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p. 283, 1901 ; with cuts). — This Agaric is shown to be a parasite of the 

 Horse-chestnut in parts of France, although it is extremely rare in Britain, 

 and generally on imported wood. In the above account the manner of 

 attack, its ravages, and the results of inoculation are detailed, with sug- 

 gestions as to the causes and remedies. — M. C. C. 



Horticultural Exhibition in Vienna, First Imperial ( Wicn. III. 

 Gart. Zeit. p. 369). — This exhibition, duly heralded in the October number 

 of the same journal, seems, from the full report in the November number, 

 to have been an unqualified success. It was held in the park of his High- 

 ness the Prince of Schwarzenberg, at Renweg, on October 2-8, and was 

 visited by his Imperial and Royal Majesty the Emperor, who ofiered a prize 

 of a silver wine service for six persons. Remarkable groups of plants were 

 Cycads, Palms, with stove and greenhouse plants, Orchids, Bromelias, &c., 

 from Prince Schwarzenberg's garden. A remarkable collection of Nepenthes, 

 Sarracenias, Droseras, Pinguiculas and other insectivorous plants from the 

 Imperial Gardens at Schonbrunn ; Orchids from Messrs. Dittrich & 

 Donau, near Prague ; hardy plants ; Alpines from the Royal Gardens at 

 Innspruck and Belvidere collectively ; Roses, cut flowers, fruit and fruit 

 trees, vegetables, garden designs, garden implements, <fcc., show the 

 exhibition to have been on a large and comprehensive scale. About 

 40,000 visitors passed through the turnstiles. — G. P. 



Horticultural Industry, A New. By H. T. Wright {Gard. Mag. 

 2,513, p. 858; 28/12/1901). — A description of the methods practised in 

 some of the large market nurseries near London in retarding bulbs and 

 various other plants by refrigeration— a subject of much interest and 

 importance, not only to market growers, but to gardeners generally. The 

 account is illustrated by examples from the Turnford Hall nurseries, 

 where these methods are carried out on a large scale. — W. G. 



Hotbeds, Sowing- on. By H. Dauthenay (Bev. Hort. pp. 406-8 ; 

 September 1901). — General instructions for sowing and subsequent treat- 

 ment.— C. T. D. , 



Hugel, Carl Alexander von, Memorial {Wien. III. Gart. Zeit. 

 p. 380). — The unveiling of the memorial statue in the Heitzinger Cottage 

 Park by the President of the Vienna Horticultural Society, H. E. 

 Count Johan von Harrach, took place on October 3, 1901. This 

 memorial is a token of the horticultural work of this eminent soldier, 

 diplomatist, and statesman. During his travels in India, Thibet, and the 

 Cape, which lasted six years, dating from 1830, he seems to have sent to 

 his grower, Herr Johann Heller, a large number of new plants, amongst 

 others Bhododendron nilagiricum, Lilium giganteum, many Banksias, 

 Ferns, and other plants — 131 sorts of Proteaceae passing later to the 

 Schonbrunn collection. 



His exertions led to the founding of the Vienna Horticultural Society, 

 of which he was the first president. He died in Brussels in 1870. — G. P. 



Hyeres, Horticulture at. By Ch. Flahault {Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 

 xlvi. 1899; Sess. Extraord. a Hyeres, Mai 1899 (published November 



