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and awarded a second-class certificate. The flowers are of a clear lilac 
rose colour, and in its habit it appears to partake as much of the character 
of the Picotee as of the Pink. It was raised from Clarke’s Garibaldi. 
E. D. 
OUE MONTHLY CHEONICLE. 
Lindley Library. —It has at length been 
determined that the surplus funds of the Inter¬ 
national Horticultural Exhibition and Bota¬ 
nical Congress of 1866, shall be devoted to 
the formation of a Garden Library, to be 
called The Lindley Library. It will consist 
of a selection from the library of the late Dr. 
Lindley, with such additions as the funds 
may permit; it will be deposited at South 
Kensington, as an adjunct of the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society; it will be invested in the 
names of seven Trustees, so as to secure it 
against dispersion; and it will be available to 
gardeners and others, under regulations for 
its preservation to be hereafter settled by the 
Trustees, among whom the three International 
Secretaries, Messrs. Moore, Masters, and 
Hogg, will represent the International Com¬ 
mittee. The available balance is about £1800, 
of which £600 is devoted to the purchase of 
Dr. Lindley’s books as the basis of the Library. 
New Roses. —What is the chronological 
status of new Roses—that is to say, what is to 
be understood by the expression—Anew Rose 
“ sent out ” in 1867 ? Our new Roses mostlv 
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come from France, and are distributed in the 
autumn of the year. It seems, therefore, clear 
to us, that as the trade generally ,and amateurs 
also, can purchase these Roses at the time just 
indicated, they are from that date absolutely 
“ sent out,” so that a Rose sold in this way 
in the autumn of 1867 is a “ new Rose of 
1867.” Custom seems to have generally ruled 
to the contrary, but a precedent on the other 
side was set by the rule adopted at the Great 
International Exhibition ; and as the question 
is one which periodically recurs, and is pro¬ 
ductive of much inconvenience, we think it 
should be settled once for all in the sense we 
have indicated, so as to avoid disputations 
for the future. Practically it can make no 
difference what rule is adopted, provided some 
decision is arrived at; but as this is simply a 
question of fact, it is clearly best to settle it 
in accordance with the fact. 
Blotched Breadalbane Ash. —The in¬ 
quiries of Mr. Anderson- Henry have elicited 
that this plant is the result of a cross by in¬ 
oculation like the variegated Jasmine that 
formerly grew in the Chelsea Botanic Garden. 
Some half century ago, Mr. Turnbull and Mr. 
Brown of the Perth Nurseries, during a bota¬ 
nical excursion to the Highlands, found in a 
glen near Kenmore, a branch of an Ash tree 
with entirely golden foliage. This was taken 
and budded on the common Ash. None of 
the buds grew, but the operation had com¬ 
municated the blotch to the stocks ; and the 
plant has ever since been annually grafted, 
and catalogued under the above name. Weep¬ 
ing Ash grafted on the same stock acquired the 
blotch also. It is presumed that the bark in¬ 
troduced with the bud became attached, 
though the latter did not push, and thus the 
tree became inoculated with the yellow colour 
which broke out in blotches on the leaves. 
These facts are very suggestive to the growers 
of Variegated Zonal Pelargoniums. 
Aubrietia grjeca. — This pretty dwarf 
perennial is strongly recommended for spring 
gardening. Its flowers are large, and in 
many of the plants of the finest violet-blue. 
It is very early, commencing to bloom in 
February, and lasting in perfection for a long 
time. When raised from seed there is some 
variety of shade, which rather enhances its 
value than otherwise. 
Colouring Growing Wood. —The daily 
papers some time since called attention to an 
invention of Mr. Hyett’s, by which he makes 
trees imbibe colours while growing. Metallic 
salts are introduced into the substance of the 
growing tree, and apparently carried up by 
the sap, and forced into the fibres and cells 
of the stem. We can thus, it was remarked, 
make our forests play the part of their own 
stainers and grainers. 
^ Vanilla. — Probably the best plant of 
Vanilla in cultivation in this country is to be 
found at the present time in the Sheffield 
Botanic Garden. In the Victoria-house there 
it is growing in the greatest luxuriance, and 
fruiting freely. It is planted in a border at the 
western end of the house, occupying fully 
half the width of the structure, and is trained 
parallel with, and at a short distance from, the 
upright sashes, before which it forms a thick 
screen from the floor to the roof, and it would 
soon cover a much larger space if accommoda¬ 
tion were afforded it. Mr. Ewing’s object in 
planting it in this situation was to secure a 
plentiful circulation of air about it. 
Chamjecyparis obtusa. — According to 
M. Briot, C. obtusa pygmaea when grafted on 
C. Boursieri yields plants which are free- 
growing and erect in habit; while if it be 
grafted on a Biota or a Thuja, or if it be pro¬ 
pagated by cuttings, the plants instead of be¬ 
coming erect spread horizontally on the 
ground. 
