. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. road. The flowers are produced inclusters of from three to six in the axils of theleaves, and remain in a fresh condition for aconsiderable time. The colour is a pleasingshade of purple; and the diameter of the floweris nearly 3 inches, the corolla lobes being muchundulated. Although Brunfelsias are evergreensit frequently happens that they lose most oftheir leaves when grown in the vicinity oflarge towns. Under such conditions it is advis-able to give them a rest in early spring in anintermediate te
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. road. The flowers are produced inclusters of from three to six in the axils of theleaves, and remain in a fresh condition for aconsiderable time. The colour is a pleasingshade of purple; and the diameter of the floweris nearly 3 inches, the corolla lobes being muchundulated. Although Brunfelsias are evergreensit frequently happens that they lose most oftheir leaves when grown in the vicinity oflarge towns. Under such conditions it is advis-able to give them a rest in early spring in anintermediate temperature for about a month orsix weeks. They should then have the branchesshortened a little, placing them afterwards in astove temperature and syringing them in brightweather. This method produces a well-branchedplant with a x^rofusion of flowers, as may be seenby the plants now flowering in House No. H., Kew, February 27. CHANGES AT WELBECK. It was with surprise and regret that we heard re-cently of the coming retirement of Mr. W. Robertsfrom the position of gardener to the Duke of. MR. last week. Portland at Welbeck Abbey, Notts. Mr. Robertshas been a valued correspondent to these pages,and we hope that the exceptional experience hepossesses in practical gardening will enable himsoon to flnd another sphere of employment. Onthe IGth ult., as we announced last week, a succes-sor was appointed in the person of Mr. JamesGibson, who has won fame as a cultivator and ex-hibitor of vegetables. Mr. Gibson was born atAuchans, Dundonald, Ayrshire, on the estate of theEarl of Eglinton, where his father was steward fortwenty-five years. He served an apprenticeshipin the gardens at Sundrum, near Ayr, and subse-quently was foreman in the gardens of Sir JamesFergusson, Bart, , ic. Mr. Gibsons experi-ence as head gardener has been gained entirelyin England, in the counties of Kent, Surrey,Middlesex, Buckingham, and for a short pe
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