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wer<? taken by Mr. Pengelley, the Honorary Secretary, and other gentlemen to 
make the Show as attractive and as complete a success as possible. It is to 
be hoped the Devon and Exeter Horticultural Society will be equally as 
well supported when they hold their Fruit and Chrysanthemum Show on 
November 2l8t. The Exhibition will be composed entirely of voluntary 
contributions, and as there is every prospect of a fine display being made, 
it will be somewhat discreditable to the inhabitants of Exeter and neighbour¬ 
hood if this attempt on the part of the Society to remove an old debt is not 
properly appreciated. 
We are requested to state that the Eeport on the Apple 
Congress, which was held at Chiswick in 1883, is now ready, and that 
nurserymen and seedsmen who desire to purchase it in large quantities 
can have it on special terms on application to Mr. J. D. Dick at the 
offices of the Royal Horticultural Society at South Kensington. 
- Change op Name.—W e are desired to state that Mr. T. H. P. 
Dennis, having retired from the firm of T. H. P. Dennis k Co., Anchor 
Works, Chelmsford, the business will be carried on by the remaining 
pirtners, Messrs. R. E. Crompton and F. A. Fawkes, under the title of 
Crompton & Fawkes. 
- Concave Flower Pots. —Mr. Crute, whose pots we illustrated 
and referred to approvingly a few weeks ago, desires to state that his pots 
are diflerent in principle to the “convex” pots that were made by Mr. 
Matthews in 187G ; also that he (Mr. Crute) did not know that such a pot 
as that made by Mr. Matthews was in existence when the idea first 
occurred to him of constructing the pot which he has patented, and for the 
sale of which Mr. B. S. Williams has become an agent. Mr. Crute, there¬ 
fore, conceives that Mr. Matthews cannot claim priority in the manufac¬ 
ture of concave flower pots. 
- Mr. H. Martin, Paris, writes :—“ I really wonder why the old 
and good Tea Rose Gloire de Dijon is but the twenty-seventh in the 
I'st of Teas and Noisettes so well compiled by “E. M.” We think it is 
the best of all Teas here. It is true that we first consider its qualities as 
an outdoor, hardy, and profusely blooming sort. Catherine Mermet and 
Devoniensis come very near it. There are splendid Mardchal Niel on 
the Mediterranean coast, but it does not succeed very well in the interior, 
except in peculiarly exposed situations. I must add that if we had such a 
liking for buttonholes as English people have, Marechal Niel and 
Niphetos would come to the front at once,” 
- A VERY interesting collection of tropical African mountain 
PLANTS has been brought to Kew by that intrepid African explorer, Mr. 
Joseph Thomson, made during his late journey into the Masai country. 
They have been examined by Prof, Oliver, and consist of about thirty-five 
species from Kilimanjaro at 9000 to 10,000 feet of elevation ; a few from a 
crater near Lake Nairasha at 7000 to 8000 feet elevation; thirty-four 
from the Kapte plateau at 5000 to 6000 feet; and fifty-eight from Lykipia 
at 6000 to 8000 feet. These collections exhibit the mingling of north 
temperate types with others characteristic of Southern Africa, for which 
previous discoveries had prepared us. Of these the most interesting are^ 
as new to tropical Africa, an Anemone, a Delphinium (very different from 
the Abyssinian D. dasycaulonj, and a Cerastium of remarkable habit. Of 
South African forms the most striking is the handsome arborescent Ruta- 
ceous plant, Calodendron capense, the “ Wild Chestnut ” of Natal, to the 
north of which it bad not previously been found. Of northern forms is a 
Juniper, another genus unknown to tropical Africa, and which was found 
fo ming groves at an elevation of 6000 to 8000 feet, and itself attaining a 
height of 100 feet. It is the J. procera of Abyssinia. A Podocarpus 
gathered along with the Juniper, and also attaining 100 feet in height, is 
probably tbo P. elongata of Abyssinia, which, or a near ally, also occurs 
in South Africa. The only other Conifer previously found in the equa¬ 
torial regions of Africa is the Podocarpus Mannii from the peak of 
St. Thomas in the Gulf of Guinea.—SiR J. D. Hooker (in KaUtre). 
- Gardening Appointment. —Mr. Thomas Cross, late gardener 
to W. R. Coleridge, Esq., Salston House, Ottery St. Mary, Devon, has 
been appointed gardener to J. P. Thomas, Esq., Wameford Place, High- 
worth, Wilts, 
-A MOST interesting and very full meeting of the F'loral C( m- 
mittee of the National Chrysanthemum Society was held on Thurs¬ 
day last at the “ Old Four Swans,” Bishopsgate Street. Many exhibits were 
.'-taged, and the following awards were made :—First-claes certificate to 
Mr. Wering for golden sport from Madame Desgrange named G. Weiing. 
First-class certificate to Mr. Sullivan for large-flowered Anemone Chrys¬ 
anthemum named Soeur Dorothea Souille. Cultural certificate to Mr* 
Harman Payne for Japanese Chrysanthemum Francois Dtlaux ; first- 
class certificate to Messrs. J. Veitch k. Sons for Souvenir de Japon as a 
Japanese decorative variety, and for Mr. Robinson as an exhibition 
Japanese variety ; also to two varieties of Tree Carnation—viz., Mrs. 
Keen and Pride of Penshurst, each first-class varieties. A special vote of 
thanks was accorded to Mr. G. Stevens of Putney for his exhibits, and 
also a first-class certificate for single Chrysanthemum White Perfection, 
This variety bids fair to prove a very great acquisition to this class of 
Chrysanthemums. First-class certificates were also awarded to Mr. N. 
Davis, Camberwell, for the following varieties :—Lord Wolseley, incurved 
sport from Prince Alfred; Madame Cabrol, large Anemone variety; 
Beauts des Jardins, Japanese ; Fernand Ferrol, Japanese ; Madame de 
Senin, Japanese ; Nellie Rainford, very pretty buff sport from the old 
Pompon Rosinante. First-class certificate to Mr. Galtcn, Winchester, 
for sport of a rosy peach colour from Bouquet Fait, a very telling and 
useful variety, only wants a good name. First-class certificate to Messrs. 
Cannell k, Sons for Miss Rose, single Chrysanthemum, and Mrs. Gladstone, 
a semi-single variety. The next meeting of the Floral Committee will be 
held on November 12th at the Westminster Aquarium, and again at “The 
Four Swans” on November 27th at seven o’clock in the evening. 
- In reply to the inquiry of “ F.,” on page 381, on Mildew on 
Roses and Chrysanthemums, “ C. W.” writes:—“Mildew is caused 
by too damp an atmosphere in proportion to the temperature; ' In cold 
wet summers both are very liable to be affected ; they are also much more 
subject to it in low-lying damp positions than in elevated and drier ones. 
The best preventive, as well as antidote, is clear soot water and sulphur 
applied with a syringe three or four times a week—1 gallon of the former 
to 1 oz. of the latter. When under glass mildew can be effectually 
destroyed either on Roses or Chrysanthemums in three days if a moderate 
dusting with sulphur be given, and a dry atmosphere be maintained with 
free ventilation. By a dry atmosphere I mean one that contains only 60 
to 70 per cent, of moisture by day and 80 to 85 per cent, at night.” 
- As will be seen by a communication in another column, the 
Committee meeting of the National Carnation and Picotee Society 
that was to have been held on November 11th has been necessarily post¬ 
poned to December 9th. The members will be duly apprised of the hour 
of the meeting. 
- Mr. George Prince.—I have to announce with deep sorrow— 
a sorrow that will be shared by all who know him—that Mr. Prince has 
met with a most serious accident. He was thrown out of his trap on 
Wednesday evening last, the 29th ult., and received a severe concussion 
of the brain. He was for a couple of days unconscious, but has recovered 
consciousness, and by the last account received this afternoon (Tuesdaj^) 
he was enabled to speak a little. It was only some few months ago that 
he lost his excellent and devoted wife, and now at the busiest time of the 
year he is completely laid by and his life in great danger. That it may 
please God to restore him will be, I am sure, the hearty prayer and 
sincere wish of all who know and regard him for his many excellent 
qualities.—D , Deal. 
THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACES OF LONDON 
AND PARIS. 
A PARAGRAPH which appeared in the Journal of October, detailing 
the amount of space available as breathing spaces for the various capitals of 
Europe has led me to think over the state of London as compared with 
Paris, and possibly to correct some erroneous views that are entertained 
upon the subject. I do not think that we can reckon under the head of 
breathing spaces those places which are distant from the metropolis, places 
which are only visited once or twice in the year. I say this, because I 
find that Fontainbleau is credited as one of the parks for Paris. Now it is 
about thirty miles from Paris. The journey, even third-class, costs six francs, 
and when you get to the station the Forest is some considerable distance ; 
hence I venture to say that there is not one Parisian in twenty who ever 
goes there, and certainly very few of the labouring classes. The Forest 
is very extensive and fatiguing, and unless you can afford a carriage the 
pleasure is really a toil. It is therefore to me absurd that a place of this 
description should be counted as one of the Paris parks; it would be just 
as right to class the New Forest as a London park. The same may be 
