46 THE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE, 
[JULY 11, 1874 — 
explanation is founded on’the assumption that 
o 
placed opposite to the petals, is in this case 
suppressed or not developed. The botanist 
assumes this from his knowledge ofother flowers, 
as well as from direct observation in the em- 
bryo state of the particular blooms, and from 
analogy, just as the astronomer is able to assert 
confidently that a particular star must be in 
particular place at a given time, though he gaabal 
see it, and, indeed, need not trouble himself to do 
so unless he please ; for if his method of investi- 
gation be correct, the result must be so also. 
Another, as has often happened, may be the. 
one actually to discover the existence of what 
his prede och ae reasoning from analogy and 
legitimate inference from ascertained facts, pre- 
dicted must aei That which is an assump- 
row of stamens is present, and so the regularity 
of the flower is thereby vindica ted, 
Crocuses probably owe the relati tive painan 
the 
stamens alternating with the first 
Thirty-first Anni Dinner of the 
Ra BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION 
e London Tavern, Bishopgate Street, 
slide the Precio ency of ALFRED DE 
ed 
—~ THE 
Gaxpenns 
eps aye cea es ae 
chair occasion, un j ging by the 
of the influgntiat aseenrbly 
se 
r 
been expected t e say 
jamie rwan in avour of this Institut 
he felt that pe 
plished 
very Ba 
p^ amou good, through the 
placed i its ts disposal, Homie that it 
favoura the 
sain than which nothing 
Mores to them a greater 
jema had the an 
. 
here, ho 
the hands of the committee would be further 
strengthened in their labours by bai keg Wig 
from all who were prese resent that even ing. In 
-did and could do to advance the com cians dee ee 
seen by the way in which the results of ther skill and 
‘shall lie by in uM and enfecled 
in, sorrow, aara tae Teie las 2 | 
you (continued the speaker) of the success of this 
ee tution — ing the past, I am bound to say its 
nued success rests with you to- — I sen 
confident I shall not pha he to you in 
z 
Let 
aid m for shortcomings, ri so will tha 
up 
permanent prosperity z s0 vety a Se an Institu 
on b ured. ‘*The Botanical and 
Horticultural “Societies ? ? having been sian ed by 
Mr. Davidson and zeaponded to by Mr. Kellock, Mr. 
Sheriff Mme a humorous speech, next pro- 
posed ‘ a Late: The Rev. Mr. Rogers then 
whi 
Cutler,” isi in reply, said ‘‘ the tions of t 
en eeded £750, tap kangast result yet attained 
at an snare feka festival ntertainment w: 
ab wae sein y A not the le ast so F the musical mart ot 
during w whic ieee ssi Ro yd gav 
ladaa song, ‘‘ Under ’ wit 
illustration M pw 
s lately been afforded in the poep of 
this Institation, whic received egacy of 
1000 
h o 
annual festi The amount of funded gis Sas 
in the 
000, 
Soc 
a sufficient guarantee for the future. 
—— Messrs. DENNIS, of Chelmsford, have sub- 
mitted to our inspection PLANS of a New BOILER in- 
vented by them, The boiler, as may be seen at fig. 10, 
FIG. 10.—MESSRS DENNIS’ NEW BOILER. 
is ese "e an air- a. This serves various 
first, it is an exce 
is the hit on ; then, as 
n arrows, part of t e air re uired b the fire 
all ay my ani “4 
mainder traverses the casing, becomin ng in the 
i . i n into the fire reading the 
fuel. In practice it F found that by these means 
red heat is maintai he top as well as at the 
bottom of the fi Pirin the two the com 
bustion is almost ct 
ing nearly the whole of e 
incidental result, the apg = “radiation ov 
conomy of fuel are the main The 
bustio xA su ee fee that almost anything Dee be burat 
with this a which, moreover, requires no adjust- 
ing, and, with the feeder at the top, will bu nae I many 
hours unos atten the whole time 
develope the maxii 
p 
h subjects most naturally come, to nominate 
. be very se e experience o of others i 
wn, Mi: oa B. 
. relating to the HOLLYH 
delegates to jona a committee by whom 
question, as bea 
&c., should be consid 
written commun eers should be submitted. 
first meeting of this eein was held at the 
office of the e eataa Society, 30, 
Street, on 
to draw up a 
Other gen iiaii were re requested 
Sau lists “of insects, birds, and an 
—— We understand that, at the request of set 
leading exhibitors at the great SHOW at B 
HAM, a a of ess i 
column, Messrs. Ly 
by au ne this day (Satur day). The sale 
include many lots of choice stove, greenhouse ai 
hardy plants, agh trees, &c., exhibited in the Loy 
Grounds, ark. 
s how many years 
published by Mr, 
DISEASE 
since a pamphleA wa 
SMEE attributing the POTA 
to the action of an APHIS. 
che i investi: 
gat of the par asite, which is now admigt ed by a j 
realy scientific observers to be the true causie, howev 
y be favo ed fora by Seren condi tions- ni 
rst op Iti 
ca eaten eat ius y varieties 
sien: to a that, ough 
_ were the consequence and not th 
| My Potatos pres: at this time, in quite as a con 
_ tion as those at ers later i in the year by the Pe 
spora ; and I 
t 
— quantity, dhongh possibly not on quality, 
if the like 
J e one 
honour by appointing- r. PRESTWICH CH as PROFESSOR 
of GEOLOGY, in-place of the 1 late’ Professor Pane 
who was himself originally an outsider. 
—— The following letter from Mr. W. G. SMIT, 
HOCK proradi; will be 
te 
me years Acer 3] have had two eg Ho 
hock pints in my garden, and when th 
With this 
hock which came in my way, and carefull 
alf the specimens to the 
plants, d buried the ot 
ever in the way of propagating th 
the murrain en fa r 
spread, but my Hollyhocks came up a 
pring, as healthy Owing to the com 
of the pest I have had a gi deal m 
ease forwarded t e this year than 
infected leaf received I have at once either carefully fo 
n stems or buried 
row t 
plants, with (at present) no moli whatever, An acc 
pes aie laid one plant low 
perfect health, with the sc 
UHC 
remains of the 
Mr. SMITH does not tell us 
conditions under whith he he made his experi 
were in all cases Promised 
moon, and it | to z 
Tak when i js the. mania’ DAA H 
The object of Tise oppa was, no EE ; 
