558 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
EEE 
[OcroBER 30, 1875, 
has a broad, good white mealed edg Š pae flower is 
capitally proportioned, the ре of a rich 
yellow, the paste as g as ina ak аде edged 
flower, good yellow tube, ind neat anthers. 
points to the Fret introduction of a new division 
of show or edged Auric 
—— The Twenty-second Annual General Uv 
of the < Mite sues ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY will b 
* held in the rooms at the Royal Botanic Garden, ins n- 
verleith Row, Кайны on Wednesday and Thurs- 
day, November 3 and 4, at 12 o'clock at noon each 
ges, 
will meet at f-past 11 o'clock for consultation 
I. President's address. 2. Report of pacem 
rS. 
of Council. Eat Elec uon Sa new me 
of Treasure on the Society's yon al 
rs. 5. Rape ee on the British Asso- 
ciation Стат 
the os рр 
res mber-trees, considered p 
ultra. 
of ghe trees grown in Scotland may 
M: most profitably felled. Motto, ‘Secundum 
е 5 Firs (Picea pectinata) 
otto, ** Perseverance.” 
Present state and future prospects of arboriculture in 
Mo or.” Present state 
whee neighbours’; you e both be: ight? 
isi ** Dioec 
t 
writing the titles of subjects connected 
with the science or pra r com- 
— 
THOMSON as Croupiers. The of b 
p onsere isa as follows :— : 
Papert ta 
read. 2, Sub bject selected at last annual gen 
mote’ discussed. a. The "failure of the Larch, 
Discussion to be o -— by Mr, W. Gorrie, Rait 
ge, Trinity. kx. Insects and nd e= 
injurious to forest trees, and their remedies, us- 
sion to be o M. Dunn, the po 
г Diferent modes of 
m ect 4M aneous 
notices, 5. President’s concluding remar 
Der Landwirth we learn bu the 
on in 
beck, oll vei de 
Рон аге боны with the hand, and cut into discs 
iode 
the sont am Science of St. Louis are €: t, they 
are note E gistering thermometer with 
5 rus 106? at the depth of 
3127 ке, 107° at 3129 fe ss and then n very nini y 
a low mperature until E reached 105° at the depth 
of 3837 үтә the greatest depth attained. 
— A favourite winter decorative plant with Mr. 
G ood, is FUCHSIA DOMINIANA, of 
which he annuall ows a large batch. e mode 
of culture is to put in cuttings early in the spring, and 
when struck and well rooted are planted out into 
ummer, Whi 
These 
eco NAE at once, continuing to do so all 
the win 
—— Lieut.-Colonel BLACKHALL, Chairman of the 
Shirley Horticultural р speakin 3 the gem 
of the ** Arm ауу” the other day a 
ociety’s annual dinner said, ‘ ustrious enon 
recently at a public dinner remarked, that ое 
ught 
have gone a little farther, and said that the 
ber of the army came from horticulture. 
—— There is a very beautiful HARDY WATER 
IAN which, d so far as we know, is not in cultiva- 
in this country, although it is superi. any 
hardy aquatics! It is ch on-purple 
variety of Nymphza alba, and grows ips in some 
arts of Sweden. The specimen we seen isa 
dried one, in FRIES! Herbarium Normale ee had 
ead out 
retained its colour almost undimmed 
in inches 
mens, : 
simus in Europa flos Victoriam RI- 
MEN informs us that he saw it growing in the botanic 
garden at Lund a few years 
—— The fact that both EURYALE FEROX and 
Ninn UMBIUM SPECIOSUM grow wild as far north in 
tern Asia as Peking, proves what summer heat will 
acida in the vegetable Muss With a winter — 
n enjoys a m 
pee and же many р КЕЙ ҮЕ 
Е. fruit there, ic. although 
nominall ay ithe noir parts of the U nited 
Kingdom, rarely flower, 
with us. и 
doubtless succeed іп w: 
west. There аге nio rious and interesting plants 
in cultivation v this scio belonging to — 
or genera of a so and 
only in averting war, but also in the coun 
"er m g , opening co 
— We understand oe Mr. BULL has again 
offered his silver mpeted for at ne: next 
GREAT SUMMER SHOW of t the Royal Horticultural 
— on June 7 and 8, and at the Provincial S Show, 
fessrs. ‘VEITCH & SONS, of Chelsea, 
ect. e plants need to be fully exposed to te 
Me when emi throwing up t Ower-slems, - 
ept away from Ж y spot where the drip of other 
plants can fall upon them. As lon the energies 
of the plants are bnt devoted to the production of 
vertens the plants— unless the wea i 
dull and moist—may be treated to liberal supplies of 
moisture а tthe roots, but when in bloom kept somes 
what drie: 
—— According to M. CORDIER, of the Mais 
Caire, e, Algeria, in the Buletin of the French pe 
matisation Society, ms beautiful EUCALYPTUS EUGE« 
NIOIDES is one of the fastest-growing species of this 
in сіг- 
cumference 3 feet above the ground. 
S P. TURNER has resigned his 
position as piden: to the Earl of MEATH, at Kil. 
rudder icklow, and is succeeded by Mr. Moore, 
late gardener to Earl BROWNLOW, at —_— and 
formerly of Alton Towers, 
—— The Times eee е at Philadelphia 
that—‘* From 
states m California there has pes p to 
the Philadelphia ра as йы n of one of the 
ig trees,’ which has sed the Mississippi ii : 
w on its way to this rp The has 
diameter of 20 feet, and is 16 
This tr due - indicated by the yearly 
ings in the wood, was 2120 years old. The section 
is is hollowed ott, so as to ake a cylinder, with sides 
about 2 feet thick, includin oe a bark. It 
converted into a , and elegantly es | 
cular hou 
up. The ho фойе of the hoi ultural by ne 
xhibition are complet 
A valuable collection T come 
t Wash- 
othouses. 
from e Government Botanical Gardens 
in 
—— Mr. Erwrs, “ Rheum,” and without doubt 
many any other correspondents, will be glad to know how 
the youn; of RHEUM NOBILE are at present 
doi Sone few are in pots, and with such 
ement have E slow progress; a n 
others are planted o a frame, and these look as 
sturdy as could any oll species of the genus, Taki 
one of the largest wi the blades vo 
se 
nd about May 
shading is nec 
z кешеа with cold ic acid, or 1 to 2 cent of muri- 
ic acid. Then it is uet m in pure water, and the 
preparation obtained, and 
rying 
which м» lost none of i its Har, : of a at citron- 
yellow transparent like gum. Boiled with 
water imd a little salt, it is said to resume the natural 
colour an ure otatos, and is not dis- 
tinguishable in taste from newly boiled Potatos, 
we sufficiently appreciate the value of 
LILIUM AURATUM as a ere С іп the open 
p We saw a bed of it 
& Son 
had 
essrs, BUNYARD 
nursery, at Ashford, a hon time а which 
in bloom all the season, an ü 
Bist; as late as the first week in серые, Ѕоте 
blossoms were remarkably fine, 
at much ead depths | but onl only from open 
Sand the figures given in the Transactions of | p. 
FU ииз леш year m It D ie MIA E 
en of orticultural Society at South 
Kensington, on July 19. 
——— PASSIFLORA CCERULEA, the only type of the 
numerous species of this lovely tribe that is at all 
y, has flowering with great profusion this 
autumn in several suburbs be Dodo It sh c 
— have vine ro ens th-west as aspect, an 
somewhat gravelly rather ius a clayey soil, t 
will then scarcely fail to do well, gi i 
Under the auspices of the Austrian d 
for Agriculture, a detailed report on the appearan 
of ке Vine-pest, "PHYLLO OXERA VASTATRIX, IN Aus 
as well as a summary of the results of the 
various means tried to destroy this devastating i 
Indeed this report, which was tmr gt written to 
to ascertain 
I IP 
conservatory at this season of the 
Is in full bloom. Iiis nt diet to have | W 
Кыйык the autumn if old specimens are 
en the 
result, At the Edinbugh Botanic Canton we believe 
plants have succeeded in the open ground, The 
greatest difficulty seems de be in transplanting the 
— seedlings ; the radicle is so ig as to break 
almost with mere movement of the soil, and all so 
ee seem doomed to die, as do perhaps many 
типа! еп 
others not so unfo te. When further adv 
ey seem likely to transplant with less difficulty, but 
is cannot be said with inty. From the habit - 
of the p re uld seem more probable. 
OROUGH OF 
CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY will hold its first exhi* 
i S Inn, Great Dover Stree A 
on y and Friday, A тт and 
i is open exclusively to amateurs residing 
I mile of the феб Castle, and Mr. 
Жы. tnn Fal 
Hos, Ses, — - «d 
