556 THE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[OCTOBER 30, 1875. 
hol es alate EXHIBITIONS, 1875. 
Nov 
EMBER 
—Royal Horticultural Society, South Kesematon, Meeting 
of Em x. Eo al, and S 
1o and 11.— istol C Chrysanthemum $ 
15 and ii —Loughberet NC хаети — D NM 
Sec., William Pallett, 55 r Gat ghbor 
16 and 17. "aia h of Hackney (late Stoke New verti e€—— 
santhemum Societ Ae E the Town Hall, Hackney. 
Sec., J. Rainbow j n Road, Clapton, E: 
23. —Royal Morticulutal "Society a Ireland. Private Winter 
Exhibition. Sec. Balfe, 28, Westland Row, Dublin. 
27.—Cheetham Hill Wt Society’ s Annual Exhibition 
of Sides en Miscellaneous Plants, and Fruit. 
—Royal i pee jaa! Society South Ke Kensington, Meeting 
of Fru it, Floral 
Gardeners тй, 
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1875. 
APPOINTMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 
MONDAY, Nov. 1 — Sale of Dutch Bulbs, at Stevens’ Roo 
TUESDAY, ax BN of Poultry and Pigeons, at ече) 
of Nursery Stock at the Baker Street 
nfield, by Mr. F. W. Sear, 
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3 Sale of S e Fruit EN Roses, Bulbs, 
ü, at Stevens’ 
т Nov. ы Saleof Imported Orchids, at Stevens’ Rooms. 
Nov Sale of Scie ntific Instruments, at Stevens' 
оопаз. 
FRIDAY, 
SATURDAY, Nov. C of Dutch Bulbs, at Stevens’ Rooms. 
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MONG the prominent features of our civili- 
e is more noticeable 
though they have it not, and plants and flowers 
may be seen, not only in the country, but 
throughout the length and breadth of the metro- 
polis and all our ‘large te struggling тын 
existence, often into beau the m 
adverse circumstances. mi was once said SR 
wherever there was a flower outside on the | 
y for the 
, there уч me to т 
ше кзы ‘There 
stan ices where 
Pis scarcely holds Poe ud in iine of bitter | 
overty—ev dire want— ste for the 
beauties of Nature will assert itself, although 
its expression may take no higher form than that 
afforded by the effort to grow a sickly plant in 
a broken ju 
The art of floriculture, if by floriculture we 
may be understood to allude to the cultivation of 
what are technically known as florists’ flowers, 
has doubtless gone much out of fashion ; but as 
it has died out of notice, horticulture, using the 
word in its widest possible application, has 
been daily spreading among us—we all desire t 
cultivate gardens, even though the extent of our 
operations be limited to the- outer window-sill, 
o 
or the indoor flower-stand. 
any causes cont to the presen 
nt di a LOVE = ee ahaa 
flower shows, the 
diffusion of elemehtary education, the growing 
refinement of life in the middle and lower 
classes, and a cheap Press. The benefits which 
but a humanising and 
elevating pastime, as well suited to the recrea- 
tion of the peer as the peasant, and one which 
is alike enjoyable by both sexes. 
Of all the arts, gardening is the one which 
may be undertaken without preparation and at 
the least expense, with a fair prospect of suc- 
cess, and it is therefore peculiarly the art of the 
parsi ; and those whose pursuits in life compel 
n to pass the greater pan o 
streets, or i nete деби pa- 
passion- sion the enjoym 
attended with good results. Mon evidenced 
most ful 
the cultivation of plants having been once 
tons are ~~ are those with whom horticulture, when the 
i я жы becomes a - 
t of which is 
ly in the homes of the very poor, where, tia 
em. cleanliness and neatness, if not already 
nmates, are sure speedily to follow. 
Of all classes in England, the one least alive 
to the beauties of flowers, to the pleasures of 
cultivating ornamental plants, is the agricultural 
labourer. I e in his case that fami- 
liarity breeds contempt, for the more familiar 
the educated man becomes with the marvellous 
and admirable works of Nature, the more he is 
attracted towards them ; the more he studies 
the more he is astonished at the Divine wis- 
dom which has assigned, even to the meanest 
herb, a special existence and a peculiar destiny, 
while the oe seems incapable of regarding 
any mem of the vegetable o nen from 
any but a strictly utilitarian point of view 
As a rule, the hard-working dwellers in rural 
eh 
pity at “ the wife” while she tends the few orna- 
mental plants which form a screen for the 
cottage window. The posies gathered by the 
children never seem to attract his attention 
for one moment, though they deck m we 
hedgerows with inimitable beanty, S 
with mute eloquence of the БЕКЕ рдей се which 
created this world, not alone for man's use, but 
also for his intélligent enjoyment. 
f late years a marked impet ret = 
given to the skilled cultivation: te tta 
gardens by the establishment of TRU RO ARAS 
shows, where money prizes have been given for 
superior specimens of vegetables, fruits, and 
owers, Silver will brighten the densest in- 
tellect, and the substantial reward of 55, will 
hardly appeal without effect to the industrious 
energies of the most apathetic. 
Experience is the best teacher, and those who 
have experienced the benefits derived from in- 
telligent cultivation of the soil are never likely 
to relinquish the occupation, unless absolutely 
com 
zh 
Some years ago in к a clergyman—a 
liberal an wealthy m what we 
might almost term a үнү for gardeners. 
leased a sunny and suitable part of a large 
field, divided the ground into plots, and gave 
these gardens, with seeds and roots, and imple- 
ments for their proper cultivation, to the best 
oys in the National School ; the rewards were 
highly prized, and the boys, ‘thas imbued from 
an early age with a love of healthy, remunera- 
tive labour, became intelligent, able workmen 
in after life—the majority following, as a means 
юз ае the ЙГ yng in which they had 
o 
t ke a delight. After the 
sedentary "ot of a. School-room, gardening 
in the fresh air became so enjoyable a recrea- 
tion that pum lads sought no other, and foun 
om time to indulge in the unseemly brawls Bee. 
nguage w so often disgrace the 
з eM of large s chools. 
—— Тик illustration, fig. 120, represents one of the 
m mero emere d nd unassuming TEMPLES erected IN 
HE чан TY OF VILLAGES, monastic inr gemi &c., 
седне: China,  'They are erected to ious 
man is most ти to be buri a good situation, 
e as КАСЫН, for his fature rest- 
ing-place, some love ely spot whence he na 
admire the E cape. The Chinese are 
and feine ntl A 
ET of a wealthy Chinese сш often most iust 
fully placed. When 
b s ann 
of the 
appear with white e coverlids of linen or silk, 
water," as it is ed. e ceremon t 
RT " by Чи. eldest son's son in pss 
en he ond, and entitles him to 
double ка of the j Moret 4 in be respects 
is divided equally among t of 
washing the face and bod 
pleted, the deceased is dressed as in life, and laid 
n a coffin, of which planks are 
inches in Sikes, and the bottom strewed 
with quicklim bei losed it is made air. 
tight by meu being besides varnished on the 
inside and outside, A tablet is then placed on it, 
bearing inscribed the name and titles of the deceased, 
as they are afterwards to be cut upon omb, 
he expiration of thrice seven, or twenty-one days, the 
funeral procession takes place, the tablet being con. 
vey an or pavilion, with i ees 
ed ina g 
offerings before it. It anied by m 
closely resembling the Scottish bagpipes, у: МА n 
tinual repetition i three successive strokes on a sort 
of dr ren and red of ‘both wie 
follow in white, wi ithout t much order 
upon reaching the grave, the ceremonies and oblation 
tomb, whe tly that of a 
reek 0, which, if taken in t of е end,” 
is an odd accidental coincidence. the rich 
ea sometimes very large, and contain a 
considerable quantity of masonry, with figures of 
Is i ne. detail of sepulchral 
rites, with the sentiments of the Chinese conc 
are contai the dra A in 
Old Ag. 
After the "e ghar the tablet of е 
deceased is brought ocession, and if th 
family be rich it is placed 1 in the "hall of ancestors ; ^ i 
poor, in some part of the house, w 
kot in every year, in the d autumn, are the 
s fixed for performing the zm. to the dead, but 
the first i is the pons peri 
monly attended to. Unlike the бейеү “of Chinese 
festivals, which аге regulated As moon (n there- 
fore movable), this is determ the sun 
occurs annu 105 days after the anes solus Жм 
April 5. About that time (for a Чу х fore or 
affir ap ee not signify to them) the Rote Ной 
of the town is seen trooping out in ia о the hills, 
etit and sweep the tombs, and to make offerings, - 
leaving behind ir return home long 
interesting details above given, we ar 
debted to the courtesy of Captain S. P. OLIVER, R.A. 
. ——— With reference to the remarks on the BLEN- 
HEIM PIPPIN APPLE, which a append eared in our last 
530), we are requested to state that at the 
Great F Boa члена f the Royal Horticltul Soketi 
on Novem a varieties oh Ap A which 
there are speci y priz es in the Kite а ve clase will 
be excluded from competing as dessert v: 
„Among the few showy plan ch yet 
in our А at this season of "эй hem is one 
tinople. It pr г а 
in exist bergia 
own as Ama lutea) Б = native of 
ped parts of Southern Europe, and is imported zs 
and under the title of Yellow Cole The 
es l it Narcisse d'Autom 
equivalent to our “autumn Daffodi 
Continental NOVELTIES IN FLOWER ‘SEEDS. 
between no 
: and 
are just now now 
Christmas they will be plentiful enough. Among 
them is ndi alba, which is pro- р 
