumour, that the ROYAL HORTI- 
une We 
be carried er ЫЫ 
asis, as few things are more valuable 
M 
7 an cond summer show, July 19 
and 20 ; autumn ow. November 8, 
—— We have been стона by Dr. DENNY with 
of flow мей of tw 
of the ordinary Zonal type, not the coarse-growing 
series represented by Beauté des Suresnes, and with 
which the others will not intercross, thus suggesting 
at may of a distinct race, One of the 
novelties in question, which he name of 
inire is very dis in c е truss is of 
m" thinly filled out bes small inner ire while the 
i ; wih a a coloured 
Er е 
other, uico. is td the sa 
—— We learn that a plant of LILIUM AURATUM 
has bee been sent to the Royal Boíanic Soci ciety, Regent's 
Park, by Sir FRANCIS GOLDSMID's gardener (Mr. 
WHEELER), with a fasciated ste 
y. itisnow growing in a small pot in the centre 
2T the conservatory, 
—— Many plants, although nearly or quite hardy 
in some parts of the Uni ted Kingdom, do not often 
= 
Some of these may be seen in their full vigour and 
beauty at such places as the сен PALACE, and іп 
WINTER GARDEN at KEW. 
noticeable in the familar climber, as Co dens, 
the n and variegated varieties ; Passiflora 
rulea, some i з, &c. 
They d and surprising 
gth, and flower so profi and for so long a 
charm of vario: 
ier ав а of ее lofty gallery make 
a different plan е planting this fine 
oe d е pes: 
Indee , it w ound in 
the name of Lophospermum 
sanguineum. Although i introd so long ago 
1833 or 1834 it does not appear to have 
but what they 
in number and 
115 | is technically termed 
persistent, that is, not falling away with the corolla or 
—— 
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soon after it. Moreover, it retains its colour and dos 
not shrivel up till the seed-vessel is nea 
The plant is of 
slender stems an 
y. he have in view ew 
аше е оп the wal M € to the 
right on en 
ering by the east door. It has beenin | 
flower, we ballets, for at least two months, i 
—— We are e d that the Amaryllis exhibited | 
by Mr. Mr, Boivell, to Sir H. W. PARKER, at the 
Royal Horticultural Society on Au ugust 18, isa. меб | 
were superior, both in the number and colour of the | 
flowers, to the specimen exhibited on the 18th, 
——— It is rumoured that the M of the Rovan ~ 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY have bee 
a position b 
1874 will now ese e paid. The prizes = E 
have already been paid. This is good new 
augurs we 
of int, D 
of persons come i m the surrounding # 
see the w fact, it is the ga/a of the dis 2 | 
d 
stems cut just above t ots, are placed at 
intervals along on either side of the principal streets, 
n a large number of cases the fronts of the houses are 
special fund for а wW. 
uch is also done by individuals ap. 
аиа. их beautiful vigi erected арро the | 
residence of Mr. HADEN o have cost a large | 
sum a money. The railway rira exhibited a | 
remarkable transformation ns of | 
everg owers and E. 
Times" from view ; 
ooked 
th 
s om и for the true artistic skill he displayed @ | i 
this oc | 
—— In connection with the.Fungus Show to be 4 
held in in October by the Royal Horticultural S 
it is proposed to get together an кыы of CONES | 
his is an воа idea, and we trust i well : 
ig arene tlemen and others ating collections — 
ose objec or fresh specimens, would be doing a _ 
guod service iy contributing to this exhibition. Last | 
year was ve urab. formation of cones 
on many of the rarer ease hence we may hope for _ 
a very interesting exhibiti E 
learn that the first part of the Do 5 
TIONARY OF ENGLISH PLANT NAMES, a 
BRITTEN and HOLLAND, is now passing through hte | 
pres. Our ers have haa ме а Шайгапопз of | 
late of the interest attachin names, the his — 
torical associ and the Shilologi ical 1n importance 
ttaching to them, as well as the curious ас 
they often throw on the rs customs, the - 
opes and fe ignorance or the learning of a 
es. tio to i der the - 
a: 
сии of the English Dialect Society. Mr. BRITTEN | 
anical Department, British Museum) will be glad _ 
to сее соке contributions as to local names of | 
British plan * 
——- A meeting of the са ае deem s 
Floral Committee took place at at Chiswi he 27th 
scarlet ; Rosa Little, scarlet ; Harry 1 King, scar. 
; Caxton, violet. -crimson ; Mar 
т: Wright, li 
scarlet ; 
of 
amongst the Ivy-leaved sorts. A considerable num 
of the older EN which had сану held а good 
position and w cates, wi 
struck olf the йиз ke being superseded ty eit better sorts 
