“Oeroen 3i, 1874] THE (GARDENERS! “CHRONICLE, 557. 
Notice to Subscribers. coloured somewhat pyriform fruit, and which —— The twent 
‘ y-first annual general meetin 
re GA BLENET c n aka CLE | had been. trained-over the rafters of a house. ok the SEOTI ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY will 
, be m the on ANMA T i z = : 
aora at the following rales, Ph iaig Be blige oe make almost as fine a display as the re eae pt W ae go A ty cae 
‘bart of the nited King! ed Ree day 5th November, at 12 o’clock noon each da 
Three Mont : Aa x oe | pripen. > 115. 114, We may incidentally remark that the variety | HucH CLEGHORN, of Stravithy, M. D., F. RSE. 
we . 38. rođ, a Tarson mollissima grown by the Lawson Papaa t, in the ana A large number of new 
ompany differs from that in general cultivation | members are proposed for election into this useful 
i il SUBSCRIPTION. in having the upper surface of the ‘leaves quite | TOT at Se menting ce GAA Pile tox., when; in 
£1 6s. 2 months, including mon to— tabroe, x It is int. i midhad | addition to the routine bsy. the following report 
AUSTRALIA Canana | AMAICA WEST INDIES 5 mi n? the T. mollissima var. | by convener of judges on the following competitive 
BsLGIUM NCE ew ZEALAND | Unirep States | glabrescens described in the Flora Brasiliensis. | essays sent in during fas will be presented :—Pruning 
fx 105. 4d. ie 12 months, including postage to— Owing to this peculiarity, it is likely to be mis- | of Timber Trees, considered physiologically ; Litera- 
as | Horano ap O Share taken for T. quitensis, though the shape of the ture of Scottish Arboriculture ; Present State and 
PRUSSIA SWITZERLAND leaves, and iall Ay flo yi al Future Prospects of Arboriculture in Hampshire ; 
aves, and specially the floral characteristics, Present State and Future Pros f Arboriculture 
1 145. 8d. a3 I2 — erpa ostage yta i 
= aa ” p i DEN ai RK are very different. in Dumbartonshire ; Conservation of Old and Remark- 
people are very apt to be disappointed | able Trees in Britain ; Draining by Open and Covered 
~ 
Sron Street Bost Of with the fruits of Passion-flowers, we may repeat Deriks Eopioroni of ‘Locomotive . Engines in 
ce, 41, vedio Street, W.C. that it is the pulpy matter surrounding each Planted ‘Aparty Shou Wajah Koe, a some ba 
: seed which is the edible portion, the fleshy 7. from i lanted Trees? the 
: 2 fro orns or fr ransp 
rind of the fruit being often about as palatable Archies ure of Trees; the Ages of Trees. 
i inner vy 
as araw Potato. Another hint we may repeat, versary din yl the owe will be held on 
and that is, that tasters, to whom the flavour of Ha mber 4 era ; otel. 35 
leva Stale. at Malpas ‘im o gach precisely. 
the uncooked fruit is not agreeable, should not | Professor BALFOUR will act as chairman, and Baillie 
immediately come to t e conclusion that the | METHVEN and Mr. Wittian TOMSON a as croupiers. 
fruit is therefore Hebtbleds: At the cae on Thursday, November 5, the Pre- 
Let the fruits be cooked with sugar, and then ja a nb p chair, papers pee ss by members will 
tried. If the verdict be still unfavourable, we ing a vik aly ch y Heras a i dae for 
n say no more —de gustibus non est disputan- | Landsca ffer i opened by Mr. 
i 2 dum. We are only anxious that the fruits in | GORRIE. 2, The > Injury h mpa e to Forest Trees by 
question should have a fair trial, and this they | Wild Animals and Bi rds ; discussion to be opened 
Mr. ‘CORQUODALE, iy oy for discus- 
S 
will assuredly not get unless they are cooked. te ar sare cnenk paning rali een het k 
Those who tasted the fruits of T. mollissima, to | and. the President will make mc concluding 
: Gardeners Oh om cle, which we have above referred, in the raw state, | remarks. 
were not ver ae in their praise ; but — the 
z 3 A meeting g. ne gardeners of the. town an) 
ed, the 
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1874 same fruit ithe general cry was “ = neighbourhood of S sneaks, Kent, was held o 
accent inl cious! Letushave somemore.” It must, however, | Monday evening, th a inst., to Co nsider Pi 
APPOINTMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK be remarked that the flavour is so luscious that a advisability i ‘exabishing a GARD ENTERS AND 
Sal very small quantity suffices for most people. MATEURS’ UAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY, 
i “Nu ja < erie Sy or Ronin at Goldsmith es Wasik oin = reci £ for makin a shar A EE ees was voted tot the Lami The 
Monpay, Nov, 21 Bight days’ Sale at Wandsworth Common P ps rules and bye-laws of other similar societi e read 
. be Tiedt Deh Aan fruits of i quadrangularis or P: macrocarpa, | and discu sad ides pin pme resolved t ia Aia 
SAVERS Booms and which will apply equally, in the hands of lish a society, and that those present sho form 
g ale of 300 Pens of Poult d Pi ,at x : ; 
TvrspAy, Nov. 34 Ț Stevens’ Rooms, ry and figeons, at |! cook who knows how to modify it according to to 
Sele 
OF ae iia ee ne: HI circnmataiga to other fruits of a like nature : 
fruit into slices, crush th 
Park Siapan ee laced 
Sale of Dutch an Ibs, at Stévens’ “ Cut 
cette Bev. 4, pee ae side at the Goldsmith | Beane 
: nan LUi ER Gravesend Ni extract the il the P 
diy aca slices till tender ane pass them ee a sieve, ower on m the rockwork at Kew we observe 
PEN rancor ANTIRRHINOIDES, of stiff oi ae habit, 
eis mix the juice with the pulp, and add bon a, deal toate mind: Sallam flowers ; P, HETERO. 
_ Fripay, Noy. 6{ H Nuratey Stock st Tee'Dalkeith Nur- | Sugar in the proportion of half a pound to PHYLLUS, a very persistent bloomer, with pinkish 
2 Saturpay, © Nov. 7— a ee ici; i oo pound of pulp or thereavouts, and boil down 6 writen ae hep pples: 5 iat = = a cm 
TEETAR a proper consir ae x ‘ cue oh gro 
ting of these fruits is a subject sti 
JARIETY at the dessert-table, as elsewhere, , Aar f th à ta oi sio ess atk : roport 
is often most desirable. It is for this requiring further inqu iy, the petals, one bei ines 
i Died insel thote bfer pesati never set a fruit, others fruit Aaii but do | and PAROCHETUS COMMUNIS, a 
| not produce ei seeds. Others again yield | brilliant blue Pea- 
who may have the opportunity of doing so to oF e aked like lea 
! trial of the FRUITS OF THE PASSION- not set with their own pollen, but will do so if l 
themapel yee into a provisional committee, with poses 
o add to their number. The Chairman Mr 
repare a code of : n 
> of 
ponani >}. Nurseries. 
RSDAY, Nov. 5 Sale p pee Stock at the Dalkeith Nur- 
est ACSONIAS, &c., now abundant in | fertilised with the pollen from another species. | —— During the high wind that prevailed through- 
‘the t ishments. Beyond all comparison | Numerous isolated facts of this character have | out the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 21, the Cathe- 
of Gace ae ee perfumed i is the fruit | been recorded, but the observations now require: | dral Close, at igat have: Ys was T = sm 
ra erys, the purple-fruited Passion- | co-relating and EM to system. We pre- accident that might have been atten x i 
consequences. 
trees that ae Bog 
which flourished in 
flower, Those, h 
 Dutriment w 
| _ desirabi 
1 r of species in the. open ait. Se 
the Tacsonias grow as sat as: the snow level | Wee Lp: Ame CRNE Chronicle that 
_on the Andes, and there is no reason to doubt | the Tast meeting for the season of THE CARA 
that they would be fully as hardy as the Bra- | FreLp CLUB took place on the 15th inst. 
zilian P. cœrulea, which is so beautiful an | members and their friends met at Church Stretto: a for 
ornament in the suburbs of London from late | t i 
summer even: up to the beginning of winter. | And other plants of a low organisation. Thr seilt 
At Mr. WILSON SAUNDERS’ garden at Reigate | was not propitious, a dense fog resting on the Caradoc 
saw i | (the mountain in honour of which the er is named) 
valey, aie to-whieh there was a col 
; those present be 
Palate, comes the old P; quadrangulari ularis, with 
Oval fruits of a golden eee s7 ripe, Saal of 
graft or bid some of the reputed tender rare 
on to P. coerulea as a stock. 
= With. the 
