THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[DECEMBER 12, 1874, 
( o the Pall Mall warts. oe paa 
with a Find of Oak trees beneath w Truffles 
y found, and it is ex ch rd 
this , which of late been sold for as little as 
£5, will yield a crop of Truffles worth £ very 
year. periment has already been tried in the 
department of the Vaucluse, and in the c 
ground, but sap 
gro paei in rows ee A feet cat, are found 
to answer he in the lowlands. The ground between 
each row of trees is planted with Vines, which aie 
_ five or six ye ears suffice to ga ay cost of the whole 
plantation and its culture. urged that this 
experiment, applied to the large t adia of in the 
South of France which have enuded of forests, 
e double advantage of} increasing the 
ruffles, and of replacing the fiiis, the 
want of which is very much felt. 
portionately heavier. 
the ey 
edition 
pes Mor issued a 
seful repais Bota list of 
ra e 
a list of the leading botanists ‘in 
ee psa pena with ne 
ond edition is an impro 
ment on the first, aie constitutes shia ma st complete 
Didor of the kind that have. I 
: Italian Government, in their ety to 
prevent the pone of the PHYLLOXERA into their 
territory, have even pro 
fruit trees whatever into the country—a very unneces- 
sary step to 
—~ In t number of the hed de la 
Société 4 arie d Horticulture M. RIVIÈ a hint 
as to tł e treatmen tof newly imported plants of P Phoenix 
pumila, whi profitably be applied to other 
„plants Beton like circu mstances. ‘The plant in question 
is imported in small pots from Algiers to 
arrival .t ommon aii is m repot 
them at once into rper sized pots and to water 
them freely. M. RE Tenian in ries p 
igr is paree the method Ka Bie = pot as 
G uarter of far 
a for rt- 
where on 
leaving the ball 
M. RIVIÈRES plan the ball beco: = 
roots tere At resume their activity, a 
wher placed i in a larger pot are enabled to avail (ene 
selves freely of the fresh supplies of nutriment pro- 
vided for them. 
extensively used for the coverin cigarett 
Mı r. MIERS Nemera on the yeis on E 
Sapien Mr. M, that honk the Commonwealth, 
notion end of 
FRIEDRICH B. ntly 
es. (From 
how the 1 
‘orquay, whose stalag. 
are 120,000 years old, and th 
what gan 
bloss the grave 
mai ip weet such a high re an exhi- 
itor of stove and greenhouse aay at “the t 
London hhatticultursd exhibitions, ibe 
— Whilst the offering of “cups” as prizes at 
al exhibitions seems iets oe | 
is to be regretted that so little i be 
the office of the “elaine Horticole at 
ohibited the introduction of all. 
Baer ara to render them other than objects of ore 
ts they are intended to reward. A note 
he i exception to the common rule is the silver cup 
d by Mr. GE ORGE Wiss at the recent Birming- 
ham cattle 
PAROS, the cup being n manufactured from Mr, WISE’ 
own design. It has sual flat circular base, on to 
ove edge ‘of which is P fasten ed a spade, digging 
hos; ; the handles are gathered together half-v poles 
fo t pp 
the cu fashioned 6 rese mble. a a large See with 
upper ends cu The artist has 
evidently copies front the eat t r, as 
admirable, ven the eyes are het omitted. The 
cup w. as the subjec much uae erla e the show, 
both for its novelty of design and eleg 
Fep is of the value of five guineas, naa was gal 
by M 
ined 
P. M‘KINLAY, of Beckenham 
—— We have received the following note Te the 
Secretary to the New HORTICULTURAL CLU 
‘“ In answer to numerous enquiries Bied to me 
k 
Te 146. -AN ILL-USED erea 
SEE P. 749-) 
“( 
akari bringing it more Aea- before te general 
body of horticulturists that we have si been 
completely ba in our attempt to find a oe 
accommodation, comes s= ee are ssuing 
any further sta be able to say that wè offer our 
friends the fall Dench af membership. 
The has 
been welcomed ane arma men in tbe Bret aes 
branches of potions e to believ 
that, when we have com eted our arrangements, w 
shall be enabled to establish the Club on a ROSY 
and permanen t basis.” 
=- — In re calatiies, says the Commonwealth 
on, U. a md ante placing a 
to 
e and ‘Swi zerland hav fititierous le ends 
regarding this fruit. In some it is calebented as the } har- 
binger of good fortune, causi 4 
e of work- g 
: pa i 
rt the young map is green or purple, 
a 
this is especially the case hra the Ge 
in thei tales, bu ssa ae 
eir numerous t: 
ngland, as 
The peeling is 
as a test in this delicate matter. s also wed 
e 
September 7 to of bees s the pda, 
and bee furnituré, rasel ai 21 to 
—— Judging from ae ria oo aie 
for observing the TRA of VEN smi 
ich Islands, Kerguelen’s Land, Rodriguez, 
Žaid; Egypt, India, zai the Mauritius. America 
occupies rie eee er = = 1ons, even more Pape 
dispersed. Fra n stations, including some 
very remot and pis atively. inaccessible. Russia has 
abstract po 
that the egies = and E si 
inportan e which s 
futu The dire aay Practical nee may pro 
be of little importance, but directly there is 
expect, aa a practic point 
rather than 
before our readers cacy Pa tape 
pag sie ky som 
e HELENSBURGH > WE . 
ND RoSARIANS’ SOCIETY ae just been forr rme 
Helensburgh, and has for its objects oe pi 
ofat r Rose growing, and the t 
of its ar iape 
e 
secretary, Mr. URE WA The 
me ot we society = — ie to a 
inter 
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ITS. VARIETIES.—IV.. | © 
(Continued from p. 687.) 
A. LEAVES GREEN (continued). 
greenish purple ; the leaves, 
24 inc’ wi ia sd’ t inch broad (oot. 
spines), are oblong outline, 
of a dark green colour, with numerous 
vel spines at the margin, most 
