The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . included under Erythroxylon coca, Lamarck,Mr Thomas Christy made some remarks on theleaves of a variety from Japan. These he describedas brittle and thin, with hardly any trace ofcocaine, though yielding H per cent, of crystal-lizable substance. The thicker leaves of the I eru- VUi. U; DK-lfiXS FOK CARri-T the Manchester one in extent, and was not so goodas last year, though good prizes are ottered, and theSociety appears to be well furnished with funds. S/^niK Am-wii/as.—The leading class w
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . included under Erythroxylon coca, Lamarck,Mr Thomas Christy made some remarks on theleaves of a variety from Japan. These he describedas brittle and thin, with hardly any trace ofcocaine, though yielding H per cent, of crystal-lizable substance. The thicker leaves of the I eru- VUi. U; DK-lfiXS FOK CARri-T the Manchester one in extent, and was not so goodas last year, though good prizes are ottered, and theSociety appears to be well furnished with funds. S/^niK Am-wii/as.—The leading class was tor sixshow Auiiculas, and exhibitors were reiiuired tostage one green, one grey, and one white edge, andone dark self, one blue, and one maroon, scarlet, oryellow self. Miss Woodhead, Halifax, was Ist outof three competitors, having green edge. Prince of(ireens; grey, George Lightbody; white edge, ; .self, Black Bess; blue self, Mrs. 1 otts ;and red self, Lord of Lome—a very good half dozen,though Lord of Lome was a little rough. 2nd, Lord, Holebottom, Vui. 101.— urn. two flowers, and Cypripedium pubeseens with seventine flowers; he was 2ud with C. calceolus with fiveflowers, and Dodecatheon elegans ; and 3rd with avery fine pan of Narcissus bulbocodium and Trilliumgrandiflorum. Mr. S. Barlow was the only exhibitorof two species of Primulas, having P. denticulataand P. viscosa rosea. He was also 1st, with sixfancy Auriculas, and also for six Primroses—no otherexhibitor competing. Scotland. _? SCOTTISH PKIMULA AND AIRICULASOCIETY. The third show of this Society was held on the8th inst. in the Calton Convening Rooms, WaterlooPlace, Edinburgh. Owing to the sunless cliarncterof the weather during the spring, and the consequentlateness of growth, the number of entries werefewer than last year. The competition was almostexclusively confined to Scotland, ICnglisb growersbeing prevented from putting in an appearanceon account of their pla
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