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them on to pieces of healthy roots, then potting singly in a light 
compost. A very slight bottom heat is necessary for success, but 
the top growth should not by any means be allowed to be drawn 
in a warm atmosphere. In both cases, where root-action has com¬ 
menced, the plants require to be shifted on into larger pots of 
5 or 6 inches diameter, and kept growing very slowly indeed. 
Loam and cow manure, one to three, suits perfectly for potting with ; 
and the soil, if in good condition, can hardly be too firmly rammed 
down .—(The Gardener .) 
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PTES-KLEPNES. 
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We learn from the annual report of the Pelargonium So¬ 
ciety that financially the proceedings of the past year have 
been very satisfactory, a balance of £41 to the credit of the 
Society being announced. A list of the varieties of Pelargoniums 
certificated during 1881, with the names of the raisers and exhi¬ 
bitors, is given in one portion of the report, also the names of the 
prizewinners at the Show held in June. The annual Exhibition 
for 1882 will be held in the gardens of the Eoyal Horticultural 
Society, Tuesday, June 27th, and certificates will be awarded at 
the meetings of the Floral Committee, June 13th and 27th, and 
July 11th, when new varieties in all the types of the Pelargonium 
family may be submitted. 
-The Committee of the Brockham Bose Association 
have, we are informed, accepted the invitation of M. Bohdo Haw¬ 
kins, Esq., to hold their Show at Bedlands, The Holmwoods, on 
Thursday, July 6th, 1882. 
- “ R. P. B.” writes—“Would any of your readers who have 
experience of the undernoted plants state their opinion of their 
merits in the Journal ? Pelargonium Crimson Vesuvius, its value 
as a bedding plant, and more especially as a winter flowerer; 
also name any Pelargoniums of first-rate merit for winter flower¬ 
ing, placed in commerce during 1880-81 ; the value of Bouvardia 
Alfred Neuner as a free-flowering variety compared with Vreelandi; 
and the value of Heliotrope White Lady for winter ? ” 
-The umbrella trade (according to the Scientific American ) 
threatens the existence of the Pimento (Allspice) plantations 
of Jamaica. It was shown by an official estimate made at 
Kingston last autumn, that more than half a million umbrella 
sticks were then awaiting export to England and the United 
States. These sticks were almost without exception Pimento, and 
it is not surprising that owners and lessees of Pimento walks are 
becoming alarmed at the growth of a trade which threatens to 
uproot, in a few years, all the young trees. The export returns 
for the last five years show an average of two thousand bundles 
of sticks sent out from Jamaica annually, and the returns for the 
first three quarters of 1881 show an export of over 4500 bundles, 
valued at 15,000 dols. Each bundle contains from five to eight 
hundred sticks, each of which represents a young bearing Pimento 
tree. 
- “For some time past,” observes “L. D. W.,” “we have 
been troubled by rabbits attacking the Pyrethrums. I 
did not think they would commence their ravages upon these 
plants before their tender growths appeared above ground, espe¬ 
cially during an open season like the present, when there is abun¬ 
dance of other food. Last season they troubled us when the 
growth was advanced, but after we syringed the plants with 
paraffin oil diluted with water they discontinued their attacks. 
I have again adopted the same preventive measure, and it has 
proved efficacious at present.” 
- Referring to Ellam’s Early Spring Cabbage “ B.” 
writes—“ The Cabbage crop is an important one in early spring 
in the majority of gardens, and so far I have not found any 
varieties to surpass the above. I have now grown it for three 
seasons, and find it useful both for autumn and spring. Growers 
will find this variety worthy of a trial, as it proves very hardy 
and never runs to seed in spring instead of hearting. It produces 
medium-sized heads, is a dwarf sturdy grower, and turns in 
quickly. The flavour is all that can be desired. I should like to 
see whether other gardeners’ experience coincides with mine.” 
- We are informed that H.R.H. Duke of Albany, K.G. 
has accepted the presidency of the Kingston and Surbiton Horti¬ 
cultural Society for the second time. The executive have decided 
to hold an early summer Exhibition in the spacious Drill Halh 
Kingston, on Wednesday and Thursday, May 31st and June lst> 
1882. A schedule of prizes is in course of preparation. 
- During the past few days the temperature in the 
neighbourhood of London has fallen considerably, the wind 
having changed to an easterly direction. In the north of England, 
especially in Cheshire, Lancashire, and Yorkshire, snow has fallen 
heavily, but generally with a comparatively mild temperature. 
In Wales and in Ireland also several snowstorms have been re¬ 
cently experienced. In most districts vegetation is extremely 
forward, and a period of severe weather now will undoubtedly do 
much injury, though less, probably, than would result a little 
later in the season. 
- A correspondent of the Standard , signing himself 
“ Barclay,” writing with reference to insect pests of the farm, 
gives his experience of a preventive to the ravages of the Turnip 
fly. He says—“ When sowing Turnip seed I used to mix a small 
quantity of Mustard seed with same ; the latter would come into 
leaf much sooner than the Turnip, and I found that the fly would 
attack the leaf of the Mustard and leave the Turnip comparatively 
untouched.” 
- In referring to the recent high ranges of the barometer, 
the Rev. C. P. Peach states that his instrument registered 3P02° 
on the ISth inst., and sends the following high registers—16th, 
30-70°; 16th, 30'90°; 17th, 30 94°; 18th, 3P02°; 19th, 30 98°; 20th, 
30-84°; 21st, 30 74°; 22nd, 30-67°; 23rd, 30 56°. The average 
of a week from the 16th to 22nd inclusive is 30-72°. Our 
correspondent has seldom observed it above 30-75° ; but once, last 
May, it suddenly reached to 30 - 84°. Corrected from an altitude 
of 150 feet to sea level the average would have been 30-90°. 
“ This winter,” Mr. Peach remarks, “ is a curious contrast to the 
last. We have not, even in cold N.E. Yorkshire, had more than 
10° to 12° of frost; and this week last year, January 13rd it was 
7° below zero at Stokesley, where, in my brother-in-law’s garden, 
he hardly had an evergreen living.” 
- The financial report of the Royal Southampton Hor¬ 
ticultural Society has been issued, and from it we learn that 
unfortunately the shows of the past year in that town have 
resulted, in a rather serious deficiency owing to the unfavourable 
weather that prevailed at the time of the Summer Show. It is, 
however, satisfactory to learn that “ the popularity of the Society 
and its exhibitions have in no way diminished ; the subscribers 
are continually increasing in numbers, 112 having been added 
during the past year, and although others have been lost, the 
Society now numbers 870 members, showing a nett increase of fifty- 
five over 1880. The Committee have also every reason to believe 
that had they been favoured with fine weather for the Summer 
Show, the year would have been marked by the greatest success 
ever secured by the Society. On the Bank Holiday, during the 
three-quarters of an hour just previous to the rain commencing, no 
less than 10,000 persons paid for admission, passing through the 
gates at the rate of over a thousand every five minutes. The rain 
coming on heavily, the sale of tickets immediately stopped ; but 
