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THE .< GARDENERS CHEON/CLE: 
(DECEMBER II, 1875, 
medical c ptit, pa А more trustworthy report 
will probably soon be m 
—— MM. , of Zurich, have issued a 
coloured pue. of BEGONIA Кете беа іп 
our со унн bes 
iia It i 5, s, whi ve will 
probably prove hardyi = P South: * England or on the 
West Coast of Sco , at any rate with a little pro- 
in the open at бый, and thought highly of it as a 
bedding plant. 
OULADE, in the Cultivateur de la Region 
nds the following plan for 
paper—filteri 
two UR ati i Place the whole ina stov n 
heated to рч к аж Cent. ange the — after 
an wo or three hours the flowers will 
be іу акы, and their colours пабе 
—— Mr. GEORGE ORMISTON is appointed to 
design | and superi Senes the apee of extensive 
gardens and pleasure-grounds rs. SINGER, Old- 
way, near Torquay, South Devon 
—— The next meeting of бе MEDION OF 
SURVEYORS wil be held: Monday 
vening, 
= 13, when a paper E be Mr. 
W. D. GARDINER, entitled ‘*The present state of 
ihe DAI ak Wa the D NIN b The chair to 
be taken at 8 o’cloc! 
—— The following ORCHIDS are now IN FLOWER 
in Mr. B. S. WILLIAMS’ nursery at Upper Holloway: 
Restrepia antennifera rs ia sums Ehrenbergii 
maculata Calanthe Veitchii 
Masdevallia i ignea - аА rubra occulata 
er s аы eer 
p руе a, fine speci men | 
Lins Men: spikes 
Tur 
Стране barbatum 
Lelia ance и H 
arrisoni 
Cymbidium Mastersii 
Pleioae lagenaria 
zelia praestans 
on muc labiata 
N mpeg ne aurea Burlingtonia sp 
oie ornythorhynchum Oncidium Wieceiicdi 
malum premere amabilis 
zecum pertusum 
лате come 
Sarcanthus multiflora 
Oncidium em 
eleg 
pn аы Insleayi 
ition than th 
been published, Authors have to a large extent 
copied "t their predecessors have set forth without 
modifica So nd mes they 
they have even adopt 
the айк, й course of altering and anging 
the work of those who. рете ргес d m withou 
r speci Mr. BAKER 
has availed himself oft the dtledi en ротай Зач at Ces 
has a 
and in other herbaria, and he vailed himself 
largely of the culti specim the Royal 
- and of exer Sai have been sent to him 
arious nu 
and private ылу speso 
Acces to to fresh specimens is of t im 
о 
c 
3 
arium in 
with morpho! logy 
pint ing mae which give gre to the dry bones 
“of sys 
tematic botany, and link it пеманын to the great 
li bein: baie fain hope that 
of 
zx BAKER's nami no n the ewe of 
e Society, may be collected t in de pee sepa- 
м work. ІЁ а list of all the known ага 
species, with references to pores descriptions, and 
ascertained synonyms, could also be issued, ld 
form an important instalment towards that new 
edition of the Hortus bien eae: is so Al sees 
eeded at the present time, ar mple- 
wards the 
tion of which so many detached fied. ced 
exist ready for the compiler's hand. 
dia niet vend KNIGHT'S notion that > 
ys. Proof to the contrary was айога 
ice, when the Rev. T. GORING, of Wiston 
, sent a dish of veritable Golden Pip 
-The subject for discussion at the n 
evoted to 
ortu- | as the committee may d 
grafts from the old stock, and, owing 3^ the late 
season, were not so fully flavoured as usu 
The WIMBLEDON GARDENERS’ IMPROVE: 
MENT SOCIETY held a meeting on Monday last, when 
Mr. TURNE 
lent paper on 
This is a popular fer: 
m 
ext meeting is the 
propagation of stove plants, an essay on which will be 
SH 
rea 
—— The beautiful EO Be fruit with which the 
ѕо-са! ЕА Т CIUM BARBARUM) has been 
loaded in some localities эж. Lagi has suggested 
inqui ther it ha кү aiena 
useful pu se, So far y ee experi 
have n made in this HON, | but it is at po 
atter, especially 
ded the 8 of Hec 
species is eaten in indi: "The ber rop- 
re*eaten in the piat districts of d Panjab 
fee the 
5 
‚2 
"o 
— 
„О 
е 
айне is also 
rut scia ‘Tea tree 
“Теа plant" iw h the commonly cultivated 
eed г К аПу uer in England) originated, 
accordin mistake. It 
at first Е деа the Duke of Argyll’s Tea tree , from 
circumstance “i a Tea plant (Thea viridis) having реа 
of ARGYLL at the same s the 
Lycium, and the Prec 
y M 
transposed. 
ng been мената 
г occurrence explains 
he name Thé di Г ‘Abbé саша by which a Chin nese 
dwarf variety of the Elm is known in Ten. An Abbé 
,in the of V., imported 
the plant from China, supposing it to be the real Tea 
tree. 
— — Another fact to be added to those bearing on 
the effect of STOCK on Scton, and ontagion 
—— With the present number the — 
P Horticulture iis concludes its first volum 
publication has more than redeemed its a А, for 
the later ит такам are decided improvements on n their 
predecessors. 
terms, on Kew, . FRANCAIS 
read vith interest. The neatness and good keeping, the 
Palm-stove, the flower beds, the lawns, the museum: 
the herb: all come in for a word o praise ; and 
last, not — the ladies’ erage qne and other con- 
veniences e of approval in the mind 
of our c viria 
—— Welearn from Mr. САТЕ that the thermometer 
stood at 16* on the 7th inst. at Inverary Castle. On 
the same day the barometer was at до .7, with а 
pe fall of snow on the low ground, Mohr on 
he yer lands. The air continues dry, and the 
evergreen and deciduous trees, = well- 
LM. frost is not anticipat W 
MES different tale will have to 
told of the sostbeni dis cts of this country. 
— of the 
—— On December 1 di à 
DARLINGTON GARD ins NUM was held, 
Mr. BOUSFIELD in the chair. 
attendance of mem! 
of their secretary, w 
duties most indeftigsly: 
KENT goce ead the balan 
bers ditto, 
е from 
st year, I'5:. 3d.; total, ea 5 31 9а ће 
expenditure amounted to 438 I5;. Pes leaving a 
balance to the good of the Institute of £14 175. 7d. 
The report eg that the oped ble, wie doubled 
over: £3 oF оз. 34., this 
to 
aa EDWARD “Passe, the ста of the 
ected Bud Of that we 
ks || give an illustration (fg. 155, p. рањи 
li relics are 
ie prc ai suitable icm 
and presented 
valuable books to the library. One of them—/Zye/s 
ostly book, was 
placed in the library. Then 
87 members and 25 honorary members or 112 in all, 
There had ers been two pape read—one by Mr, 
it UNTER, on ** The Vine," tg one by Mr. PETCH, 
* Garden Gossip." 
uestion is raised in the Gardeners’ 
PAM e u 720) as to the esculent quality of 
PEE ICUS PERSONATUS. Some years since the late 
Professor HENSLOW sent me a quantity of Mushrooms 
consisting ue of this species, б which formed part 
bas 
ofa of which some perso: Pey n Street, 
Cambridge, had — an ө їп сопзе- 
quence de personatus Ms not only iy “р 
сае but is sold in some of o 
tion of tay ng v. 
a 
thers, and had d 
fatal. Having no t the species being 
wholesome, though far from first-rate food, on apice. 
consulted by a адар manufacturer whether 
siona 
his sauce unwholesome, I said, without ‘hesitation, 
wou uld seem then from this 
wld 
TRE уте frequently нде Boletus luridus 
with шаку. AMA 
—— The Gardener for the present month н 
with a sensible article on the itm for “rest” i 
the cultivati ов of plants. *f'Ripen your =» 
pam. pra ly, wed vm en give a long period of co 
plete No will question the ойы чаа of 
de а ; but if it m horou der- 
that rest does not imply inac 
igh 
бо of liquid 
position, consolidat 
aptly enough E up i 
the wood." А plant *'at ut " js really no more 
inactive than the chrysalis of a butterfly, in which 
such wonderful transformations are takin 
—— An entirely new. Sheet Almanac, designed 
Ruf en engrav ved by Mr. WORTHINGTON SMITH, will 
be issued with jv. wee bini os for January i 
1876, The Index to the t yolume will be 
published with the number fe Denim m 
— — "The sale by Messrs. PROTHEROE i Det 
at Messrs. reed MBE, PINCE & Co.’s nurseri 
Exeter, has been a success, and those who attended it 
did well, as there was no reserve pri a single 
юз and whilst some e things fetched a fair price there 
the lots, 
another sale, of three or four days’ duration, of the 
same descripti 
on of stock as heretofore offered, as 
those gen ‘intended ucing an entirely Е" 
f stock into а portion c 
Grea cyan ty and т have existed 
кошы ae sale, and not a single 1 ot was disputed. 
чеч four thousand lots were offered, 
en together where the epis 
ith, the number of plan 
бо. 
iia ng ta me 
had [s buyers to deal w 
offered at once amounted to 
BUDDHA'S TOOTH. 
Last week we laid before our readers some views ' 
inthe Lál Bágh, a public garden destined to have 
been the scene of a festal reception of the Prince of 
who was, however, prevented from carrying 
out his intention by reason of the presence of cholera 
in Southern India. In Ceylon, where the Prince is 
penci 
; in Oliver. | Buddhist as plentiful in 
Биши олик p reir р» іп Котап 
Catholic countries, rd history of Buddha's tooth 
followinp extract from an. 
| may be gleaned -from the 
р NOM Um 
Atheneum :— 
"Afer Buddha's obsequies, а priest is said to have 
