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THE VGARDENGRS' 
CHRONICLE: 
[OCTOBER 10, 1874. 
posed present. Another sent a subscription with many 
=" ara of satisfaction at the opportunity afforded of 
thus evincing a of high des is 
letter with a Kope a neither the spoo 
ever assist in conveying to Mr, h any 
poisonous funguses paei are Daa aigas 
his career of usefulne nt’s ught wa 
sufficient to reassure him (t ine President) da this dask 
shadow of a suspicion was the st ghost, for if any 
h eld in his hands, with the plate which it contained, and 
tin pleasant 
engraven on silver on t the case, it was given * 
ngu illus- 
memory of fungus forays assisted by his experience, 
trated by Bi pencil, and chronicled by his pen. 
r. BULL then rose and said that as in the case of the 
ens aaa war it would e 
been a great gia tion to hi otice the unanimous 
* tenor of the s letters whe had flocked in, in 
reply to his anii e pleasure of that aA 
The 
dence had been shared by relied (Dr. BULL), for h 
had had nothing aa kind answers Sika) letters he had 
ident’s “it sen ee letter 
written ; and the Pres 
was ee mite ate might be said to e brought in 
fork o eee until the friendly gift, panei “small 
in cor into a really valuable one. Alli felt 
that it wid ap y deserved from the Club, and 
this sar ara os an echo far and wid Club 
if honour in giving such amsa expression 
to its obligation Tat all who, from f th 
ave ever -a to r in- 
Mr. W. G. SMIT 
formation as to the es or bo: ensign of fungus, 
would pe feel y worthy he was o 
sion. to wom = sy time and padre he had 
devoted t t 
t had not told them how use- 
n 
time for carrying out all this the 
(Dr. BULL) cordially agreed with him that every fork or 
spoon, in place of crest, should bear a Fungus on its 
handle, each diferent. and al copied from the pistes in 
ig ponire pleasant paa Mr. W. G. SMITH had 
< — in een x S mind when = = om 
a‘ deliciosus ” ‘t procerus ” 
S a sored feling to vsin his 5 Woolhope c iiie 
krouga cheer his everyday lifi 
Mr. W. G. SMITH—in a bri m ‘iy, and with cha- 
Tacteristic modesty—dis 
on 
self at ad arc ever requite the 
associating him with 
arat and making his 
every: T g his stay at Hereford 
‘Tn et course of the evening several o 
members. on the list was 
nes]. BERKELEY (unfortunately Dea 
Occasion the othe 
on 
n), een 
er names are mesimi 
$q.; J: RENNIE, Esq., W. 
|. PHILLIPS, Esq, and the | 
myco- 
amongst the number of 
guests wer dp o WYNN COOPER 
KEY, and Mist GUTHRIE, oe = 
faca 
opera-glass. The negatives are prepared be fore- 
si Ifa Tepresentation of a iie oe vals object 
be desired, co is ae . na ae it in the focus of the 
P on ratus is 
vk = 
e in Paris perri 23, R 
onnaie, or of M. CH  Jonsiavx, Rue St. Denk 
Liége, for fifty francs, "We hope some entenpriaitig 
optician will speedily iiradace this instrument to this 
country, 
The get apy SS Society of Liverpool has 
recen cently i issued a schedule of prizes for the twelfth 
exhibition oe Chrys hes and fruit, to be oe in 
Geo s Hall, ey ool, on Tue esday an d Wed- 
esday, a 7-8 d 18, unless prevented by the 
cleani n Hall. The committee state 
ng of St. 
that the following prizes have been peneroialy placed 
at mp Be one = be c ae for a the spring 
show, 1875, b R-P; 4 of Basnett 
= and. Ài earth, Liverpool :— 
‘i ver cup, 
alue S., for a group of TAa ae lbou 
Ma i ower, comprising Hyacinths, Tulips, 
arcissi, &c., but not more than twelve H s 
Esq. i 
committee for prizes 
oes liberal gifts e cee of a 
evived interest in horticulture in this dis 
—— a PERSICA, on one of the walls at 
Kew (se 271), is commencing to nry those 
beautiful) A sabi leaf- tints which render it then so 
beautiful. It was figured for the frst iige in the 
Botanical Magazine of 1868, and is a tree, ‘‘ one 
of the rarest in cultivation.” T oliage turns 
reddish-brown, | scarle ge, ellow, bu 
the brilliancy of colour varies in different seasons 
ft. HO —‘*The gen as na i 
honour of the Russian, ae ROT, who 
ative of Kashmir, Himalaya, bjec o 
ay ce jasa be Sane against a wall, as there alone 
e well colou a i 
r branches are easily 
dsome plants, re- 
It belongs to 
Tra anscaucasian 
provinces of Russia and N atlit. Berita 
opening 0 of the Pegi pe HOoRTICUL- 
“VE RSAILLES, which was to have taken 
plate on October I, is ate W Hecembef i: 
—— Dr. WR AB has recently Segrai in 
the ianen nivei of ey Royal E ~ ademy ms 
of s experiments mov iis o 
waerd i pimi w which we Shall probably reer at 
greater le ength = ig er time, he meantime we 
aoe e to fin r. MCNAB evetilene’: 0 devote 
himself to vegetable pee intaia bat etn _ 
so sorely stands in need of workers in this coun 
gE. 
— The Belgique Horticole cites from a hee 
journal the following remarks on the INFLUENCE 
m a observati :— I. 
in and of snow Aa 
6 
sn 
greater is Ang ‘gen cae than in the forest. 6. 
at in the forest a much larger hore of rain per- 
meated into the soil than in the open c untry. 
= The late Mr. W: Bar Ca 
much esteemed for hi i oi =" ali rs hat 
or his sterling qualiti that 
“we we doubt not many of his old friends wi E; il ‘lad to 
->n eir feelings of respect by affording substantial 
: i the aiai circumstances detailed in 
the following note, SE has just reached us :— 
~ “tis with per gae eep regret that we inform 
that the eldest son owas and esteemed ~ i the ate 
Mr. WILLIAM pane weep Camberwell, has bec 
oura 
isa 
County Lun: aca 
positively there i is no likelihood 
either health of 
ou ma 
usly augmented by the f 
her child i in shortly expect eted. xy 
widow of our ol as impove er- 
self in assisting her son for the last. three yaa in his 
= 
attempts to carry on a business which totall 
is still rendering such assistance as her fies 
permit, nah her ora has become so 
m 
and from the pres ae. nature of the case, 
e fu ol 
rou 
induced to subscribe to ich 
, The Nursery, Le 
GHORN, Sheen Nuna Richa “a 
T — a whom contributions will be — 
— Ipomaa get PuRGA, the tne 
Jalap plant, is flowering freely on a wall of the ney 
He w, and imi ituati i 
rosy purple 
plant i 1s very att tractive trailing over a 
twiggy branches. The method of propagation re 
ded is tò i nsert cuttings of the short side-sh 
= fat better one is to 
uic 
een Pnr pea into India, aj 
apted for coolio oie in many parts of the 
t is a native of Mex 
—— n TOn Jose Peary : 
ur las med, at t the time of hig 4 
pee: ‘the ldest Fellow of the I Horticultural Society, y 
having been elected in 1818. 
-—— According to oe Lllustration Hortico 
FLORENCE EXHIBITION, fully re pa d on 
me in oe ni was a financial success, the nett 
prot ing £1000 e disposal of this sum to 
altos advantage for bortini is under 
erie 
Fak 
— SONCHUS LACINIATUS is extremely han 
for Sneet toble decoration. 
Several plants ma 
seen in the Cape-house at Kew. It is best 
with a single stem, and may i 
winter use. The leaves are pecti 
fully ; the midrib is pale g 
a native of the Cape de Verd Islands, 
since fo for ExPeRiMENTAL TRI 
T 
skille 
appointed, ant the 
very successful. This pit don 
ELLIOTT’s time, but when Si A 
es in ye e Govemorship by ‘ate Piet 
inc tely abandoned and 
— neglected wih quite rania 
been agai 
with 
quote the following fact 
ject in w recent issue o of 
writer says 
a We understand that measures are being ad 
and advantage 
the present favourable — to strike oe and p 
e 
antation shores he. a 
ne locality, but that the trees a are to be tri 
situationsand that no difficulty will be made in 
tants 
they can be spared. A eee quantity ofthe jpet 
ded to England for 
= 
ever yet known to carry out the 
The only Sietlo is our present 
