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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[OCTOBER 3, 1874, 
ourselves, we pe repudiate the suggestion of o 
we have ‘‘ tolerated or propagated 
ntemporary, e 
ny such di or libel” as he alludes to, and w 
would ask him, megsreara iea in penning = an article, h he 
has not propagated qui a libel 
ourselves, As we oye en done wide? 
a misapprehension, we e B remark on it, 
bein ured that, on reflection, contemporary 
will see that we are to the full as is incapable of attribut- 
ing unworthy procedures to worthy men as he is 
himself. Of more practical iad is it to observe 
at, according to the figure given in the Gardener, 
Mr. HUNTER’s famous 21 | nch is a composite 
How this compound ion has brought 
t—wh from an branching 
of several commie from fi > the fusi 
of several is 
than we — tell from the S homai ar us, ypa 
we opportunity of examining into this point at 
Belfast. 
hree Feria received at Kew ae 
ea If less ape 
lent they wi gr still they a 
acceptable niditions, bèii quite distinct in chinese: 
t this period of the year, when the AUTUMN 
grs ON TEE OLIAGE 
s, there 
ass sed ee richest 
are not ound 
summer-houses, or cottage ae this er 
duri 
or the Clematis so wa 
n the few aes a t aes 
reeper will 
leaves have fallen, and 
er its 
tr 5 po z a l ones k 
of of good cultivation and abundance of light, sore 
or less over the whole plan 
aren “Silk Oak”—GREVILLEA ROBUST. 
is very handsome in a young state, of which Wiese ack are 
several examples in tvatory at Kew. Like 
ry it should be 
Co 
decoration of 
racter, pli of si 
been raised o; ‘the COREE ; 3 and it 
particular j amh was bred from 
with C. patens. It is th 
3 the ite summer flowering 
n cultivation; the flowers large, of fine 
, and a free. It is one of those varieties 
ote 
| that require to become well-established, and to be 
pruned somewhat sparingly. In the open gr 
flowers are very pure in colour, and witho 
dency to become tainted with very pale mauve, as in 
the case of jacluptiial candida. 
—— We noticed the other de in Messrs. thd S 
nursery at Berkham Sp a of the SHRUBBY 
warf bushes AO. 6 
standards, and sceedingly interesting 
objects, very useful for many decoy e purposes, 
such e furnishing or sorada, or for 
mixing with other plants in cold conservatories and 
gree tly ~ -= on act symme- 
trical piles have e tasteful and 
pictural appearance than might a a first he supposed ; 
they are in fact remarkably 
nd that our corr dent, Mr. 
R. GILB ve o has been for some time kitchen 
dener e Marquis of EXETER, at te mig is 
now Superintendent of all things horticultural in that 
establishmen 
SEMBRYANTHEMUM TRUNCATELLUM is 
Su page gs at Kew 
e 
rci 
ey have a peculiar piae sb 
i ee Fags: dongs “M. tru cate l 
in the Bot. Mag. for Janua 
introduced me Kewin 1795; 
unknown to Prince AA p CK, and 
bit: eta. in his m magnificent work ; it ior ae 
— e been figured.” 
—— Amateurs and others in search of a heatin 
atts um of aot price, a 
A STOVE, ib can be fed 
.  ** This stove is made of 
ined i a fie rforated sheet iron, rr 
with slow combustion, The fire burns dow 
e cme! is ee or cen byt the 
required for ore 
use s they sustain patos heat, 
pee a bait amount of ordinary coal, without 
attention, for twenty-four hours, or longer, they are 
ost nd econ al. ntages o 
continuous heat are obtained by a sured quantity 
of air being admitted and peee ged uniformly on to 
eby slow pna 
whilst thorough ventilation 
emit no effluvium or oe dust, and the 
them safe, and 
hea and complete absorption of the 
caloric sch tie terra eta a oe ba it permeates 
it 
before r air, where 
is evenly d dispersed, 'preciading the possibility of the 
existence of a yreumatic odou hatever. 
bed), and with heat 
which is not injurious to the sonal alien plants.” 
—— M. CASIMIR ROUMEGUÈRE, a botanist of 
has, says Že 
Toulouse, France, the Jilustration Hortis 
cole, for | engaged in collecting AUTO- 
GRAPHS OF ANCIENT AND M 
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—— The plant in cultivation as Shere Com- 
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gure Ortus 
quite distincts ; the leaves are very plicate, and ian 
-e rs of various 
large serrations. The panicle of a fine 
F. te is feethigh. F. SEL 
22 feet in will soon sa n flower, and, n 
having Sei te ed, it may be expected to appear 
due course in the Bitanical Magazine A 
plant 
LLOA, witha pa 
—— Mr. ee a of Ru 
PPT a thoughtful ater TORE 
Junior CL As on e Se 
ys y fairly be doui 
Whether the ae oF “the English equivalents te: 
of the botanical terms, would be e stator in its 
{IT 
results. The followi wing is a Mr. 
T = the principal points in his p Sapa — 
“1. No plants — t Senet without, as far d 
possible, every boy having his specimen n for dis- 
m. 
o observation 
hould be recorded till every bo 
in the pry bee seen 7 with his o own 
eye. 
ote nsure 2, the class t be small, or else 
the “bo oys will por the ach Ma “aud take Pa 
pier second-han uc owever, may 
one by an assistant- teacher assist ting the lecturer by 
passing Sten pupil to ank directing them 
“ae Ter pe ould n 
iere es sre be cated 
ish pin aR should be preferred. 
hasiren a 
once by the Ga 
: flowers chosen for examination should be 
act, such 
be chosen as will be see up at 
chosen with a purpose, and the ide f the boys should 
t be fused, o emories overladen, with 
many flowers at once: on your typical forms, 
keep impressing them on the memories of your b 
till they can oe ree a “plant of a typical family fi rom 
memory sege t mistake. 
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care and good teaching there is then m ich 
of 
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; it is almost as fatal to neglect th 
lessons of maa as it is not to know the earlier p 
sitions of Euc 
— The large BOUQUETS which were used 
PEE the chief communion table, and that o 
chapel, at St. Paul’s Cathedral on the 27th 
the pete of the Harvest Thanksgiving, were made 
and arranged by our correspondent, Mr. WILLIAM 
EARLEY, ri 
ereis a very fine specimen- pA 
rope—of VEITCHIA CAN 
a 
=: Ther 
finest in Euro 
at Kew. nap to the Palm-house eee reme! 
a popie t plant in one of the beds 
“ Arec ; Lord Tees Island.” 
anthority if is known to be the above. It | is 
30 feet high, and pte reached the glass will 
require tampläntia ing, 
— We learn a the Daily News of Mo 
last that ‘a trades e centre of 
he other morn at 
ment adjoining to his cellar-gratin 
out of , and asa n h 
en robbed by thieves entering his pre 
rining a stone of the pavement, he b 
alarmed, and sent for the police. 
rizie the one, which weig 
raised, and 
y ers. 
pu contains = oe ofa tecet case of 
ng by Mushro: 
— The Yournal of the French Central £ 
of Science speaks of the ARTIFICIAL 
ING OF NATURAL FLOWERS, 
violet colour when ex 
assume a green tint, all the 
— er to determine the effect of ammonia 
lants. Poing a r 
ey a plate, and paa a f i 
; the flower in the 
so on ; but the most effects are 
parti-coloured flowers, suchas peo _— 
the former colour is is changed to 
