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fordshixe Foundling; 2, Easter Pippin, 
Cucumbers : 1, Mr. Short, for Prizefighter ; 2, Mr. Alex. 
Spence, gr. to Sir W. B. Proctor, for White Spine. 
Rhubarb : 1,the Rev. O. Mathias, for Myatt’s Victoria; 
2, Mr. W. Gale, gr. to H, N. Burroughes, Esq., M.P., for 
: 1, Mr. W. Whitehouse, for Ash-leaved 
31. 5s, 
New Garden, Plants. 
34. DENDROBIUM ADUNCUM., Hooked Dendrobe, 
(Orchids.*) East Indies. 
pretty Orchid we know nothing. more than 
that it. was sent from Caleutta to Messrs. Loddiges, by 
Dr, Waliich. and that it flowered at Hackney in July, 
1842. In. some respects. it. is, allied. to D: Pierardi, 
especially in its small pink flowers and manner of 
growth ; but itis more closely related to, D. moscbatum, 
of which it may be regarded as a feeble imitation. It 
is, however, widely different from both, and is espe- 
cially known by its half transparent flowers, of the 
Most delicate texture and clearest tints. Like many 
Other Dendrobes, this. requires. a, warm and a humid 
atmosphere throughout the year. The most convenient 
and probably the best way of growing it, is in a pot, in 
turfy heath-mould, which may be renewed every year 
When the plant is at rest, without injuring the roots. 
n summer an ample supply of water should be given, 
and as the young leaves are liable to become scorched 
by the sun, shading should be. used in sunny. weather. 
n autumn, as the shoots become matured, water should 
be gradually withheld, so that for afew weeks in winter 
e roots may be comparatively. dry. — Botanical 
Register, 
35, Sorawuw tycrompEs. Lycium-like Solanum. Green- 
house Shrub. (Nightshades.*) Peru. 
This charmi g shrub was found by Mr. Hartweg, in 
the valley of San. Antonio, in Peru, and flowered in the 
Garden of the Horticultural Societyin November, 1845. 
t has a neat habit; the flowers are of the richest 
Sapphire purple, enlivened by a bright yellow eye, and 
in the wild state appear. in clusters, so as to load the 
little spiny branehes. The name is a happy one, for in 
its natural state itis very much like a dwarf Lycium 
barbarum. In cultivation, however, it, loses some. of 
Us stiff spiny habit, and has hitherto not. yielded flowers 
m clusters ; but they are larger than in the wild state. 
It is hy no means new to Europe, for it was represented 
in Jaequin's Figuresof Rare. Plants, above 60. years 
Since ; but it has disappeared from ihe gardens of this 
Country. So very poor, pale-blue, a variety was indeed 
at that time possessed, that it hardly: deserved to be 
preserved. even in. a botan'e.garden. It is found to, be 
a greenhouse plant, which appears to succeed in almost 
any sort, of soil, hut to prefer, sandy loam, mixed, with 
a little rough, peat, To. flower it, well, it,seems neces: 
sary to place it out of doors. during summer, in some 
exposed situation where it can remain till the end of 
September. By that time the flower buds will be formed, 
and they expand in a short time after the plant is taken 
in doors. It is easily propagated from cuttings, and 
must be arded as a good ‘addition to our autumn 
flo yering greenhouse shrubs.— Botanical Register. 
Stove 
Garden Memoranda. 
Tolienhum Park, the Seat of the Marquess of Aules- 
bury. —' This place has long been celebrated as a fivst- 
Yate residence, although deriving little advantage from 
RS adjacent locality, which is tame and thinly wooded. 
-he grounds, however, are extensive and.finely diver- 
Sified'as regards scenery. The Park is one of the most 
England, displaying much taste. in the 
EE ngement, except.in the want of variety of 
liage, the principal portion of the trees being Beech. 
Bes have, however. probably been planted to supply 
es to the deer, which are both numerous and. of large 
ize. fhe mansion is a noble. looking building, princi 
Pally of the Corinthian order, the east wing of which 
ree yet erected, The place is chiefly remarkable for 
ong shady walks and. extensive. views ; from the prin- 
Clpal entrance is an excellent view to the north-west, 
and in the opposite. direction the view is continued, of 
Which the ae forms one direct, line of 18 miles, the 
E being nearly in the centre. On each side of the 
vista to the south-east, Arancaria imbricata has been 
Planted to.a considerable distance, The flower-garden 
ee: to advantage from the principal, apartments of 
2e mansion 5 in the centre is a large fountain, to which 
Tet of jets can, be used as required to give variety. 
ane flower-garden is flanked with a very fine collection 
V Rhododendrons, principally hybrids, which have 
fen ri (here ; these form immense banks in various 
pus of the grounds, and have a very imposing appear- 
208 some of the older varieties being from 15 to 
Steet in height, This place has long been remarkable 
* See Li a ' Ve, " » H 5 
[oye Hindley s“ Vegetable Kingdom "for an. explanation. of 
Mr. S. Short. | for its hybrid Rhododendrons, which have been raised 
from the best sorts in cultivation, as regards rien colour 
R. arboreum ard other Indian varieties have been 
crossed with the hardy and free-flowering varieties of 
ponticum and maximum, and have given rise to à race 
resembling arboreum, but quite hardy. Others are 
remarkable for the rusty under-surface of the leaves, 
as in. R, campanulatum, One drawback, to the value 
of hybrid Rhododendrons appears to be their tendeney 
to flower earlier than. their progenitors, but we observed 
an instance Avhieh was remarkably the contrary in a 
plant. raised fro» Lee's Late Purple and maximum ; this 
variety had particularly large blossoms of deep purple. 
R, arboreum, supposed to haye been crossed with eam- 
pannlatum, has produced seedlings, having the ground- 
colour of deep erimson with a dark spotted throat. 
The same. species crossed. with eatawbiense has pro- 
duced. some. fine spotted varieties, others also with 
caneasicum were well worthy of notice. We remarked 
another very fine hybrid not yet planted out, of a pure 
white, with dark spots. The Azaleas were equally 
worthy of attention, and almost equal, care has 
been. taken. to raise new yarieties.; some crosses 
between A. sinensis and rubescens were interesting, as 
were also those. between. A. pontica. rosea and some 
other variety; some were remarkably sweet scented, and 
presented almost every shade of colour. On the lawn, 
near the house, was a very large Azalea. pontica, at 
least 60. feet in circumference ; also large plants of 
Kalmia latifolia. and. Andromeda floribunda, a. fine spe- 
cimen of Abies Douglasii, and the curious A. Clan- 
brasiliana ; several fine. deciduous Cypresses, together 
vith large plants of Arancaria imbricata ;. and asso- 
ciated with them were large plants of Pines longifolia 
and P. lanceolata. The specimens of Salisburia adianti- 
folia were attractive,anda large Fraxinus odorata (1) was, 
particularly interesting, together. with immense bushes 
of the favourite Calycanthus floridus. The many large 
specimens. of the varieties of. Magnolia. cannot fail to 
command attention, and not-less interesting was a large 
Pavia rubra. The conservatory, which forms, part of | 
the west wing. of the. mansion, was gay with = 
niums, Caleeolarias, and. several of the hest. Fuchsias, 
among which was F: serratifolia. Along with these were 
well-grown plants of Tropzeolum Lobbii and. Bliebrysum 
superbum. On the terrace, adjoining the conservatory, 
was a large Agave Americana, throwing up.an immense 
flower-stem, which is. expected to be well in flower by 
the end of July; the. flower-stem, which is measured 
every morning and evening, is found to grow much less 
under the sun's influence than at other times, The 
kitehen-garden is about 4} acres in extent, and was.in | 
good. keeping ; Pines. and Grapes are not only exten- | 
sively, but well grown ; of the former, the principal are | 
the black varieties. We remarked very fine fruit of 
Surinam Pine, together with good fruit of the Biack 
Sugar-loaf, and Antigua Queen, Two houses, have re- | 
cently been erected for the growth of the Muscat | 
Grape. The Alice Mand Strawberry is much esteemed 
here, where it sueceeds remarkably well ; it is said to 
answer well for forcing, and appears to be worthy of | 
more general _cultivation.—J. H., June 16. | 
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Miscellaneous. 
Death of Mr. Edmonstone.—We regret to see, by the 
daily papers, that this young and promising botanist has | 
wet with an untimely fate. Tt appears that while off 
the mouth of the small river Sua, about five miles from | 
Atacamez, a party had been employed on shore, and! 
on returning to the boats a loaded rifle happened to be | 
touched by one of them when jumping into a boat, wading | 
through the surf—it went off, and the ball first struck 
the arm of the clerk, slightly wounding him, and then | 
assed through the head of Mr. Edmonstone, killing 
him on the spot. The Joss will be greatly felt, as Mr. 
Edmonstone was deservedly esteemed by his messmates 
and all on board the Herald, and although but 23 years | 
of age had greatly distinguished himself. He had lately | 
been elected Botanical. Professor of the Andersonian 
University of Glasgow ; he was also the author of a 
botanical work, the. Flora of Shetland," His remains 
were turied-on shore. on. the followirg day, with funeral 
honours, and attended by the greater part of the officers | 
of the expedition.— Morning Chronicle, | 
The Kerguelews Land Cabbage.—Situated in the 
centra of the Southern Ocean, andi more remote than 
any other island from a continent, is Kerguelen's Laud, 
or the Island of Desolation, discovered hy Captain Ker- 
guelen in 1772. It is about 100 miles in length and 60 
in breadth, and seems to be chiefly composed of trap 
and other voleanie roeks, which rise into hills from 500 
to 2500 feet high. ^ The coast is deeply indented: with 
bays and inlets, and the whole surface is intersected by 
lakes and watercourses, Owing to the coldness and 
moisture of the climate, the island is almost totally des- 
titute of vegetation, and is generally spoken of by navi- 
gators as one of the bleakest and most desolate spots on 
the globe. Scanty, however, as its vegetation undoubt- 
edly is—for Dr. Booker, during the recent Antarctie 
voyage, eould deteet no more than 18 speeies of flower- 
ing plants on its soil—there is at least one of these 
species highly interesting, not only from its being pecu- 
liar to the island; but from its wholesome and. valuable 
properties. This is the “ Kerguelen's Land Cabbage” 
of the illustrious Cook —the Pringlea antiscorbutica of 
the systematic hotanist. The Pringlea—so named by 
the naturalist to Cook's first expedition, in honour of Sir 
John Pringle, who wrote a book on seurvy—belongs to 
the cruciferous order of plants, which includes the Cab- 
bage, Mustard, Horse-radish, Turnip, and other genera; 
all less or more possessing pungent, antiscorhutie, and 
nutritive properties. It is described in the “ Elora Ant- 
arctica”* as exceedingly abundant over all parts of the 
island, ascending the hills up to 1400 feet, but only at- 
taining its usually large size close to the sea, where it is 
invariably the first lant to greet the voyager, like the 
scurvy Grass upon many northern coasts. Its root- 
stocks, often three or four feet: long, lie along the ground, 
and are sometimes two inches in diameter, full of spongy 
and fibrous substances intermixed, of a half woody. tex- 
ture, and with the flavour of Horse-radish. These bear 
at their extremities large heads of leaves, sometimes 18 
inches across, so like those of the common Cabbage 
rassica oleracea), that if growing ina garden with 
their namesakes in England, they would not excite any 
particular attention. The outer leaves are coarse, 
loosely placed, and spreading ; the inner form a dense 
white heart, that tastes. like Mustard and Cress, but is 
much coarser. The whole foliage abounds with essen- 
tial oil of à pale yellow eolour, and highly pungent taste. 
& During the whole stay of the Erebus and Terror in 
Christmas Harbour," says Dr. Hooker, “daily use was 
made of this vegetable, either cooked by itself, or boiled. 
withthe ship's beef, pork, or 7ea-soup. The essential 
oil gives. a peculiar flavour, whieh the majority of the 
officers. and erew. did, not dislike, and which rendered 
the herb even more wholesome than the common Cab- 
bage, for it. never cansed heartburn, or any of the un- 
pleasant. symptoms. which that plant, sometimes pro- 
duces. Invaluable as it is.in its natiye place, it is very 
doubtful whether this plant will ever, proye equally so 
in othersituations. If is of such slow growth that it 
probably, could not be. cultivated to advantage; and I 
fear that, unlike the Cow-cabbage of Jersey. it, would 
form no new heads. after the o'd, ones were removed, 
even if it, would survive the. decapitation. Growing 
spontaneously, and in, so great, abundance where it 
dues, it. is likely, to prove, for. ages fo come, an inesti- 
mable, blessing to ships touching at this far distantisle 5 
whilst its luxuriance amidst.surronnding desolation, its 
singular form and appearance, striking even. the casual 
observer, and the feelings of loneliness and utter iso- 
lation from the rest of the world that must more or less 
oppress every voyager a£ first landing jn its dreary, and 
inhospitable locality, are.cirenmstances likely to render 
the Kerguelen’s Land Cabbage ~ Cabbage though. it be 
—a cherished object in the recollection: of the mariner 5 
one never to be.effaced by the brighter on luscious, pro- 
duets of tropical vegetation". After this description of 
ihe character and uses of the Pringlea, Dr. Hooker 
offers some speculations: as to its anomalous position 
and likely origin. “The contemplation of a. vegetable,” 
says he, “very unlike any other in botanical affinity and 
in general appearance, so eminently fitted for the food, 
of man, and: yet inhabiting the most desolate and inhos- 
pitable spots on the surface of the globe, must equally, 
fll the mind: of the scientific inquirer and common ob- 
server with wonder. The very fact of Kerguelen’s. 
Land being possessed of such a. singularly luxuriant 
botanical feature, confers on. that. small island. an. im- 
portance far. beyond what its voleanie origin, or its di- 
mensions would seem to claim; whilst. the certainty. 
that so conspicuous a plant ean never have been over: 
looked i: any larger continent, but that it was created 
in all: probability near: where. it now grows, leads the 
mind back to an epoch far anterior to the present,when. 
the vegetation of the island of. Desolation may have pre- 
sented a fertility of which this is perhaps the only re- 
maining trace. Many tons of coal and vast, stores of 
now. silicified wood: are. locked up in or. buried, under 
those successive geological formations which have meny 
times destroyed the forests of this island, and as often 
themselves supported a Inxuriant vegetation. The fires 
that desolated Kergnelen’s Land are long ago extinct, 
nor does the island show any signs of the recent exer- 
tion of those powers, that have at one time raised: part 
of it from the bed of the ocean with those submarine 
Algee which carpeted its shores, but which are now some 
hundred feet above the present level of the, sea. The 
Pringlea, in short, seems to have led an uninterrupted 
and tranquil life for many ages ; but however loth we 
may be to concede to any one vegetable production an 
antiquity greater than another, or to this island a posi- 
tion to other lands wholly different from what it now 
presents, the most castal inspection of the ground 
where the plant now grows will. foree one of the two 
following conclusions upon the mind: either that it was 
created after the extinction of the now buried and for 
ever lost vegetation, over whose remains it- abounds $ 
or that it spread over the island: from another and 
neighbouring region where it was undisturbed during 
the devastation of this, but of whose existence no in- 
dication remains” Tt is certainly a curious fact 
in vegetable geography, that this distant and de- 
solate island should be the only spot on. the 
globe where a plant of such eminent utility 
is to be found; and equally strange that no known 
vegetable production bears any generic affinity to the 
Pringlea. Its origin, however, need not excite any 
extraordinary marvel, seeing that numerons centres of 
dispersion are now admitted by naturalists, and that 
new creations and developments are quite admissible, 
and in the strictest harmony with the general design of 
creation. It is not likely that the Pringlea has outlived 
all the geological changes, the various submersions an 
elevations which have taken place, since the plants of 
which Dr. Hooker speaks were converted into silex and 
coal ; and it is as unlikely that its seed was drifted from 
some adjacent island or continent. now submerged, 
oker’s i Flora Antarctica," parts xii, and xiii 
