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■JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER.  September  19,  1901. 
Variorum. — Dr.  N.  L.  Britton,  Director  of  the  New  York 
Botanical  Garden,  and  Prof.  Cowell,  Director  of  the  Buffalo  Botanical 
Garden,  leave  on  August  29sh  on  a  botanical  excursion  to  St.  Kitts  and 
neighbouring  islands.  They  will  be  absent  about  six  weeks.  *  * 
The  prospect  for  a  large  and  bountiful  Orange  crop  in  Florida  this  year 
is  very  promising. 
Trade  Notes. — Messrs.  Thos.  Green  &  Son,  Ltd.,  the  lawn  mower 
and  machine  makers,  &o.,  announce  that  they  have  been  honoured  with 
Royal  Warrant.  Messrs.  Green  also  announce  that  owing  to  the  rapid 
increase  of  their  business  they  have  been  compelled  to  secure  greater 
accommodation  for  their  London  establishment,  and  to  that  end  have 
acquired  a  plot  of  land  in  Southwark  Street,  upon  which  they  have 
already  commenced  the  erection  of  new  premises,  and  they  hope  to  be 
in  occupation  of  same  by  January,  1903. 
Agricultural  Analysis. — The  Essex  Technical  Instruction  Com¬ 
mittee  have  issued  a  pamphlet  entitled  “  Notes  on  Agricultural 
Analysis,”  by  Mr.  T.  S.  Dymond,  F.I.C.,  and  Mr.  F.  Hughes.  The 
report  deals  with  the  agricultural  analysis  made  during  the  past  five 
years,  and  is  published  mainly  with  a  view  of  supplying  farmers  with 
information  upon  agricultural  materials,  and  to  supply  data  with  w  hioh 
to  compare  the  guaranteed  analyses  of  manures  and  foods  which  are 
offered  them  for  purchase.  It  can  be  obtained  from  Chelmsford 
Laboratories. 
Canadian  Trade  Index. — This  is  the  title  of  a  useful  publication 
which  has  been  prepared  by  the  secretary  of  the  Canadian  Manu¬ 
facturers’  Association,  Toronto,  for  the  use  of  British,  French,  and 
Spanish  importers.  The  “Index”  contains  the  names  of  some  800 
leading  manufacturers  of  Canada,  and  also  contains  a  brief  sketch  of 
the  leading  export  manufactures  of  Canada.  Mr.  W.  D.  Scott,  com¬ 
missioner  of  the  Canadian  section,  Glasgow  Exhibition,  will  be  glad  to 
furnish  a  oopy  of  this  book  free  of  charge  to  merchants  interested  in 
Canadian  manufactures,  and  also  offers  to  answer  any  inquiries  relative 
to  goods  that  may  not  be  specified  in  this  publication. 
Delightful  Nectarines, — Sweetmeats  in  the  windows  of  con¬ 
fectioners,  and  fruits  upon  the  barrows  of  the  street  costers,  are  two 
objects  for  which  the  average  boy  or  girl  consistently  yearn,  and  their 
elders  are  not  less  disposed  to  gratify  the  palate  with  saccharine 
condiments  and  fruits  in  their  season.  We,  at  least,  are  always  pleased 
to  partake  of  good  fruit,  and  on  Friday  last  had  the  gratification  of 
tasting  some  of  the  finest  Nectarines  that  it  is  possible  to  receive.  A 
boxful  came  from  Mr.  G.  Carpenter  of  West  Hall,  Byfleet,  and  if  these 
Nectarines  were  from  the  open  air,  as  his  Peaches  were,  then  his 
garden  must  be  favourably  situated,  and  his  trees  indeed  well  looked 
after. 
Sir  George  Douglas  on  Horticulture. —  Sir  George  Douglas, 
Bart.,  of  Springwood  Park,  presided  a  day  or  two  ago  at  the  dinner 
held  in  connection  with  the  annual  show  of  Kelso  Horticultural  Society, 
of  which  he  is  president.  In  proposing  the  toast  of  “  Horticulture,  and 
Prosperity  to  Kelso  Horticultural  Society,”  the  chairman  said  there 
was  one  point  in  particular  in  which  he  thought  many  gardeners  failed 
to  make  the  most  of  their  opportunities.  That  point  was  the  arrange¬ 
ment,  blending,  harmonising  of  colours  in  the  bedded-out  flower  garden . 
He  did  not  think,  for  instanoe,  that  it  was  sufficiently  reoognised  or 
realised  in  the  profession  that  in  this  respect  every  gardener  who  in 
May  sets  out  and  plants  a  flower  plot  was  in  truth  an  artist,  wielding  a 
painter’s  palette  of  prismatio  brilliancy.  Only  that  the  means  at  his 
disposal  far  transoended  those  employed  by  any  artist,  for  the  gardener 
painted  with  no  dim  concooted  pigments,  but  with  living  light  of  the 
all-glorious  sun.  With  such  resources  at  command,  did  it  not  behove 
him  to  study  attentively  the  attributes  and  relations  of  oolours,  the 
blending  and  modification,  the  enhancing  or  setting  off,  by  contrast  or 
by  shading,  of  the  primary  or  subsidiary  hues  ?  It  had  only  onoe  or 
twice,  or  at  most  five  or  six  times,  been  his  fortune  to  meet  with  a 
gardener  who  seemed  to  him  to  have  a  very  Btrong  or  just  notion  of 
what  he  might  call  a  flower’s  colour  value  ;  whilst  when  he  remembered 
the  numbers  of  gardens  he  had  visited,  where  the  gardener’s  views  of 
colour  harmony  seemed  to  be  limited  to  one  trite  and  haokneyed  chord 
of  scarlet  Geranium,  blue  Lobelia,  yellow  Calceolaria,  he  felt  inclined  to 
blush  as  red  as  Lobelia  cardinalis,  or  at  least  as  Yallota  purpurea. 
In  conclusion,  he  exhorted  them  to  apply  some  part  of  their  time  and 
ability  to  the  study  of  novelty  and  harmony  in  the  blending  of  flower 
colours. 
Pear-scab  Fungus. — Attention  is  called  to  preventive  measures 
against  the  above,  that  are  given  in  answer  to  a  query  on  page  279. 
Shrub  with  Pendent,  Carmine  Coloured  Fruits. — A  corre¬ 
spondent  from  Harborne,  Birmingham,  sends  a  shoot  for  identification. 
Names  and  addresses  should  always  aooompany  specimens.  The  shoot 
is  that  of  Euonymus  latifolius,  bearing  its  fine  orimson  fruit  in  long, 
drooping,  axillary  clusters.  Only  when  the  male  and  female  plants  of 
Euonymus  are  in  juxtaposition  can  fertile  fruits,  or  seeds  at  all,  be 
produced. 
A  Cannibal  Tree. — Tropical  trees  often  commit  strange  freaks, 
owing  to  the  vigour  of  their  growth  under  the  hot  sun  and  moist  air, 
but  we  have  not  heard  of  a  more  curious  case  than  that  of  a  mahogany 
log  4  feet  6  inches  in  diameter  which,  on  being  cut  up,  was  found  to 
contain  another  log,  or  rather,  trunk,  with  the  bark  on  it,  18  inches  in 
diameter,  inside.  Nor  is  that  all ;  the  seoond  trunk  enclosed  a  third 
stem,  a  mere  sapling  with  a  diameter  of  about  three-quarters  of  an  inch. 
Both  of  the  two  inner  stems  ran  the  whole  length  of  the  log.  The 
question  is,  How  did  the  main  tree  swallow  up  the  two  smaller  ones  as 
a  snake  swallows  his  weaker  brethren  ? 
Wasps  and  Hornets. — One  of  Bryant  &  May’s  “  Royal  Wax 
Vesta”  boxes  came  to  us  on  Saturday  last.  We  rather  cautiously  opened 
the  consignment,  this  being  the  season  when  “  these  nasty,  crawling 
things  ”  reach  us  in  greatest  numbers.  It  was  well  for  us  too,  for  the 
box  contained  a  bevy  of  wasps  and  hornets,  happily,  dazed  and 
harmless.  A  letter  within  stated  that  “  herewith  are  sent  several 
specimens  of  hornets  and  wasps  taken  out  of  the  same  nest,  which  was 
as  large  as  a  football.  Is  it  not  unusual  to  find  them  together  ? 
C.  0.  Ellison.  To  this  we  can  reply  that  it  is  assuredly  unusual, 
and  no  less  an  authority  than  Mr.  J.  R.  S.  Clifford  remarks  that  he 
“  has  never  known  or  heard  of  an  instance  where  they  ocoupied  the 
same  nests ;  their  habits  are  so  different  in  several  particulars.”  Yet 
the  box  sent  to  us  contained  both  wasps  and  hornets.  Are  there  other 
oases  known  ? 
Degal  Notes  :  Did  the  Trees  Overlap  ? — James  Lord,  green¬ 
grocer,  of  Kirkley,  was  charged  with  maliciously  damaging  a  Poplar 
tree,  to  the  value  of  Is.,  the  property  of  Geo.  R.  Manning,  engineer, 
at  Kirkley.  Mr.  E.  J.  Blake  defended.  The  prosecutor  said  he  had 
a  house  and  garden  in  Kirkley  Park  Road,  adjoining  some  property 
belonging  to  the  defendant.  Witness  planted  some  Poplar  trees,  and 
found  that  out  of  fifty,  thirty-five  had  been  damaged.  The  centre 
shoot  had  been  cut.  The  trees  did  not  overhang  the  defendant’s 
land,  as  they  always  grew  upright.  Witness  saw  the  defendant 
deliberately  put  his  hand  through  the  fence  and  cut  off  part  of  the 
centre  stem.  He  told  Lord  he  had  no  objection  to  his  cutting  any 
of  the  trees  which  overlapped  his  fences.  Sergeant  Ruffles  said  he 
saw  the  Poplar  trees  in  the  last  witness’s  garden.  There  was  a  strong 
wind  blowing  at  the  time,  and  only  a  piece  of  a  tree,  measuring  about 
4  inohes,  overlapped  the  defendant’s  property.  The  centre  stem  was 
quite  6  inches  from  the  fence.  The  defendant  was  sworn,  and  said  he 
cut  off  part  of  a  tree  which  overlapped  his  garden.  He  did  not  break 
the  stem  off.  After  some  discussion  the  magistrates  retired,  and  upon 
their  return  fined  defendant  2s.,  Is.  for  the  damage  done,  and  7s.  costs. 
Meteorological  Observations  at  Cblswlck. — Taken  in  the 
Royal  Horticultural  Society’s  Gardens — height  above  sea  level  24  feet. 
Date. 
«*-i 
o 
Temperature  of  the 
Air. 
Temj: 
At 
>erature  of 
le  Soil. 
9  A.M. 
© 
U 
3  oS 
1901. 
rectior 
Wind. 
At  9  A.M. 
Day. 
Night 
Bain. 
At 
At 
At 
Lowes 
imperat 
m  Oras 
September. 
Q 
Dry 
Bulb. 
Wet 
Bulb. 
Highest 
Lowest. 
1-ft. 
deep. 
2-ft. 
deep. 
4-ft. 
deep. 
Sunday  ..  8 
S.S.E. 
deg. 
63-9 
deg. 
69-3 
deg. 
76-2 
deg. 
47-7 
Ins. 
0-19 
deg. 
60-0 
deg. 
69 ‘3 
deg. 
68 '6 
deg. 
62  0 
Monday . .  9 
S.W. 
65  6 
610 
70-0 
61 ’1 
— 
62-3 
60-0 
68-8 
68-2 
Tuesday  10 
s.w. 
60-6 
65-8 
69-2 
60-5 
— 
61*3 
60'3 
68-8 
44-3 
Wed’sday  11 
w. 
67*9 
64-4 
61-7 
47-3 
0-05 
60 ’7 
60-6 
68-8 
40 '5 
Thursday  12 
N.W. 
68’1 
66  3 
66-2 
48-3 
— 
69.2 
60-1 
68-8 
41-8 
Friday  ..  13 
N.N.E. 
66-9 
64-6 
64-0 
623 
— 
69-2 
69-3 
68-7 
44 -S 
Saturday  14 
N.N.E. 
69*9 
64-5 
657 
61-6 
— 
59 '5 
69*6 
68-7 
46-3 
Means  .. 
69*8 
66-5 
67 -S 
61-2 
Total 
0*24 
60S 
69-9 
68-7 
46 '8 
With  the  exception  of  a  few  showers  on  the  8th  and  11th,  the 
weather  during  the  week  has  been  dry  and  very  dull. 
