. The Gardeners' Chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. from coarse blankets to the finest cloth. Anotherproperty possessed by peat is that, when submittedto certain preparatory processes, it becomes hard a*iron, and takes a good polish. Under yet othertreatment it can be developed into tough whitepaper. These several valuable uses for a raw mate-rial hitherto comparatively neglected, have alreadymet with considerable appreciation, and optimistshope that (largely through the intervention of thiscompanj) Ireland may in the immediate future reapsubstantial
. The Gardeners' Chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. from coarse blankets to the finest cloth. Anotherproperty possessed by peat is that, when submittedto certain preparatory processes, it becomes hard a*iron, and takes a good polish. Under yet othertreatment it can be developed into tough whitepaper. These several valuable uses for a raw mate-rial hitherto comparatively neglected, have alreadymet with considerable appreciation, and optimistshope that (largely through the intervention of thiscompanj) Ireland may in the immediate future reapsubstantial benefit from her stores of yet nnworkedtreasure. EUCHARI8 GRANDIFLORA (syn. E. amazonica).—Mr. Ossian sends us from Brentry Gardens, West-bury-on-Trym, a fine photograph of this plant,which shows how well the plant is grown in thatestablishment. The photograph shows twenty plant*bearing about 1000 flowers—the third crop this we not already figured fine specimens of thisplant, we should have been tempted to reproducethe illustration with which Mr. Osman has kindlyfurnished Pio. 119.— SEED BEARISH SHOOT OF CEPHALOTAXLS PEDlSCCLATA :SEEDS BEBRV-LIKE. OLIVE-COLOlRED. (SEE P. 717.) The Yorkshire College, Leeds—The De-partment of Agriculture of this College, which isaffiliated to the Victoria University, has publishedits fourth annual report, which is of a most satis-factory character. In addition to the two yearstraining, the College provides for special lectures inthe country district* on horticultural and agricul-tural sut , the attendance being, generallyspeaking, good ; in some cases the average attend-ance was a* many a* 350. Some of the villagers—a minority we are glad to see—refused to try tolearn anything. Technical Horticultural Instruction.—That excellent gardener, Mr. J. Cbook, of FordeAbbey Gardens, Chard, occasionally places hi* ser-vices at tbe disposal of the Somerset County Council,and has just recently completed a course of gardenlect
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