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distinguished by their large Vine-like leaves and autumnal 
blooming. Fifth, the A. Hepatica section, proposed as a distinct 
genus by Dillwyn and very frequently spoken of as such m 
series Sixth, Anemone thalictroides and it 3 double variety 
called Thahctrum anemonoides by Michaux. Both of these last 
sections were, however, classed as Aneuiones by Linnaeus, and 
this decision is, I believe, confirmed by the best modern authori- 
ies. 1 Hiay here state that I shall only deal with such species 
and varieties as are likely to be of use in the decoration of our 
■gardens, and are to be found at present in nurseries or private 
•collections, although some may be still very rare.— G. Guthrie. 
(To be continued.) 
At a general meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, held 
last Tuesday, Maxwell T. Masters, M.D., F.R.S., in the chair, the follow¬ 
ing candidates were unanimously elected Fellows of the Society—viz., 
Alfred Gray, Henry Benjamin May, F. W. Wood, J. J. Woods, C.E. The 
following letters of condolence to Her Majesty the Queen and reply was 
read to the meeting :— 
“ Royal Horticultural Society, 
“South Kensington, S.W. 
«t j At j “ April 12th. 1884. 
b° r “ Aberdare presents his humble duty to your Majesty, and begs on 
aeualr ot the Royal Horticultural Society to express their deep grief and 
heartfelt sympathy with your Majesty and the Royal Family on the death of 
L1.K.IA. the Duke of Albany ; a Prince whose great gifts and noble qualities 
ad stared in them as in the whole nation a sense of respect and admiration, 
which deepened as they watched the development of his character, and 
marked his determination to walk in the footsteps of his illustrious father, 
and to use his high rank and influence as instruments for improving the con- 
-clition and ennobling the lives of his fellow countrymen.” 
In reply to the above the following was leceived :— 
“ Windsor Castle, 
( (7 - T . “ April loth. 1884. 
“Dear Lord Aberdare— 
I am commanded by the Queen to ask you to thank the Council of 
1 ,<l£Z a >, Hortl ° ultural Society for their kind and touching address. 
I he Queen is very sensible of the warm feeling shown by them for her 
sorrow, and is much gratified by the terms in which you have alluded to her 
-son. J 
“Yours very truly, 
“ Henry F. Poxsone 
- A correspondent has sent us a remarkably fine truss of the 
beautiful Tea Rose Niphetos, but the letter accompanying it has been 
inadvertently mislaid. We shall be obliged if the sender of this excellent 
example of culture will favour us with his name and address, as we wish 
to communicate with him. 
- Mr. J. H. Krelage, Haarlem, writes in reference to Hyacinth 
x’Obelisque, mentioned on page 284—“This very pretty variety was 
raised in Holland, probably by the late Mr. Hoogeveen, a well-known 
■grower at Haarlem. It was first offered in public sale as his seedling in 
1873, and was thus bought by several of the principal bulb-growers, who 
•considered it to be a first-class variety. But it is not abundant in 
collections.” 
- Mr. G. Abbey, Paxton Park Gardens, St. Neots, writes regard¬ 
ing the weather :—“ Ten degrees of frost were registered here on 
Saturday morning (April 19th), and on the morning of the 20th 8 C of 
-frost. The only injury so far as can at present be determined is that the 
shoots of early Potatoes are blackened, but fruit-tree blossom and fruit 
do not seem at all injured, which may be due to the dryness of the 
atmosphere, the wind being very keen from the north-east.” 
- A daily contemporary gives the following note of a remark¬ 
able frost ON THE continent :—A phenomenal wave of cold swept 
over part of Switzerland on Monday, 21st inst., without any premonitory 
warning, the thermometer falling many degrees below zero. The damage 
to agricultural interests is enormous, and at least one-third of the vintage 
has been destroyed. It is telegraphed from Macon that a disastrous 
frost has also devastated the Vines in the Saone Valley, and that 
the damage is estimated at many millions of francs. In the neigh¬ 
bourhood of London as much as 10° or 12° of frost have been experienced 
this week. 
- JUST on going to press we learn with extreme regret of the 
death of Mr. George Rudd, the well-known florist, who expired at 
Undercliffe, near Bradford, on the 17th inst., at the age of fifty-four. 
- The tenth annual Exhibition of the Newport and County 
Horticultural Society will be held on July 17th, and a Chrysanthe¬ 
mum Show in November. The prizes at the former are liberal in the 
leading classes, £12, £8, and £3 being offered for a collection of eight 
stove and greenhouse plants. 
- It is to be feared that the cold and strong easterly winds have 
impaired the previous bright prospects OF the fruit CROPS, Plums, 
Cherries, and Pears especially, which were in full blossom in the south. 
At Chiswick the splendid Pear trees have been pictures of beauty, but 
the blossoms are seriously bruised, appearing indeed as if seared, yet the 
embryo fruit is at present fresh. It is the same with Plums, but unless 
genial weather follows it is greatly to be feared that much of the fruit 
will vanish, as Mr. Barron truly observes it cannot in its present 
stage stand still for long, but must either swell or drop, and the weather 
juff now does not encourage a steady growth. 
-At a General Meeting of the Feltham Horticultural 
Society, which embraces the parishes of Feltham, Bedfont, Hanworth, 
and Ashford, held on the 16th inst., it was agreed to hold the annual 
Exhibition of plants, flowers, fruits, vegetables, and table decorations on 
Wednesday, July 23rd. 
- Gardening Appointment. — Mr. William Prentice, lately 
gardener to Rev. S. Allen, D.D., Shouldham Hall, Norfolk, has been 
appointed gardener to R. Whitehead, E-q., Paddockhurst, Worth, Sussex. 
- “ M. S.” writes :—“ I am glad to see that the Chionodoxas 
are beginning to receive a little attention. I have seen the new 
C. sardiensis in flower, and cannot distinguish it from C. Luciliae in 
some of its varied forms and markings. Whether it will prove distinct 
or not remains to be seen with mature bulbs. In its present state at 
any rate it includes C. Luciliae, and for that matter C. Forbesi also. 
C. nana, although the smallest and least u-eful as a garden plant owing 
t > its washy-coloured flowers, is very floriferous, and lasts longer than the 
others, a recommendation which must not be overlooked.” 
- The same correspondent observes :—“A good instance of how 
the public are deceived by a name is given in the catalogue of a well- 
known^continental nurseryman. Everyone knows the common Marsh 
Marigold (Caltha palustris), as grown in our gardens, with its 
bright golden yellow flowers. A new one is sent out under the mis¬ 
leading name of C. purpurascens, and seeing that such a colour would be 
an acquisition people will no doubt be led to add it to their collections, 
although it differs from the common one only in its having slightly 
purple stems. The flowers are the same.” 
- The Marianne North Picture Gallery", opened to visitors 
to the Royal Gardens at Kew about two years ago, has been a source of 
considerable pleasure as well as sound instruction to those of the 
public who have cared to avail themselves of it. The building having 
been found too small to include a fair representation of the vegetation of 
the different countries, and the fact of the indefatigable Miss North 
having lately made a special visit to South Africa in quest of more sub¬ 
jects, it has been found necessary to add a new wing at the back of the 
old building, and communicating with it by an opening in the wall 
directly opposite the front entrance. In this are being arranged the 
Cape paintings, many of the plants in which are new or rare in our 
gardens. Considerable improvement is noticeable in the banging of the 
pictures, each of them beiDg framed separately, showing a broad black 
frame between instead of the narrow band in the old room. The paint¬ 
ings are exquisite, clear, well defined, and appear on the whole to have a 
superior finish, lacking nothing that goes to make a good picture, com 1 
bined with what is of the greatest importance in this class of painting— 
a faithful representation of the plants and vegetation generally, Among 
the most prominent is a flue Crinum Moorei, Aponogeton distachyon, 
much stronger than we see it in this country ; Nymphsea scutifolia and 
several Nepenthes very fine, a few Orchids ; and one picture is given to 
a whole colony of Arums. Blue and white Ipomceas are very prominent 
and quite a feature is the graceful arrangement of several vases of flowers. 
Clianthuses, Senecios, Everlastings, &c., Watsonias, Sparaxis pendula, and 
several Babianas are very fine, as also is a fine plate of Disa grandiflora, 
Kniphofia Quartiniana, and some Orchids. A cottage covered with 
Bougainvillea and Roses, to which is an entrance bounded on each side 
