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THE GARDENE RS 
CHRONICLE. 
[OCTOBER 23, 1875, 
have any further effect than many which have 
before been ies Rag to the same EE yet the 
у soa hes in the Kensington 
trees will Bils in the other cases alluded to if 
means are not taken without delay to obviate 
Although in these remarks particular refer- 
ence is made to the trees in and around Lon- 
don, yet so far as-regards the advisability of 
promoting the cultivation of trees in and about 
e the sun, little is likely to be accom- 
plished, except x the outskirts ; but there are 
scores of towns where no serious adverse 
influences exist, pe still nothing in the shape 
of tree culture has ever been attempted, though 
it might be extensively carried out with the 
m or 
pleasure produced by association with trees and 
flowers has a greater influence upon health than 
the bim Чарла унын has yet been able to 
appreciat 
——— WE are extremely glad to hear, in the interests 
AL HORTICULTUR 
o long as its management is hones 
rdance with its professed object— 
that the лагыч. policy of admission by — Ó 
tickets 1 is likely to be vx ide S and a iste m of per 
sonal fellowships adopte may pA 
some little difficulty in wol out the dev arrang 
j we ho is may not prevent its adoption, 
can question it is a ch in t 
right direction, The issue of illimitably transferable 
ticke e for which about one-third of their honest 
tickets was paid, was. 
brine any society to ruin. 
learn with much — аи = one 
of its recent meetin of 
the forthcomin pai 
in full, and not subjected to 50 per cent reduction, in 
accordance with the policy of i ’s Council, 
the case with the previous exhibitions of 
year. The Council have also decided t 
make this a two days’ show, and i ene gene 
requested to 
until Thursday, a. Я 
е are glad to find this policy of xm 
ociety. The 
e trust that the 
pen to their inspec- 
amongst them, 
be induced to 
come in c iran may find in 
“The fruit an os how the o €— ity of s 
a pleasa: hepar ute - unprofitable h our or two of their 
evening’ | ты sure. may add that the date of the 
r show, in 1876, has been altered from the 
Sth t to (o the 15th, 
—— The result A ч recent experiments on the 
CTS of CoL 
e absorption 
the earlier kinds are all but over. Senecio pulcher 
ers deep red, 2} inches diameter, а very fine 
Schizostylis coccinea, brilliant 
bra heads 
indivi dually n ot u 
cio. e d 
Lithospermum prostratum, the poin act 
prostrate — ith flowers of deep ccerulean 
blue. Amongst KR those that n on looming 
late are P. Cerbe . Croesus, P. Roi des 
Roses. Co chicam 1 eae: pleno album dC flore- pleno 
ery g 
sinum MÀ with its s 
flow Arum italicum, 
beauty of which through te autumn is = its bri right 
d fruit, p masses, shape lik 
= ads of Lera rom n, closely ыша. the bine 
all over, а ог 10 inches high. It is effective 
and sin; in appearance, and is y" its beit through 
Бере, 
—— The 7imes states, with reference to the usual 
annual series of markets for THE SALE OF MUSTARD, 
the m o wish to ее] vu r way" 
before operating to any gre feat extent. mplaints 
are made туч to the no of the crop, Ей L'altho oug 
nearly n this immediate туь 
ho was "secured in cipia] condition, some of the 
by the weather ; the acreage under the cro p is also far 
below that of late e years ; so that with these ger 
circumstances, if there is the usual deman ces 
Puis to be considerably enhanced. The Moles: i prios 
made on Monday was 155. per bushel, 
—— Through an accidental misreading, as 
nari from Professor ASA GRAY, we have fallen into 
id 
"m given to t spl ily 
— at p. 493. The name given to this Lily was 
nded to te that of 
of L. Pa e have printed it. 
are ралы іп ты метад will. please make а note 
of this, 
The cultivators of Бы, eM or 
Snow rag ted need be inded T 
this season year, when col inks anil rai 
days interfere with that freedom of ventilation which 
little ‘tied they are apt 
ree é leaves of the Pelargoniums, perhaps 
because of their vows d and bed growth, are ne 
the very first thin; ah lants t 
become infested 
n 
hy green nfly, a and their game od 
result 
the leaves leads to injurious If there are a 
ew plants, the leaves es may be kept clean by b: 
saficiently stiff 
for the Int group 
they i ei wei à with tobacco smoke, 
Only recently we saw some plants presenting a 
miserable ap nce, much to the sorrow of t 
tivator, and on oe th 
1 
winter ed ach better, an 
the id V Eme with those who grow for early 
exhibiti 
t 
of шад was greatest under the yellow and red | a native e and Southeastern E 
glass veral species, including the indigenous one, are 
at thi f — n- 
—— When ver s rains and ad: nipping frosts have time semel for a considerable pe 
. Teduced summer bedders to а condi atropurpureus, is perhaps equally as 
Eo them no longer ittractive, the latest ira i хатам as E. latifolius, but it dodi Gots appear to fruit 
HERBACEOUS PLANTS are doubly accept Ме. This, | so freely in this country. In th кру core т it 
thethird week in October, there are flowering in Mr. | bears the name of Burning t 
WanE'S Hale Farm ursery, Tottenham, the eserves the same appellation. It has larger and 
| ing:—Aster qoi у: purpurea, A. Novz- Anglix | broader leaves оп longer stalks s . euro- 
bra. Both these are large, profuse-blooming, deep- | paeus, and the common peduncle is much ec than 
coloured sorts, of compact bale: very handsome, after | n that species, and very slender, bearing a many. 
wers, 
S scariosa, large nching of 
is o mu си the plants, when kept a . 
free from any m 
| sme ell. Es there i is nothing to крл it from the E 
flowered dichotomous cyme. The OWers 
d ed чысы deep red арш, and ine 
n the "ar open, ing the Bes 
icu: ds to 
expos 
NN. this alt is one of the 
ery. 
—— The fine specimen of ARENGA SACCHARIFERA 
Papine eee eru in the centre of the Palm. 
at Ke ch the end of its 
peig Жы 15; we 
to man, It is a native of 
ne o 
the Indian Archipelago. 
—— р. 172 of the present volume we noticed 
several Spee CIES OF ERYNG 
I b" 
leaves, 5 or 6 feet long, sharp-pointed, and furnished — 
with ginal prickles. The candelabrum-like in- - 
ores rises to a he of 8 or то feet, and - 
remains fresh for two or three mont branches - 
merous, each ultimate branchlet ter - 
minating in a small шыг inute _ 
reenish- flowers — not s described - 
in = — referred б e “though the 
anthers may give em a reddish hg 
E. реон а is a similar р f abou t half the _ 
поен ов e species with cua shor oe foliage, - 
serra, de d о be of mu = eine т ба E 
the foliage dying off earl T 
Eryn 
y in ^ 
ms Ms a been on trial gx 8 ог four ; 
р. 19). Two = “species 
namely, E Lass d E. eb 
said to resemble а-та melia Karatas in foliage, and t € 
differ in i smaller stature, erect leaves, and whitish — 
owers, from E. pu 
eburneum isa yet smaller plant, 
to 3 3 feet long, and the inflor rescence Me 5 or 6 feet 
igh, 
——- We have just received, by the kindness # of n 
Mon LEE, of Hammersmith, an enormous Mush- — 
13 TOSS, 
depressed pilose Б except ^ 
stem is 9 inches high, rather 
ONE | 
ici ot yield m 
uch chup. 
ее А is excellent, 
Iti = pa tufted, though of such à : 
to us 
pecimen 
rh qe сог rep br E iun bat quite 
