526 rA SER 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[OCTOBER 24, 1874, 
which he gives us some interesting details ; 
but we have already extended this article to an 
undue length, and must therefore reserve them 
for another occasion. 
IN pua days, when so much attention is 
PLANT 
el 
culturists. VAN HULLE, alluding to the 
various means that have been ea with 
e or less success, to ward off insects or to 
obviate their ill effects, calls attention especially 
“exhale various gases, 
well known for their powerful 
This odour 
attractive to animals, as 
taria an 
Valerian, as every Curator of a botanic garden 
knows to his cost 
M. VAN HULLE further tells us that on 
visiting an orchard in East Flanders, he was 
informed that Apple trees might be protected 
from the onslaught a American blight by 
simpl y sowing seeds of Tropæolum majus and 
g the plants to twine up the stem. This 
is certainly aa a trial, though we are scepti- 
cal as to the results. Apropos of this subject, 
M. JACQUEMYNS affirms that in some parts of 
Belgium it is the custom to plant here and there 
among the Cabbages a plant or two of Hem 
: to ward off caterpillars, Again, at Lodkeatiutie’ 
E saw in a vinery some plants o 
Tomatos placed against the walls between the 
Vines. These Tomatos had been placed in that 
situation not so much for the sake of the fruits 
as for the purpose of keeping off wasps. 
Tomatos are commonly enough grown in simi- 
lar situations in this country, but we do not 
~ remember to have heard. previously that the 
scent of these plants was distast 
give these 
_as we find them, having no reason to doubt that 
they contain sufficient truth to render it desirable 
that the subject should be fully investigated. 
—— WITH our number a 2 week we pro 
to oe to our su a special su lement 
devoted t illustrati tion pf descri oe 
ROYAL Gaknaits, FROGMORE, and Bas WINDSOR 
PARK. The illus ustrations, which are ni have 
_ been specially prepared by Mr. WORTHINGTON 
SMITH. Weare desired by the Publisher to 
that those of our readers desirous of 
should make early a application, 
SANTHEMUMS jn the ot 
oe The 
TEMPLE GARBINE are peere 
to Bah an 8 pt pei 5 Ba e with our contemporary 
hat ‘‘the whole character of the co tem is so entirely 
architectural that littlei in ‘the way of flowers or garden- 
me ould find ate place. Art has its own 
province, and can nnot delegate its seg = another 
source of beauty of d and 
e t its own shortcomings by. - | appeal ON 
is after all but to expose M pove 
her 
These ie pii sherda select e en ee 
landscape gardener can afford to disregard the other’s 
work, but both should work together. 
— The PEAcH HARVEST at Montreuil a says 
the af Mo gon? sin Belge, been exceptionally 
e gross produce has been 
at = i pe francs. There are at Mo 
600 growers, who hosts 
Peaches. Duri h, 500 
every morning at the Halles Sinira of Paris. 
male plant of DION EDULE is a in bloom 
at the] Jardin des oee 
in the Revue Horticole as cylindrical, i o 
er i 9—10 ides ‘end Aky a atvennate “t she t two 
— Ery Beg age aireta from 
New € Grenada, i ing a fe s in the 
Palm-house at Kew Tt i is eph aen from the inse- 
paration of the peduncle from the petiole and midrib. 
The flowers are borne on the under nile of the leaf, and 
ary in position : sometimes they are near the petio s 
but usually about half-way betw the base 
apex. are etimes subtend a by a second 
ey sometim: 
leaf, in oan pe of which, when absent even ina 
young sta seen with ihe help ofa as, 
Other onie vot plants bearing flowers on the ar 
rib are Helwingia ee of Taber and the Him 
itis growing on of the walls, and ene 
Syne ulongi a) acuminata, a Mexican pi me The common 
RIN ano : all have them on the 
bs All belong to distinct E parat gigs oad 
Rutacez, raliacez, Saxifrages , and Tiliac 
peculiarity is not of generic importance, as Erythrochi 
ton brasiliense bears flowers in the usual w 
— DASYLIRION seraa aie has lately been 
a flow wer in the collection of JOSHUA SAUNDERS, 
and it so rar I 
the pot, is supposed to be about twenty years old 
one of a of seedlings raised D Mr. SAUNDERS’ 
irik, Mr. W. WILSON Sauce I should think 
there are pee pate Eng where a e N on 
i Mag. 
v., 84, 5030, but the plate scarcely conveys a full idea 
of the plant sent in blossom. 
— ASTER me is just opening in the 
fine es collection at very distinct and de- 
sirable, rirani which 1 no collection can be complete. 
The stems are stiff and t 
stems twiggy, with small leaves that 
aiat v without change into the bracts of the 
involucre, which spr as to give the buds a 
peculiar appearance. are purple, and 
nearly 2 inches A. sikkimensis is 
handsome, and - 
distinct. A. puniceus is wort 
with white mess 
of attention as a tll-growing kind 
Few things now 
flower 
d in Cuphea silenoides, "The flowers are plentiful, o of a 
se as da : e _red-pu p! colour; it it has been flo f 
whether any purpose cannot without inv 
of more — PIE tative of Merien ‘It may, perhaps, 
the Builder has some 
e Eanrmg oipo ereader 
; 1, especially with reference 
be worth. aaa esa 
(mentioned at p. pies and similar cases 
— = DICKENS Fong the Sunda Ties has 
much to wer for. he beautiful sen’ a p 
sentiment in 
= ook has not only p 
tion the ‘* Cricket on Hearth,” but also 
_ VN ia l many 
tories, and wine ce llars. 
It is time ei 
to die ou t, for the se 
the nuis isance of coc 
ari 
tised for 
invaluable 
unding name mr) Cantharil : 
Mess rs. orm SSON & Sons, of Tooting, a 
uthood in which they also possess one of aa 
extensive and beautiful flower nurseries in 
unty, 
Sees GERANOIDES, a very choice 
small- ‘abies species, is flowering a at Kew in the 
devoted to the gen It has li 
obliqu es, ia. red petioles 
ure white, freely produced on light green 
descendants ; though 
uch stunt Th blooming 
habit m 
—— Anything that will furnish MATERIALS 
able for PAPER-MAKING 
cured in quantity at a cheap rate, is 
after. 
end 
stiót of aoe Be 
dté d Acclimat. 
a promising idea, for f 
aes before the first stem is form 
ho heavy crops in suc 
recoup the previous outlay. 
pur this 
ie eae he cultiv 
ae = p Soci 
Penge gay and dalesmen of 
aly, will have 
aitheelly i in aera irasi the force of the comp! 
made by the Tyrolese. hae pees g 
of roc 
they conatitute the very 
undue distribution of. water, whic 
natural channels either ese Pe 
points where the soil is not specially porous, 
through loose earth, leaving it dry and ai 
—— In the rich Orchid collection of Mr. Wit 
BULL may be seen at the present time 4 
ODONTOGLOssUM ROEzLU, with flowers de 
white colour, with a few purple Bs 2 on 
yt the Orcurps flowering at SEY 
ee Ly wnt a ; i ot gfe 
several weeks. 
attractive. P. m 
good variety of Oncidium crispum. 
Way cet baa Uro-Skinneri, Mesos 
R secunda, wit 
— We glean — the pages of the B 
following structural - details relating to the 
ments now mo ge in Covent 
and oniyi regret that they were not carried out 
~ on a much more extensive plan :— 
a An part of the Pi jie andthe long been de 
on wd the — 
The sar Pow open the sou 
extending from east aps a the estes 
feet in length, and about in width, 
