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< OCTOBER 24, 1874.] 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
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Provinces, Madras and Bombay, the red astringent 
as Indian 
ma large quantities 
siidaeniechte usita- 
is used extensively as a kind of lacquer, 
while Arames grandiflora yields abundance of a 
thick semi-fluid rèsin known as dammar, and D. alata 
supplies a wood oil used for torches and for general 
waterproofing purposes. 
Lac, so generally a in this country in the manu- 
of sealing-w in the preparation of red 
Schleichera trijuga, ‘Vatica lakcifera, Feronia elephan- 
tum, Inga dulcis, Aleurites laccifera, &c. The best lac 
is said to be the ‘produce of emt mv of Assam rank- 
ing next, then TT of India, urmese lac th 
most inferior. It ‘ in iat and October, 
o secure Pim cells being full of the col 
matter which yields a valuable dye ; if picked later, 
the young insects have consumed a a tity of the red 
colouring matter and the cel 
With to india-rubber, an important product 
chie ished b tica, it is 
ry hig 
ean sell for more han” rs 8d., 
Is, 4d.” 
ae ah 
tion of = lae rubber plant piia a A) has 
been atte 
pesan 'pioes and condiments, which include 
Cassia bark, Cinnamon, oan keyi the most abun- 
dant of true 
in moist 
e 
interesting poser on the porem hese fruits are 
given in = soe on which these eee are founded. 
The flowers of Bassia sr under the name of 
sive article of internal 
sold in the N 
Te sg a 
Rajputana every 
has a spirit shop for the sale of oe distilled 
In the res i 
ent duty on spirits 
£60,000 per an spiri 
goed irish whiskey, pit it requires to be kept som 
Pikes products and dye-stuffs are largely produced 
in India, amongst the former man y of the Sterculia 
Reports of So 
Darlington Gardener ers’ Institute 16.— 
The anni gon A soirée of this Society was 5 held at the 
Mechanics’ Hall on the evening of the ne: = 
. Over 
Ies 
W. Hodgson, Bell (Branson pone Wa 
and gardene mention es Mess 
Hunter, Lambto n Castle ; 4 "Westcott, Raby Castle ; - 
lack, Southend ; Lazen 
e the —— cr tent rt 
cath e comm e great pleasure in submitting 
eir first en yep and balance-sheet of a satis- 
aen seen at the general meeting held 
there wu a balance in the treasurer's 
= 
onthly magazines. 
with this Institute, and t 
f the Fruit 
Thursday evening for the purpose of naming 
uch s fruits, plants, or flowers, as may 
submitt hese meetin open to a oos 
darid ed from them trust therefore emne will eset 
forward, and not a aiai not to give us the 
t of their pe mode of treat- 
Poat f 
1 Mt. gpa er, and bear 
tay pit We 
arate to have a y a from 
a: TON 
by what gn m e 
bunches of Grapes— E PNAN, & 
burgh, iape arne the mie Pa poring of 
21 lb. 
5 
"e Horticultural Association: Océ, 
a a ordinary proceedings ‘of this Society were 
this occasion an ibition of the 
Setherie a plans a or the prizes offered 
by the Association, see ll e generosity of Alex. 
Breingan, Esq., President 5 hal id Ure Waddell 
sq-y 
Esq., Vice-President ; re John F 
Arrangem ing present 
tizes on the above night, the members were 
nearly all present, and a number of visitors— 
‘ dell, Esq., cl h 
di and plans entered for pected 
erent herbaria 
being exhibited on the youd were closely in 
e The Secretary intimated that the 
D aa es carefully examining the 
exhibi its, had adjudged the prizes as fo 
orders, as adopted in 
desdale Flora, and giving the habitat 
of each plant”—awarded to ate pe meee, isn 
: mely 
Toei C Ch "acne te Flor 
in two volumes, p t W. U. Waddell, 
Esq., Vice-President, fo vie plan for 
kitchen garden of 1 acre in extent, with ecessary 
mpanime instructions for cropping of 
same throughout the year”—awarded to Mr. Geo 
Hunter, gr., Broo Handsome silver medal, 
presented by rew, Esq., Elmwood, for the 
en 
ed 
request of th ibed t 
leading features of the plants included in the two 
her! there w 
baria exhibited, in which 
work in pi ary a snpra of the eos e eorr 
petito: Messrs. 
terms, than = hss eee wean for the prizes awarded 
them. 
thanks to” Aer ‘aunt of the ndsom 
oa ering gme other a ny meeting 
all the me: ing th 
aclighted ‘with the dieper ngs. 
Law Notes. 
STEALING BELL ADONNA.—Alfred Barber, Charles 
arber, and Edwin f Tring, were charg 
with stealing a quantity of Belladonna, growing in a 
field, the property of Ibe i North- 
church, on Septembe: Te imms, of Tring, 
said he bought all kinds of her and that he 
had purchased herbs arber: two years before; 
n Septem he call by Alfred 
rber between five and six in the morning, who, 
with Charles Barber and Edwin Ayres, had a quan- 
c in a 
fou 
acon helped to carry it into h 
paid 4s. per cwt. forit. F. Dell, bergii. 
Aldridge, woi sagar Brown, and police-con- 
eens tai ence connecting the herbs 
with the arber. The a two said 
t 
without interest to the bo -= 
ae as there seems to have been no q 
ass. Could the plant ies teen the eal eee: 
Tiree ne would te ent a very large 
AR 
mber of individuals. “2. 
"Chea SE v, Basen ORT.— ction 
Fiber against a oie in the Riitan" Market in 
Pe) Southwark Bee ge Court, on the 19th ted = to 
ver the sum of Ios. for loss sustain byt 
of Peas which the f had 
ndant i te 
oad them, 
so, “found at 
Peas he had 
rior Peas substituted 
t 
the 
„for nearly an our afterwards, the 
‘eur rnp fe By the Judge: You 
oni teeth and to 
plaintif zae he would make 
—The learn ni bes se a that the plaintiff had es 
, and should, 
THE an 
ON THE pergens OF DISEASED POTATOS.— 
There can now be no doub 
the present season is extensiv 
have already had several anxious inquiries as to ted 
to do with the affected tube eem it proper to 
state our own practice and ‘ae upon this im- 
t that the rege dd of 
di 
portant matter. 
We are this year reminded, in a painful though 
practical way, that besides the usual sm 
