THE 
| NOVEMBER 20, 1875.] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
655 
od in SIMMONDS Technologist, vol. 15 
in DRURY'S бры: Plants of India, Eder Caric 
BERNARDIN quotes in detail some recent мде й 
ts of Dr. С. C. Bor 
— In uy raising of new expe of garden 
wers it is as well now and then to hark back and 
a fresh infssion of blo od from ione of a distinct 
E) aope the Pelargonium Socie 
of promotin g this renewal in the 
ly we had before us a batch of 
Mr. 
been operating upon some the 
З dern varieties with pollen of TaS fulgens. 
3 show an encouraging amount of variety, 
ling as to naively. Of what 
rolla,” observes E DTE, д saw : it s 
very grand.” Zizie e (same par e) has similar 
son-red tube and sepals, an S. a violet. "purple n 
C 
s in a dense 
er, like i ipe very differe t to the бошар of 
Sa r E thinks highly of 
r type, and probably v showy as 
ery 
ve plants, n Zulieka (fulgens > о, Pater agire б uy 
ch cd lon large flow h a 
be, narrow ary sin sepals of a pinkish. -rose Solus 
d 
es: "Bello a (fulgens 9, Venus Victrix 4), a 
-lo ooking ‘dower, with very deep crimson tube 
eri (same parentage), a ‘misshapen small double, 
e 
t "Titania eed == x pyramidalis), 
warf grower with sma 
y of the old Thompsoniana, 
are pleased to hear a P W. 
— We 
GERS, the well known nurserym Red Г, ee 
ected "X ы dignified 
)uthampton, has just been 
Í his native to ctical 
iculturist his professional knowledge Penden him 
ре ecially useful membe Ас, outhampton Town 
council, a Бий». at has under its care several 
лопа ed acres of beautiful psi and public lands. 
—— The next iem of the INSTITUTION of 
RVEYORS will be held on "rui — at 
3 P.M., when a paper f wil be read by M 
titled Fruit Cultivation and Аис іп 
» 
Mr. BLoxHAM, the Gardens, Brickhill 
anor, Bletchley, has sent us a fruit of the MARIE 
PEAR wei ery fine fruit 
‚ from a tree 25 years o 
—— A system prevails, more or less, in all wine- 
oducing countries, but especially i in Spain, of what 
known Wines. Іа some 
hemistry of tartaric and citric acid, in a 
recent number of the Journal of the Chemical Soci 
Corea eo some interesting particulars 
g to this plast eure Tt consists of treading in 
d of plaster тея own in Spain as 
0 the quantity of 
ripe Grapes for the purpose of tempering sh 
ides plaster, other substances are sometimes at 
ees, 
ved into an unctuous paste, an 
applied to the wine which it is destined to clarify.” 
Mr, Н. RUSSELL has resigned his situation at 
on "e — im and has been appointed 
p r of the estate, gardens, 
belong to te id ik Lord TEMPLEMORE, 
to Basingstoke 
. GERALD RAOUL Perry, H.M. Consul 
during a useful public career in the Navy 
Servi ici 
the Geographical 
the absence of all ij. pete and T the utter — 
tion of the place. On reaching Réunion he no 
the strength and repro of the Boss trees (Case: 
rina laterifolia), and the idea occurred to him that 
they were peculiarly ана to the ber soil of Aden, 
and that their introduction into that place might pos- 
c 
8 
sibly be eff 55. r Y has now 
forward M. Political EU. оа. г саѕе 
containing from 1000 to 1045 y rina trees, 
SE de good supply us seeds, with. P year for 
ing and treatmen 
HYDRANGEA PANICULATA 
GRANDIFLORA. 
s Hydrangea is undoubtedly one of our finest 
hardy deciduous shrubs. The accompanying woodcut 
(Gg. 135, p. 653) represents a branch cut from a bank 
August in the nursery grounds at 
Knap Hill, where Mr. Anthony Waterer, who hasa 
keen eye for detecting meritorious novelties amongst 
pers trees and shrubs, cultivates it somewhat exten- 
i a bank as we then saw of it presented 
quite a ане feature, and biegen attention, though 
unded by a varie кане, iecit to 
e interest of the obse a 
moderate ied bushy-growin ah, x d is s perfectly 
har great paniculate йб сепсе 
THE 
b reat pan icles, 
butthelateral жышын ке ear at their. apices others 
aller, so that the vigorously 
oots for bes коне art of their length 
oped in blossoms. The grand 
г eee masses of flowers can be well imagined. 
Home — 
à s Curly versus , Hoge’ Coldstream 
Early.—Again, in reply to “А Reader” 
beg w say that I fully Sonate t th 
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ut 
о 
н. 
M 
n 
m 
espondence relative 
z convincing to to the 
ved the sort cies uring two seasons, 
and — result I gave TOM to the public x: nine and 
ten yea I find I have retained one of Mr. 
Hoggs 5 circulars of the day, and if you will oblige me 
b in or two from it it, it m 
in 
may be really óoná fide new se 
distinctions with very little бое 
up your space with stating w should think of эз 
аар who w imm 
of mine as his own—that would 
matter "boni issuing a scedliág improved by selec- 
tio and money by 
ments placed in ands by Mr, Fenn bear out his 
statement. Eps 
The Relations between Mantes and Servant, 
ia Williams v. 
e pleases for uy- 
h 
di t to an 
AAT for exhibition with inh he 
m авео auction 
pe. ient i 
y. depen and w 
d that a Paneer 
and г 
that which now prevails. I have 
gan because I see that 
an м 
Е 6: E pc The point which t the 
а i ‹ I to have fact 
i j been the that 
Mr. Leslie, when he found the extent to which his 
credit іы been pledged without his consent, did n 
write to Mr. Williams and direct him to fetch Sd 
the plants. But the question arises, How was Mr. 
Leslie to know which they were? Were they there 
at all? The gardener had had a sale [?] —might he 
not have sol ? Besides whi Ist there are 
in position, or detect 
re are others who would walk through. 
their i 
gardener setting his master completely at defiance. 
and when tend not to gro lant continuing to 
do so in s orders, unt dism 
Ifa tied s ‘authority is thus to t noug 
in the ant pleasant 
relations which have hitherto subsisted between 
gardener and th em of family to 
hich he is attached will sadly suffer. Another 
point to h I wish to call attention is the syst 
hich I fear prevails to some extent of exhibiting at 
our flow . Leslie declared that **to buy. 
i t 
ductions in com Janice: with his neighbou 
his estimation, have been dishonest, " and the Judge 
added, ** And I sho nid üak ed But in h 
many cases is this done? so that Кк is no proof ўи 
the 
skill in cultivation on the rdener, but 
only of 2 ngth or the dis- | 
eservant. I ibitors are to compete 
on esie terms there ought to be some rule limiting 
the age of the t and the size of the pot, 
d requiring a t it had been 
Em 
r 
n easy-goi n, а 
himself much about his garden, so long as his house 
ied with fruit, flowers, and “vegetables, 
ition 
em which he has bought of ас stretzh of skill to 
which w 
have been equal. нола. 
wins the "oup, and when ihe Mil is paid a 
or two afterwards, by the ri n's СЕС А. 
makes t he euphoniously terms resent of 
ар 
£10; and “his is the last point I wish to notice. In 
your leading article you ne We are glad to find 
the 
не ғ. 6d., and if 
ра 
bill for 4200, I am iion a commis: 5 per 
сон. ы receive a present of са 10. Would not a Rose | 
diio prises аб sweet to the recipient, though not called * 
a commissi supposes — M reap andi 
not the purpose of the donor in giving it just the 
same? This may be : custom of the trade, but it is 
mr less than a bribe to the servant, which comes 
ut of the rhaster's pocket. Justitia, 
Have we a Horticultural Society ?—This 
to make, = it is to such 
h 
horticultur d professing to represe: 
parish or district, | t the nation at 
Mains a one i 
cte x 
dp eg cem r 
d 
b 
: and tle 
macy supporti: ubscription 
fs b: 
den! What else are we to infer from the follow- 
eges ч ed circular ry 
amateurs 
pulation, 
wealth and importance of the ре Ет кесә districts ; 
and they me €— that this is ag to the practice of 
transferring tickets, by which e gard 
is to a very еен Es enjoyed 
