622 THE 
GARDENERS CHRONICLE 
[NOVEMBER 13, 1875. 
oùt — ——H with the privileges of their 
ow. y have carefully inquired into the causes 
extent enjoy 
funds, and t ced that they cannot ex 
to obtain that enlarged revenue which is essential to their 
xistence without putting an en 
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e 
practice. 
‘* It is upon this principle that the accompanying sum- 
mary of c Lom ges of the Fellows has been framed. 
(See р. 5 issue. | 
“Should the C K CE be—as they confidently hope 
they will in their a to existing 
Fellows and to the residents ia the neighbourhood of the 
dition of the gardens, and t nce their us 
fulness and their beau 
m they must not — the fact, that if this 
appeal should prove unsu the failure would be 
most disastrous both to the edema of hortic 
science and to the residents of of the 
ho now enjoy the many а result- 
d beautiful 
b 
verted x measures which зей fave the effect of 
that view that th e pre 
regulations, which will come эзе pide on January 1, 
^. 1876. —ABERDARE, Presiden 
not surprised to find that the Fruit 
осе оа the responsibility of offering any 
inion as to the enormous weights of Potatos alleg 
also speedily t into consideration questi. 
whether or no its reputation is not likely to suffer i 
the admission of *' exhibits " of so purely commercial 
a character, 
—— Mr. HEMSLEY, the author of the use 
ful Handbook of oes 2 og Shrubs, and Herbaceous 
Plant. o the office of Librarian 
to die LINDLEY гесе i ‘the Ro al orticultural 
Society. . HEMSLEY will а = the m: 
ays in each w ted 
on Wednesda 
that this valuable library, VERA Ur ёр der pro ens 
ictions to oat one, Fellow of the S Society, or other 
used. Under certain conditions 
lable by th 
ase of books, periodicals, &c., is not more 
30 per annum. and 
sh 
he meeting of the eee CLUB on 
Wednesday ня МЕ EF, si d a paper entitled 
‘t Suggestions for ae Formatio of a National Horti- 
cultural Club.” have been на” with a copy of 
the suggestions, wich the Aere on our space for 
bids our inserting at pres We shall, y senda 
take an opportunity of reverting to the matter. 
e principal pet of the timber of the FORESTS 
according to the Chronique de la Société 
c 
attain large ensio some dist 
timber of the Spic ce ind Silver Firs is used in the 
construction of pie ships, &c.; moreover, ped 
furnish tar, and the wood reduced to a pulpise 
ployed in the tor Sit of paper. Balks and масти 
f these two beho — are largely exported. 
Birch-wood is Mis s nsumed as fuel, supplying 
early all thea nd кесеси in the Baltic 
example 0 of the extent of trade in this article, 
mention that no less than 25,488,678 cubic. feet ‘of 
Birch-wood for fuel were shipped from a sin gle - 
in 1872, The wood of the Aspen is used in the manu- 
acture of каса one of the most flourishing iod 
tries of Swed 
et 
e dinner of the HORTICULTURAL CLUB 
ir ыыр 
es pleased with 
heir To country 
r those visiting London for short periods, 
the Clu oe offers the conveniences of a hotel at 
very moderate rates 
— We invite the attention of our readers tò 
the кулл. се of Mr. qo ede experiments on 
PoTATOS with Solanum nigrum and 5. 
as laid before the Scientific Committee of 
the Royal "Hortiesttarad Society at its last meeting. 
We shall revert to the subject at an early oppor- 
казы 
Home Correspondence. 
Rooks and Walnuts.—In answer to the inquiry 
of ** Bozz," I can say that I have frequently seen 
ing Waln 
rooks eati e is a large rookery close 
to my house, hun Walnut trees 
close at . As soon as there is a kernel in the 
Walnut the rook has instinct sufficient to find it out, 
and they are continually bringin 
and eating them ; they are not, however, able to eat 
Les in the trees, but с pee the ground to do that, 
ave seen many es, and have often 
frightened the birds pravos "en 'I found the nut in 
in some cases all the kernel gone, 
k them is 
takes 
before 1 es hardened by ripeness. The 
rook has not the power to open or break a shell th 
same asa has. A proof of that I have also 
experienced, use there is a large tree from whic 
I did not gather all the crop. aA birds кА е 
tinually brought them to the trees in the 
above spoken of, an 
— It is Ьу no means an unusual MEE 
to off Walnuts from 
= Шұ. F. BEDFORD, late to the Earl of 
KENMARE, has taken wp id px трт T HEL 
BARTON, Esq., Straffan H Kildar 
AGE 
" are 'er r diim Tj iei ges o 
ness to uer ‘a der vo aas a their depreda- 
onsets earnest as the kernels of the 
h 
ey 
the tr are a number of Walnut trees 
in the "ak he here, and all that are not strictly tended 
for two or three week previous to perf 
lundered 
in the surrounding plantations. 
ow. Westland, Wi Filey Court. 
—— When foreman in a nobleman’s establishment 
eold Walnut 
and 
from “the pes of the tree. 
around until they deemed it safe to venture, then, w 
a dart ilar to a rede seize = an of their 
кан i£, the Walnuts, and fly a with them, 
returning at brief inti "until мк were gone. 
F. Clarke, Gr., Melton Constable, East Dereham, 
Norfolk. 
= 
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Seeds o f a Jam-pot.—The анов quoted 
da Mr. Webster Ms 361), o Sa a Plum seed vegetating 
er having been the jam, is not a е 
* 
of 1 [TIGE near- 
red eae ae with the object of epa S 
y, had been adopted by 
аре piis и (Theory of Herter, 
e fact not appear so wonderful w 
hat seeds will stand without injury a нейн; is 
far below the germinating point as abov sup- 
ose an extremely low temperature is as destructive to 
vitality as a high one, and th th act something i 
the pcs e" seem fitted by Nature to sur- 
viv dverse circums stances, ex xisting for 
ages i if Э “deeply, and, em is 
hi 
байа. Fi 
Baobab.—In Upper India үр очту й к ahd 5» 
this tree is extreme ly slow. Two planted 
— in 182 
ucknow, em the 
saf-ud-dowla, 
iym ago, 
13 fe eet from the grou 
ment Paper Cran? od Мо, 
und, d H- 
Su E oe a Prag eee to this 
subject I again state, in reply to Mr. erem that if 
it was e for the difficulty of еа w h the water 
in the stokeholes, and the e - of re-arranging the 
piping (the си ‘bei ing we rell h ated by five tubular 
boilers), I should adopt the limekiln system of heating 
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ey eid alli ignore the expense, a 
In formano s a stokeho 
Gilbey it dut * £80 to К 
the cele was being 
it Cost nea 
ade Leda 
noted places, are not water-proof; but the 
in er А. with an n пае of Mr. 
. it not be misu i 
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8 us 
FA ms o 
as Bai t 
settled the ‘question in my mind. Ldward Бен 
Rabley, Hert 
Late Fruiting Raspberry.—I would recommend 
to кү readers the e: = a: fruiting Raspberry, 
plied month of Octo ber, and had a good d 
coge быў there is still more ruit. on the й 
variety be 
goes to fruit ; it is not above 
common Raspberry, and, therefore: takes less 
I suppose it can be bought at most nurseries 2 
mine from ivers. ons Wickham, Binstead- 
Wyck, Disa "Hants, November 9. 
Veitch’s Autumn Giant Cauliflower. —This, 
one of the most valuable Cauliflowers in cultivation, 
seed, y W. Ward, 
Lon eford [А PA Коу. 
macrantha. — Мг. Bishop’s letter 
(p. "aer in pico 6 his cultivation of this plant in 
the same house where Ixor ras an аот, ат 
aid t asje 
andra not succeeding in a пленена re that was high 
a i grow the cei plants as E ouglit to be. 
ow ing the first w e has cut 
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