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GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE, 
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10 ounces of clean seed in one season, and often sows 
itself. Pancratium illyricum generally perfects its seed, 
and several self-sown plants endured the hard winter of 
1845 without protection. Narcissus Tazetta (or Poly- 
anthus-Narcissus), also ripens its seed, and from these 
Mr. S. lias obtained numerous seedling varieties, — Mr. 
R. Mervinie, of Glasgow, exhibited to the meeting a 
Curious sun-dial, calculated to indicate, at the same 
Moment of time, the hour of the day at nearly a hun- 
dred different and distant places. 
New Garden Plants. 
21. Srpum Kamrenaricum, Kamtchatka Stonecrop- 
Hardy Perennial. (Houselcel Soongaria. 
A handsome herbaceous plant, with yellow flowers like 
those of Sedum Aizoon, which it much resembles in 
habit. The leaves are obovate and toothed at the 
upper half only, but they narrow in a wedge-shaped 
Manner to the base. They are red edged, and the stem 
has also a strong stain of that colour ; most of them 
are alternate, a very few only near the summit being 
Opposite to each other. It requires a light soil and dry 
Situation. It is easily inereased by cuttings any time 
during the summer or autumn, and flowers from June 
to August. It proves to be a fine showy plant for rock- 
work, where it blooms freely and remains long in suc- 
eession.—Journal of the Horticultural Society. 
JASMINOIDES, 
Climber. 
Jasmine-like 
22. RAYNCHOSPERMUM 
Rynel G (Jasmine- 
1 
worts.) “Shanghai. 
A slender climbing evergreen shrub, rooting along its 
branches, wherever it touches a damp surface, like Ivy. 
When wounded, its branches discharge a milky fluid. 
Mhe young shoots are slightly downy ; the leaves oppo- 
Site, oval, deep green, quite smooth, sharp pointed, 
with minute seale-like glands in the. p! of stipules, 
The flowers are white, deliciously sweet-scented, and 
Produced in small irregular corymbs on the ends of 
Peduncies cousiderably larger than the leaves. Their 
s of five narrow smooth convex sepals, 
wards, and much shorter than the tube of 
the corolla, with a very shallow-toothed glandular ring 
Surrounding the base of the latter. The corolla. is 
about three quarters of an inch long, pure white, salver- 
Shaped, contracted in the middle of the tube, with a 
Partially spreading border, whose five divisions are 
Wedge shaped, truncate, and twisted obliquely. The 
anthers are five, arrow-headed, placed just within the 
orifice of the tube, and separated by five slightly ele- 
vated hairy lines, The ovary consists of two separate 
Carpels, and is surrounded by five oblong green emar- 
ginate lhypogynous scales, which sometimes are slightly 
United at the edge. The structure of this plant is not 
Precisely that of the genus Rhynchospezmum, as given 
Y M. Alph. De Candolle, for the seales beneath its 
Ovary are not exactly united into a cup. But they are 
Partially so ; and as there is no other difference as far as 
can be ascertained from the plant in a state of flowering 
only, it may be referred to the genus. In habit it is 
more like an Aganosma, but ifs corolla has not the 
tapering lobes of that genus, nor do the nectary or 
stigma correspond with it.—Journal of Horticultural 
Society. 
annm 
orania. 
F.G. Cox, Esq., Stockwell.—The chief feature of 
attraction at this place is its small but good collection of 
exotic Orchids, which is, however, about to be increased, 
and a new house for their ac 
This i 
d mmodation is being 
built, a span-roofed erection of about 30 feet 
1n length, 14 feet iu width, and 11 feet in height, The 
South side and ends are glazed with ground plate glass, 
Witha view to equalise the light by exeluding the too 
Powerful rays of the sun in the summer ti ne, and 
thereby obviating the necessity of using shad 
Ay he mentioned, however, that this sort of glass is 
only employed by way of riment, and that some 
‘OUbts are entertained as to answering perfeetly the 
endin view, The north side is glazed with plate glass, 
and the panes on this, as well on the south s de, 
Are 18 inches in length and about 7 inches in 
Width. Two hot-water tanks of galvanised iron, 
3 feet in widih, 25 feet in length, and 9 inches in depth, 
are being put. up on each side of the house, with. a. 
Path up the centre. The tanks are not connected one 
With another, and they have uo division in the middle, 
Ow-pipes ieading the water from the boiler, dis- 
charging themselves inthe end of the tanks, near the 
Gm of the water ; and the return currents being 
ucted back to the boiler by pipes, placed in the 
f s level with the bottom. In some ar- 
a 
ae of the t; 
di fements we have seen in which the tanks were not 
vided, the pipes conducting the water from and to the 
pa er were fixed in the end of the tank at the same 
C but this is evidently a mistake, inasmuch as the 
Pa Water, or returning euvrent, at the bottom of the 
Ye Ky does not meet with a. ready egress, and can only 
of SR to rise to the outlet at a greater expenditure 
5 SA than IB required in the above arrangement, 
Go: 1 with. the l use of fuel, of 
ich it is always desirable the most should be made. 
sh ese tanks are to be closed in with slate slabs, on wh 
Dr two inches of sand is to be laid, on which the 
vb S are to be placed. The boiler is one of Weeks's 
reg boilers, which, besides heating this new. house, 
Sub ns an Orchid house about 20 feet in length, and two 
Ros houses of nearly thesam . Inanother Orchid 
DSK; We observed a contrivance for supportin large 
robiums at exhibitions, or in drawing rooms. ‘This 
was in the shape of a wire stand, painted green, in which 
the potis placed at any desired height from the ground, 
with a fancy frame-work spreading out from the rim of 
the pot, something in the form of an umbrella ; over 
this the shoots are neatly disposed, so as to exhibit the 
blossoms to the best advantage. All the plants looked 
clean and healthy, but few were in bloom, and the 
whole place was ih good keeping, much to the credit of 
Mr. Don, whois gardener there. 
Miscellaneous. 
Death of Mr. Wickham.—On Monday last, at Win- 
chester, aged 77, died W. N. Wickham, Esq., the 
founder and secretary of the Hampshire Horticultural 
Society, distinguished by his love for gardening, and 
respected by all the members of the Society for his zeal 
and urbanity. He was a chief instrument in sustaining 
it during many difficulties, and we hope the members 
will be equally judicious in the selection of his successor. 
On the exertions and discretion of their officers. the 
success of such societies is chiefly dependent. 
Price of Orchids.—As our readers may be interested 
in seeing what the prices are which imported Orchids 
are now fetching, we subjoin the amount paid for some 
of the more remarkable lots sold the other day by 
Messrs. St :—Coelia, ya, 2 plants, 57. 15s.; 
ditto, 2 fine plants, 10d. ; ditto, very fine specimen, 
12/. 10s.; ditto, 6 plants, 7/. 5s. ; white-flowered ditto, 
distinet species, 8 plants, 7/. 5s.; Lelia acuminata, 
2 plants, 2L 8s.; Sophronitis pterocarpa, 8 plants, 
21. 17s. 6d. ; Mormodes(?), from a new district, "may 
possibly be pardinum, 2 plants, 5/.; Celia (2), supposed 
to be the white-flowered species, fine specimen, 8/7. ; 
Epidendrum, new species, (?), 6. plants, 27. lós.; 
Cyenoches: maculatum (?), 1 plant, 4/. 15s. ; Lycaste 
cruenta, fine specimen, with Epid. aurantiacum attached, 
52; Arpophyllum, supposed to be giganteum; ver 
fine mass, 107.5 ditto, distinct species (squarrosum), 15/.; 
Barkeria spectabilis, splendid mass, 67. 5s.; ditto, 1 plant, 
177; Epidendrum rhizophorum, fine mass, 27. 4s. ; 
ælia superbi a most ifi specimen, in fine 
health, 157.; ditto, fine specimen, 137. ; Arpophyllum, 
3 
new species, in robust health, 1 plant, 107. 10s.; Sobralia 
two magnificent speci , in fine health, 
102. 10s. 3. Odontoglossum, new, with an Isochilus, 
and Epidendrum Stamfordianum, 5l. 5s. ; Odonto- 
glossum, 3 plants, 57. 15s.; ditto læve, 2 plants,37. 12s. 6d. 
‘Total amount of sale nearly 6007. , for 168 lots: 
Manuscript of Linneus.—A daily paper states on 
the authority of the Frankfort-Gazette des Postes, that 
an unpublished work of Linnaeus has been discovered 
in Sweden after having been long soughtin vain, It is 
entitled the * Nemesis Divina.” In thislabour of the 
last years of his life the great naturalist recorded, for 
the instruetion of his son, a number of observations 
and facts, deduced, in a great measure, from the private 
life of the persons with whom he was: aequainted, in 
order to demonstrate that Divine justice punishes and 
rewards even in this world. The manuscript is com- 
posed of 203 sheets. In a short preface, placed at the 
head of the work, the author recommends in the most 
a passage into some of these chambers, and procured, 
by this means, many hundred pounds of honey. But 
the main deposits ave situated too deep in ‘the ledge to: 
be reached without great difficulty, and perhaps danger, 
A company was formed at Austin, a few years since, 
for the purpose of exploring the cavern and removin, 
the honey; but some untoward event prevented the 
accomplishment of the undertaking. It was estimated. 
that there are many tons of honey and wax in this im- 
mense hive, and if its treasures could be extracted 
readily, they would doubtless be far more valuable than 
the contents of any silver or gold mine that adven- 
turers have been seeking for years in that section.— 
Texas Telegraph. [Where is the difficulty ?] 
CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS. 
(For the ensuing Week.) 
CONSERVATORIES, STOVE, &c. 
PnoPAGATION by cuttings is one of the most import- 
ani parts of the gardening profession; and the princi- 
ples on which it is based should be constantly present 
to the mind of the operator. Selection of wood may 
be termed the first point. The wood, as a general prin- 
ciple, should be short jointed, somewhat mature, and for 
plants in an active state, possessing leaves perfectly 
developed. "The due care of the leaf (on which so much 
depends), is the next great object ; this should never be 
allowed to flag or droop, from the moment it is taken from 
ther 
SE 
atmosphere, prevent any 
leaf ; which circumstance is 
the character of the. atn 
the more of sound healthy Jeaves that. can be retained 
the better, provided. they be carefully preserved ; 
but in order to find room for the erowding multitudes 
of modern. plantations, it often becomes absolutely 
necessary to reduce these organs. In doing this there 
is no occasion to strip the cutting like a hedge Poplar— 
every stump of a leaf, and even footstalk that ean be 
left without crowding. the adjo ing, eontributes 
its.quota to the suecess of the cutting. Conservatory.-— 
Under this head. I will say a few words about the Ca- 
mellia. Those, who desire to this noble plant in 
blossom from October until May, whichis quite easy, 
must of course force their plants into wood successively. 
fa given stock were divided. into. three portions, and 
one, pertion subjected to this process in February, a 
second in March, and a third in April, this object 
would be thoroughly accomplished, provided the subse- 
quent treatment was what it ought to be. The limits 
o lendar will not perm » to enlarge onthese points: 
ll however, state that my Camellias, 
y few, are in a. house by them- 
selves, and are now. growing like Willows. They have 
a canvas screen on the roof continually at present, and 
are syriuged three or four times a day ; in fact, they 
are almost constantly moist. They haye a temperature 
of about 60°, with a circulation of air day and night. 
Abundance of weak and tepid liquid. manure has, been: 
i utthe moment they cease to 
formal manner that it should never be published. It 
was this recommendation which, no doubt, caused the 
manuscript to be laid aside and forgotten. The Uni- 
versity of Upsal purchased it a short time since at the 
sale of the library of a physieian, whose father was 
employed to arrange the papers of Linnseus. At pre- 
sent, when the persons referred to in the work have 
ceased to exist, there remains no objection to print ex- 
tracts from it, which M. Fries, the well-known Swedish 
botanist, has been appointed by the Academy to prepare 
for publication, 
Immense Natural Beehive.—We are indebted to the 
courtesy of a correspondent for the following extract 
from an American paper : it reminds us of an instan 
of an enormous collection of bees, found in a Spanish 
house, and related by Capt. Widdxington, p.542, 1844—In 
a cavern on the right bank of the Colorado, about 7 miles 
om Austin, there is an immense hive of wild bees. 
The entrance of this cavern is situated in aledge of 
limestone, forming a high cliff whieh rises almost per- 
pendicularly from the river bank to the height of about 
150 feet from the water's edge. This cliff fronts partly 
on a small stream named Bill Creek, ‘I'he mouth of the 
cavern is about 10 feet from the top of the cliff? In a 
warm day a dark stream of bees may be constantly 
Seen winding out from the cavern like a long, dark 
wreath. The stream often appears one or two feet in 
diameter near the cliff, and gradually spreads out like a 
fan, growing thinner and thinner at a distance from the 
cavern, until it disappears. The number of bees in 
| this cavern must be greater than the number in a 
| thousand or ten thousand ordinary hives. The oldest 
settlers say that the hive was there when they first 
ved in the country ; and itis quite probable that 
| it existed in the same state many years previous to 
the settlement of this country. The bees, it is said, 
hen never swarmed, and it is not improbable that 
| the hive has continued’ for more than a century to in- 
mm year after year, in the same ratio that other 
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swarms inerease. The eave appears to extend back 
many rods into the ledge, and probably has many late- 
ral chambers. The bees, doubtless, occupy many of 
these lateral chambers, and it is not improbable that 
new swarms annually find new chambers to occupy ; 
| and’ thus they are prevented’ from going off to a dis- 
tanee in search of hives. Some of the neighbouring 
| settlers have repeatedly, by blasting the rocks, opened 
make wood, I subje: 
drought at the root; still 
use of liquid manure is 
blossom.buds are of a 
Plants and Ovrehid 
m 
to a considerable amount of 
p and shading. The 
as soon as the 
heat and moisture 
rresponding ratio to stove 
above all, abundance of atmo- 
ent character. Have 
1 off intense sunshine 
Use liquid manure con- 
Miavd Greenhouse. 
shading always at har 
or an hour or two in tl 
stantly to stove plants i 
Amongst the vari 
find a place here, a shelf, or 
should be reserved for some of the free-blooming Hy- 
brid Roses. Cuttings of these struck last summer, 
and kept through the winter in store pots, will, if 
potted immediately and put under high cultivation, 
«e nice bushes for next autumn and the ensuing 
spring. They should be got forward in-doors for a 
month, and, when established im 5 
5-inch pots, receive 
their final shift at once. All blossom buds should be 
Encourage afternoon 
or evening warm give air freely all the early 
part of the day care to fumigate little and often 
in all plant-houses or pits, provided the green-fly makes 
its appearance, 
KITCHEN GARDEN FORCING. 
Pineries.—Secure good linings to those in dung-pits; 
The young stock. will now be in rapid growth; take 
care to air them most freely night and day, by all 
means, if the thermometer can be kept above 60°. In 
the afternoon, however, syringe and shut up at 90°, if 
possible, for a couple of hours, when a sash or two may 
be tilted for the night. Swelling Pines will, of course, 
now require liberal waterings of warm liquid manure ; 
it will be found beneficial, perhaps, to let soot-water 
alternate with the stronger ammoniacal mixtures. Those 
| who ean find time should. syringe the surface of their 
tan slightly, both morning and evening, It is absolutely 
impossible to possess too mueh atmospheric humidity in 
the average of Pine structures at this period. Wineries. 
—Those who started at the earliest period of forcing 
will soon have Grapes in their last swelling. A ve 
| erroneous notion (at least in my opinion) prevails with 
jmany folks, that in order to produce well-coloured 
