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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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At the meeting of the^ Linnean Society to-night (Thursday) 
at 8 p.m., a paper by P. Geddes will be read, entitled^ 11 The Nature and 
Causes of \ ariation in Plants and Animals.” The subject is a very in¬ 
teresting one, and was dealt with fully in Darwin’s “Animals and Plants 
under Domestication.” A discussion will follow the reading of the 
pirper. 
- United Horticultural Benefit and Pbovident Society. 
—It has been proposed by the friends of the late Mr. J. F. McElroy, the 
devoted Secretary for a long period of the above named institution, to 
erect a “ memorial stone ” over his grave, as a tribute of their respect, 
*ml contributions to the fund—about £20 will be required—will be 
thankfully received and acknowledged by Mr. W. Collins, 5, Martinhoe 
Terrace, Martindale Road, Balham, S.W. 
- Change of Fikm.—M r. J. J. Dawson Paul and Mr. James 
flendall, Rose Lane Works, Norwich, inform us that the partnership 
which has hitherto existed between them, under the style of “ Boulton 
Aiid Paul,' has been dissolved by mutual consent, aud that in future the 
business will be carried on by J. J. Dawson Paul alone, under the same 
style. All debts due to or owing by the late firm will be received and 
paid by J. J. Dawson Paul. 
- Late-beaeing Mushboom Beds. —“ Juvenis” writes, “ I con¬ 
cur with all Mr. J. Muir has written on page 287 regarding late-bearing 
Mushroom beds. It has been our practice for some years past to make up 
a few beds in an unheated structure in a cold place during August and 
aJeptember, a time when we can secure material for them. Having been 
made and watered a little dry litter is thrown over them, aud there they 
.remain the whole winter without the least sign of vitality. A few 
genial days in spring, however, work a speedy transformation, and when 
April comes the surface of the beds is covered with Mushrooms in all 
.stages of development. We find these beds produce better Mushrooms 
and remain in bearing longer than any others we make at any time in the 
year." 
stems for those of their customers who do their own budding. Provided 
they are not too deeply planted there is no difficulty in budding seed¬ 
ling Briars, but your correspondent speaks of a cut lj inch in length. 
I have seen little bits of scions less than half an inch long put in 
and do as well as those of the orthodox length. It would be a very 
crooked stock indeed that would not give enough smooth bark to 
accommodate one of these. It is a great mistake to remove any shoots 
from the stocks at the time of budding. When I expressed the 0 | inion 
that seedling Briar Roses would soon be as cheap as Manettis, 1 had 
fully considered the whole question. Time will show whether I was 
right or wrong in the conclusion I arrival at.” 
- “ H. S., Salttvood, IIy the," recommends as a good selection of 
Bbussels Spbouts foe late use Northaw Prize or Non Plus Ultra 
(Veitch). “ They have been grown side by side and are the same. 
Whilst all other sorts have ‘ run,’ this is in use at the present time 
(April 18th), and produces sprouts of medium size and very mild in 
flavour.” 
-A eecobd of each year’s work amongst Chrysanthemums in a 
compact aud condensed form is certainly desirable, and a commencement 
by Mr. L. Castle in the form of The Cheysanthemum Annual is 
before us. It is a neat sixpenny manual of thirty-two pages. Besides 
containing a review of the Chrysanthemum season of 1880, useful 
articles are included from Messrs. Molyneux, Bardney, Udale, Iggulden, 
Gibson, Orchard, Herrin, and Davis, concluding with the most compre¬ 
hensive list of certificated Chrysanthemums, and the dates when the 
honours were granted, that has yet been compiled, and a list of Chrys¬ 
anthemum Societies. The Chrysanthemum Annual is almost certain to 
increase in size yearly, and to meet with acceptance from cultivators of 
the favourite autumn flower to which it is devoted. 
- Me. J. Woodgate, The Gardens, Warren House Gardens, 
Kingston Hill, Surrey, sends us some blooms of Double Cinebaeias 
of considerable merit, full, globular in form, and varied in colour. One 
variety with bright rosy crimson blooms is very cheerful aud pleasing, 
the others are chiefly shades of bluish purple from light mauve to dark 
purple. It is a good strain, and such flowers would be useful for 
cutting. 
—— Gaedening Appointment. —Mr. Wallen, foreman in thj- 
plant department, Ashton Court, Bristol, has been appointed gardener 
to T. Sudbury, Esq., Wonersh Park, Guildford. 
- “ W. K.” writes respecting the weathee in Peethshiee, 
M We are having clear bright days and frosty nights, 7° on night of 16th. 
From 4° to 8° the rule for last eight or ten days. Vegetation is making 
little progress, although in sheltered places the hedges begin to show 
green. Early-flowering Rhododendrons injured. Farm work is getting 
rapidly forward.” 
- In a box of flowers received from Mr. H. Cannell are a number 
of blooms of Lilium CANDIDUM of full size, as if grown in the open 
air, pure, and deliciously fragrant. They afford conclusive evidence of 
the suitability of the old garden favourite for forcing, and plants well 
burnished with such flowers as those before us would be an acquisition to 
conservatories at this period of the year. It would be interesting to 
know how these delightful flowers have been so plentifully produced. 
- In reply to “ T. S.,” “ J. L. B.” observes that “ King of the 
FI a ri.ies Stbawbebby has not been satisfactory either as an early 
forcer or in the open ground. Pauline, a variety sent out three years 
since by Mr. Paul, is much better both for forcing and in the open 
ground. The fruit is large, but not handsome in shape, and with us last 
year it was the first in the open ground, but they were not tried fairly 
together in forcing. As Pauline proved so good for first early the year 
before, our first batch was all of that variety. If ‘ T. S.’ will forward 
•me a plant of Princess of Prussia I shall be glad to try crossing with it. 
1 have several seedlings fruiting this year for the first time.” 
- Replying to “Y. B. A. Z.” on budding seedling Beiaes, 
Mr. D. Gilmour, jun., writes—“Your correspondent is wrong in sup 
posing that 1 have not buddec this stock; I and my merry men worked 
v>ome thousands last season, and I am not aware that we ex| erienced 
any greater difficulty than is encountered with the cuttings or Manetti. 
Seedling Briars when grown on suitable land are as straight as cuttings, 
ibut m experience is that nurserymen reserve such as have crooked 
—•— Nubseby Rating. —At the Greenwich Police Court on 
Wednesday, before Mr. Montagu Williams, the case of the Lewisham 
Board of Works versus Cobb, noted in this Journal last week, was 
resumed. It was contended on behalf of Mr. Cobb that under Section 
211 of the Public Health Act he was entitled to be rated at only one- 
fourth of the assessment for his nursery grounds, but it was objected 
that the Public Health Act did not apply to the Metropolitan district 
except where specially provided, and that an objection which was raised 
to the mode of assessment would be outside His Worship’s jurisdiction. 
Mr. Montagu Williams did not consider his Court was the place to 
decide the question Mr. Cobb raised, and made an order for payment 
of the rates, remarking that the case at Worthing, to which reference 
was made last week, did not appear to be exactly like the present one, 
and he believed there was no dwelling house on the property in that 
instance. It was intimated that possibly there would be an appeal 
against His Worship’s decision. 
_ The monthly meeting of the Belgian Hobticultubists 
was held in Ghent on April 11th, when the following were present— 
MM. Baudu, L. Desmet-Dtivivier, Ernest Delaruye, F. Desbois, Moens, 
A. Rosseel, Ch. Spae, with M. Ch. Van Geert of Antwerp as chairman, 
and M. Jules Hye as Secretary. Certificates of merit were awarded for 
Cypripedium Hyeanum from M. J. Hye-Leysen ; Oncidium Papilio 
giganteum and Odontoglossum triumphans var. from the same ; Vanda 
Denisoniana from M. Ad. D’Haene ; Anthurium Andreanum maximum 
superbum from M. B. Spae; Azalea President Comte O. de Kerchove from 
M. Jean Dc Kneef ; Ailiantum fragrantissimum from M. Edouard 
Pynaert; Imantophyllum miuiatum Louis Van Houtte from M. L. 
Van Houtte ; Odontoglossum luteo-purpureum magnificum from M. I. 
De Smet-Duvivier ; Odontoglossum (hybrid) from MM. Vervaet et Cie.; 
Cypripedium Io from M. le Notaire Moens; ami Odontoglossum luteo- 
purpureum from M. De Smet-Duvivier. Honourable mention was 
