FOREIGN NOTES. 



Mr. R. C. Affaurtit, one of the editors of the Dutch 

 journal of gardening, SL-mperz'ireus, died February ist, 

 aged 65 years. 



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Wormy Fruits. — To prevent insects from depositing 

 their eggs upon plants when in flower, spray the latter 

 with a solution of one part of vinegar to ten parts of 

 water. This treatment has given excellent results at the 

 school of arboriculture at Lyons. — A'l-z'i/c- dc 7 Horliiul- 

 titrc Beige. 



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Hydr.\ngea stellata fimbriata. — This variety is a 

 new form of //. Hoi tensia . The flowers are large, and 

 white in color except near the center, which is bright 

 red. The umbels are g to 10 inches in diameter. The 

 plant is a vigorous grower and has dark green foliage. — 

 GartenJJorn . 



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Iris reticulata. — This plant is of eastern origin, 

 and very hardy; during such winters as that of 1889-go, 

 the flowers appeared even during the first days of Jan- 

 uary. The plant is bulbous and dwarfish. The leaves 

 are few in number, straight, and rather longer than the 

 flower stalk. The flowers have a pale violet color, and 

 are very fragrant — Revue Horticole. 



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Blond Giant Lettuce (Blonde geante). This lettuce 



is certainly one of the best for the summer and is fast 



becoming a favorite with the market gardeners at Halles. 



Its foliage is curled, almost golden in color. The head 



is high, large, and very hard. This variety resists heat 



well, and is slow to produce seed. It is also called 



Chou de Naples blonde. — Revue Horticole. 



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Pascal Celery. — The great merit of this new celery 



consists in the enormous thickness of its stems, which 



are fleshy and very tender, even when unbleached. It 



is medium in height, and possesses excellent keeping 



qualities during the winter. Where liberally treated 



with manure it yields tender and brittle stalks, possess- 



ingno bitter taste, and easily bleached. — Re^'iie Horticole. 



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Long White Cucumber (Blanc long). This variety 



was perfected by the market gardeners of Paris ; its 



fruit is cylindrical, smooth, and white from the time it 



is formed until maturity. The flesh is thick, firm, not 



bitter, and very pleasant to the taste. Although it does 



well when sown in the open ground, better results are 



obtained if grown in a hot bed. — Revue Horticole. 



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Warning Against American Evaporated Apples. 

 Notice. — It has been proved by careful examination 

 that American evaporated apples, which are so common 

 in our markets, contain an extraordinary amount of 

 the salts of zinc. These salts find their way into the 

 apples during the process of evaporation, and when 



taken into the system, act very injuriously upon the 

 general health. (Exposed by the Imperial Commis- 

 sioner of Health, 1889. — Garten-iind Bltiuienzeitimg. 



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Obituary. — Ex-President Jules Monges, of the hor- 

 ticultural society of Bouches-du-Rhone, died March 

 3rd, aged 64 years. 



Pesident M. F. Senelar, of the horticultural society 

 of Bouches-du-Rhone, died on the 17th of IVfarch. 



Mr. A. Du Breuil, one of the most noted writers on 

 arboriculture, has just died in his eightieth year. 



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Expositions. — A horticultural exposition will be held 

 at Meaux, from the 13th to the 15th of September. 



A horticultural exposition, and the arts and industries 

 which are connected with it, will take place at Lucon, 

 France, on the 20th and 21st of September 1890. 



The horticultural society of Lyons will hold an expo" 

 sition at that place, from the nth to i6th of September, 

 inclusive. The exhibition will be divided into five 

 classes ; Garden culture. Arboriculture. Viticulture, 

 Floriculture and Industry. 



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Importations of Bulbous Plants from Japan. — 

 The following figures show what proportion the expor- 

 tations of bulbous plants from Japan has assumed. 



In the month of August, i88g, there were shipped 

 from Yokohama to Hamburg, 232 cases ; to London, 

 2,531 cases; to San Francisco, 17 cases; to Hong 

 Kong, 120 cases ; to Singapore, 223 cases. In Septem- 

 ber, i88g ; to Hamburg, 490 cases; to London, 2,548 

 cases ; to New York, 112 cases, to San Francisco, 439 

 cases ; to Bombay, 61 cases. 



In October, one house alone shipped, among other 

 things 419 c 55 es of lilies. 



The total number of cases shipped from Yokohama 

 during these three months amounted to 1,192, contain- 

 ing about 700,000 bulbs, the greater part of which were 

 bulbs of the Lilium auratum. — Sempervirens. 



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Chemical Aid to Fruit Growing. — The beneficial 

 effect of sulphate of iron or green copperas in fruit 

 growing has been brought before the Societe Naitonale 

 d'Horticulture de France by M. Venteclaye, who has 

 tested its properties in a garden at Argenteuil on very 

 meagre, chalky soil. The fruit trees, despite all his 

 efforts, were not productive, and he conceived the idea 

 of introducing iron into the soil. At first he tried iron 

 watBi, but it was a troublesome process. Having used 

 sulphate of iron for destroying a fly on some of his 

 apple trees, he observed that these trees were more 

 vigorous than the others, and therefore adopted the fol- 

 lowing treatment : Sulphate of iron is dissolved in 

 water, and the solution, highly diluted, is applied to the 

 soil during the month of March, and, if the trees are 

 very poorly, again in July. Since he began this treat- 

 ment the orchard has improved. — Horticultural Times. 



