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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
(SEPTEMBER 12, 1874, 
not wish to dictate to the First Commissioner of 
mployme: 
workmen, more of whom would be nek as watchers. 
thought. ever, h day the 
» Mr. BURT, and M 
OLDER, was pil te ray to present a Wiëmioral to the 
Commissioner of Wor 
e very strong protests have again been 
addressed to us as 
the Royal Ho 
made as to 
ea but iti that they 
ing in special know ledge of the necis eine. 
Seca se 
rse id slides 
Again, TEE dissatisfaction is expresse ed 
at the e judging i in the rtainly 
think many òf these anlai might be ohne by 
a more judiciaus selection and a wider choice of judges. 
For instance, with a large Fruit wed Vegetable 
mb 
mittee, mem “spec y con- 
versant with Potatos, it seems oe to ha ve piked 
-qama Ti the Jast number of the Arnal pr Shines, 
M. BERTRAND publishes the first portion isi a lepethy 
paper on the eee et x esa of the 
and LEAVES ARTRÄRD 
points out the relation cies and their 
aphi istribution, allelism existi 
f the Old World and those of the 
organs of Sciadopitys, er which differ from those of 
other observers, and t which we he again allude 
Eween 
~ fessional work on- Mi ine 
Nesrin.D was eng ged ‘at the time of his sudden 
Moen 
f. HoLpING; Mil: 
verton Vicarage, Tinh ngton ; and Fetcham Park, 
~ Leatherhead. 
-~ —— We learn that Mr. A com gr. to the Earl of 
DaatwovTi, Patshull, olverhampton, re- 
end of this month, after twenty-one me cy 
His successor r, JAMES 
Exton I 
~ gave a figure of a Plum tree bearing 
This year a pot tree of Coe’s G 
: A ected by the 
the ke 
sae The pisaran nber of a 2 new F 
issued, und 
ihe Bullen 2 Horticole, and whi oy 
organ of certain 
number contains, in ition to a aosan of o 
details relating to the societiesin ques 
ti ohne of interest, such as 
pomo ology i in the shape of a review of a work 
n fruits ; an abstract of 
of M. HEMS on the i insects injurious to cul- 
agg spa 
the and “Apple ; uid m 
ction of seeds fo r gees garden oses ; on 
weeping trees ; the propagation of fruit treks; &e. 
on eon be and summer pruning sed 
e 
ose Show at Lyons, which, on account 
of the TA yet of June 
learn it the aiae orticole, ta lace from 
eptemb , in the park of the Ha d’Or 
A pecil lass will i instituted for new Ros 
e gather the following details as to the 
si, of ice E CULTURE ies Brie Comte Robert, 
the 
fro Revue teat In 1873, i in aa x the 
si and the se an ge sa time 
destroyed the commerce in in fos of the 
disastrous fosis 1871, the TS fields. extending 
ned 
of 
over 40 hectares, are estimated to have contai 
2,500,000 plants. 
—— M. BAILton has recently described a most 
curious shibnoriienityt i in the 
STEMMA seh NGHA) 
while a bud springs from ie chalaza and form 
A reproductive body is here found keti H early 
occupying the position o of the true embryo, which } paier 
is, as it seems, not for is is one of t z De 
curious E] of substitution of on n for 
yet reco and we await with m interest ie 
details wae hlustrati tions. 
ave before called attention to the sim- 
plicity and peaches of VOICE’S PATENT VENTILAT- 
ING APPARATUS, as applied to houses which may be 
ough > for Piok or small enough for 
| ama „and now have to notice ano er improve- 
ment, which will be- i ue wh 
co! 
space. and the eins of labour are objects of con- 
sideration. so seen from the illustration 
; wien 70.—VOICE’S SYSTEM OF VENTILATING. 
"the. 70), Mr. VOICE, of Horley, iter: has adapted 
his roan to the old-f. anne sa ens of frames, 
whereby perfect ventilation nsured without 
the lights o oc The dusts more aie tai the frames they 
stand on 
een throu ugh t 
wheels a 
= vehi screw. E lights 
f the small handle at the end, to the he eight 
jemeid for giving a suitable supply of air, watering, 
or arranging the plants, and er may be raised either 
in front or at the back, as own, by simply passing 
the handle of {the light Gre a sm ook at the bac 
lights 
wr 
renders fixing uni STA 
allows of the ge ae lifted quite off ihe fra frame, it 
sary. This simple appar Sarat an be fixed t 
any see nd by i its use the brea eae of glass, which 
is greatly accelerated by t 
UP. with or flo 
where, to give er ventilation, sometimes the 
lights have a be slid off in front, ee up en m 
much room as the frame, this space 
not of much c consequence in large e garlens, but iti is a 
“i The yish Farmers Gazette the judges 
North of ae i E 
wall on the Lam side of the hous 
—— LYCOPERSICUM Bi oo is 
Eiio Rien nee at sl 
ee neat foliage, without the visc 
e Tom he berries, for 
cem 
uch larger than red Sa The seeds 
sown in s . It requires a moderate amount of — 
pot room, as, if much pic the leaves are liable — 
to turn yello 
t is worth attention, Native of } 
tropical America, 
induce artisans and others to visit „the i 
EXHIB BITION for the pu me = gaining tec 
instruction, the charge of admission has been reduced 
d. each patida on e ays, Tuesdays, and 
Satie being the free days of the South’ Ken- 
yes a The Exhibition will close on 
ct 
In the Bee Stove in the Ochor Botanic 
Garden there a specimen o EAST INDIAN 
top and con 
every leaf, until it Gamay ai dies 
—— The Brunswick Fic is quite a feature at this - 
time in the kitchen en gard 
larly for walls in cold latitudes ? 
~—— MONSTER MUSHROOMS have beeni 
scarce sree thts year, but we are informed that Mr. 
f Cumgigh 
Wale inst, measuring 
across, C weighing 2 lb. 
—— CoTYLEDON (UMBILICUS) SPINOSA is flow 
ing at Kew on the ro pe e S rs = Ser 
raceme of ‘pale y a ve The 
with the rising of the stem, s so o the beat a be 
i. destroyed. re, but 
pricked into pans 
names. .Sempervivum cuspid was t 
given by HAwortH, under ch it is sometn 
Caltivated: Native of Siberia, China, and Japan. 
—— The GOLDEN a ee Shred 
dite’ well this season by Mr, VICKERY, 
near Chichester. This gen Ted 
upon a rod, all of pages size, ri 
golden co olour, and free 
eats s the hous 
ry, red each fruiting bre half é 
as he his to limit the flow of sap to the bunc 
The result is good to whatever ei attri 
—— A new and highly suc poem culti 
exhibitor of the Gladio lus has come ; 
season the per of Mr. THO MA 
Preston Road Narena Yeovil. On two or tar 
West of s i 
sions, at 
SAMPSON, who ised 
lings, succeeded in defeating t ae renowned e 
ing P 
tivators =a the beautiful sotu 
Mes ELWAY & Son, Langport 
— The value of ERIGERON MUCRONAT! 
rbaceous 
