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bulbs. It bears a great dense spike of crimson and purple flowers, not 
unlike some of the Lcelias. 
- An excellent plate of the small-flowered Oncidium Brunlee- 
SIANUM is also given. The flowers are about an inch in diameter and are 
borne on closely branching panicles ; the sepals and petals are pale yellow 
with slightly darker bars ; the lip is rich orange, with the fore part dark 
brown, a curious contrast. The species is a native of La Plata and was 
found with Oncidium varicosum on the Rio de la Plata. 
- A DELICATE and pretty introduction from Brazil is LiELlA 
Measdresiana, which was pure white sepals and petals, the lip slightly 
fringed losy crimson with a yellow throat. It flowers in April and May 
lasting “ three weeks in perfection,” and was named in honour of R. H. 
Measures, Esq., Woodlands,'Streatham. 
- Though little known Trichoglottis fasciata is a pretty 
and curious species, which is of scandent habit and grows somewhat like a 
Renanthera. It bears racemes of flowers upon the stems, the sepals and 
petals being yellow barred with chestnut brown, and a three-lobed white 
lip. At a glance it is not unlike some of the Odontoglossums. 
- The series of articles communicated to this Journal during the 
present year on the History of the Chrysanthemum by Mr. Harman 
Payne have been embodied by the author into a neat treatise of thirty- 
seven pages. It is not necessary for us to point out the exhaustive yet 
concise manner in which the subject is treated, but we may venture to say 
there are few if any growers of the popular autumn flower that will not 
find something in the treatise that they did know before it was pointed 
out by the author; and we suspect very few of them will fail to possess 
this little work, in which so much historical information is compressed. 
- The “Journal des Roses ” for October gives a coloured plate of 
Rose Souvenir de Victor Hugo, which, judging by the figure, is a 
pretty brightly coloured variety, somewhat of the Homere style. It is a 
Tea variety, and is said to have been obtained from Comtesse de Cabarthe 
crossed with Regulus, and was obtained by M. J. Bonnaire, Monplaisir, 
Lyon. The flowers are very neat in the bud, the petals pale yellow or 
buff, edged and deeply tinged on the upper surface with bright 
rosy red. 
-Mr. R. Silk, gardener to J. Abernethy, Esq., Whiteness, near 
Margate, writes :—“ In the prize list of the fruit show on the 13th and 
14th inst., at Kensington, my name was mis-spelled ‘ Sich.’ ” 
- The date of the Sheffield Chrysanthemum Show has 
been changed from the 13th and 14th to the 20th and 21st of November, 
on the ground that the flowers are so late in the district that they could 
not be fairly represented on the date first named. 
- We learn that Mr. B. S. Williams, Victoria and Paradise 
Nurseries, Upper Holloway, has secured the contract for the floral 
decorations at the Guildhall on Lord Mayor’s Day, in open 
competition. 
- Mr. David Thomson, Drumlanrig Gardens, writes:—“The 
statement quoted from a northern contemporary about the Drumlanrig 
Woods is not correct, beyond the fact that an immense number, about 
300,000 trees, were blown down nearly two years since. Great numbers 
have been sold to various parties, but probably only about one-third 
of tnem have been disposed of. It will take years to clear the woods, 
yet I am happy to say that a visitor who had never seen the forests 
would not miss the fallen trees, so vast is the extent over which they are 
strewn." 
-The troublesome Chrysanthemum Aphis, to which English 
growers have applied the name of “ the American Flea,” and concerning 
which we have had several letters the past week or two, is also occa¬ 
sioning much annoyance in the United States, whence it is said to have 
been imported to this country in plants or cuttings of new varieties. A 
correspondent of “Meehan’s Magazine” writes—“Every purchase of 
Chrysanthemums brings us an army of this pest, but I have always 
succeeded in getting rid of them. My method is to watch the plants 
carefully every day and wash them in strong soapsuds. Tobacco soap is 
best, but any good soap will do, taking care to allow none to escape from 
the dish of suds, and follow up this treatment without intermission as 
long as any remain. Various insect remedies are said to keep down all 
these pests of the greenhouse, but that is not at all satisfactory, and calls 
for ‘eternal vigilance.’ When extermination is at all practicable it 
should be the result aimed at.” 
- Mr. G. F. Wilson writes :—“ The authorities of the Graphic 
sent down a good artist to make drawings of our experimental 
garden at Oakwood, Wisley. Would you oblige me by letting my 
gardening friends know that these will appear in the No. of Oct, 24th ? ” 
-The Council of the Hackney Microscopical and Natural 
History Society will hold a Fungus foray in Epping Forest on Satur¬ 
day next, October 24th. The trains will leave Liverpool Street station at 
10.9 A.M. for Chingford, and 2.10 p.m. for Loughton. The route will be 
through the Green Ride and High Beach to the “ Robin Hood ” by the 
early train, where the afternoon party from Loughton can join at from 
3.15 to 3.45 P.M. Dr. M. C. Cooke, F L.S., Worthington G. Smith, 
F.L.S., Mr. J. English, Dr. H. L. Wharton, F.L.S., E. M. Holmes, Rev. 
J. McCrombie, and George Massee, are expected to be present. Mr. 
Collis Wilmott, F.R.M.S., of the Triangle, Hackney, is the Hon. 
Secretary. 
- A Japanese has discovered a process of making paper from 
seaweeds. It is described as thick in texture, and owing to its trans¬ 
parency can be substituted for glass in windows, and when coloured 
makes an excellent imitation of stained glass. 
- “ It requires,” says an American contemporary, “ a great deal of 
labour to run a large vineyard. The proprietor of a raisin vineyard 
of 400 acres at Fresno, California, employs a force of 120 men to pick the 
Grapes, and will require this large number for a period of three months 
His pay-roll for that time will average 3500 dollars per month.” 
- Mr. J. Hiam, The Wren’s Nest, Ashwood Bank, writes as fol¬ 
lows respecting OUR MIGRATORY BIRDS :—“ House martins are always 
the last to leave of our summer migrants. A few remained with us until 
Tuesday last. About forty broods have been reared here this summer. 
Swallows were noticed on Sunday, but not since. The redwings were here 
on Wednesday, nine days later than formerly noticed. A woodcock was 
seen near here at the beginning of the week.” 
- Since June our borders have had no finer plant than Rosa 
RUGOSA, with immense trusses of large, clear, brilliant rose-coloured 
flowers. The foliage is very handsome, but the heps are even more so, 
being produced in large clusters, and are of a brilliant crimson colour. 
They are very effective, rendering the plants beautiful in early autumn, 
and are useful for purposes of decoration. The white variety, R. rugoea 
alba, is not so free-growing, being more erect in habit, still it has been 
admired as much as the rose-coloured form. In the bud state the flowers 
are charming. Both ought to find a place in every garden, being 
suitable for the front of shrubbery borders, the herbaceous border, or the 
rockwork. 
- Mr. R. Owen, Castle Hill, Maidenhead, has sent us a bloom of 
an extremely handsome double Ivy-leaf Pelargonium, which is one 
of the best and brightest-coloured varieties we have seen. The flower 
sent was 21 inches in diameter, very full, and of a peculiar rosy scarlet 
hue, with a glossy surface, which has a beautiful effect in a bright 
light. 
- The same correspondent also wishes us to state that he was 
awarded a vote of thanks by the National Chrysanthemum Society for 
cut blooms of Chrysanthemums shown at the recent meeting in the 
Westminster Aquarium. 
- The New England crop of Apples promises to be larger 
than last year, and there continues to be a large supply of Apples in the 
market, especially from western New York. For the week ending 
Sept. 26th, shipments of Apples to Great Britain were 279 barrels from 
Boston, 10,146 from New York, and 559 from Montreal, making the total 
for the week of 10,984 barrels. For the season, the shipments foot up 
27,232 barrels, against 64,792 for the corresponding period of last year. 
The last sales in Glasgow range from 3£ to 4£ dollars per barrel. Green 
fruit was neglected. In Liverpool prices wtre about 25 cents per barrel 
lower. 
- The first monthly dinner and conversazione of the Horticul¬ 
tural Club for the winter session took place on Tuesday last at their 
rooms, 1, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden. There was a large attend¬ 
ance, including Mr. John Lee (Chairman), Professor Foster, Revs. 
F. H. Gall and H. Flintoff, Messrs. Deal, Geo. Paul, Druery, CouseuEi 
Collins, Stunfels, See. The following new members were elected .—Rev. 
W. Willis, Shirley, Croydon; Messrs. E. B. Lindsell, Hitchin; Arthur 
Turner, Slough; W. H. Williams, Salisbury ; Herbert J. Cutbush, High- 
