THE 
Jury 25, 1874] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
III 
tares, were covered with trees, the purifi- 
neutralise the vitiation 
"This would be a slight 
a 
ri 
im area ooe by sue 
public dens, pr rom Mia, &e. Paris, is only 
: Eines; easag according “e the esalar 
han 500,000 ares would be 
ation of ma of at 
with the desir 
gardens in all our acer a and it may be as w 
i aa ey however desirab ble, 
LLE © alies S, 
‘a apparently left out a his was 
and the rep ta nt of im 
gi or 
l Daal Seay at ae last We ri esd. 
was a case of DRIED FLOWERS gic nobel for the 
manner in which the colour of the flowers had been 
ald m Rost a! e 
ure in return for a donation to the a 
ital in which she is ope 
t with advant try S, 
r age 
interests of the sick berg Beren at 
The colours were certainly singularly 
e quote from the or 
! of heat and cold without injury. M. CORNÉLY 
tie. and 
any individuals contract the habit of barking 
can oken 
aey br of it by shutting them up 
two or three d _ without food. On released 
y are so pose. bf grass that hey do not 
ornamental. adjunct to an 
ore pron of kangaroos would prove 
“ai y prized on 
the qualit th er, and m 
yt general 
r he animal is the prejudice that exists 
against the introduction of novelties. But what fence, 
in? 
which may fairly be termed unrivalled, facing as it 
oes the Houses of ee and Westminster 
it wW n 
Qa 
twee ew Government Offices in Victoria Se 
The or main transept of the building w 
constructed prin ncipally ot glass, pE a large c con- 
serval 
rom gay surrou 
e 
evening. Th l rank second to 
yvorld. Special concerts (vocal and instrumental) will 
be held every Saturday, at v raan t e 
and fa se an re will a Perfor 
f 
an attractive aried Chaat will also ake place 
on stated fe at hristmas an ill be 
provided Spey ean to children i families. 
a connectio: slag the main buildin Fur will be 
oms for pri Aare "e for dative ery o 
cade Fas on matters per Re p science and 
and qaa r subjects of publie interest. The hall 
will rranged that oer literary, and private 
societies can engage it for the purposes of meetings, 
in itin 
on &e, Ww room, 
well as a library, will also be opened for the use of 
isi hroughout n er shows, 
Jales, &e., be nise the central hall 
which will be peculiarly well adapted for these pur- 
poses. A pictur Ty 1 also 
opened ; and to ment offers on loan fi 
c, 
world; and the capital proposed to 
4200, 000, in 40,000 shares of £5 each. 
oor ag ahi plants were in flower in 1 the 
infect É alf of June in Mr. Hanbury’s garden at 
Mortola, near Mentone, mentioned in our last issue :— 
Melaleuca 
ricifolia Aloe penis 
Rhynchospermum “jasminoides ‘ 
yy nent Van Volxemii 
i 
> 
OIA nI 
gavi uchei 
Pithecoctenium sp. ? (Mello, 
eure re A 
] rabid rpha arborescens ł 
K orbicularis Tripteris sinuata ł 
Statice macranth 
” ruscans 
eaor cylindrica 
», Lemaireana Salvia chamzedryoides 
>> vestita ( earn et. l 
3, microdasys Ge nthica 
coccifera I Tesembr ryanthemum ` falci- 
Echinopsis Ey Eyriesii form 
Aloe depressa Cereus Scasiaian 
—— It may interest those who are fond of red 
foliage piatte in their summer gardens, but who 
have no heat in which to raise tender things, to late 
some 
of the thick fleshy masin towar e of the 
plant be bian off in the early sant of the month of | 
ay, in pots or pans of fine soil, so 
that the stem ae the leaf can just touch it, and the ‘soil 
be —— et dry, or only s ayaa moist, many 
ung plan course of a few- 
of them will form 
weeks. In the case of the ul attempt 
that has come under notice, sry boone were laid on 
the shelf of a EEEn for three or four days to get 
** callused” is termed; they were then laid on 
the soil, and: ie hee soil ake soar them suffi- 
e pots ik then placed on 
hot dry position, vt the seid a slightly a T 
aA I bear v degrees ol 
2 with imp if ge ead $ ‘they ex cannot be kept 
oo dry and really suffer more from 
fate Shik from ‘wold, ” Leaves of P. roseum, ‘seated 
in the same way, have wn out young ones fant as 
eadi of the two it is surer than P. 
o be so readily affected 
rr > 
as the leaves do not appear to 
by damp. 
eh ag m, says Me. ScoTT in 
r portions of 
. tinued to increase. 
ete IN THE VEGETATION OF PLANTS. The 
does not want simply an exposition of the 
bie, t itate of — bsa this important qu uestion ; : it 
> 
requir ides, from competitors, exact experiments 
performed a hatnaelye ves, and new facts Paral to 
throw upon, invalidate, confirm Bi modify 
doubtful + pit in the theories at prese: cepted, 
The preg a to be sent to the jere Phe before 
January 1, 
—— We learn with great pleasure, says ature, 
, or anywhere else we shoul 
and that the excursions are made the means of valuable 
training as well as eying solid information, 
—— We understand that, in addition to the cups 
ond ic prizes offered z competition at the Great Inter- 
national Show of Fruit and Flowers to be heldi in the 
Botanic Gardens, Belfast when the British Association 
visits that ci ity, the Mes essrs. MeTHVE N, of Edinburgh, 
5 guinea 
cup for twelve plants suitable for table decoration, i in 
pots not exceeding 6 inches, to be competed for by 
amateurs, 
—— The large paar at GUNNERSBURY, the 
residence of Baron LION E ROTHSCHI 
now very interesting to 
mer 
ago, an y ines 
lent b condition, 
e hou t a hor 
years hence.’ . RICE ‘ 
sie of his Vines after the fashion of some culti- 
vat 
rg branc „and i in doing this shows also that it. 
is not acotat with the pana of fine c crops of 
Gra 
‘THE PHYLLOXERA. 
IN the Fournal des Débats M. Henri de Parville ns 
the i 
invasion of the Phylloxera, 
= success of the KNS hitherto made to stop w 
used serious alarm amongst the proprietors of 
For the last ten Pap ee evil, Berege of 
ain minishing as was hop st y con- 
eee = In 1865 ie the Phylloxera appeared 
artment 
sE 
ee 
Vi isappear, 
day, which may 
lost one of the 1 ae 
