a yli gg 
‘damage was done to 
: E es S.; 
the chair. 
JULY 4, 1874] 
CHE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE, 
19 
Py the patent insects when they emerge from th 
ysalis ere can the little devastators ha “a 
ming out every day. 
w days 
nag 
insect is a sma 
hem are 
delay will allow 
he whole of he brood to come out and do tenfold the 
nischief next year. 4. M. 
“Oval Beds.—I find my pantena has = a eign 
Now, 
ne down the centre of his ova 
an be ugli icall 
al no strai l are ad 
ross. The proper treatment of an o 
thing 
h diff s fro 
E diagonally Y sien Ger or r have the three circles 
ntersect one another. Last Somers 
ebruary ets 
akey is at 
Carlisle, a 
notes from a as sei 
h 
orn, promises s 
efine ts Fru 
—‘* This year’s harvest, 
5 be: 
unt of t 
“En ng 
easterly winds will be aie reira, eaters 
ng.” 7, 
Jong e 
ing the general fine bloom in the spri 
Hailstorm on Jun 
ete 
ailstones, lg has 
go y 
the “Patt crops and bed 
Strawberries bani deeply indented oe, the 
aused them rot u 
24. — The thunder- 
The 
storm “K passed over ‘this neighbourhood on 
ding 
n the 
Mars rat were also each aai, 
groun 
the frait iiis exposed being m 
en the Coleus ar 
In the flo 
seem to ahhh 
‘distance fom here 
¢ Stapleton, Spring G rove Hous, 
marked as if by shot, 
but a 
Se of tt 
sleworth, 
af MOD sare ers July 
IERS; ror hair. 
Reports of ZOP SEN 
Wilson, 
Tn Hate ML $ Berk e- 
sihaeds of the Fruit and Floral 
ention bj 
SCIENTIFIC CoMMITTEE.—Dr, 
and afterwards 
he co 
: poe Pinks.—The Rev. M. J. Berkeley, in allu- 
sion to pieper mpr vee oo ting, stated that 
7 H. Gilbert, 
Dr. Hooker, C.B., Pres, R.S., 
Dr. Hooker and other members stated that the 
age wa frost were frequently not visible at the time, 
but revealed themselves when the summer came on 
Bladder Plums.—The Rev. M. J. Berkeiey showed 
ee of Bladder-like Plums, from Pitsligo, Aber- 
e specimens belonged to Prunus Padus. 
He thought it ee an — the condition in question 
produce by the e fun news, Ascomycetes, as 
produbi the blister in Peach lea 
Fairy Rings.—Dr. Gilbert “eae 
explanations as to the wth of Fai 
"hi 
into some 
gro 
bser r. Lawes a 
fr. La ad had analysed samples of the soil from 
the ring itself, from the space withir ring, and 
the earth outside it, with the general result nen 
the quantity of a in the soil outside the ring 
was greater than in the soil beneath the ring itself, 
while in the ett within the ring the amou of 
nitrogen was least. Under the green ring a ii tity 
of mycelium was found. r. Gilbert also entered 
into some details as to the experiments carried on b 
Mr. Lawes on land originally sown with Clover, but 
which last year was half-sown with ont the man 
half with Clover, th sult that much m 
on thie soil b by the Chiles than 
by the Barley. the e investigation is not comple 
pe Soe sansa ae the details is deferred for ‘ts 
empferi. Hooker showed flowers 
‘ne sae Iris för | sedate E. G. Henderson. 
from its beauty as an ornam e- 
rest attaches to the specimens from the fact that the 
of 
road as the 
well as as the pgs Ey spread horizontally. 
stam also is increased, and in 
are partiy petaloid and tubular. pt ang a 
in gardens Iris Kempferi suppos be 
is 
Iris hèvigita of ht (see —— Garter, 
Oudeman’s Neerlan ds Plantentuin, 
; Mlustraton sa a 
“Mouer stated that 
seeds of Pringlea antiscorbutica, sent $ Edinburgh 
in sealed tubes, had a minated, while those sent 
to Kew in their pods as dried plants Nad hin of them 
S 
ici of Pinguicula,—Professor Rie sy 
ons of a c 
ar to the p + plant ted ‘ike 
a of catching insects and  eigaeine them, 
See 
ep. 
Malformed Clover.—Mr. Hiern showed specimens 
of a malformed Clover, which will be reported on at 
a yo meeting. 
Vood for Engraving.—Mr. W. G. Smith showed, 
in psi had of the series prey exhibi 
nd engravings from which 
o time in, these column ns, gee 
= 
e present time solh 
had been found so good 2 She 
FLORAL CoMMITTEE.—Dr. Denny in the chair. 
First-class Certificates were awarded at t 
H Tso 
gonium Dr. 
varieties, and which stood out well am 
in the Chiswick trial last 
Kempferi, var. Edward George Henderso 
large deep ge 9g <a: nen with golds ri 
coon pr. to J. T. Peacock, Esq; States 
Peacockii ; to Mr Griais for as elias: Rose from 
“hrenn Camille de Rohan, a fine deep ate with a 
R. Dea 
ursery Com 
pumila grandiflora, a pretty, deep mra form, which 
was alluded to in our eh Messrs. James Back- 
t three plants, A aesa a fine 
m st G F. 
à ilies, amongst 
which “eg some pAr varieties emir r» canadense, 
A sel 
tion of Antirrhinu ris como rsa R. Dean, and 
some yellow Foigloves from Mr. Harrison Weir. 
Fruit CoMMITTEE.—A. Smee, Esq., F.R. 
the chair. Mr. Perkins, igh a Charles Keyser, E 
Warren H tanm a handsome Ripley 
Queen = n 5 lb. r ry digs on produce of a 
peta ated in August’ las A Cultural 
paths oll wis e guis Pine, 
weighing 5 1, Ib. Gon. was also shown by Me. Richards, 
Baron Rothschild, _ š ny 
Melon 
Ta 
Read’s Perfection Melon, which was thought to be 
ek 
Eagle, St. Margue erite’ S, 
varl aa um a 
Gove Wood, e de Suassi, Ohio Beauty, 
Elton, isadionn Heart, Bigarreau Napoleo pi 
The samples were fine in size cal colour, and all that 
could be desired in flavour. The committee voted 
their thanks to = Woodbridge, and unanimously 
recommended to the Council the award of a bronze 
medal, ymn bly hope the exhibitor will some day 
pet. T n, Esq., Sta mford, sent a promising 
seedling nE which was relegated to Chiswick 
for ; as was also a new dwar nye rrow Pea, 
of gre a staop named Robert Fen and shown by 
Mr. R. Dean. Mr. Melville, Aprea eri The 
Royal Vi atk, St. ig ersey, sent two 
a ofa a ng Grape, named Duchess of Edin- 
White Muscat Date raised from the 
Black and White Muscats of Alexandria, — ‘ame too 
late to be brought before the full commit 
pes RosE SHow.—We ventured to anticipate 
ur last that ane ror duane the best 
Rowe mg of the should this. eventually 
rove to be the c cies we et 
better hive gone before. 
Western Arcade, the show to-da 
of its seam a and though, as 
were a many fine 
looms, it cannot be sa onthe whole, that what we 
lost in numbers was m ates up for in quality. An 
nat “a half-a-dozen or a iniy blooms of s 
ieties—a plan w a we think might with sdvanenge 
ry exte nded, inasmuc sy as in the case of new varieties 
we should s wake gain und opinion of their merits, 
with the consequent nìvantage = being able to invest 
stead of those whose 
he system would create more tety and cause even 
more interest to be taken in the pn and in the 
hands of tasteful managers would no dou roduc- 
tive of prettier ge pga of colour than can ever be 
xpected fro patchwork quilt-like system 
from which the e xhibitors seem unable to break 
away. The arrangements a at Rose shows in gen paral 
wn tt f they were intended as trials to see if 
n be appear ps! fi 
the seat surprise of many Prepare e Ist 
the nurserymen’s class for 72— ted distinction 
which in later oe has osc alien of amit s 
sharp contest een the rt ty champions. of 
Cheshunt and Sloughi ras taken by G. Prince, of 
xford, whose flowers, 1 wh, are from 
trees worked on seedling Dies ; Me. Turher was 2d, 
Messrs. hell &. 
Sons 4 
Mr. Turner’ S, but he ha 
orges Schwartz, M 
érése Levet, Marquise de Castellane, Charles Le- 
feet Emilie Hausberg, Etiénn ee vet, atid Niphe- 
tos were very fine in size. - Mr. Turner's flowers were 
even and of go but sati ng to the recent 
ains had not quite such sparkling colour as we 
in the SI Roses, while long ‘ 
sence in at Cheshunt has told terribly in the 
ser and thinness of Më = ’s 
loo Mr. Turner was well rst in er class wa 
aaa 
forty eight vapietied, three erases gr each 
aul & Son being 2d. The finest Sowers 
Tt lot were Etiénne Levet, Elie Moeh p 
Olibo, Victor Verdier, Saun uon éron, 
qu 
and Marquise de Cast first-rate. For 
thirty-six cut Roses, nurserymen, Mr. Cranston, 
King’s Acre, Hereford, was ist; Mr. Fraser, Lea 
Bridge, 24; and Mr. G. Pri —the first 
ones te veral of those already named, 
very f Jean gr pas p Jamin, 
La Frante, and "Paul Verdier. Amongst nurserymen 
Mr. pean sent the best twenty-four. 
h 
pr forty- ight rath 
wright, Pes mbe Rect 
et a ne caf “Tot of blooms, inclu 
asian Gloire de Dijon, 
aussman 
came Rev. J. B. M. Ca 
by Me Ribas of renia and Mr. W. Ingle. In 
the tw large and well-contested class— 
the awar s were made in the aai o : 
W. . Gould 2d, Mr. W. Ingle 
. The ist and 2d 
r—a 
