THE 
SEPTEMBER 4, 1875.] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
303 
z 
n pu орца, be found of 
: general application ; ЖШ, оп pore and, growers 
= will hold on to sorts t ey may have асин proved 
. to be good in their own localiti 
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—— The fine peces of SUCCULENT PLANTS 
the plants the company have erected a large and 
handsome span n-roofed house, dose to the а 
Yn side, ` and me idea of 
MM sew the 
а 
РЕА! i ith. A on 
t be understood that the removal of this great 
. number of plant y way detracted from th 
merit = the home collection, the qe sent to Mus- 
esta teg is still uniq! 
—— Colonel TREVOR CLARKE’S MELON-CUCUM- 
BER, now to be seen in the а ao at Kew, 
and of which we gave an ovg: c weeks since 
7 06), is probably 
POUR: statement that a 
The E parent of t 
. question, notwithstan: ts Melon-like fruit, is re- 
garded by NAUDIN 
_ Cucimber. Ir T the 2 Colcombre 
. described b e former in the Annales des cte 
| ety of 
| А 
| It is about 6 or 7 high, and, j 
| yet in question, this species is b ns so pro- 
. fuse a bloomer as F stemon, a variety of whic 
is commonly E а cci It certainly is 
r as rnamental р to the or pne varieties 
б ОРЕ, Б ойм, апа ess it was for this 
. reason soon discarded in бег of i is hard dier rival. 
it is Er rare, even if it elites in any other 
and, 
р, 
E 
. To doubt, he has 
.. mot received a single specimen of the true pas! in any 
of the numerous lots sent to him by gardeners in 
es T. coccinea 
at К. ide among the 
mbiflora, radicans, s “ытай mifolia, &c. 
The remarka caland apetalous species, 
F. procumbens, may al n, both in nd 
fruit. The ` Res large, and altogether it is a 
Most interest ect flowe f this 
teresting The 
Species, no ачты showy i in themselves, may ue MA 
by cross fertilisation f Fuchsia 
coccinea be E ur © bed, апа F e 
cumbens among the ан Zealand plants ы the bench 
on the west side of the hous 
peor A ts ear that Mr. INGLIS, lat te of Powers- 
, is appointed putet to m GREY, 
and Mr 
Howick Hall, Northumberla hat 
ROLAND KinG, Xe аир іп ‘the ext sive gar- 
s of Sir JoHN KELK, Bart., is- pie € ner 
Apiary. 
ARMS IN HicH TREEs.—One of the 
wk pers is run and 
the е i in any of the large Apple or 
arden. ye the case 
Pear trees in the neighbouring g 
N wi aid away swarms follow them if you can, but in 
diis nce to the swarms in a high bough, dis is not so 
17 а task as may appear at first sight. 
Walched with much inter i 
y hiving a swarm up in ugh; I 
d no advice but simply watched all her opera- 
ch She procured a 
cumstances, 
MT. afterwards усн the hive. Т 
of hiving. I Боре none of your 
ex y 
at hi time when Dr. HOOKER 
et 
very thick wire, to prevent it closing when being 
han verbal deseri tion. 
ring, if dies d. althou gh it will ce ч. better without 
—a strin and held 
oane and when а o the ba 
by pulling 1 m cord they are pr ён ted iini. eating: 
I p d it Иш. Having got it in readiness, 
whe $ are о ed to begin clustering of 
course the fis thin 
and table on which the be p 
minutes after hiving заб they thie finally ушбу 
o their ре d. 'Then suddenly shake the 
bough with the end of the pole, the bees will drop into 
the very be left on the b after a 
vigor hake. Slowly bringing them down to the 
table hold the bag for a few minutes beside the hive, 
ees, to allow of free in 
quickly drive away eve w. 
table should be placed beneath the tree if ey 
Fic, 67.—MODE OF SECURING A SWARM OF BEES, 
It will not take ч to hive € in this easy way. 
I have succeeded in securing th 5 mente them 
to settle in the ne me, and үзен этот o the 
stand in fift tes; in half an hour nerves 
they have commenced working as if nothing had 
happ I first learn мае this simple plan from 
uinby's Bee Book, but it seems still to be unknown 
by bee-keepers in this country, hope my notes on 
the subject may prove useful. 
Reports of Societies. 
Royal d September The = 
wen in the doi Две Re 
bend wards of 
tson — ough 
firm сыт. as much credit for the ү 
in which they had packed the flowers for travelling 
as for the fine flowers themselves 
more interesti re ‘co 
ms then Mr. Berkeley stated that he had received 
from Mr. H. tephe f Bristol, wh: о 
е world, some ings 
ng 
made about thirty years ago, whi hich sho wed that he 
had probably seen me antheridium and oogonium of 
the Potato disease soon aft n, but as 
Mr. seins had failed to connect these bodies with 
the disease at the time, the mentioning of the circum- 
stance now did not detract in the least from the 
brilliant discovery of Mr. Worthington Smith. In 
сен Mr. Berkeley нбс a wish that, as 
Conifers were fruiting this I it would be 
го їй if specimens of any of the choicer kinds 
could be sent to the next meeting on "Oc tober 6. 
AL COMMITTEE.—Dr. Denny in the chair, 
awarded to Mr. J. 
Croucher, gr T. Peacock, Esq., Sudbury House, 
Hammersmith, for Fourcroya variegata, banded wi 
g up the margin ves—a very distin 
plant; and for Begonia metallica, with greenish 
bronzy, shining, hai ves and rosy o 
lish rose round the eye. 
for Dahlias John Downie, very dark crim 
black—a full, we ilt 
DM 
ound to 
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in 
d Cabbage o strong 
and delicious. Also for Bouquet Dahlia Triumph, 
dark reddish crimson, and of excellent form. 
To Mr, G. Rawlings, Romford, for Dahlia John 
Bennett, of a lemon gr colour, with the 
petals edged with cin an full level 
centre ; and J. C. Quennell, primrose-yellow Second- 
^ lings or 
class Сораса were vot 
one, 
ond indt and н with. brown: and б 
Т urner, for Dahlia Yellow Globe, well nam 
— ry ahlias shown men ot time do not 
ing kinds, but, 
come to a standstill, n о ed as new 
whic not one whit better t the popular sorts 
of y ago. Mr. Croucher also showed cut flowers 
а omy um valida, а very e-flowered 
A ll.flowered plant Rodriguezia 
secunda, collected in Trinidad in 1873, was shown by 
г. m 95 нра Road, ү, ; апа Мт. Сгееп, 
Hand , Reigate, again se lant of 
à reenii to show its continuous and 
free flowering character. A small group of new plants, 
includin catorea Dayana splendens, and which 
gained a Se I class C re ame Mr. 
Bull; and Mr. F . S. Williams 
ia serrulata variegata, genially 
Mr. Spink е to 
ter, A: Ground li, Эри = ing- 
grandiflora, of the same colour as Cardinal A 
white centre, came from Mr, р, kenn 
оный. „= interesting pink sport from m eat Madame 
Viller 
chair. 
again came an menn collection of early Apples, 
Pears, and Plums, for which the am nks of - com- 
mittee were ure d т. Sage, р wnlow, 
Ashridge, sent cut попи of dii varieties Je Nuts, 
to пик their free-bearing с when grown as 
pyram The varieties were re Close, e 
Red, and Frizzled Filberts, Kenti Daviana, 
and t and certain 
EB 
= 
some Cucumbers 
r 
Mr. Voit 
uane Pheri eaa plump and fresh, from be 
weeks to a month, by having their stalks і 
Potatos. Some fairly well ripened of [e 
bett’s Improved Maize, came from Mr. a Dean, 
Ealing. They were cut from plants raised fro: 
seed sown in the open n April 15 last. Fruit- 
bearing branches of two a utumn-bearing 
Saisson blanc and Saisson rouge, came from the 
COMMITTEE.— Webb, fa the - 
— Henry жа 
