718 IHE 
GARDENERS 
CYFROWI CLE: 
[DECEMBER 4, 187¢, 
АМ» or wood, is to a certain extent M^ It 
not be too frequently or too ongly wad 
ма naa ades the collectors of natu at produc 
that flow ci of the plant ac tally 
and tran 
are numbers should be firmly fixed to each. 
Woods should not be dried too rapi idly, and in the 
case of specimens preserved in 
with em an 
that 
fore the “actual Фу takes pidum 
singe not cause se them to relax f their endeavours 
ain in the ated. u 
note of it," for no excuse can be given on the sco 
insufficient nt Though the information sought to 
btai the exhibits and statements or 
records of ы connected therewith appear at 
first be a repetition what alread 
know, yet if they are carried out according to the 
we ma w t 
sources or the preparation of es even of 
us under the he: on 
of the е requirem ents is “a — ction of species of 
Piha with samples co produced there- 
.” From such a collection, т; authentically named, 
h 
а of light might be 
With 
Rubia tinctoru n these e days of coal.t г dyes an 
th ess artificially 
obtained Alizarine, and with чова chemical p 
tions suited for comparisons, addifion an 
opinion as to the prospects of modi duy by t the 
ents of iin Ue uctions. ч 
ated by dried 
with indigo, a ms ealletion i is sought or of stuffs 
ded partly rye in and partly w 
eral dye i 
ar 
\ her remaining 
sections of the programme, esci ti eresting in 
the ves, do г for say special notis, We 
sincerely 
t the land 
sea Embankment, 
and was held by the Apothecari ny in 
of t growing mag feather asa garden 
of botanical 
it reverting 
| with the 
these plants were pre rre 
purposes, ‘effecting a consequent saving of money. 
He did not think, however, that either a e reasons 
would be sufficient to induc ao rliament to pass such 
a Bote as that proposed. Mr, „бох ез ss 
endment :—*' That i "da m with the recom- 
наист of the superintendi ng architect, in vx 
ара to the Works апа Gen ommi 
dat rm June 21, 1875, the Board do apply i in the нан 
session of Par liament for er to T the gardens 
osed as an 
n 
steps for that papaa A further 
consider it ex 
some am ss 
m 
ndments were negatived by 
a large majority, and the motion for adopting the 
adt t of the diced agreed to 
n be the SINGULAR TREE referred 
e of 30 
minder to 
s Pine. The po e is in 
ourishing condition, and the fol ee perfectly 
Led but in the Pine portion the leaves are scarce. 
Writing of WINDOW GARDENING a short 
time. si since in the Gardeners’ m Mr. ADAIR 
mentions a much m isi plan. of promoting 
it than that som өс к followed 
and public gardens, of giving a M 
bedding plants just as winter is settin The pla 
is explained in the following passage rni his letter :— 
ма Last gu ng a movement was icem to encourage 
mongst the children of one or schools Y: ns 
асау districts [of pes we Е саада what 
n the invitation of 
St. 
h t the 
l-house, a few ladies and gentlemen осна: іп 
these КАШ and сае Dundred of, of the children. To eac 
of ы then given absolute owner- 
of the — of 
k to the shoo! hous 
state w 
unreasona "pee his or her skill. C ihe 
social improvement amongst us, from being 
expended in prosecution for crime Within the thirty 
years also now commencing ? 
—— We regret to hear that in consequence of con- 
одана reduccons in the garden establishment 
Ha AWKSTONE, Mr. pa "Tenn will shortly be 
г engagement, We. 
at Hawkstone, and testimony to the sa ect wi 
oard | be found in the descri e there by 
Mr. BAINES, recently published i mns. 
Such a thorough master of his profession ought not 
long to be unoccupied. 
—— Those who have to preserve greenhouse and 
half-hard PLANTS IN COLD FRAMES DURING WINTER 
are often driven to their wits’ end during a season of 
frost. wo dangers have to be guarded against— 
s amp ; and it ppens that in tryi 
to exclude the first, the second is oted. It is not 
ifficult to exclude frost ; plent clean stra 
e Soci 
" E» stes: Royal Horticultural ‘Society. 
тыыр ыы м, 
much better mitigated ,by the constant p pue ч 
f ethos pi d p reventive iv asures than by 
hich c a fe e applied after the enem mj 
fairly got possession ; and unless un on rigid atten. 
n be paid at the Mcd deaths 
Жа; fo йот Мо plant 
tw hours. Ne җен 
winter bor. plant the beautiful blue 
BRov OWALLIA ELATA is perhaps sca 
and then bro "e ил а cool greenhouse 
in summer, ber will begin to flower in August, and 
if placed in a warm house during viter will flower 
with great freedom all through the dull season of the — 
year. In company with Plumbago rosea, Bouvar- 
dias, Euphorbia.jacquinizflora, Primulas, Roman - 
Hyacinths, winter flowering Bego my Poinsettia р i 
cherrima, and others, there need m of flowers — 
till the early springtime makes oM et hus 5 
plentiful. i 
— On arriving at Birmingham on Monday last, и 
Ne 
will, we trust, wen followed in die owns. ў 
—— PacHysToMA WIGHTII, a pretty be 
Mond: terrestrial Orchid, is now flowering at 
ew. It has the habit of Bletia 
perhaps 
reimported from Ceylon, it 
is given in the Botanical Maga cue 
plant flowered by Mr. BAT 
—— "The following circular has been sent to us for 
publication :-— 
se 5 Horticultural Society, South pra isi W, 
of ET Aes e. 
It being advisable, in view ot. pedem 
SRM to the circular of N 
tural Societ in 0 
in the Council-room, South ensin 
Thursda: ember 9, at 3 o'clock P.M., fo 
of explaining the scheme of the Council, and of 
the Fellows an opportunity of stating their opinions ОП 
its details. The President trusts that it will be con- 
enient for Fellows to attend, as the ot to am 
-^ d is of the emm — to the interests 
ciety.—By о 7. port, Assist 
Mr. оон» who is well known to our 
readers as a raiser of new Verbenas, has er a 
nursery busines at Stroud, and is ed in 
mahagement of the gardens of die Earl of der 
at Coleshill, High 
rth, Berks, by Mr. STEPHEN 
HAINES, late сени: at Longfo ord Castle, S Salisbury. | 
cca TN e SAL THE Ro N TTDCERTES 
SLM by irm e the кезби a the late Mr. JOHN 
STANDISH, on ay, Norembe ЧЫ 
e to-day d uer рк? 
the attendance has been larg usual Tor ato 
this d on, which hae o Mw: 
onsii e magnitude and importance 
stock. Тһе specimen Coniferze and o 
w prices, 
lich a 
a distance, wer had 
gated Hollies which the hie as Јонм S1 STANDISH В 
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