The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . ich occurred in 1870, when the son wasappointed Director. In 1857 he was sent on abotanical expedition into Guatemala and CentralAmerica, where he collected many new and in-teresting plants, and introduced many by meansof seeds, &c, afterwards distributing them fromHerrenhausen. One of his best known dis-coveries was Anthurium Scherzerianum, whichhe found in Costa Rica, and which flowered atKew in 18t!2, when a figure of it was published inthe Botanical Magazine, t. 5319, where it isdescribed as a ver
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . ich occurred in 1870, when the son wasappointed Director. In 1857 he was sent on abotanical expedition into Guatemala and CentralAmerica, where he collected many new and in-teresting plants, and introduced many by meansof seeds, &c, afterwards distributing them fromHerrenhausen. One of his best known dis-coveries was Anthurium Scherzerianum, whichhe found in Costa Rica, and which flowered atKew in 18t!2, when a figure of it was published inthe Botanical Magazine, t. 5319, where it isdescribed as a very singular little plant. Herr Wendland prepared and published in 1854a list of the Palms cultivated in European col-lections. This was followed by researches amongstthe plants of this difficult Order with so muchzeal and activity that he soon became the recog-nised first authority upon Palms. Sir JosephHooker acknowledges his indebtedness to HerrWendlands monographs, &c, in the preparationof the Genera Plantarum. He has also made aspecialty of the cultivation of Palms, the collec-. THE Late HERMANN WENDLAND. is exceptional, and his readiness to impart thisknowledge to others made his visits profitable aswell as enjoyable. In 1891 Herr Wendland celebrated his fiftiethyear of professional work. He wa3 present at theGhent Quinquennial in 1S98, and officiated as ajudge. If we remember rightly, he exhibited there as anovelty the now popular Saintpaulia ionantha. SEED TRADE. THE FLOWER-SEED CROPS OF THEPAST YEAR. The county of Essex is the great centre offlower-seed production in this country, and manyacres are devoted to the culture of annuals,biennials, and perennials for the production ofseeds. This branch of the great seed industryhas been affected by the weather of the pastsummer; there is a serious shortage of crop insome cases, and a partial deficiency in most. speaking, there is an average crop ofsome which are grown in Essex, but there is analvance in price
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