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THE = GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[NOVEMBER 21, 1874, 
see such a large meeting that day, and with the 
reports that had been read. Forests i 
not on ara 
of little use ee for that el ee for if they were 
compelled to fall back at n home-grown 
ood there eon not in fifteen 5 yeu 
elon in the 
toasts were ‘* 
by Mr. 
“The Secretary,” | 
Fiorella nenic 'Th As TT repen 
the Society were ae g to be ** a itis 
arom 
esting exhibition of 
ce in rary 
gro 
and preserved s 
— of fungi presented Dy Protest Ba Balfour, calles 
ons of Pine Cones, microscopic ie omen showing 
nn structure of the wood of various trees, and a 
collection of specimens of old and ramti trees in 
Great Britain, parena by Mr. Robt. Hutchison, 
of Carlowrie. Scotsm 
Lin : Mov. 5.—Dr. Allmann, F.R.S., Presi. 
` dent, in ‘the chair. 
Mr. J. E. Howard read a apr pper on the son 
Derwent 
Revision of Asparagacee, by Mr. J. G. Baker.—The 
author commenced by discussing the limits of CA 
na order Liliaceæ. ret gs osed to regard it as 
consisting of three great series, in addition to several 
pem tribes, all of witch * have some claim to be 
garded as distinct orders. The three 
series are :— 
Æ , characterised by capsular fruit with 
loculicidal dehi united styles and introrse 
anthers (1200—1300 species) ; Colchicacex, raga 
(1: 
by capsular fruit with septicidal dehiscence, 
ers (130 species) ; and Aspara- 
gaceze, mar by baccate fruit (260 species). The 
aberrant ue are > Liriopeæ (Ophiopogoneæ), | ae 
siez, Conantherz, S A 
ley), and Sididae All these have anatropous anm 
and Mr. Baker advocated tk of Smilax 
= prickly stems, 1 polygamous umbellate Shoe: 
: toma tendrils, and decidedly stalked, 2 som rts 
with venules reticulated between the palmate 
main nerves. The tribes and of Asparagacex, 
which are as follows, to a sonidan extent repre- 
sent the non ai, oe of the two capsular 
Seed previously di iscu 
molle Dani Seriesi with poet = hermaphro- 
ag bagel 
athe 
Conoallaviea Herbs with 
phyillous hermaphrodite flowers, and introrse anthers. 
+ ygonatum, Hylo- 
ere R Euliliaceæ, 
73 p i age A T proper | leaves, ig t 
oer ag 
, Streptopus, 
Colchicaceze i in the capsular series. 
_ 8. Aspar agea. Feras or shrubs with leaves 
into bract-like 
filled by an abimdant development of branches in 
axils. Flowers often polygamous, with introrse pe 
dehiscing longitudinally. Genera: including 
= Serpe and. and Myrsiphyllum), Ruscus, Seen te and 
oe yay bein op sets. = 
43, 
superior to any 
worthy object 
Loe 
proper 1 eaves, gamo- | “? 
er 
gual ad in te qme fr six distinct varieties i 
; The Pompon 
dégtided 
and their _ 
are that, in the first place, such a thing asa bulb 
ee tstock or a narrow fles hy lorate leaf of wr prammer 
type does not occur in Asparagaceæ at As regards 
distribution it is noticeable that, whilst 7i tiben 
s of Liliaceæ possess a dis stinc tly marked geo- 
graphical ea, ves dimen not hold good of the 
non-bulbous half he ral aor as the 360 
species are. scatt eré r the world and not 
concentrated in ~ patticular geographical area. The 
most rapete structural peculiarity in the group is the 
on of the lenf organ which marks the tribe 
al 
> as 
veloped in the fo 
minute mem scale. This has a spur at t 
, which in many of the shrubby species of Aspara- 
s is loped out s firm i 
thorn. The function of the leaf is fil led 
Sometimes th a 
without me: fattening, as in th 
—_ a as in 
1 the 
of rebar e heaves (Palo) The flowers in ae 
the 
stigma of the Aspidistres is 
from a raised central umbilicus, me ed 
from an another by raised walls, and it closes in the 
of the ianth, in which the gihe are ha 
y = Be is difficult to tell how fertilisa 
tion is effected ; upon turning it upside down four 
minute es may Me seen, — which it would be 
possible a a very small insect to creep. 
The was illustra ret y plates of the three 
new genera, ra, and q one te showing the in of the 
f these Aspidistr A large number 
of 
new species, especially in the std Aois were 
described, 
Plumstead, Woolwich, Charlton and | 
West Kent anthemum ociation : 
Ne 2, 13, and 14.—The annual exhibition 
held at the Town lwich, and considerin 
é t difficulties under which at ane of this 
favourite autumn flower is carri midst the 
s atmosphere of the Arsenal works, was of a 
highly creditable ria of the 
larger plants figu 5 : the larger cla s at ‘the show 
ae held at the R 
ily ‘rented 
cessful winn e 
being 6 feet 9 inches in dia 
and bloomed, whilst 4 
y I had previ us Two note- 
s at this show consisted of a single 
specimen pint role or Mr, D. eted S Pes 
oad, had been ft fou 
distinct wee A creat ing of Peach , Cristine very 
fine blooms), Madame Roussedon, Miss Julia, an 
os Vogue, pri which had a cingatarly neat effect 
wered ¥ arieties, shown 
the exhibi ition 
l p for large flowering varieties 
went to Mr. Donald, gr. to F. G. Barclay, eat 
Leyton ; Mr. Douglas, gr. to F. Whitbourn, Esq., 
Wanstead, the 
came from Mr. 
ete | os 
Mr. who 
also had a nice collection of fruit, assisted. 
materially in the purely decorative de ; with 
many ; mot provi for in the 
schedule, Groups of decorative plants for the 
but on the other 
tre tabl l b 
cen table were also contributed ph 
Alfred Street, Bow Road; Mr. Deacon, E a 
British Street; Bow ; and Mr. C, Parker, Clay 
Works, Old For 
ip Weather, 
S sah TE sisted THE WEATHER AT BLACKHEATH, » LONDON, 
E WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER #18 tg 
‘TEMPERATURE OF 
5 BAROMETER THE AIR. 
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g2% ase H = §8h A ang 
= D aS 
A am 
Nov. In. In. ° ` o | be’ 
29.80 +001 41 8 29.8 12.0 35 s= 8.3 30.8 s{ 
13 |29.67 —0.tr 45.0 34.3 10.7 39.4 — 4135.8 87{ 
14 29 98 +0.21'44 33.7 10.3 38.6 4-6l38.4 ssf 
15 | 29.70 0.06 48.9 35.213-8.43.8 F 09 45.1 o7{ 
| | 
16 29.49 —0.26 54 6 42.0.12 646.6 + 4:0 40,7 2f 
17 29.66 aot 8 44.2 10.646 ot éinx 74 
| | | 
18 | 29.66. 005 5 el ane eh o2 | W. 
Nov. 12,—A very fine day. Very little cloud, except at 
when the € sky was occasionally 0 vercast, i 
— pe throu: gpu tt pre morning, Pood rain fell b 
ZS ae and T ; fine afterwards, but 
y- 
— T4. oe frost in morning ; generally cloudy and foggy 
ening 3 cloudless at night. | 
të: Overcast, fo foggy at times. 
ae London and ita — e reading: 
qoy level o 
of ie ve w iaga 0.51 inches, k> Tk décteasti 
s by noon on ihe roth ; 
ng eek was 30.15 in 
ack Tower" than ‘that of a preceding” 
mean daily readings were all above ra 
except that on the 13th; ike values on the 
gth were, respectively, 0.52 inch and we 
Sos 
a 8 gi yr IIt th t 
fe the week bein 
night temperatures was ss ne ext 
2 12th and 47° on the 
daily range of temperature was I 
and the 
was 41°, being 3° lower 
of the corresponding. week as 
fifty —— observ: ations, 
um readings of 
blackened bult bulb in in vacuo, placed on grass 
rays, fro 
varied 92° on the 8th to 55 m 
the mean for the week g 673°. 
ings at night of a therm er on 
strength gen 
was oniy or m siver the sky was generally free 
days variab variable amounts of 
