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THE GARDENERS* MAGAZINE. 
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, r, r to their defoliation, and, in nume- 
.^instances the trees have lost their 
: , ' With a View to stay the plague of 
' % rpillars, and prevent, as far as possible^ 
damage, Professor Lefroy, of the 
lU^val College of Science, South Kensing- 
t. n. advised the treatment of the trees 
V ith a sprav solution. The ativice was 
. upon,'and as this involved spraying 
on a more extended scale than 
i.v,j previously been attempted in this ooun. 
trv, he arranged to carry them out him- 
. h’ ^ ith the aid of the students of ento- 
V>gy at the Royal College of Science. 
T • spray used was lead chromate in solu- 
• -n. and it was applied with the aid of a 
;..irorful petrol-driven maohine, which has 
Vt*n designed by Messrs. Merryweather for 
1 - in the Tropics, more es.pecially for 
snraving extensive rubber plantations. Tlie 
Mount Rhodope ,with clustered rosettes 
and bright red flowers, which^ in favour¬ 
able weather, make their appearance as 
early as February. Out specimens of the 
flowers of Rhododendron Wrighti were sub¬ 
mitted to the R.H.S. Floral Committee, 
‘when an Award of Merit was made in its 
favour. 
Perpetual - flowering: Carna¬ 
tion Society. —We are pleased to learn 
from Mr. T. A. Weston, the hon. secretary, 
that the progressive policy of this society 
continues eminently successful. ITie new 
departure of holding a provincial show has 
been amply justified by the results, the ex. 
hibition at I./eamington having streng¬ 
thened the membership without cost to the 
society. Since November 1 last 102 new 
members have been elected, the total now 
being 469. The committee have arranged 
ACANTHACEOUS PLANTS 
FOR AUTUMN AND WINTER 
FLOWERING. 
The order Acanthaceae is an extensive 
one, and of the various plants composing 
it a great many are justly valued for their 
ornamental qualities as flowering subjects. 
They are, for the most part, of easy cul¬ 
ture, and, with reasonable care and atten¬ 
tion, will bloom profusely. In many of 
them, too, the flowering period is not 
limited to any particular season of the year, 
so that a good display of blossoms may 
be had at any time, while others bloom 
naturally during the autumn and winter 
months. Such a one is Jacobinia chryso- 
stephana, which has crowns of orange- 
coloured flowers that form such an attrac¬ 
tive feature during the dull weather we 
A BOLD ARRANGEMENT OF CALCEOLARIA BURBIDGEI, 
With a groundwork of violas, nemesias, etc., at Kew. 
trees in the plantation ni 
ned occupied two days. 
Mafirazine ”_' 
current is 
'Vr^htf . comprise Rhododend 
bearin^I Himalayan spec 
•^autiful Deutzia longifolu 
•■aUv knonti become g€ 
*be'plant bbe identitj 
••’fanchet al D Y 
known when not be 
given it- St ^ familiar name 
“‘tractive lucidus, 
nvango-red nhmber, with clusters 
1 handsome h^®"^''‘>bium Sohuet; 
Philippine® “troduoed from 
®n^ers that heanng large pure wl 
^ Wrei resemble those 
twesting ^n^ faxifraga Stribznyi, an 
g and attractive species, found 
a dinner and entertainment for members 
and their friends on Wednesday, the 21st 
inst., at the Holbom Restaurant. We have 
no information as to the time fixed for the 
dinner, but we believe it w’ill be about 
7 p.m. 
Possible Purchase of Box Hill. 
_It is reported that the question of the 
possibility of formulating a scheme for the 
purchase of Box Hill, Dorking, is receiving 
the consideration of the National Trus-t, 
and that if satisfactory teirnis can be ar¬ 
ranged an appeal may be made to the 
public for funds. M"ith reference to this re¬ 
port, “The Times’’ observes that negotia¬ 
tions between the National Trust and the 
owners of the estate would hardly fail to 
result in placing before the public a feasi¬ 
ble scheme by which this most beautiful hill 
and its superb outlook might, at a mode¬ 
rate cost, be secured as the inalienable heri¬ 
tage of the nation. 
often experience in the declining days of 
the year. 
Most of the acanthads are of a half- 
shrubby character, and many of them are 
of an upright habit of growth, so that it 
is useless to pinch them in order to obtain 
bushy plants, as a bold flower head is more 
effective than several small ones from minor 
shoots. 
As a rule, the temperature of an inter¬ 
mediate house suits them best, because, 
except in summer, they need a structure 
warmer than an ordinary greenhouse, and 
in the heat of the stove they are apt to 
run up weakly. Of those that may be 
had in flower in autumn and winter there 
are aphelandras of sorts, among tlie best 
being A. aurantiaca, orange-scarlet; A. 
cliamissoniana, yellow; A. Fascinator, scar¬ 
let; A. nitens, scarlet; and A. tetragona, 
bright scarlet. Barleria strigosa has 
flower heads disposed much as the aphe¬ 
landras, but the blossoms themselves are 
