654 THE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[NOVEMBER 20, 1875, 
ing that we are no worse than our neighbours, 
We — in bus үө have reason to lamen 
B 
the t of so ister or council of scientific 
advisers, S reis opinion s а sid be asked before 
actio k e know that the 
a de ары а of cbe Continent eke as 
great blunders as are made under our own free 
institutions. 
eyed nia of Saturday last contains a 
** for mber of Council” of the 
HORTICULTURAL ‘Soctery, relating to the 
n Some and whic 
usable. 
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sm. Neither can we complain 
rewards ean of money ; 
ussion. Soare the regulations 
for flower shows, and the sooner some ething 
as it is id pestle 
to avoid seeing that abuses are creeping in which will, 
if unchecked, tend materially to diminish the con- 
fidence of the public. What we do complai are 
misstatements made in the letter. — The 
writer says :—** The real fact that t oney 
is not required to keep up the gardens, nor t 
rent, but it is required to give away th 
б prizes to the e, who are so strongly 
on the present bes e Now, 
of m e, and it isa 
direct insult "i Bic dA doo. ne thei 
о the tr their 
and in these later times, - any rate, without fee 
* make a 
reward, to ‘та w for the Society,” and 
would, doubt be j^ again 
ccm T sacrifice i i 
о: 
а 
n the Council, no 
many years. If the local e want the garden at 
сее they 1 must pay for of to 
horticult ept we have so 
ед out, FÉ it is ae ыл. buta к g and in- 
If the local residents, 
its retention, they should at least pay for it as 
do for the use of a West End squar 
= —- According to the promise made in a forme 
num т, the Revue Horticole, in its issue of the 16th 
to the : of new AGAVE, 
4 From this ie 
ollowing particulars, i in addition tothose we have 
is a native of Texas, ры 
duced by M. CoNsIDÉRA d was e 
at the general exhibition h y the Central 
Horticultural Society of vire in that year (May 25 
30). Asilver medal of the arded 
to it, and a general des eek! of the йим. gives by 
M. forces a in the Fournal of Е“ Society. Тһе 
original plant died in ped and it 
was not till 1874 that M. CONSIDÉRANT (we observe 
that name of this gentleman is written 
CONSIDÉRANT, E we are not aware vidi it is 
correct to use ccented **é" or not) = enabled 
to procure twelve" other plants bof e same species 
which were deposited in the fardin de Plantes. 
Various negotiations TE entered into for the sale of 
these specimens or some of t none were 
carried out to the end until M. DE SMET in August 
last f the t ai plantk for 350 francs. 
ed to the plant 
mm time at Cologne, and 
tion turn in 
—fo 
ез dg ч mm d 
К, зын о 
cate, w 
Qv a utter we give to Ho plant at 
Mr. PEACOCK, 
— Weare requested to state that the next dinner 
of ie] HORTICULTURAL CLUB will take place at the 
Club house, 3 ote Iphi Terrace, on nesday, 
December I mbers have the privilege of bring- 
ing a frien nd, be tt they are Loire sre to 
notify their intention of d the ra 
rene зе t€ "n ae da- p* th inst 
oc nience was experie 
the Bé diet vidi of this regulation, 
On the last 
enced through 
—— Fro v yiii we A received a 
foo bu bunch of tw 4 COLMAN GRAPES, ir sample 
of the general crop gro oe at Heckfield. ** Though 
in every sense of the word a lat ун IL 
int SONA E uw 
, 
owne's, is much thinner in the skin, a 
tually become as popular as that kind." 
ail t Wt аду ж кл. 
Do nd must even- 
—— We are requested to state that a great 
INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL Кантри will 
held a EN on D erat 7, 8, 9, 1876 
One thousand pounds are offered in prizes, and the 
Sthsidules, which will beready shetty: may be had on 
applicatio JAMES ARDIE, "Treasurer, 
» Mr. К. MCKELVIE, 26, 
Euclid тейле Ѕесге 
—— After a protracted жаз the award on the 
" Оргом EssAYS" has been ounced, The com- 
mittee of examination consisted of Si - С. E. TRE- 
VELYAN, Sir BARTLE FRERE, and Sir Louis MAE 
The first prize is £200, 2» the second Tk 100, the 
donor is Mr. ARD о Darlington, who 
тву the conipetition with: a rio to elucidate and 
what is known as the Opium trade, ad the 
active member o 
Society, and it was chiefly monet the medium of the 
Баевич that the Орада m debate was introduced into 
use of mr ns last Jun "On that occasion 
M. Ei saat ably expounded the 
ize has been awarded to Mr. 
s an 
J 
subject. The p» 
ev. secretary of 
riental Society for the т р of the 
Opiam Trade. London and China Telegraph. 
—— ANNUAL d OF THE BRISBANE 
BoTANIC GARDEN, 
Meis HILL, is a е but Musis Ж. docu- 
ose whose " 
it is is w watch the increasing usefulness cam nies of 
these —— and the zeal n guis devotion of 
their managers. Mr. HILL complains, and properly 
HiLr's statements, and we trust the Colonial Govern- 
wi ili 
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B 
p 
which 
development to the ао а It 
cruel i ^m ustice EN so valuable a public servant should 
-— n no measured terms of the damp- 
ess of f his recidénce, and the way in which his house, 
is library, and his property have been destroyed by 
white ants. From these causes the Director germ 
is render sd almost uninhabitable. 
iteur Horticole ed s = 17th 
"peel. but interesting on the 
shrubs 
uercus is 5, and of Conifers 
e = ср grown 
i is taken in the 
determination and nometiclatiine of Ec: plants, M, 
VALLÉ ing assisted in this — by M. 
Hinc one of the aides ^ the et in des 
Plantes. t i wes ра blished, and a 
series of coloured tions of new and 
rare species. We shall look f Seward with the greatest 
interest to the appearance of these publications. 
5 
овче 
plates, with ides 
shal 
ору of the Report of the Horticultural 
Society A Victoria for - кы кыт. Juss e 30, 1875, 
has rwarded t 
It shows that, in spite of 
and w he 
increased in public favour and g 
eat care seems to be exercised in obtaining and dis- 
tributing the most suitable varieties of frui 
d in 
— The Revue a case of a 
Horticole men 
Peach, one half of hack ke h had Е 
covering of (e Peach while the o 
a Nectarine. 
age —— ала 
Pee ro. codec crt is reported in 
the monthly à of the e of Agricul 
to be very favourable, Int ase vig S, ho 
ever, the season pom proved disi E 
—— Not long since we had occasion Es mention 
ihe al alleged PME hát diari PME ES in banis 
om the Bulletin T the 
Сай. Hortculural Sat 4 Рн that 
lea sed a a b e 
дейни. to аре e tly). The edi of the 
above named journal po vd out that this property h 
been long kien i in Germany. 
—— We extract = following: passe from 
on рр лом addre : 
EI 
et 
et 
c 
ч 
ISLEY, of L d tbe editor of the e Mustrati 
Horticote, and фут in that jou 
states that it seeds freely w 
no S her 
ort. You are aware t 
y time aken 
tion of goni 
=e = not, er, iden 
s descendants a them with their 
parents. In thi 
кмс апа а 
experience is that xs male exercise 
the pde! ы the progeny і sb the fem 
this is extremely esting, but I have 
vem me. You pow 
hybrids are sterile. This. 
e; witness the hybrids betwee 
иы know wledg: to 
t anists maintain that 
o be generally true 
ds le and peltatum raised by WILLS, which se 
barren. PETER GRIEVE wrote me the othe 
n seeds from 
ranium pratense 
ing from the leaves, iney a aa 
Shall I, like dame have to try a 
es before I succeed ? 
Professor BERNARDIN, of the Coll 
Melle, ne naf eai e who has alr 
good se the "e ot science апі cultu 
ilius 
Бет tes the us PLANTS OF C 
MERCE, * нефа w 
cannot fa il to be pots 
ts yie ielding aptat e, whic 
for = property. . BERN ARDIN draws attentio 
the а сиал она ompany has been en formed in Lon 
estern to utilise Euphorbia corolla 
obtaining mm Pp from it, the milk of 
yielding about hg The p аш ШМ partly decom- 
sed, is treated eam and naphtha, and 
ed leaves a solid residue of caoutch 
The Enphorbias abound in ri 
nist in proposes 
steamers with this sap, to prevent incrustations. 
saps of the Euphorbia have poe analogy to gu 
ата ut are deficient in elastici ut c 
iling linseed oil might 
* Nomenclature de 550 Fibres textiles vege 
cation de А Matures tannaules, ач 
сент : 
