590 EHE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[NOVEMBER 6, 1875, 
T"  prejudge his labours, especially the experi- 
mbraced ment questions э. ич о of the 
muc of the see 
—— We understand that there is good promise of 
the great A AND SANTHEMUM SHOW, to 
be held at Kensington on Wedn 
Thursday dint, being a great success. 
have determined to ay the 
in appealing he public, by reducing the admission 
fee to 15, have certainly a step in the right 
direction, ednesday night the conservatory and 
arcades are to be lighted with gas until 10 Р.м. Thi 
that a inated fruit and flower 
, and we trust the 
show 
public wil show its — n Ж ae efforts of the 
Council by attending in large n 
rding to the Presse there are two gigantic 
PLANE TREES in the garden of Cow OZZE AT 
CANOSA in Dalmatia, They are growing in a sheltered 
situation, whence ries were transplanted, 
reported, from Con: tanti nople, 300 years ago—about 
the date of the оти of the Plane into Britain, 
The size of these trees is so great that, as yesse 
has it, a battalion soldiers might PN 
encamp beneath the саарын а, branches of o 
of them, which has a trunk 30 feet in рече m 
Six of ena de we men could scarcely span the trunk 
with out-stretched arms. 
—— It is surprising that so noble a tree as the 
Common Fic is not generally planted for ORNA- 
ere it will not thrive hos : 
ed in the same manner as 
gardeners grow Paulownia imperialis, and егы 
plants with fine foliage in the — tropical garden ; 
them 
rot flourishing in раз гей yards and courts, and in 
writer in the Soon a эрү says бе 
i is. g econo в replace ble Oleander 
the courts and front gardens of hotels i in a 2. 
The EasTBOURNE NATURAL тыы 
$остту і is one of the most active and practi 
in the provinces for the advancement 
study of ory. Since the publication of Mr, 
RoPER's Flora, at the begin ning of this year, fifty 
int of dh the 
the 
and Е collected 
this district кие mbers of the Society: « established 
a few up to 785. A few of these, such 
as "Thalictrum favum, several forms of Fumaria, 
Lathyrus Aphaca, Comarum stre, Pyrola minor, 
&c., had not, we believe, been previously recorded 
m good authority from the hbourho ( 
ranches have made еди 
may be effected by local societies led by an Сем 
е President. 
the Richmond Bench, on Tuesday last, 
beo: Ms. E C. DERMER, MARY aa HURFORD, 
who described herself as a retired tic servant, 
was charged with unlawfu fully and maliciously breaking 
off plants of Phyll us, Rhi ie, in 
Kew Gardens. The Curator, Mr. SMITH, they 
rie lost pieces of plants, but did not in this 
wish to press for penalties, The pieces might be 
mcis The М istrate : said isoner, who 
e: a iem character, must pay the damage, 5s., and 
lime was allo d yment, and 
—— Contrary usual custom of the com- 
fion te nil = 
late ONAL Новтіс ULTURAL EXHIBITION 
the honour of fo 
AT COLOGNE failed to do us 
a list. 
Prince and Crown Princess of Germany, to Mr. 
Williams, of London, for his excellent contributions to 
t ld State medal 
as Н monnier, of 
Brussels, for his collection of Palms and Cycads, А 
large silver Staats medaille was ырс. to or aa 
Begas, of Berlin, for his t labours in the de- 
ad rae of garden заллаа e large 
al to M. . C. Jürgens, of Oltensee, for his 
collection of Conifers. i 
y 
for different pois precludes our Pgs и mor 
жог those that fell to ntry- 
me e find that Mr. B. S. Williams Fist a 
mte or x Sarracenia Williamsii ; a gold 
medal for his collection ~ Nepenthes, Sarracenias, 
&c.;a silver m or 
i silve 
rtm e Forest 
Hill, obtai bu xdi for bronze Zonal pues A 
cmd and a reram one for = Messr 
S Orrowas t Derby, re eceived a a 
bronze AM for Cone Tacs chm ntis- 
similar award for Araucaria imei Я, i und 
see medals for Abies am es for A. nobilis for 
Retinos, (x ona aurea, 
and C 
Imsford, 
received a gold medal = the Victoria-house 
erected by them, as heir hot-w 
apparatus; and Messrs. Тош * We ek 
a similar award for their cete apparatus 
To Messrs, seule. a bronze medal was азыл 
г lawn mowing та Н, 
obtained а gold medal for a centrifugal pump ; 5 Мене: 
Haynes & Sons a silver medal for garden syring: 
мама VE ep 
n & Co., of ae received an 
ing machi r. R. Warner's 
po» Orate Plants received the Tecognition of 
a silver al, a m ed to Mr. 
B. S: i for his Orchid Growers Manual, 
Lastly, Messrs. Carter & Co., of Holborn, were 
awarded a silver S 
—— y the HoRnTICUL- 
TURAL CL 
Er 
Adelphi Terra. n Wedn 
6.15, the diy o on xeu the t Chrysan 
and erm Show ofthe Royal "Horticulticat Society 
will be held. 
—— What becomes of the DEAD LEAVES IN THE 
the garden 
of hes oads, The 
leaves of the Champs-Elysées, of which the quantity 
is — are utilised in the nursery of the "adi of 
- . Those of the Luxembo 
ere, an 
from the eid. Those from t er 
other promenades or — iie pent to the horti. 
cultural establishment at Sévr 
the Horticultural Clab b. to be held at Simpsons 
103, Strand, on W next, a conference will 
Yo e at which Mr. D. T. Fisx will read 
ugg 
—— We are inform 
open competition for the best desig x pes dat 
and planting ta PALACE 
District CEMETERY Соми vil that pre 
by Mr. DOLLAR, of Pall , who was for some 
time айы to the late Mr. MARKHAM NESFIELD. 
— following proposed summary of the 
privileges of ome of = ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 
засагт 2 the 6 has been sent to us for 
publicati 
The кыйыры a Forty-Guinea Life Fellow and 
Fellows ра four guineas a year with two guineas 
Saunier fre, which fee will be remitted in favour of the 
‘wives or husbands of Fellows themselves 
elected Fellows :—1. To receive one ticket giving per- 
sonal admission every авасына zd Comi. 
ate purchase for members of his or her own h 
Ёо d, at the price of 
tickets, which entitle t 
bear to all the ivi of 
that Fellows themselves possess, except that of admission 
on specially reserved 
ouse- 
n 
2 25. a garden ticket which will admit all the childr n 
of the Fellow wh nder ve years of age, an 
must be acc ed wa more than 
attendant to € aem childre 5. To purchase for 
Tite: ЄВС зана ыйыы enty-one orders 
power of admitting friends daily (Sundays excepted, by 
written order, to the garden ick. right 
of purchasing, previous t ay of p Bo: or 
promenades, tickets at reduced rates. 9. The r ris ght of 
e Societ y may ami in sufficient ines t to meet the 
Fellows applications The 
flowers, fruit, &c., gro 
required by the С Ы "for scientific ы: Ses, 
receive, on application i in writing, а copy о. 
every day, and to a s, fetes, con- 
en sad promenades, both at Chiswick and South 
Kensi = Entitled to the a d mentioned 
in Noe E ; O, II, I2, I3, and 14. 17. To half the 
privileges mentioned 1 n No. I dmi t, by per- 
per стаси опе e fri iend on Sundays to the gardens 
t South Kensington.—Ticket 
n we esl at yank be п to dond fide 
gardeners ree ah Fellow: 
not be required to pay a ен епо fee if they shall 
be re-elected in the year 1876. 
— We understand that the At ile 
AT THE CIE NURSERIES, SLOUGH, good 
this seaso: at Mr. TURNER шына showing a 
fine lot at t South Kensington next Wednesda 
—— We m informed that 
t the remarkably distinct "dd me 
TZKOI, 
— Mr, E. Rowe, who is well-known as 
inner of many prizes ite the production 
ek qoe, разор al Chrysanthemum 
exhibitions of late years, has removed from Roe- 
hampton, to undertake the charge = the gardens at . 
Holdenby House, near Nort 
Lc An ML feine i in Messrs. Т, BUNYARD 
SON’ at As num 
1, is presented in а 
ONEASTER SIMONSII worked 
e common Thorn stock. The scion grows 
strongly and berries у, makes a highly 
tal р mixing in a choice shrub 
border or standing singly on a lawn, С. microphylla 
and C, thymifolia are also way, but 
palm must be given to C. Sim 
© | which are large, and are no w taking ола fiat AMAIE 
—— The experience of the e present season bears 
oit id d great ve AS om sometimes been stated 
respecting LON BRACHYPODA eo ae 
LATA—viz,, that i it t should be planted in place and 
penie 
and Mac golden mcs pring 2 ha: 
this several positions, shaded and cive 
une 
season of the year; (ET, ine brane of golden 
sheen amid the decay going on 
of the nicest of the EARLY BROCCOLIS 
for use at the present time is the Early Purple Cape. 
To some its colour is objectionable, but it is notwith- 
standing a delicious v wn 
the weather well as a general 
