FOREIGN NOTES. 



' Le Journal des ORCHiofeES " strongly advocates 

 the use of wood in preference to iron, in the construction 

 of houses for orchids. 



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Importations of Potatoes in England during July, 

 amounted in the aggregate to 368,049 cwt., as compared 

 ■with 551,090 cwt. in the corresponding month of last 

 year. — The Gardeners' Magazine. 



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To Preserve Wood from Decay. — The following 

 method is cheap and effective in preventing the decay of 

 wood when buried in the ground : Mix finely powdered 

 coal with linseed oil and apply to the parts to be buried. 



— Revue Iforticote . 



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The August number of the Revue de V Horticulture 

 Beige contains a long and interesting article on the new 

 hybrids of streptocarpus. These hybrids are so super- 

 ior, brilliant, and unexpected, that a universal and last- 

 ing popularity is predicted for them. 



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Destruction of the Aphis on the Rose — Apply dry 

 and finely sifted wood-ashes to the affected bushes. 

 These should be sprayed before the application, in order 

 to make the ashes adhere to the leaves and stems. This 

 method is cheap and effective. — Revue Horticole. 



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Proposed Hall of Horticulture. — Efforts are being 

 made to raise ;^40,ooo for the erection of a Hall of Hor- 

 ticulture in London. This building will form the center of 

 all horticultural interests in the United Kingdom, for no 

 such building now exists, although the need of one is 

 greatly felt. — Journal of Horticulture .. 



Mme. Barthelemv Levet is a little known but valu- 

 able variety of the Dijon teas, It is a free and beauti- 

 ful rose, powerfully scented, an abundant bloomer, and 

 very vigorous. The flowers are of medium size, globular, 

 and of a pale canary color. It promises to be very sat- 

 isfactory upon the wall, and I have seen it doing well 

 upon a fence. — A. H., in The Garden. 



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// Fruit in Spain. — When a Spaniard eats a peach or 

 pear by the roadside, wherever he is, he digs a hole in 

 the ground with his foot and covers the seed. Conse- 

 quently, all over Spain by the roadside and elsewhere, 

 fruit in great abundance tempts the taste, and may be 

 picked and eaten by anybody. This fruit is a great 

 boon to tired and thirsty travelers. — Tlie Garden./ 

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Our reports tell of fruit everywhere, but the tale is 

 that while there is not plenty, comparatively few of the 

 many kinds of fruit cultivated this year are giving more 

 than half or a third of an average crop. Apples lead 

 the way as the best fruit crop of the year, and are con- 

 siderably below a fair average. Plums are at the bot- 

 tom of the scale, and may be pronounced a complete 

 failure. — The Gardeners' Masta-dne. 



Two Early Chrysanthemums. — In the gardens of 

 Messrs. Ried & Bornemann, of Sydenham, London, 

 two chrysanthemums have bloomed remarkably early 

 during the past spring. The varieties are Grace Attick 

 and Golden Shah. The former bloomed even in April, 

 although the usual time for these flowers is two or three 

 months later. Both varieties are beautiful and in every 

 respect worthy of cultivation. — Gartenjlora . 



A New Hybrid Narcissus. — This flower is a seedling 

 from Emperor, fertilized by pollen of N. triandrus. 

 The flower is three inches across the perianth, the crown 

 is one inch in length. It is of fine waxy substance, and 

 of one uniform color throughout — a creamy ivory-buff. 

 The plant is quite hardy. — The Garden. 



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New way of propagating Hydrangea paniculata. 

 — This consists of using the flower buds as cuttings. 

 The buds root readily, provided they are taken off with 

 a heel. If grown in small pots and forced, these small 

 plants can be made very effective for decorative purposes, 

 as they flower almost immediately. — Bulletin d Arbori- 

 culture. 



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Early Germination of the Seed of Rosa laxa. — 

 Of the seeds gathered during the fall of 1889 at the 

 Froebel School of Forestry, in Zurich, fully two-thirds 

 have been successfully started. They were not prepared 

 in any way before planting, but were gathered early, 

 cleaned, and immediately sown in the open ground. — 

 Rosen Zeitung. 



Obituary. — B. S Williams, well-known to orchid 

 growers, died in June, at the age of sixty years. Among 

 his works are the Orchid Growers' Manual and the 

 Orchid Album. 



M. Houllett, for a long time superintendent of the 

 greenhouses in the Botanical Gardens of Paris, died in 

 his seventy-fifth year. The genus of orchids, Houlletia, 

 was named in his honor. 



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The Cabbage Butterfly. — About the middle of July, 

 before any cabbage butterflies were seen, a barrel was 

 procured and packed three-fourths full with old linen 

 and woolen rags. The rags were firmly fastened to pre' 

 vent their falling, and then the barrel was inverted and 

 placed over a kettle of burning sulphur. It was left in 

 this position about twelve hours, and then the rags were 

 distributed among the cabbage, from thirty to forty feet 

 apart. In four weeks the operation was repeated, and 

 in October the cabbage stood uninjured, for not a but- 

 terfly had been near the field during the summer. The 

 same experiment carried on in a neighboring village was 

 equally successful. — Landw. Ztg. f. d. Prov. Sachsen, etc. 



