. The Gardeners' Chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. n exhibit,and these were only too representative of crowded arrangement imparted an ordinary andmonotonous appearance to the collections, and theylost much of their attractiveness and interest in con-sequence. The Council have such an ample choiceof material with which to make this show that theyshould be eclectic ; a certain number of bunches onlybeing asked for, and these should consist of the bestflowers in good condition at the time. The largestallowable number of bunches might be fift
. The Gardeners' Chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. n exhibit,and these were only too representative of crowded arrangement imparted an ordinary andmonotonous appearance to the collections, and theylost much of their attractiveness and interest in con-sequence. The Council have such an ample choiceof material with which to make this show that theyshould be eclectic ; a certain number of bunches onlybeing asked for, and these should consist of the bestflowers in good condition at the time. The largestallowable number of bunches might be fifty, andthese should be of good size, so as to adequatelyrepresent the plant; and there should be no dupli-cates. A limit being thus put to the number ofbunches shown, the exhibitor should be requiredto effectively display them in such a manner thatthe individuality of each might be brought , where several varieties of one species areshown, or different species of one genus, they shouldbe placed in juxtaposition for the purposes of com-parison. This would make the Temple Show more. &*• ^rr-^^sr-s Fig, 27.—potato digging in tippebabt. by rail across Ireland, many scenes agreeing withthis may be seen from the carriage windows. It islittle nse telling snch cultivators that the Potatodisease is caused by a Fhytophthora, which repro-duces itself by acrospores and oospores, and thatthe aerial hypha carry conidia whose contents some-times differentiate as flagellate zoospores! Thepoorer cottagers of Ireland sadly need practicalinstruction in the best methods of growing andstoring Potatos. Our Special Correspondent. Home Correspondence. THE TEMPLE SHOW.— Your editorial remarkon page 651 of the last volume, in reference tothe collections of herbaceous plants at the aboveexhibition, that much more vigorous pruningis required, was a timely pronouncement. Itis most important that much which is littlebetter than floral rubbish be taken out of them, sothat more space should be
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