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JOUBNAL OP HOKTICDLTDEB AND COTTAGE GABDENEB. 



[ December 17, 1868. 



clever young men are leaving our great places to seek for bead 

 gardeners' situations, thus swelling the number already too great. 



I do not suppose that one gardener throughout the land 

 would deny but that there are too many gardeners by one-half, 

 and I think, looking to the matter in all its bearings, nothing 

 holds out such an independent future as leaving this crowded 

 country for the rich virgin lands of the West, which only await 

 Willing hands and rightly directed energies to return substance 

 and plenty, and that which is to be as highly prized, personal 

 independence, and the sweet and restful knowledge that our 

 children may the more surely and easily obtain that com- 

 petence and independence which they can never obtain in 

 Britain, enter into the struggle keenly as they may, carry with 

 them as high abilities as possible, and let their determination 

 to succeed be as strong as need be ; and this for the simple 

 reason that the supply by far exceeds the demand. Look, as I 

 have done, through all the great nurseries, and you will always 

 find them full of clever men, waiting and waiting month after 

 month, with bitter weariness, for the situation which, when it 

 does come, is seldom equal to the man's deserts, and is often 

 accepted out of desperation, and retained by the sacrifice of 

 personal independence, by the suppression of natural inclina- 

 tions, the swallowing of their real opinions, and the burden of 

 daily injustice and contumely, which can only be remedied by 

 their resigning the situation, and beginning again the weary 

 waiting — for probably another similar place. I know that 

 in a great number of places the gardener is treated as a 

 man ought to be, setting aside the extra considerations of 

 his ability, his intellectual capacity, and general excellence ; 

 hat such places are few. I have been engaged in gardening 

 all my life, and I know these things well, and I have serious 

 thoughts of leaving it very shortly. I have tried it fairly, and 

 borne quietly and uncomplainingly much injustice, and have 

 seen much borne by my brethren around me. Nor did I lay 

 these things so much to heart until my little ones began to 

 cluster about me ; and, while they brought with them much 

 affection, they brought also increased responsibility and care, 

 and have — as has been the ease with many others — stood 

 between me and a situation, while, if things were regarded in 

 their proper and Christian light, they should have been the 

 means to have induced those who had the power to have 

 regarded me, and many others, with more consideration. 



It is for these reasons, then, that I am so pleased by the 

 contribution of " Pennstlvania," and the promise of more, 

 and I hope he will be as explicit es possible, and lay before 

 yoxu readers some useful knowledge on this subject. And I 

 trust that many will see the necessity of turning their attention 

 to this highly important topic, for I feel the conviction that 

 there is in the West a substantial future for those who have 

 the courage to venture to a land where they may, by a few 

 years' toil, and perhaps some privation, lay up for themselves 

 and children a secure and lasting liome. — Kalmia. 



NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 



On the 10th inst. Mr. Stevens sold by auction the splendid 

 varieties of Golden Coleus raised at the Royal Horticultural 

 Society's garden at Chiswick. The following is a descriptive 

 list, and the prices realised :— 



Queen Victoria. — This is the briglitest in colonr of the wbole'seriea, 

 laving the centre of the leaves of a rich bronzy crimson, with a bright 

 yellow edge, somewhat broken with crimson veinings, so as to appear as 

 if the borders were formed of a double row of golden beads. 6 plants, 

 £1 Is. 



Princffis lioyal.- — This is of nearly the samo colonrs as the variety 

 named c^ueen Victoria, bat the edging is narrower, rather resembling 

 a single than double row of beads. 5 plants, £15 15i. 



Pi'iiae.ss of Wales. — This has still less yellow than either Queen 

 Victoria or Princess Royal, but has instead a much more decided and 

 deeper glow of purple. 1 plant, £-1 Its. Gd. 



Her Afajcsty. — This variety is of very free habit, and the broad 

 leaves are of a deep bronzy red, with the narrow beaded edging some- 

 what less golden-tinted than in the preceding. It is, however, very 

 efEective. £6 Os. 



Albert Victor. — This, like Her Majesty, is of a very free habit of 

 growth, having the centre of the leaves bronzy red, stained with large 

 blotches of a deeper purplish red, while the golden margin is broader 

 than in any of the other sorts, the marginal teeth being also marked 

 out by red lines. It is a vei^ attractive sort, and distinctly tricolored. 

 7 plants, £15 15i-. 



rrimc of Walts. — A free-growing variety, with leaves of a deep 

 purplish red, marked with deeper-coloured blotches, and having scarcely 

 any golden markings at the edge, so that it resembles Albert Victor 

 minus the golden margin. 4 plants, £4 45. 



Z)«fe of Edinburrjh. — This is of a lighter shade of bronzy red than 

 Prince of Wales, and almost whole-coloured, and is of a distinct con- 

 trasting hue. C plants, £5 5s. r-.; i 



I'ri/we Arthur. — The leaves of this variety have a yellowish ground 

 colonr, while the base, the costa, and the principal veins are heavily 

 marked with deep purplish red, the margin also being red. These 

 markings give the plant rather a grotesque appearance. It has the 

 close habit and general peculiarities of Coleus Gibsoni. B plants, £3 3«. 



Princess Beatrice. — This is of a golden green hue, less heavily 

 marked than Prince Arthur, the main veins being partially, and the 

 margin entirely defined by crimson lines. This variety belongs to the 

 Gibsoni type. 2 plants, £5 15s. 6d. 



We have been requested by the Trustees of the Linhlet 



Library to make public the following list of books which have 

 been ascertained, during the formation of the Catalogue by Mr. 

 Bennett, to be incomplete, as it may enable those contemplating 

 donations to the Library to make good the de&cieuoies : — 



Agardh's Species Algarum. Vol. i., 1820. (Vol. ii., sectio prior 

 18"2S wanting). 



Agricultural Society's Journal. Vols.i. — xxii., 1840 — 1861 complete t 

 also first part of Vol. xxv., and Vol. i.. Part 1. New Series, ISBS. 



Anuales des Sciences Naturelles. Complete to Vol. xvii. of Fourth 

 Series, 1862. 



Annals of Natural History. Complete to Vol. xii. of Third Series, 

 1863, and one Number of 1864. 



Beutham and Hooker's Genera Plantarnm. Vol. i.. Part 1. 



Blame's Museum Botanicum Lngduno-batavnm. Vol. i., and 

 8 Parts, Vol. ii. 



Blame's Collection des Orchidees de I'Archipel Indien. Vol. i. 



Blame and Fisher's Flora .lavie. Lorantheic wanting. 



Brongniart's Botanique da Voyage autour du monde. 200 pp. 

 instead of 232. 



Cavanille's Monadelphito Classis Dissertationes. Vol. i. only. 



Colla's Hortus Ripnlensis. Appendix 1 only. 



Curtis's Botanical Magazine. Complete from commencement of 

 Second Series, 1827, to September, 1865 (except Third Series, Vol. iv., 

 and Part for December, 1863) ; also Vols. iv. and vi. of First Series. 



Decaisne's .Tardin Fruitier du Museum. Vols i. — vi., 1858 — 1864. 



De Candolle's Prodromus. Vols. i. — xvi. complete ; also Vol. xv., 

 sect, prior and sect, post, fasc. 1. and Vol. xvi., sect, post, fasc. 1. 



De la MarcU's Encyclopcdie Methodique. Vols. i. — viii. complete : 

 Supplement. Vols. ix. — xiii. absent. 



Endlicher's Genera ^Plautarum, and Mantissa. Mantissa altera 

 wanting. 



Fee's Conrs d'Histoire Naturelle Pharmaceutique. Vol. ii. on]y.__ 



Feuillee's Journal des Observations Physiques. Vols. i. and ii. ; 

 Vol. iii. absent. 



Florist and Pomologist. Parts 1—9, 11—24, 26, 28. 



Gardeners' Chronicle. 1841 — 1865 complete (except 1865 wants 

 title and index). 



Gray and Spragac'g Genera of the Plants of the United States. 

 Vols, i., ii. 



Grisebach's Flora of the British West Indies. Section 1, and 

 Parts, 5, 6. 



Harvey's Thesanrns Capensis. Vol. i., and Nos. 1 — 3, Vol. ii. 



Harvey and Sonder's Flora Capensis. Vols, i., ii. 



Haworth's Supplementum Plantarnm Succulentanim (but not the 

 Synopsis Plant. Sacc.) 



Hogg's Supplement to Treatise on Florists' Flowers (not the 

 Treatise). 



Hooker's Species FUicnm. Vols, i.— iii. ; also Vol. iv.. Part 2, 

 Vol. v.. Parts, 1, 2. 



Hooker's British Ferns. Parts 1 — 3. 



Hooker's Garden Ferns. Parts 1 — 3. 



Horticultural Society's Journal. Vols. i. — ix., 1846 — 1855 ; also 

 odd Nos. of Proceedings, 1863—1865. 



Horticnltnral Society's Catalogue of Fruits. Second and Third 

 Editions, 1831, 1842, and Supplement to Third Edition, 1853. 



Horticultural Society's List of Fellows, 1862, and Supplement. 



Hnmboldt's Aspects of Nature, translated by Mrs. Sabino. Vol. ii. 



Kunth's Synopsis Plantarnm. Vols, i., ii. 



Lemaire and Van Houtte's Flore des Serres et Jardins de I'Enrope. 

 Vols. iii. — ix.. and 9 Parts, Vol. xv. 



Lindley's Folia Orchidacea. Vol. i. 



Link's Anatomia Plantarnm. 1st Heft. 



Linnaa. Complete to Vol. xxxi., 1862 ; also four Parts, 1863. 



Linnean Society's Proceedings. Vols, i., ii., 1838 — 1855. 



Linnean Society's Journal. Vols, i.— vi., 1857—1862; also NoB. 

 25—35. 



Linnean Society's Transactions. Vol. xxrv.. Part 3, Vol. xxv., 

 Part 1, 1864—1865. „ , . . 



Loudon's Arboreatum et Fruticetum Britannicum. Vols. i. — iv., 

 wants the Plates, Vols. v. — viii. 



Lowe's Manual Flora of Madeira. Parts 1 — 3. 



Martina's Flora BrasUiensia (Svo). Vol. i., Part 1, and Vol. u., 



Part 1. ,• 17 1 - 



Meyer's Commentarium de Plantis Africae anstrahs. vol. ». 



complete (wants title), and Vol. ii. to p. 400 (Lobeliaceal. 



Miers's Contributions to Botany. Vol. i. only. 



